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winners DON GAETZ The new State Senate President did what many considered impossible.

He got the Florida Senate to unanimously adopt the 2012-2014 Senate Rules that strengthen the requirement to disclose conflicts of interest, add a voting abstention obligation and require that all Senators complete an ethics training course. Senators have agreed to expand this requirement to include disclosure of a conflict if the special private gain or loss applies to an immediate family member or business associate.

Will Pensacola City Council and Escambia County Commission agree to do the same?

CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS The Ore-

gon Congresswoman and Pensacola Christian College graduate was selected by her peers to head the House Republican Caucus, which is the fourth highest leadership in the House of Representatives for the GOP majority. Rodgers got her bachelor's degree from Pensacola Christian College in Florida and a master's degree at the University of Washington. She has served in the House since 2005.

MARTHA SAUNDERS The former Gulf Breeze High School teacher and later president of the University of Southern Mississippi has been appointed the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at the University of West Florida. Saunders will serve as the chief academic officer of the university, as well as chief executive officer in the President’s absence. She officially begins on Jan. 2, 2013.

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INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM outlining the federal position.

He informed Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi that the state was not in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. “Hundreds of children are currently segregated in nursing facilities throughout Florida,” wrote Perez. “They are growing Barbara Collier works with ACR Gateway's nursery. / photo by Jeremy Morrison up apart from their families in hospital-like settings, among elderly nursing facility residents and other individuals with disabilities. They live segregated lives—having few opportuniThe U.S. Department of Justice has put ties to interact with children and young adults Fwlorida on notice for institutionalizing without disabilities or to experience many of hundreds of developmentally disabled the social, educational and recreational activichildren in nursing facilities. The federal ties that are critical to child development.” government has requested that the state “corThe justice department investigated rect” the practice or else face a lawsuit. six nursing facilities in Florida, meeting with “I had no idea it was happening,” said children and reviewing data. The investigaMary Ann Bickerstaff, director of children’s tion “consistently identified children who are services at ARC Gateway. qualified to receive services in the community, “I didn’t either, not until we heard it from and who would benefit from moving home the state,” said Pat Young, ARC Gateway with their families or to other community chairman. “I thought I would throw up.” settings if appropriate supports were provided Bickerstaff and Young—working for an to them.” organization serving the disabled—stood in Perez said that Florida has “planned, a classroom filled with equipment designed structured, and administered a system of care to aid in a developmentally-challenged that has led to the unnecessary segregation child’s progression. This news was tough for and isolation of children, often for many years, them to digest. in nursing facilities.”

“It hurts my heart, really,” Bickerstaff said.

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Florida Sending Disabled Children to Nursing Facilities

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taneously implemented policies that have expanded facility-based care, including payment of an enhanced per diem rate to nursing facilities serving children who have medically fragile conditions.”

During its investigation, the department of justice visited children ranging in age from infancy to early adulthood. They observed them participating in scheduled activities or “watching television in a common area, or sitting unattended in their beds.” They also spoke with staff at the facility that told them “once we get the children, very few of them go home” and that sometimes families initially believe their child will be returning home and “then they stay.”

“Many family members of children in the facilities we visited have expressed their desire to bring their children home or see them move to a community-based setting,” Perez wrote. “‘I want my baby home,’ said the mother of one three-year-old with Down syndrome ... her daughter has been in a nursing facility since infancy.”

State health officials contend that Florida is in compliance of all laws. They have noted that the DOJ’s position is similar to one staked out in a class-action lawsuit filed earlier this year on behalf of a group of parents of children with disabilities.

Organizations like ARC Gateway don’t respond well to charges like the ones laid out in the recent department of justice letter. They don’t respond any better to Florida’s reaction.

“It saddens my heart and deeply distresses me that the state of Florida would allow such treatment of a child,” ARC Gateway Executive Director Donna Fassett wrote in a statement, noting that none of the instances cited in the DOJ investigation occurred in Northwest Florida.

In Pensacola, ARC Gateway’s Pearl Nelson Center caters to children with disabilities.

Bickerstaff stresses early intervention and believes such attention dramatically improves a disabled child’s horizons.

“The focus is to get started as early as possible,” she explained.

This approach is essentially the opposite of the one described in the DOJ letter. ARC Gateway strives to equip disabled people with the tools they need to venture into the world, as opposed to stowing them away in isolated facilities.

“This is our place,” said Young, as she walked ARC’s local property. “This is the place we love.

These are the people we love.”

In addition to providing services, ARC Gateway provides opportunities for people in its program to work, to earn a paycheck. There’s a shredding facility and a nursery.

“It gives them a sense of pride,” said Dawn Stein, program manager with the organization.

Barbara Collier has worked for the past 12 years at ARC Gateway’s nursery. She has some pretty strong opinions about the scene conveyed in the DOJ letter.

“I was a still born baby,” Collier said. “I didn’t walk, I didn’t talk. I had to go through therapy.”

The woman said she believes it is important for disabled children to be with their families, or in a community-based program.

Such an environment, she said, is more conducive to realizing the normal aspects of life.

“Cooking, cleaning, bowling,” Collier rattles off some of her routine.

“Karaoke?” Young chided her with an inside joke.

“I don’t sing,” Collier laughed. “Don’t push me there, I don’t sing.” {in}

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Ingram joins a number of Northwest Florida lawmakers holding positions in the house. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fort Walton Beach) chairs the Criminal Justice Subcommittee. The Energy and Utilities Subcommittee is chaired by Rep. Clay Ford (R-Gulf Breeze). Rep. Doug Broxson (RMilton ) is the vice chairman of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee. And Rep. Jimmy Patronis (R-Panama City) chairs the Economic Affairs Committee.

CITY COUNCIL AND SHAKESPEARE

After swearing in four new members, the new incarnation of the Pensacola City Council elected its most senior member to lead it for the next year.

“This seems awkward to announce, but the president of city council is P.C. Wu,” said City Council President P.C. Wu.

council took a vote on the mayor’s budget.

“That conduct did not go unnoticed by the citizens and other professionals in this community,” Myers said, urging the council to choose leaders who were “forthright, honest and transparent.”

The councilwoman—who said she would be supporting Bare’s bid for presidency—also took issue with what she described as the mayor’s lobbying for both Wu and Spencer.

“Why is the mayor so interested in who presides over city council,” she said, requesting that the selection process be reworked in the future.

Newly elected Councilman Wingate asked Wu why he had not shared with the council the reasons he would want the presidency. Wu had chosen not to pitch himself as other members did.

“Councilman Wingate, I’ve been on the council since 2004,” Wu answered. “Folks know me by now.”

Following his selection, the new council president also responded to Myers. He said he had a problem with the councilwoman’s comments on his integrity.

“My father came to this country with a seventh-grade education and 25 cents in his pocket—what he left me was a good man.” he said, wrapping up his remarks with a quote from Shakespeare. “Love all, trust few and do wrong to none.”

Following the council’s business, Mayor Hayward made brief remarks. He called for unity and said it was a “great day for Pensacola.”

“We won’t always agree, and that’s ok,” Hayward said. “Healthy debate is the cornerstone of our democracy...but we also know a house divided cannot stand.”

During a District 4 community meeting the previous evening, Hayward had recited a poem written by a citizen: “City council and the mayor together, work to make Pensacola better/Support the vision everyone can see, actually benefit the entire community/ Bury the hatchet the negative past, the citizen first instead of last/Cooperation is the right way, achieve new goals without delay.” {in}

“Healthy debate is the cornerstone of our democracy...but we also know a house divided cannot stand.”

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More than 100 nonprofit groups and governmental entities were selected to receive a portion of the first round of grants. Pending a settlement deal, BP is expected to pay a total of $57 million in tourism and seafood promotion grants.

During this first round of grants, Florida will be getting $13.4 million spread out over 33 organizations. In Louisiana, 43 recipients will split $15.9 million; Thirteen organizations in Mississippi get a total of $6 million; and Alabama will get $8.3 million shared between 21 organizations.

Local entities that received funding include: Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce, Visit Pensacola, Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, Pensacola State College, Santa Rosa Island Authority, St. John’s Cemetery, National Flight Academy, Pensacola MESS Hall, Sacred Heart Health System, Pensacola Veterans Memorial Park and West Florida Historic Preservation Inc.

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The newly seated council elected Wu on a 6-2 vote. Recently elected District 7 representative Jewel Canada-Wynn was chosen as the council’s vice-president.

Tuesday morning’s special meeting saw Canada-Wynn, Andy Terhaar (District 3), Gerald Wingate (District 5) and Charles Bare (At-Large B) sworn into office. Wu was also reseated on the council after running unopposed and winning re-election Nov. 6.

Immediately following the swearing in ceremony, the council elected its president and vice-president. Numerous council members vied for each title.

“My experience, my education qualify me for this position,” Bare told his fellow council members, throwing his name in the pool for presidency.

Bare tried for both the presidency and the vice-presidency. As did Canada-Wynn.

Council members Megan Pratt and Larry B. Johnson took themselves out of the running for both positions. Councilman Brian Spencer declined consideration for presidency, but ended up losing the VP position to CanadaWynn in a runoff.

Prior to either selection, Councilwoman Sherri Myers took issue with Wu being considered for president. She pointed to a press conference at which he stood at the side of Mayor Ashton Hayward a day before the

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There it was, the awkward protrusion, screwing it up again. A national embarrassment dangling from the bottom of the electoral map. The pitiful punch line of a tired joke.

November 29, 2012

Election Day 2012 went fairly smoothly nationwide. The presidential race was wrapped up early enough for a comfortable bedtime.

But not in Florida. Votes were still being counted into the weekend. Days after other states had chosen either red or blue, the Sunshine State hung below the nation, a curiosity without much consequence.

Florida was immediately seized upon across the late-night television circuit. It made for material that required almost no set-up.

Conan, Letterman, Leno et al. had a field day.

“Florida tonight remains too close to call,” Jon Stewart started it off after the presidential election had been called. “The election was decided without them. For once, Florida’s cluster#$%@ is irrelevant.”

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“It’s certainly not perfect.

We’ve all seen the images of the lines in the other parts of the state.”

David Stafford

Escambia polling center on Election Day / photo by Samantha Crooke Florida is becoming reliable electiontime fodder. Forever shaking the presidential-election nightmare of 2000, it’s gaining a national reputation as the state that just can’t get it right.

“Being the brunt of late-night comedy hour is not an image this state can allow to continue,” said Deirdre Macnab, president of the League of Women Voters of Florida.

Macnab is not amused by the late-night jokes. She’s even less amused by Florida’s inability to pull off an election without raising concerns about the state’s overall election system.

In the wake of the 2012 election, groups such as the League of Women Voters have pushed for an examination into why Florida had such difficulties and what can be done to avoid those problems in the future. The governor and state lawmakers have also expressed a desire to, as President Barack Obama said in his victory speech as Florida struggled through election night, “fix that.”

“If it had come down to Florida it would have been catastrophic,” Macnab said. “As it was, it became an afterthought and an object of ridicule for latenight talk shows—that’s not good enough for Florida.”

quiet, uneventfully delivering its reliably red returns.

“There are some counties you never hear from,” said Florida’s former secretary of state Kurt Browning. “Escambia County is one of these counties. David Stafford does a great job.”

Midmorning on Election Day, Escambia’s polling places were humming along nicely. While lines had started off long when the sites opened their doors, headaches were dissolving as the day headed toward lunch.

At Precinct 34, Henry East, an Escambia elections deputy, warmly greeted voters as they entered the polling place. He wore a purple suit and leopard hatband and talked about working the polls as an 18-year-old in Chicago. The older man said everything had run smoothly throughout the morning at the Panhandle precinct.

“Thank you for your vote,” East said to an exiting voter. “Your sins are forgiven.”

Over in Santa Rosa County, voter Courtney Rogers had shown up early on Election Day. Her Gulf Breeze polling place—Precinct 22, the South Santa Rosa Recreation Center—was just opening and already there was a problem.

“I understand, things happen,” Rogers said.

After checking in and filling out her ballot, Rogers went to cast her vote. The scanner, however, wasn’t accepting ballots.

“That part was all taped up,” she recalled. “Underneath there was a little box that said ‘put your ballot in here.’”

“Being the brunt of late-night comedy hour is not an image this state can allow to continue.”

Deirdre Macnab

THE PUNCH LINE

Northwest Florida was barely in on the joke. Escambia County was particularly 010 1

Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections Ann Bodenstein has been in the business for quite a while. She’s been around a lot longer than the scanners that malfunctioned at Precinct 22.

“I’ve been in elections over 50 years,” Bodenstein said. “I go back to the time of the machines with the curtains that closed behind you, with the little red lever.”

On Nov. 6, the machines in Santa Rosa were on the fritz from the start. A write-in

candidate opposing Rep. Clay Ford was apparently throwing them for a loop.

Bodenstein said that state election officials were contacted immediately.

The local crew was guided through the breakdown.

“When they told us what to do it went beautifully,” the supervisor said. “It wasn’t anything that you did. It was just the machines couldn’t work like they said.”

With its malfunctioning machines and notably late returns, Santa Rosa County did not see as seamless of an Election Day as Escambia County. Compared to the southern part of the state, however, it ran like clockwork.

“It’s certainly not perfect,” Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford said of Florida’s election system.

“We’ve all seen the images of the lines in the other parts of the state.”

In certain areas of Florida, voters waited more than seven hours to cast their ballots. Some were still waiting when the presidential election was called for Barack Obama.

Problems were particularly bad in the southern part of the state. Still waiting for Florida to finalize its vote a couple of days after the election, Miami Herald political writer Marc Caputo outlined some of the issues for Judy Woodruff on PBS’s “NewsHour.”

FLORIDA BECOMES LATE-NIGHT FODDER "Good luck today Florida! Try not to pull a 'Florida.' " — Daniel Tosh on Twitter "Florida tonight remains too close to call.

So where's the good news, you say? Here it is. The election was decided without them.

For once, Florida's clusterf*!k is irrelevant."

— Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show” "Let's see, it's two weeks until Thanksgiving, seven weeks until Christmas and 14 weeks before they're done counting votes in Florida. Can you believe that?

They are still counting votes in Florida."

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tant that they get all the votes counted because the results could drastically affect the outcome of this election in no way whatsoever." — Jimmy Kimmel on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" "It has been two days, and Florida still hasn't finished counting all the votes from Tuesday night's election. Of course it's going to be weird when they're finally done. They're like, 'The winner is — Al Gore'?" — Jimmy Fallon on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" "What is going on in Florida? You know, they still haven't finished counting the votes there yet. You know, at this point, how many people think Florida shouldn't even be allowed to vote for 'American Idol'?" — Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" inweekly.net

Obama supporters on Election Day / photo by Samantha Crooke “There weren’t enough machines to read ballots and there weren’t actually enough privacy booths to vote your ballot,” Caputo told her. “This year, we also had an unusually long ballot, which slowed people down as well.”

By the time President Obama gave his victory speech, it was apparent there were major issues in Florida. In his opening remarks he nodded to the long lines and wait times found at some polling places.

“By the way, we have to fix that,” the President said.

THE SETUP

“We’re here to examine, among other things, how one of these elections laws made its way through the Florida Legislature and was quickly signed by the governor—despite widespread public outcry.”

The Election Day snafu in Florida wasn’t completely unforeseeable. The entire election year of 2012, in fact, had issues.

Throughout the year, Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-controlled Legislature fought criticisms that laws passed in 2011 were damaging to the democratic process.

In addition to voter roll purges and measures that complicated voter registration efforts, the new law cut early voting from eight days to 14, with the Sunday prior to the election also being dropped.

Two days prior to the November election, the Florida Democratic Party filed a federal lawsuit in an effort to force the state government to extend early voting hours in South Florida. Joined by the League of Women Voters, the group had asked the governor to extend early voting due to “inadequate polling facilities” and the expectation of a large turnout on Election Day.

Sen. Bill Nelson

November 29, 2012

“Because of Governor Scott’s refusal to follow precedent and extend early voting hours in the face of unprecedented voter turnout in South Florida, we are requesting in federal court that more Floridians have a meaningful chance to early vote,” Rod Smith, chairman of the Florida Democratic Party, said in a statement when the lawsuit was filed.

Throughout 2012, Florida’s Republican-heavy state government showed little sympathy to groups expressing concerns with the election process.

Critics maintained that officials were systematically making it more difficult for certain reliably Democratic voters— minorities, students and the elderly—to cast their ballots.

“People in Tallahassee don’t just sit around and think, ‘What can I pass today,’” Rosemary Hays-Thomas, co-president of the Pensacola Bay Area League of Women Voters, said in January. “There is a purpose.”

Hilary Shelton, the senior vice president of advocacy and policy for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, tended to agree: “We used to call it Jim Crow, but now it’s much more sophisticated, much more high-tech.”

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Florida) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) held a federal field hearing in Tampa in order to determine if Florida’s new law was disenfranchising anyone. In particular, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights wanted to know if the Voter Rights Act was being violated.

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“We’re here to examine, among other things, how one of these elections laws made its way through the Florida Legislature and was quickly signed by the governor—despite widespread public outcry,” Nelson said in a statement, wondering if there was “an orchestrated effort to suppress the vote.”

“A week ago today, Florida voters saw the culmination of a general election process that can be summarized in one word: Unacceptable.”

Macnab The critics had fair ammunition. As University of Florida political science professor pointed out at the time: in the 2008 general election, African-Americans composed only 13 percent of the total votes in this battleground state, but accounted for 31 percent of the votes cast on the Sunday prior to Election Day. Hispanics showed similar numbers.

In the Florida House of Representatives, Rep. Mark Pafford (D-West Palm Beach) introduced legislation that would have reversed the more controversial aspects of the state’s new election law. In the senate, Minority Leader Nan Rich (DWeston) did the same.

“I’ve got no signal whatsoever that it’ll even get heard,” Pafford said of his efforts at the time.

While some of Florida’s H.B. 1355 didn’t withstand judicial challenges—new requirements on third-party voter registration were found to be over the top—the reduction in the number of early voting days stood.

On Election Day, certain pockets of the state saw voters wait hours at their polling place. Pockets like Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties—home to 32 percent of Florida’s Democrats.

Macnab felt like she knew who was to blame. The Nov. 6 mess had played out just about the way groups such as the League and the Florida Democratic Party said it would. It appeared to be the logical—and predicted—conclusion to a legislative reworking of the system.

“At the end of the day,” the League’s president said, “you have to look at your leaders.”

DISSECTING THE JOKE

Former Florida secretary of state Browning resigned after the presidential primary earlier this year. Citing the desire to return home to family, he was in the middle of scouring the state’s voter database for illegal immigrants at the request of—and 212 1

apparently at odds with—the governor.

Browning returned to Pasco County where his trip to the polls to cast his vote this month was as effortless as his landslide victory in the local superintendent of schools race. His tip: be prepared with your sample ballot.

“When I went to vote, I was in and out in ten minutes,” he said. “I knew what I was going to be doing.”

Before Browning was first appointed secretary of state in 2006, he served 26 years as Pasco County’s supervisor of elections, spending time as president of the state association of supervisors. In the wake of Florida’s 2000 election meltdown, then-Gov. Jeb Bush appointed him to his Task Force on Election Procedures, Standards and Technology.

As secretary of state, Browning oversaw the 2008 presidential election.

“In my humble opinion,” he said, “we hit it out of the park.”

Browning feels that the states election system is “probably one of the best in the country” due to changes made as a result of the 2000 task force. While he Governor Rick Scott sees some problems with this year’s election, he doesn’t blame the new election law, which he repeatedly went to bat for as secretary of state.

“Everybody’s screaming about early voting, I don’t think we need to touch early voting. I do not think it played a part,” Browning said, pointing out that the cuts to early voting were in days, as opposed to hours. “When I do math, 96 is 96, whether you spend it over eight days or 14, it’s still 96 hours.”

The people screaming about early voting cuts, and Florida’s Election Day scene in general, included groups like the League and the American Association of Retired People (A ARP). They held a press conference as the Election Day smoke cleared and asked that state officials form a task force to examine the issue.

“A week ago today, Florida voters saw the culmination of a general election process that can be summarized in one word: Unacceptable,” Macnab said at the

press conference. “ We must put Florida’s shameful election disasters behind us.

We ask that this task force begin its work quickly and deliver its final recommendations to the 2013 Legislature at least two weeks before the 2013 session begins, allowing time for bills to be filled.”

On Nov. 14 , Gov. Scott announced that he was directing Secretary of State Ken Detzner to meet with county elections supervisors in an effort to determine how the state could better handle the process next time around. He also encouraged state legislators to have a “bipartisan, open and vigorous discussion about what changes may need to be made to current Florida election law in the upcoming session.” “ We need to make improvements in our election process,” Scott said is a statement. “If even one Floridian has lost confidence in our voting process, we need to do whatever we can to make sure that confidence is restored.”

One of the supervisors of elections that Detzner met with was Escambia’s Stafford. The local supervisor recently wrapped up his term as president of the state association.

“It was a very, kind of, preliminary meeting,” Stafford said.

The Escambia supervisor said that some of the concerns that he discussed with the secretary of state included the number of available polling places and the length of the ballot.

“And the truncated schedule is something that should be looked at as well,” Stafford said.

The size of the ballot—filled with “long, lengthy amendments on there that nobody understands”—was also a prime concern of Browning’s. He pointed to counties in the southern part of the state with particularly long ballots.

“They had like seven or eight pages—I mean, c’mon,” Browning said, explaining that the ballots not only took longer to fill out, but also to process. “Those eight pages have to be fed in. When you feed

“If even one Floridian has lost confidence in our voting process, we need to do whatever we can to make sure that confidence is restored.”

Gov. Rick Scott

your ballot into the scanner it doesn’t just go ‘zip,’ it ‘reads’ it.”

The former supervisor didn’t have to deal with such a longwinded ballot during the 2008 election.

“It was substantially shorter,” he said.

“I can tell you Miami-Dade didn’t have eight pages.”

Whereas former Gov. Bush’s task force addressed what Browning called “some pretty, I think, severe issues,” the former secretary of state and county elections supervisor sees this year’s election issues as more localized problems, or “what I call people issues.”

“You know, I think the issues that we found this year are probably more human issues than process or procedure,” Browning said, predicting the prescribed remedies won’t be as “dramatic” as the ones recom-

“Everybody’s screaming about early voting, I don’t think we need to touch early voting. I do not think it played a part.”

Kurt Browning mended by the 2000 task force.

The former official said much of Florida’s problem could be sidestepped if Election Day logistics were better handled at the local level.

“This is not Earth-shattering, exacting work,” he said, suggesting more resources be put into the process. “It is time consuming, and you have to be accurate. Just put more people on it.”

Following the governor’s statement about possible issues with Florida’s election process, Macnab didn’t sound entirely encouraged.

“We find the idea of his delegating the job to the secretary of state inadequate,” the League president deadpanned.

Macnab maintained that a task force made up of “bipartisan, state names who are trusted” could better investigate the issue. A task force much like Bush’s in 2000 that Browning sat on.

“That was very helpful, that was the right approach,” she said, explaining that she didn’t trust the same body of officials that fought for the state’s new election law to appropriately untangle the mess.

Though Browning doesn’t see as large of issues as the state tackled after the 2000 election, the former secretary said he could see a task force being useful.

“It probably wouldn’t be a bad idea for a task force, a work group to be set up,” Browning said. “I mean, self reflection is always good.”

Governor Scott has yet to indicate any such task force will be formed. Former Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio, meanwhile, is inweekly.net

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currently trying to drum up interest in precisely such a task force.

“Clearly, this past election has shown there’s still more work to be done,” she said.

In addition to serving as the mayor of Tampa, Iorio also spent three terms as supervisor of elections in Hillsborough County and is a past president of the state association. She is working to put together a group to study the state’s election issues and make recommendations to the legislature.

“People across party lines are concerned,” Iorio said, adding that she doesn’t feel Scott’s attention to the issue will suffice. “That just doesn’t go far enough.

There needs to be different voices.”

State legislators are also talking about Florida’s Election Day headaches. Both Republicans and Democrats have said they will address concerns.

House Speaker Will Weatherford (RWesley Hill) has said that a house committee, as opposed to an outside task force, can best study the issues. Both he and Senate President Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) do, however, seem to be heading into this next legislative session with a mellower disposition than the full-speed-ahead GOP-led body that muscled HB 1355 through.

“This isn’t a third-world country,” Gaetz said during his swearing in speech as he ascended

2008: 49,180 2012: 42,832 Decrease: 13 percent

2008: 26,275 2012: 22,696 Decrease: 14 percent

to the senate presidency this month. “America shouldn’t have to wait for five days after the polls close to find out how Florida voted.”

Democratic lawmakers are sponsoring legislation that aims to reverse Florida’s new election law. The left’s legislation sponsored

by Rep Darryl Rouson (D-St. Petersburg) and newly elected Sen. Darren Soto (D-Orlando)—with cameo support from former governor Charlie Crist— would restore early voting to 14 days and also address ballot length.

Browning suggested that Florida could try something entirely new.

“Maybe what we ought to do is just start with a clean sheet of paper: How do we want to work this?” he posed.

The former secretary said perhaps the state could limit polling places to larger “mega-sites” that could facilitate any voter regardless of precinct. The sites could remain open five to 10 days prior to Election Day. “Basically, you have this big early voting that becomes Election Day,” Browning said.

“I don’t know what else to do.”

Macnab said she hopes the state gets it figured out before the next election. And further, that Florida takes a breath and finds a better way before heading full throttle into another national embarrassment.

“I don’t think there’s any one problem, or solution,” she cautioned. {in}

“Clearly, this past election has shown there’s still more work to be done.”

Pam Iorio

November 29, 2012

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Defending the Trend

Living Gluten Free

by Jennie McKeon

Gluten free is not just a diet fad, but also a defense against Celiac disease.

“It’s a little trendy, kind of like the disease de jour,” said Sheila Cathey, clinical nutrition manager at West Florida Hospital.

“You see people using gluten free for weight loss, but Celiac disease can also be a debilitating disease.”

Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine. Because of the damage, the intestines cannot absorb food properly, leaving those with gluten allergies to be malnourished as well as with a host of other symptoms.

“Symptoms include abdomen pain or bloating, unexpected anemia, unexpected weight loss, chronic diarrhea and bone or joint pain,” Cathey said. “Celiac disease can also cause seizures, which is related to dehydration.”

Gluten is the storage of proteins of wheat, rye and barley. Those with Celiac disease are advised to avoid the aforementioned grains as well as oats.

“It’s tough, especially if you’re a carblover,” Cathey said.

A GLUTEN FREE FOODIE

Maricarmen Josephs has been glutenfree for over seven years and couldn’t be happier or healthier. She was never officially diagnosed with Celiac disease, but once she eliminated gluten, her 14 years of digestive problems were gone.

“It took me about seven months to really commit to the diet—to think ‘I’m never going to eat regular pizza again,’” Josephs said.

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“I was 27, and I went to SpringFest and ate whatever I wanted and felt horrible. I decided I didn’t want to miss out my life anymore and made the decision to be gluten free and haven’t turned back.”

Her symptoms ceased in the matter of a day.

“It was a world of difference. Night and day,” Josephs said.

“My energy levels are through the roof. It feels good to make more conscious decisions about what I eat and what I don’t eat.”

Working in the food industry for the past 10 years, she is the owner of Carmen’s Lunch Bar, Josephs began to get creative in the kitchen.

“I kind of became obsessed with it,” she admitted. “Now, there are so many great, gluten free items. Four or five years ago, people would’ve looked at you like you’re an alien at the mention of gluten.”

When she opened Carmen’s, she was inspired to create a menu for every kind of foodie.

“My idea was to have options for everyone,” she said. “Obviously, I wanted to be able to eat some dishes, but I’m not going to deprive anyone from a wonderful ciabatta roll.

DIAGNOSING THE DIET

Celiac disease can be diagnosed through blood screening tests and a biopsy of the small intestine, which is the only definitive test for the disease. Some choose to be gluten free without diagnosis.

Beth Taylor was researching ways to naturally heal her psoriasis, while she was also suffering many symptoms of gluten intolerance.

“I had also been experiencing an insane pressure in my head for the past year, almost like a spasm that would hit in intervals of at least once an hour,” she recalled. “I couldn’t remember the last time I didn’t feel bloated or crampy after eating a meal and my energy level was always fluctuating.”

Taylor tested the wheat-free diet and found a solution—although not for psoriasis.

“It was during that week that all of these weird symptoms I had been dealing with for so long were starting to go away,” she said.

“I then began to research wheat-free diets and came across this whole new developed world of people with gluten intolerance.”

Now, seven months gluten free and Taylor is very happy with the outcome.

“It has made a world of difference,” she said. “My head spasms never came back, my digestive system is more normal than I can ever remember, and my energy level has increased. I even think more clearly, honestly.

Even my joints feel better.”

Mallory Bardwell has been gluten free for eight years since a Natural Health Practitioner suggested she remove gluten from her diet.

Eat This, Not That

Thinking of trying a gluten-free diet? Here’s a breakdown of what you can and can’t eat. Information courtesy of Sheila Cathey, clinical nutrition manager of West Florida Hospital.

GLUTEN-CONTAINING FOODS TO AVOID: Barley Cereal binding Bulgar Couscous Wheat Durum Rye Einkorn Oats Emmer Semolina Filler Wheat bran Breading Cracked WheatFarro Malt syrup Graham flour

Malt vinegar Kamut Oat bran Malt Oat syrup Malt extract Spelt Malt flavoring Triticale Matzo Matzo Meal Flour Wheat germ Wheat starch Farina Grano

* Really the only type of vinegar that contains gluten is malt vinegar.

All other types do not contain gluten (unless a specialty kind that has something added after it has been distilled; check the label if you aren’t sure).

GLUTEN-FREE STARCHES:

“You see people using gluten free for weight loss, but Celiac disease can also be a debilitating disease.”

Sheila Cathey

Rice Corn (corn bran, corn grits, hominy) Potato (potato starch & potato flour) Bean Tapioca Soy

Amaranth Quinoa Buckwheat* Millet Teff Nut Flours Montina Sorghum Arrowroot

*Be cautious of commercial buckwheat flours, cereals and pancake mix: may have cross-contamination with gluten-containing flours during processing, or may have wheat flour added.

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“The difference was amazing,” she said.

“I was swollen, tired and always had painful acne. It was all gone within a few months.”

Bardwell does not have a gluten allergy.

Instead, it’s categorized as an intolerance, or gluten sensitivity. The difference between a gluten allergy and sensitivity is that the symptoms are minor compared to that of a gluten allergy. Those who suffer gluten allergies can experience symptoms just from touching a product with gluten in it unlike gluten intolerance or sensitivity.

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“It’s a struggle, especially when someone tries taking you to a surprise dinner you can’t eat at.”

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GLUTEN FREE, DAIRY FREE PIZZA

Taylor recommended this site for recipes.

“Udi’s has saved my life,” she said. “They have the best breadsticks.” Here’s a dish that pleases gluten-free vegans.

Mallory Bardwell “I have to stay away from gluten completely,” Bardwell said. “Though if I’m away from it for a long period of time I can handle a couple bits of gluten containing food so long as I have medicines that counteract the light symptoms of it.”

LIVING WITHOUT GLUTEN

The transition to be bread-free is not an easy one.

“I was honestly a little bit devastated,” Taylor said of giving up bread. “I was the weird kid who would eat three slices of Bunny Bread for a snack after school. I was always the one eating others’ crust when they didn’t want it and would get too full on breadsticks before my meal came out at restaurants.”

“One thing I miss and cannot replace is Shredded Wheat cereal,” Bardwell said.

Giving up bread products is just a small part of the headache of ridding your pantry of gluten. Food products labeled gluten free truly have to be unlike misleading organic or all natural labels.

“Since this is an allergic condition and can still cause dire illness, labels have to have a higher accountability,” Cathey said. “For true sensitivities, you have to dig deep in the ingredients—even meat products can have starch fillers.”

If uncertain, Cathey suggests calling the food companies.

And gluten free products are not cheap.

“It’s getting easier with time, but not on my wallet,” Taylor said of transitioning. “All gluten free foods are pretty expensive and limited.”

It can also be time consuming—some with gluten allergies take to baking their own bread.

“How many of us bake our own bread?”

Cathey said.

With food allergies come the awkward moments when you have to be a picky eater, no matter the situation. Homeless people, for instance, can’t afford to be picky about the 616 1

Pour the buttermilk evenly over the mixture. Process for 8 1-second pulses, or until the dough gathers into a moist clump.

Using your bare hands, quickly gather a clump of dough, lightly form it into a biscuit shape, and drop it onto the cookie sheet. Repeat this for all the remaining dough, trying to handle the dough as little as possible (it's sticky).

Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.

Ingredients:

Gluten Free Recipes Finding it hard to imagine life without gluten? Whether you have an allergy or are preparing dinner for a gluten-free friend, here’s some inspiration.

GLUTEN FREE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Without hesitation, Josephs recommended this recipe saying “They’re so good!”

1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon sugar 1/3 cup cold butter, cut into 1/4-inch cubes 3/4 cup buttermilk

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Ingredients:

1/2 cup potato starch 3/4 cup cornstarch 1 3/4 teaspoons xanthan gum 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda soup kitchen menus. Cathey mentions that communion wafers at church generally have gluten in them.

“It’s a struggle, especially when someone tries taking you to a surprise dinner you can’t eat at,” Bardwell said.

But it does get better. Gluten free products can be found at major grocery chains as well as Ever’man.

“You see some mainstream companies advertising gluten-free items like Boar’s Head or Hormel,” Josephs said.

Josephs points out local restaurants such as Jackson’s Steakhouse, The Grand Marlin and Cactus Flower as having gluten free options.

“There’s a lot of chains too like Carrabba’s, Bonefish and Outback,” she said.

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HERBAL STUDY AT EVER’MAN Ongoing Herbal Study Group - Exploring natural healing, use of herbs, films, discussions. Free for members, $2 non-members. Ever’man, 315 W. Garden St. The class is free for members and $2 for non-members. Visit everman.org for more information.

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FREE TABLE TENNIS Pensacola Table Tennis Club offers free play twice a week on Thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m. and Mondays from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Balls and paddles are provided, but you are welcome to bring your own. Thursday is for intermediate and advanced and Monday is

HEAL THYSELF WOMAN CIRCLES WITH NIELAH Learn the nine steps to healing and total wellness with Nielah Black Spears at Gathering Awareness and Books Center located at 2737 N. E. St. Classes are from 6 to 7 p.m. and are $10 per session or $35 a month. For more information call 366-2567 or e-mail gor4life.gmail.com.

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COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC The first Saturday of the month, Dr. Bonnie McLean offers ear acupuncture to relieve stress for $20. Call 932-1778 to make an appointment. You can also sign up for emotional code work with Margie for $15.

Call 291-0848 to make an appointment.

Appointments are available from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Baybridge Chiropractic Center, 107 Baybridge Dr., in Gulf Breeze. For more information, visit spiritgatemedicine.com.

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CANCER STUDY GROUP The group meets at 6 p.m. at Ever’man, 315 W. Garden St. The video “Preparing Live Foods”, by Gary Null & Roberta Atti will be presented. Free for members, $2 for non-members. Visit everman.org for more information.

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YOGA WITH MICHAEL DEMARIA Relax with Michael DeMaria every Monday at the Sanders Beach Community

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news BAPTIST MEDICAL GROUP WELCOMES TAMMY PRUSE, D.O., FAMILY MEDICINE IN PENSACOLA Baptist Medical Group is pleased to announce the addition of family medicine physician and Pace, Fla., resident Tammy Pruse, D.O., to their growing primary care network. Dr. Pruse will welcome new and previous patients alike at her new office at Baptist Medical Park – Nine Mile, 9400 University Parkway, suite 409, where she will practice alongside family medicine physician Mark Thiele, M.D. Dr. Pruse, known for her excellence in attentive patient care, comes to Baptist Medical Group from the U.S. Department of Veterans Administration where she has practiced for two years, and prior to that, she practiced in the Pace community for six years. She earned her doctorate in osteopathic medicine from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her family practice residency at Florida Hospital East Orlando, where she was named chief resident and resident of the year.

To learn more about Dr. Pruse or to request an appointment, visit baptistmedicalgroup.org or call 208-6160 for personal assistance.

Quality cancer care is now more convenient than ever for those living in northern Pensacola, Pace and Milton. Baptist Medical Group – Oncology recently opened a new office location at Baptist Medical Park – Nine Mile, 9400 University Parkway, Suite 408, in Pensacola.

Nutan DeJoubner, M.D., and Sherif Ibrahim, M.D., two highly skilled and fellowship-trained oncologists, will see patients at this location starting November 13. Appointments are available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. In addition to being new to Baptist Medical Park – Nine Mile, both physicians recently joined the expert team at Baptist Medical Group and the Baptist Cancer Institute providing comprehensive cancer care to our community. The compassionate team also includes James Adams, M.D., Carletta Collins, M.D., German Herrera, M.D., David Mann, M.D., and Gary Belanger, P.A. -C. This expansion brings the Baptist Cancer Institute locations count to three: Gulf Breeze, Baptist Medical Towers in Pensacola and now Baptist Medical Park – Nine Mile. To make an appointment at any of these locations, visit baptistmedicalgroup.org or call 469-7975.

PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGIST, DR. OKAN ELIDEMIR, JOINS MEDICAL STAFF AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Dr. Okan Elidemir, a board-certified pediatric pulmonologist with Nemours Children’s Clinic, has joined the medical staff of Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart.

A native of Turkey, Dr. Elidemir earned his medical degree and completed his residency in pediatrics at the Aegean University School of Medicine in Izmir, Turkey. He completed his internship and second residency in pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. He also completed a fellowship in pediatric pulmonology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Prior to coming to Pensacola, Dr. Elidemir served as a professor of pediatrics at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and as the medical director of pediatric pulmonology and pediatric respiratory care at Greenville Children’s Hospital. He has also served as an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School and at the Baylor College of Medicine, both located in Houston, as well as the medical director for the Lung and Heart/Lung Transplant Programs and as the director of the Lung Transplant Fellowship Training Program at Texas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Elidemir is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Thoracic Society, and the South Carolina Asthma Alliance. He is also a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. For an appointment, please call Nemours Children’s Clinic at 505-4700. For more information on pediatric services, please call Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart at 4161600 or visit us online at sacred-heart.org.

SACRED HEART NAMED MOST PREFERRED HOSPITAL BY AREA CONSUMERS Consumers in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties have chosen Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola as the area hospital with the best overall quality and reputation. The top rating by consumers earned Sacred Heart recognition as a winner of the 2012-2013 Consumer Choice Award from National Research Corporation for the 13th year in a row. The annual awards, announced recently in Modern Healthcare magazine, identified 297 hospitals that healthcare consumers have chosen as having the highest quality and image in over 300 markets throughout the U.S. The survey showed Pensacola area consumers preferred Sacred Heart for their healthcare needs by a 2-1 margin over other area hospitals. Consumers also rated Sacred Heart as having the best quality, best doctors and best reputation. ‘’This award from National Research reflects Sacred Heart’s dedication to patient safety, patient satisfaction and patient outcomes,’’ said Susan Davis, president and CEO of Sacred Heart Health System. ‘’This honor would not be possible without the compassionate care shown by our doctors, nurses and staff.’’ The survey was an internet-based questionnaire and responses were gathered from September 2011 through August 2012.

The award is based on the hospital selected by consumers for the highest quality of healthcare service. ‘’Healthcare consumers who are taking the initiative with their healthcare decisions and demanding higher quality,’’ said Susan L. Henricks, President and Chief Operating Officer for National Research Corporation. ‘’We congratulate the recipients of the Consumer Choice Awards and salute their efforts to improve performance.’’ For more information about Sacred Heart Health System, call

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416-7000, visit online at sacred-heart.org or follow on Facebook. More information about the National Research Market Insights/Ticker survey can be found at nationalresearch.com/ about/consumer-choice-awards.

WOMEN’S BOARD FASHION SHOW RAISES $44,000 Supporters are the heart and soul of a successful fundraiser. The Women’s Board of the Baptist Health Care Foundation extends sincere appreciation to all of the supporters who contributed to this year’s Stepping Out in Style Fashion Show that raised more than $44,000. Funds from the 36th annual event held on Nov. 1, support programs and services provided by Baptist Health Care, the only locally-owned, not-for-profit health care system in the area. Through volunteerism, sponsorships, ticket sales, donations and silent and live auctions, the northwest Florida community generously supported the evening affair that brought in a crowd of about 400. Local celebrity models included Teri Levin, local philanthropist; Jenni Pate-Buckley, community volunteer; Mark Faulkner, Baptist Health Care president/CEO and wife Olympia; Brent Lane and Cooper Davis from 98.7 Cat Country; Mollye Barrows-Vigodsky, WEAR TV 3 anchor; Becca Boles, Pensacola News Journal Media Solutions director; Leah Drury, Pensacola State College women’s basketball coach; Lorenzo Aguilar, Anytime Fitness personal trainer; and Chad Stacy, Pensacola Young Professionals president. Belk, a valued community partner, provided the fashions and the runway show to create an exciting event that helps raise awareness of and funding for Baptist Health Care’s service in the community. Premium sponsors included Belk, Cox Communications and the Kugelman Foundation. Platinum sponsors were Ballinger Publishing, Cat Country 98.7, Edward Jones Office of Rick Lambert, CFP; Hancock Bank; Kent’s Special Events; and the Pensacola News Journal. Gold sponsors were Beggs and Lane; Coastal Vein Institute & Aesthetic Center; Mark Giovanini, M.D., neuromicrospine specialist; Radiology Associates of Pensacola / Interventional Radiology Consultants; and The Blake at Gulf Breeze. Silver sponsors included Gulf Breeze News/Splash; Moore, Hill & Westmoreland, P.A.; Varona’s; Braden Kirk and Colleen M. Ball; John Kizziah, State Farm Agent; and Jim and Marti Vickery.The Women’s Board of Baptist Health Care Foundation fashion show is a staple in Pensacola’s fall event calendar. The board coordinates additional fundraisers throughout the year to support Baptist Health Care’s Mission to improve the quality of life in the community. Comprising more than 160 members, the Women’s Board’s efforts have resulted in thousands of hours of volunteer service and more than $1.5 million in funding for the organization. To learn about upcoming fundraising events or to join the women’s board, visit baptisthealthcarefoundation.org. {in} inweekly.net

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DR. GENE TERREZZA – TERREZZA OPTICAL 113 Palafox Place, 434-2060, terrezzaoptical.com The practice, which includes Dr. Gene Terrezza and Dr. Ruben E. Carlson, offers services in complete family eye care, including routine vision exams, glasses and contact lenses, therapeutic interventions, dry eyes and pre-operative and postoperative management of cataract and refractive surgery patients.

Health Care Organizations

BAPTIST HEALTH CARE 434-4071, ebaptisthealthcare.org Baptist Health Care is a communityowned, not-for-profit health care organization serving Northwest Florida and South Alabama. Baptist Health Care includes four hospitals, two medical parks, Baptist Manor, Baptist Home Health Care and Durable Medical Equipment, Baptist Leadership Institute, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine and Lakeview Center.

SACRED HEART HEALTH SYSTEM 416-7000, sacred-heart.org More than 600 primary and specialty physicians practice at Sacred Heart, a not-forprofit healthcare organization. Its main services include Sacred Heart Medical Group, a network of primary care physicians, a 24-hour Emergency Trauma Center, a Pediatric Trauma Referral Center and centers of excellence specializing in women's health, cardiac care, orthopedics, cancer care and the care of children.

WEST FLORIDA HEALTHCARE 494-3212, westfloridahospital.com West Florida Healthcare is proud to offer the only local hospital featuring all private rooms. The West Florida campus also offers the area’s only comprehensive rehabilitation hospital and a mental health facility. West Florida also provides services in cardiovascular surgery, oncology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, emergency care, behavioral health, obstetrics and many other medical specialties.

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ANYTIME FITNESS 100 S. Alcaniz St., 469-1144 6301 N. 9th Ave. #4, 969-1348 anytimefitness.com Anytime Fitness is open 24-hours all year long. The gym membership can be used at any Anytime Fitness location. Each new member receives a free personal fitness orientation, including an explanation and demonstration of basic exercise principles and a quick, safe and effective exercise program.

Training continues throughout membership with online tools such as a diet tracker, workout planner and virtual coaching.

FIXED ON FITNESS, INC. 554-1648, fixedonfitness.com Fixed on Fitness boot camp provides an ideal combination of personal training, accountability, camaraderie and hard work, which results in a dynamic approach to total fitness. Throughout the six weeks of boot camp, you are introduced to a variety of workout techniques, exercises and challenges. Each workout is different, so campers experience 24 new workouts.

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LUMINOUS LIFE HYPNOTHERAPY 346-7865, luminouslifehypnotherapy.com Susan Dunlop, M.A., C.H.T., offers hypnosis as therapy for a variety of issues such as bereavement, relationship problems, divorce recovery, stress management, depression, phobias, negative habits, motivation, sleep problems, trauma, sports excellence, pain management and more. Dunlop is an internationally certified hypnotherapist trained in the United States by the American Academy of Hypnotherapy, the nation's foremost hypnotherapy institute.

Skin Care

DR. KEVIN WELCH Pensacola Office: Medical Center Clinic, Dermatology and Laser Center 8333 N. Davis Highway, 474-8386 Gulf Breeze Office: 2874 Gulf Breeze Parkway, 916-9969 kevinwelchmd.com Dr. Kevin Welch offers Botox, Dysport, fillers such as Restylane, Perlane, Juvederm, Radiesse and Sculptra, laser services, including Fractional CO2 laser resurfacing and IPL. Also, Dr. Welch has the only local Zeltiq Coolsculpting to “freeze your fat away”, and the only local non-surgical skin tightening procedures including both Ulthera and Thermage. The Skin Care Center offers physician-dispensed products, including Skin Medica, Obagi, Jane Iredale cosmetics, Tilley Hats and the only area outlet of “My Body” skin care products. Dr. Welch won Best Skin Care again in 2012.

The Area’s Only Accredited

Chest Pain Center West Florida Hospital is the only hospital in the region to earn Chest Pain Center accreditation by the prestigious Society of Chest Pain Centers, an international professional organization focused on improving care for patients with acute coronary symptoms and other related conditions. The accreditation followed a stringent and comprehensive review of the expertise of our operating systems and the compassionate care we provide our chest pain patients.

As an Accredited Chest Pain Center, West Florida Hospital ensures that patients who come to our Emergency Room complaining of chest pain or discomfort are given the immediate treatment necessary to avoid as much heart damage as possible.

Protocol-based procedures developed by leading experts in cardiac care to reduce time to treatment in the critical early stages of a heart attack are part of our overall cardiac care service.

And, should you need to be admitted, West Florida Hospital is the only hospital in the area that can guarantee your own private room during your stay.

As the area’s only Accredited Chest Pain Center, the ER at West Florida can provide: • Reduced time to treatment during the critical stages of a heart attack • A systematic approach to cardiac care that improves outcomes • Timely accurate diagnoses of all patients presenting with signs and symptoms of heart disease that help reduce unnecessary admissions • Recognizable symbol of trust that helps patients and EMS make decisions at highly stressful times

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Part rock show, part performance art show—Of Montreal live shows never fail to entertain and surprise. Just our luck, Kevin Barnes is bringing his trippy indie pop band back to Mobile this Saturday night. For more with the opening band on the bill, French Horn Rebellion, turn to page 22. ofmontreal.net

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The only thing better than shopping local, is shopping local for nickels and dimes. And you can do just that this weekend at Alyssa’s Antique Depot in Pace. Their popular 5 & Dime Weekend features items hidden all over the store for 5 and 10 cents—just keep your eyes open for the special tags. shopalyssas.com

There are plenty of reasons fashion bloggers and music journalists call Solange Knowles “indie Beyoncé”: her fashion choices, her love for bands like

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French Horn Rebellion undertaking some musical tasks of his own and thus, joined forces with his brother.

“We like to do simple videos with simple stories!” Perlick-Molinari said.

“We’re in the process of developing a website where people can send videos of themselves doing silly things and playing their instruments. I’m really excited about how that will turn out.”

Now they’re playing in Mobile this weekend and releasing a new album later in December, and perhaps starting a new style.

“We are also releasing a new single, and working on a new genre we are calling, ‘Next Jack Swing,’” Perlick- Molinari said. “The single is called ‘Love is Dangerous.’ It features some of our friends in NYC as vocalists, and it really defines this new sound we’re trying to mold—I hope the world digs!”

Maybe there is something to be said for just doing what you love and dancing your heart out. Especially if the two are the same thing. {in}

“We’re pretty high energy—opening sets are pretty short, and our job is to get everybody ready to enjoy Of Montreal, and hopefully along the way, get to know a little bit about us.”

Perlick-Molinari photo by Harry Fellows

“Making dance music is fun and way easier than playing Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2!”

French Horn Rebellion is an infectious indie-pop duo that caught the eye of Of Montreal earlier in the year. The two groups will be touring the country and inciting dance fests at every venue on their list as glitter and confetti undoubtedly rain from the ceiling.

The brothers came together to form their band after strange turns in both of their musical careers. Robert played the French horn since he was eight, and after earning a degree in French Horn Performance from Northwestern University and becoming a member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra, he decided he wanted something more.

“There came a point where I was tired of relentlessly practicing Beethoven excerpts,

Robert Perlick-Molinari and instead wanted to create fun dance music, so I decided to start a French Horn Rebellion,” Robert Perlick-Molinari said.

“Making dance music is fun and way easier than playing Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2!”

Meanwhile, brother David was working as a music producer in New York and had just produced MGMT’s first EP, “Time to Wonder.” David became interested in

The Brooklyn-based pair of brothers has been known to bust out some great costumes, accompanied by even greater hair and accessories, while singing catchy, dance-y, electro- rock tunes.

Of Montreal might be a hard act to open for, but French Horn Rebellion seems like a perfect fit. They’ve been praised by Pitchfork and they even had a Record of the Week on BBC. “We’re pretty high energy— opening sets are pretty short, and WHEN: 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 our job is to get everybody ready to WHERE: Alabama Music Box, 455 Dauphin enjoy Of Montreal, and hopefully St., Mobile, Ala. along the way, get to know a little COST: $16 bit about us,” Perlick-Molinari said.

DETAILS: frenchhornrebellion.com; alaThe band has also put out sevbamamusicbox.net eral videos, and is already preparing for the next few.

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With the beginning of December starts the celebration of the holiday season.

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CHILDREN’S COLORING CONTEST Children are encouraged to create island-themed, holiday works of art. Coloring sheets are available at the Visitor’s Information Center, 735 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Island Style 782 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach and 8715 Ortega Park Dr., Navarre. All art will be displayed at the locations. Winners will be announced December 16.

KALEIDOSCOPE ASSSOCIATES COOKING CLASSES: GINGERBREAD HOUSE SESSION 1 Local pastry chef Sharon Tobin of Sweet Creations will share her secrets on how to make a gingerbread house from scratch. In the hands-on class, two people can create and decorate the edible house of their dreams. The class costs $75 for each pair and $15 for each additional person. The class begins at 6 p.m. at Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. For more information, call 261-4063.

1ST ANNUAL GINGERBREAD CREATION COMPETITION The Gulf Breeze Zoo is encouraging families and individuals to enter zoo themed gingerbread creations.

The winner in each category will be awarded a zookeeper lead tour of the zoo, including several up-close interactions with animals.

Submissions must be in no later than November 30 at 4 p.m. Judging will be December 1 and all creations will be on display through December 31. For more information, contact Kayte Wanko at 932-2229 ext. 122.

SNOWBALL DERBY Head to Five Flags Speedway for a fast holiday. The weekendlong festivities come to a close with the Snowball Derby on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m.

Five Flags Speedway, 7451 Pine Forest Rd. For more information, call 944-8400 or 9448406 or visit 5flagsspeedway.com.

12.1-12.2, 12.7-12.9, 12.14-12.24, 12.26-12.30 COOKIES WITH SANTA At the Gulf Breeze Zoo, kids can enjoy the Christmas lights and have a snack with the man in the red suit. Cookies with Santa is from 5 to 6 p.m. and is for toddlers to 9-year-olds.

Tickets are $25, ZooLights admission is included. Gulf Breeze Zoo, 5701 Gulf Breeze Pkwy. For more information, call 932-2229 or visit gulfbreezezoo.org.

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA Santa will be at St. Paul Preschool, located at 4600 N. 9th Ave. for breakfast from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Children will have the chance

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GULF BREEZE CHRISTMAS PARADE Get to your parade spot early to see the Gulf Breeze Christmas Parade, starting at 10 a.m. on Shoreline Drive. For more information, call 932-7888.

KALEIDOSCOPE ASSSOCIATES COOKING CLASSES: GINGERBREAD HOUSE SESSION 2 Local pastry chef Sharon Tobin of Sweet Creations will share her secrets on how to make a gingerbread house from scratch. In the hands-on class, two people can create and decorate the edible house of their dreams. The class costs $75 for each pair and $15 for each additional person. The class begins at 10 a.m. at Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. For more information, call 261-4063.

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE From noon until 3:30 p.m., the Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida will have a holiday open house to celebrate 30 years with live music by Sweet Prospect Celtic band. Take a tour and snack on various treats. There will be games and crafts for kids, story time and a book giveaway. The party will be at the Sanctuary grounds, 105 N. S St. For more information, call 433-9453 ext. 5 or visit pensacolawildlife.com.

PENSACOLA LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTMAS GALA View the lighthouse’s Christmas lights, Pensacola’s tallest Christmas tree, refreshments and visit Santa Claus for free. The gala begins at 6 p.m., at 2081 Radford Blvd. For more information, call 393-1561 or visit pensacolalighthouse.org.

‘SIMPLY CHRISTMAS’ PRESENTED

BY GULF COAST CHORALE The Gulf Coast Chorale’s season begins with “Simply Christmas,” an evening of holiday music at 7:30 p.m. at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, 100 Daniel St. Tickets are $10. For more information, call 932-2859 or visit gulfcoastchorale.org.

OPEN MIC HOLIDAY JAZZ Vocalists, musicians, rappers, poets, fine artists and dancers are invited to showcase their talent at The Belmont Building, located at 401 N. Reus St. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $10 per person and $15 per couple with two non-perishable foods or school supplies to be collected at the door. For more information, call 745-4367.

CHORAL SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA PRESENTS “MESSIAH The Choral Society of Pensacola will have two performances of the holiday classic, Handel’s “Messiah,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 at St. Paul Catholic Church, 3131 Hyde Park Rd. and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec.

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2 at Gulf Shores United Methodist Church, 1900 Gulf Shores Pkwy. Tickets are $20 for reserved section seating, $15 for general admission and $5 for students. Tickets for the December 1 performances can be purchased at 484-1847 and tickets for the December 2 performances can be purchased at 251-9682411. For more information, call 484-1806 or visit choralsocietyofpensacola.com.

SANTA’S WORKSHOP AT BLUE MORNING GALLERY From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Blue Morning Gallery, located at 21 S. Palafox, children aged nine and under are invited to a free workshop to make ornaments and gift items. Cookies and punch are provided, as well as holiday cheer from Santa and Winterfest characters. For more information, call 429-9100.

12.14-12.16 & 12.18-12.23 WINTERFEST TROLLEY Downtown Pensacola becomes Christmas Town through the eyes of Winterfest. Take a ride on the red trolley or carriage and see your favorite holiday characters come to life. The tour begins at the historic Escambia County Courthouse, 223 S. Palafox, where you can get your picture taken with Santa or take in a free show by Rudolph’s Revue. Tours begin at 5 p.m. To book your tour, call 417-7321 or visit pensacolawinterfest.org.

12.2, 12.7-12.9, 12.14-12.16, 12.2112.24 & 12.26-12.30 ZOO LIGHTS Enjoy the Gulf Breeze Zoo at night while it’s lit with thousands of holiday lights. The lights are on from 5 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and children, half-off for season pass holders. For more information, call 932-2229 or visit gulfbreezezoo.org.

1.1 SOWELL’S NORTH POLE CHRISTMAS LIGHT DISPLAY Make the trip to Milton to see the Sowell Farm family turn on their Christmas Light display of over 500,000 Christmas lights from dark until 10 p.m. The display is located at 7650 Sowell Rd., Milton CHRISTMAS CARD MAKING CLASS You’re never too old for crafts. On Sunday, Dec. 2 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., meet at Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox to make a unique Christmas card by hand. Tickets are $25, all tools and supplies are included. Reserve your space by calling 429-9100.

CHRISTMAS ON THE HILL Presented by the North Hill Preservation Association, Inc., the Christmas on the Hill tour takes you through four of North Hill’s most prestigious, historic homes built between the late 1800s and early 1990s and decorated for the holiday season. The tour

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begins at 11 a.m. at 16 W. Strong St. Tickets prices are $18-$20. Proceeds benefit USO and Toys for Tots. For more information, call 712-9037 or visit historicnorthhill.com.

12TH AVENUE TROLLEY The East Hill tradition is back. The 14th Annual 12th Avenue Trolley provides a fun, free holiday event for all ages. Two trolleys will run up and down 12th Avenue between historic Sacred Heart Hospital and St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, stopping at all participating businesses for food, drinks, shopping, art, entertainment and photo-ops with holiday characters.

This year’s sponsor is ProClinic. For more information, call 434-6168 ext. 6 or e-mail marketing@prohealthfl.com.

PICTURES WITH SANTA While you’re shopping for holiday gifts at Alyssa’s Antique Depot located at 4586 Chumuckla Hwy., make sure to get a photo with Santa. Pictures with Santa will be available on Sunday, Dec. 2 from 12 to 6 p.m. Appointments must be made by either calling or visiting the front desk. Packages start at $5. To make an appointment, call 994-9114.

JAZZ JINGLE Bandleader Paul Bruketa presents a program of holiday songs in jazz style. Admission is $8 for JSOP members $10 for non-members and $5 for students. Proceeds benefit Pensacola JazzFest. The music begins at 5:30 p.m. at Phineas Phogg’s in Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. For more information, call 434-6211 or visit sevillequarter.com.

JOY FOR THE BEACH The holiday concert will begin at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Assumption, 920 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach.

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE Spread a little holiday cheer at the Northwest Florida Ronald McDonald House, located at 5200 Bayou Blvd., December 6 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 4772273.

FREE HOLIDAY CONCERT The Pensacola State College Concert Chorale and Jazz Choir, “Entertainers,” will present a free holiday concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 6 at the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, 1000 College Blvd. Tickets are not required, seating begins at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Xiaolun Chun at 484-1810 or xchen@pensacolastate.edu.

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12th Avenue Holiday Trolley Shopping

by Hana Frenette

Sometimes one of the biggest downfalls of holiday shopping is trying to finagle a good parking spot in a sea of cars, weaving in and out of mom’s pushing strollers and teenagers slurping slushies.

The 12th Avenue Holiday Trolley shopping event has eliminated the annoyance of driving. And parking.

The 14th annual event will provide two trolleys that will run in opposite directions on 12th Avenue, going between

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‘PENSACOLA STATE ART FACULTY EXHIBITION’ 7 a.m. through Dec 14. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Bldg 15, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd., Bldg 15. 4842550 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘INTEGRATE. REPLICATE. GENERATE’ 10 a.m. through Dec 22. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘BILL MAULDIN: A SELECTION OF PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTS FROM THR ROWE COLLECTION’ 10 a.m. through Jan 10.University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Blvd, Bldg. 82.

474-3247 or uwf.edu.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

CERT TRAINING WORKSHOP 4 p.m. Free.

Bayview Park Community Center, 2001 E. Lloyd St. For registration on CERT contact JoAnn Howansky 444-7046 or 356-2384 or at certvista@bereadyalliance.org.

WINE TASTING AT AWM 5 p.m. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. Ninth Ave. 433-9463 or aragonwinemarket.com.

WINTER WONDERLAND 5 p.m. $11-$180. Blue Wahoos Stadium, 301 W. Main St. 934-8444 x 122 or bluewahoos.com.

‘FINE WINE & CUISINE SERIES: CELEBRATING ITALIAN STYLE’ 6 p.m. $60, registration required. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox.

438-4688 or dk4u.com.

Sacred Heart Hospital and St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, stopping at all businesses and events in between.

Those riding the trolley will have access to all the restaurants, shops, crafts and entertainment along the way.

There will be several famous and non-famous characters at various shops, ready to

entertain the kids and pose for photos.

Many businesses will have refreshments as well.

Parking for either trolley will be available at both ends of 12th Avenue.

Some of the stops along the way include: 12th Avenue Massage Angel’s Garden Blue Angel Yoga Cathedral of Sacred Heart City Grocery Dee McDavid Interiors Just Judy’s ProClinic Montage Salon and Gallery Eckerd Youth Alternative East Hill Chiropractic Center St. Christopher’s Episcopal St. Mark United Methodist {in}

12TH AVENUE HOLIDAY TROLLEY

WHEN: 1 – 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2 COST: Free DETAILS: facebook.com/prohealth.proclinic

VEGAN DINNER AT EOTL 6 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. 429-0336 or eotlcafe.com.

AFRICAN DRUMMING CLASSES 6:30 p.m. $2$5. Gull Point Community Center, 7000 Spanish Trail. For more information contact, 291-2718, 324-4928 or hurreyupstageandfilmworks.com PSC JAZZ AND WIND ENSEMBLES IN CONCERT 7:30 p.m. Free, but tickets required. Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, 1000 College Blvd.

484-1847 or lyceum.pensacolastate.edu.

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J. HAWKINS 3 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

BO ROBERTS, RHONDA HART & MARK SHERRIL 5 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 4920611 or florabama.com.

ELAINE PETTY 5:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

THE DAVENPORTS 6 p.m. The Leisure Club, 126 S. Palafox. 912-4229 or tlcdowntown.com.

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

JOHNNY SANSONE 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

HOLLY SHELTON 7 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

JAMES AND FRIENDS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com.

BRAD BARNES OPEN COLLEGE JAM 7:30 p.m.

Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Rd. 474-1919.

KARAOKE WITH BECKY 7:30 p.m. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 934-3141 or dalesbigdeck.com.

LUCKY DOGGS 7:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

DENTON HATCHE ‘THE SOAP BOX BLUES’ 8 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

HOTEL OSCAR 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 9322211 or sandshaker.com.

LIVIN THE DREAM 8 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. 332-7952 or wobusa.com/palafox.

DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

DJ MR LAO 8 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

LUCKY DOGGS, NEWBURY SYNDICATE TRIO 9:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 4920611 or florabama.com.

COLLEGE DANCE NIGHT 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

EXTREME KARAOKE WITH G.C.P.C 10 p.m.

Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or gulfcoastpartycrew.com.

FEATHERWEIGHT AND MORE 12 a.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or pensacolahandlebar.com.

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‘PENSACOLA STATE ART FACULTY EXHIBITION’ 8 a.m. through Dec 14. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Bldg 15, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd., Bldg 15. 4842550 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘INTEGRATE. REPLICATE. GENERATE’ 10 a.m. through Dec 22. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘BILL MAULDIN: A SELECTION OF PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTS FROM THR ROWE COLLECTION’ 10 a.m. through Jan 10.University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Blvd, Bldg. 82.

474-3247 or uwf.edu.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

CERT TRAINING WORKSHOP 4 p.m. Free. Bayview Park Community Center, 2001 E. Lloyd St. For registration on CERT contact JoAnn Howansky 444-7046 or 356-2384 or at certvista@ bereadyalliance.org.

WINE TASTING AT DK 4:30 p.m. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com.

WINTER WONDERLAND 5 p.m. $11-$180. Blue Wahoos Stadium, 301 W. Main St. 934-8444 x 122 or bluewahoos.com.

ZOO LIGHTS 5 p.m. Gulf Breeze Zoo, 5701 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, 932-2229 or gulfbreezezoo.org.

WINE TASTING AT SEVILLE QUARTER 5 p.m.

Palace Café at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

‘LIMITED DINNER AND HAPPY HOUR AT GREGORY STREET’ 5 p.m. $16-$20. Slow Roasted Prime Rib, Baked Lemon Pepper Grouper, Chicken Cordon Blue. Gregory Street Assembly Hall, 501 E. Gregory St. 607-8633.

WINE TASTING AT CITY GROCERY 5:15 p.m.

City Grocery, 2050 N. 12th Ave. 469-8100.

WINE AND GLIDE SEGWAY TOUR 5:30 p.m. $45. Emerald Coast Tours, 701 S. Palafox. 4179292 or emeraldcoasttours.net.

WINE TASTING AT EAST HILL MARKET 5:30 p.m.

1216 N. Ninth Ave. Meter Rentals $5. T.T. Wentworth Museum, 330 S. Jefferson. 595-5985 ext 111.

‘PART 1: BAKING AND PREPPING GINGERBREAD’ 6 p.m. $75, registration required.

Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com.

JOE OCCHIPINTI BIG BAND 6:30 p.m. Gregory Street Assembly Hall, 501 E. Gregory St. 307-8633.

SWING DANCING 8:30 p.m. American Legion, 1401 Intendencia St. $5. 437-5465 or pensacolaswing.com ‘STAND UP COMEDY SHOW’ 9:30 p.m. Big Easy Tavern, 710 N. Palafox. 208-5976.

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ELAINE PETTY 3 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com JACK ROBERTSON 5 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 5 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

KEITH LEE & MYSTIC SPRINGS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

KARAOKE WITH BECKY 7:30 p.m. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 934-3141 or dalesbigdeck.com.

MIKE BOCCIA 7:45 p.m. Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Rd. 474-1919.

KRISTY LEE, MAGGIE KOERNER 8 p.m. $10.

Vinyl Music Hall, 5 E. Garden St. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

JB LAWSON 8 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

THE BLENDERS 8:30 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com.

RAW PANDA SHOW 9 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or pensacolahandlebar.com.

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SCHOFIELD 9 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. 332-7952 or wobusa.com/palafox.

THE MAINSTREAM 9 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach.

932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

MO JILES 9 p.m. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

PETTY CASH 9:30 p.m. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

NEWBURY SYNDICATE 9:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

CORNBRED 10 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

REGGAE NITE 10 p.m. $5. Heritage Museum, 407 N DeVilliers St. Contact 281-1270 for more details.

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PALAFOX MARKET 8 a.m. Martin Luther King Plaza on North Palafox Street between Chase and Garden streets. palafoxmarket.com.

STEP OUT: WALK TO STOP DIABETES 8 a.m.

Pensacola Maritime Park. To register, volunteer or find out more information, please visit diabetes. org/stepout or call 492-6100, 1-888-DIABETES or contact Lynne Cranford at lcranfod@diabetes.org.

‘5TH ANNUAL GIFT MARKET’ 8:30 a.m. St. Paul Preschool, 4600 N. 9th Ave. CERT TRAINING WORKSHOP 9 a.m. Free.

Bayview Park Community Center, 2001 E. Lloyd St. For registration on CERT contact JoAnn Howansky 444-7046 or 356-2384 or at certvista@bereadyalliance.org.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

WINTER WONDERLAND 11 a.m. $11-$180. Blue Wahoos Stadium, 301 W. Main St. 934-8444 x 122 or bluewahoos.com.

‘INTEGRATE. REPLICATE. GENERATE’ 12 p.m. through Dec 22. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘BILL MAULDIN: A SELECTION OF PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTS FROM THR ROWE COLLECTION’ 12 p.m. through Jan 10.University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Blvd, Bldg. 82.

474-3247 or uwf.edu.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

ZOO LIGHTS 5 p.m. Gulf Breeze Zoo, 5701 Gulf Breeze Pkwy., 932-2229 or gulfbreezezoo.org.

‘PART 2: BUILDING AND DECORATING GINGERBREAD’ 6 p.m. $75, registration required.

Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com.

ICE FLYERS VS. ICE BEARS 7 p.m. Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 432-0800 or pensacolaiceflyers.com.

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JOE OCCHIPINTI SMALL GROUP JAZZ 10 a.m.

The Drowsy Poet Coffee Company, 86 Brent Lane. 434-7638.

TROY BRANNON 1 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

JACK ROBERTSON SHOW 5:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

PAUL KILLOUGH 6 p.m. Crabs We Got ‘Em, 6 Casino Beach. 932-0700 or crabswegotem.com.

TRUE BLUE 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

THE HEADBANGERZ BALL FEAT. THE KINGS OF HOLLYWOOD TOUR, APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION, POISON’D & RED, WHITE & CRUE 8 p.m. $10. Vinyl Music Hall, 5 E. Garden St. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

HOT SAUCE 8 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

DINOSAUR DAZE 8 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 9169888 or bamboowillies.com.

LUCID LYONS 9 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. 332-7952 or wobusa.com/palafox.

MO JILES 9 p.m. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

NICK WING KARAOKE 9 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

KNEE DEEP BAND 9:30 p.m. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

HURRICANE WARNING 9:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

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WORSHIP ON THE WATER 11 a.m. Tent Stage, Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

WINTER WONDERLAND 12 p.m. $11-$180. Blue Wahoos Stadium, 301 W. Main St. 934-8444 x 122 or bluewahoos.com.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

ZOO LIGHTS 5 p.m. Gulf Breeze Zoo, 5701 Gulf Breeze Pkwy., 932-2229 or gulfbreezezoo.org.

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SUGAR & SAND 2 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

J. HAWKINS TRIO 3 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

RON WILLIAMSON OPEN MIC JAM 6 p.m. Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Rd. 474-1919.

JOHN BARBATO 6:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

REED LIGHTFOOT 7:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

MONDAY 12.3

‘PENSACOLA STATE ART FACULTY EXHIBITION’ 7 a.m. through Dec 14. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Bldg 15, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd., Bldg 15. 4842550 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

BODACIOUS LEARNING LUNCH: AUTHENTIC LUNCH OF INDIA 11:30 a.m. $20. Bodacious Olive, 407-D S. Palafox. Call 261-4063 to reserve your spot.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

OYSTER NIGHT AT ATLAS 5 p.m. First dozen are 25 cents apiece and $2 Budweiser, Bud Light and Michelob Ultra drafts until close. Atlas, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or atlas.goodgrits.com.

BURGERS & BEER NIGHT AT SURF BURGER 6 p.m. Surf Burger, 500 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-1417 or thesurfburger.com.

TEXAS HOLD’EM 4 FUN 7 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

Seagull Blue Releases Debut EP

by Sarah McCartan

For a sneak listen to the openSeagull Blue returns to the Handleing tracks from “The Brighter Side of bar Saturday night. This time it’s for a Reckless,” head over to their bandcamp special occasion—the release of their page, seagullblue.bandcamp.com. {in} debut EP, “The Brighter Side of Reckless.”

Straight from “the seagull nest”—bassist Taylor Wyrosdick’s barn, to be precise—the EP was recorded by friend and fellow local musician Michael WHAT: Seagull Blue with Pioneers! O PioBishop of Pioneers! O Pioneers!, Chainsaw Kelly and Eric Taylor neers!

WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 (Doors at 7:30 Although still a young p.m.) band, this local indie rock WHERE: The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. and roll quartet is moving full COST: $5 at the door; $5 for a copy of the EP speed ahead into the new DETAILS: facebook.com/seagullbluemusic, year with plans of touring and 434-9060 hopefully another EP soon to

SEAGULL BLUE ALBUM RELEASE SHOW

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GAMER’S NIGHT 8 p.m. Fast Eddie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

EXTREME TRIVIA 9 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

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OPEN MIC WITH CATHY PACE 5 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

PAUL KILLOUGH 6 p.m. Crabs We Got ‘Em, 6 Casino Beach. 932-0700 or crabswegotem.com.

‘JINGLE JAZZ!’ 6:30 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 433-8382 or jazzpensacola.com.

MUSICIANS ALLIANCE 9 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

LIVIN’ THE DREAM 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

TUESDAY 12.4

‘PENSACOLA STATE ART FACULTY EXHIBITION’ 7 a.m. through Dec 14. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Bldg 15, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd., Bldg 15. 4842550 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘INTEGRATE. REPLICATE. GENERATE’ 10 a.m. through Dec 22. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘BILL MAULDIN: A SELECTION OF PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTS FROM THR ROWE COLLECTION’ 10 a.m. through Jan 10.University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Blvd, Bldg. 82.

474-3247 or uwf.edu.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

HALF-PRICE SUSHI 5 p.m. Atlas, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or atlas.goodgrits.com.

PRIME TIME TUESDAYS 5:30 p.m. Jackson’s, 400 S. Palafox. 469-9898 or jacksons.goodgrits.com.

GUEST LECTURER AMANDA LAWSON ‘RURAL HEALTH CARE AND LGBTQ IDENTITIES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES’ 6 p.m. Open Books, 1040 N. Guillemard St. 686-6029.

YOGA WITH BECKIE SATHRE 6 p.m. $2 for non-members. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org.

ANCHOR STEPS SWING NIGHT 7 p.m. $3-$5.

Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

TOSH TUESDAY 8 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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KITT LOUGH 6 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

PAPADOSIO AND MORE 7:30 p.m. $12-$15.

Vinyl Music Hall, 5 E. Garden St. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

KARAOKE WITH BECKY 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

TUESDAY JAM NIGHT 8 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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THE LITIGIOUS SOCIETY Samuel Cutrufelli, 31, filed a lawsuit in October in Sacramento County, Calif., claiming that Jay Leone, 90, “negligently” shot him.

Cutrufelli had burglarized Leone’s home in Greenbrae, unaware that Leone was home. When Leone reached for one of his stashed handguns, Cutrufelli shot him in the jaw and then pulled the trigger pointblank at Leone’s head, but was out of bullets. Leone then shot Cutrufelli several times, which Cutrufelli apparently felt was entirely unnecessary.

• In October, the former captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia (on which 32 people died after it ran aground in January 2012) filed a lawsuit against Costa Cruises for “wrongfully” firing him. Francesco Schettino is awaiting trial for manslaughter, accused of sending the ship dangerously close to shore on a personal lark, and was also charged with abandoning ship, since he was spotted in a lifeboat in the midst of passengers’ escape. (Schettino said he wound up in the lifeboat only because he “slipped” and fell in.)

• China’s legal system apparently is growing to resemble America’s. A wellcovered (but incompletely sourced) story from Chinese media in October reported that Mr. Jian Feng won the equivalent of $120,000 in a lawsuit against his wellto-do wife for deceiving him and subsequently giving birth to what Feng thought was an ugly baby. Feng discovered that his wife had had cosmetic surgery—and thus was not, genetically, the beauty that he married but, in reality, plain-looking.

IRONIES Amateur!: In October, a federal appeals court overturned the bribery conviction of a City of Chicago zoning inspector—on the grounds that the bribes he was convicted of taking were too small to be covered by federal law. Dominick Owens, 46, was convicted of taking two bribes of $600 each to issue certificates of occupancy, but the law applies only to bribes

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of $5,000 or more. (Also in October, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel disbanded the city’s ethics board after a 25-year run in which it never found an alderman in violation—even though, during that time, 20 aldermen were convicted of felonies.)

• The government’s Health Canada agency announced in October that Avmor Ltd. had agreed to recall one lot of its Antimicrobial Foaming Hand Soap—because it was contaminated with microbes.

(The recall did not disclose whether the danger was due to too many microbes overwhelming the soap or due to the inability of the antimicrobial soap to kill any microbes at all.)

• Karma: (1) Tyller Myers, 19, was killed in a collision near Norwalk, Ohio, in September when he ran a stop sign and was rammed by a tractor-trailer. Afterward, police found three stolen stop signs in Myers’ truck. (2) A 21-year-old man was killed crossing a highway at 5 a.m. in Athens, Ga., in September. Police said he had just dinedand-dashed out of a Waffle House restaurant and into the path of a pickup truck.

• The Will of God: Devoted Catholic David Jimenez, 45, had been praying regularly to a large crucifix outside the Church of St. Patrick in Newburgh, N.Y., having become convinced that it was responsible for eradicating his wife’s ovarian cancer. He even got permission from the church to spruce up the structure, as befit its power. Then, during a cleaning in May 2010, the 600-pound crucifix came loose and fell on Jimenez’s leg, which had to be amputated. From a holy object of worship to precipitator of a lawsuit: Jimenez’s $3 million litigation against the archdiocese goes to trial in January.

PERSPECTIVE As a service to taxpayers, the IRS’s longtime policy is to pay tax refund claims promptly and only later to refer the refund files for possible audits and collection, in the event of overpayments or fraud. This policy, though, means that ordinary taxpayers are treated better than the nation’s wounded warriors who file disability claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA’s assumption seems to be that wounded veterans are cheating—and thus most veterans receive at least five evaluations, and each one reviewed over a several-year period, before full benefits can be awarded. (Even though some temporary financial relief is available before final determination, veterans complain that the amount is almost never enough for complicated rehabilitation programs and other support.) {in} From Universal Press Syndicate Chuck Shepherd’s News Of The Weird © 2012 Chuck Shepherd

Send your weird news to Chuck Shepherd, P.O. Box 18737, Tampa, Fla., 33679 or weirdnews@earthlink.net, or go to newsoftheweird.com.

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my pensacola Scott Grissett

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Pensacola is the jewel of not only the Panhandle, but all of Florida. It is a city full of phenomenal folks that create a tremendous environment to raise a family and entertain friends from afar. The best part of being a Pensacolian is knowing each day in the City of Five Flags is full of potential that is limited only by one’s ability to imagine the possibilities. The Upside of Florida is the place where millions wish they could live. Soon they will.

WIN A NEW KIA SOUL a soccer ball like Beckham or passing it like Messi at The Northeast YMCA or Vickery Center Complex, you can find us on the diamonds and batting cages of the Vickery Center baseball complex. On the weekend, the four of us will catch an afternoon showing at The Rave on Bayou and grab a “mighty meaty” from Mellow Mushroom before catching that night’s sporting event on television.

Arts & Culture:

I cannot help but smile after leaving The Coffee Cup on Cervantes for breakfast and knowing that if I am in the vicinity of West Moreno during the lunch hour, I will be grabbing a seat at The Sunshine Café. If I am anywhere near Three Mile Bridge, I will head to Legends Café in Gulf Breeze or The Fish House. Kooter Brown’s or Sonny’s BBQ, both on 9th Avenue, are great for dinner.

The Pensacola Symphony makes sweet music. I am always amazed at seeing the power and grace of a Ballet Pensacola performance. Lindy and I are looking forward to taking the boys to “Shrek the Musical” on November 20 at The Saenger. Blue Wahoo Fandom is a growing culture in Pensacola. Nothing finer than watching a game with your family and then playing catch with your sons in the outfield after the game.

Retail Therapy:

Outdoors:

Good Eats:

Joe and the Team at David Bowen Sporting Goods make it fun and easy to spend money on the gear needed for my sons Will and Lane’s latest team sport. I am also crazy for anything that has a Blue Wahoo logo on it. The crew at the Bait & Tackle Team Store at the Community Maritime Park helps meet this need.

Watering Holes:

If a Grissett is anything, it is a sucker for sweets, particularly a self-made creation from Berry Yogurt on North 9th Avenue. If I’m over on Bayou, I’ll stick my head in at 32 Degrees Yogurt Bar. Of course a Saturday morning run to Krispy Kreme with the boys in tow or Lindy bringing home a selection of treats from Jay’s Bakery or Oh Snap! are both crowd pleasers around our home.

Night Life:

On the nights that the boys aren’t bending

Pensacola Beach is a must for the Grissetts as we play host to out of towners. No matter the season, the scenery of Pensacola Beach always provides a wonderful “wow” factor. Tiki Island Golf & Arcade and Speedy John’s Go Carts will bring the kid out of anyone. Before leaving Pensacola Beach to head to The National Naval Aviation Museum aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola, Ft. Pickens and Peg Leg Pete’s is required.

Never Miss Events/Festivals:

The Cordova Park Elementary Fall Festival is legendary for its awesomeness. Also, the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Mall to Mall Walk—phenomenal event! Get the Christmas Season rolling by attending the Wreaths of Joy Gala and Silent Auction at New World Landing on November 29. This A+ event raises funds for ARC Gateway while also raising your spirits! {in}

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