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UWF Historic Trust hosted the grand opening of “Voices of Pensacola,” a multicultural resource center highlighting the city’s diverse history. One person who was unable to attend was former Gulf Power CEO Susan Story who promoted the center while serving on the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees. Through a $605,000 gift from Gulf Power Company and Southern Company, the UWF Historic Trust transformed one of its downtown properties, previously known as the Beacon Building, into Voices of Pensacola.

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JOB CREATION The Tampa Bay Times

challenged Gov. Rick Scott on actual numbers that he has created since taking office by luring nearly 400 companies to Florida with tax breaks, job training grants and other incentive programs. Of the 47,746 new jobs that the state was promised, only a small fraction exist as of August 2014, according to the job tracking site maintained by the state. The Department of Economic Opportunity said that the jobs are coming as per the schedule given as part of the incentive agreements.

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WHAT JOBS? Mayor Ashton Hayward sees himself as the “Jobs Mayor,” claiming in his campaign literature that he has brought 12,766 jobs to the Pensacola area. With Escambia County only having 123,083 jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in its latest report ending in March 2014, Hayward takes credit for nearly one out of every 10 jobs in the county.

Wow. That’s impressive…especially if it is true.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics charts employment.

When Ashton Hayward came into office, Escambia County had 118,529 people employed.

From January 2011 to March 2014, only 4,554 more people got jobs.

Okay, maybe Hayward is talking about the jobs promised by Navy Federal Credit Union, Offshore Inland and VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering. And he is probably overlooking the jobs lost at Sacred Heart, Baptist and Cox Communications. Still 12,766 jobs is a huge number.

The Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald reviewed the 342 job-creation deals of the Scott administration. Since taking office in 2011, Scott has pledged $266 million in tax breaks and other incentives in return for 45,258 new jobs. According to the investigative report, only 4 percent of the promised jobs have materialized—roughly 1,800 jobs.

The report listed for Escambia County 10 commitments for 2,637 promised jobs

in exchange for incentive pledges totaling $8,234,000. None of those jobs has materialized yet. None. The report included Majestic Candies, a prospective employer that Hayward announced in 2012 was bringing 100 jobs to Pensacola. That deal never happened.

The report listed a “Confidential” employer bringing 105 jobs to Escambia County, which is probably Offshore Inland at the Port of Pensacola.

Missing from the Times/Herald report were the Gulf Coast Marine Fisheries Hatchery & Enhancement Center with its dozen jobs and VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering and its proposed 300 jobs. After adding those and deducting the Majestic Candies jobs, the adjusted net jobs promised is still only 2,849 jobs—far short of Hayward’s claim of bringing 12,766 jobs to the area.

In any other community, Mayor Ashton Hayward would have to explain this claim and the discrepancies with government reports.

Since he is running for re-election, Hayward would defend his job creation record in debates and meetings with the media. He would talk about it when he knocked on doors in Pensacola neighborhoods.

That will not happen in Pensacola. Hayward the Candidate has become Hayward the Recluse. He will neither debate, defend nor proclaim his record in person, but we may get a real nifty press release soon. {in}rick@inweekly.net

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THE CIRCLE OF DEBT

By T.S. Strickland If you need easy money in Pensacola, you don’t have to search far. Just take a drive down Cervantes Street or Navy Boulevard and look for the signs.

With names like “Speedy Cash” and “Instaloan,” payday lenders are easy to find, but they can be very hard to lose. Marienell Adams learned that lesson firsthand.

Adams—who works with developmentally disabled students by day and leads karaoke at an assisted living facility by night—took out her first payday loan in 2004, in response to her late-husband Greg’s compulsive buying of cars.

“He would buy one, drive it around for a couple of days and then take it back to the dealer in the middle of the night, leave the keys in it and everything,” Adams said.

Because of Greg’s unusual and costly habit, Adams struggled to pay the bills. Neither of them felt they could qualify for more conventional sources of credit, so they turned to the only place they knew—an Advance America storefront on Navy Boulevard.

The payday lender gave them $500 and asked for nothing in return but proof of income and a post-dated check for the loan, plus a $55 fee.

The lender cashed the check on Greg’s next payday, leaving the couple with nothing.

Unable to make ends meet, they took out another loan the next day, then another and another. They repeated the cycle for about year, Adams said, racking up more than $600 in fees in the process.

Adams, weary of the constant debt, got a restraining order against Gregg in 2005 to force him from their home.

“It’s like a roller coaster,” Adams said of the payday lending cycle. “It just keeps going, and you can’t get off easily.

“It’ll kill you.”

Greg never did got off the roller coaster.

About a month after the couple separated, a brother found him in his trailer. Unable to afford insulin, he had slipped into a diabetic 66

coma. That was Thanksgiving Day, 2005. Greg never woke up. When he died, he was still mired in debt.

Few who walk into a payday lending storefront face such a grim fate, but many do become trapped in debt.

According to a recent study by the Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy at Florida International University, Pensacola is ground zero for Florida’s payday industry, accounting for just less than 40 percent of the total volume of payday loans in the state.

That’s more than double the volume of loans processed in the much more populous metropolis of Miami and more than three times the volume processed in Orlando.

Ali Bustamante, an economist at Loyola University and author of the FIU report, attributed this divide to Pensacola’s high poverty rates and the industry’s practice of “targeting” the economically vulnerable.

“The predatory nature of the industry is due to its usurious practices, and it’s strategy to force borrowers into taking out subsequent loans, often using illegal tactics,” Bustamante said.

Patricia Butler, director of marketing and development for Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida, has seen firsthand the effects of these practices.

Through its Circles program, the nonprofit works to help area residents achieve longterm financial stability by pairing them with “allies,” financial mentors who help them set goals and achieve financial success.

For many of those struggling to escape the constant stress-barrage of poverty, Butler said, payday lenders offer an appealing—but, ultimately, treacherous—answer.

“When an individual is focused on simply surviving, and the pressing needs of the day require immediate responses,” Butler said, “they are forced into the tyranny of the moment. Poverty becomes self-perpetuating, in

part because people cannot get out of crisis mode long enough to plan for the future.”

This desperation, Butler said, leads many to seek an easy solution, though the result is not usually what they had hoped.

“Our clients who use this industry to acquire loans slip further and further into debt,” she said. ”It has taken years for some ... to rehabilitate their credit.”

Payday lenders push back against their critics. They say they are filling a need in the marketplace, providing customers with access to short-term credit that would not otherwise be available.

James Fulmer, vice president of public affairs for Cash America, characterized his critics as out of touch and maintained that the vast majority of borrowers took out their loan only after carefully considering their options.

“I think you hear a lot of buzz from consumer advocacy groups, most of whom have never had a short term credit need,” he said.

“The industry might be controversial among our critics, but among our customers it’s not controversial at all.”

The Community Financial Services Association, a national trade group of which Fulmer’s company is a member, commissioned Harris Interactive last year to complete a phone survey of borrowers.

Of the 1,004 adults who responded, more than nine in 10 said they were satisfied with their borrowing experience.

Fulmer said Greg’s story, though tragic, was not a fair representation of most borrowers’ experiences. Most, he said, rely on payday loans to cover short-term, non-recurring expenses and decide to borrow only after having carefully considered their options.

“If we ran a business where we weren’t meeting the needs of consumers …. we wouldn’t be in business,” he said.

A number of public interest groups disagree with this view. According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, 69 percent of first-time borrowers became indebted to cover recurring expenses, like rent, utility bills and food.

Only 16 percent of those surveyed by Pew researchers took out a loan to cover an unexpected emergency.

It shouldn’t be surprising then, if most borrowers—like Adams—become trapped in a cycle of repeat borrowing.

According to the Center for Responsible Lending, anywhere from 76 to 82 percent of all payday loan volume is due to borrowers either directly renewing their loan or paying back the initial debt and taking out another loan shortly thereafter.

In Florida, it is illegal for a borrower to “roll over” their loan. Instead, residents

“Poverty becomes self-perpetuating, in part because people cannot get out of crisis mode long enough to plan for the future.” Patricia Butler

must wait 24 hours after paying off their debt to take out another. Despite these rules, many people—like Adams—take out another loan at their first opportunity.

In Florida, 63 percent of payday loans taken out in 2012 went to borrowers with 12 or more loans, and fully 85 percent went to borrowers with seven or more, according to the Center. Over the course of a year, researchers found the average Florida borrower paid $504 in fees for just $346 in principal.

Critics of the industry argue these numbers are inconsistent with the “emergency expense” narrative peddled by lenders and rather prove that most borrowers become entangled in a cycle of debt.

And all those dollars and cents add up.

According to Bustamante, Pensacola borrowers paid out more than $97.5 million in payday fees in 2012. That’s a little less than half the city of Pensacola’s total approved budget for the same year.

All this wealth stripping ultimately makes it harder for people who are struggling to become financially secure, Butler said.

Adams, who enrolled in the Circles program in 2011, is one of the success stories.

Today, she has graduated from the program, volunteers to help at the group’s weekly meetings and does all she can to avoid payday lenders.

“They are predators,” she said. “They prey on the people who do not have the strength to say no.”

Both Butler and Bustamante agreed that regulators needed to do more to rein in the industry. They called on state legislators to cap annualized interest rates at 36 percent—noting that such a limit was already in effect for military borrowers.

“The Global Financial Crisis has made it evident that governments must protect consumers from predatory lending,” Bustamante said. “It hurts families and the overall economy when predatory lending becomes rampant.” Butler agreed.

“People in desperate situations are often not in a position to make good long term decisions,” she said. “We, as a society, need to protect the most vulnerable among us.”

Fulmer, however, suggested consumers were equipped to make their own decisions.

“These are adults,” he said. “These are folks that can make decisions about every other aspect of their lives, yet some people believe they should not be able to decide whether to take out a $500 loan.”

He added that 36 percent APR cap would render small-dollar loans so unprofitable that no business could afford to provide them, which he said ultimately would hurt responsible consumers.

“It would drive away all of the regulated lenders and drive borrowers to the unregulated market,” he said. He added, “If someone thinks they can offer a two-week loan to someone at 36 percent APR, I encourage them to do so.” {in} inweekly.net

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AND THE SURVEY SAYS Pensacola resi-

dents are concerned about the economic health of their city and want more focus on Public Works, Housing Options, Communications and Public Safety, according to the soon-to-be-released 2014 Pensacola Community Survey.

Mayor Ashton Hayward commissioned the Haas Center for Business Research and Economic Development this past summer to conduct a telephone survey of city residents to measure their satisfaction with city services and other elements of city administration.

“The bottom line is that we want to know how satisfied our customers are with the delivery of major city services,” the mayor said when he announced the survey on June 24. “The only way to be sure that we are getting a complete picture is by asking our residents and taxpayers directly.”

Administrated over a six-week period, Pensacola residents rated specific services, as well as their perceptions of safety, economic health, city appearance, city communication, and culture, arts and recreation.

Much like the Pensacola Young Professionals’ Quality of Life survey, the outcomes provide city leaders with a set of baseline data with which the City can compare itself on an annual basis.

The Haas Center survey professionals administered to city residents at least 18 years of age, not just registered voters, across each of Pensacola’s seven city council districts. Participants were contacted via landlines and cell phones. In total, 581 people completed the entire questionnaire, which coincides with an approximate 4 percent margin of error (+/-) at a 95 percent confidence level.

On Oct. 1, the Haas Center delivered to Mayor Hayward the 2014 Pensacola Community Survey. Each dimension was given a letter grade, A-F, and a mean satisfaction score. Through a public record request, Inweekly obtained a copy.

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Pensacola residents gave Fire Department Services the highest mean satisfaction score (4.26).

In fact, nearly 85 percent of all residents reported they were either satisfied or very satisfied with the Fire Department’s performance.

Respondents were also highly satisfied with Waste Collection Services, which received the only other B+, with a mean satisfaction score of 4.19.

On the other end of the spectrum, city residents were most dissatisfied with Pensacola’s Economic Health, which received a grade of C and a mean satisfaction score of 2.74. Public Works received a mean satisfaction score of 3.24, or C+, which followed closely behind Housing Options (3.28) and City Communication (3.30).

From the survey results, the Haas Center created an Emphasis-Dissatisfaction Rating Chart to provide a tool for city leaders to consider which city dimensions respondents believe the city should prioritize in the coming year. According to these ratings, Public Works was the number one dimension needing focus in the coming year, followed by Codes and Ordinances and Communications.

Public Works and Codes had the two highest dissatisfaction ratings. Fire Department Services and Culture, Arts and Recreation had the lowest dissatisfaction ratings.

The Haas Center also created a Priority Matrix for City services that plotted each dimension along its weighted, mean emphasis and satisfaction scores and placed them in a priority quadrant.

Each dimension is considered relative to other dimensions. The Areas to Increase Focus quadrant included Public Works, Housing Options, City Communication, Public Safety, City Appearance and Police Services. Culture, Arts and Recreation, Fire Department Services and Waste Collection Services were depicted in the Areas of Strength quadrant.

According to Assistant City Administrator Eric Olson, The Haas Center met on Oct. 14 with city staff to brief staff and interpret the survey results. We assumed the city will post the full survey on its website, cityofpensacola.com. {in}

“The bottom line is that we want to know how satisfied our customers are with the delivery of major city services.”

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Florida Governor’s Race Candidates nor's r e v o G R a ce d oa O ve r l ADRIAN WYLLIE

Get Ready for the Election Push

By Rick Outzen

As the dog days of summer were winding down, I ran into a Tallahassee lobbyist who offered her perspective on the Florida governor’s race. With the understanding that I wouldn’t use her name, she said that the battle between Governor Rick Scott and his predecessor Charlie Crist would be one of the most expensive and most negative in the Florida history.

“Rick, this election is too tight,” she said. “As much as both sides want to project an air of confidence, each is worried about the outcome.”

While Scott and his plethora of political action committees have out raised the Democrats, Crist has spent his money wisely and is primed for a big push in the last six weeks of the race. “After all, there is only so much television advertising you can do in October,” she said.

The lobbyist predicted that the Scott campaign would get increasingly negative in the weeks before the Nov. 4 election. “I loved the ads of Scott with his grandson, and I encouraged his strategists to do more like them,” she said. “But the truth was their own polling showed that those ads didn’t ‘move the needle’ for Scott. Only the ads attacking Charlie improved Scott’s percentages in the polls.”

Before she headed off, she added, “The governor’s race will be determined by which of the candidates the voters fear the least.”

Former State Representative Dee Dee Ritchie echoed this sentiment when I asked her how she saw the race. “Both candidates have more than their share of baggage,” Ritchie said. “I have worked with Gov. Crist and found him to be fair to both sides of the aisle. I have never seen this from our current governor.”

Maybe the best way to examine the 2014 Florida governor race is to peek into their baggage.

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RICK SCOTT’S BIG BAG

The biggest “bag” in Rick Scott’s traveling ensemble is that his former company, Columbia/HCA, agreed a little over 10 years ago to pay $1.7 billion in criminal fines, civil damages and penalties for fraud, which the Department of Justice described at the time as the "largest health care fraud case in U.S. History." Scott had been the CEO of the health care system when the investigation began and resigned in July 1997 under pressure from his board of directors.

Rick Scott was never charged with Medicare fraud. Columbia/HCA pleaded guilty to at least 14 corporate felonies, none involved jail time. Four of its Floridabased executives were indicted. Two were convicted of defrauding Medicare and sentenced to prison, but those verdicts were later overturned. One was acquitted, and a jury couldn’t reach a verdict on the last.

Democrats point out that during a deposition Rick Scott pleaded the Fifth Amendment rights 75 times to avoid discussing the Medicare fraud. However, the pleas weren’t part of any federal investigation, but were in connection with a civil case by Nevada Communications Corp., which alleged that Columbia/HCA breached the terms of a communications contract.

CRIST’S BAG MAN

For former Republican and newly minted Democrat Charlie Crist, the focus hasn't been so much on his bags, but who carried the money bags for him.

The Republican Party of Florida attacked Crist for his relationship with Florida’s famous Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, the Fort Lauderdale attorney who was convicted in a $1.4 billion Ponzi scheme and sentenced to 50 years in prison. Rothstein and his law firm donated heavily to Crist and

RICK SCOTT (I)

Party: Republican Lt. Governor: Carlos Lopez-Cantera Age: 61 Hometown: Naples Education: University of Missouri, Kansas City; Law degree-Southern Methodist University Military: U.S. Navy

Party: Libertarian Lt. Governor: Greg Roe Age: 44 Hometown: Palm Harbor Education: Dunedin High, Class of 1988 Military: U.S. Army, Florida National Guard

Business: Co-founder of the 1787 Radio

Network and president of White Hat Info Tech Corporation Public Office: None. Elected Chairman of Libertarian Party of Florida, 2011

Business: Co-founder of Columbia Hospital Corporation that merged in 1989 with Hospital Corporation of America to form Columbia/HCA, the largest private for-profit health system in the country.

After resigning as CEO in 1997, he became a venture capitalist.

Public Office: Elected Florida Governor, 2010

FARID A. KHAVARI

Party: No Party Affiliation Lt. Governor: Lateresa A. Jones Age: 71 Hometown: Miami Education: Doctorate in Economics and

Social Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany Military: None Business: Founder of General Solar Technology, Inc., holds two patents Public Office: None. Ran for Governor, 2010

CHARLIE CRIST

Party: Democrat Lt. Governor: Annette Taddeo Age: 58 Hometown: St. Petersburg Education: Florida State University; Law degree-Samford University Cumberland School of Law

Military: None Business: Attorney with Morgan and Morgan law firm since January 2011

Public Office (as Republican): Florida

Senator, 1993-1997; Florida Election Commissioner, 2001-2003, Florida Attorney General, 2003-2007, Florida Governor, 2007-2011

GLENN BURKETT

Party: No Party Affiliation Lt. Governor: Jose Augusto Matos Age: 64 Hometown: Santa Rosa Beach Education: Pensacola Junior College,

University of West Florida Military: U.S. Navy Business: Small business owner, health and wellness industry Public Office: None. Ran for U.S. Senate, 2010; Governor, 2006 9

the Republican Party when Crist was a Republican. Governor Crist appointed him to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Fourth District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach. In his court testimony, Rothstein said that because of his campaign donations he was able to dictate judicial appointments.

Crist’s supporters have countered that Rothstein was only one of nine committee members that voted by secret ballot and then forwarded a short list of names to the governor, who made the final pick. Crist only appointed four judges to the Fourth District’s Court of Appeal during Rothstein’s tenure.

LIKEABILITY FACTOR

Neither candidate’s bag seems to be that bad once examined. However, the one area that really appears too hard for Scott to avoid is his lack of likeability. Most incumbents with his job creation and tax cuts records would be leading their opponents by double digits.

Yet Scott is entangled in race that is too close to call.

Rick Scott is not charismatic. He comes across awkward, like an accountant asked to give a memorized speech to a crowd trying to overlook his gawkiness. The GOP faithful desperately want to believe in him. He may be a pencil-pushing geek, but he is their geek. It’s not uncommon to hear at a Rick Scott rally that their candidate is “not another pretty face” and “not a smooth talker.” No argument here.

Charlie Crist doesn’t have that problem.

Tanned and armed with a winning smile and firm handshake, few can work a room as well as Crist. You can’t help but like him—a shorter, Greek version of Ashton Hayward.

It doesn’t really matter what Crist says, but he always says the right things for the crowd before which he is performing. You feel good basking in his presence.

Charlie Crist, like Hayward, knows how to take a good photograph. Rick Scott must drive his photographers crazy with his wiry frame.

Rick Scott is who you would hire to run your business. Charlie Crist is the one you would invite over to your house for dinner.

Are Floridians so shallow to vote based on looks? As much as you would hope not, it still could be a factor.

ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

In 2010, political newcomer Rick Scott campaigned harder against President Barack Obama than his Democratic opponent, Alex Sink. The Republican “super voters” received two to three anti-Obama mailers every day during the last two weeks of the race. The strategy worked, giving Scott a victory margin of 1.2 percent.

The Obama scare tactics won’t work this time, but Medicare expansion under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has become a campaign issue that Democrats believe will drive supporters to the polls.

Charlie Crist has fully embraced Medicare expansion and has promised to implement it via executive order once he is sworn into office. In his campaign literature, he says that he wants to allow Florida to access the nearly $51 billion from the federal government—tax dollars Floridians have already paid— to create an affordable health insurance plan for working Florida families. He claims that Medicare expansion would create 71,000 jobs statewide.

Scott’s support for the Affordable Care Act has been lukewarm, and he has done little to enroll the state into the plan. In a 2013 statement, Scott said, “I said that I would only agree to expand Medicaid if it did not cost Florida taxpayers. It would be wrong to make promises to provide care

Rick Scott is who you would hire to run your business. Charlie Crist is the one you would invite over to your house for dinner.

that the state could ultimately not afford or sustain.”

Scott said that it would take the Florida Legislature to implement Obamacare and has made no commitment to lobby lawmakers for it.

Is Obamacare the ticket to a Crist victory? Maybe. A September poll by Public Policy Polling found 61 percent of voters favor Florida taking the federal dollars to expand Medicaid coverage.

But will that 61 percent vote for Crist to make it happen?

X-FACTOR

said a longtime Crist supporter. “Just as the pro-pot dollars are drying up, they will make a big push with mailers and television ads. This could all backfire on Charlie.”

The worry for the Crist campaign is the conservative voters that might have passed on this election will come out in larger numbers to vote against Amendment 2, which is being presented to them as the first step to losing the war on drugs.

The scare tactics are working. A recent poll by SurveyUSA showed Crist ahead, 44-42, but only had 51 percent in favor of Amendment 2.

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In a close race, political analysts look for that one issue that will push one canWith the election less than 20 days, didate ahead on Nov. 4. More than a few no one knows who will win the governor’s have shared that they think Amendment 2, race. What we do know is Florida voters the medical marijuana initiative, could be will be bombarded by both campaigns the “X Factor.” with a variety of mailers, political ads and Crist embraced Amendment 2 early. emails.

His closest political advisor and top fundWill any of the factors I mentioned be raiser, John Morgan, is been a big advocate important in determining the winner? We for it. Democrats believed the amendment won’t know until the votes are counted, would drive even more pro-Crist voters which is what makes politics fun. to the polls. The September Public Policy Polling indicated that they could be right when it found 61 percent would vote for Amendment 2.

However, that poll was done over 30 days ago before the Endorsements opposition began its push.

The Florida Sheriff’s Charlie Crist: Association has come American Federation of State, County and out strong against the Municipal Employees, Equality Florida, Florida AFL– amendment. The CIO, Florida Education Association, Florida Pipe Trades Florida Chamber, Council, Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood, Florida Medical Police Benevolent Association Association and the Rick Scott: big pharmaceutiAssociated Builders and Contractors of Florida, Florida cal companies have Forestry Association, Florida Medical Association, Florida started speaking Police Chiefs Association, Florida Restaurant and Lodgout. Casino magnate ing Association, Florida Retail Federation, JAXChamSheldon Adelson has ber, National Federation of Independent Business, contributed another National Rifle Association $2.5 million to fight it.

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The Long Shot in the Governor’s Race

Adrian Wyllie Third party candidates can screw up a general election. Ask the Bush family.

Ross Perot garnered nearly 20 percent of the vote in the 1992 presidential election, helping Bill Clinton defeat incumbent George H.W. Bush. Eight years later, Green Party candidate Ralph Nader received 97,421 votes in the 2000 presidential election in Florida, handing the state’s electoral votes to George W. Bush who defeated Al Gore by 537 votes.

In tight governor’s race like we have this year, a third candidate could really gum up the works. Libertarian presidential candidate Adrian Wyllie just might be that candidate.

Anger drove Wyllie to run for governor.

“I got angry at the direction of our country, our state, and I got to the point where I couldn’t just sit by and do nothing,” he said when he stopped by the Inweekly offices earlier this month. “You know, I had to stand up and do something about it.”

According to Wyllie, the response to his candidacy from voters across the state has been positive. “I wasn’t the only one upset,” Wyllie said. “Everybody is tired of what’s going on, tired of the two-party duopoly, tired of the corruption, tired of being taxed to death and having their liberty stripped away.”

Four years ago, newcomer Rick Scott plugged into similar sentiments, connecting with voters tired of “Big Government” and high taxes. Wyllie believes that Governor Scott has failed to deliver.

“Rick Scott is in it for Rick Scott, and he [has] always been. If we look back at his track record with HCA and the fraud that he either presided over or was just so inept that he knew nothing about, I think that he hasn't lived up to any of his promises, and he's actually gone the opposite direction.”

He said, “Scott ran as a fiscal conservative, yet he's increased spending by 11 billion

dollars since he's been in office. A lot of it has flown through a path that ended up in some of his own companies’ bottom lines.”

Wyllie said that the timing is right for a third party to emerge on the national scene.

Since 2010, 78 percent of people registering to vote have registered something other than Republican and Democrat—either NPA, Libertarian Party or some other party. “The Libertarian Party is the third largest functioning party in Florida and the fastest growing,” said Wyllie who elected as Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Florida in April 2011.

His economic plan includes the passage of his Florida Intrastate Commerce Act. According to Wyllie, the U.S. Constitution gives the federal government the authority to regulate commerce between states, not the authority to regulate commerce within a state. He said, “We are essentially going to stand on the 10th amendment and to tell the federal government that, ‘Hey, if it happens in Florida, it's our business, not yours.’"

Wyllie believes that the law would create an economic boom “like we hadn't seen in generations.” He said, “When I ask small business owners what we can do to help you grow, help you create jobs, the answer is almost universally, ‘Get government out of the way.’ The state can still regulate where it's necessary and feasible, but with that federal regulatory burden lifted, I think you're going to see a lot of businesses flocking to Florida.”

Another plank in his economic plan is granting a 100-percent homestead exemption that would be done in conjunction with a 30 percent cut in the state budget.

“The two go hand-in-hand,” Wyllie said.

“We can't do one without the other. So, it's important that we get the whole package done.”

His logic is simple when the state budget is cut by nearly a third, two cents of the state’s sales taxes can be reallocated to counties and cities because the state would no longer need the funds. “Once we do that, essentially we’ve tripled Escambia County's sales tax revenue, which offsets the loss of homestead property tax,” he said. “Also, keep in mind, commercial properties, rental properties, investment properties, those are all still taxed at normal rates.”

He said that the homestead exemption is part of the basic philosophy that Libertarians believe. “We want to make sure that we

“Everybody is tired of what’s going on, tired of the two-party duopoly, tired of the corruption, tired of being taxed to death and having their liberty stripped away.”

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are protecting people's homes, and we want to make sure that we're putting an extra roughly 200 dollars per month back in the pockets of Florida home-owning families,” he said. “More money that people can keep and the less money that goes into government, the better our economy will be.”

On environmental issues, Wyllie believes that regulators are giving polluters the license to harm our environment. “Government has become so corrupt, really it's as if the government and the industry are a single entity working within departments among themselves,” he said. “That's the problem that we have. The corruption is so rampant. The ability to buy influence is so easy in Tallahassee that's what happens.”

He believes the answer is to prevent polluters from hiding behind government regulation and open them up to much more efficient regulation through class action lawsuits. “The citizens themselves become the check and balance rather than government,” he said.

Wyllie supports the legalization of marijuana. “I don't believe that government has the authority to tell peaceful adults what they can or can’t put into their own body,” he said.

“As long as they're not harming anyone else, that's their business.”

He likens the current laws to the impact of Prohibition on alcohol. “The only time in our nation's history when we had people killing each other in the streets over alcohol was

during the Prohibition era,” Wyllie said. “The same thing is true today. Having marijuana illegal ensures that we have drug gangs and cartels, insures there is associated violence, and insures that there are huge costs with incarcerating people for it.”

Wyllie would like to see marijuana treated in the state of Florida more like alcohol. “You drive under the influence, you're still going to jail. If you're a harm to others, that's a problem.

We're not going to sell it to minors.”

He added, “And all that black market money that is now completely under the table, it'll be above-board, and we'll be collecting sales tax revenue on it.”

Wyllie admitted that his chances of winning were a long shot but he believed, for the first time in Florida’s history, a Libertarian candidate has a chance to actually win “with our rising in the polls, with our increasing media attention, and with being included in the debates.

“What I would like to remind people is, stop voting out of fear,” he said. “Stop voting for the lesser evil, because when you do, you're just going to get evil.”

When asked if he had final message that he wanted to give Northwest Florida voters, Wyllie said, “Vote your conscience, because this election I really think that we have the opportunity to change everything for the better and truly make Florida a better place.”

Florida Constitutional Amendments

Three constitutional amendments will be on the ballot, the fewest number in recent memory. Sixty percent of the votes cast is necessary for each of these amendments to be added to the Florida Constitution.

Amendment 1:

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Summary: Funds the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to acquire, restore, improve, and manage conservation lands including wetlands and forests; fish and wildlife habitat; lands protecting water resources and drinking water sources, including the Everglades, and the water quality of rivers, lakes, and streams; beaches and shores; outdoor recreational lands; working farms and ranches; and historic or geologic sites, by dedicating

33 percent of net revenues from the existing excise tax on documents for 20 years.

Pro: The Sierra Club supports Amend-

ment 1 because it sets aside funding for the protection and conservation of our parks, beaches and undeveloped land around Florida. In 2015, this would provide more than 600 million dollars to environmental causes across the state.

Endorsements: 1000 Friends of Florida, Alachua Conservation Trust, Audubon Florida, The Conservation Fund, The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, Conservation Trust for Florida, Defenders of Wildlife, Everglades Foundation, Florida Conservation Coalition, Florida Wildlife Federation, Green Party of Florida, The Nature Conservancy, Rails to Trails Conservancy, Sierra Club, Trust for Public Land, Alliance of Florida Land Trusts, Florida Chapter of American Planning Association, Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy, Apalachicola Riverkeeper, Caloosahatchee River Citizens Association, Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida, Democratic Women’s Club of Florida, Destination Orlando, East Coast Greenway Alliance, Emerald Coastkeeper, Federation of Garden Clubs, Florida Consumer Action Network, Florida Native Plant Society, Florida Outdoor Recreation Coalition, Florida Society for Ethical Eco-

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Con: The Florida Chamber believes setting budget allocations through constitutional amendments is simply bad governance. It believes Amendment 1 would tie the hands of the Florida Legislature in the event of a future downturn in the economy and is not a responsible or effective way of protecting Florida’s environmental resources.

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Organizations opposed: Florida Family Policy Council, Florida Medical Association, Institute on Global Drug Policy, Drug Policy Institute, Palm Beach County Substance Awareness Coalition, Florida Police Chiefs Association, Florida Sheriffs Association, Florida Chamber of Commerce, Save Our Society from Drugs, Brevard County Medical Society, Florida Baptist Convention, Florida Farm Bureau

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Amendment 2:

Use of Marijuana for Certain Medical Conditions

Summary: Allows the medical use of marijuana for individuals with debilitating diseases as determined by a licensed Florida physician. Allows caregivers to assist patients’ medical use of marijuana. The Department of Health shall register and regulate centers that produce and distribute marijuana for medical purposes and shall issue identification cards to patients and caregivers. Applies only to Florida law.

Does not authorize violations of federal law or any non-medical use, possession or production of marijuana.

to the State Constitution requiring the Governor to prospectively fill vacancies in a judicial office to which election for retention applies resulting from the justice’s or judge’s reaching the mandatory retirement age or failure to qualify for a retention election; and allowing prospective appointments if a justice or judge is not retained at an election. Currently, the Governor may not fill an expected vacancy until the current justice’s or judge’s term expires.

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The biggest spike in the steady buzz Valkonen continues to generate came when “If I Didn’t Know Better,” one of two songs that she co-wrote with John Paul White (before he became one half of The Civil Wars) was performed on the under his wing and got me a scholarpremiere of the television series ship to Berklee College of Music.”

“Nashville.”

While finishing up a degree in the “Warranted Queen,” an EP she Music Business and Management program released on April 22, was her first at Berklee, Valkonen said she realized she with producer Sanford Livingston, wanted to pursue a performance career of and marks a foray into utilizing her own. electronic production elements, a “The last semester of my senior year, I departure from her previous acoustic spent time with professionals in the busior straight-forward rock approach. ness, and that's where I decided to get “I met Sanford through a New the degree, but to pursue songwriting and York drummer named Steve Wilperforming instead,” Valkonen said. “I just liams. I was back and forth living in couldn't visualize working for another artist.

New York City and touring and going I thought, ‘No, I'm the artist.’ through the process of signing with “Just getting to hear amazing musical abila major label. Sanford and I had disity out of some of my peers was an education cussed our mutual inspirations, and in itself. Also, music theory I really enjoyed— we got into the studio and started from classical to jazz we studied,” Valkonen recording. It was effortless so we recalled of her time at Berklee. “It was hard, kept on working,” she stated. but it gave me the tools to write my own An interesting exercise in discovsongs. The education set me free to experiering Valkonen’s talent is to listen to ment and discover my own voice as a writer.” the acoustic “Colfax Town,” part of a Since leaving Berklee, Valkonen has had collection of songs released in 2012 the opportunity to open for or perform with under the title, “If I Didn’t Know Beta wide range of musicians—B.B. King, Willie ter,” which also featured her version Nelson, Devon Allman and The Kills among of the title song, and check out how that song many others. She continues to turn around morphed into “2001” on “Warranted Queen.” distinct recordings representing the best It impressively illustrates Valkonen’s abililesson she said she’s learned from those ties as a vocalist both unaltered and when she’s shared a stage with: “Lesson: to just experimenting with Auto-Tune. keep going!” {in} “I have a drummer, Mike Dawson, with me who also is managing editor at the magazine “Modern Drummer.”

He and I connected through Elliot Jacobson, Ingrid Michaelson's drummer. It's just him and I on stage and WHAT: Arum Rae with Eleanor and She-Wolf pretty rock ‘n’ roll soul,” Valkonen WHEN: 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18 wrote of her current tour.

WHERE: Alchemy Tavern, 7 S. Joachim St., “I started singing in school when Mobile I was 4 years old,” Valkonen rememCOST: $8, ages 21 and over bered, who moved several times as a DETAILS: alchemytavernmobile.com child and found refuge in the music

“I just couldn't visualize working for another artist. I thought, ‘No, I'm the artist.’” Arum Rae

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For musicians these days, it seems that making a name for oneself in Brooklyn or Austin is a pretty notable achievement, and Arum Rae Valkonen has done so in both locales. Over the past few years, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist volleyed between the two musical hubs, generating a respectable reputation and landing permanently in Brooklyn in 2013.

Valkonen is performing at Alchemy Tavern in Mobile on Saturday, Oct. 18 only a few weeks before “Waving Wild,” her second EP in 2014, is released on Nov. 4.

“I'm usually perpetually writing and visualizing what I'd like an album to be made up of. So even if it's not in a studio or in my bedroom with my guitar, the brainstorming is very productive,” Valkonen wrote ahead of her performance at Austin City Limits. Valkonen corresponded with the Inweekly right before October 16, 2014

the festival based in the city where she spent time honing her chops.

“I couldn't be more excited to be back in Austin. I love the city and its people! Many of them are close friends, and I found a lot of myself living there, so it's home away from home.

The South in general I love,” she recounted, having also spent time living in Savannah before moving to Austin as a young musician.

Initially performing as White Dress (the name under which she released one self-titled EP in 2010), Valkonen transitioned to performing using her given name, Arum Rae, which is Latin for water lily. Along with a memorable name, the bluesy, haunting quality of Valkonen’s voice and her lyrics, which land like the sound of a modern, independent female writing old-school country melded with some dirty blues, continue to set her apart, as they have done for a decade.

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by Jason Leger

Weezer “Everything Will Be Alright in the End”

“Alright” is actually the perfect word to have slid into the title of Weezer’s newest album and first since 2010’s unremarkable “Hurley.” I don’t think it’s any secret that in the years following “Maladroit,” Weezer slowly became a caricature of themselves. The output

THURSDAY 10.16

FALL FOODS AS CONTAINERS LUNCH CLASS 2-3:00 p.m. So Gourmet is offering

a demonstration cooking class in which students learn creative ways to use food as serving dishes. Attendees will enjoy generous tastings of fall inspired recipes while sipping on house wine. The class and lunch menu includes pumpkin soup, spaghetti squash with olive oil and herbs, and eggplant boats. $15 per person. 407 S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com WINE TASTING AT AWM 5 p.m. Try something new every week at Aragon Wine Market’s regular wine tasting, only a few blocks from downtown. 27 S. 9th Ave. ara-

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became danceable, considerably more pop and overall wretchedly droll. They seemed to exist in this gray area hoping to continue existing in a world they helped create while also living in several others.

It simply never worked. The majority of us who grew up on Weezer were hoping Rivers Cuomo would find his way back to the garage instead of being in the studio with Jermaine Dupri and Lil Wayne.

It only took 12 years, but Cuomo seems to have finally picked a direction, and I think it’s the right one. “Everything Will Be Alright in the End” is 13 songs rounding out about 42 minutes, and while it isn’t all high points, there are definitely things beginning to resurface that make the band worthwhile. I’m careful to say that he has picked a direction and not arrived somewhere, because this is not “Pinkerton” Weezer, nor is it even “Weezer (Green)” Weezer. The album overall still feels watered down and a bit trite, but again I think they are back on the right track.

If you can get past the cheesiest intro I’ve heard since I last listened to Slick Shoes, the “do-do-do” ending of ‘Ain’t

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6:30 p.m. The Pensacola LGBT Film Festival highlights the artistic contributions both nationally and internationally of lesbian, gay, bi and transgender (LGBT) films

Got Nobody,’which is actually a decent track up to that point—or possibly the worst representative single I’ve ever heard—you can find this album quite enjoyable at times. Immediately in the third song, ‘Eulogy for a Rock Band,’ the garage-tinged, Thin Lizzy influence begins to peek its head out and see sunlight again. ‘Lonely Girl’ could have been a Bside to any of Weezer’s first four albums, and I mean that in the nicest possible way.

The highlight for me is ‘I’ve Had It Up To Here,’ an upbeat song that bleeds vintage Weezer. I can’t help but see the irony in calling this song my favorite track while simultaneously writing a critical article of the whole work. “I've moved out from the sticks. Nobody believed in me. Had to cut my way up; overcome all kinds of adversity.

If you think I need approval from a faceless john, that's where you're wrong.” Cuomo doesn’t mince words when it comes to his critics, which I’m certain have become quite rabid over the past decade. He is making it very clear to us with this song and that awful lead single, ‘Back to the Shack,’ that he understands why we are frustrated

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and that it took a long time to find himself, but he has a grasp on it now, so everyone can shut the hell up for a minute.

Honestly, I think the era of being fascinated by what Weezer writes has come and gone. Up to this new record, the band had an equal ratio of loveable to unlistenable albums, and that’s something that a lot of us can’t let go of. However, we should all be willing to hear out one of our favorite bands from the last 20 years if they want a ninth or tenth chance. “Everything Will Be Alright in the End” is out now via Republic Records.

TRACK OF THE WEEK:

Aubrey Nichols & the Fun Friends ‘Divinity’

Last week, Pensacola’s music scene took a big hit and we are all still in disbelief.

Aubrey was an amazing musician, a talented songwriter and one of the kindest people on the planet. He has left a space that can never be filled and he will surely be missed. Thanks for everything, Aubrey.

Enjoy your rest. {in}

series, “The Grapes” teaches students about varietals. Students will experience and learn about four white and red wines selected by Wine Director, Hilary Shaffer. Attendance includes a discount on all wine purchased following the class. $10 per person. 407 S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com GALLERY NIGHT 5 p.m. Stroll through Downtown Pensacola to experience an eclectic array of music, art and cuisine.

Explore galleries and businesses featuring the works of dozens of local artists. Soak up the sounds of local musicians and the aromas of local cuisine as the energy of the evening carries you from venue to venue.

Gallery Night is a free event and many businesses provide light refreshments.

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Gallery Night Participants —OCTOBER 17, 2014—

1. Al Fresco, 501 S. Palafox 2. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox 3. Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, 22 S. Palafox 4. Belle Ame’, 112 S. Palafox 5. Blend Lounge, 200 S Palafox St 6. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox 7. The Bodacious Olive, The Bodacious Brew, 407 S. Palafox 8. Carmen’s Lunch Bar, 407 S. Palafox 9. Dog House Deli, 30 S. Palafox 10. Dollarhide’s Music Center, 41 S. Palafox 11. Don Alans, 401 S. Palafox 12. ECUA Information Booth, corner of Government and Palafox 13. Emerald Coast Tours, 5 W Main St. 14. Fiore, 15 W Main St. 15. Four Seasons Café, 212 Palafox 16. Gracie Martial Arts, 106 S. Palafox 17. The Great Southern Restaurant Group (Jackson’s Steakhouse, Fish House, Atlas Oyster House And The Deck Bar, The Courtyard At Seville Tower), 226 S. Palafox 18. Harvest Outreach Church At The Rex Theatre, 18 N. Palafox 19. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox 20. Ice Flyers, (Venue Wide) 21. Indigeaux Denim Bar & Boutique, 122 S. Palafox

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WINE TASTING AT CITY GROCERY 5-7 p.m.

Out and about in East Hill on Friday night?

Stop by City Grocery for their free weekly wine tasting before settling in or heading out for the night. 2050 N. 12th Ave.

WITCHES AND WARLOCKS: HALLOWEEN TROLLEY TOUR 6 p.m. Climb aboard a Win-

terfest trolley and Glenda the Good Witch will lead you on encounters with some of the most famous spell-casters in history. This tour is a little bit spooky and a whole lot of fun for the family, with singing, interactive visits with the witches, and goodies for everyone. The rides last 90 minutes, beginning and ending at the foot of the Pensacola Bay Bridge in Wayside Park. $5 for children 10 and younger; $25 for adults. 1401 East Gregory St. pensacolawinterfest.org LGBT FILM FEST AT THE PLT 7 p.m. The Pensacola LGBT Film Festival highlights the artistic contributions both nationally and internationally of lesbian, gay, bi and transgender (LGBT) films and filmmakOctober 16, 2014

22. Intermission, 214 S. Palafox 23. Jordan Valley, Corner Of Intendencia And Palafox 24. Khon’s Asian Bistro, 34 S. Palafox 25. Mainline Art House, 422 S. Palafox 26. Mimi’s Bistro, 313 S. Palafox 27. New York Nick’s, 911 S. Palafox 28. Old Hickory Whiskey Bar Co., 123 S. Palafox 29. O’riley’s Irish Pub, 321 S. Palafox 30. Pensacola Museum Of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 31. Pensacola Opera, 75 S Tarragona St. 32. Picasso Jazz Club, 19 Palafox 33. Pure Pilates, 426 S. Palafox 34. Quayside Art Gallery, 17 E. Zaragoza St. 35. Sam Marshall Architects, 325 S. Palafox 36. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 37. The Song Byrds, 101 Palafox 38. Subway, 100 S. Palafox 39. Susan Campbell Jewelry, 420 S. Palafox 40. The Tin Cow, 102 S. Palafox 41. Urban Objects, 128 S. Palafox 42. Virginia College, 19 W. Garden St. 43. The Wine Bar, 16 Palafox 44. World Of Beer, 200 S. Palafox 45. Zarzaur Law Firm, 11 E. Romana St. List Courtesy Of The Downtown Improvement Board

ers. The unique ability of film to transcend stereotypes and relate to the viewer opens the door to a dialogue about the LGBT experience, building a stronger and more open Pensacola. 400 S. Jefferson. Facebook.com/pcolaLGBTfilmfest FEAR CITY NIGHTS 7-11 p.m. “League of Fear” is the theme for this year’s Fear City Nights haunted house production, featuring original sets, costumes and designs in the former Pensacola News Journal building. The event supports RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities). Parental discretion advised for the evening production.

Saturday “flashlight tour” matinees are available for younger guests from 3-5 p.m.

Tickets are $15 each. 130 E. Intendencia St. fearcitynights.com THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND TRIBUTE 8 p.m. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $10. vinylmusichall.com

SATURDAY 10.18

WOBTOBERFEST 5K 8 a.m. The First Annual 17

calendar WOBtoberfest 5K kicks off the World of Beer Octoberfest celebration. Runners will be running a 5K course on the streets of downtown. After the race, WOB will host the rewards celebration with German-style food and beer, live music, kids activities, stein-hoisting competitions, costume contests, and more. Registration is $35. Start and Finish lines will be located at 200 S Palafox St. wob5kpensacola.racehawk.com COASTLINE 5K & 10K 8 a.m. Race a fast, flat course in Gulf Breeze with a pancake breakfast following the run. Late registration $30; race day registration $35. 1122 Oriole Beach Rd. werunwild.com PALAFOX MARKET 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Fresh produce, live plants, baked goods, fine art and antiques are just a few of the items offered at the weekly Palafox Market in Downtown Pensacola. Items originate directly from participating vendors, including dozens of local farmers, home gardeners and area artists. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, N. Palafox. palafoxmarket.com UKULELE CLASS 9:30 a.m. The Pensacola Ukulele Players Society (PUPS) meets every Saturday morning at Blues Angel Music, offering free ukulele lessons for both beginners and seasoned musicians. Loaner ukuleles are available for the sessions, which usually last an hour. Blues Angel Music, 657 N. Pace Blvd. bluesangelmusic.com PENSACOLA BAY BREWERY TOUR 3:30 p.m.

Go behind the scenes at Pensacola’s own brewery with Brewmaster Mark Robertson.

Tours begin in the Taproom and include samples for those ages 21 and over. No reservations required. $5. 225 E. Zaragoza St. pbbrew.com

“flashlight tour” matinees are available for younger guests. Tickets are $15 each for the night tours and $5 for Saturday matinees from 3-5 p.m. 130 E. Intendencia St. fearcitynights.com BLOCKHEAD 8 p.m. Blockhead with Elaquent and Muneshine. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $10. vinylmusichall.com COMEDY UNCHAINED AT BIG EASY TAVERN

9:30 p.m. Comedy Unchained presents Dave Stone of Squidbillies and Last Comic Standing. No cover, but donations are encouraged. 710 N. Palafox St. facebook.com/ comedyunchained

SUNDAY 10.19

PENSACOLA BEACH ART & WINE FESTIVAL 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Spend your Sunday afternoon strolling the Portofino Boardwalk sampling some of the best food and wine in the area, while perusing the works of some of the Gulf Coast’s most talented artists. The Art and Wine Festival brings together local artists, renowned chefs, and the best wine offerings all in one place. Although admission to the festival is free, for forty dollars, you can attend a “progressive tasting” start-

Winterfest trolley and Glenda the Good Witch will lead you on encounters with some of the most famous spell-casters in history. This tour is a little bit spooky and a whole lot of fun for the family, with singing, interactive visits with the witches, and goodies for everyone. The rides last 90 minutes, beginning and ending at the foot of the Pensacola Bay Bridge in Wayside Park. $5 for children 10 and younger; $25 for adults. Wayside. 1401 East Gregory St. pensacolawinterfest.org

LGBT FILM FEST AT THE EAST HILL YARD

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DISCUSSION WITH AUTHOR KATHLEEN LOGAN 6 - 7 p.m. Kathleen Vestal Logan, co-

author of the award-winning book "Second Blooming for Women," invites women to join her for refreshments and a discussion on "Balance in Life: Is It Possible?" This event is free and open to the public, with no reservation required. Angel's Garden, 1208 N. 12th Ave. facebook.com/angelsgarden JSOP PRESENTS “JAZZ MONDAY” 6:30–9 p.m. The Jazz Society of Pensacola presents “Jazz Gumbo.” Jazz Gumbo happens every third Monday evening of each month except December. Live jazz is featured in a variety of styles with groups or bands chosen from around the area. The public is invited and welcome to attend. Admission is $10 for JSOP members and guests; $15 for non-members; $5 for students with ID. Seville Quarter. 130 E. Government St. Jazzpensacola.com

TUESDAY 10.21

“SMOKE ON THE WATER” GLUTEN FREE LUNCH CLASS 2-3 p.m. So Gourmet is

teaching guests how to smoke food while offering tastings of gluten free foods including, smoked mullet dip, BBQ pulled pork with apple and mission fig balsamic glaze, and lemon syllabub. $15 per person. 407 S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com PSC CULINARY DINNER 5:30 and 6 p.m.

WITCHES AND WARLOCKS: HALLOWEEN TROLLEY TOUR 6 p.m. Climb aboard a

7 p.m. The Pensacola LGBT Film Festival highlights the artistic contributions both nationally and internationally of lesbian, gay, bi and transgender (LGBT) films and filmmakers. The unique ability of film to transcend stereotypes and relate to the viewer opens the door to a dialogue about the LGBT experience, building a stronger and more open Pensacola. 1010 N. 12th Ave. #111. Facebook. com/pcolaLGBTfilmfest FEAR CITY NIGHTS 7-11 p.m. “League of Fear” is the theme for this year’s Fear City Nights haunted house production, featuring original sets, costumes and designs in the former Pensacola News Journal building. The event supports Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities. Parental discretion advised for the evening production. Saturday

MONDAY 10.20

ing at noon. Succulent selections will be offered by eight different local chefs paired with a complementary wine. Facebook. com/pensacolabeachchamber STANDUP COMEDY BY ANJELAH JOHNSON

8 p.m. Anjelah Johnson-Reyes became an Internet sensation with her viral video "Nail Salon" which led to many stand up performance opportunities. That same year, she joined the cast of "MADtv" as a series regular, which spawned another Internet sensation "Bon Qui Qui." The original character, a disgruntled fast food employee with no filter, has been enjoyed, viewed and replicated by over 55 million people worldwide.

All seats $32.50. The Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. pensacolasaenger.com

Pensacola State College’s Culinary Management Program is accepting lunch and dinner reservation requests for the fall semester.

A la carte dinners are served on Tuesdays through Dec. 2 (except Nov. 11).

These three-course meals cost $10 per person. Limit six people to a party. All reservations are made through a random selection system. Submit an email with your name to: culinarytickets@pensacolastate.edu SEASONAL BAKING: EVERYTHING PUMPKIN

6:30 – 8:30 p.m. This festive class brought to you by Pensacola Cooks features pastry chef Sharin Tobin of Sweet Creations.

Menu includes pumpkin roll, pumpkin cheesecake and pumpkin bread pudding.

As with all Pensacola Cooks interactive classes, guests “learn by doing” with all kitchen tools and an apron provided. Enjoy food prepared in class with a beverage and receive recipe cards. $30 per person. 3670 Barrancas Ave. pensacolacooks.com DANCECRAFT SWING CLASS 7:30-9 p.m.

This class teaches the skills necessary

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Konrad Matthews, he grew up in Alabama and served in the Korean War before moving to Pensacola in 1955. He became a minister and was very active in the church, serving as president of the Pensacola Council of d Ministers and founding the has devote H.K. Matthews equality.

Pensacola NAACP Youth al ci his life to ra Council and the local chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

But it was Matthews’ lifelong commitment to racial equality that would truly move Pensacola forward. He led numerous successful protests to integrate lunch counters on Palafox Street, end the use of Confederate symbols at Escambia High School, and increase employment of Blacks at local businesses. Matthews endured decades of hardships and was jailed 35 times.

In 1965, he marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. and was beaten and gassed in Selma. In the 1970s, he led protests against police brutality at the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, one of which resulted in an Rev. H.K. Matthew unjust prison sentence and s the “Gandhi, King, being presented with eventual full pardon.

Builders Award” onIkeda Community August 18, 2014.

Back home, Matthews was abandoned by friends and family and unable to get a job. He relocated to Brewton, Alabama, where at age 86, he continues to serve as a pastor.

In the last few years, Rev. Matthews has begun receiving the recognition, both local and national, that he deserves. In 2006, the City of Pensacola named a park in his honor, and this year, he received the Morehouse College “Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builders Award,” previously given to Coretta Scott King and Nelson Mandela.

We are grateful for the sacrifices and strides Rev. H.K. Matthews made through his incredible struggle for civil rights.

John H. Appleyard

ohn Appleyard is one J of Pensacola’s most beloved individuals.

He and his wife, Eleanor, moved here in 1950, and in less than a decade had founded their own advertising firm. John quickly proved himself an innovative industry leader, becoming the first to offer full-service advertising, an in-house recording studio, and film production for television.

The John Appleyard Agency quickly grew into one of the area’s foremost marketing firms.

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John has a great love of our community and its rich history. In 1958, he served as State Director for the Florida Quadricentennial Commission. As a civic leader, he has headed numerous organizations, including the Home Builders Association of West Florida, Junior Achievement, LIONS Club, Pensacola Junior College Foundation and the Pensacola Historical Society. For his years of dedicated service, he has won numerous awards, including Citizen of the Year from both the Pensacola Kiwanis Club and the Civitan Club. He is also very active in the Downtown Rotary Club, where he has served as former president and been named Man of the Year and a Paul Harris Fellow.

John stepped down as CEO of Appleyard Agency in 1993, but at age 91, he still maintains an office and reports to work every morning in his second career as an author, lecturer and walking treasure trove of Pensacola history. A renowned storyteller, he has published more than 100 books chronicling local organizations, industries and families.

John Appleyard served in e Sales of his books benefit charities Army hospitals across Europ and causes, such as WEAR-TV’s during World War II. Community Caring at Christmas, the United Way and the Arthritis Foundation.

Thank you, John Appleyard! As a historian, you have narrated our city’s proud heritage. As a businessman and community leader, you have become part of it.

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Unchained presents Myq Kaplan, of Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, and “Small, Dork and Handsome.” No cover, but donations are encouraged. 710 N. Palafox St. facebook.com/comedyunchained

WEDNESDAY 10.22

PSC CULINARY LUNCH Noon. Pen-

Kim Addonizio / photo by Lin Tan to become a practitioner of West Coast Swing, a popular partner dance that can be enjoyed with virtually any kind of music.

Additional classes and a social dance are held each Wednesday for a chance to put your skills to use. Tuesday class fee is $10 per person or free for people 30 years of age and younger. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com STRUT YOUR MUTT 6:45 p.m. Join fellow dog owners for a 45-minute leisurely stroll in East Hill. Dogs must be leashed and well behaved. Owners should be prepared to pick up after the pets. Meet at the entrance of Bayview Park, 20th Ave. and E. Mallory St. BANDS ON THE BEACH 7 p.m. Holly Shelton performs at this week’s Bands on the Beach concert, part of a free summer series featuring regional artists held every Tuesday night through October. Gulfside Pavilion at Casino Beach, 735 Pensacola Beach Blvd. visitpensacolabeach.com B.O.B WITH KEVIN GATES 7 p.m. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $25-40. vinylmusichall.com

sacola State College’s Culinary Management Program is accepting lunch and dinner reservation requests for the fall semester.

International cuisine lunches are served on Wednesdays through Dec. 3 (except Nov. 26). Cost $10 per person. Large groups are allowed. All reservations are made through a random selection system. Submit an email with your name to culinarytickets@ pensacolastate.edu WEST COAST WEDNESDAYS 6:30 p.m. Learn the West Coast Swing at this weekly class, which is followed by a social dance at 8:30 p.m. DanceCraft instructors are among the foremost experts in West Coast Swing in the Pensacola area. Wednesday classes are $10 per person and the social dance is $5 per. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com POET KIM ADDONIZIO & BLUES SHOW

7 p.m. Poet Kim Addonizio returns to Pensacola State College for a reading of her work, with a blues band in tow. Her program in the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium includes performances by veteran blues guitarist Steve Gunter and jazz pianist Bobby Van Deusen. PSC students are admitted free with a valid student ID. Tickets are $11 for adults, $9 for seniors 60 and above, $9 for students attending other universities, and $7 for Senior Club members and PSC employees. 1000 College Blvd. lyceum.pensacolastate.edu BROTHER ALI 7 p.m. Brother Ali’s “Home Away From Home” tour with Bambu and DJ Last Word, hosted by Mally. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $10. vinylmusichall.com

bars & nightlife ≥bar games

Fridays DRAG BINGO 6-8

p.m. Ages 21 and over.

Emerald City’s The Other Side, 406 E. Wright St. emeraldcitypensacola.com

Mondays TEXAS HOLD ‘EM FOR FUN AND TRIVIA 7

p.m. The Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. wobusa.com/locations/ Palafox BAR BINGO 8 p.m.

Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com MONDAY NIGHT TRIVIA 9:30-10:30

p.m. Mugs and Jugs, 12080 Scenic Highway. facebook.com/ MugsJugs

Tuesdays TUESDAY TRIVIA 8

p.m. The Bridge Bar and Sunset Lounge, 33 Gulf Breeze Parkway. facebook.com/ thebridgebargb DRAG BINGO 10 p.m.Midnight. Ages 18 and over. Emerald City’s The Other Side, 406 E. Wright St. emeraldcitypensacola.com Wednesdays PUB TRIVIA NIGHT

7-9:30 p.m. Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Road. facebook.com/ goatlipsdeli

WEDNESDAY QUIZ TRIVIA 8 p.m. The

Cabaret, 101 S. Jefferson St. cabaretpensacola.com TEAM TRIVIA 8 p.m. Hopjacks. 10 S.

Palafox. hopjacks.com

BAR BINGO 10 p.m.

Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 200. iplaypensacola.com

≥karaoke Thursdays

VFW Post 706, 6 p.m.

5000 Lillian Highway. vfw706.org Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 8 p.m. 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com The Cabaret, 9 p.m.

101 S. Jefferson St. cabaretpensacola.com Hub Stacey’s At the Point, 9 p.m. 5851 Galvez Road. hubstaceys.com Saturdays

Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 9 p.m. 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com Sundays

Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 8 p.m. 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com The Sandshaker Lounge, 9 p.m. 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com Mondays

The Cabaret, 9 p.m.

101 S. Jefferson St. 607-2020 or cabaretpensacola.com Tuesdays

The Sandshaker Lounge, 8 p.m. 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com Play, 9 p.m. 16 S. Palafox, Suite 200. iplaypensacola.com

≥live music THURSDAY 10.16

AL MARTIN 6 p.m. The

Piano Bar, Quality Inn, 7601 Scenic Highway. facebook.com/QualityInnScenicHwy

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 p.m. The Deck at The

Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhouse. goodgrits.com

MIKE VAN 6 p.m. Peg

Leg Pete’s, 1010 Ft. Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com

JOHN JOYNER AND FRIENDS 7 p.m. Hub

Stacey's Downtown, 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com GYPSY GROOVE 7:30 p.m. Picasso Jazz Club, 19 S. Palafox. picassojazz.com TYLER MAC BAND 8 p.m.-midnight. The Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com DJ MR. LAO 10 p.m.

Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

FRIDAY 10.17

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD

5 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhouse. goodgrits.com AL MARTIN 6 p.m. The Piano Bar, Quality Inn, 7601 Scenic Highway. facebook.com/QualityInnScenicHwy BISCUIT MILLER & THE MIX 6 p.m. Paradise

Bar & Grill, 21 Via De Luna Drive. paradisebar-grill.com JOHN LINK 7:30 p.m.

Picasso Jazz Club, 19 S. Palafox. picassojazz. com DUELING PIANO SHOW 8 p.m. Rosie

O’ Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com THE BLENDERS 8:30 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com FLOCK OF SEA MONKEYS 9 p.m.-1 a.m. The

Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com

DJ ORLANDO RICARDO 9 p.m. Emerald

City, 406 E. Wright St. emeraldcitypensacola. com THE REDFIELD’S 9 p.m. Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com GRAND THEFT AUTO

9 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

SATURDAY 10.18

AL MARTIN 6 p.m. The

Piano Bar, Quality Inn, 7601 Scenic Highway. facebook.com/QualityInnScenicHwy BRYAN LEE 6 p.m.

Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via De Luna Drive. paradisebar-grill.com DAVE AND JOE SHOW

6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Ft. Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com DONNIE SUNDAL 7:30 p.m. Picasso Jazz Club, 19 S. Palafox. picassojazz.com DUELING PIANO SHOW 8 p.m. Rosie

O’ Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com KELLEY POOLE AND THE SWINGSET 8:30

p.m. The Tin Cow, 102 S. Palafox. thetincow. com

FLOCK OF SEA MONKEYS 9 p.m.-1 a.m. The

Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com DJ JAY-R 9 p.m. Emerald City, 406 E. Wright St. emeraldcitypensacola.com DJ MR. LAO 9 p.m.

Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com THE REDFIELD’S 9 p.m. Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

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9 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

SUNDAY 10.19

BISCUIT MILLER & THE MIX 3 p.m. Paradise

Bar & Grill, 21 Via De Luna Drive. paradisebar-grill.com LEKTRIC MULLET 4-8 p.m. The Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com CADILLAC ATTACK 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Ft. Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com DJ JAY-R 9 p.m. Emerald City, 406 E. Wright St. emeraldcitypensacola.com

MONDAY 10.20

WB SEARCY 6 p.m. Peg

Leg Pete’s, 1010 Ft. Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com

BISCUIT MILLER & THE MIX 6 p.m. Paradise

Bar & Grill, 21 Via De Luna Drive. paradisebar-grill.com

BLUES SOCIETY OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA’S MONDAY

arts & culture ≥exhibits

“KIM HOWES ZABBIA: CREATIVITY VS. FEAR”

This exhibit by Kim Howes Zabbia, Louisiana artist, author and teacher, covers 24 years of work from 1990 to now. Currently represented by Ariodante Gallery in New Orleans, Kim has had sixteen solo exhibitions since earning her MFA in Studio Art at LSU during which time she developed her “No Fear” philosophy.

Opening reception takes place Friday Oct. 17, 5:30 – 9 p.m.

Also on display: The exhibition “Guild Hall: An Adventure in the Arts,” features works from the permanent collection of the Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, New York by a variety of significant artists that lived and worked in East Hampton area over the past 140 years. On display through Jan. 4. “Works on Paper: Selections from the PMA Permanent Collection,” remains on display through Oct. October 16, 2014

NIGHT BLUES 8 p.m.

Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com PAPER STREET SOAP CO. 8 p.m. End o’ the

Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

OPEN MIC AT BIG EASY TAVERN 9 p.m. Bands,

individual musicians, comedians, poets, and other artists are invited to participate in weekly open mic sessions known as "Monday Night Jams."

Admission is free. 710 N. Palafox. bigeasytavern.com

TUESDAY 10.21

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD

6 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhouse. goodgrits.com NO WRONG NOTES JAZZ NIGHT 6-9 p.m.

Head to 5 ½ Bar for an evening of live, freeranging, experimental jazz played by local musicians. NoWrongNotes Jazz Night is on every Tuesday, unless

18. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students, seniors and military, and free for museum members.

Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum. org “LOST VIRTUE” The Florida Public Archaeology Network presents a new temporary exhibit titled “Lost Virtue: Pensacola’s Red Light District.”

Several artifacts associated with the women who worked in Pensacola’s red light district during the late 1800s and early 1900s uncovered through archaeology will be on display for the first time. On display through January 2015.

Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is free. FPAN’s Destination Archaeology Resource Center, 207 East Main St. flpublicarchaeology. org/nwrc “12x12x12” The exhibition “12x12x12” presents the works of 12 distinguished artists: Joyce Bennink, Tootsie Blanos, Linda Doss, Donna

there's a concert at Vinyl Music Hall. 5 E. Garden St. facebook. com/5.5bar JORDAN RICHARDS

6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Ft. Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com

VICTOR WAINWRIGHT

6 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via De Luna Drive. paradisebargrill.com TUESDAY JAZZ JAM: THE GINO ROSARIA QUARTET 6:30 p.m.

Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com MIKE QUINN 9 p.m.

End o’ the Alley Courtyard at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

WEDNESDAY 10.22

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD

5 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhouse. goodgrits.com HOUSE, TECHNO AND TRANCE 6-9 p.m. Kam

Sator mixes a laid back set of old and new styles of trance, house, and techno at 5 ½ Bar

Freckman, Marian Guthrie, Darlene Homrighausen, Marianne McDonald, Patricia ONeal, Patsy Pennington, Lynn Robinson, Etoyle Sermons, Mailand Turner. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-5 p.m.

Quayside Art Gallery, 17 E. Zaragoza St. Free admission. quaysidegallery.com

“THE NEW PARADIGM”

The Art Gallery (TAG) at UWF presents “The New Paradigm: TAG National MFA Juried Competition” exhibition. On display through Nov. 8. Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday 12-4 p.m. 11000 University Pkwy. Bldg. 82, Room 240. tag82uwf.wordpress.com “TOUCHABLE ART”

The exhibition “Touchable Art” features 3-D works by Tammy Caspersen, Pottery; Mark Schmitt, Mosaic Tile; Suzette Brooks, Fused Glass; Maria Hoch, Pottery and Paper Mache; Sue

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Woodson, Pottery; and Dick McNeil, Wood. Touchable Art will be on display through Oct. 25. Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., ThursdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m., and Sunday, 12:30-4 p.m. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. bluemorninggallery.com

“THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BOWDEN”

WUWF presents “The World According to Bowden,” a selection of prints from the career collection of cartoons by J. Earle Bowden, who worked as both editor and cartoonist for the Pensacola News Journal from 1953 to 1997.

His work is archived at the University of West Florida's John C. Pace Library. The exhibit will be on display at Gallery 88 through Oct. 31. MondayFriday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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DIFFERENCE MAKERS Pensacola ‘Celebrity Chefs’ Fourth Visit to James Beard House Turns Into a Star-Studded Affair Five of the Pensacola Bay Area’s finest chefs showcased the area’s culinary offerings during their fourth consecutive dinner at the acclaimed James Beard House in New York City this week, drawing the attendance of popular culinary stars including Carla Hall of ABC’s “The Chew” and two-time “Chopped” champion James Briscione.

The culinary event – titled, “Southern Inspired: Fresh from Florida’s Gulf Coast” – was hosted by Visit Pensacola on Oct. 1. During the event, the Pensacola Celebrity Chefs – Dan Dunn of H2O at the Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front, Irv Miller of Jackson’s Steakhouse, Jim Shirley of The Fish House, Gus Silivos of Nancy’s Haute Affairs and Frank Taylor of The Global Grill – presented a five-course meal highlighting the distinctive flavors of Northwest Florida’s Gulf Coast and featured locally-harvested produce and seafood.

House-smoked oyster sumac, seared Gulf snapper with pineapple sage pesto, Pensacola Bay white scampi, salt and pepper Apalachicola scallops and Baldwin County-raised grass-fed beef were among the dishes served by the reputable chefs.

Dessert, prepared collaboratively by the five chefs, was the unforgettable “Bushwacker Two-Way,” featuring the signature beverage Bushwacker—a creamy, delicious rum drink made with cream of coconut, Kahlua® coffee liqueur, crème de cacao, half-and-half and vanilla ice cream—paired with a tres leches cake that is topped off with toffee glass and coconut whip.

Family, friends and fans who were not able to attend were able to stream the live event using the James Beard Foundation’s Kitchen Cam. The behind-the-scenes footage is still available for viewing through the James Beard Foundation website.

The James Beard Foundation was established in 1986 in honor of James Beard, a cookbook author, teacher and father of American gastronomy. Beard’s Greenwich Village townhouse showcases the industry’s finest chefs at nightly dining events. The Oct. 1 event was the chefs’ fourth consecutive invitation to showcase the flavors of the Pensacola Bay Area at the James Beard House.

To learn more about the Pensacola Bay Area’s culinary offerings, as well as history, attractions and year-round festivals and events, go to www.VisitPensacola.com, or call 1 (800) 874-1234 to request a complimentary Visitor Guide.

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news of the weird SIGNS OF THE TIMES "Selfie fever" has begun to sully the sacred Islamic pilgrimages to Mecca, according to scholars who complained to Arab News in September. What for centuries has been a hallowed journey intended to renew the spirit of Islam (that all Muslims are called upon to experience at least once) has come, for some in the so-called "Facebook era," to resemble a trip to Disneyland, with visitors to the Sacred Mosque texting friends the "evidence" of their piety. (Another scholar complained in a New York Times opinion piece in October that Mecca is often experienced more as a tour packaged by marketers and centered around Mecca's upscale shopping malls rather than religious structures.)

THE NEW NORMAL Just in time for California's new law requiring explicit consent for students' sexual activities is the free iPhone/ Google app Good2Go, which developer Lee Ann Allman promises will simplify the consent process (and even document it). As described in a September Slate.com report, Good2Go requires the initiator to send the prospective partner to at least four smartphone screens, wait for a text message, provide phone numbers (unless he/she is a multiple-user with an "account") and choose accurately one's sobriety level -- all before "the mood" evaporates (ending the app's usefulness). It took the tech-savvy Slate writer four minutes to navigate the process -- and she was still unclear which sexual activities had been consented to, since those specifics aren't referenced. (The app has since been pulled from the market.)

• New York Giants tight end Larry Donnell manages his own fantasy league team by "drafting" NFL players for virtual competitions based on their real-life statistics of the previous weekend. Donnell lamented to New Jersey's The Record in October that he had benched virtual "Larry Donnell" on his fantasy team the week before because he thought his other tight end ("Vernon Davis") would do better. In reality, real Donnell had a career-high game, with his three touchdowns leading the real Giants to a 45-14 victory. However, Donnell's fantasy team lost badly because virtual Larry Donnell (and

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SENSITIVE IN VERMONT (1) Lianne and Brian Kowiak of Waterbury, Vermont, complained to Ben & Jerry's in September that its new ice cream flavor, "Hazed & Confused," was "shock(ing)" and "upset(ting)" and should be changed immediately. Though most customers recognize the name only as a play on the 1993 cult movie "Dazed & Confused," the Kowiaks insist that they never be reminded that their 19-year-old son died in a college hazing incident. (2) In Winooski, Vermont, in August, the local eatery Sneakers Bistro earned public advertising space by beautifying one of the city's flower beds, and managers used it for the quixotic ad, "Yield for Sneakers Bacon."

After one woman complained that the sign disrespected those who do not consume pork, Sneakers took it down.

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS Not Ready for Prime Time: (1) William Dixon, 21, was arrested in Brentwood, Tennessee, in August fleeing a Best Buy store after arousing suspicion. According to the police report, Dixon, on foot, ran across all lanes of Interstate 65, but the chase ended when he collided with a tree. (2) In October, a man unnamed in news reports snatched a bottle of wine from the shelf of a Sainsbury's supermarket in East Grinstead, England, and dashed for the door. However, he ran into a shelving unit and knocked himself unconscious.

• Walter Morrison, 20, a United Parcel Service baggage agent at Phoenix's Sky Harbor airport, apparently intended only to swipe random parcels, but inadvertently came upon, in one package, a diamond (later found to be worth about $160,000). Police charging him in September said he traded the diamond to a friend for a gram of marijuana (around $20, retail).

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