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Mediocrity is the natural state of things in Pensacola. Don’t make waves and risk nothing and then life is decent. The status quo is maintained. Nothing bad happens and one can drift along. Life just happens. In Pensacola, mediocrity had been so perfected that those we dared to dream, to have vision and to actually take action were criticized. With the barest amount of facts, the dreamers and doers were undermined with cries for more studies, more meetings—knowing that time and delays were the enemies of action. The status quo worked for some, particularly those in power. But what happens when the status quo is shattered? When mediocrity is rejected? For the past six years, this community has rebelled against status quo. This isn’t a hypothesis. It’s a fact. Only a handful of the current local elected officials, city and county senior leaders and administrators, and chamber officials are the same as the people in those positions in 2006. Voters approved the Maritime Park and rejected two petition drives that would have halted it. They approved a new city charter that replaced the city manager with a strong mayor. The mayor that was elected wasn’t a veteran politician, but someone who had never held any elected office. Suddenly problems that had been so long avoided were being handled—job creations, city pensions, waterfront develop-

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The CRA Administrator said the LTU regulations had been “part of a larger conversation for a long time.” She said the same process currently covers everything from residential driveways to outdoors cafes, and was “pretty cumbersome for just table and chairs.” “From staff perspective, it’s something that we’ve been wanting to clarify for a while," Winterberg-Lipp said. While the need for clarifying standards is being spurred by the proliferation of outdoor dining on Palafox, the new regulations will be applied citywide. “If someone wanted to have a sidewalk cafe in East Hill, where City Grocery is, it would apply to them,” the CRA Administrator said. “Seville, it would apply to them.”

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Regulating Downtown Growth by Jeremy Morrison As Pensacola’s downtown grows, the party on South Palafox is starting to seem like a real good time. Sidewalks have sprung to life, with drinks enjoyed under the stars of Saturday-night skies. But this emerging street party atmosphere is not being celebrated in all quarters. “You’ll go out on some mornings—especially Sunday—and find human waste,” said Deborah Dunlap. The downtown property owner and resident recently relayed the after-party scene to a group gathered for a meeting of the Downtown Improvement Board’s Business and Development Committee. She painted a vivid picture of a Palafox business owner’s displeasure with the growing party’s ramifications. “It is not fair for him to have to pay to clean up someone else’s puke on a Sunday morning, when it wasn’t there when he closed Saturday afternoon,” Dunlap said.

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8 o’clock in the morning and Nick Zangari, having stormed out of bed in gym shorts with his briefcase ready for battle, looked like he’d rather be just about anywhere other than where he was. Zangari owns New York Nick’s, a South Palafox establishment that offers outdoor seating on the sidewalk. He and other downtown business owners showed up at the DIB committee meeting upon learning there were new License to Use regulations being drafted. “I found out about this in the middle of the night, 12 hours ago,” Zangari said to his fellow bar owners. “I didn’t know about any of this. Did you know about any of this?” The business owners seemed leery of the prospects. Zangari had already termed the meeting “underhanded” and said the city was “trying to put the genie back in the bottle,” while Hopjacks owner Joe Abston was warning that “you are starting down a very slippery slope.” “We all want to work together,” said Matt LaFon, co-owner of World of Beer. “If there’s a problem, we want to know so we can work together to solve it.” Committee Chairman Chip Otwell tried to quell the business owners’ concerns. “I don’t think anyone’s saying you’re doing anything wrong,” he said. “They’re just trying to get everything uniform.”

NOT WILD, WILD WEST

Kim Kimbrough, executive director of the DIB, had phrased it with a little more teeth the day before: “You can’t have the wild, Wild West out there and have everybody doing what they want to do.” According to City Administrator Bill Reynolds, the city has been looking to draw up some new regulations for about a year and a half. He said the number of recent

LTU applications from multiple new downtown businesses has increased the city’s attention to the matter. “As we see more growth downtown, it’s become clear that we really need to have some guidelines,” Reynolds said. “If we spell it out, then everybody knows exactly what to expect.”

“You can’t have the wild, Wild West out there and have everybody doing what they want to do.” Kim Kimbrough During the committee meeting, City Councilman Brian Spencer, who is also on the DIB, told the business owners that they needed to let go of the “simplicity of a bygone era.” He said that the increased number of businesses making use of their respective sidewalk frontage necessitated new regulations. “We’ve matured, we’ve become more sophisticated as a downtown,” Spencer said.

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The city councilman relayed how the city had conducted a public planning board workshop on the new regulations in June where American Disability Act compliance was discussed. “We tried to really get it out there when we were doing this workshop,” Ryan Winterberg-Lipp, Community Redevelopment Agency administrator, said later. “We had a pretty good turnout.”

Aside from ADA standards and furniture placement, the city’s proposed regulations address hours of operation, noise and maintenance fees. The city’s proposed regulations include the prohibition of outdoor music and speaker systems—provisions that the DIB committee meeting attendees disagreed with—as well as aesthetic guidelines. The new rules also establish LTU fees and designate a portion of the permit fees for cleaning sidewalks. “Mixed-use is really the key,” Kimbrough told the business owners, explaining that retail, restaurants and entertainment venues needed to comfortably coexist with residents. Dunlap is also a vocal proponent of mixed-use compatibility. “We’re a 24-hour, mixed-use business district now,” Dunlap said in the committee meeting. “Entertainment is only one part of it.” The next day, Dunlap said she was glad the DIB’s input was being requested by the city. Along with the business owners, the committee members—Dunlap and Otwell were the only two in attendance—made multiple adjustments to the city’s proposed regulations. “We are on the brink of a phenomenal success story, and everybody in that room plays a part,” she said. “I am so happy that we are having an opportunity to wrap our arms around something that is going to make us better.” After the full DIB passes on its recommendations to the city, the planning board and, eventually, the city council will take up the issue. During those discussions, business owners—as well as the general public—will have the further opportunity to contribute to the conversation. “There’s still plenty of time for flexibility,” said Winterberg-Lipp, explaining that the issue wouldn’t be coming before the planning board until Sept. 18. City Administrator Reynolds said that the city council would be discussing the regulations during their next couple of meetings. “We’re looking to have this done relatively quickly,” he said. {in} inweekly.net

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a lull, the Emerald Coastkeepers may soon be bringing someone new aboard to keep tabs on local environmental concerns. “There’s an offer on the table for a new Coastkeeper,” said Larry B. Johnson recently. Johnson, a Pensacola city councilman who also sits on the Coastkeepers’ Board of Trustees, said the environmental group recently interviewed candidates for the position, made an offer to its first choice and is hoping to hear back within a month. He described the prospective candidate as someone that is known locally in both the environmental and business communities. “They would be an asset not only to the Coastkeepers, but to the community as a whole,” Johnson said. The Emerald Coastkeepers is a satellite of the national Waterkeeper Alliance, a group of environmental advocacy organizations. A representative with the Waterkeeper Alliance recently described the local group as “inactive.” “We’re just in between Coastkeepers right now,” said Chips Kirschenfeld, who once served as the local Coastkeeper and now sits on the organization’s Board of Directors. “I don’t think ‘inactive’ is really a proper word.” During the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Coastkeeper Chasidy Hobbs was an active local voice on environmental matters. Since that time, the group has gone through two other Coastkeepers, with the position being vacant since last year. “Right now, I’m the point person for Coastkeepers,” said Tony Gentry, the president of the Board of Directors, in late August. Gentry described the organization as “alive, viable and well.” He said the Coastkeepers were in the midst of staff changes and “retooling.” Sometime in the foreseeable future, Escambia County will be seeing a considerable windfall of money stemming from Clean Water Act fines collected from BP as a result of the oil spill. As county commissioners consider what portion of that money to spend on environmental restoration, the Coastkeepers—with a disconnected phone line and defunct email addresses—were noticeably absent from the conversation. Kirschenfeld stressed that the organization has remained active. He said the Board of Directors meets regularly.

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“Typically, we talk about fundraising efforts,” he said, explaining that the group normally raised around $40,000 from its annual auction and gala. “And we talk about the Coastkeeper position and review applications for that.” Gentry said that the organization had been searching for someone who might fulfill its needs as a volunteer. An ideal candidate, he said, might be a student who could do some “career sampling” prior to moving forward with a paid position. Following a late August lunchtime interview with the selected candidate, Johnson said that the group was looking to bring on a salary employee. “We have funds available to us to make this happen,” he said, describing the interview as having gone “very, very well.” The Emerald Coastkeepers are bordered by the Mobile Baykeepers to the west and the Apalachicola Riverkeepers to the east. Both of these groups are actively engaged in advising officials in regards to their respective pots of RESTORE money. “We’re trying to work with the county to come up with projects that we think will restore the bay and the gulf,” said Dan Tonsmeire, Riverkeeper and executive director of the Apalachicola Riverkeepers.

A CHAT WITH SEN. GAETZ State Sen. Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) will preside over the Florida Senate during the 2013 legislative session. The incoming senate president stopped by the Independent News office recently to discuss Florida politics and the upcoming session. Gaetz listed issues such as the new Affordable Care Act and Florida’s Stand Your Ground law as matters he expects to be dealing with next year. He also spoke about education, ethics bills and oil drilling. Stand Your Ground: The state law that allows a person to use deadly force instead of retreating when they feel their life is threatened will undoubtedly come across Gaetz’s plate. The shooting of Trayvon Martin this year in central Florida brought national attention to the Florida law. “The tragedy in Sanford will be front and center,” Gaetz said. “We’re getting advice from outside the state from both the Right and Left.” Affordable Care Act: Sometimes referred to as Obamacare, the new healthcare law presents entirely new territory. The senate president expects the new law to have a big impact in the state.

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“Medicaid is the single largest item in the state budget,” he said. “ACA expands the program so that one in four Floridians will be covered by Medicaid. The expansion will cost the state $1.9 billion over the next five years. ACA will have an organizing influence over the entire budget.” Offshore Oil Drilling: Gaetz said he has no intentions to discuss offshore drilling next year—“I oppose it”—and said he plans to display a photo of Gov. Jeb Bush and President George W. Bush standing in the Oval Office at the time they both pledged not to drill offshore in Florida. “It will be clear to everyone who visits my office where I stand on the issue,” the senator said. Education: Last year, Gaetz sponsored two bills—both passing—dealing with education. One bill sets aside a $15 million incentive fund that focuses on technology education, while the other establishes an Economy Security Report, which will give students an idea of the job market in specific fields. Gaetz believes the security report will help students and parents when considering college, and also eventually impact the courses of fered at dif ferent schools. “A revolution will start at the kitchen table and at school advisory meetings,” said Gaetz. “Parents and students will demand more relevance from their education to the realities to the economy. The report will be a discussion tool and planning guide to help them pick the right school and the right course of study.” Gaetz also spoke about the state’s move to Common Core Standards. “The Common Core Standards are being adopted by states so that we can define what makes a good middle and high student,” he said. “The body of knowledge for geometry is the same in Indiana as Florida. The basic facts of the War of 1812 are the same in North Dakota as they are in Escambia County.” Ethics: The incoming senate president said he wanted to focus on ethics. He’s looking to ban state lawmakers from having co-public employment while in office in an effort to avoid conflicts of interests. Gaetz also wants financial disclosure reports to be made available online. “My colleagues have told me that ethics bills are the graveyard of presiding officers,” he laughed. {in}

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What It’s Like To Be a Woman in Business by Jennie McKeon

It shouldn’t surprise you that a lot of great businesses in Pensacola—retail, restaurants, event planners—have great women behind them. The most inspiring part of these women’s stories is not that they are successful in the business world, which is predominately male, it’s that they are working for themselves and every day they get to do something they are passionate about. Whether it’s baking the best wedding cakes in Pensacola, teaching a paddleboard class, decorating a home or designing and handcrafting jewelry, these women are making a living doing what they love to do. They turned what some might view as hobbies into successful businesses. That doesn’t mean it’s been easy. But when you get to do something you love, it’s worth it. And they’re not done yet—keep watching to see what these ladies are planning.

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You have to love what you do if you own a business, but that doesn’t always mean you get to do what you love. “People tell me, ‘You’re so lucky you get to paddleboard for a living,’” said Cindi Bonner, owner of Fitness Onboard. “Really? I haven’t paddleboarded in so long.” “Most people have a romanticized version of a self-owned business,” said Dee McDavid, owner and designer at Dee McDavid Interiors. Retail shop owners must have an affinity for shopping, but even that can get tiresome. “Friends say, ‘You must love going to market,’” said Vicki Weir, co-owner of Pizzaz Personalized Gifts & Events. “But it’s 12 to 13 hour days. You can’t be slow, you have to know what you’re doing.” “It’s T.J. Maxx on major steroids,” adds Katie Rozier, co-owner of Indigeaux Denim Bar & Boutique. No matter how late they have to work or to what extent, they will continue their business. It is truly a labor of love. “I always wanted to have my own business,” said Julia Ussery, owner of Scout. “I can’t imagine not working.”

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“It’s a two-parter,” she said of her business start. “Another local business, Indigeaux sold my jewelry and a good friend of mine, Smith Sinrod, gave me a kick in the butt.” That kick has resulted in not only local buzz about Berry’s hand-crafted pieces, but her accessories were featured with Sinrod’s line, By Smith, at Jacksonville Fashion Week and are featured on the Wondermode website. It’s interesting to ask a group of businessowning women who did the business proposal and who didn’t. When Rozier wanted to open a boutique at 21 years of age, she had to prove herself before she opened her shop doors. “I got a lot of ‘You’re 21-years-old, what are you doing?’” she said. “I just took that criticism and made that for the better. My mom and I did a lot of research and put a business plan together.” On the other hand, Weir and her daughter Courtney opened up shop a mere 30 days after discussing their plans. “It was something I had always thought about doing,” she said. “We found a space with a one-year lease. We didn’t over-think it. We took a risk opening in the height of the recession. Can’t wait until it gets better.” And if the recession wasn’t enough, the oil spill was certainly discouraging. “I opened my business a couple months after the oil spill,” Bonner said. “I did a little bit

of a business plan. It was a lot more work than I thought. I was completely clueless.” Rozier didn’t miss a beat citing the oil spill as a business roadblock. She was denied for her small business loan, but was thankfully approved by a different bank—which eventually bought the bank that denied her. “I wanted to make sure it was the right thing to do and so I did teaser trunk shows,” she said. With or without a good economy and crowded beaches, owning a business is hard work. “You really have to understand that you have to give 100 percent,” Ussery said. “It’s not for the faint at heart,” Weir added. “I love it, but it is hard work.” “It’s so freaking intense,” Rozier said. And it’s a lot of hours. Weir said she liked the freedom to say yes or no to everything and be her own boss. But as Bonner said, being your own boss doesn’t mean you can slack off. She’s up at three, every morning. “Be ready to give way more than you would give a boss,” Bonner said. Not to mention working on holidays, which are crucial to store’s sales. It’s not called “Black Friday” for nothing. While Weir’s friends are retired, she’s dreaming of store displays. “Do you ever think you’ll retire?” Berry asked Weir.

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“No,” she said quietly. And the room erupted in laughter. “A majority of my friends are retired and I think, ‘What would I do all day?’” It goes to show that you can do something once you put your mind to it. Despite setbacks, these businesses are still standing and doing well. “When people come into my store it makes me feel so good,” said Weir. “It’s pretty, smells good, good music—a little respite during the day.” “Retail therapy,” Ussery said. “People can come in and spend hours shopping and talking,” Rozier said. “That’s what I enjoy.” For Bonner, she can rest assured that her clients are having fun and improving their health. “It’s not about the sale, it’s about changing lives,” she said. “And it’s a cheaper form of therapy.”

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The retail world is often very unkind, but not for those who choose to make shopping local fun. “I was pleasantly surprised at how supportive everyone was,” Berry said. Not only has Rozier kindly sold (and sold out) of Berry’s pieces, but Ussery has taken a mentor role in her life, which has been a huge asset. Ussery is a graduate of Parsons School of Design and worked in New York City as a fashion designer before opening Scout in 2007. 9

“She gave me good advice that I followed,” Berry said of Ussery. “Worst thing is to think you know everything—you don’t,” Ussery said. “I learn something new every day.” Bonner is looking to bring Fitness Onboard downtown and collaborate with The Fish House. “They can take a class and stay for a drink,” she said. “And then you can send them to shop,” Ussery said, and then points to Rozier. “You have been awesome sending people to Scout. We are not competition. They can shop at your place and my place.” “I’m a woman, I shop everywhere and have different tastes,” Rozier said. Weir agreed that she refers people around town all the time. “We all want Pensacola to succeed and we all want to succeed,” Rozier added. “I myself go to Innerlight and Coast Paddle,” Bonner said. Much like the scene in “Miracle on 34th Street,” some Indigeaux customers were surprised to be sent elsewhere. “I sent a girl to Francesca’s and she looked at me funny,” Rozier said. “I go into other stores and see what they offer.” Being a part of the community also means that you invest in local non-profits. Whether it’s donating items to auction or working on a committee, these women contribute above and beyond. “They support me, I support back,” Ussery said. “I have respect for people that are glad I’m here.”

FAMILY TIES

Two out of the six businesses in this discussion are mother-daughter teams. “I love it, it’s the only way I’d do it,” said Weir of owning Pizzaz with her daughter Courtney. Rozier works with both parents, owning Indigeaux with her mom while her dad is the accountant. “I enjoy working with my mom, but it’s hard creating boundaries,” she said. “They always want to talk about business. I finally told them, you’re also my parents.” Weir does have her reservations, too. “The only challenge is Courtney is getting married,” she said. “Her fiancée lives in New Orleans and she wants to continue to share responsibilities and commute.”

As Weir chose to go into business because she liked the idea of working with her daughter, some chose to open their business once children have grown so as not to miss anything. “Before the store, I worked from home, when my daughters were at school,” McDavid said. “I could not do this while my girls still lived at home.” Bonner and Ussery are still trying to balance family and business. “My mom was a nurse,” Rozier said. “She gave me a lifestyle—you are giving your kids an amazing lifestyle. They’re going to say ‘Thank you.’” “Will you talk to my daughter?” Ussery said. That’s what employees are for—taking some of the load off the owner. “I’m 41-years-old I can’t schlep these 40-pound boards anymore,” Bonner said with a laugh. “I have trainers and all of my dock staff kids—I know all their mothers.” Berry, who has been soaking in all the advice, had to ask, “How do you relinquish control?” “Try to find someone with the same passion you have,” Rozier said. “When I have to leave the store, people tell me ‘You’ve got great girls.’ I’m very thankful and blessed.” “They’re like an extended family,” Weir said of her employees. “As long as you’re not hurting your business, you stay in control,” Ussery said. “Control and manage it as long as you can.” The women also couldn’t help but acknowledge the help at home. “My husband has been very supportive,” said McDavid. “He’s certainly been my anchor.” “I should probably say the same, too,” Bonner said. “Without my parents’ help, this would not be happening,” Ussery said. Missing sleep and holidays is a small price to pay for loving your job and following a dream. “There’s never been anything more rewarding,” McDavid said. And when you have like-minded women to talk to and get advice from, it’s even more inspiring. “It’s the future, women are in the working world,” Ussery said. “We’re the smarter ones,” Bonner said with a laugh. “We should get together more often,” Rozier said.

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“The only free time I have is in the shower,” said Shannon Pallin, owner of Fiore. That’s when she dreams up floral designs and gets respite from her children. Such is the life of those whose job it is to make a bride’s dreams come true. “It was a slight lapse of judgment for me,” joked Betty Weber of Betty Weber Cakes. “For me, I went into the wedding business for the creative end of it—to make something beautiful, to make someone’s special day more special.” “Ditto,” said Megan Kennedy, owner, event planner and designer of Megan K. Events. Scoff all you’d like about careers that depend on love, but in March, ABC News reported that the average budget for a U.S. couple’s wedding has risen to $27,021 and has been steadily growing since 2008. For these women, making Pinterest boards come to life is not just a hobby, but a full-blown career. “People are always going to get married,” said wedding planner, Sara Gillianne. “Weddings and babies,” added Saranne Soule Morrow, owner of Sassafras Stationary & Gifts. “It’s nice to be in a happy business.”

A CREATIVE BUSINESS

All five of these wedding women came into their businesses differently. Some knew early on that they would work in the creative

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field and some had to endure a boring nineto-five before they made that change. Pallin started as an apprentice to a floral designer in Southern California before working in New York City as a floral designer. “When I started, there was no school for what I did,” Pallin explained. “I went to New York and worked for someone else and learned all about the logistics.” Gilliane, on the other hand, always had the knack for planning, but needed the push to start a business. “My mom threw me into it,” she said. “I had always done birthday parties for kids. She was my initial push.” Megan Kennedy worked for over ten years in banking before she changed careers. And she has no regrets. “Everything else seems so boring,” she said. “I stopped and got a ‘regular job,’” said Gillianne. “I hated it. I’m excited that I get to wake up and do this every day.” For these women, it was real life experiences that taught them the most. For anyone looking to get into the wedding business, the panel suggests to intern and familiarize yourself with the business early. “I had an assistant that told her dad, ‘I saved you a bunch of money. I’m getting paid and I’m going to business school,’” Pallin said of the experience she provides. “I’m constantly training. Nothing leaves the shop without me seeing it.” Of course, taking a business course or two couldn’t hurt. Or, as Pallin did, hire an accountant. “My brain isn’t numbers,” she said. “Find an accountant that will grow with you. Mine is like a mother. It’s worth it to have someone helping you.” Morrow, holds a Masters of Business Administration, so she’s able to crunch numbers and talk stationary. “I’m not as much of a creative mind as these ladies,” she said. “I do everything myself. I can’t give that up.” Another tip? Comfortable shoes. “Do not wear the wrong shoes to work,” Pallin said. “I’m usually jogging all day.” As these women began to make a living out of something they loved to do, they found that there’s a price to pay for “having it all.” It’s hard work. “It’s a full commitment,” Pallin said. “And it takes time,” said Gilliane. “It’s not like the movie.”

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as we can. We don’t want to lose their business completely.” Sometimes it’s a matter of narrowing on what matters most. “You have to ask them what is most important to them,” Gillianne said. “You can’t have 200 people on a $3000 budget.” “You have to be honest about what it really does cost to have a wedding,” Kennedy added. No matter what the budget is, wedding vendors all have to—and want to—make their bride happy. “The bride is the boss,” Pallin said. Not only is the bride the boss, but vendors can become attached. After all, a wedding takes about eight to 12 months to plan. “It’s a bonding experience with these girls,” Kennedy said. “And then you have to breakup.” “You miss some,” Gillianne said. “You want to call them up and say ‘Wanna hang out?’”

from a wedding vendor you trust. Morrow enjoys referring her clients to vendors she trusts and knows. “I have the luxury of being on the frontlines and I have the pleasure of passing on vendor’s names,” she said. “I know Betty Weber personally and you need to have her cake.” The day of the wedding, the women are a team working diligently with one mission: a beautiful wedding. “We help each other in crisis,” Kennedy said. “All vendors give a bit more to get the job done,” Weber added. When the pieces come together, vendors and planners are just as excited to see the end result. “I love after all the planning and seeing how it all comes together,” Gillianne said. When it comes to the most important day of your lives, you can have faith in these local wedding magic makers. “There’s that element of trust,” Pallin said. “You have to trust when it’s all said and done.” Weber’s thankful when a client puts their trust in her right away. “It’s great to hear ‘You’re the expert, I’ll leave it up to you,’” she said. “Thank you!”

I went into the wedding business for the creative end of it—to make something beautiful, to make someone’s special day more special.” Betty Weber “I often joke that I’m like the postman on steroids,” Weber said. For Pallin, having a perishable product means working hard—and fast. “I always say I’m the Energizer Bunny on steroids,” she said. “Our flowers come in and Friday and Saturday we install. It’s a lot of hours from start to finish. We don’t leave the shop on Friday if it’s not done.” Business hours are a grey area for planners and wedding vendors because you can get contacted anytime of the day thanks to technology. “A lot of brides don’t have regular hours,” said Morrow. “I get e-mails at all times of the night.” “We reply immediately,” Kennedy said of the emails her business gets. “They’re anxious. We’ve got to assure them.” “They need to know that you care, that you’re available,” agreed Morrow. The job is truly 24/7. Even holidays aren’t sacred. “We work weekends and holidays,” Pallin said. “Your schedule and life is planned differently. Family and friends have to be understanding.” That’s why Morrow downsized. Her cozy shop is not only filled with cards, but her mom and beautiful baby son are there, too.

‘THE BRIDE IS THE BOSS’

The most fun and frustrating part of staging a wedding has got to be making something out of nothing, and on a budget. Even with the rise in wedding receipts, many young couples are footing the bill instead of parents, and are trying to keep their bridal budget low. “We offer our brides the option to make what they can—make your boxes, make your mason jars,” Pallin said. “We offer a lot of our sources and give them as much advice September 13, 2012

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Thanks to the wedding industry’s newest best friend, Pinterest, wedding vendors can see what exactly a bride wants in her wedding. “The first thing we do is start with the client’s Pinterest board,” Pallin said. However, Pinterest does create extremely high expectations. Most pinned photo-shoots employ fake flowers and cakes to ensure a perfect photo. “The downside is that people see the best of the best,” Kennedy said. It also makes a do-it-yourself wedding seem much more feasible than it should. “A DIY wedding is not really realistic,” Kennedy said. “Let your vendors do the jobs,” Pallin said. “How hard do you want to be working the day before or the day of your wedding?” What counts more than Facebook feedback and online galleries is the reference

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It has to be awkward when you introduce yourself to someone and they were expecting someone else. “I’ve come out to meet a customer and they say ‘Oh, you’re the chef,’” said Tricia Horton, chef at Jaco’s Bayfront Bar & Grille. “Every time my husband Ryan and I meet someone they think he’s the chef,” said Erika Thomas of Portabello Market, Nacho Daddies and Portobello Eatery. It may still be a male-dominated industry, but women are catching up—and not just by baking cupcakes. “I’ve seen it change in the past few years,” said Amber Rushing, who runs R & R Fine Catering with her husband, Blake. “Food is such a sensual, feminine thing,” said Kiley Bolster, chef at The Magnolia.

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Erika Thomas Rushing asks Horton, who is the not only the head female chef, but the only female chef, if there are ever problems in the kitchen. “No,” Horton said. “But I’d bark right back at them.”

GETTING A TASTE FOR COOKING

Horton and Thomas attended culinary school. Horton earned her culinary arts degree with top honors at the Art Institute of Atlanta. Thomas graduated from Johnson & Wales University. “It was my first real step on my own,” Thomas said. “I trained in London with Fergus Henderson at St. John restaurant. His sous chef was a woman, which was a huge deal.” Rushing may not have a culinary degree, but her resume is pretty impressive. She’s worked with prestigious titles at restaurants in London and even worked with Gordon Ramsey

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for three and a half years and helped with opening his first U.S. restaurant in New York. Bolster began her cooking career in the comfort of her childhood kitchen. “I always loved food,” she said. “I cooked for my family when I was eight years old. When I was about 13, my aunt would hire me to cater her Christmas parties.” “Growing up, all of my family members were good cooks,” Rushing said. It is that comfort of a family get-together that she hopes to share with her customers. “My objective is not to be a premier chef,” Bolster said. “I want my customers to go home full and drunk. I make them a sandwich, Bill makes them laugh.” “The bottom line is the taste of the food,” added Thomas. “It doesn’t matter if you can julienne an onion.” “I cook by taste not by technique,” Bolster said.

Opening up a restaurant is a dream of anyone who enjoys cooking. “I would definitely like to have my own restaurant,” said Horton. Sometimes that dream seems to be a bit more like a nightmare. “Five days prior to opening, the inspector said ‘You can’t have that kind of stove,’” Bolster said. “I already had a menu prepared. There were a lot of tears, a lot of ‘I can’t do this.’” The Magnolia’s lack of stove only adds to the restaurant’s charm. It also makes Bolster an even more creative chef. “Now I have to ask myself, ‘Can I roast walnuts in a toaster oven?’” she said. While Bolster has the unique challenge of cooking without a full kitchen, all chefs share the challenge of making quality food affordable for both the customer and themselves. “I’m a baller on a budget,” Bolster said with a laugh.

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Caterers often have to work within someone else’s budget, especially in today’s economy. “We’ve had a lot more conscientious clientele,” Thomas said.

EAT, PRAY, LOVE

Working alongside most of these women are their husbands and families. What started as a catering business for Thomas and her husband has become three restaurants. Bolster had to ask how she balances that and three children. “Make them wash dishes,” Horton said with a laugh. “They’re a very supportive family,” Thomas said. “They help at Gallery Night. Hopefully, they’ll learn to take pride in their work.” Bolster and her boyfriend, Bill Manning, opened The Magnolia to get closer. “Bill and I started the bar because we wanted to spend all of our time together,” Bolster said. Amber and Blake Rushing’s love story is right out of a culinarythemed romantic comedy. The two met at Jackson’s, fast forward to today and they’ve been married for five years. Rushing even supported her mustachioed chef husband while they lived in London. “And we lived in a pretty nice place,” she said. “Blake has told me, ‘Amber is better chef than I am,’” Bolster recalled. Thomas and her husband have been in business together for 12 years. “We’ve come a long way,” she said. “It’s made us stronger, we learned to communicate.” Even when you get to work with your spouse, your time is limited when you own a business or work long and odd hours in a kitchen. “It never ends,” Bolster said. She holds up her iPhone. “I’m always on my phone. One month I had sent 7000 texts. That’s the demands of it, even when you’re out of town.” “You’re always promoting the restaurant,” Horton said. “Sometimes I’m out and I think ‘Maybe I shouldn’t have had that last shot.’” That is, if you can even go out for a drink. “Definitely the hours—not having Fridays and Saturdays off,” Horton said of the hardest part of her job. “My days off are when everyone’s at work.” While cooking takes up a majority of their lives, it isn’t all they do. Thomas is a mother of three, Bolster is a writer, Horton plans to continue her education and get a master’s in nutrition, and Rushing is currently in school studying pre-engineering drafting.

“You get special treatment,” Horton confirmed. Chefs look out for one another and are quick to collaborate. Bolster serves Marie Mayeur’s gelato from Dolce! and purchases produce from Sandy Veilleux of Flora Bama Farms of Pensacola. And when they do get free time, these women are trying each other’s dishes. “It’s all a community,” Bolster said. “You get from it what you put into it. You still have to go out when you don’t want to cook. It’s a pleasure to go out and eat their food.” Knowing that a chef is eating your creations raises the bar, too. “It makes you want to be a better cook,” Bolster said. “A better restaurant is better for everybody,” Horton said. “And it’s nice to see your friends succeed,” Rushing said. And it must be nice to cook for likeminded foodies. Bolster continues to try to please her customers with comfort, yet inventive, food. “I’m still in the first year and I’ve had five menu changes,” she said. “You have to go with your gut, but it’s hard to take risks in this community.” Much to the dismay of chefs, sometimes customers just want simple, recognizable food. “I had a customer ream me because there was fresh spinach on her pizza,” Thomas said. No harm done though, even chefs enjoy guilty, drive-thru, pleasures. “Once you go Doritos Locos, you never go back,” Rushing said. “The most important thing is making something beautiful,” Bolster said. “If it puts a smile on their face and makes them happy— that is the reason why all of us are here.” {in{

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Something Is Happening Here TIMBERHAWK

IN spoke to Aubrey Nichols, who plays bass and sings for the band. IN: How did Timberhawk start? NICHOLS: Jordan Richards and I went to high school together. We were in a band called, Reynosa for about two years, and when that band broke up, we decided to stay a band. It gave us a chance to play.

It seems that Raw Panda Records operates like a military style music insurgence. The lot of them is an army of talented, hardworking musicians taking over Pensacola. The next wave of talent taking the stage includes: Timberhawk, Seagull Blue, Chainsaw Kelly and Dawbrey. On a charitable note, on the night of the show Raw Panda is donating part of the ticket sales and taking donations for the Belmont Youth Band. The Belmont Youth Band is run by Vivian Lamont, who was recently named by WEAR Channel 3 TV as an “Angel in Our Mist,” a nomination for area leaders who dedicate time and effort to a worthy cause. Along with the show at Vinyl Music Hall, there is a preshow party/in-store concert at Revolver Records featuring Future Manager (Gio Lugo) and Early Founder (Brandon Warren). Future Manager is the solo outlet for Gio Lugo of Paloma; Early Founder is Brandon Warren's electronic music project. There is a unique incestuous element to the evening, all of the musicians work with each other and perform with each other in different bands and individually. They run the gamut of genres, indie, blues and rock—all similar, but different. Now, see if you can keep up with this: it is like six degrees of separation. First, you have Raw Panda Records and Sean Peterson. He seems to be the pied piper—knows everyone and helps all of the musicians record their music. Then there is Timberhawk consisting of Jordan Richards, Aubrey Nichols, Nathan Dillaha, Matt Nichols and Chris Holly; Chainsaw Kelly consisting of Brandon Smith, Michael Daw, Daz Sevilla and Aubrey Nichols; Seagull Blue consisting of Joe Napier, Taylor Wyrosdick, Logan Phillips, Jeff Cranford. And finally, there is Dawbrey consisting of Michael Daw and Aubrey Nichols. Keep in mind that all of these musicians under any set of circumstances could play a gig and be perfectly comfortable getting the job done. IN spoke to members of each band ahead of their upcoming show.

IN: We understand you are working on, or have almost finished an album, that is almost ready for release, is that right? NICHOLS: Tentatively, and this is the biggest news of the interview, we will release our all original, eleven song album on the first Friday in November. The CD release party will be at Vinyl. Don’t quote me on that date yet, it is not finalized. The music is mastered and ready to go. [Nichols later confirmed the CD release will be Friday, November 2]. IN: Being a cover band at most of your gig’s around town, and throwing in originals now and then, how does it feel to have your first all original album coming out? NICHOLS: We are extra proud. Sean was moving his recording studio and we didn’t have anywhere to record, so we moved the whole studio into my living room. We spent eight to 10 hours a day recording. IN: The completion of the CD itself might be the crowning achievement, but often during a lengthy creative process something unexpected happens, did it during the making of this CD? NICHOLS: Yeah something extraordinary did happen. We were working on a song and it ended on a note that did not match, didn’t sound right. We worked on it—Peterson and the rest of the band—for about 20 minutes. We came to a circle of 5ths, we made it happen, made it work. We all realized, as we have known, we are more than a bar band, we have more legitimacy than that. The other achievement is on the song, “NO.” The way the song was recorded was with no drums, no bass, and no guitar. We said to ourselves, “Oh my gosh, what is this new territory?”

CHAINSAW KELLY

IN spoke to Michael Daw, or Daw as everyone calls him. The band started to form after high school when two of the members were in the same youth group at church. They used to open for Timberhawk’s first band and play house parties and bar gigs. IN: We have to ask about the name, Chainsaw Kelly. DAW: We were always under the impression the band name means very little. As

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an example, Cake, not a great name, but a great band. I could say the same thing about the Beatles. Originally, we named the band, John the Baptist on a Clam. Then once we ran across a fellow who named his kids these extraordinarily long names and there was Chainsaw Kelly. IN: You have such a retro-blues sound, how did you choose that genre? DAW: It chose us. We both started in metal bands. We liked Led Zeppelin, and others, then we started listening to Muddy Waters and liked that a lot more. We do run the gamut of American country rock/ blues, blues and surf rock. We have been asked to open for David Allen Coe at Vinyl next month.

DAWBREY

IN: Tell us about the Kickstarter project you organized to raise the money to make your first album, “Brighter Side of Reckless?” NAPIER: We raised more funds than we expected. An anonymous donor gave us the $750 we were looking for and made us commit that anything above what we asked for be donated to Loaves and Fishes. It was a sizeable donation and that does not happen often, we are extremely happy about it. We have finished tracking it. IN: The main gift for anything over $500 was a tattoo of the donor’s name on the band somewhere, did you do that? NAPIER: He opted out of the tattoo idea.

Aubrey Nichols from Timberhawk, and Michael Daw from Chainsaw Kelly both spoke on the behalf of their band.

IN: Where do you reside? NAPIER: All in Pensacola, Pace and Milton. I am in school at UWF.

NICHOLS: The reason Dawbrey exists is that for years Daw and I would write songs, play them for an audience and see what sticks. We ended up writing a lot of songs that didn’t fit with either band we were in. We all decided that since Raw Panda stands for one for all and all for one, we should play those songs gathered over the years. It leans toward the roots/folk genre. It is a noble and just cause.

IN: Where and when did the band form? NAPIER: We have been friends for many years. We both played in the church. I had an idea of what my band would look like. It took a long time to get going.

DAW: I like to think of the whole Raw Panda thing as a revival of sorts. We all are like-minded, do-it-yourself musicians. It is refreshing to see the crowds come out. My first real gig was with Aubrey at End of the Line Café. We have been writing so much, and we decided to dig out the older songs the each of us wrote and play them for this show at Vinyl.

IN: Where do you play? NAPIER: Handlebar, Sluggo’s, we have traveled to Mobile and Tallahassee. IN: What about playing this show at Vinyl? NAPIER: I am more excited about this than I have been about anything in a long time. We [the band and I] were walking by Vinyl one night and said by the end of 2012 we will play there. Then Sean called and we are. {in}

SEAGULL BLUE

IN spoke to Joe Napier. Seagull Blue is indie rock with more of a rock ‘n’ roll sound. They write original songs. Their plans for the future: to make music their day job. IN: On Facebook, the band’s interests are listed as honesty, spaceships, coffee and Jesus. Is that in some sort of order? NAPIER: No, well at least not in the order, I do not know if there is an order. IN: We couldn’t help but notice that one of your band member’s last names is the same as on political signs we saw around Santa Rosa County, Wyrosdick, is there any relation? NAPIER: It is [Taylor Wyrosdick’s]

RAW PANDA PRESENTS: TIMBERHAWK, SEAGULL BLUE, CHAINSAW KELLY & DAWBREY

WHAT: Timberhawk, Seagull Blue, Chainsaw Kelly and Dawbrey with special pre-show in store performance by Future Manager (Gio Lugo) and Early Founder (Brandon Warren), at Revolver Records WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday, September 15; Preshow 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox; Revolver Records, 9 E. Gregory St. COST: $5, and donations will be accepted for the Belmont Youth Band DETAILS: vinylmusichall.com

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Break Out Into a Street Parade exhibited here, a lot of people showed immense courage. I feel like the music here has become more experimental.” Andersson uses a special technique called a two loop pedal system. It allows her to record drums, dulcimer, guitar, violin and her voice. “I used to always have a band, and for practical reasons I came up with this technique,” she said. “It allows for a way to express yourself, incorporate movement and create a different composition.” Leveraging social media is important to spreading the word about music. Andersson tries to be active on Facebook and Twitter as she considers it an amazing opportunity for free distribution of her music in a creative way. She also publishes songs and videos as free downloads. Next for Andersson is touring to promote her eighth album, “Street Parade.” She is also mixing new live recordings of songs from the album for release later in the year. {in}

“It allows for a way to express yourself, incorporate movement and create a different composition.” Andersson

photo by Miranda Penn Turin That is just what Theresa Andersson hopes will happen. Andersson, a Swedish born singer songwriter, and now long-term resident of New Orleans, is happiest making everything mysterious and enchanting—with her music. Andersson made New Orleans her home after she met fellow singer/songwriter and Swede, Anders Osborne, traveled to the United States, and played violin in his band. They broke up, but she stayed on and since then has become entrenched in the New Orleans music scene. Entrenched she is. She has the distinguished honor of playing with some of New Orleans most legendary musicians. Andersson has shared a stage with Allen Toussaint, The Neville Brothers, and The Meters, just to name a few. IN spoke to Andersson during her evacuation from New Orleans during Hurricane Isaac. She has two small children and felt that Fort Walton Beach, Fla. would be a better spot for them to be than her home on Algiers Point, La. She got her start in music early. “I was singing and performing in Sunday school, I sang solos,” Andersson said. “I loved being in front of an audience.”

made me feel comfortable. It was a huge compliment. They were open-minded and let me play whatever instrument I wanted to play.” Andersson’s record label is also very open-minded to whatever she wants to do. As she says, “I would not be with them if they weren’t. My music has to come from a true and honest place, what matters is that the music means something.” She was accepted into the New Orleans Krewe of Muses, an all-female Krewe with an extensive waiting list. Recently, a short documentary was made that chronicles the pre-parade organization and rehearsals that are necessary to put on a good show during Mardi Gras. For her part, she rode atop a crane along the parade route and had choreographed singers and dancers. Having to evacuate during Hurricane Isaac was a reminder of WHAT: Theresa Andersson with El Cantathe impact Katrina had on the city dor of New Orleans and how the city WHEN: 9 p.m. Tuesday, September 18 has since evolved. WHERE: Alabama Music Box, 455 Dauphin “I felt so much was lost, St., Mobile, Ala. so much at stake,” Andersson COST: $10 recalled. “I was traveling perDETAILS: alabamamusicbox.net forming my one-woman show.

“I was sitting in, I was young, shy and new. They made me feel comfortable. It was a huge compliment." Theresa Andersson Singing in Sunday school is a far cry from playing a big stage, but Andersson has adapted quite well. “When you play live, real time, the audience gets involved,” Andersson said. “It is important that they see your feet, the audience becomes part of it. Often I record during a set. There are discoveries along the way—I am energized too along the way, and feel the connection to the crowd.” When she was eighteen, she made the move the U.S. with Osborne, but ended up staying for her own journey. She has been performing her own way ever since. “I was able to play some all-star jams with Ivan Neville, George Porter and Johnny Vidacovich,” said Andersson. Being able to play with such prestigious musicians has been a great experience. “When I first came to New Orleans, they were so welcoming,” she said. “I was sitting in, I was young, shy and new. They

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‘RITUALS’ 7 a.m. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Bldg 15, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd., Bldg 15. 484-2550 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. ‘HIKING THE WILDERNESS TRAIL: AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS’ 10 a.m. until Sep

30. The Wright Place, 8 E. Wright St. 434-1434 or fumcpensacola.com. ‘ADORN-ART JEWELRY’ 10 a.m. through Oct 6. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

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Yes, summer is over, but there’s still fun to be had on the beach. This weekend is the 5th Annual Taste of the Beach weekend. “Taste of the Beach came about because we wanted to highlight the beach during one of the most beautiful times of year,” said Maureen LaMar, president of the Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce. Twenty-one Pensacola Beach chefs will be showcasing their signature dishes and restaurants will offer portions of the dishes for $5 or less. And back by popular demand are the chef demonstrations, which started at last year’s Taste

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of the Beach weekend. Five chefs will present a 30-minute demonstration to show the audience how they prepare their signature dishes. Foodies play an important role in the Taste of the Beach events. They’re entrusted with choosing the winners of the dessert contest and the Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival bartender’s contest. “It’s like the People’s Choice Awards,” LaMar said. “They vote for the best booth and best dish. We’ll give the awards out on Sunday for restaurants to hang up for bragging rights.” Adding to the entertainment, will be a Corvette show, live musical acts and a kid’s area. The free event tends to crowd the beach. “It gets pretty full,” LaMar said. “It appeals to both locals and tourists. We have some people that come from out of town. It’s become a regional event.” {in}

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Taste of the Beach Menu: Bamboo Willies - Virgin Island Blow Pop Beach Pops & Wild Roots - Organic Frozen Treats, Organic and Garden Fresh Salads, Sandwiches and Sweets Castaways - Gumbo Crabs We Got ‘Em – Crab Cake Sliders and She Crab Soup Dog House Deli - Mama Dawg’s Red Beans and Rice, Signature Hot Dogs and Banana Pudding Flounder’s – Flounder's Chowder and Shrimp Kabobs Grand Marlin - Honey Jerk Shrimp with Island Rice and Pineapple Rum Butter Hemingway’s – Ropa Vieja and Key Lime Pie Hilton’s H2O – Cajun Club and Crab Cake Salad with Ginger Dressing Hooters – Naked Wings, Breaded Wings and Drums with Dipping Sauces Laguna's - Blackened Fish Tacos with Roasted Corn Salsa, Cilantro Sour Cream and House Made Hot Sauce Lillo’s - Sausage Sliders Paradise Bar and Grill – Shrimp Salad and Mini Cuban Sandwiches Peg Leg Pete’s – Cajun Fried Catfish with Shrimp and Coconut Shrimp Riptides - Holiday Inn Resort - Yucatan Crawfish Lettuce Wrap Shaggy's - Big Pig Sliders Sidelines – Fresh Fried Grouper Nuggets and Steamed Shrimp Surf Burger - Slider Burger and Red Beans and Rice The Dock – Jan’s Famous Corn and Crab Bisque The Wine Bar - Cuban Sandwich with Jarlsberg Cheese

‘FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND ALL THINGS STILL’, ‘ALTERED SHOES’ AND ‘JUST PEOPLE’ 10 a.m. through Oct 4. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org. ‘THE EXPERIENCE COLLECTION’ 10 a.m. through Sep 29. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org. ‘INTEGRATE. REPLICATE. GENERATE’ 10 a.m. through Dec 22. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org. ESCAMBIA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S CLUB MEETING 11:30 a.m. Pensacola Care Center, 113 N. Palafox. 266-7791. PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com. WINE TASTING AT AWM 5 p.m. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. Ninth Ave. 433-9463 or aragonwinemarket.com. HERB CLASS AT EVER’MAN 6 p.m. $2 for non-members. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org. 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 AFRICAN DANCE CLASS 7:30 p.m. $2-$5. Gull Point Community Center, 7000 Spanish Trail. For more information contact, 291-2718, 3244928 or hurreyupstageandfilmworks.com EVENINGS IN OLDE SEVILLE SQUARE 7 p.m. Seville Square, between Alcaniz and Adams streets. 438-6505 or pensacolaheritage.org. BRAD BARNES OPEN COLLEGE JAM 7:30 p.m. Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Rd. 474-1919.

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ELAINE PETTY & CATHY PACE AND LIVE MUSIC 5 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. CODY COLLINS 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com. RUDY APPLEWAY 6 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com. CHARLIE ROBERTS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com. MIKE EAGAN 7 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

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KARAOKE WITH BECKY 7:30 p.m. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 934-3141 or dalesbigdeck.com. SAGA THE MC’S BIRTHDAY BASH 8 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

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RICKY & DENNIS 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com. DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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‘Integrate. Replicate. Generate’ / art by Penny Feuerstein DJ MR LAO 8 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. TROY BRANNON 9 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com. COLLEGE DANCE NIGHT 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. ADAM HOLT BAND 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley 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. LUCKY DOGGS 10 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

FRIDAY 9.14

‘RITUALS’ 8 a.m. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Bldg 15, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd., Bldg 15. 484-2550 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. ‘HIKING THE WILDERNESS TRAIL: AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS’ 10 a.m. until Sep 30. The Wright Place, 8 E. Wright St. 434-1434 or fumcpensacola.com. ‘ADORN-ART JEWELRY’ 10 a.m. through Oct 6. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

Street from Wright street, all the way down. 4345371 or downtownpensacola.com. FRIDAY NIGHT WRIGHT & GALLERY NIGHT OPEN HOUSE 5 p.m. Complimentary Cookies and coffee. Music on the porch by Stroma. Caribbean Music on the lawn with Rudy Appleway. Dinner for $5. Perry Home, 2 E. Wright St. 4321434 or perryhomecoffee.com. BLUE MORNING GALLERY NIGHT OPEN HOUSE 5 p.m. Live Music, free chocolate and the opportunity to meet the artists. Blue Morning Gallery, 112 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com. THE SPOTTED DOG OPEN HOUSE WITH GUEST ARTIST KATE OWENS 5 p.m. The Spotted Dog, 124 Palafox. 438-2008. WINE TASTING AT SEVILLE QUARTER 5 p.m. Palace Café at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. 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. JOE OCCHIPINTI BIG BAND 6:30 p.m. Gregory Street Assembly Hall, 501 E. Gregory St. 307-8633. KREWE OF LAFITTE CASH BASH 7 p.m. $50 per person. Sanders Beach Community Center, 913 S. I St. 232-6059. ‘DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS’ 7:30 p.m. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittletheatre.com. STARGAZING 8:30 p.m. $8, vehicle pass for park entrance. Fort Pickens, 1400 Fort Pickens Rd. 934-2600 or nps.gov/guis/planyourvisit/fort-pickens.htm.

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SWING DANCING 8:30 p.m. American Legion, 1401 Intendencia St. $5. 437-5465 or pensacolaswing.com

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KEN LAMBERT 3 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com. SLIPPERY WHEN WET 5 p.m. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com. JAMES ADKINS 5 p.m. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or Hopjacks.com. RUDY APPLEWAY 5 p.m. The Wright Place, 8 E. Wright St. 434-1434 or fumcpensacola.com. SWEET PROSPECT 5 p.m. Blue Morning Gallery, 112 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com. J. HAWKINS BAND, JACK ROBERTSON – BIG EARL 5 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com. 3 AMIGOS 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com. TIM SPENCER 6 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com. SAWMILL & GUESTS 7 p.m. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Rd., Pace. 9949219 or farmersopry.com. KEITH LEE & MYSTIC SPRINGS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com. MIKE BOCCIA 7:45 p.m. Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Rd. 474-1919. STROMA 8 p.m. Perry Home Coffee House, 2 E. Wright St. 434-1434 or perryhomecoffee.com. PANDHANDLE ALL STARS 8 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com. HOLLY SHELTON AND DAVID SHELANDER 8 p.m. Ragtyme Grille, 201 S. Jefferson St. 4299655 or ragtyme.net.

THE BLENDERS 8:30 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com. TOO MANY HUMANS, SCRIPTOR, VANTAGE POINT, DEFUSING FATE 9 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpenEMPIRE PURSUITS 9 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. 332-7952 or wobusa.com/Palafox. BAD HABITS 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com. MAN ON EARTH 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 9169888 or bamboowillies.com. CORNBREAD 9 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 9322211 or sandshaker.com. ADAM HOLT BAND 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. POSI TONES 9 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com. PETTY CASH 9:30 p.m. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or Hopjacks.com. LEA ANNE & RICK, REZ & THE SOLUTIONS 9:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 4920611 or florabama.com. DALLAS MOORE BAND 10 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

SATURDAY 9.15

PALAFOX MARKET 8 a.m. Martin Luther King Plaza on North Palafox Street between Chase and Garden streets. palafoxmarket.com. 29TH ANNUAL SEMPER FI 5K 8 a.m. Sign-up from 6 to 7:30 a.m.$35 registration. The race will

begin at the Blue Wahoos Baseball Stadium and end at the Seville Quarter in downtown Pensacola. For more information, childrensrun5k@ gmail.com or 452-9460 ext. 3113. 27TH INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP 8 a.m. Navarre Beach Fishing Pier. Bring water and wear a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen. For more information visit Santa Rosa Clean Community at srclean.org, or contact the Navarre coordinator at 939-6973. HUMANE SOCIETY BATHE-IN 9 p.m. Humane Society of Pensacola, 5 N. Q St. 432-4250 or humanesocietyofpensacola.org. ZUMBATHON TO BENEFIT AMI KIDS 9 a.m. Navarre Pier. $20-$25. For tickets and information contact Jamie Aylstock, 240-2080. ‘A DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION’ 9:15 a.m. Lucia M. Tryon Branch Library, 1200 Langley Ave. 937-7769 or lwvpba.org. ‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php. ‘ADORN-ART JEWELRY’ 10 a.m. through Oct 6. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com. ‘FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND ALL THINGS STILL’, ‘ALTERED SHOES’ AND ‘JUST PEOPLE’ 10 a.m. through Oct 4. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org. ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION: ATLATL 11 a.m. FPAN Coordinating Center, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050 Ext. 107 or uwf.edu. TASTE OF THE BEACH 11 a.m. Gulfside Pavilion, Pensacola Beach. 932-1500. ‘THE EXPERIENCE COLLECTION’ 12 p.m. through Sep 29. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘INTEGRATE. REPLICATE. GENERATE’ 12 p.m. through Dec 22. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org. PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com. ‘DATE NIGHT: ROMANCING THE FLAVORS OF JAPAN’ 6 p.m. $45, registration required. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com. SUMMER CLASSIC MOVIES ‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’ 7 p.m. $5. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. 595-3880 or pensacolasaenger.com. ‘DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS’ 7:30 p.m. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittletheatre.com.

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JOE OCCHIPINTI SMALL GROUP JAZZ 10 a.m. The Drowsy Poet Coffee Company, 86 Brent Lane. 434-7638. LEE MELTON 12 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com. LEA ANNE & RICK 12 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com. LIVE MUSIC AND TROY BRANNON 1 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com. AVENEDA 16 2 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com. RICKY & DENNIS 3 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 9322211 or Sandshaker.com. JACK ROBERTSON – BIG EARL, NEIL DROVER BAND 5:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com. SCOTT BRYAN 6 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

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happenings MAN ON EARTH 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 9169888 or bamboowillies.com. FAVOR SON 9 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. 332-7952 or wobusa.com/Palafox. ADAM HOLT BAND 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. POSI TONES 9 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com. REDDOG AND FRIENDS 9:30 p.m. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 4976073 or Hopjacks.com. DALLAS MOORE BAND, LEE YANKIE & HELLZ YEAH 10 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

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Larry Mitchell Band / press photo 3 AMIGOS 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com. PAUL KILLOUGH 6 p.m. Crabs We Got ‘Em, 6 Casino Beach. 932-0700 or crabswegotem.com. HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com. SAWMILL BAND & GUESTS 7 p.m. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Rd., Pace. 994-9219 or farmersopry.com. KRAZY GEORGE KARAOKE 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 4691001 or hubstaceys.com. RAW PANDA PRESENTS TIMBERHAWK, CHAINSAW KELLY AND MORE 8 p.m. $5. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 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. JB LAWSON BAND 8 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com. LARRY MITCHELL BAND, RUNAWAY SUN AND MORE 9 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com. THE ASTRONAUTS 9 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com. NICK WING KARAOKE 9 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com. BAD HABITS 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

TASTE OF THE BEACH 11 a.m. Gulfside Pavilion, Pensacola Beach. 932-1500. WORSHIP ON THE WATER 11 a.m. Tent Stage, Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com. ‘ADORN-ART JEWELRY’ 12:30 p.m. through Oct 6. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 4299100 or bluemorninggallery.com. ‘DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS’ 2:30 p.m. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittletheatre.com. PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com. CELEBRATE ROSH HASHANAH AT JACKSON’S 5 p.m. $29 per person, reservations recommended. Jackson’s Steakhouse, 400 S. Palafox. 469-9898 or jacksons.goodgrits.com.

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CLARENCE BELL 11 a.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com. DADDY MAN 12 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com. LEA ANNE & RICK 12 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com. BRITTANY GRIMES 1 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com. HERITAGE 3 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com. BANANA REPUBLIC 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com. KYLE & KARL 4 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd., Pensacola Beach. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com. TRUNK MONKEY 4 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com. HURRICANE WARNING 4 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com. TOMATO 4 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com. DALLAS MOORE BAND 4:30 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. CADILLAC ATTACK 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com

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Parlez-Vous Parlotones? IN: How has travel influenced your musical development? HODGSON: You meet many different bands and musicians; hear all kinds of different music and experience different cultures. Your “world view” is definitely expanded. You experience things you never would if you never left your hometown, city, or country. We’ve had some crazy experiences, and it all filters through into your music.

press photo Hailing from Johannesburg, The Parlotones are the highest-grossing band from South Africa, where their albums earned multiplatinum status. They completed a 300-date world tour in 2010 and played Live Earth. They set off for North America in 2011 and stopped by DeLuna Fest last fall. This year, they return to Pensacola with their high-energy stadium rock in the wake of their new album. They met after school after a mutual friend suggested they start a band. Now music is their full-time job. Their image has evolved over the years. Their lead singer Kahn Morbee is known for his soaring vocals and striking eye makeup. “We try to create a ‘uniform’ on stage to be more visually interesting,” said lead guitarist and keyboardist Paul Hodgson. “Sometimes a band in jeans and t-shirts is just a little boring.”

IN: What did you think of DeLuna Fest last year? HODGSON: We had an awesome time, it was definitely one of the best experiences we had last year. IN: What do you enjoy most about performing live? Touring internationally? HODGSON: No matter how tired or down you’re feeling during the day, the second you hit the stage you come alive. It’s really the best part of being in a band. We enjoy touring, we got to see our whole country, and now we’ve pretty much seen most of the world. We’ve crossed America numerous times, we’ve spent years in the UK, and have also traveled to Russia, Japan and Australia. It’s truly a privilege to be able to travel the world doing what we love.

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the activist, “I understand they were trying to ... make people feel included, but...” FINE POINTS OF THE LAW Finally responding to defense lawyers, the U.S. Department of Justice acknowledged that it has been trying to keep certain North Carolina inmates locked up even though judges had declared them legally innocent. About 60 prisoners, according to a June USA Today investigation, were victims of an incorrect interpretation of federal gun-possession law supposedly rectified by a May 2011 U.S. Court of Appeals decision, but the Justice Department had continued to demand holds, for 12 months, arguing that somehow it still needed time to consider the men’s records. (Some of the inmates are serving time for multiple counts and would only be eligible for sentence reductions.) In August, the department, sportingly, said it would stop opposing release of the men who had been ruled innocent more than a year earlier. LEAST COMPETENT PEOPLE Not Into Politics: Lowell Turpin, 40, was arrested in Anderson County, Tenn., in July after he became jealously enraged at a stranger’s photo on his live-in girlfriend’s Facebook page and, demanding to know who the man is, allegedly punched her in the face and smashed her computer. According to the police report, it was a campaign photo of Mitt Romney. ARMED AND CLUMSY (ALL-NEW!) Men Who Accidentally Shot Themselves Recently: A man in Wawa, Ontario, in July, clubbing a mouse with the butt end of a rifle. The 56-year-old man in Sparks, Nev., who brought his handgun with him to “The Bourne Legacy” after the Colorado massacre and was shot in the buttocks when it fell to the floor. Two men who shot themselves in the genitals (a 45-year-old in Birmingham, Mich., in June and 36-year-old Tavares Colbert in Oklahoma City in July). Tough guys like the 18-year-old in Philadelphian who fired the unloaded (he thought!) gun at his own head after his “manhood” was challenged, and the 17-year-old in Largo, Fla., in June who lost in the first round at Russian roulette. Two people didn’t even need a gun to shoot themselves: a Modesto, Calif., weightlifter whose dumbbell slipped to the floor in April and landed on a bullet, and a 56-year-old woman in Montoursville, Pa., who apparently carries bullets in her purse, and somehow had one explode, wounding her. {in} From Universal Press Syndicate Chuck Shepherd’s News Of The Weird © 2012 Chuck Shepherd

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INTERNSHIP PENSACOLA UPDATE Pensacola Young Professionals would like to salute the ten graduates of the 2012 Internship Pensacola program. The ten college students who participated in and completed this summer’s IP program are: Kaylyn Button (IMS Expert Services) Jayme Gabes (Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund) - Jennifer Graber (PRN Pharmacal) - Sardor Khodjaev (Woodlands Medical Specialists) - Eric Krause (IMS Expert Services) - David Layne (Ropella) - Andy Milbeck (AppRiver) - Sean Miller (Gulf Power) - Phoebe Snyder (Kia Autosport of Pensacola) - Jordan Valdespino (Reliance Aerotech Services) Nine of this year’s ten interns came from the University of West Florida, while the tenth came to our area all the way from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. Internship Pensacola, created in 2007, is a PYP-led initiative that seeks to attract and retain young talent in the Pensacola Bay Area. IP accomplishes this goal by partnering with local businesses who agree to create full- or parttime summer internships that are then offered to senior- or graduate-level students at UWF and other universities. In its six years of existence, Internship Pensacola has proven an immensely useful tool for both local businesses who seek fresh young talent and for area students who are nearing graduation and seeking their place in our local workforce. IP has placed over 65 college students into internships between 2007 and 2012. Of those student interns, about one-third were hired on permanently at the conclusion of their summer internships, while another one-third of our IP graduates were able to use the job experience they gained and the contacts they made through PYP’s networking events to swiftly find permanent positions with other great local companies.

At the conclusion of this summer’s IP program, five of our ten interns were hired on permanently by their companies: an amazing 50% retention rate! PYP’s IP program is helping to stem the exodus of young talent that has been hurting our area for many years. It is the goal of IP to reverse that trend and establish the Pensacola Bay Area as the premier place for young people to live, work, and play along the Gulf Coast. Special thanks to the companies who partnered with Internship Pensacola this summer. Participating companies are listed above next to the names of the interns who were employed there. For more information on the IP program, please contact PYP board member Jonathan Thompson at administration@internshippensacola.com.

PENSACOLA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE UPDATE The mission of PYP’s Pensacola Professional Development Institute is to promote the professional and personal growth of its members in an effort to develop leaders who will love and serve our local community. PPDI is currently gearing up for several great projects scheduled for this fall and next spring! In October, PPDI will begin hosting its “Emerging Professionals” workshops on the campus of UWF. These weekly classes, which feature guest lecturers from PYP and the local business community, are designed to provide professional skills and networking knowhow to our area’s college-age youth. Drawing from the student bodies of UWF, PSC, and other local educational facilities, the EP sessions cover topics such as resume writing, interviewing techniques, negotiating, business ethics, effective public speaking, and professional conduct. The goal of the EP sessions is to help our local students improve their ability to find, pursue, and secure jobs here in the Pensacola Bay Area.

Also, PPDI is pleased to announce that it will once again host the Chick-fil-A Leadercast on May 10, 2013. This live, nationwide simulcast features a full day of amazing ideas and inspirational speakers, all geared towards promoting leadership development and personal growth. PPDI’s hosting of the 2012 Leadercast proved hugely successful, drawing in nearly 200 people thanks in part to our co-sponsors Gulf Power and Hillcrest Baptist Church. For the 2013 Leadercast, we hope to have even more attendees and even more sponsors! If your company or organization is interested in partnering with PPDI for next spring’s Leadercast, please e-mail Dave Brandeberry at dbrandeberry@ gmail.com or call PYP director Rachael Gillette at 850-332-7820. PPDI is currently offering several sponsorship levels that include a number of complimentary tickets to the event.

So if you are under 40 and new to the area, PYP can help! Or, if you work at a local business that is bringing in new young hires from out of town, please let us know and we can help welcome your new employees to our wonderful town. And finally, if you are a PYP member (or are thinking about joining) and you love Pensacola and want to show our newest young settlers what this great town has to offer, please sign up and join the Ambassadors! Please e-mail Matt Haenszel (mhaenszel@cronimet.com) or call the PYP offices at 850-332-7820 for more information. For more information on Pensacola Young Professionals or to join please see our website Pensacolayp.com or contact Director Rachael Gillette Pensacola Young Professionals 41 N. Jefferson St. Ste 108 Pensacola FL 32502 (850) 332-7820

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PYP AMBASSADORS UPDATE PYP members truly love Pensacola and desire to show others how wonderful our community is. To assist in that goal, PYP created its Ambassadors program. PYP is constantly recruiting helpful, affable members to serve as Ambassadors to some of our newest area residents. The PYP Ambassadors program is designed to provide a one-on-one connection between established PYP members and young professionals who are new to the Pensacola Bay Area. PYP’s Ambassadors help acclimate these new transplants, introducing them to the myriad opportunities provided by PYP while also helping them plug in to the social and recreational scenes around Pensacola. PYP Ambassadors are the vanguard of our organization’s efforts to attract and retain young professionals within Pensacola and PYP.

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