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ANDY TERHAAR The political newcomer will be the new Pensacola City Councilman for District 3 thanks to incumbent Maren DeWeese withdrawing from the race on Monday, August 27. Terhaar, age 31, will be the youngest council member in recent years. He has already knocked on the doors of the residents in his district and has told the media that he plans to continue to do so in the weeks leading up to him taking office.

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DOROTHY SLYE Her company, Pier, Inc., manages the Navarre Beach Pier. While Navarre Beach was under evacuation orders, Slye kept the pier open for paying customers who wanted to gawk at the gulf. She told the media that she made the decision after inspecting the structure. The pier stayed open until the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies closed it at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

native is spearheading a Dare-A-Thon to help raise money for Pensacola native Michael Stolfi who has been diagnosed with Grade 4 Astrocytoma brain cancer. Courtney’s mission is to raise funds to help offset medical and other expenses with Stolfi’s treatments.

Courtney is required to perform daring random acts out in the community for donations raised through the campaign. You can track her efforts at giveforward.com/teamstolfi.

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Delta Iota Omega Chapter of Pensacola of this national sorority had its first graduation class of its Emerging Young Leaders, a program for middle school girls that encourages leadership and educational achievement. The sorority launched its EYL program during the summer of 2011 with 27 girls, seven of which graduated the program upon their completion of eighth grade.

sistant medical examiner has a lot of explaining to do. Berkland made a living performing private autopsies after he was fired by the Medical Examiner’s Office in 2003. A family recently bought the contents of a storage unit at Uncle Bob’s Storage that Berkland had rented. Instead of treasure, the family found boxes, jars and garbage bags of body parts.

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A MUCH NEEDED WIN Why do nine out of 10 Pensacola residents believe the city is moving in the right direction? Some can point to the strong-mayor form of government and they would be partially right. However, I believe it’s the new Maritime Park that is the primary driver of increased optimism.

In 2008 when the Better Pensacola Forum commissioned Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. to conduct the first Quality of Life Survey, only about one out of four Pensacola voters thought the city was headed to better days. Pollster Larry Harris said that the city lacked any tangible results to claim as significant economic developments. We were a community without many wins.

The Maritime Park is the tangible result—that win—for which Pensacola has hungered. It’s an accomplishment that citizens can point out with pride. They built it and this summer they fully enjoyed it.

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos played 40 home games before sellout crowds. The team ended the season with total attendance of 328,147—the only franchise in the 10-team Southern League to draw more than 300,000. The Cincinnati Red’s affiliated Double-A team averaged 4,825 fans in 68 home dates, which equates to 95.8 percent of the facility’s capacity, according to team officials.

Last week, Baseballparks.com, a website that annually reviews baseball stadiums, recognized the stadium as the top new stadium in all of professional baseball. Past recipients of this award include AT&T Park in San Francisco, PNC Park in Pittsburgh and last year’s winner Salt River Field in Arizona.

While people still grumble about the bayfront stadium’s cost of $18 million, $2.25 million of which the Studers paid, the cost is far less than the price tags of the two larger stadiums that the park beat out for the award—Marlin Park ($634 million) and Fort Myer’s JetBlue Park ($77.9 million).

The Salt River Field that is used by the Diamondbacks’ Rookie team cost $100 million.

But you can’t measure the impact of the Maritime Park in dollars and cents. Jim Hizer, Greater Pensacola Chamber CEO, says that the park has helped create a buzz about Pensacola among corporate site selectors. He calls it a quality of life enhancer that has put the community on the same par as Jacksonville, Mobile, Montgomery and Birmingham, cities that have teams in the Southern League.

When the Maritime Park was first discussed in early 2005, the basic premise was the community needed a win, something to make it believe in itself. It has taken us seven years to get that win, but we have it.

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IN: There has been considerable buzz about Gulf Power replacing the Crist Plant in the Cantonment area, possibly with a nuclear facility. What’s the future of that facility?

Connally: We’ve been investing in that plant for the long haul. When you think about diversity in our generation portfolio, having the Crist Plant in that portfolio is important to us. We’re proud to have it and it’s operating very, very well.

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What is in the future for the utility?

by Rick Outzen Stan W. Connally Jr. took over as president and CEO of Gulf Power Company on July 1. He assumes control of the Pensacola-headquartered utility that provides energy services from Northwest Florida communities stretching from Perdido Key to Apalachicola and has over 1, 400 employees.

The Georgia Tech graduate began his career with Southern Company in 1989 as a co-op student at Georgia Power’s Plant Yates and has held positions in various functional areas, including Customer

Operations, Sales and Marketing, and Power Generation. He has managed plants for both Mississippi Power and Alabama Power. Most recently, Connally was Senior Vice President and Senior Production Officer for Georgia Power Company As the remnants of Hurricane Isaac passed through the area, the Gulf Power CEO took time to visit with the Independent News in his offices that overlook Pensacola Bay. Connelly talked about the differences between the Southern Company utilities, the future of the Crist Plant and whether nuclear power is coming to our area.

IN: You worked for all four of Southern Company’s subsidiaries, Mississippi Power, Alabama Power, Georgia Power and now Gulf Power. How are they different?

Connally: I have met the same type of folks in every company that I’ve been in. By that I mean they’re dedicated, hardworking and trying hard to serve companies. When you get to a company like Gulf Power, you find it to even a greater degree. There’s a sense of

IN: What about a new plant?

Connally: We don’t have an immediate need for a new plant, but we’ve always got to be prepared. When you turn the light switch on in the morning that doesn’t happen because you built the plant yesterday. You started building the plant 10 to15 years ago.

IN: The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) denied, for a second time in July, Gulf Power’s request for a rate increase related to purchasing land in north Escambia County for a new plant.

Who does that impact the prospects of a new plant?

Connally: The north Escambia land was unique because it really opened all options for us – whether it be natural gas, clean coal or nuclear. The commission did not approve our [cost] recovery around that land. However, they did approve the majority of what we asked for last year.

We’re evaluating all our options. The land, we think, is still a very strategic piece of property for our customers.

IN: What is the timeline for getting a new plant online?

Connally: Depends on the type of plant. A nuclear plant would have the longest lead time and it can take up to 10 years in planning, permitting and construction. A natural gas plant is less, about five to seven years.

IN: When will our area need a new plant?

Connally: It’s based on the projection of where your load growth is going to be.

We’ve got teams every year looking at load growth, looking at customer growth and where is that customer growth. The advantage of the north Escambia property is that it’s close to a load center, Pensacola. There are a lot of variables and it is a long-range process. Load margins are a 10-15 percent, which is where you want it. We’re probably looking at 2020 before we need new generation, based on what we know today.

IN: You serve on the Board of Directors of the Florida Chamber of Commerce and Enterprise Florida. What role do you plan to personally play in the community?

Connally: I see my role as being sure I represent Gulf Power across the region and across the state. Our people are already involved. I think there are ways I can plug in and compliment them, in areas like United Way and American Cancer Society. Gulf Power has always been a part of the fabric of the community. I want to strengthen that fabric. {in}

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BLACK MINISTERS UNITE A group of local ministers gathered on Monday, August 27 to make a statement regarding the recent string of shootings in the Pensacola area.

“Too many of our young people are dying,” said Rev. Tyler Hardeman, president of the Baptist Ministers Union. “Our eyes are not closed. Our ears are open to hear the concerns of the citizens of this county.”

The group of ministers made their statement in front of a small audience, which included Mayor Ashton Hayward and Police Chief Chip Simmons, at the First West Florida Baptist Center on Strong Street. The collective was responding to the area’s growing gun violence.

“I grew up in Attucks Court over 35 years ago and that’s not the Attucks Court I grew up in,” Hardeman said. “There’s some good people still living in the vicinity of Attucks Court and I don’t want them to feel victimized by the negligence of others.”

Pastor Bernard Yates, who serves locally at Primitive Zion Baptist Church and is also the president of the National Primitive Baptist Convention, said that the local community needed to tend to the problem. He said that the African-American church communities needed to be a part of that effort.

“We’re not just going to leave this to the law enforcement agencies of our city and county,” Yates said, emphasizing the personal stake the community had in the issue.

“Their funerals and their caskets come to our churches. They’re our kids and grandkids.”

The pastor of First Baptist Church in Warrington, Dr. James Miller, spent the last 10 of his 34 years in law enforcement serving as chief of police in Foley, Ala. “We saw the problem then,” Miller said.

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The pastor tied the area’s violence to the prevalence of guns.

“The problem is too many young people have weapons, they don’t know how to handle weapons. They’re making bad decisions and their bad decisions result in the loss of life,” Miller said, later adding, “Back when we would fight, it was fist-on-fist, and we got it out, we got through with it.”

Lonnie Wesley is the one who organized the meeting. The pastor of Greater Little Rock Baptist Church, said that the ministers hoped to be “the voice of safety, the voice of reason,” and that the group hoped to work with local law enforcement officials in the effort.

“The number of citizens afraid to sit on their porch is growing,” Wesley said. “No one can do it alone, but together we can do it.”

Police Chief Simmons said he was glad the group wanted to help. He had held his own press conference earlier in the summer, announcing increased patrols in response to drive-by shootings.

“I think that is a powerful voice, powerful force,” Simmons said.

After the ministers made their statement and walked off the small stage at the front of the room, Hardeman stepped to the side and stood near a red drum set. He said he didn’t know what the next step should be, but that the group wanted to be involved.

“It’s easy to pray about the situation, it’s easy to talk about the situation,” Hardeman said, “but there comes a time when we have to put some legs on our prayers and walk the walk.”

EMERGING YOUNG LEADERS GRADUATE A Pensacola chapter of a sorority graduated on August 26 its first class of Emerging Young Leaders, which is a program for middle school girls that encourages leadership and educational achievement.

“He’d probably enjoy touring Pensacola on a Segway.”—Nic

Emerging Young Leaders (EYL) is a 20102014 global signature program of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Delta Iota Omega Chapter of Pensacola. The sorority launched its EYL program during the summer of 2011. According to president of the chapter Gloria Clay, more than 8,000 young women participate in the EYL program.

Dressed in pink caps and gowns, the graduates accepted their diplomas and made speeches about their achievements in the Washington High School cafeteria. The program consists of 27 girls, seven of which graduated the program because they completed the eighth grade.

Charmere Gatson and Sheree TriplettRoberts, co-chairs of the EYL program, presented the girls with their diplomas and special awards including “most spirited” and honor roll achievements.

“Sheree and I are a team working hard together to reach the lives of these young ladies and to inspire and motivate them to reach for the stars,” Gatson said. “I am proud to instill the knowledge and teach the skills to these girls at such a young age. EYL is just the launching pad for what’s to come.”

LaKirstan Hooks, EYL graduate and incoming freshman at West Florida High School, praised the program “EYL is something all young ladies should be a part of,” she said. “It helps and teaches the meaning of what it takes to mature into being the best young lady that you can possibly be through guidance and mentoring.”

During the fall of 2011, girls in the EYL program participated in workshops that focused on health, public speaking and communications, self-esteem and good study skills. The girls had an opportunity to spend time with their sorority mentors.

They volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House and participated in local charity walks together. Kendall Boyce, a seventh grader at Pensacola Christian Academy, said that giving back to the community and being active around Pensacola is an important part of the EYL program.

“It makes me feel good to be with a group that helps others,” she said.

China Dixon, 9th grader at Pensacola High School and winner of the program’s “Journalist Award,” explained the importance of the EYL program in her speech at the graduation.

“Today is a momentous occasion to be remembered for a lifetime,“ she said. “As we take what we learn in EYL and put it into practice, hopefully we can inspire our future EYL members to continue to grow and learn.” {in}

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What the Quality of Life Survey Tells Us

By Rick Outzen

It’s a sunny Saturday and downtown Pensacola is bustling.

People—young, old, black, white, families with babies in strollers, couples holding hands—are leisurely moving up and down Palafox Street.

The day started early with football fans rooting in Seville Quarter for Norte Dame and the Naval Academy as the teams kicked off in Dublin, Ireland. The Palafox Market cranked up at 8 a.m. drawing a different, more eclectic crowd to downtown that strolled through tents of handcrafts, artwork, produce and baked goods.

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By 3 p.m. the sports bars, New York Nick’s, Helen Back and World of Beer, are packed with patrons watching Florida, Florida State, Southern Mississippi and Georgia play their season openers. People are at the bar in Nick’s hoping a table will free up before the big games kickoff— Clemson versus Auburn, Michigan versus Alabama.

Across the street, Hopjacks is feeding baseball fans that will soon catch the Seville

trolley to Maritime Park and watch the Blue Wahoos finish up their inaugural season before yet another sellout crowd.

The activity adds validation to Better Pensacola Forum/Pensacola Young Professionals’ latest Quality of Life survey that showed that 52 percent of county residents and a whopping 89 percent of those living inside the Pensacola city limits believe our community is headed in the right direction.

89 percent of those living inside the Pensacola city limits believe our community is headed in the right direction.

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While there is a gap between the confidence levels for residents about the directions of the city and county, the percentages for both are impressive considering how the national polls are so much more negative.

Only 28 percent of likely U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, August 26.

“There is a national pessimism,” said Jim Hizer, Greater Pensacola Chamber CEO, over lunch at New York Nick’s. “In this sluggish national recovery, the contrast for Pensacola and Escambia County is remarkable.”

23 percent in Pensacola believed the community was on the right track.

four members of the non-profit Better Pensacola Forum (BPF ) that commissioned the study.

When the IN interviewed Maygarden in 2008, the BPF executive director said, “These results border on despair.”

Mason-Dixon Polling Research had conducted similar polls for other communities. Larry Harris, principal of the company, said he never had seen lower overall satisfaction scores. He told the IN that the only communities where he

“There is a national pessimism. In this sluggish national recovery, the contrast for Pensacola and Escambia County is remarkable.”

Jim Hizer Pensacola businessman Quint Studer, former Pensacola Mayor Jerry Maygarden, bank president Carol Carlan and financial adviser John Hosman were the

STEP BACK FIVE YEARS

That wasn’t always the case. Five years ago, the only restaurant on South Palafox open on Saturday afternoons was New York Nick’s. There were no Hopjacks, Tin Cow, Nacho Daddy’s, Leisure Club or World of Beers. The Palafox Market was in its first summer.

The Community Maritime Park Associates board was deciding between two developer groups to build the maritime park that had been approved by referendum two years earlier. The actual construction wouldn’t begin until two years later.

The Pensacola City Council was considering a charter commission to review its charter that had been in place since 1930. A year later, that commission would recommend a strong-mayor form of government that Pensacola voters approved by referendum, setting the stage for Ashton Hayward to be elected the first strong mayor in 2010.

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had found similar low ratings were in the Rust Belt.

“The survey finds that you have an anxious and dissatisfied community and electorate,” said Harris in a 2008 telephone interview. “I do this kind of work all over the country and yes, you'll get low ratings in areas in the Rust Belt, but they have leadership to meet the challenges.”

When Mason-Dixon asked about the economy and whether residents thought it would improve, deteriorate or stay the same in the next five years, the vast majority said it was going to stay the same or deteriorate.

“We asked why,” said Harris. “Seventyplus percent of the people said leadership.”

The voters showed their concerns about leadership at the polls that year, voting out Sheriff Ron McNesby, County Commissioner Mike Whitehead, ECUA Board Member Logan Fink, and Councilmen Jack Nobles, Marty Donovan and Mike DeSorbo.

FILLING LEADERSHIP VOID

The City of Pensacola got strong, accountable leadership when Ashton Hayward was sworn into office in January 2011. The Mason-Dixon polls since then show that Pensacola residents believe he is leading the city in the right direction.

The mayor’s approval rating has steadily increased, from 70 percent in 2011 to 76 percent this year.

Nearly nine out of 10 voters have confidence in the leadership and vision of city officials and 71 percent believe the new charter will improve the city.

John Peacock, who pushed in 2008 for the charter commission, believes the high approval ratings are due to the mayor being directly responsible to the voters.

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Peacock and his wife recently moved from the Marcus Pointe area to downtown Pensacola. “We wanted to be a part of a vibrant and growing community,” he said. “That is happening in the city.

The survey results validate that people feel comfortable with someone in charge that is accountable to the citizens.”

When pollster Larry Harris looked at the results for the first survey, he remarked that another reason for the low initial ratings was the lack of any tangible results for people.

“What you have in Escambia and Pensacola is a circular firing squad,” said Harris.

“You’ve got a lot of good people working on committees and dedicating a lot of time and energy to issues, only to be shot down when they go to the powers that be.”

Mayor Ashton Hayward believes that he and the city council have changed that paradigm. He points to the improvements made to the final design of the Maritime Park; a beautiful pond between the stadium and Main Street and a first-class amphitheater; landscaping along A Street and Bayfront Parkway and the demolition and removal of the dilapidated Blount Middle School.

“We’ve taken the ball and run with it,” said Mayor Hayward. “These projects make people feel good about Pensacola.”

Hayward believes there is a new optimistic attitude. “People may not always like the leader, but they do like results,” said the mayor. “We are growing our city in the right way, with smart projects, and the city council deserves credit for passing the legislation to get it done.”

Andy Terhaar, who will be the new city councilman for District 3, has spent much of the past few weeks knocking on doors in his area. He agrees with the survey and the mayor.

“Pensacola has begun to pick up momentum over the past two years and I think the city residents are beginning to see that,” said Terhaar. “There is a lot of optimism in Pensacola right now.”

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Maritime Park, home to the Blue Wahoos / photo by Rick Outzen He thinks that the county lacks the accountability that the strong mayor gives city voters. “There is no clear plan in the county,” he said. “For the county to succeed there needs to be some direct accountability to the citizens.

People will then lead the community forward.”

County Commissioner Grover Robinson disagrees.

He says that the county has a plan and despite tough budgetary times is executing it. The problem is that it may take a few more years before citizens feel the positive impact of those decisions. He also blames the lack of coverage by the daily newspaper.

“We’re doing great things, handling difficult, significant budget issues and get little recognition for it,” said Commissioner Robinson. “The problem is that some of what we’ve done won’t fully be felt until five or six years from now.”

Fellow Commissioner Gene Valentino thinks the county is still battling perception issues that stem from ten years ago when W.D. Childers and three other county commissioners were indicted and removed from office.

“County residents have been conditioned and disappointed by more than a decade of bad behavior by its leaders,” said Commissioner Valentino. “They are more cautious than most, but that is changing.

They never thought we would open the sports complex on Bauer Road or four-lane State Road 292, but we have.”

However Robinson, whose district is 60 percent inside the city limit, is grateful for the high confidence rating from city voters and isn’t resentful of Hayward’s accolades.

“It’s good that those constituents that live in the city believe we’re doing a good job,” he said. “The fact any elected official is seen in a favorable light is good for all of us. The county has changed dramatically since the W.D. Childers days, but that stigma still remains.”

“The sense is our best days are ahead of us, which means that it’s more likely would-be and current investors are to invest or reinvest in this community.”

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TANGIBLE RESULTS IMPROVE PERCEPTIONS

The high ratings for the City of Pensacola, Mayor Hayward and Escambia County are good for economic development, according to Chamber CEO Jim Hizer. The area finally has the tangible results that were lacking five years ago.

“The sense is our best days are ahead of us, which means that it’s more likely wouldbe and current investors are to invest or reinvest in this community,” said Hizer. “People feel good about the community. There is clearly optimism about the metropolitan area, particularly the City of Pensacola.”

Hizer believes that the Maritime Park, which opened in April, has contributed significantly to the optimism.

“The Community Maritime Park is clearly a quality of life enhancer,” he said. “It makes this area more attractive to those who live here now and to prospective investors.”

The Better Pensacola Forum was formed by Quint and Rishy Studer in 2008 to gauge the attitudes of Escambia County and Pensacola voters toward local issues, expectations, leadership and plans for the future. The survey was intended to be a tool for policymakers to choose wisely and as an independent measurement for accountability.

Mason-Dixon Polling and Research has conducted the survey every year since 2008. The cost for the 2012 survey is $25,000, which the Studers donated.

Mason-Dixon conducts across the country voter surveys for news media, advocacy groups and other organizations. Its media clients include over 250 local television affiliates and over 100 daily newspapers.

In March 2011, Better Pensacola Forum formed an alliance with Pensacola Young Professionals that agreed to takeover the annual Quality of Life surveys.

The PYP Economic Development and Governmental Affairs committees oversee the survey.

“The process is really year round,” said Rachael Gillette, PYP director.

“We rolled out the 2011 survey at a big event last August, primarily because we wanted to announce PYP’s partnership with Better Pensacola Forum.”

For the next four or five months, PYP published white papers and produced webisodes on the 2011 survey results. In April and May, the survey questions were reviewed and turned over to Mason-Dixon.

“The main questions have stayed consistent since 2008,” said Gillette.

“The vast majority has not changed.”

Mason-Dixon conducted a telephone poll of 800 registered voters from

There are only 30 Major League Baseball affiliated Double A baseball teams. According to the chamber CEO, potential investors now see Pensacola as being on par with Jacksonville, Fla., Mobile, Ala., and Birmingham, Ala., which also have Double A teams.

“The symbolism of the park is invaluable and sends an important message about our community,” said Hizer. “We’ve had significant renovation and redevelopment in downtown Pensacola over the past few years, plus the demolition of ECUA’s Main Street facility. All show that we’re a community in transition and on the move.”

ECONOMY AND JOBS MATTER

Since the very first Quality of Life survey, the economy and jobs have ranked as the top issues facing the area with over half of the residents in the city (51 percent) and county (58 percent) ranking them number one.

July 25-28. Larry Harris, the MasonDixon principal that has managed all five surveys, has told the IN that the sample fairly reflects the demographics of the county with an error margin of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

“It’s the integrity of the survey that is critical,” said Chip Henderson of Emagination Unlimited, which is helping publicize the survey. “Other surveys for cities our size usually sample about 300 people, which is considered by experts to be a statistical, reliable sample. The Quality of Life survey goes way beyond that and polls 800 people.”

Gillette added, “When PYP accepted the partnership with the Better Pensacola Forum and agreed to manage the survey, we wanted to keep the study objective.

We have seen its value, because you can’t change what you don’t measure.”

Henderson does believe that those who do a good job of communicating what they are doing may do better on the survey, but there are limits to press releases and marketing campaigns.

“Perception is reality,” said the advertising executive, “but one’s personal experiences temper that perception. A marketing campaign that conflicts with personal experiences isn’t effective.”

Both Gillette and Henderson believe that the Quality of Life survey has kept its objectivity. “There is no hidden agenda. This survey is about as objective as it can be. The numbers are the numbers, which makes this an integrity-filled process,” said Henderson.

“The survey is a legitimate benchmark.”

The 2012 Quality of Life Survey can be found online at pensacolayp.com.

Holly Black, age 23, moved from Philadelphia, to Pensacola three years ago.

“I saw the beach and fell in love,” said the World of Beer bartender.

She first moved to the west side, then Gulf Breeze and now lives in East Hill. “Pensacola is definitely moving in the right direction,” said Black, “but jobs are difficult to find. You are either in the service industry, in the military or a doctor or lawyer.”

Commissioner Robinson believes the county is making progress on the issue.

“We have positioned the county much better for economic development,” he told the IN. “We are looking at increasing the franchise fee for utilities to fund economic development. We need the funds to have an opportunity to compete for businesses, especially with Airbus building a huge facility in Mobile, Ala.” inweekly.net

Commissioner Valentino said that now more than ever he is optimistic about the economic development efforts. He said, “I’ve never been happier with the relationship between the city and county.”

He contends that today’s economic development initiative isn’t that different from the one he proposed three years ago and he still believes an independent authority may be needed.

“However, everyone is working well together,” he said, “and we’re moving in the right direction.”

Valentino is leaving for Berlin, Germany with chamber officials to talk with subcontractors for the new Airbus facility being built in Mobile, Ala. “The air show there is the host for the 100-plus subcontractors in the Airbus supply chain network,” he said. “Airbus has mandated that these sub-contractors locate in a 100-mile radius around the Mobile plant. My mission is to bring forward over $50-million of funding strategies to several of them.”

Lumon May and Jerome Watson agree that jobs are important. May recently won the Democratic primary for County Commission, District 3 with 69 percent of the vote.

Watson, a retired deputy school superintendent, is one of his campaign managers.

They want to make sure that the residents are adequately trained for the jobs the county, city and chamber are bringing to Pensacola. Sitting over cups of gumbo and fish sandwiches at The Oar House, the two shared their views garnered from months of campaigning inside and outside the city limits.

“It does us no good to bring jobs to our area that our people don’t have the training to perform,” said Watson. “If our schools, particularly our vocational schools, aren’t training our youth for the jobs needed, then we are only going to be importing more people to our area and not helping those already living here.”

Education was second on the list of concerns with scores of 16 percent for county and 11 percent for city residents.

“Good education is tied closely to economic development,” said May, who helped organize the jobs fairs for the stadium workers for the Blue Wahoos’ home games and helped the city hire its parking attendants for the Wahoo games. “Our neighborhoods will remain blighted and impoverished unless we can improve our schools and help people find jobs with livable wages.”

The chamber’s Vision 2015 has a goal of creating 3,000 jobs in this community.

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CS said “It’sItem the#:PMU201210302 next evolution of VisionQC: 2015,” Job/Order #: 242869 Pub: IN News the chamber CEO. “We have to decide what steps to take today that will ultimately move our community forward in the long-term.”

He believes that 3,000 jobs will be old news very soon. “What we will be focusing on is how to make this community economically viable for our children and grandchildren,” he said. “We need to develop a plan and determine the incremental steps to get us where we want to go.”

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Hizer is confident that they will exceed that number. But what are the steps that can be taken to propel this area over the next 20 years?

The chamber has launched the process to create a twocounty strategic marketing plan, an initiative that some of the most successful communities have being doing for the past 30 to 50 years, according to Hizer.

The Pensacola Young Professionals are bullish on Pensacola and they believe that the survey reflects that those outside the under-40 age bracket agree.

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For PYP, the talk about the potential of Pensacola has become tiresome.

“We believe in this city and what is happening now,” said Gillette. “The potential is now, not five years from now.”

PYP is optimistic about Pensacola and Gillette believes that the majority of Pensacola and Escambia County residents agree.

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When we heard Talking Heads' David Byrne and St. Vincent's Annie Clark were teaming up to make a record we got pretty excited.

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Beer, Beer, and More Beer Seville Quarter’s executive chef, Brandon Melton has created a very special menu to pair with the six unique beers.

The menu is impressive, to say the least.

Curried shrimp puffs, smoked salmon flatbread with herb creme, and twice fried pork sticks with spicy BBQ sauce paired with Southern Tier Firkins of Phin & Matt’s and Unearthly IPA. Tupelo honey roast quail, sweet potato johnny cakes and Jack Daniels Beurre Blanc will be served with Southern Tier Harvest ESB. The Southern Tier 2X IPA will be matched with boudin and andouille sausage with 3-year cheddar, while cold smoked flank steak, porcini jus, truffled gratins and grilled broccolini will be served with Southern Tier Iniquity Imperial Black Ale. And, of course, there will be dessert: mint

We are not talking about any old runof-the-mill beer. The Escambia Bay Homebrewers organization prides itself on making the finest of adult beverages. The club, along with Seville Quarter, will host the Emerald Coast Beer Festival.

This year marks the 12th year that the Escambia Bay Homebrew Club has been in charge of the festival. The club was founded in the spring of 1985. Their mission is to educate its members about the art of making fine adult beverages and to share the art of making these beverages with others interested in learning. They strive to engender an appreciation of fine micro brewed and imported beers, wines and adult beverages among those who make them and are always looking to bring new breweries into the mix.

“Recently, we provided a keg of beer for all the people who participated in a charity bean bag game, and gave beer to golfers at a Boo Weekly charity event.”

“We have added quite a few new homebrew clubs,” said Jim Martin, treasurer of the Escambia Bay Homebrew Club, noting the growth of this years’ beer festival.

A beer pairing dinner kicks off the event on Thursday, September 6, hosted by Southern Tier of Lakewood, N.Y. They will feature a virtual tour of the brewery on large screen TVs, as well as an opportunity to ask questions of the brew masters. Two special beer firkins will be produced for this dinner. A firkin is a British unit of capacity usually equal to a quarter of a barrel.

Jim Martin

ties. This year’s Beer Festival will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida and the Seville Rotary.

“We give the charities tickets to sell and they keep the money,” said Martin. “It has been good so far. Recently, we provided a keg of beer for all the people who participated in a charity bean bag game, and gave beer to golfers at a Boo Weekly charity event.”

Ticket sales have been moving along swiftly. According to Martin they have less tickets left now than last year. They printed 2500 and have just 350 left. The tickets are handed out to members, mailed off to those who ordered by mail and some are reserved for people who show up at the door. Martin mentioned he mailed some tickets to as far away as West Virginia.

VIP tickets are limited to 100 and can be purchased in advance for $55.00. VIP ticket holders receive early entry to the VIP room, hors d’oeuvres and special exclusive hand-selected beers chosen by the top breweries.

There will be plenty of food and music at the festival for all to enjoy.

Food vendors on site will include Happy Pig, Tin-Tin Oriental Foods and Woody’s Pizza. Music will be provided by The Hotheads, formerly The Gravy Soppers, string musicians from Alabama who feature the fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and upright bass, and the Posi-Tones playing blues and jazz classics. {in}

Choklat Mousse Cake will be coupled with Southern Tier Choklat.

The beer-tasting portion of the festival will feature exquisite microbrews and home brew styles, from more than 45 breweries and brewers from throughout the United States. The places to sample beers will be located throughout Seville. Some are inside each of the bars you pass through, and most of the vendors are in the side lot and pour out on to the street.

When you enter the event you will be given a special tasting glass. It will have a pour mark on it, so that you will have a chance to WHEN: Pairing Dinner, 7 p.m. Thursday, taste each beer of your choosing.

September 6; Apple Annie’s Courtyard “Originally we were going to Beer Fest, 6 p.m. Friday, September 7 change the color each year, but we WHERE: Seville Quarter, 130 E. Governlost track of that,” said Martin, of ment St. the tasting glasses. “Last year the COST: $20-$50 color was a lilac, this year they are DETAILS: emeraldcoastbeerfest.com; red. The logo is the same.” sevillequarter.com The Escambia Bay Homebrewers Club donates proceeds of this event, as well as others, to chari-

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Rapper’s Delight “He is a monumental part of Arrested Development,” Speech said. “He has the wisdom and we have the energy.”

Even 20 years later the group is still finding positive ways to reevaluate their message, their members, and as of recently, their name.

“A couple years ago I was watching the Super Bowl, and the announcers kept saying, ‘Stay tuned for ‘Arrested Development’ after the game,’ and I was thinking, wait, is that us?” Speech said.

There was some issue with the use of the same name, but the group and the show came to an agreement and worked it out—positively, of course. Twenty years later is no time to get angry. {in}

“Our music was going against the grain at the time. And the world just sat at our feet to listen."

Speech

press photo Rap in the ‘90s was great. Lyrical freedom was being utilized to the fullest and auto-tune didn’t exist yet. Several new artists emerged from the West Coast, creating the infamous Crips and Bloods riff and spawned angry lyrics from one side of the country to the other. Rappers often chose to reference unpleasant images of gang life, murder, and revenge.

Arrested Development went for a decidedly more positive approach.

“I was born and raised in Milwaukee, and most of the black communities were very poor, very ghetto—bars on the windows, porn for sale at the gas stations, right where kids can see it,” Speech, frontman for Arrested Development said. “We wanted to offer some light encouragement, not just dwell on the sadness of the situation.”

The group formed in 1988 and took a little over three years to obtain a record deal, resulting in their first album, accurately titled, “3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of...” which featured their hit songs “Tennessee,” “Mr. Wendal,” and “People Everyday.”

“It was an absolute dream come true,” Speech said.

The album won two Grammys in 1993, one for Best New Artist and one for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Rolling Stone named them Band of the Year.

Arrested Development had their most successful year in the history of the band, rapping about the homeless, global warming, and the idea that a better life can be obtained.

The band also did a TV contest in 2005 and chose to donate their prize money, a sum of $20,000, to UNICEF. “We were doing some research on the Congo, and women were just being terribly mutilated, and it was just kind of being accepted,” Speech said. “And UNICEF in particular was one of the organizations that was directly trying to fight against that.”

The group is currently on tour and celebrating their 20th anniversary.

“We’re having a party and we’re doing something we’ve never done before,” Speech said.

“We’ll be performing our debut album on tour, in its entirety.”

Arrested Development wants to appreciate the album that brought them the most success of their career. They also want to continue making new music, so as a gift to their fans, they recorded 13 new tracks and will be offering free downloads of the songs at newarresteddevelopment.com.

If you decide to check out one of their celebratory shows WHAT: Arrested Development with Mad around the country, you might Love notice that they are down one WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 12 member: Baba Oje. Oje is one WHERE: Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox of the founding members of the COST: $20 group and is still in the band; INFO: arresteddevelopmentmusic.com however, at the age of 80, he can no longer actively perform.

“We wanted to offer some light encouragement, not just dwell on the sadness of the situation.”

Speech “Our music was going against the grain at the time,” Speech said. “And the world just sat at our feet to listen. We had to ask ourselves, ‘Is this real life, does this happen to everyone?’”

The group was also approached by Spike Lee and was commissioned to record a song for Lee’s film, “Malcolm X.” “We were playing a show, and Spike was backstage, which we didn’t know,” Speech said. “And he came up to us afterward and asked us to write a song for ‘Malcolm X.’” Speech had actually written a song and approached Spike Lee with it several years before, but never heard anything back about it.

“We hadn’t had much success at the time, so I don’t really blame him for not getting back to me,” Speech said. “He was very encouraging and very hands on with the recording process when we were all in the studio—he even does some chants during the song.”

Since the whirlwind of the first two years, Arrested Development has released several albums, with members releasing solo albums along the way as well.

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‘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.

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.

SOUTHERN TIER BEER DINNER 7 p.m. $55 per person. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.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.

‘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.

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BO ROBERETS, RHONA HART & MARK SHERRILL, ELAINE PETTY 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.

RUDY APPLEWHITE 6 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach.

677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

THREE BEAN SOUP 7 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach.

916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

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

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

ADAM HOLT DUO 8 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. 332-7952 or wobusa.com/palafox.

TIM SPENCER 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 9322211 or sandshaker.com.

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

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

JUNE DIVIDED, THE NEARLY DEADS, DINOSAUR DAZE, SKIN WIGGIN 9 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

REBECCA BARRY DUO 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.

ALVERADO ROAD SHOW 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 9.7

‘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.

‘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.

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

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

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 TASTING AT EAST HILL MARKET 5:30 p.m. 1216 N. Ninth Ave. ‘FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND ALL THINGS STILL’, ‘ALTERED SHOES’ AND ‘JUST PEOPLE’ RECEPTIONS 6 p.m. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

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Seating is limited.

Reservations required. $65 per person. Event begins promptly at 5:30 p.m.

View the full menu online!

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‘ADORN – ART JEWELRY’ RECEPTION 6 p.m.

Blue Morning Gallery, 112 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

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

2012 BEER FESTIVAL 7 p.m. $20-$25. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

TOURIFFIC SUMMER GHOST TOUR 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30 p.m. $5-$10. Historic Pensacola Village, 205 Zaragoza St. 595-5985 or historicpensacola.org.

‘INVASION FROM PLANET X’ ON THE RED TROLLEY TOUR 7:30-9 p.m. $5-$20. Pensacola Visitor Information Center, 1401 E. Gregory St. 417-7343 or ufotrolley.com.

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

live music

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

JACK ROBERTSON – BIG EARL 5 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

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

JAY WILLIAMS BAND 6 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.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.

VICTOR WAINWRIGHT & THE WILD ROOTS 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

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

AN EVENINGWITH UNKNOWN HINSON 8 p.m. $15. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

REDDOG 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.

EXCESSUM, STAINED ASHES AND MORE 9 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 4349060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

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

SCHOFIELD 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

BAD HABITS 9 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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

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

ALVERADO ROAD SHOW 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

COOL RAYZ 9 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

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

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

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

CORNBREAD 10:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

SATURDAY 9.8

‘ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S’ 8 a.m. Bayview Park. 255-5716 PALAFOX MARKET 8 a.m. Martin Luther King Plaza on North Palafox Street between Chase and Garden streets. palafoxmarket.com.

‘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.

MYSTICS OF PLEASURE REBEL RIDE 10 a.m.

Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

FOOTBALL VIEWING PARTY 11 a.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

‘TRUNK SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA’ 11 a.m. Blue Morning Gallery, 112 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

DOGGIE BOWL TO BENEFIT HUMANE SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA 2 p.m. $20 per person.

Cordova Lanes, 2111 Airport Blvd. 932-6769 or humanesocietyofpensacola.org.

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

SUMMER CLASSIC MOVIES ‘CASABLANCA 7 p.m. $5. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. 5953880 or pensacolasaenger.com.

TOURIFFIC SUMMER GHOST TOUR 7, 7:30, 8,

8:30 p.m. $5-$10. Historic Pensacola Village, 205 Zaragoza St. 595-5985 or historicpensacola.org.

J E STUDIO GRAND OPENING 8 p.m. $15-$20, includes dinner. 14 W. Jordan St. 450-0841

live music

JOE OCCHIPINTI SMALL GROUP JAZZ 10 a.m.

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

LEA ANNE & RICK 12 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

J. HAWKINS BAND 12:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

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

HUNG JURY 5 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

JACK ROBERTSON 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.

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

JOE OCCHIPINTI SMALL GROUP JAZZ 7 p.m.

Tin Cow, 102 S. Palafox. 433-6287.

VICTOR WAINWRIGHT & THE WILD ROOTS 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.

STREET DOGS, KIFFIN KATS, ROLL THE TANKS, THE DOWNTOWN STRUTS 7:30 p.m. $13-$16. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

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Sick/Sea / photo by Christie Bentley DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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

WAR PARTY, SEALION, BONWAY BOOGIEMEN 9 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

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

SCHOFIELD 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

SWERVE 9 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox.

332-7952 or wobusa.com/palafox.

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

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

ALVERADO ROAD SHOW 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

DENTON HATCHER ‘THE SOAP BOX BLUES’ 9 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

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

HURRICANE WARNING, LEE YANKIE & HELLZ YEAH 10 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

NEWBURY SYNDICATE 10:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

SUNDAY 9.9

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.

GULF COAST VIRTUOSI 2:30 p.m. Ashmore Fine Arts Building, 1000 College Blvd. 484-1847 or pensacolastate.edu/lyceum.

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

‘WINE A LITTLE, DINE A LOT’ 5:30 p.m. $100, tickets required. 5Eleven Palafox, 511 Palafox.

432-1595.

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CLARENCE BELL 11 a.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

LEA ANNE * RICK 12 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

MASON JAR 3 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

THICK AS THIEVES 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 9169888 or bamboowillies.com.

COWBOY JOHNSON & ANTHONY CRAWFORD 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.

JEZEBEL’S CHILL’N 4:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

RON WILLIAMSON OPEN MIC JAM 6 p.m.

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

WES LOPER DUO 8:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

SICK/SEA, SEAGULL BLUE, JONNI GRETH 9 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 4349060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

DAVE & JOE SHOW 9 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

MONDAY 9.10

‘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.

‘ADORN-ART JEWELRY’ 10 a.m. through Oct 6.

Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

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

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

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Astronautalis On Discovery romantic. That trip laid the foundation that made me want to go to Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Croatia, to really appreciate the difference between traveling in the East and West. Going to places that are difficult as a tourist and a traveler challenges my understanding of the universe.

IN: How do you feel about playing live?

BOTHWELL: Making an album is sort of a headache, and I mean this in the best way possible, it’s an emotional nightmare. It's really difficult. I'm not a trained musician.

Music is a math problem I'm constantly work-

"I sit in my room with my guitar, stare at the computer with drum edits, and poke and prod wildly."

Andy Bothwell

press photo Performing as Astronautalis, he prefers his name—Andy Bothwell. He started battle rapping in high school while a student in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., freestyling between classes, skipping class to battle. Now the subject of a documentary film project by Hello My Name Is…, he began performing rap in college and recorded his first album after touring with the Vans Warped Tour from 2003 to 2005. Whether writing on a revolutionary war battle or dead scientist, he says, “Every song’s a love song.”

IN: What attracted you to rap?

BOTHWELL: Twenty years ago, kids got in trouble for listening to it. Rap music was really exotic at the time for a white kid growing up in a small beach town. It was very exciting to learn about the foreign concept of a drug dealing culture.

IN: How was touring in Eastern Europe?

BOTHWELL: People are very appreciative and excited that you're there—for us, for this tour. It’s not a lucrative tour. Bands don't play these places to make money or get rich. We did the tour just for the experience and the adventure—to go to Bucharest, drive to Romania, see Russia. It was a goddamn adventure.

IN: Which trip did you enjoy most?

BOTHWELL: My trip to China was the most formative for me. That was the first time I really left the country. I went to Canada, the Bahamas, and Mexican border towns, but hadn't been to Europe or Australia. As an American into art and music, I had the dream of going to Europe. Then I went to China, and that dream evaporated very quickly. It became less

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ing out. The live show is the affirmation, the reward after all that work. I spent a year, two years laboring over these songs, trying to get them perfect. The last two lines of a verse.

You lose your mind over the minutiae of making an album. That's the most amazing thing playing a live show—everybody cheers you and says you're great. Some musicians hate playing live—this is the fun part.

IN: On your latest album “This Is Our Science,” why did you name the song “Dimitri Mendeleev” as you did?

BOTHWELL: There are a lot of other songs that are about scientists. He shaped that story—not necessarily his science, but him. The legend is

that no one had a really good way to organize the elements. They were trying to figure out a pattern. He was a successful physicist, traveling Europe, giving lecture tours. He spent days and days on trains, trying to find patterns—a thing he did to pass the time. He did this all the time, something his brain was always mulling over. The idea to order them according to atomic weight came to him in a dream.

He wrote a rough shell of the table. The table forms, according to a lot of different factors.

There are different patterns that emerge. Did he discover it, or did he develop it? Was the table the universe’s development, or was he so smart that he developed this thing?

That concept really hit it home for me, connected to the path of artistic development.

I have this song, this artistic concept, but don't know how to get there. I sit in my room with my guitar, stare at the computer with drum edits, and poke and prod wildly. That’s the connection between artistic development, scientific development and personal development. Development and discovery are pretty much the same thing. That’s the heart of the last record—the most exciting thing for me.

IN: What do you hope listeners get from your work?

BOTHWELL: I like to hear work that makes me want to make work. I hope that people find some sort of emotional attachment to my music—that songs give them goose bumps and want to dance when they clean their houses. But I hope that people take something bigger from it as well—that they're inspired, motivated to do something—to create, to develop, to advance. That's the goal. {in}

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by Edwin Banacia

Pensacola: How to Survive the End of the World If you have pets, be prepared that after Maybe it’s just me, but the 24-hour news your neighbors have gone hungry for some cycle has made the world a scary place. time, your pets quickly become targets. Keep Hell, at this point, I’m even almost afraid them close but stockpile as much pet food as to vote. It is quite possible that the world is possible. Don’t forget about your little furry indeed not any scarier than it was years ago, friends. but now that we’re inundated with a conLet’s talk medicine. If at all possible, it’d stant bombardment of information, we’re be a great idea to stock up on antibiotics. Can more informed and aware of worldwide you imagine a world where you can’t get Penicalamities. There was a time, not long ago, cillin or aspirin? At the least, you should have when a nuclear holocaust was our nation’s a large first aid kit; the more kits, the merrier. most collective fear. But, in the aftermath Most won’t think to stock up on sanitary of two wars, tsunamis, terrorism, massive napkins or condoms and although some could earthquakes, nuclear meltdowns, record view these as luxury items, I’d imagine they’re breaking hurricanes and the European great trade goods. In an apocalyptic scenario, financial calamity, it is not a stretch of the no one can survive alone. Those who work imagination for one to start thinking about and trade with their communities have a betworst case scenarios. Ultimately, if it ever ter chance of survival. A simple trade good does hit the fan, and the dollar isn’t worth such as coffee could score your family some the paper it is printed on, then what? water purification tablets. When importing Don’t get me wrong. I’m not a doomsgoods is no longer possible, the items that day prophet or a paranoid guy burying cans you have that aren’t available locally such as of Spam in my backyard. But, you must coffee, which is mostly produced in South admit, this thought has crossed your mind America, become inestimable in value. once or twice. I’m no expert and anyone We live on the Gulf Coast. We’re surcan spend an entire night online searching rounded by salt water. When there’s no and making notes. But, here are some of the electricity, you’re going to need salt and a lot things I think could be useful to survive an of it. Salt is nature’s preservative. Rememawful REM lyric come true when it’s “The ber what I said about skills? Learn how to end of the world as we know it.” desalinate salt from water and you’re now First, most experts agree that skills will invaluable. This could also be useful, in an be important when currency isn’t. Sure emergency, to attain drinking water, altrade goods will be imperative too, but though, I’d recommend digging and installing resources are limited and when those are a hand pump too. used or consumed, skills remain. In urban Some experts will tell you to stock up on areas, when there’s chaos, sewage will be fuel, but if you really think about it, eventua problem. With that, sickness will follow. ally you’re going to run out of fuel anyway. I’d Having a good natural remedy book around rather have an inventory of car batteries to will be massively useful. To me, I’d think power the radio. I can’t imagine how horrible that food is a pretty high priority. Obviously it would feel to not at least have some type having some hunting or trapping skills will of contact from the outside world during this give you a leg up. But, a quick Google search horrendous life chapter. Any survival expert on this and you’ll discover, you better know will tell you that morale is very important. how to field dress and properly butcher an Your radio, a few board games and some animal or you could get your entire family great books can help keep your family’s sick. We’re lucky here in Northwest Florida. spirits high.

There’s a lot of wild game not far from the Now that you’re thinking about survival, heart of our city and a plentiful ocean. here’s what I’ve learned. Whatever you do Hunting will require ammunition and that’s to prepare, it won’t be enough. There will not an unlimited resource. Learn how to be items you need, skills you don’t have and build simple fish traps, squirrel traps and disasters you can’t control. As for me, will I be larger game traps. Becoming an expert making a quick run to my local Sam’s Club? hunter overnight is impossible, but books I don’t have time today so maybe tomorrow, are incredible. Stock up on hunting and although, to be honest, that’s not looking so farming books. Read a manual on mechangood either. {in} ics or electrical engineering. Keeping these books and manuals nearby mean that you may not be an expert About “The Local”: Ed is a local bar owner, local today, but you have the tools availbar patron and former music industry executive. able to become one tomorrow.

Are you a local with a story to tell? If so, email your story to joani@inweekly.net & she might be in contact (if it's good enough to get her attention).

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news of the weird INTRUDER (NOT) ALERT Are We Safe? In August, Daniel Castillo’a Jet Ski broke down in New York City’s Jamaica Bay, forcing him to swim to the nearest shore -- at JFK International Airport. As Castillo roamed the grounds, he somehow failed to disturb the airport’s $100 million, state-of-the-art Perimeter Intrusion Detection System of cameras and motion sensors, stumbling into the Delta terminal before an employee noticed him. This happened two weeks after the now-notorious “peace” protest of nun Megan Rice, 82, and two colleagues, who cut through fences at the Oak Ridge (Tenn.) nuclear reservation’s Y-12 facility that houses more than 100 tons of highly enriched uranium. They braved numerous (though apparently unmonitored or malfunctioning) alarms and sensors for up to two hours before a lone guard stopped them.

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT Challenging Business Models: (1) In June, owners of the legal brothel Stiletto in Sydney, Australia, revealed their multimillion-dollar expansion to create the country’s (and perhaps the world’s) first “mega-brothel.” (2) Short-stay “love hotels” proliferate in Brazil, but in July in the city of Belo Horizonte, Fabiano Lourdes and his sister Daniela were about to open Animalle Mundo Pet, which they described as a love hotel for dogs.

Owners would bring their mating-ready canines to rooms that feature the dim lighting and heart-shaped ceiling mirrors traditional in love hotels (to appeal to the party paying the bill, of course).

• Oh, Dear: New York City is the scene this summer of a particularly nasty turf war among ice cream trucks vying for space on the city’s choicest blocks. Most aggressive, according to a July New York Post report, are the drivers of Mister Softee trucks. Said a Yogo frozen yogurt vendor, “If you see a Mister Softee truck, you know bad things are coming,” including, reported the Post, such hardball tactics as cutting rival trucks’ brake lines.

by Chuck Shepherd

CAN’T POSSIBLY BE TRUE The Treasury Department’s inspector general reported in August that the IRS doled out more than $5 billion in fraudulent income tax returns in 2011 (owing to its mission to provide refunds promptly without first vetting the claims). The agency “refunded” $3.3 million to a single address in Lansing, Mich. (supposedly the home of 2,137 different tax filers) and nearly $4 million to three Florida addresses (518 to one in Tampa, 741 to one in Belle Glade, and 703 to a post office box in Orlando). In all, refunds were claimed by, among others, 105,000 dead people.

SCIENCE ON THE CUTTING EDGE “Pheromone parties” attract men and women seeking romance not via often-insincere conversation but based on the primal-scent signals emitted by each other’s slept-in T-shirts. Organizers have staged parties in New York City and Los Angeles and plan to expand, according to a June Associated Press report. The organizers’ initial conclusion: People prefer lovers with a somewhatdifferent genetic makeup than their own, but not too different.

• In a study published in August, women with the feline-oriented Toxoplasma gondii parasite in their systems showed an elevated risk of depression and suicide perhaps caused by the brain’s being deprived of serotonin. Since toxoplasmosis is most often passed via handling of cat feces, women’s fondness for and time spent with cats might thus put them at greater risk than previously believed. (T.gondii is believed capable of reproducing only inside cats’ intestines, and might, hypothesizes prominent Czech scientist Jaroslav Flegr, have learned that the surest route to the intestines is by hacking into the brains of delicious rats and mice.)

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Leadership Pensacola: Producing Committed Leaders Leadership Pensacola Celebrates 30 years with the Class of 2013!

By Jennifer Allen McFarren, Programs and Events Manager, Greater Pensacola Chamber The future of any community is linked to committed, educated leaders who must be equipped to make vigorous, well-informed and responsible decisions. Leadership Pensacola (LeaP) is celebrating 30 years of producing such leaders.

LeaP, a 501(c)(3), was founded in the fall of 1982 with the first graduating class in 1983. The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce established the program with a goal of ensuring the community’s pool of talented leaders would be continually renewed. They understood that the future health of any community is linked to committed, educated leadership which must be equipped to make vigorous, well-informed and responsible decisions.

To date more than 1,300 people have completed the Leadership Pensacola program and have acquired the skills, passion and connections to work effectively as community trustees. Whether serving on a non-profit board, filling an elected office, or mentoring the youth in our community, they are building a stronger Greater Pensacola Area for future generations.

Each year, 50 leaders from a diverse pool of professional backgrounds are selected to participate in the 10 month program. Focusing on community immersion and leadership development, the program educates the class on different issues facing the community in which they live, work and play. The platform incorporates a balanced combination of retreats, day long seminars and a community project.

Session issues to be addressed with this year’s class include community overview, community infrastructure, education, health care and technology, military exploration, regional economics, quality of life, leadership and ethics as well as a trip to Tallahassee during legislative session and several retreats focused on team building and leadership.

A professional development component is graciously offered by representatives from Studer Group, a nationally acclaimed leadership training corporation. The Myers Briggs personal development component is offered by Landrum Companies.

Upcoming Days

Each class selects a project to complete as their legacy; leaving a long standing impact on the Greater Pensacola Area.

April 3-4, 2013 Legislative Trip to Tallahassee

LeaP Class of 2013

May 10, 2013 Closing Retreat

Barrie Arnold, Nikki Morette Bell,

A group of dedicated LeaP Alumni spearhead the curriculum planning, offer experienced insight and lead the class through their year. Area decision-makers and community-minded leaders offer their time and expertise while tours and interactive exercises are also built into each day. LeaP has developed an inter-disciplinary approach to focus on the issues currently facing Northwest Florida and to look for potential solutions for the challenges we will face in the future.

Robert Bender, Johan C. Boelig IV, Geoff Brodersen, Mark Everett Canada, Donya C. Charles, Nina Clark, Theresa Cserep, Matthew Davis, Gregory P. Fayard, Keith Fell, Richard Fulford, Thomas Greek, Tristan K. Harper, Jennifer Harrison, Danial Hemme, Chip Henderson, Jon Hill, Laura Hill, Emily Homan, Michelle James, Doug Jolly, Steve Kalkman, Stephanie E. Knight, Stacey Kostevicki, Kevin Krieger, Liz Kuehn, Robin Larrieu, Brooke Layton, Leon Ledbetter, Kim McDaniel, Jonathan B. Minchin, Kathy E. Nelson, Will Nelson, Sharon Nobles, CDR Sean O’Brien, John O’Connor, Liz Pelt, Chris Phillips, Kelly Reeser, William H. Reynolds, Christa G. Ruber, Reid Rushing, Natasha Sluder, Natalie Smith, Kevin F. Spellman, Jonathan E. Thompson, Ryan Tilley, JoAnn Vanfleteren

Sept. 13, 2012 Community Overview October 5-6, 2012 SIMSOC Retreat Nov. 8, 2012 Community Infrastructure Dec. 13, 2012 Education, Health Care & Technology Jan. 10, 2013 Military Feb. 14, 2013 Regional Economics March 14, 2013 Quality of Life

April 11, 2013 Leadership & Ethics

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For more information on Leadership Pensacola, please contact Jennifer Allen McFarren at 850.438.4081 or visit www.pensacolachamber.com/LeaP.

September 6, 2012

my pensacola Cindi Bonner aka Willis, Granola, Big Momma or CBB

Day Job: Owner of Fitness Onboard LLC Pensacola Resident Since: I was born and

raised in Pensacola. Left for college in 1989 and I returned with my family to our home in paradise in 2001.

Good Eats:

For someone focused on exercise and fitness, I sure do seem to eat a lot! My favorites are the Fish House and their strawberry salad; Margaritaville’s Frank and Lola’s gumbo; Peg Leg Pete’s for Key West Salad, while having fun with the kids; and Global Grill for some delicious tapas with friends. The Grand Marlin is a great spot to unwind at happy hour and to stay for dinner at the bar.

Retail Therapy:

When time allows, I love to shop anywhere and everywhere! I’m definitely a bargain shopper and always scope out Target, TJ Maxx, and I’m not afraid to admit Wal-Mart, too. Since my job’s “required uniform” is ball caps, flip-flops and shorts, I can find great deals at these places! I am definitely looking forward to the opening of the Fitness Onboard retail shop and downtown fitness location, located above Atlas Oyster House, where a variety of merchandise and clothing will be sold, plus bike rentals, paddle board rentals, private lessons and guided tours, and of course, our fitness classes!

Watering Holes:

The Islander and The Break are the best places on the beach to grab the coldest Select 55. They also serve up some other favorites of mine: Michelob Ultra and Bud Light. The setting at Landshark Landing and the chilled Landshark Lager reminds us of how lucky we are to live in this beautiful place we call home. Luckily, the guys at

the Lewis Bear Co. (local Anheuser Busch distributors) sure do a great job at keeping all the watering holes stocked with all the favorite beverage products.

Nightlife:

When I want to take extra time to recover, there is nothing better than grabbing a few friends—HK, Polly and Big Daddy Chad, to name a few—firing up our light-up tambourines and heading out to see Trunk Monkey at The Sandshaker. For more of a laid back adult night, the revitalization of Palafox nightlife has become a great addition to downtown Pensacola and World of Beer is a must-go-to place.

Outdoors:

If I am not on the water, we love to catch a Blue Wahoo’s game with the family. But for me, there is nothing better than to be surrounded by salt water, sand, and sun! My favorite place outdoors is definitely Fitness Onboard. Where else can you find awesome customer service, a one-of-a-kind designed paddleboard, and a unique way to exercise? Fitness Onboard is definitely for everyone—young and old, beginner to expert—they make everyone feel great!

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Arts & Culture:

Hands down The Pensacola Children’s Chorus is an unbelievable organization allowing our kids the opportunity to exhibit their talents they may otherwise not have known existed. If you have never seen a Children’s Chorus performance, it’s a must see—you will be blown away!

This isn’t your typical kids musical recital, it’s more like a NYC Broadway production!

Never Miss Events/ Festivals:

The Blue Angel Air Show on Pensacola Beach in Little Sabine. SRI Triathalon, is a definite must-do event, although my role of triathlete has transitioned to having Fitness Onboard as part of the water safety team. You will always find us at the Mardi Gras Pensacola style with the downtown parade and beach parade. Look for a light up tambourine—it might be me! {in}

Do you want to tell us how you see our city? Email Joani at joani@inweekly.net for all of the details.

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