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winners CHRIS RUTLEDGE The CEO/president of Gulf Winds Credit Union was chosen as CEO of the Year by the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions. Rutledge has served as Gulf Wind's CEO/ president since 2002. During his tenure, Gulf Winds has grown from 29,000 members to over 76,000 members. He volunteers for Manna Food Pantries, Sacred Heart Children's Hospital, Ronald McDonald House and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida as a Big Brother. TROY RAFFERTY The Levin Papantonio Rafferty partner is featured in the Best Lawyers 28th edition of "Lawyer of the Year." Rafferty was recognized for his work in mass torts litigation and class action lawsuits. He has also been recognized as one of Florida's top lawyers by Florida Super Lawyers. The American Trial Lawyers Association has selected Rafferty as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers. He is a fellow in the International Society of Barristers. PETER STEENBLIK The Choral Society of Pensacola named Steenblik its new artistic director, succeeding Xiaolun Chen, who retired in May after 22 years with the organization. Steenblik is the director of choral activities at the University of West Florida. In addition to conducting two ensembles and teaching a variety of courses at UWF, he leads the Summer Festival Chorus, which he founded in 2017. Steenblik also has served as chorus master for Pensacola Opera. PEN AIR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
The credit union handed out two checks last month. On Aug. 9, Pen Air Federal Credit Union presented $5,201.21 to the Santa Rosa Education Foundation. Funds were collected through the Share It® debit card program over the course of 12 months. Share It® debit cards allow members to designate funds to the eligible school district of their choice. For every transaction, Pen Air will donate 1 cent at no cost to the cardholder. On Aug. 18, Pen Air employees presented $5,000 to The Secret Place, which provides a safe space for female children and young adult survivors of commercial sexual exploitation in Northwest Florida.
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losers RON DESANTIS After four days of testimony and arguments, Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper sided with the parents who challenged a July 30 DeSantis executive order that sought to bar school mask mandates. As of Friday, Aug. 27, 10 districts had defied the governor's order, enacting mask mandates with exceptions only for medical reasons. Cooper issued an injunction barring the state Department of Education, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran and the State Board of Education from enforcing DeSantis' order and the effort to withhold funding from school districts mandating masks on campus. However, Judge Cooper did not strike down a state Department of Health rule that stated local school mask mandates must allow parents to opt out. MARCUS MAY A three-judge panel of the
1st District Court upheld the conviction of the former Newpoint Education Partners CEO, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for racketeering and fraud involving charter schools across Florida. Inweekly first broke the story in March 2015 when a whistleblower came forward with allegations of grade tampering and mishandling of funds.
JOHN THOMAS Inweekly also broke the story of the Pensacola insurance broker who took money for insurance policies that didn't exist. Thomas recently pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges related to selling fraudulent insurance policies to his clients in exchange for approximately $4.8 million in insurance premium payments. He faces 20 years in prison for wire fraud, 10 years for money laundering and 20 years for money laundering to conceal the proceeds of specified unlawful activity. NAHN THANH VO The man described as a "major drug dealer that has major ties throughout the country" by Sheriff Chip Simmons was arrested after a four-month investigation that led to the service of search warrants at nine locations in Escambia County and two in Santa Rosa County. Sheriff Simmons said the investigation began after a series of violent crimes in Escambia County. He said it ended in the largest asset seizure in county history, including $1.72 million in cash, gold bars and jewelry. inweekly.net
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FACES OF COVID LOSSES Gov. Ron DeSantis and his Florida Department of Health no longer give us COVID statistics daily, even though the Delta variant is far more contagious and deadly than the original virus. We got the information for last week on Saturday without mentioning the COVID-19-related deaths in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. But we know people are dying, and the victims are no longer only those over the age of 65. DeSantis and his spin machine can't bury the death tolls much longer because families and loved ones are sharing the names and stories of those lost during this pandemic. Haley Mulkey Richardson, 32, passed away due to COVID. She was a registered nurse at the labor and delivery unit at Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital. According to media reports, Haley had been healthy before being infected with COVID-19 about three weeks before her passing. Four days before she died, she was put on a ventilator. Her unborn child died on Aug. 18, and she passed away two days later. Haley is survived by her husband and 2-year-old daughter. "Here in the dark, in the wee hours of the morning, it is so easy to pretend that all of this was just a nightmare or that I'm just here in this hospital bed due to my own issues with COVID," Haley wrote on her Facebook post on Aug. 9, "not for anything being wrong with my sweet baby girl whom I thought I was protecting in my own womb. I know the prognosis, and I know the reality." Beloved youth league football coach Greg Gibson passed away on Aug. 12, another COVID victim. Greg had coached kids since 2002 and served as president of Northwest Escambia Chiefs Football and Cheer since 2013. He left behind a wife and his children and hundreds of other children he inspired and influenced in the community. Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry talked about Greg during the opening remarks of a recent commission meeting. "He loved those kids like his own," said Barry. "It's not an exaggeration to say that
without Greg's dedication and persistence and advocacy on behalf of those young people in that Bradberry Park, Bratt, Byrneville communities, Walnut Hill, very likely there wouldn't be a Northwest Escambia football organization." Commissioner Lumon May added, "Greg Gibson was a wonderful person, a wonderful coach. It's just a sad day, and it reminds us of how dangerous and how mean COVID and the coronavirus can be. It just has to be a worse day nightmare that a little league coach with so much influence would die from COVID." On Friday, I learned that Peyton Goodman had passed due to COVID. This young woman, 24, had served as an intern in the Escambia County Summer Youth Employment Program that I had the honor to address last month. My talk focused on cherishing dreams and believing one person could make a difference. Peyton had a very bright future ahead of her. "I am heartbroken that Peyton was taken from us so soon," wrote Commissioner May on Facebook. "My thoughts and prayers are with her family during this difficult time." Others added tributes. Nesi Jones wrote, "I called her a butterfly, so loving, caring, kind-hearted and free-spirited. Peyton Goodman was one that loved to be around family." Tay Stanford wrote, "If everyone could please take a time out of your day to remember the sweet soul that was Peyton Goodman. I knew God walked you in those gates himself." We have hundreds of others whose stories need to be told. At Inweekly and NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, we want to help families and friends tell us about their loved ones whom COVID took away from us. Please email us their names and a brief description of what made them so dear to rick@inweekly. net or realnews@wcoapensacola.com. We will get their stories out and let people know they're more than a statistic. {in} rick@inweekly.net
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MAKING THE GRADE
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By Jeremy Morrison It's been a rough run as of late for the country's education system. This season of COVID has presented educators, students and their families with an unprecedented logistical landscape fraught with hurdles like remote learning and quarantines. So how are students weathering this storm? In Florida, that bit of information may be difficult to ascertain, as the state forewent assigning assessment test-based grades to individual schools in light of the unique challenges presented by COVID and the expectations for learning gains to have suffered as a result. But in Escambia, folks do now have some idea about how the school year went last year. Frustrated that grades were not released for local schools, state Rep. Michelle Salzman (R-District 1) did the math herself and released the grades independently. "I felt like it was the right thing to do," Salzman said. "I love my school district. I love my teachers, as most people know. I'm a huge fan of our public school system. But that doesn't change the fact, whether we like the information or not, we need to have it, as parents, as a community, to make the right decisions." As per Salzman's report card, some schools maintained high marks—the usual suspects, such as Cordova Park Elementary and Brown Barge Middle, got As—but 11 local schools received an F grade. Escambia County School District Su66
perintendent Tim Smith is not thrilled that Rep. Salzman dropped the school grades publicly. He feels that Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran was correct in the spring when he decided to forego the assigning of school grades due to the strains of COVID. "It seems to go against the spirit of what the commissioner was doing," Superintendent Smith said. "I just don't understand that, but that's me, thinking and trying to account for the difficulties that took place and for me to protect our schools and our teachers and our students from receiving devastating, demoralizing information that—in some cases—can really be deflating."
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A couple of months ago, Rep. Salzman was at an event with local school board members when she caught wind that Escambia would not be releasing school grades for the 2020-21 academic year. The Northwest Florida legislator understood and agreed with the rationale at the state level for not assigning school grades—a move that impacts funding—but didn't understand why the local school district wasn't making the information available to the public. "The school districts had the ability to share that information with their districts to say, 'This is where we're at, and this is where we need to be,'" Salzman said. "Everybody should know where they're coming
from, where to start from. And if you're talking about school choice, how do you choose if you don't know what schools are performing at what level." So Salzman then approached Superintendent Smith about releasing the district's school grades. "I said, 'Hey, man, I need those school grades.'" she recounts the exchange. "He said, 'Michelle, we can't do that. We don't want to make everybody sad about life.' I said, 'Tim, I want the grades.' He said, 'No, I'm not going to release them.' I said, 'Really?' He said, 'Yeah.' I said, 'OK, fine.'" Next, the representative hit up Commissioner Corcoran, "I said, 'Look, I've got people asking me. I want to see them. This isn't an I got you. We know that this will show us that 100 days without butts in seats means that you're going to have some setbacks.'" Once Salzman had assessment test scores for Escambia's students, she followed the state's formula and calculated grades for schools in the district. The representative said that although the grades come with an asterisk denoting the challenges of COVID, the information is still useful to area students and their families. "I believe in transparency. I believe in putting it out there and just facing whatever it is," Salzman said. "I do that with everything that I do, and I certainly would hope that the school district would be transparent in a lot of the activities that they're doing, especially with public dollars."
"I certainly would hope that the school district would be transparent in a lot of the activities that they're doing, especially with public dollars." Michelle Salzman
DATA DEPRESSION
When the state issued the order waiving the assigning of school grades last year, Superintendent Smith was fully behind the gesture. It was a school year like no other, and everyone needed—nay, deserved—a break. "The whole spirit of that executive order," Smith said, "is, 'Our kids and our staff have been through an extremely difficult and challenging year, and let me add our parents too, have been through an extremely unique and challenging year full of difficulties. We know that's going to negatively impact the levels of learning, the rates of learning.'" Due to such unique and challenging circumstances, the superintendent doesn't like the idea of students and teachers having to reckon with the academic results of such an environment. "For them to get a grade that says,
'You really didn't do well at all; in fact, your school dropped significantly,' I personally don't see where there's any positive gain or result to that," Smith said. But, of course, the superintendent also understands why the public would want access to school grades. It's a metric that everyone is used to, one that offers a comprehensible measuring stick. Still, though, he worries such unvarnished math could be unnecessarily disheartening.
"It's a tough thing to see when you work hard; you're trying everything you can; you're going against a pandemic like we've never seen before." Tim Smith "We as a people, as a community, what we know, what we're comfortable with are letter grades. We know A is a good grade, and F is a bad grade," Smith said. "When you have a high-needs school—let's say a Title I school, right?—that was a C, and now it gets an F associated with it; that's tough. That's really, really tough. And that's my concern." "I just think that really can be deflating," the superintendent continued. "It's a tough thing to see when you work hard; you're trying everything you can; you're going against a pandemic like we've never seen before. We're trying to do everything we can to connect the dots and keep kids moving forward, and then you get that grade, that's just hard, that's really, really hard." All that said, Escambia did calculate school grades in-house. COVID has sidelined any meaningful assessment testing for a couple of springs now, and the school district—though not releasing the information publicly—does need to keep tabs on how local schools are doing year to year, even in years like these. "You do need to get some test score data to get some snapshot of where are our students?" Smith acknowledged. Looking ahead, the superintendent is hoping that students and educators are afforded a more "normal" field of play this year and that the next assessment tests and school grades reflect that return to normalcy. In the meantime, he hopes no one is thrown off balance by COVID sweeps or the dropping of last year's hamstrung school grades. "We're trying to start the school year, we've got COVID flaring up again—you know, it's a tough environment for a kid right now; it's a tough environment for teachers; it's a tough environment for parents," Smith said. "Our kids have not had a normal school experience in quite some time now, and it's tough; it's tough. And I know we all wish for that to happen—we can get back to normalcy; that's what we hope for." {in} inweekly.net
SPEAKER SPROWLS SPEAKS going to take that very same approach—if it's not broke, don't fix it, and make sure that the districts that we are drawing comply with the law and the constitution."
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
Judge Chris LaBruzzo with Chris, Shannon, Prescott and Conrad Sprowls / Photo Courtesy of myfloridahouse.gov
By Jeremy Morrison and Rick Outzen Who is Chris Sprowls? You likely don't know. Sprowls is a state legislator from Pinellas County, District 65, and the current Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. Speaker Sprowls is also something else—he's a man who appreciates the unique mix of power and anonymity afforded by his position as a state legislator in the Sunshine State. "If you think about it this way, you can have a major impact in a state that is the third-largest state in the most powerful nation on earth. That is an amazing opportunity. And yet, when you go home and go into your local grocery store, most of the time, people don't know who you are. You get to live a pretty normal life." "I kind of contrast that sometimes with my friends in the federal government," Sprowls continued, "who, you could be somewhere a decade and not have the same level of impact that you could have in a session in the Florida House. And yet you come home, and everybody knows who you are. So it's a really interesting place for public service. I think that it really truly is one of the great places left to have a major impact in a state that has 22 million people." As the state legislature prepares to roll into new committee meetings in September ahead of next year's session, Speaker Sprowls took a few minutes to discuss last year's session as well as take a look ahead at what Floridians can expect to happen in Tallahassee during the upcoming session. September 2, 2021
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Reflecting on the 2021 legislative session, which wrapped up in the spring, Speaker Sprowls considers it a productive run. He attributes this to his party taking what he considers to be a different approach than previous legislative bodies. "I've been watching the Florida legislature for a long time, even before I got there," Sprowls said. "And there's a lot of times where people will come in and a House will pick two or three issues. The Senate will pick two or three issues. I think what's made this past session really unique, and I think probably arguably the most productive that I've ever seen, certainly in the Republican era, is that we didn't do that. We came in and said, 'What are the big things that are going to impact the state for 30 years?'"
"You name the issue that has a major impact to the state and there was a major advancement on it in this legislative session in a huge way." Chris Sprowls Sprowls credits this approach with several legislative lifts this past session. The Speaker rattles off a list that includes the expansion of the state's school choice program ("the largest expansion of school choice in the history of the United States of America"); the passage of a bill addressing the effects of sea-level rise and coastal flooding, investing $600 million in the effort; and making moves to protect intellectual property. "You name the issue that has a major
impact to the state and there was a major advancement on it in this legislative session in a huge way," Sprowls said. "So I couldn't be more proud of the work that happened in the House and Senate this year."
GOIN' BACK TO TALLY
When legislators return to Tallahassee to begin working towards next year's legislative session, Sprowls said one of the biggest priorities—besides hashing out which bills lawmakers will be focusing on—will be the upcoming redistricting process. "We're going to kickstart the redistricting process," the Speaker said. "We've been waiting for months and months to get the data from the federal government so that we can begin to do our constitutional duty to make fair districts. So that will also begin in earnest." In Florida, the redistricting process is conducted every 10 years after the census is completed. Despite some challenges to the congressional and Florida Senate districts during the last go-round in 2012, Sprowls said he was confident the process for the House would go smoothly again. "The nice thing for us is that we've got a blueprint for success," Sprowls said. "Ten years ago, when the districts were drawn, the only map that was upheld was the Florida House map." He explained, "And the reason was really simple. The House's approach was— we're going to come in; we're going to draw fair districts. We're going to look at the criteria in the constitutional amendment. We're going to abide by them, and we're going to pass constitutional maps." Sprowls continued, "And we did that, and the Supreme Court upheld them. So we're
When Speaker Sprowls goes to work in Tallahassee, trying to make progress on issues his party and constituents feel are important, he will get plenty of help from the Panhandle. Northwest Florida is crawling with Republican legislators, like District 1's Michelle Salzman, Alex Andrade in District 2 and Jayer Williamson in District 3. "They're bringing great energy to the House. And in addition to your kind of Pensacola-area contingent, you got Jay Trumbull over there in Bay County and Panama City, who's our appropriations chair and always making sure that the Panhandle has what they need." Sprowls looks to this collective of lawmakers and sees kindred spirits. Like the Speaker, they are relatively young and also appear driven to make productive use of their time in Tallahassee. The Speaker attributes this drive to the fact that lawmakers in Florida are held to term limits. House members are limited to four two-year terms, while Senate members may have two four-year terms.
"They come in, and they say, 'OK, well, I've got all this energy. I've got all these ideas, and I've got a limited amount of time to impact my community.'" Sprowls "You go into a football game, and you say, 'OK, I got four quarters to put points on the board.' And so now you get somebody who comes in; you get a Jayer Williamson or a Jay Trumbull or Michele Salzman. They come in, and they say, 'OK, well, I've got all this energy. I've got all these ideas, and I've got a limited amount of time to impact my community,'" Sprowls said. "And I think what that does is unlike Washington, where they say, 'Well, let's save it for next term,' or, 'Let's save it for next decade,' and they just kick the can down the road; we don't have that luxury thankfully in the Florida legislature." To Sprowls, this sense of urgency, this realization of a defined clock, keeps the state's legislative game infused with energy and a purposeful pace. "I think it's allowed youthful energy; it's allowed new ideas. But it also has said, 'Hey, if you care about your community, know that you don't have the luxury to say, 'I'm going to kick it to another day' or' I'll kick it to another session.' You got to do it now. And I think that's one of the things that makes the Florida legislature one of the last great places for public service in America." {in} 7
Was the disciplinary file a subfolder in the personnel files? "No, we actually take it out," said the district's rep. "We put it in a separate file cabinet that I only have the key to and maybe one other person in the human resource department. And we lock that cabinet up. And that has all the disciplinary records for all of the substitute teachers in that file cabinet. And unless you ask for it specifically, we don't give it." Zarzaur shared with Inweekly publisher Rick Outzen, "There are 24 other teachers on that list (of approved substitutes) who also are banned from other schools that are still actively substituting in Santa Rosa County Schools to present today."
FACE MASKS WORK Dr. Peter Jennings, the chief medical officer at Ascension Sacred Heart, spoke with Inweekly publisher Rick Outzen about the research that has shown that face masks effectively curb the spread of COVID-19. "People talk about, 'Well, how much of the viral particle is actually captured in a surgical mask or an N95 or even a cloth mask?' And they look at the very, very superficial level," said Jennings. "If you look at a virus, it's small. It's about 0.1 microns. And you think, 'Oh my goodness, there's no mask in the world that's going to capture that.' Well, that's not entirely true. The N95, for instance, captures 95% of the things down to 0.3 microns." Since the virus is much smaller, do masks even work? "Well, it works because a virus doesn't travel alone. It travels as respiratory droplets," said Jennings, pointing out that the respiratory droplets are 10 times the size of a virus and "certainly much larger than the 0.3 microns capable of being captured in an N95." He admitted that a single-layer cloth mask is "pretty worthless." He added, "What is recommended is a multilayered fabric mask, which approaches the same effectiveness as an N95. That's why it's strongly recommended to have people mask." Studies have shown the effectiveness of face mask mandates. "For those places that have required masking, you see about a 0.9% decrease just 88
within the first five days of that requirement to mask, and it goes down 2% within three weeks," said Jennings. "That's pretty significant when you're talking about overall effectiveness within a community." He continued, "There are also some case studies related to how effective they are. For instance, there was an individual that traveled from China. And that individual had COVID, but he wore a mask, and none of the individuals on the plane ended up with COVID. I mean, that's proof in and of itself."
SECRET HR FILES Pensacola attorney Joe
Zarzaur appeared on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA to talk about a recent deposition concerning a former substitute teacher, Richard Mack, who was convicted of molesting several girls at Gulf Breeze Elementary School in 2016. Zarzaur was stunned to find out Mack was on the Santa Rosa County School District's list of approved substitute teachers. He reviewed the list and asked about a note that Mack had been banned from Woodland Middle School in 2011. According to the attorney, the spokesman for the school district said she would need to pull Mack's disciplinary file. Zarzaur told her, "Wait, wait, just a minute. I asked for the personnel file before I even brought y'all into this case as a public record request back in 2018. And I was provided a bunch of certificates that says he's a teacher and W2 stuff and all that junk but nothing suggesting he was banned from a school."
BROADBAND UPDATE County Commissioner Steve Barry wants to make high-speed internet available to every home and business in Escambia County. He has convinced his fellow board members to use CARES Act money to kick off the effort and hire Magellan Advisors to design and build the system. A five-hour stakeholders' meeting was held on Wednesday, Aug. 18. Commissioner Barry gave an update on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA last week. "This was the strategic planning session to talk about how to go forward in this phase of the design," said Barry. "We had Scott Luth from Florida West, Dave Murzin from First Place Partners, as well as the City of Pensacola, Escambia County Sheriff's Department and the Florida Department of Transportation—everybody we would consider our internal partners talking about what this phase is going to involve, which includes establishing a business model and beginning to pursue the grant opportunities." He explained, "This phase is expected to take four to five months. In addition to establishing and crafting a business model for the county and beginning to pursue grants for the build-out, the actual design engineering will design where the infrastructure will go in the county. Those two things should be happening coincidingly, so we expect this phase of the overall project to wrap up late December, early January." The goal is to present the plan to the county commission in January and begin drafting a request for proposal to build a county-wide network. Barry hopes county staff can bring back a recommendation in 60-90 days after the RFP is sent out. "Then, what we've been told historically, as well as what was reiterated on Wednesday, was 12-15 months for the actual build-out," said Barry. "Hopefully, we'll see ground break next summer, and then it's a very reasonable and very conservative time estimate that by the third, fourth quarter of 2023, we'll have this fiber in the ground throughout the county."
Why is high-speed internet a priority for Barry? He said, "Access to high-speed internet, I believe, has become a basic human need to be a productive member of society. If you can't connect, if you don't even have access to a reasonable connection to do your schoolwork, it's hard to think that you're going to be able to keep pace with your peers and especially to be able to excel."
NEW OUTDOOR ART Bartram Park has a new art installation. "Folding Planes" is a sculpture by artist Kevin Box depicting the progression of a paper airplane. "It represents the story of a piece of paper dreaming of flying," explained Mayor Grover Robinson, "and it begins at the bottom as a blank page, proceeds seven simple folds to the top, where the airplane takes flight. Each fold symbolizes a choice or action taken to transform the dreams into reality." This sculpture is a gift to the city from Holly Benson, an attorney who previously represented the area in the state legislature and was Mayor Robinson's high school classmate. The mayor said the city was proud to accept the art and contrasted it with $75,000 worth of bronze statues that former Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan commissioned of himself and another officer and K-9, using public money. "It stands in stark contrast to some of the other things that we had with public art," Robinson said. "It's good to see private individuals donate art and contribute to it and it not be of an individual—it should be inspirational rather than idolatry. I think that's an important part of it." MAYOR'S BOWL Pensacola High School
and Booker T. Washington High School— the two public high schools falling within city limits—already nurture a healthy rivalry, but this year, there will be more than bragging rights at stake when the two football teams square off Sept. 3—the victor will claim the newly minted "Mayor's Bowl." "This particular cup is going to take that rivalry up another notch," said former Pensacola Mayor Mike Wiggins. "It's going to make the students yell and scream louder, it's going to make the players play harder, and we as grandparents and parents are going to sit back and just enjoy the scene." Along with former mayor Ashton Hayward and the principals from both PHS and Washington, Wiggins joined Mayor Grover Robinson at his weekly press conference on Aug. 23 to announce the Mayor's Bowl concept. Robinson and Hayward attended Washington, and Wiggins is an alumnus of PHS. In introducing the Mayor's Bowl, along with a fair amount of good-natured trashtalking, the value of teamwork was stressed. "Not everything you learn is in the classroom; you do learn a variety of inweekly.net
things, about teamwork, working together, achieving goals, through athletics," Mayor Robinson said. "When you're on a team, it's all about teamwork and working together and being selfless," Hayward said. PHS Principal Saraya Miller said that her Tigers were up to the challenge—"we will be taking that cup home from the game"—and agreed that athletics could play an essential role in a student's development. "This bleeds right into our motto at Pensacola High School, where we are 'one school, one dream, one team,' where it does take more than just academics for the overall student," Miller said. Washington Principal Rick Shackle also stressed the value of extracurricular activities to the overall school experience and a student's future success. "There's no secret formula for the students and their success—get involved in something. It's not just athletics,; it's the academics; it's the clubs. Get out and be involved in something," Shackle said. Like Robinson and Hayward, former Mayor Wiggins revealed split allegiances between the schools. While he attended PHS, his sons attended Washington ... but he's got grandkids back at PHS. "So who do I pick? Who do I pick to win this game? I'm going to have to pick the Tigers," Wiggins reckoned, explaining that he'd like to take the trophy—and bragging rights—to his upcoming 60-year reunion. "When you want to take the cup or the bowl or whatever it is," Shackle chided, "you can certainly borrow it out of my office."
COVID IN SCHOOLS Less than two weeks
into the school year, Escambia County schools are instituting stricter COVID safety measures due to what Escambia County School District Superintendent Tim Smith describes as "a steady increase" in coronavirus cases among students and staff. On Friday, Aug. 27, the school district reported
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1,342 students were out because of the virus. "It came time to kind of move into a phase of more—kind of a tightening up and just more protocols that will increase the safety in the schools," Smith told Inweekly. Changes driven by the current uptick in COVID cases include the cancellation of open houses and large student assemblies during the school day; a suspension of all field trips, except for competitions and performances; a suspension of visitor access for volunteers and mentors; encouraging social distancing and hand washing and employing specialized cleaning techniques. Smith said these precautions would be reassessed at the end of the current nineweek period, which ends in October. "We're hoping COVID numbers have decreased by then, but regardless, we'll reassess," he said. Another change Escambia has needed to make due to the increase in COVID cases—this one of an in-house operational nature—involves contact tracing. Whereas the district previously performed contract tracing out of a central office, individual principals are now tasked with the duty. "Well, the numbers just grew so fast these past few weeks that we had to make a change on that," Smith said, explaining that the move "decentralized" the task and that principals were able to tackle their schools more efficiently.
NEWPOINT CEO LOSES The News Service of Florida reported an appeals court upheld the conviction of a former charter-school management company CEO who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for racketeering and fraud involving schools in various parts of Florida. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal rejected arguments raised by Marcus May, whose company Newpoint Education Partners operated 15 schools in six counties (Inweekly, "The Charter School Shell Game," 11/28/18). May was
convicted in 2018 in Escambia County after allegations that he used his own company, Red Ignition, LLC, to sell items such as computer equipment at "exorbitant markups" to schools managed by Newpoint Education Partners, according to a brief filed at the appeals court by Attorney General Ashley Moody's office. Also, he was accused of receiving kickbacks from a friend who sold goods to the schools. May raised a series of issues in the appeal, including that a circuit judge had improperly excluded testimony from an expert witness and improperly excluded audit reports. But the panel issued a nine-page ruling that backed the circuit judge's decisions. "The audit reports were not relevant to any material fact," Judge Rachel Nordby wrote in the ruling joined by Chief Judge Lori Rowe and Judge M. Kemmerly Thomas. "May's own witness admitted the audits would not have detected the alleged fraud. So documentary evidence of the audits is not relevant to disprove fraudulent activity." According to the Florida Department of Corrections website, May, 59, is an inmate at Lancaster Correctional Institution.
ance policies that did not exist (Inweekly, "The Buzz," 4/15/21). This case resulted from a joint investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Investigative and Forensic Services, Bureau of Insurance Fraud. Work is ongoing to ensure all alleged victims are identified. If you are a client of Thomas Insurance, LLC, and wish to speak to an investigating agent regarding your policy, please contact FBI Jacksonville at (904) 248-7000 or email flinsurancefraud@fbi.gov and reference "Thomas Insurance." An FBI representative will respond with additional instructions. Thomas' sentencing hearing is scheduled for Nov. 29 at 2 p.m. at the United States District Courthouse in Pensacola before the Honorable District Judge T.K. Wetherell. Thomas faces a maximum term of 20 years imprisonment for wire fraud, a maximum of 10 years imprisonment for money laundering and a maximum of 20 years imprisonment for money laundering to conceal the proceeds of specified unlawful activity.
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day, Sept. 9, at 5:30 p.m., the League of Women Voters Pensacola Bay Area will host a Zoom presentation on charter government for Escambia County. John Peacock will explain the importance and benefits of charter government and why citizens should support it. The meeting is free and open to the public. Register on lwvpba.org.
Thomas, 51, pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges related to selling fraudulent insurance policies to his clients in exchange for approximately $4.8 million in insurance premium payments. Court documents reflect that Thomas operated an insurance business between September 2013 and February 2021 known as Thomas Insurance, LLC. and defrauded customers through a type of insurance fraud known as premium diversion. Thomas executed this scheme by collecting insurance premiums from customers and keeping the funds for personal use instead of producing insurance policies. To conceal his acts, Thomas gave the customers fraudulent documents referencing insur-
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BACK 2 SCHOOL DRIVE On Saturday,
Sept. 4, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., J. Garrett Green & Associates, LLC, in affiliation with Black Voters Matter, Pensacola Community Action Committee and Pensacola Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, is hosting a drive-thru Back 2 School Drive to give away school supplies at Brownsville Community Center, 3200 W. DeSoto St. {in}
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FALL ARTS GUIDE By Savannah Evanoff Even when the weather doesn't get the memo, fall still feels like a season of new beginnings—a new school semester, returning menu items at your favorite coffee shop and, here in Pensacola, the opening season for most of our culturally rich performing arts nonprofit organizations. But the pandemic isn't over, and while 2021 is a new year—and thus a new season for our local performing arts community— the threat of a new variant of COVID-19 and a rise in cases has once again put masks, social distancing and other precautions at the forefront of people's minds. And while the coronavirus precautions must go on, so, too, must the show. Inweekly spoke with some of the artist and executive directors from a few different organizations about their schedules for the upcoming season and how they plan to keep everyone—on stage and in the audience— safe and entertained. Peter Steenblik, the artistic director for the Choral Society of Pensacola, admitted the COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely challenging for choral communities but said they have learned a lot through the past year regarding successful mitigation strategies that can be implemented, allowing the arts to continue. "I am looking forward to taking what we've learned during this situation and moving ahead with that knowledge," Steenblik said. "Since I assumed the position of artistic director during the pandemic, I haven't yet experienced the full potential of the Choral Society. I am excited to finally work with the full group. We had our first rehearsal of the season a few days ago, and it was spectacuSeptember 2, 2021
lar. The chorus is a collection of some amazing people." The organization will continue to make adjustments to the art form as this pandemic stretches on, he said. This might include booking larger venues that may allow for greater distancing between audience members, performing works written for chamber orchestration (i.e. five to 12 players instead of the full orchestra), requiring full vaccinations of all participants and singers wearing masks for rehearsals and maintaining appropriate distance. The first concert of the season Oct. 24 is "Frostiana," a seven-movement setting of Robert Frost poems, Steenblik said. "We'll also perform some tunes rich with American history like 'Lift Every Voice,' 'Sing' and 'Amazing Grace,'" Steenblik said. Steenblik is most excited about the December concert, "Her Christmas." "On Dec. 4, in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, the Choral Society of Pensacola will present a sacred Christmas concert that is made up entirely of works by female composers," Steenblik said. "We'll be doing works by modern composers like Abbie Betinis and Andrea Ramsey, choral legends like Alice Parker and Amy Beach, and lesser-known women from centuries past like Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (Mexico) and Duchess Anna Amalia von Sachsen (Germany). This concert will include something new for everyone." The Pensacola Symphony Orchestra will also take preventative measures into consideration. Bret Barrow, the executive director, said they remain focused on serving the community safely through live music and virtual concerts. "With the help of the Saenger Theatre
and the City last year, we quickly developed the capability to livestream and provide an on-demand concert experience which was very well received, and we'll continue to offer those going forward," Barrow said. "As we approach the start of the season on Oct. 16, we will be taking the latest guidance into account to inform the development of our health policies." Though postponements and cancelations disrupted scheduled concerts during 2020, the Symphony Orchestra was able to adjust its formatting to continue offering in-person, socially distanced concerts with virtual participation options, Barrow said. They also responded to the requests of the community for outdoor concerts with their free PSO in the Park series that will continue into 2022. "As we prepare to launch our 96th season, we are optimistic that we'll be able to perform what we've planned, but as we've learned, change is the only thing that is certain," Barrow said. Barrow remains hopeful that this season will allow performers to return to hosting large audiences safely. "We have so many great performances planned, and they will all be best celebrated with our community," Barrow said. "One event that I'm looking forward to is 'Home for the Holidays,' featuring local Broadway sensation Ashley Brown, on Nov. 28. With the beautiful Saenger Theatre as the setting, the event features Ashley, the Children's Chorus and a special Broadway guest performing holiday favorites." The COVID cloud hangs, too, over the Pensacola Little Theatre. "COVID has certainly changed our season around a time or 10, but we are confident
that we have a fun, safe, diverse season for patrons of all interests to enjoy between now and the end of the year," said Sid WilliamsHeath, the director. PLT has virtual, in-person and outdoor activities this fall, Williams-Heath said. From a production standpoint, PLT will debut the classic fan-favorite board game and movie "Clue: On Stage." "I'm personally suspecting Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Candlestick," Williams-Heath said. "While our theatre accommodates nearly 500 patrons, our ticketing software strategically places our guests with adequate distancing between groups at a limited capacity. While guests can enjoy concessions unmasked from their seat, masks are required in the common areas of the building to ensure the safety of everyone throughout the Cultural Center. PLT is also offering a live-streaming option of "Clue" so patrons can enjoy the production from the safety and comfort of their own home." For Foo Foo Festival in November, PLT will celebrate every art form outside in the open air with a larger-than-life 3D digital graffiti projection that will bounce back and forth between the blank canvases of the Pensacola Cultural Center and the Pensacola Museum of Art, Williams-Heath said. "This Disney-like, magical projection will explore dancing, singing, writing, painting and beyond through both real and virtual actors," Williams-Heath said. "And don't be surprised if the buildings start throwing paint at one another in a whimsical Fantasia-style spectacle—digitally, of course. In between the projections, PLT will have live performers outside singing some of Broadway's most beloved and noticeable tunes." 11
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pensacolaopera.com From outdoor concerts to traditional operas, Pensacola Opera is taking performance to new levels.
Al Fresco Pop-Up Concerts
Oct. 9 and 30 Join Pensacola Opera on select Saturdays for a free outdoor performance. On Oct. 9, the performance will be at H.K. Matthews Park, 1200 E. Anderson St., and the Oct. 30 performance will be at Corinne Jones Park on West Intendencia Street.
Serenades by the Sea
Oct. 24 Another free outdoor performance with Pensacola Opera's artists in residence at the Gulfside Pavilion, located at 20 Casino Beach Boardwalk on Pensacola Beach.
The Magic Flute
Jan. 28-30 The Opera's first mainstage performance for the season, "The Magic Flute" takes you on a mystical journey filled with genies, spirits and the hilarious antics of a creature who is half man and half bird, paired with music from Mozart.
The Barber of Seville
March 11-13 Enjoy this hilarious classic as Figaro rescues the lovelorn Rosina from Dr. Bartolo, uniting her with her true love, Count Almaviva.
PENSACOLA LITTLE THEATRE
pensacolalittletheatre.com From family-friendly shows to provocative dramas, the upcoming PLT season delivers something for audiences of all ages.
Clue: On Stage
Sept. 10-26 Based on the 1985 movie inspired by the Hasbro board game, "Clue" is part comedy, part murder mystery with a cast of colorful characters.
Taking Stock
Oct. 15-24 This family drama unfolds as siblings come together after the deaths of their parents, which forces them to work out their own personal demons.
1940s Radio Hour
Dec. 10-19 Dive into the rich spirit of a bygone era through the live broadcast of "The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade." 212 1
Matt and Ben
Jan. 21-29 In this fictional story of Hollywood stars, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, longtime friends, find they're being tested by a higher power when the screenplay for "Good Will Hunting" drops from the heavens. Based on the 2002 play by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers.
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Feb. 4-13 The lieutenant of Inishmore's Irish National Liberation Army, Mad Padraic rushes home when he learns his cat, Wee Thomas, has been killed.
Disney's Moana Jr.
March 25-April 10 See "Moana" live on stage in this 60-minute musical adaptation.
Red
May 13-21 This raw and provocative portrait of artist Mark Rothko captures the rivalry between the artist and his assistant, Ken.
A Chorus Line
June 10-26 This conceptual musical captures the spirit and tension of a Broadway chorus audition with an exploration into the lives and ambitions of professional Broadway performers.
PENSACOLA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
pensacolasymphony.com Enjoy the talent from local musicians and guest artists in a season with old favorites and new-to-you discoveries from Pensacola Symphony Orchestra.
Opening Night!
Oct. 16 Opening night kicks off with Berlioz's "Hungarian March" from "The Damnation of Faust," Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring Roberto Plano on piano and Brahms' Symphony No. 4.
Variations & Virtuosity
Nov. 6 Listen to Ravel's "Le Tombeau de Couperin," Ginastera's "Variaciones Concertantes" and Dvořák's "Violin Concerto" featuring violinist Geneva Lewis.
Beethoven & Blue Jeans: Poetry, Prose & Verse
Jan. 15 One of PSO's most popular concerts features Beethoven's Symphony No. 1, Picker's
"Old and Lost Rivers," Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" featuring Soprano Halley Gilbert, Walker's "Lyric for Strings" and the Bernstein Symphonic Suite from "On the Waterfront."
American Classics
March 26 Enjoy American music from Copland's Suite from "Billy the Kid," Ellington's Suite from "The River" and Beach Symphony No. 2, "Gaelic."
Sounds Triumphant
April 30 Libby Larsen, composer and concert curator, brings a night of music from Respighi's "Fountains of Rome," Larsen Symphony: Water Music and Sibelius' Symphony No. 2.
Celebrate the New Year!
Dec. 31 Byron Stripling and Carmen Bradford light up the stage as they take you on a journey, featuring the music of jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.
Come Fly with Me: Music of Sinatra and More
Feb. 12 The multi-talented Gunhild Carling joins vocalist Michael Andrew for an entertaining evening featuring favorites from Frank Sinatra and more.
Home for the Holidays
Nov. 28 Get in the spirit as Broadway sensation and Gulf Breeze native Ashley Brown returns home for a special concert featuring traditional favorites and holiday hits.
Russian Spectacular
March 5 Take in a night of music from Mussorgsky's "Dawn Over the Moscow River" from Khovantchina, Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring pianist Sara Davis Buechner and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2.
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er" brings the fairy tale to life with a familiar score, gorgeous costumes and local talent.
The Wizard of Oz
April 22-24 and April 29-May 1 See Dorothy's ruby red slippers dance across the stage in this re-imagining of the beloved story.
CHORAL SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA
choralsocietyofpensacola.org The Choral Society of Pensacola's upcoming season takes the tradition of choral music and brings in modern twists.
Frostiana
Oct. 24 Savor a program of American music, featuring a choral classic—Randall Thompson's setting of seven poems by Robert Frost—with chamber orchestra.
Her Christmas
Dec. 4 Welcome the holidays with a program of sacred works spanning five centuries, all arranged and composed by women.
Stage and Screen
Feb. 20 Enjoy a medley of favorite songs from musicals and movies with the winners of the CSOP competition, Young Voices 2022.
Triptych
May 15 Thrill to a concert of contemporary works for chorus and percussion, including Tarik O'Regan's "Triptych" and Leonard Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms."
PENSACOLA CHILDREN'S CHORUS
pensacolasings.org See and hear Pensacola's young talent in action with a season of lively performances.
Christmas on the Coast
balletpensacola.org Escape to whimsical worlds with Ballet Pensacola's 2021-2022 season, with their new Artistic Director Darren McIntyre.
Dec. 10-12 Watch a larger-than-life performance packed with holiday musical staples.
Dracula
March 5 Celebrate the diversity and possibility of the musical world with this uplifting performance.
Oct. 29-31 Ballet Pensacola retells the scary tale of bloodthirsty Dracula just in time for Halloween.
The Nutcracker
Dec. 17-19 A holiday tradition for many, "The Nutcrack-
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a&e happenings PENSACOLA BEACH TRAFFIC HOTLINE Residents and visitors can report beach traffic issues via the Pensacola Beach Traffic Hotline at (850) 595-0862 or by emailing traffic@myescambia.com, offered by the Escambia County Transportation and Traffic Operations Division.
NONPROFITS + FUNDRAISERS LOCAL ORGANIZATION RALLIES SUPPORT FOR HAITI Following the
7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti last week, local organization Diligent Act of Love for Haiti is spearheading a relief drive for families impacted by the recent disasters in this country. Organization Chairwoman Jessie Elusma is collecting food, toiletries and other items like flashlights, first aid kits and unused tarps to send to Haiti. Donations can be dropped off at WRNE Radio, located at 312 E. Nine Mile Road in Pensacola. Monetary donations can also be made at dalove.org.
WAYS TO GET TO PENSACOLA BEACH
The Pensacola Bay Bridge is now open, which is perfect timing for beach season. Escambia County reminds eager beachgoers of the various ways to get to the beach. Live Pensacola Beach traffic video and beach conditions are available at myescambia.com.
ECAT BUS Escambia County Area Transit
discontinued service for the Route 61 detour across the Garcon Point Bridge with the Pensacola Bay Bridge opening. Normal schedules for Route 61 and Route 64 Beach Jumper will restart. Note the following schedules: REGULAR SERVICE: •Routes: 1, 2, 32, 44, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 55, 57, 58, 59X, 60, 61 and 64 Beach Jumper MODIFIED ROUTES: •Route 31, 43, and 63: Runs Monday-Saturday, every two hours (Saturday Schedule) •Route 45: Runs Monday-Saturday, only every hour, 6 a.m.-5 p.m. UWF TROLLEY: •(Summer Schedule) UWF Express Service runs Monday–Saturday
Schedules are located on goecat.com and the ECAT Ride guide.
FREE TROLLEY SERVICE The Santa Rosa
Island Authority (SRIA) will have free openair trolley service along Pensacola Beach. The service runs Monday-Sunday, 4 p.m.midnight, through Labor Day weekend.
FERRY Pensacola Bay Cruises Ferry Service offers service Friday, Saturday and Sunday between Downtown Pensacola and Pensacola Beach. Ferry trips last approximately 50 minutes, and all-day free parking is available at each of the departure sites. To plan your trip and purchase tickets, visit pensacolabaycruise.com. DRIVE, BIKE OR WALK OVER THE BOB SIKES BRIDGE When you drive over
the Bob Sikes Bridge to Pensacola Beach, there is an electronic toll in place. Cash and coins are no longer collected in person. The county encourages motorists to plan ahead and use electronic toll collection devices (i.e. SunPass, E-Pass, Annual Pass, NC Quick Pass, Peach Pass, E-ZPass), tolling apps (i.e. PayTollo) or TOLL-BY-PLATE from SunPass.
"FRIEND OF FOO" APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN The Foo Foo Festival Committee is
now accepting applications from nonprofit and for-profit entities who are interested in playing a part in this year's events as a "Friend of Foo." Nonprofits in the Pensacola area who recently applied and did not receive a grant for this year's festival but would still like to participate, or local for-profit businesses such as hoteliers, restaurants and bars who are interested in participating and benefitting, are encouraged to apply. To review the application process, visit foofoofest.com. "Friend of Foo'' participants will receive local, regional and national visibility during the 12-day event via the festival's regional marketing campaign. When applying, entrants should be prepared to provide the name and title of their prospective event; the date, time and location for the event; its respective category; and details and imagery to support the concept. The deadline to submit to be a "Friend of Foo" is Friday, Oct. 1, by noon. The Pensacola Foo Foo Festival will take place Nov. 4-15, 2021.
FITNESS + RECREATION
BAYOU HILLS RUN The Bayou Hills 5K, 10K run is Monday, Sept. 6. This year's race
is virtual, allowing participants to complete their run through Sept. 13. All proceeds benefit Creative Learning Academy and Pensacola Sports. For more information, visit pensacolasports.org/bayouhillsrun.
BAMBOO WILLIE'S BATHTUB RACES
Visit Bamboo Willie's, located at 400 Quietwater Beach Road, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5, for the annual bathtub race on Quietwater Beach. To participate, registration fee is $30 per team. Proceeds support Pensacola Beach Elementary.
GARDEN GREENERY SERIES: SAVING SEEDS Join Beth Bolles of the University of Florida Extension program at the Pensacola Library, 239 N. Spring St., to learn the basics of saving seeds from a variety of plants, including harvesting, handling and storage, Tuesday, Sept. 7, from 6-6:45 p.m. You will also learn which seeds you can save to achieve success with this fun gardening practice. Registration for this event will begin at 5:30 p.m. For more information, visit mywfpl.com.
MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM Mas-
ter Gardener Beth Bolles with IFAS Extension Services will be presenting a Winter Gardening Talk at Tryon Library, located at 1200 Langley Ave., Thursday, Sept. 9, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Registration begins at 11:30 with the program starting at noon.
CELEBRATE THE GULF Join Healthy
Gulf for a hands-on environmental education at Red Fish Blue Fish, 5 Via De Luna Drive, Unit B, in Pensacola Beach from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18. Healthy Gulf will have popular shells and other items that wash ashore on local beaches, including live fish and other animals. A portion of proceeds from restaurant sales at Red Fish Blue Fish will be donated to Healthy Gulf to support their work in Florida and around the Gulf to protect beaches, waterways, marine life and communities.
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FLORA-BAMA'S EIGHTH ANNUAL BULLS ON THE BEACH Bring the family
out to experience the ultimate adrenaline rush with three nights of live rodeo action Thursday, Sept. 9-Saturday, Sept. 11, featuring Professional Bull Riders from all around the country. Flora-Bama Lounge is located at 17401 Perdido Key Drive. Visit florabama.com/bulls-on-the-beach for more information.
FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE HUNTER SAFETY COURSE All hunters born on
or after June 1, 1975, and who are at least 16 years old are required to take a hunter safety class to get their hunting license. Molino Library, located at 6450-A Highway 95A, offers the class Wednesday, Sept. 15, from 6-10 p.m. The class requires completion of the FWC's free online hunter safety course before attending class. Be sure to bring your certificate of completion for the online course to class. Go to myfwc.com/ hunting/safety-education to register and take the online course. Contact Paul Averill at (850) 982-8070 for more information.
WEEKLY FRIDAY DANCE Get moving
every Friday night with a dance sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Enjoy food from 6-7 p.m. Dancing is from 7-10 p.m. A variety of bands and music provide the tunes. Cost of admission is $6. Dances are located at 105 Kenmore Ave. in Pensacola. For more information, call (850) 476-5696.
PENSACOLA FERRY SERVICE The
Pensacola Bay Cruises Ferry Service is open with service on Friday, Saturday and Sunday running between Downtown Pensacola and Pensacola Beach. Ferry trips last approximately 50 minutes, and all-day free parking is available at each of the departure sites. Tickets are $26 roundtrip for adults; $20 roundtrip for military, disabled persons and students; and $15 roundtrip for children 3-15. Children 2 and under ride for free. A locals card may be purchased for additional discounts. The ferry service operation schedule is available on pensacolabaycruise.com.
PENSACOLA PARKRUN The Pensacola Rec Plex North parkrun is 7:30 a.m. Saturdays. The weekly timed 5K run or walk takes place at the University of West Florida and is open to everyone, regardless of fitness level. For more information, visit facebook.com/rpnparkrun or email recplexnorth@parkrun.com. September 2, 2021
BREATHE AND READ AT BODACIOUS BOOKSTORE AND CAFÉ Recenter
yourself at this monthly event at Bodacious Bookstore and Café, with an instructor-led beginner yoga class and a group book discussion at 9 a.m. on the first Saturday of every month. Bodacious Bookstore and Café is located at 110 Intendencia St. For more information, visit bodaciousbookstore.com.
WFPL MOLINO TRACK CHALLENGE
Put on your walking shoes and join the walking challenge at the Molino library. Just visit Molino's track, turn on your favorite fitness tracker app to log your progress, dial up your tunes or an audiobook and start walking. When you finish, come into the library and log your progress with staff on our track challenge board. The top walker in this program will win The Coldest Water Bottle. The Molino Branch Library is located at 6450-A Highway 95A. For more information, visit mywfpl.com.
BLUE WAHOOS GAMES It's the 2021
season for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. Stadium capacity limits are expected to be implemented to ensure fan safety during the 2021 season and will be announced leading up to the season. For tickets and more information, visit bluewahoos.com. UPCOMING HOME GAMES: •6:35 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7- Friday, Sept. 10 •6:05 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11 •4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12
RELEASE & RENEW AT FITNESS IMPACT TRAINING At 8:15 a.m. on Mon-
days, Wednesdays and Fridays, release into a yin yoga flow centered around low-stress training for high-stress individuals. The focus will be on the basics of breath and openness in the shoulders, hips and spine. For more info, go to mindandmetta.online. Cost is $12 per class, and the location is 375 N. Ninth Ave., Ste. B. Limited space available. Ask about membership pricing.
GULF COAST BREWERY RUN Thurs-
days at 6 p.m., join Pensacola Runners Association for a 5K fun run. Enjoy a free beer after the run and complimentary games such as cornhole, ping pong and more. Gulf Coast Brewery is located at 500 E. Heinberg St. For more information, visit facebook.com/gulfcoastbrewery.
BEER GARDEN YOGA Join Coastal County Brewing Company Saturdays at 9 a.m. for the new Yoga in the Garden Series. Classes will be led by Tara Taylor, a highly experienced instructor from Breathe Pensacola. All skill levels are welcome. Cost is $10 and includes a pint of beer after the class. Coastal County Brewing Company is located at 3041 E. Olive Road. For more information, visit facebook.com/coastalcounty. SOUL FLOW YOGA AT BEAUTIFUL YOU STUDIO Every Tuesday at 7 a.m., flow
and vibe with some soulful music to start the day. This hour-long class will center around
engaging the core through smooth yet strong yoga sequences. Cost is $10 per class or $99 for an unlimited 30-day pass. Located at 513 W. Intendencia St. For more info, go to mindandmetta.online.
YOGA CLASSES AT EVER'MAN Beginner Yoga with John is 10 a.m. Thursdays, 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 12:15 p.m. Wednesdays. Funky Yoga Flow is 6 p.m. Tuesdays. And Vinyasa Yoga Flow is 6 p.m. Thursdays. All classes at Ever'man, 327 W. Garden St. For a full calendar of events, visit everman.org. OCEAN HOUR BEACH CLEAN-UPS
Ocean Hour has picked up its weekly beach clean-ups in the Pensacola area Saturdays at 8:45 a.m. On Saturday, Aug. 28, volunteers will be at Philip A. Payne Bridge. Supplies will be provided, but volunteers are welcome to bring their own. For locations, visit oceanhourfl.com.
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ANTIQUE APPRAISAL FAIR The
Pensacola Historic Preservation Society (PHPS) presents its 26th Antique Appraisal Fair at Garth's Antiques and Auction Gallery, 3930 Navy Blvd., Saturday, Sept. 4, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. This will be an opportunity for the public to bring items for area antique dealers and experts to appraise. Tickets are $5 per person, which allows you to have one object appraised. Additional objects may be appraised for $3 apiece. Tickets will be available at the door. Visit pensacolahistoricpreservationsociety.com for more information about PHPS.
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YIKES! COMEDY AT ODD COLONY
Comedians Kymbra Li, Olivia Searcy, Julian Sayles and Brittany Bancroft will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, at Odd Colony, located at 260 N. Palafox. Tickets are $5. For more information, visit facebook.com/oddcolony.
FPAN ARCHAEOLOGY LAB VOLUNTEER DAYS The FPAN Archaeology Lab
is open to volunteers to help rough sort artifacts recovered from local archaeological sites. No experience is needed, but all volunteers are given a brief orientation by a professional archaeologist on their first day. Upcoming volunteer day is Tuesday, Sept. 7, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Contact northwest@fpan.us or visit flpublicarchaeology. org/nwrc for more information.
CLUE: ON STAGE Experience the stage show based on the 1985 movie inspired by the popular Hasbro board game. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Sept. 10, 17 and 24; 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, Sept. 11, 18, 25; and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 12, 19, 26. Two Thursday performances, 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 16 and Sept. 23, will be half price. Masks required. Cost is $8-$31. Visit pensacolalittletheatre.com for tickets and more information. BRIAN REGAN Comedian Brian Regan will take the Saenger stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. Tickets are $47.50-$60.50. Saenger
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BOB BURRIDGE PAINTING CLASS
Learn painting techniques from artist Bob Burridge Sept. 13-17 at Palette Productions. For more information and to register, visit paletteproductions.net.
POPULAR LITERARY BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION: THE SWEETNESS OF WATER BY NATHAN HARRIS Join the Popular Lit-
erary Book Club as they discuss Oprah's Book Club selection "The Sweetness of Water" 10:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, at the Pensacola Library, located at 239 N. Spring St. For more information, visit mywfpl.com.
WHAT'S SHOWING AT PENSACOLA CINEMA ART The next showing at Pen-
sacola Cinema Art is "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit," playing at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, and Saturday, Sept. 18. All tickets are $8. Reserve your seats by emailing jpncinema@gmail.com or texting (863) 446-7300. PCA is located at 220 W. Garden St. Visit pensacolacinemaart. com for information about streaming movies such as "Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation" and "Los Hermanos/The Brothers," an exclusive first-run film.
STRONG STREET STUDIO ONLINE PUMPKIN SALE Glass pumpkin season
is upon us, and you can order yours from
the safety and comfort of your own home. Strong Street Studio will be offering a new inventory of glass pumpkins online at 10 a.m. Saturdays, Sept. 18, Oct. 2 and Nov. 13. For more information, visit strongstreetstudioglass.com.
THIS IS NOT A PIPE Join a small group of Pensacola Symphony Orchestra musicians for a free performance at Artel Gallery, located at 223 S. Palafox. 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, and experience the music surrounded by visual art. For more information, visit pensacolasymphony.com.
BROWN BAG OPERA Pensacola Opera's
monthly series is a free mid-day performance featuring Pensacola Opera artists in residence at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 28, at the Opera Center, located at 75 S. Tarragona St. Visit pensacolaopera.com for more information.
SEWING WITH STEAM FOR ADULTS
Tryon Library's STEAM librarian will teach a sewing class Wednesdays, Sept. 15, 22, and 29, from 10 a.m.-noon. All skill levels are welcome. Learn something new each week. Tryon Library is located is at 1200 Langley Ave.
SANTA ROSA COUNTY WRITERS' GUILD ANNUAL AWARD All writers are
welcome to submit work for the Santa Rosa County Writers' Guild Annual Award. The award is given to one winner for a poem or
book written by a Santa Rosa County resident who submits their writing or book to srcwg@mediacombb.net by Sept. 10. There is no entry fee. The winner is chosen solely in the discretion of the Guild. By submitting, you are granting permission to the Guild to have your writing and/or book's title and the award appear in any publications connected with the Santa Rosa County Writers' Guild, including Issue VI of the Blackwater Literary Journal. All rights remain with the person submitting.
BROADWAY SERIES TICKETS ON SALE NOW Season tickets for Broadway shows at
the Saenger Theatre are on sale now. Shows include "Escape to Margaritaville," "Anastasia" "Hairspray" "Fiddler on the Roof" and "An Officer and a Gentleman." Becoming a Broadway in Pensacola subscriber has benefits, including keeping your same seats year after year, exclusive subscription savings, no waiting in line, free ticket insurance, advance show notice for season additions and supporting the arts in the Pensacola area. Visit pensacolasaenger.com for more information.
UWF HISTORIC TRUST 9/11 EXHIBIT
An exhibit honoring victims lost and others impacted by the tragedy on Sept. 11, 2001, is now on display on the second floor of the Pensacola Museum of History. The University of West Florida Historic Trust curated the exhibit, 9/11 Remembered,
which runs through January 2022, with items on loan from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York and the History Museum of Mobile. The gallery includes a section of the I-beam from one of the World Trade Center towers and a helmet and other items worn by first responders who responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Visitors can also view a video of newsreels from 20 years ago on projectors and a video from NAS Pensacola that features military members who responded to the 9/11 attacks. For more information on UWF's Historic Trust, visit historicpensacola.org.
FINDING 1821 Finding 1821 is part of the
UWF Historic Trust's Suddenly American exhibit. Using historic newspapers, maps and documents, it is possible to locate where businesses stood in the 1820s. From taverns to parasol shops, each site on the Finding 1821 trail reflects a local establishment that was near that location 200 years ago. Outside each business is a QR code that links to a corresponding advert from an early 1820s newspaper. Over a dozen sites have been identified so far. Take a stroll around town, visit local shops and explore the history of Pensacola through today's technology. Visit historicpensacola. org for more information.
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"A DEAD RECKONING: NAVIGATING CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS" EXHIBIT AT PENSACOLA MUSEUM OF ART "A Dead Reckoning: Navigating
Contemporary Ceramics" is now on view at Pensacola Museum of Art, which asks viewers, "Where is the field of American ceramic art going?" For more information, visit pensacolamuseum.org.
"END OF CENTURY" EXHIBIT AT PENSACOLA MUSEUM OF ART End
of Century, an art exhibit featuring Art Nouveau glassware and works on paper, is a new exhibit at the Pensacola Museum of Art. This special exhibit includes items from the museum collection as well as the collection of local art supporter and educator Dr. Patrick M. Rowe. Dr. Rowe received his Ph.D. in Art History at Florida State University in 1989 and taught art history at the University of West Florida and Pensacola State College until his retirement in 2010. He has served on the Pensacola Museum of Art Board and on the PMA Collections Committee and has acted as a dedicated supporter and resource for museum staff throughout the years. In 1988, Rowe began taking an interest in 18th and early 20th century printmaking, which led to his impressive collection of works from the time period, many of which are showcased in End of Century. End of Century will be on view at the Pensacola Museum of Art until Oct. 10. Visitors can learn more about the exhibition, sign up for additional programming opportunities and purchase tickets through pensacolamuseum.org.
NEW EXHIBIT AT BLUE MORNING GALLERY The current Spotlight on Art
is "Serendipity," a collective show featuring potter Tammy Caspersen and photographer Suzanne Tuzzeo. The show promises bold color and unique finds and twists with a fun, carefree feel and is on view at Blue Morning Gallery, located at 21 S. Palafox. Visit bluemorninggallery.com for more information.
PENSACOLA BEACH ART WALK ON THE BOARDWALK Stroll the Pensacola
Beach Boardwalk Sundays through October from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and check out local art vendors, listen to live music and enjoy local restaurants and bars at 400 Quietwater Beach Road.
SCRIPTEASERS WITH PENSACOLA LITTLE THEATRE Scripteasers, Studio
400's and Pensacola Little Theatre's Script Reading Club invites you to monthly script readings at PLT, 400 S. Jefferson St. Want to bring your scripts for the group to read and discuss? Contact Pensacola Little Theatre to get in queue. The group reads prospective scripts for future seasons as well as new scripts that need a table read September 2, 2021
before the next edit. Not a playwright but love to read out loud? This is your easy, fun theatre night. Fascinated by the play selection process? Sit in for a listen and usually a lot of laughs. Visit facebook.com/pensacolalittletheatre for more information and the latest dates.
SEVILLE HAUNTED TOURS Seville Quarter's haunted tours offer a different look at Pensacola's history as guides weave tales of ghosts, debauchery, murder, mayhem, paranormal activities, history and more. Choose your experience from three ongoing tours—Seville Haunted Luncheon and Ghost Tour, 11 a.m. every third Tuesday of the month; Seville Haunted Gallery Night Tours, 7 p.m. every third Friday of the month; Seville Sunday FunDay Haunted Tours, 4 p.m. last Sunday of each month. Tickets are available at pensacolaghostevents.com. OPEN MIC AT THE GORDON Show off your talents on the second Thursday of every month at The Gordon's Open Mic showcase from 7-10 p.m. Admission is free. The Gordon is located at 306 N. DeVilliers St. Visit thegordon.org for more information. STAND-UP COMEDY AT THE REX THEATRE Visit The REX Theatre every
Friday at 8 p.m. for national stand-up acts. Tickets are $26-$35 at the door. For more information, visit rexpensacola.com.
COMEDY MAGIC SHOW AT THE REX THEATRE Comedy magician Tom Coverly,
known as "The Illusionist," performs Saturday nights at The Rex Theatre, located at 18 N. Palafox. Shows start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10-$35. For more information, visit rexpensacola.com.
OPEN MIC COMEDY AT BIG TOP BREWERY Try out some new jokes or enjoy
some homegrown talent every Monday at 7 p.m. for Open Mic Comedy at Big Top Brewery, located at 21 W. Romano St. Everyone gets five minutes depending the number of sign-ups. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m.
NEW CLASSES AT MIXON MAGIC PERFORMING ARTS Mixon Magic Per-
forming Arts (MMPA), a boutique performing arts studio located at 1010 N. 12th Ave., Ste. 238, will be offering a limited class schedule this fall. MMPA offers professional dance, fitness and "Mommy and Me" instruction for all ages and skill levels with weekly classes including, but not limited to, Creative Movement, Ballet/Jazz Combo, Broadway, Tap, Showstoppers, Acting and Voice. Classes will be provided for children as young as 2 years old (with a parent or guardian) through adult. MMPA is dedicated to the safety and well-being of all students and families and has implemented protocols based on guidance from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Masks are required for entry into the building and studio. More information about Mixon Magic Performing Arts can 17
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BLACK CITIZENSHIP IN THE AGE OF JIM CROW "Black Citizenship in the Age
of Jim Crow," a traveling exhibition from the New York Historical Society Museum & Library with additions from the African American Heritage Society of Pensacola, is now on view at Artel Gallery. To learn more about it, visit africanamericanheritagesociety.org. Artel Gallery is located at 223 S. Palafox.
CRAFT CLASSES AT STUDIO SOUTH ON NINE MILE Learn a new craft or meet
up with other makers at Studio South. Tuesday is Knit Night 4-7 p.m., and Sit & Stitch is Saturdays 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Both classes are free. For a full calendar of events, visit studiosouthon9mileroad.com. Studio South is located at 955 E. Nine Mile Road.
CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS AT FIRST CITY ART First City Art Center offers a wide
range of classes and workshops for artists of all levels. Classes include glass blowing, ceramics, painting and drawing, kiln-forming, stained glass and more. For a complete list of classes and times, visit firstcityart.org.
LIVE MUSIC
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ST. CHRISTOPHER'S CONCERT SERIES
Thursday evenings starting Sept. 2, visit St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, located at 3200 N. 12th Ave., for an outdoor concert. Food and drink concessions are available. Alcoholic beverages are not available for sale. •Sept. 2: Not Quite Fab •Sept. 9: Blenders •Sept. 16: CrossTown •Sept. 23: Reunion Band
FIFTH ANNUAL GULF COAST SUMMER FEST—JAZZ EDITION Enjoy a
lineup of renowned jazz musicians with DJ Bambam Belonge Saturday, Sept. 4, and Sunday, Sept. 5, at Community Maritime Park, located at 351 W. Cedar St. One-day pass is $85 and two-day passes are $150. For more information, visit gulfcoastsummerfestjazzedition.com.
BIG JIM BROWN AND THE SPEEDKINGS Big Jim Brown and the Speedkings will be performing at Dolce and Gelato, located at 2050 N. 12th Ave., from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3. Visit facebook.com/dolcegelatopensacola for more information.
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CURT BOL JAZZ QUARTET Visit Five
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Musician Pat Meusel will be performing at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10, at Dolce and Gelato, located at 2050 N. 12th Ave. Visit facebook.com/ dolcegelatopensacola for more information.
sic from Gary's Guitar Lessons at Pensacola Arts Market from 4-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, during Pensacola Arts Market at Gary's Brewery & Biergarten, located at 208 Newman Ave. Art, homemade goods and food vendors will also be available.
SUMMER JAM 2K21 Dru Hill, Plies and
Jagged Edge take the stage for the Summer Jam 2K21 at Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. Tickets are $56-$108. For more information, visit pensacolabaycenter.com.
LIVE MUSIC AT RED FISH BLUE FISH PENSACOLA BEACH Head to Red Fish
Blue Fish for live performances from local bands Fridays and Saturdays all day. For musician lineups, visit facebook.com/redfishbluefishpensacolabeach.
SAXOPHONIST JIM ANDREWS AT ALICE'S RESTAURANT Saxophonist Jim An-
drews will be performing at Alice's Restaurant, located at 1504 W. Intendencia St., on the first Friday of every month from 6-9:30 p.m.
Sisters Blues Café, located at 421 W. Belmont St., Sundays from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and listen to Curt Bol Jazz Quartet. Visit curtbolband.com for more information.
Gallery is open from 5-7 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays for open jam with Pensacola Folk Music Society. Feel free to visit and listen to music. Artel Gallery is located at 223 S. Palafox.
KARAOKE AT MUGS AND JUGS Sing your heart out Sundays at Mugs & Jugs, 12080 Scenic Highway, or just enjoy drinks friends with $4 Smirnoff and $6.50 domestic pitcher drink deals from 7 p.m.-3 a.m. For more information, visit facebook.com/mugsjugs. LIVE MUSIC AT HUB STACEY'S Sit back
with good food and live music at Hub Stacey's, located at 312 E. Government St. For a full calendar of bands, check hubstaceys.com.
MONDAY NIGHT BLUES AT SEVILLE QUARTER Seville Quarter and the Blues
Society of Northwest Florida bring the "Blues" back to the Seville Quarter Entertainment District, located at 130 E. Government St. every Monday night in End O' the Alley starting at 7 p.m. For more information, visit sevillequarter.com.
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lodious Allen and The Funk Heads every Tuesday night at Lili Marlene's in Seville Quarter, located at 130 E. Government St. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. Visit sevillequarter.com for more information.
FOOD + DRINKS
ATLAS BEVERAGE CLASS: SWAMP HEAD BREWERY Enjoy beverage tastings
from Swamp Head Brewery paired with appetizers Thursday, Sept. 2, at 5 and 7 p.m. Cost is $25 per person. Reservations are required. Call (850) 287-0200 or email taylor@goodgrits.com to reserve your spot.
HANDS-ON CAST IRON RIBEYE CLASS Learn to cook a perfect ribeye with
a cast iron skillet with Bodacious Chefs 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, at Bodacious, located at 407-D S. Palafox. Cost is $70. To register, visit bodaciousshops.com.
1980S MURDER MYSTERY AT GARDEN & GRAIN Improbable Cause Mystery
Theatre brings you the 1980s-themed "Murder Mystery: Murder To The Max." The show starts at 6:30 p.m. with seating and mingling Sunday, Sept. 5, at Garden & Grain, located at 50 E. Garden St. Admission is $55 per person. '80s attire is highly encouraged. Visit facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco for more information.
ROSH HASHANAH AT JACKSON'S STEAKHOUSE Celebrate the Rosh
Hashanah with a special meal prepared by Chef Irv Miller to mark the first night of the New Year celebration on Monday, Sept. 6, starting at 5 p.m. The regular dinner menu will also be available. Cost is $29 per person. For reservations, call (850) 469-9898. Jackson's Steakhouse is located at 400 S. Palafox.
ANGELENA'S CULINARY CLASSES: HANDMADE PASTAS Chef James
Briscione has all the tricks for rolling out pasta like an Italian grandmother. Class is 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, and costs $65 per person and covers a demonstration, food tasting and wine pairings and a take-home recipe booklet. Reservations are required. To reserve your spot, please contact Brooke Parkhurst, brooke@ angelenaspensacola.com or (917) 573-1613. Angelena's Ristorante Italiano is located at 101 E. Intendencia St.
COOKING WITH CHEF IRV MILLER: CELEBRATING SEAFOOD Learn to cook
with Chef Irv Miller with classes at 5 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, at Jackson's Steakhouse, located at 400 S. Palafox. Each class is $55 per person. Reservations are required. Make yours by calling (850) 469-9898.
VINO MAGNIFICO Sample five different
wines and socialize with fellow wine aficionados at V. Paul's Vino Magnifico, 5:30 p.m. September 2, 2021
Tuesday, Sept. 14. Cost is $15 per person. V. Paul's Italian Ristorane is located at 29 S. Palafox. Reservations are required. Make yours by visiting vpauls.com.
HANDS-ON CAST IRON CRAB CAKE
Learn to cook the perfect lump crab cake in this hands-on cooking class at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, at Bodacious, located at 407-D S. Palafox. Cost is $70. Visit bodaciousshops.com for more information.
ABOVE THE CLOUDS FESTIVAL Enjoy
an afternoon of beer, live music and food at Odd Colony, located at 260 N. Palafox. Festival starts at 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 18. For more information, visit facebook.com/ oddcolony.
CRAFT & VINTAGE MARKET AT ODD COLONY Peruse through local vendors
while enjoying Misu Street food and treats from Craft Bakery 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, at Odd Colony, located at 260 N. Palafox. For more information, visit facebook.com/oddcolony.
HENNY PENNY SOUL LIVE COOKING SESSIONS Tune into the Henny Penny
Facebook page to meet local chefs to learn more about cooking skills while also discussing food and culture. Dates are TBA. For more information, visit facebook.com/ hennypennyspatisserie.
BURGERS AND BORDEAUX AT UNION PUBLIC HOUSE Every Tuesday
night, enjoy a specialty burger and a glass of Bordeaux for $18 at Union Public House, located at 309 S. Reus St. For more information, visit facebook.com/unionpensacola.
WEEKNIGHT HAPPY HOUR Every
weeknight before 6 p.m. at The 5 Barrel, get $1 off all The 5 Barrel pints, $2 wine by the glass and half off hummus plates when you buy a pint of beer. Visit the5barrel.com for more information.
TABLETOP TUESDAYS AT THE 5 BARREL
Join The 5 Barrel for a special Tabletop Tuesday event at 6 p.m. every Tuesday in March. A wide variety of games ranging from the classic chess to the crowd-favorite Catan will be available. Players are welcome to bring their own games.
ARAGON WINE TASTINGS Wine
tastings at Aragon Wine Market are back every Thursday from 5-7 p.m. in store at 27 S. Ninth Ave. For more information, visit aragonwinemarket.com.
THURSDAY TRIVIA NIGHT AT THE 5 BARREL Gather a group for a weekly
Thursday Trivia Night Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. at The 5 Barrel. There will be prizes for every round and select drafts for $3. Find out more at facebook.com/the5barrel. for more listings visit inweekly.net
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WHAT IS BUILDING BLOCKS? The SCI early learning parenting magazine, “Building Blocks,” is now available. Thanks to our partners at Arc Gateway’s Pollak Industries, the magazine will be included in our Brain Bags for new mothers.
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Get brain-building texts on your phone weekly The Basics Pensacola uses five simple but important ways for every family to build a child’s brain every day until age 3. Pediatricians are joining The Basics Pensacola family. The 16 doctors at Pensacola Pediatrics, Dr. Michelle Grier-Hall and Community Health Northwest Florida also have joined.
REGISTER FOR Register your 4-year-old today for Voluntary Prekindergarten enrollment. Registration deadlines are determined by each provider. Receive free help to enroll and find the best VPK provider for your family.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS TOSH BELSINGER President and Founder, Gulf Blue Group
CINDI BONNER
Director Pensacola Rally
RICK BYARS
Regional Manager, Corporate External Affairs, Gulf Power Co.
WILL DUNAWAY
JULES KARIHER
KATHY SANDSTROM
Chief Advocacy Officer, Ascension Sacred Heart
Retired, Heitman LLC
JOY SHARP
VAN MANSKER
Retired, Regional Vice President of Lowe’s
JEAN-PIERRE N’DIONE
Co-Owner, Five Sisters Blues Cafe & Angelina’s Ristorante Italiano
LISA NELLESSEN SAVAGE
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MORT O’SULLIVAN III
Vice President of Learning & Development, Navy Federal Credit Union
CHAD HENDERSON Founder and CEO, Catalyst HRE
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free will astrology WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 2 ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): Aries poet
Anna Kamienska wrote, "I've learned to value failed conversations, missed connections, confusions. What remains is what's unsaid, what's underneath. Understanding on another level of being." In the coming weeks, I suggest you adopt her perspective as you evaluate both past and present experiences. You're likely to find small treasures in what you'd assumed were wastelands. You may uncover inspiring clues in plot twists that initially frustrated you. Upon further examination, interludes you dismissed as unimportant or uninteresting could reveal valuable wrinkles.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): After studying your astrological omens, I've decided to offer you inspiration from the ancient Roman poet Catullus. I hope the extravagant spirit of his words will free you to be greedy for the delights of love and affection. Catullus wrote, "Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred; then another thousand, then a second hundred; then yet another thousand." I'll add the following to Catullus's appeal—Seek an abundance of endearing words, sweet favors and gifts, caresses and massages, help with your work, and fabulous orgasms. If there's no one in your life to provide you with such blessings, give them to yourself. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): Gemini
author Elif Batuman writes that the Old Uzbek language was rich in expressions about crying. There were "words for wanting to cry and not being able to, for loudly crying like thunder in the clouds, for crying in gasps, for weeping inwardly or secretly, for crying ceaselessly in a high voice, for crying in hiccups, and for crying while uttering the sound 'hay hay.'" I recommend all of these to you in the coming days, as well as others you might dream up. Why? It's prime time to seek the invigorating release and renewal that come from shedding tears generated by deep and mysterious feelings.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): A blogger named MythWoven imagines an "alternate
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universe where I literally go to school forever (for free) so I can learn about art and literature and history and languages for 100 years. No job skills. No credit requirements. No student loans. Just learning." I have longings like hers. There's an eternal student within me that wants to be endlessly surprised with exciting information about interesting subjects. I would love to be continually adding fresh skills and aptitudes to my repertoire. In the coming weeks, I will give free rein to that part of me. I recommend you do the same, my fellow Cancerian.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): In 2016, the International Garden Photograph of the Year depicted lush lupine flowers in New Zealand. The sea of tall purple, pink and blue blooms was praised as "an elegant symphony" and "a joy to behold." What the judges didn't mention is that lupine is an invasive species in New Zealand. It forces native plant species out of their habitat, which in turn drives away native animal species, including birds like the wrybill, black stilt and banded dotterel. Is there a metaphorically comparable phenomenon in your life, Leo? Problematic beauty? Some influence that's both attractive and prickly? A wonderful thing that can also be troublesome? The coming weeks will be a favorable time to try to heal the predicament. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): "I often
wonder who I am and where is my country and where do I belong and why was I ever born at all," wrote Virgo author Jean Rhys (1890–1979). I don't think you will be agitated by those questions during the next eight weeks, Virgo. In fact, I suspect you will feel as secure in your identity as you have in a long time. You will enjoy prolonged clarity about your role in the world, the nature of your desires, and how you should plan your life for the next two years. If for some inexplicable reason you're not already enjoying these developments, stop what you're doing and meditate on the probability that I am telling you the bold truth.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Several states in the US have statutes prohibiting blasphemy. Saying "God damn it" could theoretically get you fined in Massachusetts,
South Carolina and Wyoming. In the coming days, it's best to proceed carefully in places like those, since you've been authorized by cosmic forces to curse more often and more forcefully than usual. Why? Because you need to summon vivid and intense protests in the face of influences that may be inhibiting and infringing on your soul's style. You have a poetic license to rebel against conventions that oppress you.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Everyone
dreams at least three dreams per night. In a year, your subconscious mind generates over 1,100 dreams. About this remarkable fact, novelist Mila Kundera writes, "Dreaming is not merely an act of coded communication. It is also an aesthetic activity, a game that is a value in itself. To dream about things that have not happened is among humanity's deepest needs." I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because September is Honor Your Dreams Month. To celebrate, I suggest the following experiments. 1. Every night before sleep, write down a question you'd like your dreams to respond to. 2. Keep a notebook by your bed and transcribe at least one dream each time you sleep. 3. In the morning, have fun imagining what the previous night's dreams might be trying to communicate to you. 4. Say prayers of gratitude to your dreams, thanking them for their provocative, entertaining stories.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21):
In her autobiography "Changing," Sagittarian actor Liv Ullmann expresses grief about how she and a loved one failed to communicate essential truths to each other. I propose we regard her as your anti-role model for the rest of 2021. Use her error as your inspiration. Make emotionally intelligent efforts to talk about unsaid things that linger like ghostly puzzles between you and those you care about.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): "I
could do with a bit more excess," writes author Joanne Harris. "From now on I'm going to be immoderate—and volatile," she vows. "I shall enjoy loud music and lurid poetry. I shall be rampant." Let me be clear, Capricorn: I'm not urging you to be immoderate, volatile, exces-
sive and rampant every day for the rest of your long life. But I think you will generate health benefits and good fortune if you experiment with that approach in the coming weeks. Can you think of relatively sane, sensible ways to give yourself this salubrious luxury?
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): While
wading through the internet's wilder terrain, I found a provocative quote alleged to have been uttered by the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. He supposedly said, "My ultimate goal is to look totally hot, but not be unapproachable." I confess that in the past I have sometimes been fooled by fake quotes, and I suspect this is one. Still, it's amusing to entertain the possibility that such an august personage as Socrates, a major influencer of Western culture, might say something so cute and colloquial. Even if he didn't actually say it, I like the idea of blending ancient wisdom with modern insights, seriousness with silliness, thoughtful analysis with good fun. In accordance with astrological omens, I recommend you experiment with comparable hybrids in the coming weeks. (PS: One of your goals should be to look totally hot but not be unapproachable.)
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): "If you don't know what you want," writes Piscean novelist Chuck Palahniuk, "you end up with a lot you don't." Very true! And right now, it's extra important to keep that in mind. During the coming weeks, you'll be at the peak of your ability to attract what you want and need. Wouldn't you prefer to gather influences you really desire—as opposed to those for which you have mild or zero interest? Define your wants and needs very precisely. THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK: What's your greatest blessing? Newsletter@freewillastrology.com.
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news of the weird CREME DE LA WEIRD It's back-to-school time all across the country, and in Kentucky, one district has an unexpected challenge in one of its high schools. WLKY-TV reported that high school students in the Meade County school district are attending school dressed as and acting like ... cats. One grandmother is upset because her two grandchildren don't want to go to school anymore. "Apparently, from what I understand, they're called 'furries,'" she said. "They identify with animals. These people will hiss at you or scratch at you if they don't like something you're doing. The students are told they can't wear hats or Budweiser shirts in school, but they can wear cat ears, cat tails, masks, leashes. It doesn't make sense." Superintendent Mark Martin says the problem is being handled on an individual basis, which he can't discuss. AWESOME! The Vatican in Rome is full of the spoils taken by or given to popes over the centuries, but Pope Francis has a new toy that's delighting him: a foosball table. The Associated Press reported that a Tuscany-based table football association, Sport Toscana Calcio Balilla, presented the pope with the game on Aug. 18, and he immediately struck up a match with Natale Tonini, president of the club. Pope Francis is a big fan of soccer and of his home club, San Lorenzo, in Argentina. BRIGHT IDEAS Two Polish companies are joining forces to make construction workers' lives more pleasant, Reuters reported on Aug. 23. Budimex and Lotos have created a floral-scented asphalt with a mixture of natural and synthetic oils that neutralize the typical smell of asphalt. "At times one could smell the scent of flowers, which made working more pleasant," said Slawomir Szpak, a foreman for Budimex. The company is planning to introduce the new compound on a wider scale. •In Canberra, Australia, farmer Ben Jackson recently lost his beloved aunt. He couldn't attend her funeral because of COVID-19 restrictions, so he did the next best thing: He dropped his sheep's food from a truck in the shape of a giant heart, then shot video from a drone as the ewes gathered to eat. "It took me a few goes to get it right ... and the final result is what you see," Jackson told the Associated Press. "That was as close to a heart as I could get it." CRIME REPORT Kristin Levine of Bristol, Connecticut, was the victim of a porch pirate on Aug. 23, but the thief was a little unusual: It was a black bear who walked across her driveway with an Amazon package in its mouth, NBC Connecticut reported. Fortunately, the bear wasn't much interested in the contents (toilet paper) and dropped the
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item in her neighbor's yard. "I knew nothing in there was going to be irreplaceable, so it was a fun afternoon for sure," Levine said. COMPELLING EXPLANATION Erick Minto, 49, walked into a convenience store in Wawa, Florida, on Aug. 17, and asked for free food, The Smoking Gun reported. When the clerk refused, Minto allegedly pulled out a knife and pointed it at the worker, uttering a quotable line: "Don't make me do something stupid for a Snickers bar." The clerk handed over the candy bar, but Minto left the store without it and later told Pinellas County Sheriff's officer that he was "attempting to trade the knife for a Snickers bar." He was charged with armed robbery. ANIMAL ATTRACTION The Antwerp Zoo in Belgium has banned Adie Timmermans from visiting Chita, a 38-year-old male chimpanzee, after their "relationship" has caused him to be ostracized by the other chimps, the Daily Mail reported. Timmermans has come to see Chita every week for the past four years, and the two blow kisses and wave to each other. "I love that animal and he loves me," Timmermans argued. "I haven't got anything else. Why do they want to take that away?" Chita started his life as a pet, but came to the zoo 30 years ago and is known to be interactive with humans. However, when Timmermans isn't there with him, he spends most of his time alone. "An animal that is too focused on people is less respected by its peers, and we want Chita to be a chimpanzee as much as possible," explained zoo curator Sarah Lafaut. IRONY At Harvard University, the president of the organization of chaplains coordinates the campus's assorted religious communities. The New York Times reported that the new president, 44-year-old Greg Epstein, is a bit of a trailblazer in the job: He's an atheist. Harvard chaplains unanimously felt Epstein, who previously served as the university's humanist chaplain, could relate to a growing group of young people who no longer identify with any religious tradition. Epstein grew up in a Jewish family and recognizes the "real need for conversation and support around what it means to be a good human and live an ethical life," he said. "We don't look to a god for answers. We are each other's answers." The chairperson of the nominating committee, the Rev. Kathleen Reed, explained: "We're presenting to the university a vision of how the world could work when diverse traditions focus on how to be good humans and neighbors." {in}
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