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School has been selected as one of only five statewide recipients of the prestigious Leaders 4 Life Fellowship offered through Take Stock in Children, which is one of the programs offered through the Escambia County Public Schools Foundation. Take Stock provides mentoring relationships and college scholarships for deserving students from low-resource families.

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quest to discredit her political opponent, the former city councilwoman and unsuccessful 2010 mayoral candidate filed a complaint with the State Attorney's Office alleging criminal conduct on the part of Mayor Ashton Hayward for giving the city employees a one-time bonus. The State Attorney’s Office sided with Mayor Hayward and found no criminal conduct.

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The initial response to the new program launched by Quint and Rishy Studer to help small business owners start their business has been sensational. The first orientation meeting was so packed that the organizers moved the meeting out of the PYP/DIB conference room and into the big hallway on the first floor of the Rhodes Building. More than 100 people attended the meeting.

ney’s Office reviewed the allegations that members of the TDC may have violated the Florida Sunshine Law and determined that there was insufficient evidence to establish any crime. However, it did find that the actions of certain members violated the spirit of the law and recommended that they should be avoided in the future.

was caught by deputies, slipping out the back of the Speed Mart on Highway 29, wearing a mask and with several store items in his possession. Westbrook was arrested and charged with burglary, grand theft, possession of burglary tools, wearing a mask while committing a felony and resisting an officer without violence. He has a bond of $23 ,000.

nearly two years since Superintendent Malcolm Thomas rejected an offer by Friendship Missionary Baptist Church for the dilapidated Brownsville Middle School and four months since Mayor Ashton Hayward asked him to be more proactive in dealing with his closed schools and how they hurt city neighborhoods. The silence from the district administration is profound.

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I believe that hope is the redheaded stepchild of the virtues. Hope is the persistent belief that events will turn out for the best, that what is wanted can be had and that tomorrow will be better than today. It is hope that Pensacola needs the most during this holiday season.

The last decade did a number on us—9/11, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, three hurricanes, the collapse of the real estate and financial markets and a series of political scandals that included four county commissioners being removed from office, three African-American community leaders convicted of stealing from their charities, jail deaths and the largest man- made environmental disaster in U.S. history.

For the first time since the Great Depression, the pain and suffering that has been silently endured in the darkest recesses of the inner city and splattered across the trailer parks of Escambia County were spread throughout the rest of the community. The rich had as much trouble getting credit as their poor workers and were crying for government handouts.

Somehow, against seemingly insurmountable odds, hope survived all that—

though it might be on life support. Despite being continually kicked in the teeth, Pensacola wants to believe in a better tomorrow.

The positive, honest leadership of Mayor Ashton Hayward and Sheriff David Morgan has helped tremendously. They challenge their audiences to not just complain, but to be part of the solution.

Leaders are stepping forward. The MacQueens and Innisfree came to the rescue for A. A. Dixon Charter School for Excellence. Lewis Bear, Jr. successfully lobbied lawmakers for millions to help Northwest Florida recover from the BP disaster. The Studers created the Pensacola Business Challenge to inspire the next generation of small business owners.

Local government is doing its part. The City of Pensacola is completing the longawaited Community Maritime Park and a new downtown library. Two community centers have been approved for construction. The Emerald Coast Utility Authority will complete, in the next few months, the demolition of the Main Street plant.

The impact of all this has been to rekindle hope. There is an excitement and a spark of anticipation for the coming year in the eyes of the citizens. Maybe next year will be Pensacola’s year. Maybe Pensacola really is serious this time about being a great city.

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By Jeremy Morrison The 2-year-old wants a toy tea set. The 10-year-old wants a wallet. Another kid’s hoping for a pogo stick.

Pretty average Christmas gifts. But these aren’t average kids.

And the wish-list gifts are not all-encompassing seasonal obsessions. They are heartbreaking distractions.

But as heartbreaking distractions go, a pogo stick is probably a pretty good choice.

“I didn’t even know they still made pogo sticks,” said Marcus Ditty, development and operations director for Appetite 4 Life.

That doesn’t mean too much. Ditty should not be considered a toy-expert.

“I wouldn’t know the difference between a skateboard and a scooter,” he said, standing in a room containing both a skateboard and a scooter, as well as mounds of other toys.

Ditty looked around the room. There were Tonka trucks and a Sit’n Spin. There were clothes and books.

There were bags of unknowns that’d require a shake and a guess.

“This is crazy,” Ditty said, holding up a pink Disney Princess bike.

These toys are destined for kids who might not otherwise have too much under the tree this Christmas. Like many other charitable organizations, Appetite 4 Life strives to brighten some holidays by collecting donated gifts for children.

“I get to play Santa Claus today."

Marcus Ditty, development and operations director for Appetite 4 Life.

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But this toy drive is a little different.

Take last year, for example, when they moved Christmas a few days up on the calendar. They did that so a mother—who was beating the diagnostic odds each day she lived past Thanksgiving—and a child could celebrate the season.

“We actually took the Christmas presents to the hospital early so she could have Christmas with her child,” Ditty said.

Appetite 4 Life collects Christmas gifts for area children whose lives have been impacted by HIV. Some of the children are infected with the disease, while others have family members who are sick.

Ditty describes the overall experience as “very moving.”

“It’s really, really moving when you see all these donors and how involved they get with these kids,” he said.

While he doesn’t know too much about toys—“Legos were Legos when I was growing up”—Ditty seems to have a pretty good handle on the human condition. Or, at least he’s pretty good at shining light into dark places.

One year, he recalled, the Gulf Breeze Police Department donated all the bikes it had impounded. The Appetite crew loaded up a van and spread the joy.

“Seeing the look on their faces,” Ditty reflected. “They were jumping up and down, they couldn’t control the excitement. It was very moving.”

This is the fourth year the organization has conducted its 56 Fund. The first year, the group served 56 children—hence the name—that were already plugged into the meal-providing charity. Last year, that number was up to 87.

“We’re looking to do at least that or more this year,” Ditty said.

Appetite 4 Life accepts donated gifts from community members and delivers them to the children. But there’s a little more to it.

“It’s not that they’re getting a present for Christmas,” Ditty explained. “They’re getting their present.”

Instead of taking generic donations to random kids, Appetite finds out what each child on its list is hoping to get for Christmas.

“So, it’s not just a canned here’s-yourdoll, you’re-2-years-old-here’s-you’redoll,’” Ditty said. “We take the time to actually go and talk to the kids and ask them what they want for Christmas.”

The requests are the same as any American kid might make.

Bikes and skateboards. Even clothes, though Ditty suspects that may have been a parental write-in.

This year, one little girl wants singer Taylor Swift’s new perfume.

“I know, right?” Ditty laughs. “—it’s kids.”

For someone who’s an admitted novice when it comes to toys—“I was the kid asking for books”—Ditty has his work cut out for him. He stood amongst Appetite’s stash of toys and surveyed the task in front of him.

“I get to play Santa Claus today,” he said.

The presents will be delivered a few days before Christmas. While most of the wish-list items have been donated, Ditty said there’s usually a few last-minute needs if there are people still wishing to contribute (give Appetite 4 Life a call at 470-9111).

“It’s never too late,” he said, adding that the group is already organizing next year’s toy drive.

Most of the gift requests are fairly modest (humbling even, considering the circumstances). The kids know they need to stick to a $25 limit—not that the donors pay attention to that guideline.

“Razor Scooters are not $25,” Ditty laughed.

While there’s plenty of fun and games in Appetite’s bag of Christmas cheer, some gifts reflect the maturity of a child facing the harshness of their unfortunate reality.

“We had one kid last year, all she wanted was books,” Ditty said.

Asking for books for Christmas. That is impressive. But the girl—the oldest child in her family—was requesting books well below her reading level.

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“We’re about ready to file a defamation case,” said Ken Brooks, a Milton-based attorney.

Although Lashbrook has no suit filed against him, the missionary is a central figure in the suit against Globe.

The organization worked in conjunction with Lashbrook Family Ministries to run the Haitian orphanage.

Since leaving the facility, adoptive children have alleged that they were abused by members of the staff, including Lashbrook. Attorneys for both Globe and Lashbrook dispute those claims.

“These people are not the monsters they’re being made out to be,” Brooks said.

Lashbrook’s attorney said that Globe was being pursued because of the perception of its “deep pockets.”

Like Globe’s attorney, Brooks also distanced his client from Vance Cherry, Lashbrook’s former brother-in-law who was also accused of abuse.

“No, no, no,” Brooks said. “Vance Cherry’s a whole different ballgame.”

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have and a loan that’s being taken out, they have a right to connect those dots.”

At the earlier meeting, Hall had a woman removed after she began contrasting a $5 million loan the city is seeking to fund its natural gas ventures with a proposed ordinance that sought to outlaw sleeping on city property and using items— ranging from tents to pieces of newsFather Nathan Monk is removed from a Dec. 15 City Council meeting. / photo by paper—to keep Jeremy Morrison warm. Citizens also drew parallels ▲FREE SPEECH STANDOFF Holding his between the proposed ordinance and the ground at the public lectern, Father Nathan Nazi’s “Final Solution.”

Monk chanced an arrest during the Decem“To throw someone out, that’s a shame, ber 15 Pensacola City Council meeting. Two that’s embarrassing,” Monk told Hall, argumembers of the council walked out of the ing that people should have the opportunity chambers in protest as police officers were to address their government officials about summoned to remove Monk. any given matter during the public comment “Using the police has a chilling effect on people’s constitutional rights,” said Council- periods. “—whether they connect dots to Hitler, to George Wallace, to Barney.” woman Sheri Myers, as she stepped out of Hall then told Monk his time was up.

City Hall and into a mild December evening.

“I have a minute and 12 seconds,” Monk Myers, and Councilman John Jerralds, corrected him. took issue with new Council President Sam “I’m ruling you out of order,” Hall said.

Hall’s quick trigger finger when it comes Monk protested, saying he still had time to cutting off public comment. A few days on the clock. His previous argument—lobearlier, Hall had several members of the bying for people’s right to speak during the public silenced or removed from a Commitmeeting—had suddenly become much more tee of the Whole meeting after he found their speech to be unpalatable or drifting off three-dimensional.

“I’m not leaving this podium,” Monk a given topic. said, standing motionless as Police Chief Monk was addressing Hall’s earlier acChip Simmons and another officer surtions when the council president gave the rounded him. “I have 59 seconds left.” go-ahead for police officers to remove him.

After a tense moment—during which “I thought it was embarrassing what Myers and Jerralds walked out—Monk happened at the Monday meeting,” Monk turned and left the gallery. Outside City had told the council. “If someone wants to Hall, he laid blame squarely at Hall’s feet. connect the dots about the poverty they

“This has never happened until he’s been the council president,” he said. “Since he’s been the president of the council, all free speech has been limited.”

While Hall later conceded that “perhaps I was hasty,” the council president maintained that he was simply enforcing procedural rules. He also defended his actions at the earlier meeting, arguing that he “drew a line” when council members were “yelled at, subjected to insults, challenged in our faith, and compared to Hitler and the Third Reich.”

“I am a firm believer in the right of free speech and freedom of expression, but I believe that free speech does not mean unrestricted speech,” Hall said in a statement.

During the Committee of the Whole meeting, council members took offense when speakers compared the proposed ordinance to the Nazi’s societal engineering and pointed out seasonal ironies, namely that Jesus Christ and his parents would have been found in violation of such an ordinance had they not ducked into a manger for the birth of the Savior.

Since the December 15 blow-up, there have been public calls for the council president to apologize to Monk. That seems unlikely, as Hall feels “it is my job to protect order and decorum...”

Meanwhile, the local free-speech conversation—born out of the city’s backand-forth drama with Occupy Pensacola—is finding a wider audience beyond municipal boarders. As of press time, a video from the council meeting posted on YouTube has been viewed more than 80,000 times.

“You don’t have the right to determine what type of speech people are going to have when they are addressing their government for a redress of grievances,” Monk tells city council members in the online video.

MACK ATTACK Former Pensacola city

councilwoman Diane Mack filed a complaint alleging criminal conduct after Mayor Ashton Hayward doled out bonuses to city workers. Mack did not feel the mayor had the authority to issue the bonuses.

The State Attorney’s Office, however, disagreed.

The State Attorney’s office found that “the Charter for the City of Pensacola provides that the Mayor has the power to exercise the executive powers of the City and to supervise all departments including, but not limited to, the power to appoint, discipline, and remove all officers and employees,” City Administrator Bill Reynolds told Pensacola City Council members about the state finding, and also criticized Mack’s efforts.

“That really is a little bit beyond the pale,” Reynolds said.

The employee-bonus issue is yet another chapter in an ongoing storyline: determining who holds what authority under the city’s new strong-mayor form of government. Council President Sam Hall said that the matter may best be decided in a courtroom.

“It may be that we have to get the courts to figure that out,” he told his fellow board members.

DON’T ROCK THE VOTE The American

Civil Liberties Union, League of Women Voters and Rock the Vote are among a list of parties signed on to a suit contesting the constitutionality of new voter registration rules on the books in Florida.

The suit alleges that HB 1355, passed earlier this year, places burdensome restrictions on voter registration. The law, it argues, places “unreasonably tight deadlines” on volunteers registering voters and issues “heavy penalties for even the slightest delay or mistake.”

Rock the Vote has completely pulled out of Florida.

“Under these new laws we can’t continue to work there any longer,” said Heather Smith, president of Rock the Vote.

The lawsuit argues the state’s new rules violate the Voter Registration Act. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has raised questions about Florida, specifically. Smith called the legislation “really quite intimidating and risky.”

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or eight years, the Independent News has given holiday “gifts” to area elected officials, leaders and newsmakers.

For days, we slave over catalogs and online websites to find the perfect unique, quirky gifts that will have special meanings for both the recipients and our readers.

For the 2011 gift recipients, please enjoy your gifts and remember that it’s the thought that counts, even when the thought may be a little obtuse. If you already have the gift we’ve given you, sorry, you’re stuck with it. We didn’t save any of the receipts.

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GOV. RICK SCOTT “Harry Potter” Legos A Lego version of Lord Voldemort is not quite as creepy as the movie version. Maybe the Florida Chamber can spend the bucks to have a Lego version of the Dark Lord as the Florida governor’s body double.

BILL REYNOLDS, CITY ADMINISTRATOR Darth Vader Mask What better way to put fear into the hearts of Occupiers, panhandlers and little girls in uniforms selling boxes of cookies?

Next year, we can give him a few Star Wars stormtroopers.

JUDY BENSE, UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA PRESIDENT Nutcracker The one she has been using may need a replacement as she pushes for the university to get a football team.

SAM HALL, PENSACOLA CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT Song “Mama Told Me Not to Come” The song by Randy Newman was written for The Animals’ Eric Burdon’s first solo album in 1966. Three Dog Night’s 1970 cover of the song topped the U.S. pop-singles charts. The Occupy Pensacola squatters think Hall should have listened to Mama.

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MEGAN PRATT, PENSACOLA CITY COUNCIL Bah Humbug Santa Hat What better way to get across her feelings about the city employee’s Christmas bonuses?

Sized to fit most grouchy heads and flatter disgruntled faces with utmost holiday charm.

JIM MESSER, PENSACOLA CITY ATTORNEY Furby “Once upon a time, not so long ago in a far off place, somewhere high in the sky riding on an ‘a-loh may-lah’ that floats near a ‘dah a-loh’ lived the Furbys, each and every one.”

The more Messer plays with him, the more amazing things the Furby will do…maybe even attend city council meetings. We will only give Messer a Furby if he absolutely promises not to let it roam the beach without a license. Sheesh!

We don’t want to go through that again!

TEAM SANTA ROSA Ray Ban Sunglasses and Sunblock The Santa Rosa County economic development agency needs to learn how to operate in the sunshine, at least until the feds shut them down.

RANDY OLIVER, ESCAMBIA COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Video game “Left 4 Dead” Everywhere Oliver looks another deadbeat employee pops up. Get rid of one and a com-

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“Left 4 Dead” will give him plenty of practice taking them out. Remember to aim for the head.

TRENT RICHARDSON, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA FOOTBALL STAR A good financial planner The South is littered with college stars that signed big contracts, only to squander their money on a posse of followers and distant relatives. Missing the awards ceremony for the inner-city youth teams last weekend could be the sign of bad things in the future. Follow the example of Emmitt Smith, not JaMarcus Russell.

TEXAS GOV. RICK PERRY, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Recording of Will Ferrell’s years on “Saturday Night Live” Perry is doing a great impression of the comedian/actor playing George W. Bush, who was a Yale graduate pretending to be a Texas cowboy that was a replica of Ronald Reagan, an actor who played a cowboy in the movies.

A copy of a copy of a copy of copy of a copy is never as good as the original.

HERMAN CAIN, FORMER GODFATHER’S PIZZA CEO AND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Revision of GOP primary handbook For every six women who say they were sexually harassed by Herman Cain, there are

thousands that he hasn’t met yet. Cain badly needs a “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for his suspended presidential campaign to ever be revived.

GREG EVERS, STATE SENATOR Red Ryder BB gun With its solid wood stock and lariat ring with a leather thong, the Daisy Red Ryder is the spitting image of the one he must have cherished growing up—the 200-shot Range Model air rifle with a compass and that thing which tells time built right in to the stock. Just please don’t shoot your eye out.

JIM HIZER, PENSACOLA CHAMBER CEO/PRESIDENT Pensacola phonebook There is talent in the Pensacola area, educated but underemployed. Filling openings with out-of-towners pushes that talent further away.

The same goes for advertising agencies.

CLAY INGRAM, STATE REPRESENTATIVE Cow The king of manure legislation needs to stay close to the source. Let’s hope he doesn’t trade it during the 2012 legislative session for some magic beans.

WILSON ROBERTSON, ESCAMBIA COUNTY COMMISSIONER Touch Screen Solitaire Game From a distance, it will look like he’s working on his iPad. He can place this portable solitaire game before him in council chambers and have

fun for hours while Grover and Gene fight. It looks like a computer, but slide the large 9 by 6 screen open, activate the touch screen and this electronic solitaire game is ready to play draw one or draw three solitaire.

MARIE YOUNG, ESCAMBIA COUNTY COMMISSIONER Earl Morrall football card Morrall played most of his career backing up stars like Y.A. Tittle, Johnny Unitas and Bob Griese, but he helped his teams to two Super Bowls when the stars got injured. Young filled in for Commissioner Willie Junior when the veteran politician was removed from office and she will retire next year with 10 years in office and no touchdowns.

BRUCE BALDWIN, BLUE WAHOOS PRESIDENT Notebook Start writing down all the people who supported the team and the ballpark. After the park opens, the list will triple, especially if the team starts strong. Remember who were friends in the dark days.

COLLIER MERRILL, DEVELOPER AND CO-OWNER OF GREAT SOUTHERN RESTAURANT GROUP Kris Humphries’ agent The NBA star got to marry a Kardashian.

Merrill’s reality show career only lasted one episode and all he has to show for it now is a toy boat.

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LEWIS BEAR, JR. A case of Magic 8 Balls Most people only need one Magic 8 Ball, but we know these balls will only last as long as they agree with Mr. Bear. On second thought, we might save money giving him a bobblehead doll that nods “yes.”

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Tim Tebow biography It’s the fourth quarter and two minutes left in his first term. Can Obama pull it out?

We think so, thanks to the fumbles by the Republican opposition.

BOB COLE, SANTA ROSA COUNTY COMMISSIONER The book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” What is it about county commissioners with auto repair shops? First, we had Terry Smith and the W.D. Childers Axis of Evil. Now it’s Bob Cole being raided by the feds. A little more Zen and less auto maintenance may be required.

GINNY GRAYBIEL, PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL MANAGING EDITOR Eddie Bauer Harness Buddy–Monkey You let Mark O’Brien and Reggie Dogan get away. This will keep the cub reporters from wandering off too far.

JIM BOEHEIM, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY HEAD BASKETBALL COACH

New assistant coach One who can help the team come from behind.

might help. It may be too late, because the media would refer to him as “The candidate formerly known as Ron Paul.”

BUCK LEE, SRIA MANAGER Brooks Brother suit Now that he is running for the Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections spot, he will need to put away the Reel Legends shirts and Ole Miss straw hat and wear big boy clothes.

MALCOLM THOMAS, ESCAMBIA COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS “Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley” DVD Repeat after Stuart: “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!”

RON PAUL, CONGRESSMAN AND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE A real last name Americans aren’t going to elect someone with two first names, though adding an initial

REV. LUTIMOTHY MAY A name tag This is the nice May son. It’s time the people quit confusing him with his older brother Lumon.

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Past Naughty or Nice Gifts 2004 KEVIN WHITE, Escambia County Commissioner: Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole’s new book “Commissioning for Dummies,� the comic book edition.

There is a special forward written by fellow commissioner Tom Banjanin.

KEN FORD, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition director: Rock’em Sock’em Robots.

He can pretend the blue one is the University of West Florida administration and the red one is the Pensacola City Council.

ASHTON HAYWARD, MAYOR OF PENSACOLA Oompa Loompas The mayor has a core team of lawyers in the office. Now he needs workers that understand the old ways didn’t work and still won’t.

Oompa Loompas are the perfect fit as Hayward begins Year 2.

JEFF MILLER, U.S. CONGRESSMAN Fruitcake What can you give the politician that has everything—a beautiful wife, important chair-

manship in the House of Representatives and a Congressional District that will never mount any serious opposition? A fruitcake.

HUGH KING, CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY COMMISSION Full-length mirror Before you stab your competitors in the back again, take a long look. Is it too much to ask for a former minister to run a positive campaign rather than trash his opponents?

One can’t sling mud without getting some on himself too. {in}

JANET LANDER, Escambia County attorney: An “s� for the end of her name, so newspapers will stop misspelling it; and a free subscription to the Independent News.

2005 JOHN FOGG Pensacola mayor: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog doll.

Forget about coming up with snappy comebacks for those long city council meetings. Sit Triumph next to the microphone and pull the string. Hear such favorites as “Seriously, I like you but then again, I eat my own poop,� and “No, no this is great. I haven’t had this much fun since the doctor

chopped my nuts off.� People might actually sit through an entire meeting.

DON GAETZ Okaloosa County School Superintendent and District 4 Florida Senate candidate: Superman cape.

Behind those Clark Kent glasses beats the heart of a champion. He turned around the Okaloosa public school system. Now, watch and see what he does in Tallahassee.

DENNIS WILLIAMS Escambia County Jail director: Manual to the Emergency Restraint Chair.

The key word is “emergency,� not “restraint.� Per the website (restraintchair. com): “Detainees should not be left in the Emergency Restraint Chair for more than two hours. The Emergency Restraint Chair should NEVER be used as a means of punishment.�

2006 JEFF MILLER, U.S. Congressman: “Napoleon Dynamite� DVD. Joe Roberts may not have scared you this time around, but there is a “Pedro for Congress�-type candidate out there. And, he has skills. We all know voters dig candidates with skills.

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KEN PERKINS, Escambia County Fire Chief: “X-Men” comics.

You can learn a lot from Professor Charles Xavier as he tries to keep the peace between the mutants and the humans. Remember this Xavier quote, “Mankind isn’t evil, just uninformed.”

KIM KIMBROUGH, Downtown Improvement Board Executive Director: Jenga.

In this game, you take a wooden block from the tower and place it “very gently” on top. Hold your breath and wait to see if the tower falls. It’s sort of like presenting any proposal to expand the DIB to the Pensacola City Council.

KATHERINE HARRIS, Former Congresswoman and former U.S. Senate Candidate: Spot on American Express commercial.

“Remember me? I used to be liked by the Bush family….”

2007 JIM PAUL, Escambia County School District Superintendent: “Saved By the Bell” DVD. Wouldn’t it be great to have schools that only have to worry about whether Screech will get a date to homecoming? Or stopping Zack from playing subliminal messages over the school’s public address system? But you cannot pretend you’re Slater.

PETER PAULDING, Gulf Breeze Police Chief: Life-size Lego Batman.

Gulf Breeze has tried everything to stem traffic problems, such as placing empty patrol cars on U.S. Highway 98, letting citizens drive around in old police cars and putting video cameras at traffic lights. It may be time to call in the Dark Knight. This Caped Crusader can guard street corners. The statue is 6 foot 6 inches and is made of Lego bricks, with a yellow utility belt and heavy cape fabric. It only cost $27,000.

2008 KEVIN DOYLE, Pensacola News Journal Publisher: Laser.

Any more cuts on Romana Street will need to be precise or you could hit the bone.

All Gannett publishers have had to perform bariatric surgery this year. Less is more in the world of the country’s largest newspaper chain.

JAMES OWENS, Public Defender-elect: “The Invisible Man.” Read this novella by H.G. Wells and you may learn how your predecessor, Jack Behr, stayed below the radar for 32 years.

SAM HALL, Pensacola City Council: Balance Beam.

You walk on an edge and somehow balance McGuire’s Irish Politician’s Club, Save Our City, Movement of Change and the Pensacola City Council. You may be the best at it since Huey P. Long.

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REX BLACKBURN, displaced McNesby supporter: A rock.

Something for you to climb back under once Morgan takes office.

JUANITA SCOTT, Team Obama campaign organizer: Tiara.

You have proved once again that nobody can organize a grassroots campaign better than you. You did it for the Community Maritime Park. You did it for Barack Obama. You deserve a crown.

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2009 MIKE WIGGINS, Pensacola mayor: WABAC Machine.

Mr. Peabody and Sherman used the WABAC (pronounced “wayback”) machine on “The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show” to transport back in time to right the wrongs of the past and help Sherman with his school reports. You might want to set the dial for October 2009 and rethink your opposition to the new city charter.

JUDY BENSE, University of West Florida President: New-car air freshener.

You’ve held the UWF presidency for over 18 months and the honeymoon is nearing an end as teachers want pay raises, the tuition climbs and your budget shrinks.

We suggest using this can of air freshener in your office as much as possible to rekindle those early days when everything was so new.

Celebrate The New Year at Laguna’s Enjoy a festive dinner with Laguna’s signature twist on Southern coastal comfort food, and toast the New Year with a complimentary glass of champagne! At midnight, catch the fireworks off the Pensacola Beach Pier.

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CHARLIE FAIRCHILD, No Boss Mayor Leader: Black-and-white TV. It will remind you of a simpler time— when the Pensacola phonebook was only 12 pages, when there were only AM radio stations and when white bread was good for you.

2010 MARTY DONOVAN & JACK NOBLES, leaders of the Tick Tock Gang that is still trying to deliver its petition signatures: Backwards Clock.

The Bobbsey twins of political intrigue need this clock that really does go back to the future. It looks like a classic-style clock, but it is arranged back to front, making telling the time at a glance much trickier than it has any right to be. A must-have for the next petition drive.

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JIM REEVES, CMPA board member and attorney: Tab. Single-handedly, Jim has kept the Tab brand alive in Northwest Florida. The man deserves a lifetime supply of his favorite beverage.

LARRY B. JOHNSON, JR., Pensacola City Councilman: “Official Tiger Beat 2011 Ashton Hayward Calendar” (Gannett Press, $19.95).

2011 is almost here and we wouldn’t want our Larry to miss a single day of Ashton Hayward’s first year in office. Comes with a colorful set of Ashton Silly Bandz.

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December

Christmas At The Handlebar Nothing says “Christmas� like drinking PBR and hanging out at the Handlebar, right? Chris Staples, Kent Stanton and Paloma will be playing and giving you an excuse to get out of the house Christmas night.

Show starts at 9 p.m.

Drink, Drink and Be Merry

Get into the spirit by imbibing some spirits on the second annual Downtown Christmas Pub Crawl. Turn to page 17 for more details.

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Quizzical Mashups on Tap at Vinyl Jermaine Quiz, also known as JQE, is a multi-talented musician from New Orleans. A regular at the House of Blues in New Orleans and the Hangout Music Fest in Gulf Shores, Ala., he is part DJ, part rapper and part singer/songwriter. At a young age, Quiz was welcomed into the New Orleans music scene with open arms. His work includes partnering with some of the greatest New Orleans artists—whether working in a studio or being up on stage with them— like George Porter, Trombone Shorty, Walter Wolfman Washington, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Ivan Neville and Johnny Vodanovich, just to name a few.

His musical journey started when, at age 11, he begged his parents for a turntable, and started DJ-ing in New York and New Jersey.

“When I was in high school, I was DJ-ing parties at Rutgers University in New Jersey, and it hasn’t stopped since then," says Quiz. "I came from New Jersey to New Orleans to attend Loyola University to study music and found a home.”

As major influences, he acknowledges Kirk Joseph and George Porter.

“In just five minutes with them, I have gotten a lifetime of music lessons,” said Quiz. “They do not welcome you into the scene unless you have some talent. You have to be good. They will not let just anyone in there. I sit in with the bands, rap with Soul Rebel Brass Band, and the Revivalists, and I am called up on stage with George Porter. It is a tight-knit music community, one I am very proud to be a part of.”

He says this about the transition from the Northeast to the South, “Even though I wasn’t versed in the scene, I was doing well early on. As a college freshman, I was in a band and we were booking gigs at House of Blues and Tipitina’s. I was 18-years-old at the time, it blew my mind. I now say, ‘I am never leaving New Orleans, I will be buried above ground.’”

Quiz takes the mash-up to a new level; it is called a live-made mash-up. Normally a mash-up is a song or composition created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another. His blending, on the other hand, features live looping with a live turntablist, horns and a drummer. He was twice voted best hip-hop act in New

venile, R. Kelly, Aaliyah, Lil’ Wayne and myself.”

Winston Evans, owner and promoter of Kush Productions, decided to bring the artist to Vinyl Music Hall after seeing him open for Beats Antique at the Hangout in Gulf Shores.

"I enjoyed his set so much I immediately thought about getting him booked in Pensacola,” Evans told the IN. As for what we can expect from Quiz’s show, Evans said, “You can expect to hear all of your favorite songs from several genres mixed and mashed up in Jermaine's unique style. The added element of live horns and drums makes it the perfect recipe for a dance party."

Quiz's show at Vinyl is the official after-party of the Downtown Pub Crawl. Crawlers get in for halfprice with a wristband.

Evans adds, "It is sure to be a good time for anyone who attends!” {in}

Orleans by OffBeat Magazine. Additionally, he has been sought out to perform for Drake, Kim Kardashian and Mannie Fresh.

Many artists have done the idea of a mash-up, but not all are taking it to the level that Quiz has. When asked about how he started in the genre, Quiz said, “I made a mixed tape in 2009, it got the attention of the Meters, and Lil Wayne. They all said I was on to something, now people are starting to catch up. I want to do what I want, and have WHEN: 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23 to be true to myself.”

WHERE: Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox Quiz is focused on his music COST: $8-$10 and is currently working on new DETAILS: vinylmusichall.com material. “Music 24/7. I am in the studio working on a remix album for Trombone Shorty. Mixin’ in Ju-

JERMAINE QUIZ ENTORAGE MASH-UP DANCE PARTY AND BROOKS HUBBERT

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‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 5950050, ext. 107 flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

WOVEN & WRAPPED: KIMONOS, CLOTHING AND CULTURE OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY

JAPAN 10 a.m. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘IT’S 5 O’ CLOCK SOMEWHERE’ MARGARITA TASTING 2 p.m. Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

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

OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS TEA 6 p.m.

Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. 3931561 or pensacolalighthouse.org.

HERB CLASS AT EVER’MAN 6 p.m. $2 for non-members. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org.

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

PHINEAS PHOGGETTES 10 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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COMMON THREAD 6 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach.

677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

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

UNNATURAL SOUNDZ, THE HELVETICA EFFECT, DRAYTON SAWYER, BUBBS HARRIS 7 p.m. $5. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

A Real Reason for the Season

By Jennie McKeon

at the door. At check-in you will receive a goody bag that includes the custommade t-shirt, map of the participating bars and details of their specials, wristband and an entry for the prize giveaway.

With the wristband you have access to every bar involved without cover charges and free rides on the party buses. There is a suggested route for crawling, but you can visit each bar in whatever order you’d like.

“Since there isn’t a Gallery Night in December, this will kind of take its place,” Palmer said.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit Art Relief International, a non-profit organization that promotes awareness through the arts.

Last year the Christmas Pub Crawl had 500 participants, and this year they’re hoping for even more.

“They’re going like hotcakes, but there’s no maximum amount of tickets available,” Palmer said. “It’s a really awesome way for Pensacola to celebrate Christmas.” {in}

Finally, a valid reason to drink this holiday.

Pensacola’s Happening and DeLuna Fest present the second annual Downtown Christmas Pub Crawl, Friday, Dec. 23 beginning at 7 p.m.

Check-in starts at 6 p.m. at Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter.

“It’s a great way to unwind before Christmas,” said AshleeAnne Palmer, communications specialist for Greenberg Palmer Boutique Public Relations.

Downtown bars such as: Seville Quarter, Vinyl Music Hall, 5½, Play, New York Nicks, Helen Back, Intermission and The Cabaret will feature drink specials for those donning the pub crawl wristband WHEN: 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23 and t-shirts. Purchase your WHERE: Check in at Phineas Phogg’s, 130 E. Downtown Christmas Pub Government St. Crawl tickets early from the COST: $20 in advance, $25 at the door participating bars.

DETAILS: pensacolashappening.com Tickets for the pub crawl are $20 in advance and $25

DOWNTOWN CHRISTMAS PUB CRAWL

KARAOKE WITH BECKY 7:30 p.m. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach.

934-3141 or dalesbigdeck.com.

Wednesdays

6pm - ‘til Jazz & Margaritas by the Carafe with the Erma Granat Trio

Thursday

Cheese with that Wine? complimentary cheese & $3 wine Music @ 5 by Hog Van Dog

Live Music

Fridays: Vocalist Michelle West Saturdays: Al Martin with Kathy Lyon/ Holly Shelton

Sunday Brunch

10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Open Seven Days A Week

Pet Friendly Patio

201 South Jefferson St. Downtown Pensacola www.ragtyme.net 429-9655

KNEE DEEP BAND 8 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

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

RONNIE LEVINE 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

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

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

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

FRIDAY 12.23

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 5950050, ext. 107 flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

WOVEN & WR APPED: KIMONOS, CLOTHING AND CULTURE OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPAN 10 a.m. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

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

WINE TASTING AT SEVILLE QUARTER 5 p.m.

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

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

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

live music

KNEE DEEP 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

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

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

KYLE PARKER BAND 9 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 9322211 or sandshaker.com.

JEREMY GIBSON 7:30 p.m. 600 South Atrium, 600 S. Palafox. 432-5254 or 600southpalafox.com.

JERMAINE QUIZ ENTOURAGE MASH-UP DANCE PARTY 9 p.m. $8-$10. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

MICHAEL LOCKWOOD BAND 8 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

DESTIN ATKINSON 8 p.m. The Leisure Club, 126 S. Palafox. 912-4229 or tlcdowntown.com.

Pensacola Ice Flyers ZOO LIGHTS 5 p.m. $5-$8. Gulf Breeze Zoo, 5701 Gulf Breeze Pkwy., Gulf Breeze. 932-2229 or gulfbreezezoo.org.

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

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

WINE TASTING AT EAST HILL MARKET 5:30 p.m. 1216 N. Ninth Ave. WINTER WONDERLAND GARDENFEST OF LIGHTS 6 p.m. Paradise Gardens, 508 W. Gregory St. 725-7189 or paradisepensacola.com.

‘TIDINGS OF COMFORT & JOY” HOLIDAY CONCERT 6, 8 and 10 p.m. $12, Reservations requested. Old Christ Church, 405 S. Adams St. 595-5985 .

PENSACOLA ICEFLYERS VS. COLUMBUS COTTONMOUTHS 7 p.m. Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 432-0800 or pensacolaciviccenter.com.

COMEDY ZONE 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Lillo’s Tuscan Grille, 5 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach.

934-5456 or lillostuscangrille.com.

PHINEAS PHOGGETTES 10 p.m. Phineas

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

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

HOLLY SHELTON AND DAVID SHELANDER 8 p.m. Ragtyme Grille, 201 S. Jefferson St. 429-9655 or ragtyme.net.

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

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

MO JILES 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse. goodgrits.com.

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

SATURDAY 12.24

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 5950050, ext. 107 flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

WOVEN & WRAPPED: KIMONOS, CLOTHING AND CULTURE OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPAN 12 p.m. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

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COMEDY ZONE 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Lillo’s Tuscan Grille, 5 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach.

934-5456 or lillostuscangrille.com.

ZOO LIGHTS 5 p.m. $5-$8. Gulf Breeze Zoo, 5701 Gulf Breeze Pkwy., Gulf Breeze. 932-2229 or gulfbreezezoo.org.

PHINEAS PHOGGETTES 10 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

WINTER WONDERLAND GARDENFEST OF LIGHTS 6 p.m. Paradise Gardens, 508 W. Gregory St. 725-7189 or paradisepensacola.com.

live music

SHAWN P & ADAM TYLER BROWN 6 p.m.

Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 934-3141 or dalesbigdeck.com.

KRAZY GEORGE KARAOKE 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com.

KARAOKE WITH MARK ESKEW 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

JOE OCCHIPINTI’S BIG BAND 7p.m. 600 South Atrium, 600 S. Palafox. 432-5254 or 600southpalafox.com.

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

PAT PRICHARD GROUP 8 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

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

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

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

SUNDAY 12.25

WINTER WONDERLAND GARDENFEST OF LIGHTS 6 p.m. Paradise Gardens, 508 W. Gregory St. 725-7189 or paradisepensacola.com.

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

RONNIE LEVEINE 12 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach.

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JOHNNY BARBADOS & LUCKY DOGS 3 p.m.

Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 934-3141 or dalesbigdeck.com.

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PALOMA, HEAVY KID, KENT STANTON, CHRIS STAPLES 7 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

BROOKS HUBBERT III 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 5950050, ext. 107 flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

ZOO LIGHTS 5 p.m. $5-$8. Gulf Breeze Zoo, 5701 Gulf Breeze Pkwy., Gulf Breeze. 932-2229 or gulfbreezezoo.org.

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

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

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

TOSH TUESDAY 8 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 4346211 or sevillequarter.com.

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JEFF GLICKMAN TRIO 6 p.m. The Leisure Club, 126 S. Palafox. 912-4229 or tlcdowntown.com.

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

PENSACOLA ICEFLYERS VS. LOUISIANA ICE GATORS 7 p.m. Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 432-0800 or pensacolaciviccenter.com.

SUBURBAN SHAKEDOWN, ULTRASONIC BLOOM, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING 8 p.m. $7-$10. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 6076758 or vinylmusichall.com.

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

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

KARAOKE WITH GEORGE 9 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 200. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 5950050, ext. 107 flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

KARAOKE AT PADDY O’LEARY’S 9 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via de Luna Drive. 9169808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

WOVEN & WRAPPED: KIMONOS, CLOTHING AND CULTURE OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPAN 12 p.m. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

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‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-

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WOVEN & WRAPPED: KIMONOS, CLOTHING AND CULTURE OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPAN 12 p.m. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

PUBLIC ICE SKATE 1:30, 3 and 4 p.m. Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 432-0800 or pensacolaciviccenter.com.

ART NIGHT ON THE BAYFRONT 4 p.m. Jaco’s Bayfront Bar and Grille, 997 S. Palafox. 432-5226 or artnightonthebayfront.com.

SURF MOVIE NIGHT AT SURF BURGER 7 p.m.

Surf Burger, 500 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-1417 or thesurfburger.com.

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PADDY’S OPEN MIC NIGHT 7 p.m. Paddy O’Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

OPEN MIC NIGHT 7 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. 429-0336 or eotlcafe.com.

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

SKYLINE KINGS 9 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 9322211 or sandshaker.com.

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HONEY SWAMP ISLAND BAND 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

LONG-REEF 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse. goodgrits.com.

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

ELECTRONIC WEDNESDAYS TURBULANCE 10 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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music

by Sarah McCartan

A Timberhawk Yuletide Where else can you find The Black Keys, The Band, Wilco and Garth Brooks all rolled up into one night, on one stage?

The answer is simple. The answer is Timberhawk. Get ready, members of Timberhawk are once again gearing up to deliver plenty of entertainment for all, both this holiday weekend and next, giving you yet another great reason to celebrate the season.

While many bands in today’s musical era are in and out so quickly they fail to leave a trail or any other sign of existence, Timberhawk has been playing around town in some facet or another for the past decade and appears to be here to stay.

What began as Reynosa, delivering original music to friends, family and fans alike, is continually expanding upon the reputation they are building as Timberhawk.

You can be sure to spot the photo by crew doing their thing on any given weekend, delivering fun in the form of music to a crowd of enthused night owls. Although their normal gig involves a beach bar or two, they can be found playing at barbecues, parties, parades, Seville and beyond. Rather than their show functioning as a spectator sport, Timberhawk seems to have a way of magically coaxing attendees out of their comfort zone and onto the dance floor.

In the world of cover gigs, there are bands that tour the country honoring some of the biggest names in music history, such as the Beatles and Michael Jackson. Then there are bands like Timberhawk which are their own sort of hybrid, paying homage to the artists

Ryan Eaton who have inspired their original creations, yet still doing their own side projects such as Aubrey and the Fun Friends and Paloma, while continuing to share snippets of original music themselves.

Although their typical four-hour set is largely driven by cover tunes, they keep it engaging and their own form of classy. “We don’t play everything the way it was originally played. We put our own spin on it,” drummer Matt Nichols commented.

Not only does Timberhawk’s continued focus on writing original music distinguish them from “cover bands,” it proves their strength as both a band and a group of individually talented, multidimensional

musicians. In fact, they currently have new songs in the works for an upcoming show at Vinyl Music Hall in January where they will be playing alongside New Orleans-based band The Revivalists.

“I’m excited. We’re all coming together on it. It’s a lot more fun than playing cover gigs all the time because you get to put your two cents into it,” said Nichols.

On average, Timberhawk plays from two to five nights any given week, with certain special event weekends requiring them to play longer than most of us spend at work.

“The last night of DeLuna Fest weekend we ended up playing nine hours straight at the Islander,” said Nichols. “It was pretty intense.

There were a lot of people there so that made it fun.”

Regardless of the show locale, duration of their sets or even how exhausted they are, Timberhawk plays songs the crowd enjoys steering clear of any overdone tunes.

“We’re not going to play Nickelback, Buckcherry and that cheese.

And you can write that,” shared Nichols. “I heard on the radio that the number one turn-off for women on Match.com was guys that listen to Nickelback.”

And so, the stockings are hung, the lights are on the tree and the stage is set this holiday season for a Timberhawk yuletide. If you are lucky, you may even hear some festive carols and, if not carols, at least their own rendition of “Gin and Juice.” So, dust off those dancing shoes, grab your friends and get ready to ring in another New Year with Timberhawk. {in}

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December 22, 2011

news of the weird WHEN TATTOOS AREN’T NEARLY ENOUGH In some primitive cultures, beauty and status are displayed via large holes in the earlobe from which to hang heavy ornaments or to insert jewels or tokens, and BBC News reported in November that an “increasing” number of counterculture Westerners are getting their lobes opened far beyond routine piercing, usually by gradually stretching but sometimes with a hole-punch tool for immediate results. The hard core are “gauge kings (or queens),” showing a “commitment” to the lifestyle by making holes up to 10 mm (threeeighths inch) wide. (Cosmetic surgeons told BBC News in November that they’re already preparing procedures for the inevitable wave of regretted decisions.)

RECURRING THEMES Larry Walters made history in 1982 with perhaps the most famous balloon ride of all time—in an ordinary lawn chair, lifted by 45 helium-filled weather balloons—soaring to over 16,000 feet in Southern California before descending by shooting the balloons one by one. In 2008, gas station manager Kent Couch of Bend, Ore., made a similar lawn-chair flight and had scheduled another, for November 2011, to float over nowallegedly peaceful Baghdad, to raise money for Iraqi orphans. (Couch subsequently postponed his flight until March 2012 to give the charities more time to organize.)

• Corruption in some Latin American prisons has allowed powerful criminals to buy extraordinary privileges behind bars. News of the Weird’s report on Venezuela’s San Antonio prison in July described the imperial reign of one drug lord-inmate, who presided over a personal armory, a local-community drug market and private parties (and with his own DirecTV account). In a surprise raid in November on a prison in Acapulco, Mexico, the usual drugs and weapons turned up, but also 100 fighting roosters for daily gambling, along with a prisoner’s two pet peacocks.

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• The lives of many choking victims have been saved by the Heimlich Maneuver—even one received inadvertently, such as the one a Leesburg, Fla., motorist gave himself in 2001, after gagging on a hamburger, then losing control and smashing into a utility pole. As he was thrust against the steering wheel, the burger dislodged. In November 2011, as the mother of 8-year-old Laci Davis drove her to a Cincinnati hospital after a locket stuck in her throat and caused her to double over in pain, Mom hit a pothole, which jarred Laci and dislodged the locket loose into her stomach (later to come out naturally).

• It seemed a rare event (first reported in 1994 but initially regarded as an “urban legend”). However, twice now recently, workers have played a particularly dangerous prank on a colleague. A month after the recent News of the Weird story about Gareth Durrant’s lawsuit in England against co-workers who had inserted a compressed-air hose into his rectum, a carpenter’s assistant in Nicosia, Cyprus, was jailed for 45 days for pulling the same stunt on his colleague, rupturing his large intestine.

• Sometimes professionals who overbill for their hours go too far, claiming obviously impossible schedules, such as lawyers News of the Weird reported on in 1992 and 1994 (one, a Raleigh, N.C., lawyer, submitted one client bills averaging nearly 1,200 hours a month—even though a month only has 744 hours). New York City officials said in October 2011, however, that it’s quite possible that city prison psychiatrist Dr. Quazi Rahman actually did work 141 hours one week, including 96 straight (because of a shortage of staff and because he could properly nap during his shifts). They ordered him to return only a tiny amount of his $500,000 in overtime payments for the last year.

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my pensacola Rachael Gillette

Day Job: Director —Pensacola Young Professionals Pensacola Resident Since: 2002

My Pensacola is all about loving the fact that there are so many days with blue skies and sunshine, sailing is on the doorstep, the beautiful white beach is 15 minutes away, and 5 p.m. traffic lasts five minutes.

It’s not possible to be bored with so much to do, you just have to get out there and look for it and if you can’t find it then you need to call us at Pensacola Young Professionals!

Good Eats:

My husband and I really enjoy cooking and we usually make our own pizza, but it is hard not to be tempted by the yummy flatbreads at Jaco’s. We will often get on our bikes and cycle down there on a Sunday to enjoy the view, the delicious brunch, and the great price on champagne!

If I’m in the mood for Mexican then it’s got to be Cactus Flower because the quesadilla is so fresh and huge. It will feed you for dinner and lunch. Anohter favorite of mine is New Yorker Deli. The salad plates and sandwiches are so good. Jackson’s is difficult to beat for a special occasion and I do love the atmosphere and variety at Global Grill, especially the lobster tails.

Oh and if I need a little cupcake treat, oh yes, it’s going to be Oh Snap!

Retail Therapy:

I have to admit I do have a slight shopping addiction and working downtown feeds it! It’s hard to walk past Indigeaux Boutique without just a sneaky peak, even though I know it’s naughty. Duh is like a treasure trove for all things home and garden, and for things that glitter I love Susan Campbell Jewelry.

Joe Patti’s is the place to go for seafood, but their deli and specialty goods are great too! For a nice bottle of wine or champagne, Charlotte at Aragon Wine Market it the person to go to.

Outdoors:

My passion is sailing! My favorite thing of all is to go to Pensacola Yacht Club and get out on our boat. I’ve sailed all over the world and our bay is still one of my favorites. Plus, you can’t beat the lemon drop martinis and Bushwackers that Stephanie makes at PYC! If I can’t get out on a boat, then I’m walking or cycling around my neighborhood in East Hill with my husband. If I need to feel calm in my soul, then it’s a trip to Pensacola Beach to find a quiet stretch

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Pensacola is buzzing now! There are so many choices and so many places to go.

The Fish House Deck is great (and of course you can always get amazing food if you are hungry while you listen to the music.)

5 ½ Bar is very nice, plus you can move on to Vinyl and check out a band. The selection of wine and champagne at the Wine Bar is amazing.

If it’s a Friday night, we can often be seen at Pensacola Yacht Club. There is a great welcome from the staff and everyone knows your name, so that’s always a fun time.

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I love Gallery Night! I am so happy it’s every month; it really brings downtown alive.

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An important date for me is Pensacola Young Professionals’ Annual Dinner. It’s the time of year that we celebrate the great job our leaders have done, thank all our wonderful sponsors, and hand over to the eager new team ready for next year.

I can’t wait for 2012 baseball season and the opening of the new Community Maritime Park. It’s been a long time coming, and there were some who said it would never happen.

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