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I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but here it is—Congratulations. You made it to April. The last two weeks have forced us into a new reality, one that has been hallmarked for many by an eerie duality—the lightning speed of the virus' spread and the slowerpaced life of social distancing. But that weird cocktail of urgency and isolation you're feeling isn't going anywhere anytime soon. The CDC's social distancing guidelines have been extended nationwide through April 30. So that's four more weeks of trying to calculate exactly how far 6 feet is while standing in checkout lines. Four more weeks of keeping our physical distance while still trying to figure out how to be there for our friends, families and communities. Four more weeks of feeling like the world is on fire and we can't do much to help put it out. But we can—by staying home as much as possible. As passive as that sounds and feels, most experts and model-based evidence confirm that it's the best thing we can do right now. Even if we aren't being mandated to do it, we can choose to be proactive instead of reactive, which will save lives and hopefully get things back to "normal" faster. So that's our strategy for the next few weeks, and we hope it's yours, too. Since we're going to be doing things differently for a while, I wanted to let you know what our Inweeky game plan looks like. Editorially, we're going to continue to watchdog local government and push hard on issues that impact public safety, small
businesses and economic relief. We're also going to shift our focus a bit by renaming our "Arts & Entertainment" section "Arts & Encouragement." Don't get me wrong, we still hope to entertain you. I just think everyone can benefit from a little extra encouragement right now. So we're going to be focusing on stories that keep us connected while apart and highlighting individuals, organizations and businesses who are stepping up to the challenges of this pandemic in creative and inspiring ways. We're also going to be publishing a community resource spread in every issue— where those in need can find information and tools for assistance and those who are in a position to help can find local avenues for their donations. Logistically, we're working on ways to make sure you can keep getting print issues of Inweekly safely. For starters, we're putting as many copies as possible into our racks at "essential" retail locations—aka grocery stores. We're also working with local restaurants to make sure the paper is available and easy to grab, just like your togo orders. But since we're encouraging you to stay home if and when you can, we also want to make that an option. So if you'd like to receive our April issues in the mail, we're going to make that happen—we just need you to cover the postage fees. If you're interested, email me your address and we'll go from there.
But that weird cocktail of urgency and isolation you're feeling isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
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winners GROVER ROBINSON The mayor of Pensacola hasn't hidden from the media—holding six press conferences in the past three weeks. The reporters have been allowed to ask questions without restrictions. With County Administrator Janice Gilley and her Emergency Operations Center reluctant to lead during this crisis, Mayor Robinson has stepped up. He closed bars and restaurants before Gov. DeSantis issued his executive order. He has shared daily with the media the latest COVID-19 testing statistics from the Ascension Sacred Heart drive-thru facility, while the county only regurgitates hours old DOH stats. He was the first to ask the governor for help with curbing a possible influx of visitors from New Orleans and other cities under stay-at-home orders. Mayor Robinson also donated his annual salary to pay residents' bills for trash pickup. DAVID MORGAN The sheriff of Escam-
bia County hasn't been afraid to make tough decisions when it comes to public safety. At the county commission's March 20 meeting, he told the board that not listening to the healthcare community's recommendation to close the county's beaches "bordered on the ridiculous." When Gov. Ron DeSantis called him last Friday to inform him that Escambia County deputies would have to staff a checkpoint on Interstate 10, the sheriff told DeSantis he didn't have the manpower to do that without hindering his mission to protect the people of Escambia County. Sheriff Morgan also has aggressively tried to keep his troops safe during this pandemic and hasn't hesitated to self-quarantine personnel when it was prudent.
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CARLOS GIMENEZ The mayor of MiamiDade, Florida's largest county, has been the state's most pro-active mayor in dealing with the COVID-19 virus. He has ordered all beaches, parks and "non-essential" commercial and retail businesses closed. Gov. DeSantis followed his lead and ordered Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe to follow Gimenez's executive order. The mayor even put himself into self-isolation for 14 days after a March 9 reception with persons who later tested positive for the virus. Fortunately, his test came back negative.
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losers DOUG UNDERHILL The District 2 County
Commissioner needs two other votes on the commission to re-open Escambia County's public beaches. To put pressure on the board, he sent out on Monday a mass email to voters across the county presenting his position—an unusual move, but he has a right to present his case directly to the public. However, he twisted the information to make his point. Without citing his sources, Underhill wrote, "Our environment is not as conducive to COVID-19 as the northern tier states like NY and WA." That statement has been refuted by the World Health Organization—"From the evidence so far, the COVID-19 virus can be transmitted in all areas, including areas with hot and humid weather." The CDC has said too much is unknown about the virus to determine if its spread will decrease in warmer weather. The Florida counties with the highest number of cases are in the warmest parts of the state— Miami-Dade and Broward. We don't need an armchair epidemiologist. Please listen to the health experts.
JANICE GILLEY The county administra-
tor doesn't believe COVID-19 is a big deal. Only one county employee was sent home to be self-quarantined because of his/ her travel to highly infected areas. Sheriff David Morgan has had as many as 40 employees in self-quarantine. We have reports that employees are being made to work in areas where social-distancing and the CDC guidelines for cleanliness and sanitation have been ignored. And we watched the county administrator spin comments by Dr. John Lanza (see "The Buzz" in this issue) at a virtual "Coffee with the Commissioner" on March 25 to make it appear the director of the Escambia County Health Department approved re-opening area beaches. Plus, Gilley has not spoken at a press conference since March 23.
RICHARD BURR The North Carolina
Republican that heads the Senate Intelligence Committee is being pressured to resign after selling off his stock weeks after he was briefed about the COVID-19 virus and before the pandemic caused the market to crash. Even Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fort Walton Beach) has called for his removal as committee chairman. inweekly.net
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STAY TOUGH As I write this column on Tuesday morning, Florida has the fifth most COVID-19 virus cases in the country and is the only state in the top five not to have a stay-at-home order. Escambia County has moved into the top 12 Florida counties for total cases and is ranked eighth for cases per 30,000 people. The county's containment decisions have been made primarily by Governor Ron DeSantis, not the Board of County Commissioners. The governor has issued executive orders to close bars, gyms, limit restaurants to take-out and delivery and followed the CDC recommendation of limiting social gatherings to 10 people or less. He has prohibited elective surgeries and procedures and ordered isolation of travelers from certain highly-infected areas. The governor has also restricted vacation rentals of less than 30 days, except for hotels, motels, resorts and timeshares. The city and county have closed their offices, community centers and libraries to the public. The only really tough decision made by the Escambia County commissioners regarding containment of the virus has been to close the public beaches, which could expire Thursday, April 2 if the board doesn't vote to extend it. So far, local containment measures appear to be working. While our positive cases are among the highest in the state, we haven't seen the hospitalizations and death experienced in South Florida. The state average for positive test results is 10 percent of the samples collected. According to information released by Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson, Ascension Sacred Heart's drive-thru facility is finding its positive cases are about 5%. However, we have tested only 2,777 people, according to Escambia County officials, which is less than 1% of the county's population. And President Trump and his health experts are telling us that the COVID-19 pandemic is still two weeks away from peaking.
As difficult as the closure of business for everyone impacted, including this newspaper, we agree with Mayor Robinson that we shouldn't let up on containment measures until the experts tell us the worst has passed. At his Monday presser, the mayor warned that lessening up on restrictions could hinder our economy's ability to recover from the pandemic. "How long is it going to be till you want to go stay in a hotel room in New York that you think may be contaminated with COVID? How long do you think it's going to be till you think people want to take a cruise to China?" he asked. "If we want to be the community we want to be for our recovery, then we're going to have to be a clean community," said Mayor Robinson. "If we're a clean community, we have a chance to recover. If we're a contaminated community, I don't know how we'd recover." And while we agree with the mayor's logic that once this crisis is over we want to be known as a clean, safe city, we believe this is time to step up our containment. The city and county need to enact stay-at-home orders and more aggressively enforce social distancing at our parks. Outdoor basketball games, tennis and other activities that put groups of people within 6 feet of each other need to end for the next few weeks. The current system appears to be arbitrary in how it's applied and who it impacts. A bartender or waiter who serves customers is not more at risk of spreading the virus than a barber or massage therapist. The mayor lets people use the beach at the bluffs on Scenic Highway if they stay 6 feet apart, but he allows cars to park side-byside at the walkways to the water. My greatest hope is the virus will peak and we will have no deaths or additional hospitalizations in Escambia County. If my hope is realized, you can blame me for being too cautious. I'm okay with that. {in} rick@inweekly.net
The current system appears to be arbitrary in how it's applied and who it impacts. A bartender or waiter who serves customers is not more at risk of spreading the virus than a barber or massage therapist.
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YES, LOCAL ACTIVISTS ARE STILL ORGANIZING
By C. Scott Satterwhite Since the novel coronavirus pandemic traveled across the globe, the lives of millions radically changed in just days. While few remain untouched, the repercussions of this virus have hit several marginalized communities very hard. Reacting to the needs of these communities, local activists and organizations, typically known for street protests but now heeding CDC warnings to stay inside, recently created two petitions making the rounds on social media with demands of local government. The local activists' petitions focus on rent/mortgage freezes, halt to utility payments and the growing threat of COVID-19 in the Escambia County Jail. Though the two petitions are separate—one written by the Coalition for Working Class COVID Response and the other by Pensacola Dream Defenders—both share the common thread of incarceration. In a document released on Facebook last week, Pensacola Dream Defenders petitioned the Escambia County government with what they call a "Demand for Decarceration." According to the petition, "Mass incarceration is a public health crisis, especially at this time. As of yesterday, there were 1,094 people caged in the Escambia County Jail system, more than 70% of whom are awaiting trial and are thus presumed innocent. Medical experts state that it is not a question of if, but when, COVID-19 will enter jails and prisons." Dream Defenders list seven specific demands of the county. Among those demands is the release of all prisoners held pre-trial with bondable offenses and those with less than 60 days on their sentence. Other demands refer to those under GPS 66
and house arrest monitoring, those facing immigration violations and the county's entire booking procedures. For the ones who remain incarcerated, Dream Defenders wrote that they "must be treated with the dignity they deserve."
"I do not think the decisionmakers are worried about inmate populations." Aliya Eggleton Without addressing the COVID-19 crisis, Chief Rich Powell, director of corrections for Escambia County, responded to the Dream Defenders petition, "All who come into the custody of Escambia County Corrections are treated and managed within the utmost humane practices. Maintaining the dignity of those who are incarcerated is ingrained in our policy and our practices." Powell continued, "Escambia County Corrections recognize that individuals who are entrusted into our care are citizens of our county, and it is our mission to assist them." The members of Pensacola Dream Defenders think the county can do more. Dream Defenders is a state-wide organization, most recently making headlines challenging the City of Pensacola's handling of the shooting death of Tymar Crawford. Throughout the state, Dream Defenders focuses on a number of issues, most centering around racial and social justice. Aliya Eggleton is an organizer with the Pensacola Dream Defenders and co-wrote the petition and list of demands. The organization's demands center on "decarceration," a term used to describe decreasing the number of prisoners, or the opposite of incarceration. The Demands for Decarceration came about as "Dream Defenders statewide noticed that jail populations
across the state are at risk for the COVID-19 spread." "Once COVID-19 enters the jail, most likely, the majority of the jail will contract this virus. As corrections employees enter and exit the facilities before and after their shift, they are potentially continuing the spread in the community if the majority of the jail population is infected with COVID-19," said Eggleton. "Today's incarceration puts everybody at risk, and Dream Defenders is trying to act quickly by serving these demands to the Escambia County corrections, Escambia County Commissioners and our State Attorney." Citing the relatively low numbers of confirmed cases in Escambia County, compared to other Florida counties, Eggleton is concerned that the safety of prisoners is not being taken seriously. "I do not think the decision-makers are worried about inmate populations," she said. "If the numbers grow at a huge number and local jail populations start to take a big hit, maybe they will start to listen to our demands, but we don't want to wait until it gets to that point." Working with a coalition of local organizations, several members of Dream Defenders also helped craft a second petition with a broader focus. Joining a unique group, Coalition for Working Class COVID Response, several community activists expanded on Dream Defenders' demands on Escambia County government. Mallory Luana, a local black artist and vice-president of Social Trans Initiative, said the petition came about after a "collective of activists, citizens and local organizations [became] aware of petitions being started all over the country." Luana said, "We knew it would be imperative to work together and create one for Escambia as well." Nathan Marona, a local musician and organizer with the Democratic Socialists of America, helped create the petition. Marona said that he drew personal inspiration from the Occupy Movement of 2011, which took up several causes at once. While his organization focused on a rent and mortgage freeze, others focused on protective gear for vulnerable populations, decarceration and free coronavirus testing. Marona hopes that the petition will "reach people who are struggling and don't know where to turn and to broaden political imagination in the Panhandle." "Our politicians are not thinking through things like rent for service workers, many of whom have been laid off," said Marona. "This hasn't been mentioned in any press conferences I've read. People in need
[must] know that there are folks out there considering them. Their current circumstances may not exist in the mayor's political imagination, but they exist in ours."
"Our politicians are not thinking through things like rent for service workers, many of whom have been laid off. This hasn't been mentioned in any press conferences I've read." Nathan Marona Both Dream Defenders and the Coalition for Working Class COVID Response say that the reaction to their petitions have largely been positive with hundreds of combined signatures. While Marona said he's been harassed a little online, he feels the work he's doing is important. "This is personal for me," said Marona. "I have an autoimmune disease and no health insurance. If I get the disease, I'd likely die." "People with selective empathy often don't see that survival means something different for everyone," he said. Luana hopes that the growing number of similar petitions across the country will give their demands more traction with local government. "The cities and counties pushing their local governments on these demands puts more pressure not only on those local governing bodies," said Luana, "but also on the federal government to take this pandemic seriously and make actions that will actually help the community from the bottom up." Luana continued, "Like all pandemics, it affects the most marginalized, displaced lower-income communities first and the hardest. Their needs should be the utmost priority. The only thing that's going to save those marginalized groups on the bottom is the power of the people." That power, in this case, starts with a petition. {in} To read the statements by both organizations, visit their websites: •Pensacola Dream Defenders "Demand for Decarceration" statement and petition: bit.ly/FreeEscambiaandPensacola (case sensitive) •Coalition for Working Class COVID Response "Statement of Demands" and petition: ipetitions.com/petition/ escambia-demands-covid-action inweekly.net
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SHELTER IN … WHERE? By Jeremy Morrison
wherever they're encamped at," he explained it bluntly. "And that's a very stark reality."
Concerns surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak exist in every strata of society. This includes the country's homeless population, who may find basic precautionary measures logistically impossible. "Where do they get to self-isolate?" local homeless advocate Michael Kimberl asked rhetorically. Kimberl is a director at the AlfredWashburn Center, which serves the area's homeless community, and he also oversees Sean's Outpost, alternatively called Satoshi Forest, a longer-term camping area for those who find themselves without housing. As the social-distancing measures to slow the spread of the virus settle into society, the homeless too are growing concerned about the impact and ramifications of the disease. Kimberl said he's noticed the uptick in anxiety in recent weeks. "We've definitely seen a heightened stress level on the street," he said. For individuals who find themselves homeless during this stressful time, many of the measures being recommended to combat the spread of COVID-19 range from difficult to tone-deaf—wash your hands often, stay in your house, bingewatch everything on Netflix.
'A VERY STARK REALITY'
"When you're homeless, washing your hands is kind of difficult." John Johnson "When you're homeless, washing your hands is kind of difficult," said John Johnson, executive director of Opening Doors, formerly EscaRosa Coalition on the Homeless. According to Johnson, the more practical advice being given to the local homeless community is a bit more sparse. "We're basically advising the homeless to stay in place—for those unsheltered,
Even prior to the coronavirus upending normalcy and routines, the local landscape for the region's homeless was hardly hospitable. In short, it's always been a story of too few services for too many people. The local region does have multiple entities that serve the homeless—groups that provide regular meals and shelters that provide temporary places to stay. But the area's homeless population outpaces those provisions. For years, local governments have responded to this quandary with fruitless discussions about societal remedies and attempts to deploy punitive measures at individuals panhandling or sleeping in public or using a public restroom to wash up. Last year, the city of Pensacola and Escambia County did initiate an effort, involving the numerous organizations in the area which serve the homeless community, aimed at curbing homelessness, providing some form of housing and coordinating services available in the area, but that conversation has yet to yield any tangible results. And now the coronavirus has descended upon an already exacerbated situation. Alongside the closures of restaurants and other businesses, service providers catering to the homeless community are also feeling a pinch. "My biggest concern is trying to keep our facilities going," Kimberl said, explaining that caps have been put in place which limit the amount of provisions a provider may receive. Just as consumers are limited on their toilet paper purchases, providers are seeing caps on essential supplies like food, water, soap and hand sanitizer. The Alfred-Washburn Center plans to remain open. The facility, Kimberl said, is important because it provides not only food but also showers for the homeless community. "Not only for our day to day needs, but
for hygiene purposes," he said, pointing out the need to stay clean in the face of a virus. "I say, right now, secondary to food—it's very important now." Kimberl also acknowledged the implied risk of continuing to work in an environment that feels increasingly dicey with continued warnings to avoid contact with other people. That said, someone has to keep serving the homeless community during this time.
"My biggest concern is trying to keep our facilities going ... Not only for our day to day needs, but for hygiene purposes." Michael Kimberl "I'm essential personnel," Kimberl said. Elsewhere in the community, the homeless have seen regular services constrict or evaporate entirely. Food donations have dried up as people stock their own pantries. Volunteers, many of them older, retired individuals, have heeded the advice to stay at home. At the Waterfront Rescue Mission, the shelter's overnight capacity is being limited. And the Loaves and Fishes Emergency Shelter has closed. Opening Doors, which serves as a coordinating body of sorts for area homeless organizations, has also closed its doors in order to limit contact for both its workers and the individuals the organization serves. "This is a difficult time, man, it really is," Johnson said. Opening Doors is continuing to serve the area in a coordinating capacity, keeping track of what services remain available to the homeless community. The organization is providing a running record of available services on its website. "We're trying to stay in touch with other agencies," Johnson said. "What we are trying to do is see who's doing what."
Escambia County Neighborhood and Human Services Department recently placed mobile handwashing stations outside of both the Waterfront and Washburn centers. Opening Doors is also continuing to provide some food services to the homeless community. While most of the organization's workers have gone remote, there is still a field crew operating, taking prepared meals out to the region's various makeshift homeless encampments. Along with food, the Opening Doors team is also distributing flyers with information about the coronavirus and recommended precautions to take in order to limit community spread of the virus. "It talks about 'this is real,'" Johnson said of the flyer. "We're advising them to stay in place, don't move about." And while the homeless are aware of the coronavirus and the societal changes surrounding it—"that underground grapevine that the homeless use, it's like CNN," Johnson noted—they are also, understandably, concerned with the same things they have always been concerned with—staying fed, staying safe and finding the next night's place to sleep.
"A lot of my clientele are in survival mode. They're living dayto-day. They're not really focusing on that." Kimberl "A lot of my clientele are in survival mode," Kimberl said. "They're living day-today. They're not really focusing on that." {in} Although some services available to the local homeless population have been impacted by the coronavirus, there are some services still available. For an upto-date listing of these services, check openingdoorsnwfl.org.
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down a bit, the Pensacola area's percentage of COVID-19 tests yielding positive results is running about 5%. "Glad to see we're in that 5% range. I think that's a good thing," Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said during his Monday morning press conference. The mayor pointed to Ascension Sacred Heart's testing as a sign that measures being taken to prevent community spread are working, which was tracking around 5% positive on Monday morning. "I think that means that some of the measures we're taking are hitting," he said. Robinson said that currently, local hospitals are not experiencing the capacity issues being seen in areas of the country experiencing significantly higher numbers of COVID cases, and he encouraged anyone with possible symptoms to self-isolate. "That is the most critical part, is that individuals that are having experiences, or the symptoms, or perhaps even the virus, they need to quarantine themselves and self-isolate," he said. Governor Ron DeSantis has closed restaurants and bars statewide, but many other businesses in the city and county have stayed open. Mayor Robinson noted that the city's position regarding closures was a balancing act. "Our goal is to try to balance what we do economically, try to balance it with the virus," Robinson said. While saying that individuals who feel they can continue working—and are not employed in one of the sectors of the economy closed—should be allowed to do so, the mayor also advised those in higher-risk categories, like older individuals or those with underlying health conditions, reduce contact with others and said that anyone who felt vulnerable should take the appropriate precautions. "If you feel like what you do is unsafe, 010 1
then you should be able not to go do that," Robinson said. Mayor Robinson added that he considers it essential to keep coronavirus cases low in the area so that it doesn't carry "the stigma of being a contaminated city" and negatively impact the summer tourism season. "The worst thing that could happen now is for us to have contamination. You cannot sell a contaminated city. No matter what happens," the mayor said. "I mean, I think if you look at New York or New Orleans, it'll be months before people look to go back there because of the issue of contamination. We can't have that in our city. We can't have ourselves be one of those hotspots."
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daWest, the county's public-private economic development authority, has provided this guide on available programs to help small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 1. Northwest Florida Small Business COVID-19 Recovery Grant The grant program was made possible by an initial contribution of $250,000 from Gulf Power through its economic development fund. It provides up to $5,000 to help offset losses that small businesses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Grant applications will be accepted April 8-15, and are available for download at sbdc.uwf.edu. Eligibility requirements include: •A for-profit, privately held small businesses established on, or before January 1, 2019. •Must maintain a place of business, including a physical location, within eligible Northwest Florida counties: Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Holmes, Jackson, Washington, Calhoun, and Bay. •Must have 2 to 10 employees. •Must have a demonstrated reduction in
Loan Details: •Designated Disaster Areas: All Florida counties statewide per Executive Order 20-52. •Qualified Applicant: Applications will be accepted by qualified for-profit, privately held small businesses that maintain a place of business in the state of Florida. All qualified applicants must have been established prior to March 9, 2020, and suffered economic injury as a result of the designated disaster. Qualified small business applicants must be an employer business with 2 to 100 employees. •Amount: Up to $50,000 per eligible small business. Loans of up to $100,000 may be made in special cases as warranted by the need of the eligible small business. •Term: 1 year 0% interest Due to the heavy volume of application requests, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity website has seen increased activity and it is difficult to get through. Instead apply as follows: •Register as a client of UWF SBDC: clients. floridasbdc.org/reg.aspx?mode=counsel&c enter=41010&subloc=0 •Download a hard copy of the bridge loan application and fill it out at floridasbdc.org/ disaster/ebl/ •Email application and all required attachments to UWF SBDC at sbdc@uwf.edu. 3. U.S. SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan The SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan program provides small businesses with working capital loans of up to $2 million to help overcome the temporary loss of revenue. Funds will be made available within three days of a successful application, and this loan advance will not have to be repaid. Fill out the application at sba. gov/page/disaster-loan-applications 4. CARES ACT Paycheck Protection Loan With passage of the federal CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security) Act, Congress has implemented the Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses (500 employees and under). This program will allow businesses to apply for forgivable loans that will cover eightweeks of salary for your employees and cover certain business interest payments. Program highlights: •A small business with fewer than 500 employees •This applies to an individual who is selfemployed who regularly carries on any trade or business •An individual who operates as a sole proprietor •These loans may be forgiven if borrowers maintain their payrolls during the crisis or restore their payrolls afterward. To apply for the CARE loan, go directly to your local bank – if you have questions, reach out to your local SBDC Office or visit sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/ paycheck-protection-program. For more information on what your local bank will need from you to process your CARE loan, visit floridawesteda.com/ covid19.
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•Complete resolution of symptoms at least 14 days before donation •Have a negative result for COVID-19 •Meet all standard FDA blood donation requirements •As with all transfusions, the donor and the patient will need to have compatible blood types The recipients of the plasma also must meet FDA criteria to qualify to receive this therapy for treating life-threatening COVID-19.
SETTING RECORDS EVERY DAY The
president of Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola, Dawn Rudolph, has become a familiar face at press conferences and county commission meetings as our community copes with the novel coronavirus COVID-19. When asked what has gone well with Ascension Sacred Heart's COVID-19 testing, Rudolph didn't hesitate, "I believe bringing the testing in-house at our regional lab was a huge step forward in getting faster lab results for hospitals and hospitalized patients across the panhandle." The in-house testing went live on Friday, March 20. "We started with Ascension Florida hospitals over the weekend to learn if our PUIs (persons under investigation) were positive or negative," she explained. "We have these people in the hospital that we were treating as though they're positive— in the highest level of isolation, burning through PPE (personal protective equipment)—and to find out that they're negative was such a relief on many fronts." The delays in getting the test results have been frustrating. "We're not used to that in healthcare," said Rudolph. "We're used to getting fairly immediate test results, and so having to wait has just been frustrating and confounding for our patients and healthcare workers." The turnaround for the in-house lab is
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about 24 hours. However, the results for the earlier drive-thru tests have taken longer because the samples have been sent to commercial labs. Rudolph said the healthcare system is evaluating when more community testing can be done in-house. So far, about 65% of the patients that have gone through the drive-thru are from Escambia County, 30% were from Santa Rosa and 5% were other places. She told Inweekly. "We have the longestrunning drive-thru center and the one with the highest volume in the state of Florida." Every day, Ascension Sacred Heart adds to that record.
COFFEE TALKS VEERS At his March 25 "Coffee with the Commissioner," Commissioner Jeff Bergosh asked Dr. John Lanza, health department director for Escambia County, about the county's public beaches, which the commissioners closed on March 20. "How do you reconcile that it's good to go to the park but to go to the beach is bad?" he asked Lanza, who joined on the virtual broadcast along with County Administrator Janice Gilley. "I don't mean to put you on the spot. If you rather not answer, you don't have to, but I'd love to know your opinion from a scientific perspective." "From a scientific perspective, I understand you're right," said Dr. Lanza. "I guess it's more the perception of what beaches are open, what beaches are closed. Would someone take advantage of the fact that the beach might open and then have congregations of large numbers of people? I can't really answer that directly." He added, "That's a very difficult decision. I do not envy your job. It's got to be one of the most difficult jobs to have because we are talking about a huge economic impact on our community. Everything we do in public health, we try to minimize that public health on our economy if at all possible." Gilley seized on his comments and took them in another direction. "I'm probably going to get a little
outside of my wheelhouse at this point," she said. "I think it's sad that as a society, we could not trust people to follow that under-10 directive. I think that's what we heard from the healthcare professionals last week. For the protection of all, we're asking you to keep in small groups." Gilley added, "Because there was a thought that we as a society could not guard and manage ourselves, we took away an amazing, fantastic benefit that we just heard from a professional say, 'It's actually good for you, a beach.'" Lanza didn't recommend reopening our beaches, but Gilley made it appear that he had. "Now, I was trying to get the scientists to say that white sand, crystal clear saltwater and sunlight were the antidotes to this," Gilley continued. "I'm not trying to make light of it, but I do feel like for those of us that live here, we live here because of the beach." "I think if we could come up with a tool upon which we could enforce as much as you hate to enforce things like this because society won't manage themselves," said the county administrator. "If we could come up with a tool to do that, I think it would obviously make your decision easier. Then, I think we could maybe find a way, with limited exceptions, be able to allow people to go back and enjoy that because that's part of why we live here." Inweekly later followed up with Commissioner Bergosh. "A lot can change in a week, but that comment that I made was simply in response to the idea that it's good to be outside," shared Bergosh. "Plus, I've had constituents call me and ask about surf fishing or surfing. And so the real question is if I am a condo owner and on Perdido Key right now, I can go out my back door and enjoy my beach, but ordinary citizens can't… seems unfair." He said he favored reopening the beach "if it can be done safely, particularly now that spring break is over."
NEWS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
•Tara Reade, who was at the time serving as an aide in Joe Biden's senate office, said last week that he sexually assaulted her in 1993. Reade is one of eight women who last spring accused the Democratic presidential candidate of inappropriate touching. •Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a civil rights leader who helped Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, died Friday, March 27, at the age of 98 •State Attorney Bill Eddins last week announced the arrest of four former employees of Escambia County Emergency Medical Services—James Bonoyer, Katherine Kenney, Lawrence Salter Jr. and Stephen White. These arrests are the result of a detailed and lengthy investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement into the alleged falsification of official records of the Escambia County Department of Public Safety. •A tornado tore through nearly 20 miles of the city of Jonesboro, Ark., on the evening of March 28, severely damaging multiple properties and injuring at least 22 people. •Gov. Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis announced on Monday the birth of their third child, Mamie. "Ron and I are beyond blessed to welcome our new baby girl, Mamie, to the world. At 7 lbs. 4 oz., she was the smallest of the bunch, but she is already holding her own," Casey DeSantis wrote in a tweet. •The Chief Assistant State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit, Greg Marcille, announced Monday afternoon that he was withdrawing from the race to replace State Attorney Bill Eddins, who had announced earlier that he would not seek another term. Marcille wrote in an email to the media: "As the result of health concerns that developed after I pre-qualified to run for State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit, it is necessary that I withdraw from that race. I appreciate the help and support that I have received during this campaign." {in}
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Arts & Encouragement Virtually Together hope, help and other signs of humanity at a time when we really need it...
Volume ONE stylist Liz Edmondson
While everyone struggles to adjust to what is the new normal (for now), it's inspiring to see all of the ways that local businesses, organizations and individuals are adapting to encourage and assist one another from afar. For now, the best and most helpful thing we can all do is practice social distancing by staying at home as much as possible. To make this voluntary homestay a bit more tolerable, we've compiled a list of the best things to do online provided by some local creatives and businesses. So whether you are looking for some fit-spiration, some culture or some downright silliness, Pensacola's rapidly growing streaming community has you covered.
COMEDY IN CRISIS
@kittygetajob Like any good comedians, local sketch and improv group Kitty Get a Job has taken inspiration from these difficult days and churned out several humorous videos, including one cowboy-style poker match where the chips are, you guessed it, toilet paper. Take a mental break and tune into their videos on Facebook or Instagram for a bit of homegrown humor.
MOVE YOUR BODY
@beawildlemon @ridesocietypensacola facebook.com/purepilatesdowntown facebook.com/uruyogaandbeyond This one is as tricky as it important. Understanding that physical fitness is a key April 2, 2020
element of all-around health, while also understanding that people sweating in the same room is basically the worst-case scenario for this virus, means you should totally get why your gym or favorite group fitness studio is closed. Thankfully, many Pensacola fitness entrepreneurs and instructors have answered the challenge of this difficult time by posting workouts and livestreaming classes. One of the first local fitness centers to make the call to close their doors was Wild Lemon, a fitness studio focused on all-around health and self-care. Since pausing in-person classes, owner Kiley Manning has worked with her staff to create online versions of their most popular classes like TRX and Pilates mat. Wild Lemon's classes are free on YouTube (Search "Wild Lemon Fitness"), but you can make a donation to support their hard work on Patreon. A few other local studios we follow that are providing online exercise options include Ride Society, who is posting workouts and fitness challenges on their Instagram; Pure Pilates, who is hosting Pilates mat classes regularly on Facebook Live; and URU, who is offering yoga classes on Facebook Live and Zoom. And that's just a random, small selection—so if you're missing your favorite classes, make sure you check their socials for updates on what they're doing.
CRISIS BANGS
@cdomschkehair @volumeonesalon If you're suffering from a stress-induced desire to cut your own hair—don't. That is, at least until you have had a chance to learn some tips from local hairstylists online like Chelsey Domschke. Normally, Domschke is working her magic at HAIR + CO, but for now, she is offering video tutorials on updos and potentially even instructions on how to safely cut your own crisis bangs (depending how long this situation goes on). Volume ONE is also posting "Quarentorials" from their stylists on Instagram— like Liz Edmondson who recently offered up an easy-to-follow how-to about creating "s waves" with a flat iron.
GAMING TOGETHER
facebook.com/alittlemadnessbrewingcompany For many, the program Zoom has become your office, turning weekly meetings into virtual teleconferencing. For A Little Madness Brewing Company, this application has a more fun purpose—online trivia. Join the local brewery every Thursday at 6:31 p.m. for a game of trivia with topics ranging from current events to music and more. Rumor has it they even plan to introduce virtual bingo in the days to come.
DANCE IF YOU WANT TO
@playpensacola For the party animals, Play is bringing the dance floor to your home each Saturday night at 9 p.m. for a "Social Distancing Dance Party." So crack open one of your quarantine beers and enjoy live mixes from local DJs broadcasting on Play's Instagram live feed. Maybe you can text a random number to get that "hitting on strangers" vibe going too.
FOR THE KIDS
pensacolamuseum.org facebook.com/pensacolamesshall historicpensacola.org While introverts with no children may view being homebound as a bit relaxing, those with children know how incredibly difficult it is to keep a child stimulated while stuck inside all day, not to mention the suggestion that they should use this time to learn. To this end, several local organizations are providing tools for parents for creative outlets and educational opportunities for school-aged children. Pensacola Museum of Art has been providing a daily creative activity with materials that many folks already have at home. Pensacola Mess Hall are sharing educational materials, including printout activities relating to the Spring Equinox as well as creative ways to explain the virus to young minds. Pensacola Children's Museum is also posting weekly downloadable projects on their website. The first one focuses on Oobleck from Dr. Seuss' book "Bartholomew and the Oobleck."
ONLINE ART
pensacolamuseum.org facebook.com/artelpensacola Speaking of Pensacola Museum of Art, they are also hosting virtual tours of their current exhibitions—including "Bless
Your Heart" by local artist Poppy Garcia. Garcia's virtual show includes videos and downloadable DIY coloring book pages. He's also doing a virtual artist talk Friday, April 3 at 5 p.m. that you can check out on PMA's Facebook or Instagram. You can also visit Artel Gallery online through their social media channels and view photos of some of their most inspiring current work, including shows "Woven Nature" from Tessa Fremgen and "Imperfection or Beauty" from Velia Lala.
HISTORY BUFFS
historicpensacola.org UWF Historic Trust is doing their best to keep the community engaged through local history while they're closed. They're adding 15-minute videos of John Appleyard sharing stories of Pensacola history to their YouTube channel each week. They are also highlighting items to make exploring their online collection—which includes over 150,000 historical artifacts—a little easier for those who don't know where to start.
GOING LIVE
@geekvisionproductions @404unknownartist If you've been on Instagram lately, you'll notice that the little indicator that tells you when someone has gone live is pretty much always on. That's because the extroverted among us are desperate to connect, and the result is often creative and wonderful. Local artists like B. Ray Pennington and Aylin Janssen are frequently going live on Instagram, TikTok and Twitch.
SUPPORTING ARTISTS
facebook.com/gallerynightpensacola downtownpensacola.com/blog With all events suspended, our vibrant art and makers community is struggling. If you're in a position to support local by shopping right now, it's a good time to check in on your favorite local artists to see what they have for sale. Many folks have online Etsy shops or other buy-online setups that allow them to mail you paintings, jewelry or even a potted plant. Some creators are offering porch drop-offs as well in an effort to encourage purchases. Gallery Night Pensacola and Palafox Market (via the Downtown Improvement Board blog) are both hosting and updating directories of local artists currently selling their products online. {in} 13
COMMUNITY BOARD students, PBS LearningMedia (pbslearningmedia.org) is accessible for everyone. Search by grades Pre-K through high school to find videos, games and activities aligned to state and national school standards. The WSRE program schedule, along with links to the PBS LearningMedia and PBS KIDS for Parents websites, can be found at wsre.org.
≥LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, LEADERS HOST MEDICAL SUPPLY DRIVE Chambers of Commerce in the
two-county area, in conjunction with Senator Doug Broxson, Mayor Grover Robinson, Santa Rosa County Commission Board Chairman Don Salter and Escambia County Commission Board Chairman Commissioner Steven Barry, are hosting a medical supply drive on Friday, April 3, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. They are asking individuals and businesses, such as construction companies, contractors, nail salons, non-essential medical offices, veterinarians, etc., to donate any supplies not currently being utilized to assist our healthcare community in combating COVID-19. For more information, contact Sara Lefevers at 356-8735 or slefevers@ pensacolachamber.com or Donna Tucker at 623-2339 or ceo@srcchamber.com. For however long we think it's of value to the community and our readers, we're going to use the editorial space typically reserved for our calendar of events for a community information source. Our plan is to make this space work in two ways—provide information for those in need of assistance and also ways to help for those who are able to do so during this crisis. If you have something you'd like included in a future community board, please send the details to info@inweekly.net.
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SAVE PENSACOLA BEER Perfect Plain Brewing Co. has designed a new T-shirt to help the local craft beer community. Shirts are on sale for $29, and proceeds will go directly to employees in need throughout the city. In trade of your support, you will get a free beer card from PPBC, and if you wear the shirt in the brewery when they reopen, they will give you 10% off of your bill for the rest of 2020. For more information, visit perfectplain.com.
≥ CAREERSOURCE ESCAROSA SHARING JOB LISTINGS CareerSource Esca-
rosa is updating their site and social media with local employers who are hiring right now, including openings in retail, administration and telecommunications. For a complete list, visit careersourceescarosa.com.
≥KEEP SUPPORTING THE GIRLS IN A
PANDEMIC Here are few things you can do from the comfort (and safety) of your home that will go a long way in supporting the girls, straight from Audrey Moore, affiliate director of Support the Girls - Gulf Coast: •If you are doing any spring cleaning, keep us in mind as you sort through those misfit414 1
ting bras. Other great donation ideas you may have around the house include Ipsy (makeup) bags for period packs, Ziplock bags, laundry detergent and sealed menstrual hygiene items (it is okay if the box is open, as long as each item is individually sealed). •Donate to help I Support the Girls with shipping menstrual products all over the United States at isupportthegirls.org. •If you know of an organization that could use a donation or have a contact at a public school doing free lunches (ISTG has period packs they can also hand out to their students), email Moore at ISTG.GulfCoast@gmail.com.
≥WSRE ADJUSTS DAYTIME SCHEDULE TO AIR "AT-HOME LEARNING" PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WSRE
has begun airing a new daytime schedule of "At-Home Learning" PBS programs suited for students from Pre-K through 12th grade weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The schedule change is part of a statewide effort among PBS stations in Florida to support families, educators and students during school closures brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The new daytime schedule replaces WSRE's usual lineup of PBS KIDS programming on the main channel, 23.1. This programming for early learners will remain available on the WSRE PBS KIDS channel, 23.4, and streaming online at pbskids.org. At PBS KIDS for Parents (pbs.org/parents), searches can be filtered by topic and age. For example, select Social Skills for age 3 to find appropriate articles, printable activities, recipes, games and apps. The article "How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus" is an example of how PBS KIDS for Parents provides up-to-date information aligned with current events. Designed for teachers and
Local healthcare providers have identified their greatest needs as follows: •Respirator Masks N95 1860/1860s Standard Face/Surgical Masks (Loop or Tie-on) •Flexible Minitip Flocked Swab-Nasopharyngeal •Full Length Face Shields; Isolation Gowns Volunteers will be accepting donations via drive-by drop-off at: •Pen Air Federal Credit Union, 1495 E. Nine Mile Road, Pensacola •Blue Wahoos Stadium, 351 W. Cedar St., Pensacola •Grover T's, 5887 Highway 90, Milton •Navarre Chamber of Commerce, 1804 Prado St., Navarre
≥STATE AGENCIES PARTNER TO
KEEP DELIVERING MEALS TO ELDERLY The Florida Department of Elder
Affairs (DOEA) will be working in partnership with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) and the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (FRLA) that allows the needs of the business community and workers in the restaurant business to be matched with the needs of the elderly and meal delivery services. DOEA's 11 Area Agencies on Aging throughout the state will work with local volunteers and other local service providers to ensure meal delivery to Florida's most vulnerable population. For more information about the Florida Department of Elder Affairs, visit elderaffairs.org.
≥YALE'S POPULAR "HAPPINESS"
COURSE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE Yale University's popular "happi-
ness" course is available for free online through Coursera. And it couldn't come at
a better time. In the course "The Science of Well Being," students engage in a series of challenges to increase happiness and build productive habits. Professor Laurie Santos reveals "misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind that lead us to think the way we do and the research that can help us change. You will ultimately be prepared to successfully incorporate a specific wellness activity into your life," the site says. The course is free, but you can pay $49 to complete assignments to be submitted for a grade and earn a certificate of completion. For more information, visit coursera. org/learn/the-science-of-well-being.
≥FLORIDA SBDC ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO SMALL BUSINESS EMERGENCY BRIDGE LOAN APPLICATION PROCESS Due to the
widespread impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and small businesses' need for emergency capital, the application process for the Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan program has changed. Eligible small businesses interested in applying for the Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan program should apply for the program through one of two ways—one, online at floridasbdc.org/disaster/ebl, or two, download the application, complete it and mail it with the required supporting documentation to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) at Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, C/O Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan, 107 E. Madison St., MSC-160, Tallahassee, FL 32399-4120. Loan applications must be completed by May 8, 2020. For application assistance, please contact the Florida SBDC office nearest you at floridasbdc.org/locations. For questions regarding the loan program, please contact DEO tollfree at 833-832-4494, or email floridabusinessloanfund@deo.myflorida.com.
≥ESCAMBIA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ADDS MEAL SITES Escambia
County School District's Food Service Department has added more schools to the lists of sites where families can pick up breakfast and lunch for free weekdays. All sites will give children or teens a breakfast meal and a lunch meal during the same visit. The meals are designed to be carried away and consumed off campus (cafeteria/dining rooms will not be open). Meals will be distributed in a curbside pick-up operation. Food items will be in to-go containers and will consist of ready-to-eat food items that should be consumed when received or should be quickly refrigerated for consumption at a later time. Note—Because Friday, April 10, is a non-student day, families will need to make other arrangements for that day. For the list of sites, visit summerbreakspot. freshfromflorida.com. ECSD's distribution sites, beginning March 30 will include: •Jim Allen Elementary School, 1051 Highway 95A N., Cantonment inweekly.net
•Jim C. Bailey Middle School, 4110 Bauer Road, Pensacola •Bellview Elementary School, 4425 Bellview Ave., Pensacola •Beulah Elementary School, 6201 Helms Road, Pensacola •Beulah Middle School, 6001 W. Nine Mile Road, Pensacola •Blue Angels Elementary School, 1551 Dog Track Road, Pensacola •Bratt Elementary School, 5721 N. Highway 99, Century •Brentwood Elementary School, 4820 N. Palafox St., Pensacola •Cordova Park Elementary School, 2250 Semur Road, Pensacola •Ensley Elementary School, 501 E. Johnson Ave., Pensacola •Ernest Ward Middle School, 7650 Highway 97, Walnut Hill •Ferry Pass Elementary School, 8310 N. Davis Highway, Pensacola •Ferry Pass Middle School, 8355 Yancey Ave., Pensacola •Global Learning Academy, 100 N. P St., Pensacola •Lincoln Park Elementary School, 7600 Kershaw St., Pensacola •Longleaf Elementary School, 2600 Longleaf Drive, Pensacola •L.D. McArthur Elementary School, 330 E. 10 Mile Road, Pensacola •Molino Park Elementary School, 899 Highway 97, Molino •Montclair Elementary School, 820 Massachusetts Ave., Pensacola •Myrtle Grove Elementary School, 6115 Lillian Highway, Pensacola •Navy Point Elementary School, 1321 Patton Drive, Pensacola •Northview High School, 4100 W. Highway 4, Bratt •Oakcrest Elementary School, 1820 N. Hollywood Blvd., Pensacola •Pensacola High School, 500 W. Maxwell St., Pensacola •Pine Meadow Elementary School, 10001 Omar Ave., Pensacola •Pleasant Grove Elementary School, Owen Bell Lane, Pensacola •Ransom Middle School, 1000 W. Kingsfield Road, Cantonment •Scenic Heights Elementary School, 3801 Cherry Laurel Drive, Pensacola •O.J. Semmes Elementary School, 1250 E. Texar Drive, Pensacola •Sherwood Elementary School, 501 Cherokee Trail, Pensacola •A.K. Suter Elementary School, 501 Pickens Ave., Pensacola •J.M. Tate High School, 1771 Tate Road, Cantonment •Warrington Elementary School, 220 N. Navy Blvd., Pensacola •Warrington Middle School, 459 South Old Corry Field Road, Pensacola •Booker T. Washington High School, 6000 College Parkway, Pensacola •C.A. Weis Elementary School, 2701 N. Q St., Pensacola April 2, 2020
•West Pensacola Elementary School, 801 N. 49th Ave., Pensacola •Workman Middle School, 6299 Lanier Drive, Pensacola
≥ALZHEIMER'S SUPPORT GROUP FOR COVID-19 The Alzheimer's Association
this week debuted its new dial-in support groups, offering caregivers the opportunity to receive the support and information they need without leaving home. The 24/7 Helpline is (800) 272-3900.
≥FEEDING THE GULF COAST Feeding
the Gulf Coast is partnering with local organizations to offer free meals to children 18 and under who are no longer receiving free or reduced lunch due to school closures. There are dozens of sites in the Pensacola area. To find a distribution site close to you, visit feedingthegulfcoast.org/ find-help/find-a-pantry. Some of the distribution sites include county public libraries. Escambia County's West Florida Public Libraries are partnering with Feeding the Gulf Coast to provide free curbside pickup meals for youth aged 18 and under (youth must be present to receive meals; food will not be given to adults) at all library branch locations, Monday-Friday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. •Molino Branch Library, 6450-A Highway 95A •Pensacola Library, 239 N. Spring St. •Tryon Beach Library, 1200 Langley Ave. •Genealogy Branch Library, 5740 N. Ninth Ave. •Southwest Branch Library, 12248 Gulf Beach Highway •Westside Branch Library, 1301 W. Gregory St. •Century Branch Library, 7991 N. Century Blvd. The meals will include lunch and a snack, and meals will be available on a firstcome, first-served basis. Additionally, with the demand for help increasing, Feeding the Gulf Coast is looking for volunteers. Those looking to donate their time or money can find more information on the website. And if you or someone you know needs assistance, click "Find Help" at feedingthegulfcoast.org. You can also call (888) 704-FOOD or text FOOD to 877-877.
≥COMMISSIONER NIKKI FRIED
ACTIVATES 2-1-1 LINE FOR FREE CHILDREN'S MEALS Florida Agriculture Com-
missioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have partnered with 2-1-1 to activate a text line and call center open 24/7, which families can contact to find free meals for children under 18 during the current COVID-19 school closures. This follows the department's recent activation of the Summer BreakSpot children's meal locator website at summerbreakspot.freshfromflorida.com. Floridians can now text FLKIDSMEALS to 211-211 to find their closest participating Summer BreakSpot location and can also call 2-1-1 to speak with a live operator 24 hours a day for additional locations.
≥BLOOD DONATIONS IN NEED
DURING CORONAVIRUS CRISIS With
businesses, schools and universities shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic, it is drastically impacting where OneBlood can host blood drives. According to a press release, OneBlood has had more than 1,900 blood drive cancellations, and that number is expected to rise. To prevent a critical blood supply issue from occurring, individuals can make donations at OneBlood donor centers or Big Red Bus blood drives. Appointments are encouraged and can be made at oneblood.org. The U.S. Surgeon General and the FDA have stated that it remains safe to donate blood and that it is safe to attend blood drives. During this pandemic, OneBlood assures that donating is safe. All OneBlood phlebotomists wear medical gloves that are changed for each donation, all donortouched areas and equipment are disinfected after every donation, which includes donor beds, registration tablets, bloodpressure cuffs and hemoglobin sensors. OneBlood has also implemented additional social distancing safety protocols such as asking donors to wait in their car before entering the bus or donation center to limit the number of people in one place.
≥PENSACOLA HUMANE SOCIETY NEEDS DONATIONS FOR PET PANTRY The Pensacola Humane Society is in
need of donations for its Pet Pantry, which provides dog and cat food for pet owners in need of assistance. Donations of any brand of wet or dry cat, kitten, dog and puppy food, litter and treats can be left on the front porch of 5 N. Q St., or the staff of PHS will be happy to meet you at your car and unload your donations for you. Donations can be delivered Tuesday through Saturday from noon-5 p.m. and Sunday from 1-4 p.m. The PHS Pet Pantry provides the food at no cost to pet owners who come to the shelter and present an acceptable form of identification, such as a driver's license.
≥OPENING DOORS OF NORTHWEST
FLORIDA CLOSES OFFICES, NEEDS DONATIONS FOR HOMELESS CAMPS
Opening Doors of Northwest Florida offices will be temporarily closed during the coronavirus pandemic. Client walk-in and client appointment assistance is also suspended until further notice. You can still reach staff at 439-3009 Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The nonprofit’s Outreach Team will be dropping off office supplies on-hand to area homeless camps and are in need of supplies to deliver. If you can help, please text I-Care to 427-5780. For more information, visit facebook.com/openingdoorsnwfl.org.
≥PENSACOLA CHAMBER ANNOUNCES SAVE FLORIDA BUSINESS INITIATIVE The Greater Pensacola Chamber of
Commerce, Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association (FRLA) and DigiPro Media have partnered together to announce the Save Florida Business Initiative to help businesses affected by the pandemic. The Save Florida Business Initiative will connect consumers in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties to area businesses through the savefloridabusiness.com website where consumers can be connected to businesses participating in the program. To participate, any Escambia or Santa Rosa county business must offer a $75 Gift Card Bond that has a retail value of $100. The purchase of the Gift Card Bond incentivizes consumers since they earn $25 for every $75 Gift Card Bond purchased. Local businesses can register to participate, and consumers can search and connect with registered businesses at savefloridabusiness.com. There is no limit to the number of Gift Card Bonds an individual can purchase.
≥TIMBER CREEK DISTILLERY OFFERING FREE HAND SANITIZER
Crestview-based Timber Creek Distillery is offering free homemade hand sanitizer to those having trouble finding some in the stores. The sanitizer is made with the guidelines set from the World Health Organization. The hand sanitizers come in 10 different types using various spirits. For more information, visit facebook.com/timbercreekdistillery.
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SENIOR DINING SITES Council on Aging of West Florida is continuing their service of providing meals to seniors in need. All participants at senior dining sites in both Escambia and Santa Rosa counties will receive their meals pre-plated and ready to take home. Within the City of Pensacola, Bayview, Cobb, Fricker and Gull Point centers will close; however, participants at all sites are welcome to receive to-go pre-plated meals at Bayview and Cobb. Seniors must call Council on Aging at 432-1475 by noon the day before to reserve a plate. All other senior dining sites: Pensacola/Escambia County •Cantonment Senior Center, 132 Mintz Lane •Century Senior Center, 6025 Industrial Blvd. •Beulah Senior Center, 7425 Woodside Road •Westminster Retirement Village, Bldg. #1, 1700 N. L St. •Westwood Homes, 4400 Westover Ave. Santa Rosa County •City of Milton Community Center, 6860 Pooley St., Bagdad •Chumuckla Community Center, 2355 Highway 182 •First United Methodist Church of Pace, 4540 Chumuckla Highway •E.H. Pullum Senior Center, 8476 Gordon Goodin Lane •Jay Community Center, 5259 Booker Lane {in} 15
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By Jennifer Leigh
How to Help During the Pandemic & Not Spend a Dime pandemic, some nonprofits may be closed or not taking donations at the moment. But getting them sorted and ready to go is, honestly, most of the battle.
HELP A SENIOR CITIZEN
Do you know a senior citizen in need? One small gesture could make a big difference for those who are most vulnerable to the pandemic. Next time you make a grocery run, ask one of your senior friends or family members if they need anything, too. Oh, and while you're at it—call and check in on your grandparents.
HELP TUTOR KIDS
With schools closed, online tutors are in great demand. If you have a knack for any particular subject, you can share that with a kid in need through the wonders of technology. As many parents have taken a new role as teacher, they would likely appreciate the help.
VOLUNTEER AT A LOCAL FOOD BANK In these unprecedented times (understatement of the year), you can't find one person who hasn't been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in some way. It's not surprising that people want to help. And it's not surprising that one of the biggest needs right now is donations, both monetary and supplies. Of course, not everybody has the means or job security to make financial contributions. But that doesn't mean they can't make a big impact in their community, either. If you're feeling a little helpless and hopeless, put that energy into good deeds. Here are a few ideas on how you can support your neighbors without spending money.
CLOSET CLEAN-OUT
isupportthegirls.org gulfcoastkidshouse.org openbookspcola.org You've been putting it off for too long. But since you're staying at home, here's a good opportunity to finally go through your stuff and put it to better use. Gently used or new bras? They can be donated to I Support the Girls-Gulf Coast to be distributed to people in need. Gently used or new kids clothes and shoes? They can be put to good use at Gulf Coast Kid's House. Books? Open Books & Prison Book Project wants your paperbacks. Keep in mind, during the
feedingthegulfcoast.org mannahelps.org With lay-offs and temporary closures at many businesses, there has been a great demand at local food banks to help families keep food on the table. That also means they need as many healthy people as they can get to sort food, fill food bags or deliver. If you can offer your time, they can put you to work.
SEND SNAIL MAIL
Isolation can feel...well...isolating. Sure, you can Zoom your friends over drinks at home, but having the extra time also means you can use some of your stationery stash and send an old-fashioned letter. Call it a quarantine valentine. And yes, sending and receiving mail is still safe according to
Surgeon General Dr. Jerome M. Adams, along with the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization.
FOSTER A DOG OR CAT
myescambia.com/our-services/animal-services pensacolahumane.org saveourcatsandkittens.com paws-shelter.org Animal shelters in Northwest Florida are stretched thin during the crisis and have taken precautionary measures to help fight the spread of coronavirus, such as limiting staff and visitors. You can help by taking an animal into your home and bringing some relief to shelters. Santa Rosa County was able to clear its shelter last week thanks to fosters. Wouldn't it be nice if all shelters and rescues could say the same?
DONATE BLOOD
oneblood.org We know this might sound kind of scary given the current climate, but organizations like OneBlood are doing everything they can to make sure that donating is still safe during this critical time. It's important to remember that blood is still needed for the things it was prior to the virus outbreak—like supporting cancer patients and assisting in surgeries for people who have suffered traumas. With the cancellation of large-scale blood drive events, donating blood is more essential than ever right now.
STAY AT HOME
The most important thing you can do during the coronavirus pandemic is staying home. The U.S. now leads the world in confirmed cases of coronavirus (at press time). The best way to prevent spread is to limit contact with the public. If you're healthy, it might seem pointless, but staying home protects everyone. It's not just about you right now. {in}
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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): "If all the world's a stage, where the hell is the teleprompter," asks aphorist Sami Feiring. In my astrological opinion, you Aries are the least likely of all the signs to identify with that perspective. While everyone else might wish they could be better prepared for the nonstop improvisational tests of everyday life, most of you tend to prefer what I call the "naked spontaneity" approach. If you were indeed given the chance to use a teleprompter, you'd probably ignore it. Everything I just said is especially and intensely true for you right now. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): When
Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian author Knut Hamsun was 25 years old, a doctor told him that the tuberculosis he had contracted would kill him within three months. But in fact, Hamsun lived 67 more years, till the age of 92. I suspect there's an equally erroneous prophecy or unwarranted expectation impacting your life right now. A certain process or phenomenon that seems to be nearing an end may in fact reinvent or resurrect itself, going on to last for quite some time. I suggest you clear away any misapprehensions you or others might have about it.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): I invite you
to remember what you were thinking and feeling around your birthday in 2019. Were there specific goals you hoped to accomplish between then and your birthday in 2020? Were there bad old habits you aimed to dissolve and good new habits you proposed to instigate? Was there a lingering wound you aspired to heal or a debilitating memory you longed to conquer? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to take inventory of your progress in projects like those. And if you find that you have achieved less than you had hoped, I trust you will dedicate yourself to playing catch-up in the weeks between now and your birthday. You may be amazed at how much ground you can cover.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): I can't swim. Why? There was a good reason when I was a kid: I'm allergic to chlorine, and my mom wouldn't let me take swimming lessons at the local chlorine-treated pool. Since then, the failure to learn is inexcusable, and I'm embarrassed about it. Is there an equivalent phenomenon in your life, my fellow Cancerian? The coming weeks might be an excellent time to meditate on how to correct the problem. Now excuse me while I head out to my solo self-administered swim lesson at Bass Lake, buoyed by the instructions I got from a Youtube video. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Is William Shakespeare the greatest author who ever lived? French philosopher Voltaire didn't think so, calling him "an amiable barbarian." Russian superstar author Leo Tolstoy claimed The Bard had "a complete absence of aesthetic
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feeling." England's first Poet Laureate John Dryden called Shakespeare's language "scarcely intelligible." T. E. Lawrence, a.k.a Lawrence of Arabia, declared The Bard had a second-rate mind. Lord Byron said, "Shakespeare's name stands too absurdly high and will go down." His contemporary, the poet and playwright Ben Johnson, asserted that he "never had six lines together without a fault." I offer these cheeky views to encourage you Leos to enjoy your own idol-toppling and authority-questioning activities in the coming weeks. You have license to be an irrepressible iconoclast.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Virgo-born
Jack Ma is China's richest person and one of the world's most powerful businessmen. He co-founded Alibaba, the Chinese version of Amazon.com. He likes his employees to work hard, but also thinks they should cultivate a healthy balance between work and life. In his opinion, they should have sex six times a week, or 312 times a year. Some observers have suggested that's too much—especially if you labor 12 hours a day, six days a week, as Jack Ma prefers—but it may not be excessive for you Virgos. The coming months could be a very erotic time. But please practice safe sex in every way imaginable.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): How hard are you willing to work on your most important relationships? How might your life change for the better if you gave them your most potent resourcefulness and panache? The next eight weeks will be a favorable time for you to attend to these matters, Libra. During this fertile time, you will have unprecedented power to reinvigorate togetherness with imaginative innovations. I propose you undertake the following task: Treat your intimate alliances as creative art projects that warrant your supreme ingenuity. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): "I make
mistakes," confessed author Jean Kerr. "I’ll be the second to admit it." She was making a joke, contrasting her tepid sense of responsibility with the humbler and more common version of the idiom, which is "I make mistakes; I'll be the first to admit it." In the coming weeks, I'll be fine if you merely match her mild level of apology—just as long as you do indeed acknowledge some culpability in what has gone amiss or awry or off-kilter. One way or another, you need to be involved in atonement and correction—for your own sake.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): If
you have been thinking of adopting a child or getting pregnant with a new child, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to enter a new phase of rumination about that possibility. If you've been dreaming off and on about a big project that could activate your dormant creative powers and captivate your imagination for a long time to come, now would be a perfect moment to get more practical about it. If you have fantasized about finding a new role that
would allow you to express even more of your beauty and intelligence, you have arrived at a fertile phase to move to the next stage of that fantasy.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19):
I suggest you make room in your life for a time of sacred rejuvenation. Here are activities you might try: Recall your favorite events of the past. Reconnect with your roots. Research your genetic heritage. Send prayers to your ancestors, and ask them to converse with you in your dreams. Have fun feeling what it must have been like when you were in your mother's womb. Get a phone consultation with a past life regression therapist who can help you recover scenes from your previous incarnations. Feel reverence and gratitude for traditions that are still meaningful to you. Reaffirm your core values—the principles that serve as your lodestar. And here's the number one task I recommend—Find a place of refuge in your imagination and memories; use your power of visualization to create an inner sanctuary.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): Are we
just being poetic and fanciful when we say that wonder is a survival skill? Not according to the editors who assembled the collection of essays gathered in a book called “Wonder and Other Survival Skills.” They propose that a capacity to feel awe and reverence can help us to be vital and vigorous; that an appreciation for marvelous things makes us smart and resilient; that it's in our selfish interests to develop a humble longing for sublime beauty and an attraction to sacred experiences. The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to dive deep into these healing pleasures, dear Aquarius.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): For
decades, the city of Sacramento, California suffered from severe floods when the Sacramento and American Rivers overflowed their banks. Residents authorized a series of measures to prevent these disasters, culminating in the construction of a 59,000-acre floodplain that solved the problem. According to my analysis, the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to plan an equally systematic transformation. It could address a big ongoing problem like Sacramento's floods, or it could be a strategy for reorganizing and recreating your life so as to gloriously serve your long-term dreams. THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK: It's a good time to think about Shadow Blessings—tinyurl.com/shadowblessings
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news of the weird FLORIDA Police in Pinellas County, Florida, responded to the Clearwater Mall late on March 22, where witnesses had reported a woman screaming in a parked car. According to an arrest affidavit, the officers discovered the woman and Robert Janisch, 21, "wrestling with each other" in their birthday suits. The couple told police that after they had intercourse, the woman went to urinate outside the car, using a napkin to wipe herself, which she then accidentally threw on Janisch, prompting an argument. The affidavit stated the argument escalated to the point that Janisch choked his girlfriend, but he contended the marks on her neck occurred earlier at the beach. WFLA reported Janisch was arrested for domestic battery. SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE (AS IF WE NEEDED MORE) Steward Gatt, also known as Stewy the Snake Catcher, was summoned to a yard in Ardeer, Victoria, Australia, in mid-March, where he bagged up a female tiger snake in order to relocate it in the wild. But when Gatt opened the bag a short time later, he discovered the snake had given birth to several offspring—one of which had two heads. According to United Press International, Gatt took the snakes to Direct Vet Services and had them checked over. The usual one-headed babies were fine, but the two-headed specimen had to be euthanized; "... these animals are not generally viable so it was euthanized on humane grounds," the clinic posted on its Facebook page. Mom and babies were returned to the wild according to plan. OOPS Vicar Simon Beach, 61, of St. Budeaux Parish Church in Plymouth, England, was uncomfortable enough as he launched into his first virtual church service on March 22, calling it "surreal." But as he leaned into the camera to deliver the final portion of his sermon, he looked to his left and calmly deadpanned, "Oh dear, I've just caught fire." Beach had leaned a bit too close to one of several nearby candles and ignited his sleeve. "I just felt my arm getting a bit hot," he told Metro News. The flame damaged his sweater and shirt, but did not burn his skin. Beach was teased a bit by fellow vicars, who razzed him for being "on fire for Jesus." "People have laughed and laughed, really," Beach said. CRAFTING DURING THE CORONAVIRUS Steve Walton of Shotley Bridge, England, took a bad spill in 2018 and, after a series of surgeries, had to have the lower part of his leg amputated in January. He was scheduled to be fitted with a prosthetic leg in mid-March, but his appointment was delayed because of the coronavirus crisis. That was when his wife, Atchari, went to work, making a leg for him using a bucket, fiberglass resin and wood. The first attempt
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kept falling off ("It was more akin to something Long John Silver would wear," Walton said), but Ms. Walton refined her project using a moon boot, and it worked. "My wife is very practical. She can turn her hand to anything," Walton told the BBC. "I am not going to use this regularly, but it will be good for getting around the house for the next three to six months. There are people far worse off than me at the minute." LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINAL Kenneth Braden, 65, filled his shopping cart at a Nashville-area Kroger store with essentials—five cases of beer and two packages of toilet paper—on March 11, then bypassed the checkout lanes, according to court documents. As he attempted to leave the store, he tripped the alarm sensors at the door and the wheels on his cart locked up. After several unsuccessful attempts to move the cart, he fled the store. WZTV reported Metro Police later picked him up and charged him with theft of merchandise and driving on a suspended license. LESSON LEARNED Taiwan has strictly cracked down on its citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic, using GPS on phones to monitor the movement of those in quarantine. One man got a particularly costly lesson when he violated the quarantine to go clubbing, AFP reported. The unnamed man, who was required to self-quarantine for 14 days after returning from Southeast Asia, was charged $1 million Taiwanese (about $33,000 US) after he was found at a Taipei nightclub on March 22. Authorities deemed his night out "malicious," and the New Taipei mayor, Hou Yu-ih, warned, "I will not be soft-handed." NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS In Richfield, Wisconsin, neighbors Eric Trzcinski and Trevor Reinke have missed sharing a beer while they are socially isolating. So Trzcinski came up with a novel idea: He's a car guy, and happened to have a spare exhaust tip that was the perfect size to hold a bottle of beer. Using zip ties, he strapped the tip to a remote control car, then dropped a bottle of Corona (yes, on purpose) into the pipe. He called Reinke, told him to start videotaping, and Reinke caught the little delivery as it zoomed across a busy street and up his driveway, delivering the cold brew into his hands. Trzcinski's Facebook post featuring the video racked up more than 5 million views, he told FOX6 News on March 24. {in}
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