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Three Pillars of SCI

CORE MISSION To improve the quality of life for everyone in our community, creating a vibrant place to live, work and play.

Early Learning City

Leadership Development

Community Initiatives

Our in-hospital and community-based education projects that aim to increase school readiness among our children have reached more than 13,500 families since the work began in 2017 — including the approximate 5,000 women who give birth in Escambia County each year. Parents who received a Brain Bag, who participated in parent education research from the University of Chicago or who were served by our direct parent outreach programs with LENA Start and Area Housing Commission all report their knowledge about the importance of language to fuel healthy early brain development increased. That’s important because parents who know more, will do more to help their children thrive and flourish.

The leadership development branch aims to transform organizations by providing training and tools to help create great places to work. In the past 12 months, 570 unique businesses have invested in over 2,800 employees by participating in skill development workshops, custom training, roundtables, online training, and EntreCon®, Northwest Florida’s premier business and leadership conference. These business and community leaders have made a commitment to build healthier businesses and reinforce the economic base of our community, making this a better place to live, work and play.

CivicCon and CivicCon Center are dedicated to the belief that great cities begin with great dialogue. The CivicCon speaker series began with Chuck Maron, the founder of Strong Towns, in 2017. Since then, it has become the foundation for a community that is well-informed and more engaged in what it takes to build a better place for everyone. CivicCon is a partnership between Studer Community Institute and the Pensacola News Journal. The series brought nationally-known urban planners and other experts to share what makes a city a great place to live, grow and prosper. CivicCon has an active email list of more than 1,600 people. The lectures regularly draw more than 200 people to our venues and 6,000 livestream views.

Build a brain, build a life.

Citizen-powered change.

Creating great places to work.

Studer Community Institute is welcoming new members to its Board of Directors for 2020. These new members will bring expertise in business, entrepreneurship, community outreach, education and healthcare to the work that SCI does to improve the quality of life in this community. These people could give their time, talent and treasure to any number of outstanding organizations in the Pensacola community. SCI is very grateful that they have chosen to share their gifts with us. Since becoming a nonprofit in 2016, SCI has grown to become a leader in driving community change.

We are grateful to have the guidance and support of our 2020 Board of Directors. Tosh Belsinger President and Founder, Gulf Blue Group Cindi Bonner Director, Pensacola Rally Will Dunaway Shareholder Clark Partington Thomas Greek Vice President of Learning & Development, Navy Federal Credit Union

Chad Henderson Founder and CEO, Catalyst HRE Jules Kariher Chief Advocacy Officer, Ascension Sacred Heart Van Mansker Retired, Regional Vice President, Lowe’s Jean-Pierre N’Dione Co-owner & GM, Five Sisters Blues Café, Great Southern Restaurants, Angelena’s Italian restaurant

Lisa Nellessen Savage Executive Editor, Pensacola News Journal Mort O’Sullivan III Retired Managing Member of the Gulf Coast Region Warren Averett, LLC CPAs & Advisors Tia Robbins Entrepreneur, Co-founder Mr. Robbins Neighborhood

Kathy Sandstorm Retired, Heitman LLC Joy Sharp Director of Community Health Programs, Baptist Healthcare Josh Sitton Former NFL Super Bowl Champion and Co-Owner, Bear General Contractors Michelle Snow Entrepreneur, Retired WNBS Star

Bruce Watson Executive Director, Escambia County Early Learning Coalition Quint Studer Founder Studer Community Institute

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KATHERINE MILLER WOLF The assistant professor of anthropology at the University of West Florida is the recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant. Miller Wolf will teach students from the National Autonomous University of Honduras at an archaeological site in Copan, Honduras, from May to December 2020. The Council for International Exchange of Scholars has administered the U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program for nearly 70 years on behalf of the U.S. Department of State. The program awards nearly 470 teaching and research opportunities in more than 125 countries to university scholars and other professionals, including artists, attorneys and scientists. GULF BREEZE POOLS Instead of a disconnect notice for their water or gas bills not being paid, 36 customers of Gulf Breeze Utilities received a note that Gulf Breeze Pools paid their outstanding balances in the hopes of taking a little bit of stress off of the families and giving them some more money for Christmas presents for their loved ones. JAMES R. ANDREWS The C. Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans recently announced that James R. Andrews, orthopedic surgeon, sports medicine specialist and founder of the Andrews Institute, has been selected for membership. Dr. Andrews joins 13 other exceptional business, civic and cultural leaders from across North America in receiving 2020 honors. For more than 70 years, the Horatio Alger Award has been annually bestowed upon esteemed individuals who have succeeded despite facing adversities and who have remained committed to higher education.

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MATT BEVIN The former GOP governor

of Kentucky issued hundreds of pardons and commutations of sentences in his final days in office after his November election defeat. The pardons included Blake Walker, who was convicted in 2003 of killing his parents; Kurt Smith, who as a teenager was found guilty of murdering his 6-week-old son; Delmar Partin, who was convicted of beheading a woman and stuffing her in a barrel; and Micah Schoettle, convicted last year of raping a child and sentenced to 23 years in prison. Bevin responded to criticism with a tweet—"No community is either more or less safe now than it was before the pardons and commutations given over the past four years."

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION In 2010, the

state agency assessed 1,249 environmental penalties in Florida totaling $10.2 million, which is more than three-and-one-half times as many penalties and double the fines assessed through the first week of December this year. FDEP has only doled out 352 penalties this year, totaling $4.4 million in fines for violating air, water, sewer, petroleum tank and other state environmental regulations. Agency officials have asserted the lower figures prove the success of its mission to help polluters clean up their acts.

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PLEASE POST OPENINGS Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson has selected most of his senior leadership team without doing national, statewide or even local job searches for the positions. City hall promotions have become an insider's game. After his election, Robinson announced that retired FAC Executive Director Chris Holley would be his city administrator. The hiring of Holley was seen as a move to give Robinson time to do a nationwide search. However, no search was done. No outside applicants were sought. Wilkins, a holdover from the Hayward administration whom we had been told was leaving, is the new city administrator and has agreed to stay until at least December 2021, according to the mayor. CFO Dick Barker is going to be replaced by former Interim County Administrator Amy Lovoy, who was hired last summer as deputy CFO without a job opening being posted by the city. Instead of leaving city hall, Barker will hang around as assistant city administrator in charge of supervising sanitation, the port, the airport, Pensacola Energy and special projects. The mayor's transition team, chaired by Quint Studer, recommended that Robinson hire an operational administrator that was experienced in growing revenue to oversee the leaders of Pensacola Energy, Pensacola International Airport, Sanitation Services and the Port of Pensacola. Barker doesn't meet that criteria, and according to his statement, he doesn't plan to retire until December 2023. The replacement for the airport direc-

tor, Dan Flynn, appears to have been already hired. Lovoy's successor at the county, Matt Coughlin, was hired by Robinson in August to be the deputy director of Pensacola International Airport. The city didn't seek outside applicants for the job. Earlier this year, Robinson announced that Susan Wolfe would be the city attorney. Again, no search was done for the post. We heard that the mayor had talked with several people about the position, but no open search was done. Wolfe was the attorney for Clerk of Court Pam Childers and had served as assistant city attorney under the city-manager form of government. Robinson's reluctance to go outside the countycity gene pool is disappointing considering how solid his other hires have been. Assistant City Administrator Kerrith Fiddler came from Kissimmee, Fla., where he served as the Public Works and Engineering director. Sanitation Services and Fleet Management Director John Pittman served as assistant director of Residential Collections for DeKalb County, Ga. Transportation Planner Mike Ziarnek joined the city from Florida Department of Transportation District 5, where he served as the Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator. Human Resources Director Ted Kirchharr worked 13 years for the Landrum companies. There are highly qualified professionals available who want to work for the city of Pensacola. We need to give them a chance to apply. {in} rick@inweekly.net

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CITY WEATHERS CYBERATTACK By Jeremy Morrison During the first weekend of this month, at around 1:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning, the city of Pensacola was hacked. By Sunday, city officials realized the cyberattack had crippled several municipal operations. "Everything that was here within city hall has been compromised," Mayor Grover Robinson revealed during a Monday morning press conference. Initially, the city was unable to use its phone system or communicate via email. Neither permits could be issued nor payments processed online. What else might be vulnerable—such as personal or private information held by the city—was not known, but the Pensacola Police Department and Pensacola International Airport were spared in the attack. A few days into the cyberattack, with the city's IT department working to assess the extent of the damage and law enforcement working to determine a responsible party, officials verified that the attack involved ransomware but were mum on further details—How did it happen? Who did it? What data is compromised? How much is the ransom? Is the city paying? "Not to sound like a broken record, but I don't think I can get into these kind of details," said Kaycee Lagarde, Pensacola's public information officer. "We know everyone has these questions. It's just such a sensitive issue."

TECH SUPPORT ON THE DARK WEB

Cyberattacks on municipalities are a reality of the modern landscape. About a week after Pensacola was attacked, New Orleans was hit. Numerous cities have been targeted, and more than a few have paid up when faced with ransomware. "The city of Pensacola certainly isn't the first, and it won't be the last," said Troy Gill, manager of security research with Ap-

pRiver, a cyber security company based in Gulf Breeze. The basic mechanics involved with a cyberattack entail locking up a target's technical capabilities, and then offering up an encryption key to remedy the situation. "The idea is to just take down the ability of a city to do its day-to-day business," explained Greg Hall, a research scientist with the University of West Florida's Center for Cybersecurity. Ransomware, which facilitates this type of cyberattack, first began appearing in the 1990s, but the game has since evolved markedly. "The threats in recent years have certainly gotten more targeted, more customized and more dangerous," Gill said. A ransomware attack is launched on a target's system in a few different ways. It can be done manually, in person and on site. It can be done using a bona fide username and password of someone who has legitimate access to the system, or it can be allowed in by opening an email or clicking on an ad, one of the more common methods, known as "phishing." "Usually, a ransom note is left on the desktop or appears as a background," said David Pickett, AppRiver's senior cyber analyst. Once a system is infected with ransomware, the targeted entity needs that encryption key to regain use of and access to the system. Additionally, some cyberattacks also involve a threat of releasing sensitive data if the ransom is not paid. "Usually, the person who does it is going to ask for what I consider a large amount," Hall said, ballparking an average ask of a municipality to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. "Sometimes they settle for an undisclosed amount." Hall said that while it's not impossible to figure out who launched a cyberattack, the attacks increasingly originate outside of the country. "And particularly in countries that don't extricate to the United States," he explained.

And there is apparently no need for a depth of technical know-how to initiate such a cyberattack. "You can purchase any facet of the attack on the dark web," said Gill, noting the everevolving marketplace he encounters in his work. "We were looking at one yesterday and they had, like, tech support." "I was amazed," said Pickett, marveling at how the criminal enterprises mimic the customer service of a legitimate business.

NO MORE PRIVACY

For as long as there have been computers, there has been a consistent piece of advice—backup everything. "You need to make backups," Hall said. "That still rings true today." "Really, it has a lot to do with your backup situation. If you don't have backups, you're in a predicament," said Gill, stressing the importance of backing a system up. "It puts you in a good position to start restoring from backups." But backups aren't perfect, and sometimes there's no way around needing that encryption key. It's not known exactly how the city of Pensacola has dealt with its ransomware attack, as officials are keeping a lid on the specifics, but in the week following the attack, it was able to restore its email, phone lines and online payment services. "We don't want to talk about how exactly we were able to get back online," Largarde said. "Obviously, that's not something you want to share publicly. It's just such a sensitive issue, when you're talking about our security measures." Lagarde did say that IT is still assessing the situation to determine the extent of the cyberattack and if the city's computer system is clean and that federal law enforcement agencies—including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement—are currently investigating the attack. The city will

also be engaging an outside cyber security consultant for assistance. "We want to make sure that we have that extra layer of security and that we have those outside experts come in and take a really hard look," Lagarde said. In the meantime, officials have declined to discuss details about the ransom or what the city's response has been on that front. "Again, that's not something we can discuss publicly," Lagarde said. However, an email surfaced from within the circles of Escambia County government—posted briefly to a county commissioner's blog—that included an update from the FDLE on the city's cyberattack. The agency noted that the ransomware appeared to be using software associated with an attack on California-based security company Allied Universal. Additionally, cyber security blog BleepingComputer has reportedly been in contact with the Maze ransomware operators that claim to be behind the cyberattack on the city of Pensacola. In an email exchange, the apparent hackers confirmed they were seeking a $1 million ransom. Also in the exchange, the attackers noted that public safety elements were intentionally shielded from the attack and that the attack's proximity to the shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola—which happened a day earlier and left four dead—was completely unrelated and coincidental. "We did not know about this," the attackers apparently told the blog. "It is just coincidence." And as the city continues to untangle this cyberattack and citizens continue to wonder if they should worry about any cityheld information potentially compromised, Gill put such concerns in context. "You should always assume that all of your information is public all the time," he said, citing the Experian breach a couple of years back. "There's not much about you that's private anymore." {in}

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'NOT PERFECT,' MAYBE 'DUMB'

Resident reviews W Cervantes plan / Photo by Jeremy Morrison

By Jeremy Morrison The roadway improvements the state has slated for West Cervantes Street were unveiled, again, this month following a season of negative feedback regarding plans released over the summer. The revised plan was laid out on a map stretching the length of the Fricker Community Center gymnasium with detailed improvements, which include crosswalks, traffic signals, lane narrowing and landscaping. Also detailed on the map of West Cervantes were points along the route that have seen pedestrian-vehicle conflicts. These conflict points were represented by red dots, and there were plenty. "If you look at the map, there's a lot," pointed out Ian Satter, spokesman for the Florida Department of Transportation, District 3. "We've got to reduce that." Filling the gym and digesting the proposed roadway improvements during the Dec. 10 public hearing was a collection of concerned residents, business owners and government officials. Among them was Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson, who actively lobbied for changes to the original plan, most notably the removal of a barrier that ran down the middle of the street in an effort to discourage crossings at undesignated points. "It's not perfect," the mayor said, looking over map, "but it certainly provides safety." 88

SAFETY FIRST

Improving safety along the West Cervantes corridor has always been FDOT's primary goal with this project. While initial plans to run a barrier wall down the middle of much of the street have been scaled back, it was evident during the public hearing that there are still ample concerns about the impacts of the improvements. "We don't like how it breaks up the grid," said Mayor Robison, echoing the evening's refrain and noting how a median still divides the street, preventing both vehicles and pedestrians from crossing West Cervantes except at designated cross streets. When FDOT released its plans for West Cervantes this past summer, the proposed barrier immediately became a focal point. Meant to prevent pedestrians from crossing the street in undesignated areas, the barrier wall also blocked left-hand turns and led to concerns that the wall would impede flow from one side of Cervantes to the other. In addition to residents and business owners in the area, local government officials lodged their complaints about the proposed safety improvements with FDOT. The city of Pensacola in particular pushed the state to rethink its plan. "The first thing the city said was we want to see all the roads opened," Mayor Robinson said. While FDOT hasn't opened up every

cross street in the project area, which goes from Dominquez Street to A Street, it has reduced the barrier wall by about 6,000 linear feet, bringing it down to 2,800 linear feet. In many instances, the wall has been replaced with a landscaped median. Also included in the state's revised plan are some new traffic signals—allowing for both vehicular and pedestrian crossing of West Cervantes—as well as lighted crosswalks. The four new signals will be located at Kirk, R, L and J streets, while the seven new crosswalks will be located in places to enable mid-block crossings. Other components of the safety improvements include narrowing lanes from 12 feet to 10 or 11 feet, adding sidewalk bulb-out areas, reducing the speed from 35 to 30 and aligning the road so that it features "gentle meander patterns" in the lanes to slow traffic. FDOT is almost done with the design phase of the West Cervantes project. After incorporating comments gathered during the recent public hearing, the agency will finalize the plans and begin work by 2021.

SAVE THE GRID

Although the state has amended its plans for West Cervantes, even retreating on its wall concept except along stretches considered to be the most dangerous, public reception of the revision was not good. People are still concerned about the cut-off of the street grid and the effect that will have on everything from commerce to continuity to community.

"It has been heralded by many public speakers who have come to talk to us about our area, about the walkability of our area, and it needs to be maintained." Zac Lane "The one issue I have with the plan is that it doesn't maintain the current street grid," said Zac Lane, representing the group Bike Pensacola. "Pensacola's city street grid is small; it's a walkable scale. It has been heralded by many public speakers who have come to talk to us about our area, about the walkability of our area, and it needs to be maintained." These concerns about the street grid

being destroyed by the median and the wall were raised by nearly every speaker that spoke during the public forum as well as anyone in attendance at the hearing. Jonathan Owens, who serves as an aide to Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill and also co-owns The Elbow Room, is concerned about how the divided road will impact his West Cervantes business. People heading to The Elbow Room from the east will have to pass the establishment and make a U-turn at T Street. "I think it's going to be detrimental," Owens said. Executive director of the CivicCon Center Terry Horne—who would later assess FDOT's revisions in a Pensacola News Journal editorial, "The new plan is dumb"— agreed, warning of negative impacts for nearby businesses. "The existing businesses will have a hard time," Horne said at the hearing. "I think we'll have a hard time as a community attracting new businesses to Cervantes." Evon Horton, pastor at Brownsville Assembly of God, located off West Cervantes, called the dividing median "a struggle" and said it would be bad for the surrounding community. "To put a barrier in divides a community," he said. "It sends the wrong message to a community that needs help." Josh Fields, whose family operates Cliff Fields Motors, noted how more affluent areas tend to get crosswalks and traffic signals when pedestrian safety is an issue, while the less affluent West Cervantes area was presented with a wall and median to divide stretches of the street. "Maybe rich people are better at doing crosswalks. I don't know," Fields said. Rand Hicks, Council of Neighborhoods Association president, suggested that FDOT remove any dividing barrier and also make a number of other changes aimed at creating a more pedestrian-friendly route. These changes included reducing the road from four lanes to two lanes, reducing the speed limit to 20 miles per hour, adding so-called sharrows for bicyclists and also placing parking spaces on either side of the street. "The business and community will prosper from that," Hicks said. Bike Pensacola suggested these same changes, as did Mike Kilmer, president of Brownsville's neighborhood association. "In Brownsville, we want the road diet," Kilmer said. "We want our economy in Brownsville to be better than it was before the four-lane was put through." And, like everyone else, Kilmer said the Brownsville community would also like to see the area's flow left intact. "We want what everyone else who spoke tonight—from Attucks Court to Josh Fields to the CiviCon community—wants—maintain the street the grid," said Kilmer. {in} inweekly.net

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discussions, they agreed to stay on a bit longer. Wilkins, the mayor said, has agreed to stay until at least December 2021. While Wilkins has already assumed the administrator position—"We're happy to have him, even though his first day has been a cyberattack," the mayor said—both Barker and Lovoy must be approved by the Pensacola City Council. The mayor said that Barker would remain CFO through March, at which time both he and Lovoy would take on their new respective roles at city hall. Barker's purview will consist of sanitation, the port and airport, as well as Pensacola Energy and special projects.

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GULF POWER LOVES HILL Last month,

State Rep. Mike Hill received $1,000 from Responsible Government Committee of Gulf Power Company Employees. The Political Action Committee is funded by Gulf Power, even though its name refers to the utility's employees. Gulf Power put $50,000 in the PAC in July. The Orlando Sentinel editorial board has described Hill and fellow lawmaker Dennis Baxley as "poster children for today's lack of political accountability." Inweekly's report of Hill laughing at a constituent's suggestion that gay people be put to death per the Bible (Inweekly, "The Gospel of Mike Hill," 5/30/19) drew nationwide criticism, including from House Speaker Jose Olivá and his 2020 successor, Chris Sprowls. He is considered one of the most ineffective lawmakers in the Florida House. Yet, Gulf Power appears to be endorsing him.

MORE POLLUTED While elected officials tend to dismiss concerns about the quality of our air and water, a recent Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 537 likely Escambia County voters found the public thinks more oversight and local control are needed to monitor how corporations are treating the environment throughout our county. The majority, 57%, believe the county is more polluted than 20 years ago with 29.4% saying it's less polluted and 13.6% about the same. An even larger percentage, 63.9%, 010 1

believe local officials put the needs of corporations above those of the public. Few, 60.3%, think there is enough transparency with how local businesses are regulated on environmental matters When asked out of water, air or soil pollution which type of pollution is most noticeable to them, 44.9% said water pollution was the most noticeable, followed distantly by air pollution with 21.9%. The vast majority, 62%, said they were hesitant to swim in local waters, afraid to let children play in certain playgrounds or drink from certain local water sources. When asked if they were afraid for children in our community to play in certain playgrounds, or drink from certain water sources, because of the possibility of soil and water pollution, 68.3% said they were fearful. The people sampled were Escambia voters with a voting score of 100% for the general election cycles. The voters called were those only with landlines and were called using an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system during the hours of 3-5 p.m. between Nov. 29 and Dec. 2. The Margin of Error for this study is +/- 4.5% with a confidence level of 95%.

MUSICAL CITY CHAIRS With the depar-

ture of former city administrator Chris Holley this month, Mayor Robinson had a couple of new staffing announcements lined up for his Monday, Dec. 9, press conference. The mayor has shuffled Keith Wilkins, formerly an assistant administrator, into the top admin slot

and intends to move Chief Financial Officer Dick Barker over to the vacated assistant position. In turn, Amy Lovoy, Barker's recently hired assistant, is expected to step into the CFO position.

"Having the opening up there allowed us to work with Dick and keep his expertise." Grover Robinson "We're excited to have Dick up on the seventh floor," Robinson said. "Having the opening up there allowed us to work with Dick and keep his expertise. He has a number of understandings of the city and how things work, and he's still got a couple of years before he DROPs, as well, so we would love to pull him up here and work with him." Both Barker and Wilkins are in the DROP retirement program, meaning they have a limited window of time left on their employment clocks. "At the end of your five years, you're gone; you have to leave," the mayor said, explaining the DROP system, in which an employee is able to start collecting some retirement benefits while also continuing to work. "Currently, I'm in the FRS program, and my date for retirement is December 2023, is what I'm looking at," Barker explained. "Keith just went in. Keith probably has about four years if he wants it." Mayor Robinson had previously said that both Barker and Wilkins were expected to soon retire, but in more recent

OLD CAPITOL GOES BLUE Florida's Old Capitol went blue to support the Pensacola community after the fatal shooting on Dec. 6 at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced last Thursday he had ordered the historic building to be bathed in blue light nightly through Sunday. "Home of the @BlueAngels, @NASPCOLA is important to the identity of our state," DeSantis tweeted. "I've requested the Florida Historic Capitol be lit blue from December 9-15 to honor and stand with the Pensacola community following last week's tragedy." Mohammed Alshamrani, a second lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force studying at Pensacola's Naval Aviation Schools Command, killed three U.S. sailors before being killed by an Escambia County sheriff's deputy. CLOSING GUN LOOP The News Service of

Florida's Jim Turner reported Florida wildlife officials moved quickly last Wednesday to try to close a "loophole" that allowed a citizen of Saudi Arabia to legally buy a handgun and ammunition used to kill three people at Naval Air Station Pensacola. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission directed staff members to immediately provide a proposal that would end the ability of such foreign citizens to buy handguns if they hold Florida hunting licenses. Commissioner Rodney Barreto said he spoke to Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier in the day and wanted immediate action.

"We need to look at all our rules and regulations. We've got to make sure foreigners cannot get guns and have the ability to kill American citizens. We need to figure that out today." Rodney Barreto "There's been a terrible issue that happened here in Florida, where a foreigner was able to get a hunting license. Then he was able to buy a gun, and he was able to kill some American soldiers," Barreto said. inweekly.net

"We need to close that loophole. We need to close it right away. We need to look at all our rules and regulations. We've got to make sure foreigners cannot get guns and have the ability to kill American citizens. We need to figure that out today." Shooter Mohammed Alshamrani, who was killed by an Escambia County sheriff's deputy, was a second lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force, studying at Pensacola's Naval Aviation Schools Command.Â Federal law generally prevents people in the United States on non-immigrant visas from having guns, according to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). But an exception allows them to have guns if they have valid hunting licenses. The Pensacola shooter, in the U.S. since August 2017, had obtained his Florida hunting license in mid-April and in July bought a 9 mm Glock 45 pistol, with an extended magazine, from a gun shop in the Pensacola area. Besides a valid hunting license, people with non-immigrant visas can buy guns if they are certain official representatives of foreign governments or if they are law-enforcement officers from friendly governments in the U.S. on official business, according to the ATF website.

QUESTIONS FOR DOD Last Wednesday, in a U.S. House Armed Services Committee hearing, Congressman Matt Gaetz questioned Defense Secretary Mark Esper about the current status of the flight program training Saudi Arabian students in the United States, particularly at NAS Pensacola after the recent shooting on the base, and what steps the Department of Defense is taking to address Saudi Arabian students currently at NAS Pensacola. "We have directed a stand-down that would limit Saudi participation in our USbased training to classroom training only until we can do expedited vetting of all Saudi students here in the United States," said Esper. However, he could not confirm

that more Saudi students were being accepted into the program. "Mr. Secretary, this is an issue of great importance to my constituents," said Gaetz. "I would hope that very soon, perhaps within the day, you would be able to make a public statement as to whether or not we are taking new students while you are undergoing that vetting process." Secretary Esper replied, "I think I know the answer, but I want to be affirmative in what I tell you. I think that's a very reasonable thing to do." The following day, Defense Department's spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told reporters that no new international military students would come to the United States for training until new screening procedures are in place. The Pentagon intends to expand its role in the screening process, the bulk of which is done currently by the State Department and Homeland Security.

AUDIT CLEARS MILTON The City

of Milton last week said that in an audit conducted by Warren Averett CPAs and Advisors, the findings cleared the city of any financial improprieties over the past seven years. The city hired Warren Averett CPAs and Advisors to perform an oversight review of cash transactions during fiscal years 2012 through 2018. The Milton City Council engaged the firm because of citizens' concerns due to the indictment of the former executive director of United Way of Santa Rosa County, Guy Thompson. Thompson served as mayor from 1994 through 2014. Since August 2014, the former mayor had not been involved with the operations of the city. The scope of work was designed to evaluate if additional forensic work should be performed within the city's financial records. "I'm pleased with the report. I trust Warren Averett. They are a reputable firm. We are relieved no illegal activity was found," said Milton City Clerk Dewitt Nobles. The report recommended an update

of the city's fraud and conflict of interest for staff and management policies with an update review every third year. The policy updates were completed at the December 10, 2019, city council meeting.

TOURISM GRANTS Visit Pensacola is accepting event grant applications for events occurring May 1-September 30, 2020. Grant workshops will be held at 10 a.m. on Jan. 6 and 15 and 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 7 and 16 in the UWF Historic Trust Bowden Building, 120 Church St. All applicants are encouraged to attend one workshop, as you will receive extra points during the scoring process if you attend. You may send your RSVP to Barbara Williams at bwilliams@ visitpensacola.com. Deadline for submissions is 3 p.m. on Feb. 11. The grant committee will meet to discuss and score applications at 2:30 p.m. on Feb 17-18 in the UWF Historic Trust Bowden Building, 120 Church St. The grant committee will then send their recommendations for awards to the Visit Pensacola Board of Directors meeting on Feb. 26 for their final approval. For more details, visit visitpensacola.com. MALL BALL The date has been set for the

25th Annual Cordova Mall Ball presented by Sandy Sansing Dealershipsâ€”Saturday, Jan. 25. Northwest Florida's largest Mardi Gras ball, the 25th Annual Cordova Mall Ball will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight at Cordova Mall. Proceeds will be designated for the Bear Family Foundation Pediatric Oncology Center for Hope at the Studer Family Children's Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart. Tables of eight, reserved seating and admission tickets are now available for purchase. You must be 21 or older to attend, and IDs will be checked at the door. Dress is masquerade or black tie optional. Three bands are scheduled for the event. New to the entertainment lineup will be The Tommy Morse Band, which is known for lively rock and roll. Returning will be the variety showband Starz, which

offers Top 40, Motown and old-school funk. Coming back to the event will be the Reunion Band, whose setlist predominantly features rock oldies and rhythm-and-blues hits from the '60s, '70s and '80s. A New Orleans-style French Market with jazz music is planned as part of the Mardi-Gras style festivities. Face painting and a fortune-teller also will be located in the French Market, and novelties available for purchase will include Mardi Gras masks, feather boas and more. Approximately 25 restaurants will provide food, and a silent auction will be part of the fun. Items up for bid will include jewelry, art, spa packages and more. The committee is seeking sponsorships and donations of items for the silent auction. If you wish to donate, please contact Jennifer Saba at 416-4661. Every year, Cordova Mall closes early to allow volunteers to set up for the event, an expression of mall officials' and shop owners' dedication to the health of our community's children. Last year, the Cordova Mall Ball raised a total of $568,755. These proceeds, along with proceeds from the events over the next three years, will go toward the brand-new Bear Family Foundation Pediatric Oncology Center for Hope at the Studer Family Children's Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart in Pensacola. During the past 24 years, the event has generated more than $6 million on behalf of sick and injured children at The Studer Family Children's Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart, a hospital dedicated to the care of children for more than 49 years. It is the only pediatric facility in the region. For more information, visit cordovamallball.com.

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Caring for Christmas By Jennifer Leigh

when you're thousands of miles away from friends and family. Through Operation Gratitude, you can send scarves and hats, drawstring bags and totes, and handmade greeting cards for soldiers to send their loved ones a note. And even if you're not crafty, you can send a care package of goodies. Find out more at operationgratitude.com/get-involved.

HELP CHILDREN WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS

More than 2.7 million children have a father or mother in jail. And locally, there are children in need who may not have a Christmas because they're separated from a parent by bars. United in the Family, along with the Poarch Creek Indians, has set up a longstanding program with the Prison Fellowship to make sure children with an incarcerated parent still get presents. You can help by choosing a child to purchase gifts for or by making a monetary donation by contacting Dr. Calvin Avant of United in the Family at 7480675 or by visiting unityinthefamilyministry.com/ angel-tree-network.

MAKE A PUP YOUR 'ANGEL'

Giving is always better than getting. But giving a gift that does extra good in the community—that's the best. There are a lot of people in our community that need a little extra love this holiday season. Mr. Rogers said you can always "look for the helpers" to restore your faith in humanity. And you can be one of those helpers this year. Whether you pluck a name off of an angel tree, or you choose to purchase a special gift from a charitable organization, or maybe you want to roll up your sleeves and join the helpers, now is as good a time as any to give back. So enjoy the decorations and the cheesy songs and wrapping gifts, as long as you put a little care in your Christmas. We have a few suggestions on how you can do just that.

BRING A PET HOME FOR THE "PAWLIDAYS"

During the Thanksgiving holiday, local shelters offered the chance for people to take cats and dogs home for a few nights to spend the holidays in a home instead of a kennel. This helps staff get to know more about an animal's personality while also giving them a break from the shelter. And Santa Rosa County Animal Shelter will be carrying the program over during the Christmas holiday. Fill out a foster form at santarosa.fl.gov.

SEND A HOMEMADE GIFT TO A DEPLOYED SOLDIER Handmade gifts are always heartfelt, which is why it could be nice to receive one

Feeling guilty about all the adoptable dogs out there? Sponsor one of Amazing Grace Bully Rescue's dogs. Pick a pup from the Angel Tree at Wild Lemon, and then you can drop off your donations to the studio, located at 3000 N. 12th Ave. Dogs are probably the easiest to shop for—just go for the treats. For more information, visit facebook.com/beawildlemon.

SERVE A MEAL TO SOMEONE IN NEED

A hot meal goes a long way. You can serve the community in more than one way by volunteering at the Waterfront Mission annual Christmas banquet that provides meals to anyone who is in need. Sign up for positions ranging from serving to clean up by calling 429-0656. Learn more information by visiting waterfrontmission.org. And year-round, families staying at Ronald McDonald House will always need some sustenance. You can volunteer to provide a prepared or homecooked

meal seven days a week for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Learn more by visiting rmhc-nwfl.org.

SEND THE GIFT OF READING

If you have family in town and you run out of things to do (even though that's impossible this time of year), why not get people together to send books to inmates in Florida prisons with Open Books? Volunteer your time by stopping in to help pack books on Wednesday nights or Sunday mornings, or stop in to donate funds to help ship books. You may also find something for yourself in the bookstore. For more information, visit openbookspcola.org.

MAKE A PATIENT SMILE

A stay at a hospital is no vacation. And if you're a child missing out on Christmas, it's even less fun. There are a few ways to volunteer at The Studer Family Children's Hospital at Sacred Heart that can make their stay a little special. You can provide a playroom activity or provide much-needed homemade donations such as baby blankets, pillowcases or finger puppets. You can even volunteer as staff support stocking supplies and doing clerical tasks to help. Learn more by visiting healthcare.ascension.org.

PUT YOUR DOLLARS TO WORK

If you're out shopping, why not purchase a gift that doubles as a donation? Purchase the Goodwill Easterseals 21st annual Christmas on the Coast ornament. This year's limited-edition brass- and gold-plated ornaments feature the National Naval Aviation Museum, so you can show your hometown pride and support Goodwill's programs that help to employ and train thousands of individuals with disabilities each year. Purchase the ornament online for $15 at gesgc.org. You can also find handmade gifts at The Dove Gift Shop, located in West Florida Hospital at 8383 N. Davis Highway, and support the Arc Gateway or thrift unique gifts at the Beverly Barkway Thrift Store, at 817 Beverly Parkway, where proceeds benefit the Pensacola Humane Society. {in}

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Hometown Sounds By Savannah Evanoff

Andrew Kelly

Andrew Kelly's taking a risk. The former Pensacola resident will release the third variation of rock band Slumberjack's new album in March, and there is more of him in it than ever. "Big Shoots" comes after the EP "Black Lodge," which was really only meant for one person, Kelly said without naming names, and the album "Oddly Calm," a collection of poems that practically wrote themselves. This record, featuring guitarist and vocalist Kelly and drummer Dave Hanson, is more mature, less tech-savvy and more honest. "When I was younger, I felt like I needed to impress all those guys that were better than me for so long; then you grow up and play more and realize no one really gives a shit," Kelly said. "Only other snobby guitar players pay attention to that stuff … This is the one I feel closest to, that best represents me as a songwriter, as a person."

Kelly started music as Corbitt—his middle name—a solid opener where he learned how to not let people talk over him. It's hard to do a solo act convincingly though, he said. "It's easy to get up there and bore everybody, especially when you're starting a show off and no one cares anyways," Kelly said. "I developed more of a shouting, screaming style, only for people to shut up and listen." He later played in Polyamorous and Alphabet City, honing that signature Pensacola sound he's determined to get to the bottom of. Slumberjack started in the area, too. Kelly's first variation was a high school band he formed with a buddy sophomore year. "We were smoking weed in the shed behind my house," Kelly said. "It was kinda early in the morning because he had to go to work. He was wearing flannel and I was wearing a bathrobe. We're stoned

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and I look at him and I say, 'You look like a lumberjack,' because he's got his beard and flannel, and he looks at me and says, 'You look like a slumberjack.'" It started silly but developed a deeper meaning. Kelly considers it some version of dormant masculinity. "Everyone tried so hard to project their masculinity and how they're so hard and tough," Kelly said. "I never felt that way. I am masculine, but I don't wear it upright as my personality." "Big Shoots" has two "Pensacola songs," as Kelly calls them—"I'm Alright," which came out Dec. 13, and "Skinny Dip." The pair of tracks was inspired by other songs with nods to Pensacola, such as Wilco's "Monday" and Deerhunter's "Pensacola." "I enjoyed that so much, because you feel like, 'That's me. That's my place,'" Kelly said. "I wanted to do that for myself and the people who like Slumberjack and have over the years. They're really simple songs, singalongs, lyrics that mean so much to me and places I lived." Kelly snapshotted his Pensacola upbringing in the music video for "I'm Alright." He spent three days shooting it on a handy cam with his friend Trey Pfeiffer, which meant driving around with a shot list singing the song at various Pensacola spots. "Some are really obvious, and some are my personal favorite places," Kelly said. "There's a shot of the sun and the moon, which is just these two round pylons behind Jerry's Drive In by the graffiti bridge and the train tracks." Kelly remembers going there as a teenager. He lived in Cantonment, so when he first started driving, he would go downtown, smoke cigarettes and wait. Waiting defined his adolescence but in a good way. It's what made Pensacola his home. "Me and my good friends buried a time capsule in Scenic Hills," Kelly said. "I rode a long board, so we would always ride Scenic Hills and Bayview. That shot at Bayview, behind me is where the time capsule is buried. There's a dock on Bayview I spent so much time at waiting around. You spend your youth waiting for someone to hang out." The video turned out exactly how he imagined, only because it wasn't exactly what he imagined. "So much of art is happy accidents," Kelly said. "You have an idea. You go out

and make it, and it's not what you wanted, but it looks good." Kelly is a tad surprised it's his first music video. Between music ventures, he works in the film industry in Atlanta, once as a production assistant for season three of the Netflix original series "Stranger Things" and also as a film runner for the fantasy thriller "Doctor Sleep," in theaters now. "Watching it when it came out, I saw how I worked on parts on each episode," Kelly said of "Stranger Things." "It's a lot of background work, working with extras and telling them what to do. It's still low on the totem pole, but just the fact I'm on this level of shows and movies already is good." The "I'm Alright" lyrics are also a tribute to his hometown. "It's written to friends of mine that have had a difficult time in Pensacola for different reasons," Kelly said. "A number of friends got deeper into drugs and drinking more than is healthy. It's not judgmental; it's more just, 'Everyone needs to call their mom and let her know you're alright.' The people that worry about you are the people who care about you the most." Didn't he mention, this album is more mature. "When you're a musician, especially when you start younger, you have this idea of what success is," Kelly said. "You think, 'I need to sign to a label and tour by 20-something.' If I'm not doing certain things by a certain age, I'm no good—the self-doubt that comes with music. You see bands that are younger than you blow up overnight, and you feel like you've missed the boat. It's not about that. 'Big Shoots' is going for it, putting it out there. Even if none of it happens like you wanted or thought it would be, taking the shot is worth it every time." Kelly didn't think Slumberjack would ever make this album. Half of the band lives in Austin, Texas, and half in Atlanta. "We still get together and tour and do stuff, but 'Big Shoots' to me is taking the shot, going for what you love without the expectation or necessity of success to validate the whole thing," Kelly said. "I don't know, just not giving up. This one's the big shoot." {in} Details: facebook.com/slumberjackfl 15

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS BIG JIM BROWN AND THE SPEEDKINGS CHRISTMAS SHOW 3-6 p.m. Dolce and

Miracle on 34th Street / Photo courtesy of Pensacola Little Theatre

THURSDAY 12.19

VICTORIAN HOLIDAY TRADITIONS 3 p.m. Included with Historic Pensacola admission ($4-$8, free to UWF students). Tours begin at Tivoli High House, 205 E. Zaragoza. historicpensacola.org MIXED MEDIA JINGLE MINGLE 5:30-7:30 p.m. Emerald Republic Brewing, 1414 W. Government St. facebook.com/pensacoladesigners LUCAS’ UGLY SWEATER PARTY 5:30-7:30 p.m. Lucas', 400 Quietwater Beach Road, Ste. 5A. localsknowlucas.com MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET 7:30 p.m. $31. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com

FRIDAY 12.20

VICTORIAN HOLIDAY TRADITIONS 3 p.m.

Included with Historic Pensacola admission ($4-$8, free to UWF students). Tours begin at Tivoli High House, 205 E. Zaragoza. historicpensacola.org GALLERY NIGHT: HOLIDAY IN THE CITY 5-11 p.m. Downtown Pensacola. More than 40 artist vendors. gallerynightpensacola.org SANTA’S WORKSHOP 6 p.m. Bring the kids for crafts, toys, cookies and hot cocoa with Santa. Must have military ID. USO Northwest Florida, 153 Ellyson Ave. facebook.com/ usonorthwestflorida TEACHERS HOLIDAY PARTY 6 p.m. Dolce and Gelato, 2050 N. 12th Ave. facebook. com/dolcegelatopensacola BEER AND CAROLS 6-8 p.m. Gary’s Brewery & Biergarten, 208 Newman Ave. facebook.com/garysbrew BALLET PENSACOLA PRESENTS: THE NUTCRACKER 7 p.m. $33 and up. Saenger The-

atre, 118 S. Palafox. pensacolasaenger.com SPRUCE MARKET OPENING PARTY 7-10 p.m. $13 for one, $20 for two. Museum of Commerce, 201 E. Zaragoza St. facebook.com/ littlesprucemarket MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET 7:30 p.m. $31. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com HARRY POTTER YULE BALL 8 p.m. $15. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com

SATURDAY 12.21

CHRISTMAS ZOOBILEE 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Gulf

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SPRUCE MARKET 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Museum of Commerce, 201 E. Zaragoza St. facebook.com/littlesprucemarket DECK THE HALLS: A HOLIDAY LUNCH EVENT

10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Traditional carols performed by Pensacola Opera. Limited seating; reserve your table by calling 4699898. Jackson’s Steakhouse, 400 S. Palafox. greatsouthernrestaurants.com ENDLESS CHRISTMAS 11 a.m.-9 p.m. $38.99. Sam’s Fun City & Surf City, 6709 Pensacola Blvd. samsfuncity.com VICTORIAN HOLIDAY TRADITIONS 3 p.m. Included with Historic Pensacola admission ($4-$8, free to UWF students). Tours begin at Tivoli High House, 205 E. Zaragoza. historicpensacola.org POLAR EXPRESS PAJAMA PARTY 3:30 p.m. $7. Enjoy “The Polar Express” on the IMAX screen. National Naval Aviation Museum, 1750 Radford Blvd., navalaviationmuseum.org YULE NIGHT LONG WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION WITH DELTA5IVE 5-9 p.m.

Gary’s Brewery & Biergarten, 208 Newman Ave. facebook.com/garysbrew

AJ BRAVEHEARTS TOYS FOR TOTS & PET RESCUE BENEFIT CONCERT 6:30 p.m. Free with

brand-new, unwrapped toy. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com

BALLET PENSACOLA PRESENTS: THE NUTCRACKER 7 p.m. $33 and up. Saenger Theatre,

118 S. Palafox. pensacolasaenger.com

Gelato, 2050 N. 12th Ave. facebook.com/ dolcegelatopensacola MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET 3 p.m. $31. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com POLAR EXPRESS PAJAMA PARTY 3:30 p.m. $7 a person. Enjoy “The Polar Express” on the IMAX screen. National Naval Aviation Museum, 1750 Radford Blvd. navalaviationmuseum.org HANUKKAH CELEBRATION 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Menorah lighting and fire show. City Hall, 222 W. Main St. HOLIDAY JAM 8 p.m. Cujo & Vessel. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

MONDAY 12.23

JOHN APPLEYARD TALK: PENSACOLA CHRISTMAS PAST 9 a.m. Free. Pensacola

Visitor Information Center, 1401 E. Gregory St. HOLIDAY ICE SKATE 2-6:30 p.m. $9-$12. Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolabaycenter.com CHRISTMAS PARTY AT ODD COLONY BREWING CO. 4-11 p.m. Odd Colony

Brewing Co., 206 N. Palafox. facebook. com/oddcolony CHRISTMAS BY THE BAY 5-8 p.m. Candlelight service. Community Maritime Park Amphitheater, 351 W. Cedar St. transformationchurch.com/christmas TIDINGS OF COMFORT AND JOY 8 p.m. $15 per person. Performance of seasonal, classical music. First United Methodist Church, 6 E. Wright St. wuwf.org

TUESDAY 12.24

CHRISTMAS EVE AT ANGELENA’S Lunch

from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Standard dinner at 5 p.m. along with “Feast of Seven Fishes” five-course meal for $45 per person. Angelena’s Ristorante Italiano, 101 E. Intendencia St. angelenaspensacola.com

COASTLINE CALVARY CHAPEL: CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE SAENGER 5 p.m. Free and

Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com

open to the public. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. pensacolasaenger.com SANTA SENDOFF 8-8:30 p.m. 223 S. Palafox. pensacolawinterfest.org

SUNDAY 12.22

WEDNESDAY 12.25

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET 7:30 p.m. $31.

CHRISTMAS ZOOBILEE 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Gulf Breeze Zoo, 5701 Gulf Breeze Parkway. gbzoo.com NUTCRACKER CHARACTER BRUNCH 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $35. For tickets, call 432-9546. Pensacola Saenger Ballroom, 118 S. Palafox. COUNTRY CHRISTMAS MARKET 1-4 p.m. Free admission. Frazier's Country Wines, 3130 Barrancas Ave. BALLET PENSACOLA PRESENTS: THE NUTCRACKER 1:30 p.m. $33 and up.

Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. pensacolasaenger.com HOLIDAY ICE SKATE 2-6:30 p.m. $9-$12. Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolabaycenter.com

CHRISTMAS DINNER 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Hilton Pensacola Beach, 12 Via De Luna Drive. facebook.com/hiltonpensacolabeach A CHIZUKO CHRISTMAS 8 p.m. Live music from Frank Spinatra and the Basilantros, Yam, DEAdBUGGS and Hibachi Stranglers. chizuko, 506 W. Belmont St. facebook.com/chizukopensacola

THURSDAY 12.26

THE OFFICE CHRISTMAS POP-UP BAR

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WORK ON THE FLORIDA TRAIL 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Every Thursday. Three miles north of Deaton Bridge Road. meetup.com/ftawesterngate YOGA WITHIN REACH 9-10 a.m. Free. Community Health Northwest Florida, 2315 W. Jackson St., Room A. healthcarewithinreach.org BAPTIST HEALTH CARE: COOKING WITH CRUZ Noon. Ever’man Educational Center,

327 W. Garden St. everman.org

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD 1 p.m. $7 (cash only). Studer Community Institute, 220 W. Garden St. pensacolacinemaart.com VETERANS’ MEETING 4 p.m. Ever’man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org AWM WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m. Free. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. Ninth Ave. facebook. com/aragonwine YAPPY HOUR 5-10 p.m. Through Feb. 27. 5% of proceeds benefit Escambia County Animal Shelter. Red Fish Blue Fish, 5B Via De Luna Drive. redfishbluefishpensacolabeach.com ZUMBA WITH SHANNON AND FRIENDS 6-7 p.m. $4. Homestead Community Center, 7830 Pine Forest Road. END OF THE LINE THURSDAY DINNER 6-9 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. Sign up for the newsletter for menu. eotlcafe.com THIRD THURSDAY INSPIRATION 7 p.m. Ever’man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org

FRIDAY 12.20

ONE-ON-ONE TECH HELP 10 a.m. Pensacola

Library, 239 N. Spring St. mywfpl.com

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD 1 p.m. $7

(cash only). Studer Community Institute, 220 W. Garden St. pensacolacinemaart.com

LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE 4:15 p.m. $7 (cash only). Studer

Community Institute, 220 W. Garden St. pensacolacinemaart.com HAPPY HOUR COOKOUT 5 p.m. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com ACOUSTIC SONGWRITERS NIGHT 6 p.m. Every Friday through March 27. Frazier’s Country Wines, 3130 Barrancas Ave. fromthegroundupgardenpensacola.com GLOW BOWL 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Every Friday and Saturday. $12 per person. Strikerz Entertainment Center, 3200 N. Palafox St.

SATURDAY 12.21

PARKRUN/WALK MEETUP 7:30 a.m. University

of West Florida, Rec Plex North Field, 11000 University Parkway. parkrun.us/recplexnorth OCEAN HOUR CLEAN-UP 9-10 a.m. Wayside Park/Graffiti Bridge at the Pensacola Visitor Center, 1401 E. Gregory St., and Bartram Park, 211 Bayfront Parkway. oceanhourfl.com SANTA ROSA FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fresh local produce, honey, baked goods and live music. Pace Presbyterian Church, Woodbine Road. PALAFOX MARKET 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Fresh produce, live plants, baked goods, fine art and antiques.

Items originate directly from participating vendors, including dozens of local farmers, home gardeners and area artists. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, N. Palafox. palafoxmarket.com YOU SELL IT HERE FARMER’S MARKET 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free admission. Every Saturday. 8600 Pensacola Blvd. facebook.com/yousellithere LEAPS 10 a.m. Ever’man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org EVER’MAN COOKS: DEBBY’S KITCHEN, SEAFOOD GUMBO Noon. Ever’man Educational

Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD 1 p.m. $7 (cash only). Studer Community Institute, 220 W. Garden St. pensacolacinemaart.com UWF NATIONAL TITLE GAME WATCH PARTY

1:30 p.m. Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook.com/perfectoplainbrewingco LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE 4:15 p.m. $7 (cash only). Studer

Community Institute, 220 W. Garden St. pensacolacinemaart.com ICE FLYERS VS. HUNTSVILLE HAVOC 7:05 p.m. $15 and up. Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolabaycenter.com SATURDAY SWING OUTS 8 p.m. $5. Saturdays. Breathe Yoga Studio, 505 S. Adams St. GLOW BOWL 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Every Friday and Saturday. $12 per person. Strikerz Entertainment Center, 3200 N. Palafox St. SATORI AFTERHOURS 9 p.m.-midnight. chizuko, 506 W. Belmont St. facebook. com/chizukopensacola FREE TOTALLY ‘80S RETRO PARTY 11 p.m.

Free. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com

SUNDAY 12.22

THEMED BRUNCH AT PERFECT PLAIN 10 a.m. Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco TRANSMISSION MEDITATION WORLD SERVICE

10:30 a.m. Ever’man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org YOGA WITH TINA SCHLAUDER 10:30 a.m. $12. Gary’s Brewery and Biergarten, 208 Newman Ave. facebook.com/garysbrew BRUNCH WITH LIVE MUSIC 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Café Single Fin, 380 N. Ninth Ave. facebook.com/cafesinglefin VEGAN BRUNCH 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sign up for the newsletter for menu. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. eotlcafe.com SUNDAY BRUNCH AT H20 11 a.m. $28.95 for adults. Free valet parking and 15% off with local ID. H20 Hilton, 12 Via De Luna Drive. facebook. com/hiltonpensacolabeach

MONDAY 12.23

RESUME HELP 11 a.m. Molino Branch Library,

6450-A Highway 95A. mywfpl.com

SHOPPING AND COOKING THE CO-OP SALES 11

a.m. Ever’man, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org

SEVILLE QUARTER MILERS 6 p.m. Runners meet

in front of Seville Quarter for a run around downtown Pensacola. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com SNAILS 7 p.m. $25. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com

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calendar view through Feb. 2. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org COTTON FIELDS TO CONGRESS: THE LIFE AND CAREER OF EARL HUTTO On

Beirut: Photographs by John Bechtold / On view at PMA

Arts & Culture

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PMA GALLERY TOURS

2:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Free with museum admission. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

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SMALL MATTERS WITH GUEST ARTIST KATHY BREAZEALE

On view through Jan. 3. First City Art Center, 1060 N. Guillemard St. firstcityart.org

PIGMENT OF OUR IMAGINATION On

view through Jan. 10. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.org BEIRUT: PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN BECHTOLD On view

through Jan. 19. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

100 FACES OF WAR EXPERIENCE On view

through Jan. 19 at Pensacola Museum of Art. Traveling exhibit from Smithsonian. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

JOHN MARKOWITZ: RECENT WORKS On

view at the T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum, 330 S. Jefferson St. historicpensacola.org GALLERY DAYS Noon4 p.m. Saturdays. Featuring local artists. To be featured, contact Angel at 941-735-4586 or call the restaurant at 4770035. TGI Fridays, 1240 Airport Blvd.

Workshops & Classes

POTTERY ON THE WHEEL Six-week

workshops are held Tuesdays from 6-9 p.m., Wednesdays from 9 a.m.-noon, Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays

from 9 a.m.-noon at First City Art Center, 1060 N. Guillemard St. Cost is $157.25 for members and $185 for non-members. For more information, visit firstcityart.org. INTRODUCTION TO POTTERY ON THE WHEEL Every Monday

from 6-8:30 p.m. at First City Art Center. Classes are $40. For more information, visit firstcityart.org. CLAY HAND BUILDING Six-week

workshops are held Tuesdays from 6-9 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m.-noon at First City Art Center. Cost is $157.25 for members and $185 for non-members. For more information, visit firstcityart.org. CLAY SCULPTURE

Six-week workshops held Saturdays from 9 a.m.-noon at First City Art Center. Cost is $157.25 for mem-

bers and $185 for non-members. For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

Call for Artists

Jazz Pensacola invites fine artists/ graphic designers to submit renderings for the official 2020 Pensacola JazzFest poster. The commission is $300. The poster design should reflect the deep, rich, diverse jazz music heritage of Pensacola and communicate a sense of place. Submissions should conform to a vertical orientation using a ratio that will fit, with margin, on a final poster size of 18 inches wide by 24 inches high. All content must be the submitter's original creation and must be unpublished. The submitter must have all rights to

images and graphics used in the final artwork and during the design process. The poster must include the name of the festival—2020 Pensacola JazzFest. The submission deadline is Jan. 6, 2020. If selected, the completed art deadline is Feb. 28, 2020. For more information, call Jazz Pensacola administrator Alice Crann Good at 433-8382, Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., or visit jazzpensacola.com.

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THURSDAY 12.19

JOE FINGAS 6 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. fivesistersbluescafe.com

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Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com

BOBBY VAN DEUSEN

6:30 p.m. The District, 123 E. Government St. districtsteaks.com RAZOR HAWK 7 p.m. Hub Stacey's 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com OPEN COLLEGE JAM WITH MIKE BOCCIA

7:30 p.m. Goat Lips Chew and Brewhouse, 2811 Copter Road.

DUELING PIANOS

8 p.m. Rosie O' Grady's Dueling Piano Show. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com OPEN MIC/JAM 8-11 p.m. Goat Lips Brewhouse, 2811 Copter Road. Use our instruments or bring your own. SOUTHERN BREEZE

8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pen-

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sacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com HIGH DEMAND 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley Courtyard, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

FRIDAY 12.20

LIVE JAZZ WITH JOE OCCHIPINTI Noon.

The Drowsy Poet Coffee Co., 655 Pensacola Beach Blvd. CAT DADDY BLUES BAND 6 p.m. Five

Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. fivesistersbluescafe.com LIVE MUSIC 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com RAY ‘BIG DOG’ COLEY

6-9 p.m. Cazadores Mexican Restaurant 8183 W. Fairfield. JOHN RIPLEY 6:30 p.m. The District, 123 E. Government St. districtsteaks.com MIKE BOCCIA 7:45

p.m. Goat Lips Chew and Brewhouse, 2811 Copter Road. DUELING PIANOS

8 p.m. Rosie O' Grady's Dueling Piano Show. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com MIKE & FRIENDS

8 p.m.-midnight. Goat Lips Brewhouse, 2811 Copter Road. THE BLENDERS 8 p.m. Hub Stacey's 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com HORSESHOE KITTY

9 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com SAUCY FUZZ 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com THE RED FIELD 9 p.m. Lili Marlene’s, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

DJ MR LAO 10 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com HIGH DEMAND 10 p.m. Apple Annie’s, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

SATURDAY 12.21

LIVE JAZZ WITH JOE OCCHIPINTI 10 a.m.

The Drowsy Poet Coffee Co., 655 Pensacola Beach Blvd. LIVE MUSIC Noon4 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com THE FLAVORS 6 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. fivesistersbluescafe.com AL MARTIN 6-11 p.m. The Piano Bar, Quality Inn, 7601 Scenic Highway. LIVE MUSIC 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010

Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com AL MARTIN 6:30 p.m. The District Steakhouse, 123 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com DUELING PIANO SHOW 8 p.m. Rosie

O’Grady’s, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com OPEN MIC/JAM 8 p.m.-midnight. Goat Lips Brewhouse, 2811 Copter Road. Use provided instruments or bring your own. HORSESHOE KITTY

9 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com COLM KELLY 9 p.m. McGuire’s Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub.com THE RED FIELD 9 p.m. Lili Marlene’s, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

HIGH DEMAND 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com LIVE DJ: MR. LAO

10 p.m. Phineas Phogg's, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com SAUCY FUZZ 10 p.m. Apple Annie’s, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

SUNDAY 12.22

BO FABRO AND THE BOYS 11 a.m.

Apple Annie’s Sunday Brunch, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

CURT BOL JAZZ QUARTET 11 a.m.

Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. JAZZ BRUNCH WITH AL ALVARADO 11

a.m.-2 p.m. McGuire’s Irish Pub,

600 E. Gregory St. jazzpensacola.com LIVE MUSIC Noon4 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com GOSPEL AT GOAT LIPS WITH HOST CLINT DAVIS 12:45-

3:15 p.m. Goat Lips Chew and Brewhouse, 11 Copter Road. DIZZY JUKE 4-8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com OPEN MIC/JAM 4-10 p.m. Goat Lips Brewhouse, 2811 Copter Road. Use our instruments or bring your own. LIVE MUSIC 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com HIGH DEMAND WITH JEREMY AND

MITCH 9 p.m. End

O' the Alley, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

MONDAY 12.23

JOE OCCHIPINTI’S JAZZABOUTS 11

a.m.-1 p.m. The Drowsy Poet Coffee Company, 86 Brent Lane. LIVE MUSIC 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com JAZZ GUMBO

6:30 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com MONDAY NIGHT BLUES 7 p.m. Blues

Society of Northwest Florida featuring The Clowns. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

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“PYP was a transformative force in my life as I navigated my uncertain post-college 20s. The founding members of PYP were mentors to me, recognizing my potential and entrusting me with meaningful projects like the Internship Pensacola program. By my early 30s, I’d learned more about leadership through PYP than any other avenue of my life, and had the privilege of helping mentor a new generation of members. My time on the PYP board, and my year as president, taught me how to work with and appreciate different types of people, and how to motivate and inspire myself and others. The value of the things I learned and the relationships I forged during my time in PYP simply cannot be calculated.”

PYP was a lifesaver for me when I moved to Pensacola. I didn’t really know anyone and it was refreshing to meet so many young professionals who were like minded and career driven. PYP opened up possibilities for me to grow and ﬁnd my strengths, gave me conﬁdence to completely change career paths, and let me connect with professionals and leaders in the community that ultimately led to my job now and other opportunities I’ve taken advantage of over the last eight years. In addition, some of my absolute best and lifelong friends were found through PYP. I fully believe I wouldn’t be where I am today without getting involved in this organization. If YPs invest their time in PYP, it will pay them back tenfold. If companies and organizations invest their resources in PYP, they will gain a better prepared workforce of YPs who are here to make our community and companies a better place.

As a young business owner, joining PYP is without a doubt the best decision I could have ever made when it came to ﬁnding a diverse group of motivated people in Pensacola. I was a bit apprehensive upon ﬁrst joining because I was unsure of what being a PYP’er entailed, although once I started attending the multitude of events that they host throughout each month, I felt right at home. From the professional development team, to being able to hear local and State reps at a political forum, and even heading out to Wahoo’s Stadium for a baseball game, there is certainly a range of fun things to do within the organization.I’m very fortunate for all the relationships I’ve built during my time in PYP, and I can trace just about every professional connection I have in Pensacola back this incredible organization. Thank you PYP for all you do for the young leaders in our community, we’re lucky to have such an amazing organization!

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free will astrology WEEK OF DECEMBER 19 ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): The Eng-

lish word "hubris" means prideful, exaggerated self-assurance. In the HBO TV series “Rome,” the ancient Roman politician and general Mark Antony says to his boss Julius Caesar, "I'm glad you're so confident. Some would call it hubris." Caesar has a snappy comeback—"It's only hubris if I fail." I'm tempted to dare you to use you that as one of your mottos in 2020, Aries. I have a rather expansive vision of your capacity to accomplish great things during the coming months. And I also think that one key to your triumphs and breakthroughs will be your determination to cultivate a wellhoned aplomb, even audacity.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): For years, I've lived in a house bordering a wetland, and I've come to love that ecosystem more than any other. While communing with reeds and herons and muddy water, my favorite poet has been Taurus-born Lorine Niedecker, who wrote about marshes with supreme artistry. Until the age of 60, her poetic output was less than abundant because she had to earn a meager living by cleaning hospital floors. Then, due to a fortuitous shift in circumstances, she was able to leave that job and devote more time to what she loved most and did best. With Niedecker's breakthrough as our inspiration, I propose that we do all we can, you and I, as we conspire to make 2020 the year you devote more time to the activity that you love most and do best. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): In the

English language, the prefix "re" comes at the beginning of many words with potent transformational meaning—reinvent, redeem, rediscover, release, relieve, redesign, resurrect, rearrange, reconstruct, reform, reanimate, reawaken, regain. I hope you'll put words like those at the top of your priority list in 2020. If you hope to take maximum advantage of the cosmic currents, it'll be a year of revival, realignment and restoration.

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more than usual in 2020. I suspect you will experience delight and enchantment at an elevated rate. The intensity and depth of the feelings that flow through you may break all your previous records. Is that going to be a problem? I suppose it could be if you worry that the profuse flows of tenderness and affection will render you weak and vulnerable. But if you're willing and eager to interpret your extra sensitivity as a superpower, that's probably what it will be.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Does the word "spirit" mean anything to you? Or are you numb to it? Has it come to seem virtually meaningless—a foggy abstraction used carelessly by millions of people to express sentimental beliefs and avoid clear thinking? In accordance with astrological omens, I'll ask you to create a sturdier and more vigorous definition of "spirit" for your practical use in 2020. For instance, you might decide that "spirit" refers to the life force that launches you out of bed each morning and motivates you to keep transforming yourself into the ever-more beautiful soul you want to become. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): "There are

people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back," wrote author Charles de Lint. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, your heart will encounter far more of the latter than the former types of people in 2020. There may be one wrangler who tries to take the heart out of you, but there will be an array of nurturers who will strive to keep the heart in you—as well as boosters and builders who will add even more heart.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Composer Igor

Stravinsky was born a Russian citizen but later in life became a French citizen, and still later took on American citizenship. If you have had any similar predilections, Libra, I'm guessing they won't be in play during 2020. My prediction is that you will develop a more robust sense of where you belong than ever before. Any uncertainties you'd had about where your true power spot lies will dissipate. Questions you've harbored about the nature of home will be answered. With flair and sat-

isfaction, you'll resolve long-running riddles about home and community.

ever been. So you definitely don't want to confuse high standards with limitations.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): "Friend-

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): Historians once thought that 14th-century Englishmen were the first humans to track the rhythms of the planet Jupiter using the complicated mathematics known as calculus. But in 2015, researchers discovered that Babylonians had done it 1,400 years before the Englishmen. Why was Jupiter's behavior so important to those ancient people? They were astrologers! They believed the planet's movements were correlated with practical events on earth, like the weather, river levels and grain harvests. I think that this correction in the origin story of tracking Jupiter's rhythms will be a useful metaphor for you in 2020. It's likely you will come to understand your past in ways that are different from what you've believed up until now. Your old tales will change.

ship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity," wrote philosopher and educator Mortimer Adler. He was exaggerating a bit for comic effect, but he was basically correct. We all must mobilize a great deal of intelligence and hard work to initiate new friendships and maintain existing friendships. But I have some very good news about how these activities will play out for you in 2020, Scorpio. I expect that your knack for practicing the art of friendship will be at an all-time high. I also believe that your close alliances will be especially gratifying and useful for you. You'll be well-rewarded for your skill and care at cultivating rapport.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): In

1933, Sagittarian artist Diego Rivera was commissioned to paint a huge mural in one of the famous Rockefeller buildings in New York City. His patrons didn't realize he was planning to include a controversial portrait of former Soviet Communist leader Vladimir Lenin. When the deed was done, they ordered him to remove it. When he refused, they ushered him out and destroyed the whole mural. As a result, Rivera also lost another commission to create art at the Chicago World's Fair. In any other year, Sagittarius, I might encourage you to be as idealistic as Rivera. I'd invite you to place artistic integrity over financial considerations. But I'm less inclined to advise that in 2020. I think it may serve you to be unusually pragmatic. At least consider leaving Lenin out of your murals.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): China produces the most apples in the world. The United States is second. That wasn't always true. When Europeans first reached the shores of the New World, crab apple was the only apple species that grew natively. But the invaders planted other varieties that they brought with them. They also imported the key to all future proliferation—honeybees, champion pollinators, which were previously absent from the land that many indigenous people called Turtle Island. I see 2020 as a time for you to accomplish the equivalent, in your own sphere, of getting the pollination you need. What are the fertilizing influences that will help you accomplish your goals?

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19):

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"People mistake their limitations for high standards," wrote Capricorn author Jean Toomer. In my astrological opinion, it's crucial that you avoid doing that in 2020. Why? First, I'm quite sure that you will have considerable power to shed and transcend at least some of your limitations. For best results, you can't afford to deceive yourself into thinking that those limitations are high standards. Secondly, Capricorn, you will have good reasons and a substantial ability to raise your standards higher than they've

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news of the weird WAIT, WHAT? Joe Rwamirama, 48, of Kampala, Uganda, has an unusually practical superpower: "He is known all over the city as the man who can kill mosquitoes with his farts," local barber James Yoweri told The Sun on Dec. 10. Rwamirama said no one in his home village has ever contracted malaria because his gaseous ejections knock out insects over a 6-mile radius. "He is respectful of people around him and will only fart when there are mosquitoes around," Yoweri continued. Rwamirama hopes to market his gas and claims that insect repellant companies have been looking into its chemical secrets, but The Sun couldn't verify those claims. UNDIGNIFIED DEATH When a Shelby, Ohio, police officer responded to a call on Nov. 13 about a sick or rabid raccoon on a residential street, he had a tough decision to make. The raccoon did seem either injured or ill, and according to WJW, the officer decided it needed to be destroyed. However, there is no area animal control department, and police officers don't have the "training or equipment to capture a potentially rabid animal," officials said. And the officer was hesitant to use his firearm because of the time of day and because some residents were outside their homes. So he decided to use his vehicle to eliminate the raccoon, running over it several times to finish the job. Unfortunately, a bystander was recording the incident, and people on social media are calling for the officer's removal. The Shelby police chief responded: "The video is disturbing to watch. ... We are having an independent group, with a prosecutor, to determine if any criminal charges are appropriate (but) ... this incident doesn't violate any wildlife laws." JUST WEIRD It's very cold and very dark, in an existential sort of way, in Minneapolis at this time of year. To wit: Cianna Violet, 24, passes by a certain spot, near a Broadway Pizza location, as she commutes to work. In November, she noticed a yellow traffic pylon with an extra something clinging to the top and pulled over to check it out. It was a rat—dead, frozen, sad. Until Dec. 3, when Violet noticed

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something about the rat had changed. Sure enough, someone had dressed the chilly little rodent and even remembered accessories, like a tiny silver backpack and fur-trimmed boots. The outfit is "100 percent seasonably appropriate," Violet told CityPages. "I'm sorry it had to die, but in death it has brought a reason to smile to hundreds." •Meanwhile, it's warm and sunny in Las Vegas, and the pigeons are wearing cowboy hats. What? On Dec. 9, KVVU reported that pigeons have been spotted with tiny red cowboy hats on their heads. Mariah Hillman, who runs an animal rescue, at first thought the little headwear was cute, but then began to worry about how the hats had been affixed to the birds' heads. "Did they glue them? ... Is it something that's going to impede their flight or attract predators?" she wondered. Hillman and her agency have been handing out business cards and asking people who see the little urban cowbirds to "just feed them until I get here. I'm only 3 miles away and I'll come trap them." GREAT ART! In Miami Beach, Florida, you don't even have to leave the oceanfront to get caught in a traffic nightmare. For Miami's Art Basel, Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich unveiled on Dec. 3 a masterpiece three months in the making: sand sculptures of 66 actual-size cars and trucks locked in a traffic jam, which he calls "Order of Importance." His artwork is meant to bring attention to the climate crisis, Dezeen reported. The work includes several lanes of traffic split by a traffic divider. Most of the vehicles are partially submerged in a nod to rising sea levels created by global warming. "As an artist, I am in a constant struggle to make people aware of this reality," Erlich said. It is his largest project to date. {in}

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