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reforms would meet opposition in the state legislature, the state senator submitted two bills. The first one failed to win approval of the Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee, but the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee passed the second, more detailed bill. Meanwhile, the Florida House passed unanimously the companion reform bill.

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musician’s charity, the Manilow Music Project, has donated a Yamaha piano to launch a local music instrument drive for the Escambia County School District. Anyone who donates a new or gently-used musical instrument to the Pensacola Bay Center box office one week prior to show date will receive two free tickets for Manilow’s Jan. 28 show.

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more than six years. Last month, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries set aside its output quota, a target it had failed to meet for over a year and a half. The lifting of economic sanctions against Iran will further flood the crude oil market, driving prices below $30 per barrel.

DONALD ‘CHIP’ PUGH The wanted Ohio man who police say sent them a selfie because he didn't like his mugshot was arrested last week in Century. Pugh was wanted on a failure to appear warrant in Lima, Ohio. When he sent police a selfie with the caption: "Here is a better photo, that one is terrible," the Lima PPD released Pugh’s selfie on its Facebook page. An anonymous tip led to his capture. FLORIDA’S DEATH PENALTY The

U.S. Supreme Court has invalidated the way people in Florida are sentenced to death. Florida law required juries to make recommendations to judges regarding the death penalty after considering aggravating and mitigating circumstances, with judges ultimately imposing the sentences. The 8-1 ruling said juries, not judges, should be responsible for imposing the death penalty. To do otherwise equates to an unconstitutional violation of the Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury, according to the Justices.

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CONVERSATION STARTER On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Quint and Rishy Studer announced their “Be the Bulb Challenge” to provide $50,000 for the best proposals to improve Escambia County’s kindergarten readiness rate. Studer Community Institute is coordinating the program. The money will be split into two $25,000 categories. One category is for ideas from an individual or group employed by the Escambia County School District. The other will be available for an individual or group in the community. Why are the Studers doing this? Quint told me that their goal is to get the community talking about how a third of our kindergarteners enter school unprepared and how they struggle to catch up to their peers throughout their education. The Studer Community has kindergarten readiness as one of 16 benchmark metrics in its Pensacola Metro Dashboard, which was developed with the University of West Florida to provide a snapshot of the educational, economic and social well-being of the community. Escambia ranks 51st out of 67 counties in the state in kindergarten preparedness. Research by the Studer Institute found that when 1,000 children in the county enter kindergarten unprepared, it has a domino effect on our community—lower high school graduation rate, higher teacher turnover, an increase in crime, lower wages and less money to invest in the county.

Escambia School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas told the daily newspaper that the problem was even worse. One of five of those children who enter kindergarten unprepared is more than two years behind, making it virtually impossible for their teacher to get the child caught up with his peers in one school year. Governor Rick Scott has pushed the state legislature to invest in early learning programs. In his first term, he got lawmakers to approve the first funding increase for early childhood education in the last 10 years. His 2016 proposed budget includes $1.1 billion in funding for early education in Florida. The Office of Early Learning, which oversees school readiness and voluntary prekindergarten programs in the state, would get an increase of $51.7 million over last year if the state legislature approves it. Will improving kindergarten readiness turn our school system from a “C” district to an “A”? No, there are no silver bullets, but it will have a positive impact on our public education system. The Escambia County School District currently has 36,594 students enrolled in grades 1-12. We need programs to help them read, write and learn on their grade levels. “Be the Bulb” is more than $50,000 in grants. It’s a conversation starter. Let’s keep the discussion going. {in} rick@inweekly.net

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WHAT TRUMP ACTUALLY SAID back, so we've had like nine or ten that really attacked, most of them have already left the race. Some of them started at seven and eight and after they attack I don't even know what ... Wouldn't it be great if we had a country like that? People look at us, they talk badly, they go down the tubes. Don't we love that? They've all gone down the tubes.”

ON TED CRUZ:

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By Rick Outzen Republican frontrunner Donald Trump made a campaign stop in Pensacola on Jan. 13. In a crowded Pensacola Bay Center, the billionaire spoke for nearly an hour. Much has been a made about his complaints about the media and his microphone, but only a few snippets about what he actually said were published. Inweekly transcribed his speech, which rambled and often got sidetracked, and culled some of his key points. Needless to say, punctuation was a challenge.

I talk about him, he spent so much money with negative ads, he's the only guy, he's doing all these negative ads, so you gotta say he gets hit—but when you give a guy like Jeb or when you give Marco (Rubio) or Ted (Cruz) or any of them they have total control. If not total how about 90 percent, okay, maybe not total, but 90-percent. You can't have it.”

ON THE POLLS:

“I've been number one almost since I announced. I talk about it because you know, I want to show the tremendous crowds that we get that we're kicking ass together. We're all kicking ass. All kicking ass. You know what, you can call this the silent majority, which some people say oh we shouldn't use that term, it's a very descriptive term, but it no longer works because it's not really a silent majority, it's a noisy as hell majority, noisy as hell.”

ON SPECIAL INTERESTS IN POLITICS: "Believe me, so much special interest “I'm self-funding my campaign. I'm that the politicians putting up my own money, putting they're all talk, they're no action. They're up my own money.” Donald Trump controlled by their lobbyist or their special or their donors, totally. If it's bad remember this, if it's bad for the United States, and if it's good for them and the people they're representing, forget it. The United States doesn't have a chance. I know the lobbyist. Hey, until seven months ago, I was huge donor. I would have lobbyists. I know many of the lobbyists. When they give a guy like Jeb (Bush), who's by the way oh is he gone, but when they give him $5 million—and the reason 66

ON THE DEBATES:

“All of the debates, I've won. I've won. Now we have another debate tomorrow, they'll all be attacking me like they attack. Whatever, right. No, they attack, but they don't understand that unlike this country, I attack

“He's been really nice other than last couple of days getting a little testy. I've been waiting. Got a little problem, you know. Got to sort of make sure you can run. A lot of lawyers say you can't run if you do that. Can't be born in Canada, you can't be a Canadian citizen, and I hope it works out for him, I really do. Every time I have a meeting with the press the first question they're asking me is this, but you gotta be able to run, so I'm not going to get into it tonight… Supposing he runs and everybody's banking on him and then the courts rule that he can't run, that's not so good. What do you do? Concede the election to Hillary Clinton or to crazy Bernie?”

You know, if two-percent are Isis, it's big trouble. You saw what two people, two young, married, radicalized people, and we have a president that won't even use the term. Right? They won't even use the term. Radical Islamic terrorism, will not use the term. Refuses to say it, and until you say it and until you know you have a problem, you can't solve problems unless you know you have a problem.”

ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS: “Just think of this, so you have a president who's African-American. Good, I love that, except less has been done for African-Americans than anybody. They're having one of the worst times they've ever had, African-American youth. One of these polls came out and the pollster said there's something wrong, Trump had 25-percent. It was the highest number ever in the history of the pollsters. It was 25-percent, and the MC, the person in charge of the show, said wait a minute, if Trump gets 25-percent of the AfricanAmerican vote, the election's over, we might as well not even have it.”

ON WINNING:

“We don't win anymore. We're going to start winning. We're going to win with healthcare. We're going to win with trade. We're going to re-build our military. It's going to be bigger and better and stronger than ever before, and we're going to take care of our vets, our greatest people. We are going to strengthen up our border, and we're going to build the wall, and we're going to have something that's going to be absolutely great, and we're going to let people come in, but they're going to come in legally. They're going to come in legally and we're going to win so much. I say it, and I mean it. We're going to win so much. We're going to win with all of those things, health care, everything. We're going to win at everything we do, and other countries are going to respect us because we're winners we're not losers and we're not going to be kissing ass when ten wonderful people get captured. We're going to win at every single level. We're going to win so much you're going to beg me. You're going to say, Mr. President, we're so tired of winning we can't take it anymore. Please don't win anymore, Mr. President, please have one or two losses and I'll say no I won't do that. I won't do that because we are going to make America so great again. We are going to make America great again.” {in}

“It's not really a silent majority, it's a noisy as hell majority, noisy as hell.” Trump

ON MIGRANTS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST:

“This could be the great Trojan horse. This could be the real deal, but I want the Gulf States to pay. They have so much money. Saudi Arabia made a billion dollars a day, and we're protecting them. We gotta pay, when we protect people, they gotta reimburse us, at least, the money that we're losing. We don't know what we're getting. They're not at all under no circumstances are these people, if you look at it, they're not vetted, nobody has papers, nobody has anything. They're just putting people in, so I wanted to read this, because I look at this and perhaps you can look at it toward the migration.

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ANTI-CORRUPTION BILL STILL ALIVE

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By Rick Outzen The first week of 2016 Legislative Session was a roller coaster ride for those wanting to fight government corruption in the state of Florida. Fortunately the USA network of Florida newspapers and others who have pushed for stricter law regarding bribery and bid tampering have State Senator Don Gaetz, R-Niceville in their corner. The week started of badly when the Senate Governmental Oversight and Ac-

countability Committee turned down the anti-corruption bill, SB 582, sponsored by Sen. Gaetz, which had been requested by the Statewide Grand Jury on Corrupt Conduct and endorsed by 20 state attorneys. Sen. Jack Latvala, R- Clearwater, convinced his colleagues that the legislation would interfere with what he called “normal business practices” of government contractors. The bill opened to prosecution contractors who bribed state officials. Other senators resented that the media was advocating for the bill. However, Sen. Gaetz had a Plan B. He had another bill, SB 686, that had the same anti-corruption provisions plus additional ethical reforms. The Senate Ethics and Elections Committee passed SB 686 on Tuesday, Jan. 12. “This is certainly not the first time I've done it or the first time other senators have done it, but sometimes you place key provisions in two different bills because you want more than one chance at legislative consideration,” Sen. Gaetz told Inweekly in a phone interview. He said he had employed the same strategy with healthcare, ethics bills and education bills in the past. Gaetz explained, “I knew that the Committee on Governmental Oversight

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and Accountability was a small committee. There are only five members. I knew that there was a dug-in opponent of the bill on that committee, and I knew that he had considerable influence over one or two of the other members.” The Gannett Company, owner of the Pensacola News Journal and several other papers in Florida, has supported the anticorruption campaign. The newspaper chain wrote that the hundreds of millions of dollars Floridians pay every year to absorb the cost of bid-rigging, bribery, fraud and waste amounted to a “corruption tax.” Gaetz agreed in September to sponsor the legislation. He also had told them about his two-bill strategy. “I told them that I would very likely put the provisions in both bills,” he told Inweekly. “It just turned out to be a safety net for the provisions.” SB 686 includes several reforms: •Prohibition against using taxpayer funds to pay excessive bonuses and severance payments to public servants. •Requirement that local governments must address the findings of the Auditor General for stricter control of public funds. •Prohibition against public officials skirting the conflict of interest law by using a third party “shadow corporation.” •Requirement for disclosure of lobbyists and whom they represent before water management boards, transportation authorities, special districts and local governments. •Limitation against former officials of Citizens Insurance, Enterprise Florida and other “quasi-public” boards from lobbying the boards they served on or were employed by. •Requirement for local governments and special districts to put their proposed and adopted budgets on their websites.

•Requirement for legislative lobbyists to disclose more frequently whom they represent on legislation, amendments and appropriations. •Allow the Commission on Ethics to initiate investigations without a third party complaint. •Prohibition against legislators accepting employment or promotions tied to their public position. Employment of legislators would have to be based on qualifications and merit, not political office. •Prohibition against a public board or agency requiring a citizen to submit advance copies of testimony before appearing before that public entity. •Enable school boards to direct an internal auditor to conduct an audit of management practices. •Modification of the standard of proof for bribery, fraud and bid-rigging to ensure that public servants and public contractors can be prosecuted for “knowingly and intentionally” trading money or other benefits for contracts. On Thursday, Jan. 14, the House Rules, Calendar and Ethics Committee approved a similar anti-corruption bill by a 19-0 vote. Sen. Gaetz was happy when Inweekly talked with him at the end of week, but he remained cautious. The bill must pass three other Senate committees, three House committees and be approved on the floors of both chambers. “I'm very pleased that we're out of the starting gate in both chambers,” he said. “We have a chance to move them forward in the legislative process, but it’s still going to be a very heavy lift because, sadly, there are those who profit from cronyism.” As he ended the call, Gaetz said, “Nothing delights me more than the prospect of a good fight. And this is a good fight for a good cause.”{in}

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By Jill Cicero Last night I had quite an experience. With two free tickets in my purse, I made my way to downtown Pensacola's Bay Center where Donald Trump was scheduled to speak. I wasn't sure I'd actually make it inside. For one, I was wearing my striped purple pajama bottoms and over it a blue Hawaiian mumu dress, which isn't my usual get-up now that I'm in my forties. And, two...well, let's all concede right now that there are two major emotions that drive all actions – Love and Fear. And I, for one, fear the possibility of Donald Trump becoming Commander in Chief. But it truly was love that was urging me to attend the Trump rally. Let me explain. When I joked with my new friend, Steven Hawkins, a teacher at Navy Point Elementary School and author of the book, “Dramatic Problem Solving,” about attending the Trump rally, he said we should go and do some clowning with the supporters outside, having some fun, spreading some joy. “Let's counteract Trump's messages of hate,” he said. Oh, boy, I thought, that could get ugly. Now I had two things to fear—Trump and possible confrontations with his supporters, some of whom I'd seen on the news could be quite venomous. What a challenge to love these people, too, I thought, and so I agreed to join him even though I had no clowning experience. Steven had learned clowning from the health care visionary Patch Adams, and he believed I could do it. He promised it would be fun, though I wasn’t so convinced. I waited for Steven in my safety zone of Bernie Sanders supporters. He arrived 88

a few minutes later, a bundle of energy and with a variety of red noses. I chose the electric one that blinked on and off. We crossed the street to meet the lines of people extended around the block in front of the Bay Center. My only plan was to give away “Free Hugs.” I had seen pictures and videos online of brave, compassionate souls who hugged strangers, and it always warmed my heart. I might not know how to be a funny clown, but I could hug people while looking like one. I followed Steven, in his paisley pants, tie-dye shirt and Mardi Gras beads, hoping I'd figure it out as I went along. I watched him literally bouncing on his feet – his 'clown walk' was my guess – while he greeted the many stone-faces in line. "Remember: Love in your heart and love in your mind," Steven called to everyone, while many stared back at him in surprise and wonder. "The 60's are gone, hippy!" I heard an older man yell out. "The 60's never left!" Steven happily replied as he bounced on. I was following Wavy Gravy, who found out early in his own political protesting career that the red nose makes your message safe. A newbie at this type of face-to-face demonstrating, I was nervous about the possibility of negative comments. It might have helped if I'd actually prepared a character to become. Instead it was just me in a red nose quickly trying to be an active participant rather than a passive observer, a role I'm much more comfortable with most of the time. “Are you with this guy?” someone asked me. When I replied affirmatively, “What are you doing this for?” And I took up the cause. “To spread love and not hate or fear. And to give out hugs!” I opened my arms and asked him, “Would you like a free hug, sir?” “No,” he said and turned around shaking his head. Undeterred, and feeling better now that I had finally found my voice, I turned

to the next people in line. “I have free hugs! Who would like a hug?” “I'll take a hug,” said a woman, about 60. We embraced. I hugged her long enough to take a deep breath which is actually a lot longer than a typical hug, apparently. “Wow, that was a great hug!” she told me. I smiled. “Remember, love...not fear.” Was this really my message, or was I just trying to convince myself to fulfill this strange act of compassionate civil disobedience? My doubts evaporated when I encountered the first of many hawkers selling Trump 2016 souvenirs. The hats stating “Let's Make America Great Again” I could almost tolerate. But hearing guys belt out the Trump quote for their one-of-a-kind 'Bomb the Shit Out of ISIS' buttons did me in. It was completely surreal to feel stuck in the middle of Steven's message of love and the advertisement for more war. It motivated me. I knew which side I was on. “You have to pay for those buttons but my hugs are FREE!” I called to those in line. “My hug is filled with LOVE and you can keep it forever!” The more hugs I gave, the braver I became. I even found myself singing about free hugs. I was hugging people of all ages, genders and colors. “Come here, I love a good hug,” said a gruff looking old man. College students egged each other on to accept a hug. Two men told me their wives wouldn't approve. I laughed as if they were joking, but the looks on their faces told me otherwise. A woman whispered to me as she gave me a hug. “I'm only here because my friend wanted to come,” she said. “It's good to have witnesses,” I whispered. She laughed. Parents who tried their best to avoid my eyes couldn't hold onto their 3- and 5-year-old girls who broke free and gave me hugs. “Your girls are bursting with love!” I told them as the fear of me turning their children into free spirits raged in their eyes. Because I was stopping to give good, long hugs, I often became separated from

“Was this really my message, or was I just trying to convince myself to fulfill this strange act of compassionate civil disobedience?” Jill Cicero

Steven. A man pointedly asked me, “Who are you voting for?” “I haven't decided yet.” A sour-faced woman asked, “What church are you with?” “Does it matter?” I replied. Another asked, “Where do you live?” “Here, in your community.” Once, when Steven was only a few yards ahead of me, a small woman with arms tightly-folded, said to me, “Are you two together?” I nodded. “Why are you here? Are you terrorists?” “Terrorists?” I asked with my eyebrows at the highest point on my forehead. “Yeah, terrorists. You're the crazies. You're clearly the odd-ducks here.” “Odd ducks,' I repeated slowly. I looked her in the eyes. 'We're just here to spread love. No fear. Just love.” She refused my offer of a hug, and I turned to catch up with Steven. Whoa, terrorists. Interesting. What kept me going was the knowledge that everyone ultimately wants the same things for ourselves and our families; love and safety. The safety part brings out the violent reactionary in us. Love is stronger and more powerful than fear. “I know what it is,” Steven said to me later. “The fear and the propensity to violence – 'Bombing the Hell Out of ISIS’ comes from a feeling of helplessness.” None of that mattered when I looked people in the eyes and asked if they liked hugs. Each hug felt great to me – it's hard to explain how amazingly real and human it felt to truly love a stranger - and I was frequently asked for a second hug so I know others liked them, too. In the end, I also found my own tagline—“Bring some love in there!” For all the negativity and tension I saw people bringing in, I sure hope some of them did bring love inside. One teenage boy asked if I'd given a hug to Donald Trump. I said, “I haven't seen him around yet. But I would give him a hug!” And I knew that I meant it wholeheartedly. I really would hug him; a good, long hug. I'd also tell him the same thing, “Bring some love in there!”{in} inweekly.net

“Construction should be bid out in the fall of 2016 if there are no changes; the completion date for the project is estimated to be early 2018,” he told the council. The city administrator said the bid documents for the ferry landing system are scheduled to be sent out, and construction would be completed by the end of the year. “Council will have to take action, and it's anticipated that the acceptance of the second ramp award from the federal highway's port (funds) will be March or April,” said Olson. On the Corrine Jones Stormwater Pond project, the construction is expected to start the second week of February. He explained, “There was some mix up at the FEMA level on that project. Now that that's been cleared up, we can go ahead and issue the notice to proceed. That project is still on track to be completed by the end of the year.”

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ported the huge jump in prescription drugs, cocaine and heroin deaths in our area. The federal government has also noticed the rise and will dedicate more resources to Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. Director of National Drug Control Policy Michael Botticelli recently announced Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are part of the 14 additional counties in 10 states designated as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs). The designations enable Escambia and Santa Rosa to receive Federal resources to further the coordination and development of drug control efforts among Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials. It also will allow local agencies to benefit from ongoing HIDTA-coordinated initiatives working to reduce drug use and its consequences across the United States. “With the designation of new counties as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA), we are enhancing the ability of Federal, state and local authorities to coordinate drug enforcement operations and improve public health and safety,” said Director Botticelli. “The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program is an important part of this Administration’s work to expand communitybased efforts to prevent drug use, pursue ‘smart on crime’ approaches to drug enforcement, work to reduce overdose deaths, increase access to treatment, and support millions of Americans in recovery.”

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DEEPFLEX REFLEX Pensacola City Councilman Larry B. Johnson is concerned that the DeepFlex’s manufacturing facility at the Port of Pensacola will not be completed by May 30. In 2014, Mayor Ashton Hayward announced that DeepFlex was investing $52 million in a state-of-the-art facility at the port and created 100 jobs. Unfortunately, as crude oil prices have dropped, construction on the building has halted. Councilman Johnson said he had received calls asking when the facility would be finished. “It's time to be aggressive with whatever we need to do, whatever the lease calls for to move this thing forward, because I don't have any confidence that they'll have a CO by May 30th, 2016,” he said at the Jan. 14 council meeting. “I guarantee they're going to ask for an extension. I just think that we need to move forward with whatever action we need to take to bring some resolution and get this warehouse done.”

construction and then we plan that the first quarter of 2017 would be the construction start,” said Olson. “The first quarter of 2018, there will be a new Fire Station #3.” Councilwoman Sherri Myers asked, “How are you addressing the working conditions between now and when the new station will be ready to be occupied?” The city administrator said he had eyes “24/7” on the building. “The conditions that exist are not what we would want for any of our work force, but they do not rise to the level of an emergency.” Olson said the construction for a new Bayview Center will not begin until the second quarter of 2017. Construction is projected to be completed a year later. He said that the design selection committee for the fishery had met on Jan. 13 to discuss the architecture and engineering for the project. He expected that the awarded to be announced the week of Jan. 18. The contract negotiations would last about 60 days. “At that point, the planning committee, which has some local representation, will meet with the contractor, that's the March-April time frame,” said Olson. “The contractor will then conceptualize and design the hatchery. That process will take about 12 months.” On the Living Shoreline project that is also funded with BP dollars, the conceptual design should be 30 percent complete in March or April. A public hearing will be held to give input on the design.

“I just think that we need to move forward with whatever action we need to take to bring some resolution and get this warehouse done.” Larry B. Johnson

CITY PROJECT UPDATES At the end of the five-hour Pensacola City Council meeting on Thursday, Jan. 14, City Administrator Eric Olson gave his update on city operations. The mayor’s recommendation to build new Fire Station #3 on Summit Boulevard will be presented to the council in February. By June, the city will issue a Request for Qualifications for the design and engineering work. “We would expect then that by December we'll be able to issue an RFP for January 21, 2016

ANOTHER JAIL DEATH On Friday, Jan.

15, Alfred Wesley, 63, was found unresponsive in by infirmary staff during an hourly welfare check. Corrections officers and medical staff immediately began CPR and called emergency medical services at 8:58 p.m. Emergency medical services arrived at the jail at 9:05 p.m. and reached the hospital at 9:27 p.m. He was pronounced dead at 9:49 p.m. by hospital staff. In its press announcement, the county said that Wesley was arrested on Dec. 9, 2015. Upon arrival, he received a medical evaluation as part of the intake process. He had been housed alone in the infirmary for psychiatric care since Dec. 12, 2015 and checked every hour by jail staff. On the morning of Friday, Jan. 16, the inmate was seen by the facility’s nurse practitioner and psychiatric physician. He was responsive and cooperative. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office was notified and is investigating as is standard procedure. According to the Clerk of Court records, Wesley was arrested for trespassing and failure to leave property upon order by owner, a misdemeanor. On Jan. 12, the judge had appointed an expert to determine his competency to stand trial. This is the first jail death of 2016, and the seventh since Nov. 1, 2014.

SUNDAY’S CHILD GRANTS Sunday’s Child will award grants to area non-profits in June 2016. Sunday’s Child seeks to promote equality and inspire inclusion across the community by awarding grants for significant charitable and economic initiatives. Grant funding comes from $1,000 individual memberships similar to Impact 100 Pensacola Bay Area. The 2015-2016 Membership Cycle has amassed a total count of 115 individual members for a grand total of $71,000 available. Two grants will be awarded from this collection, each at $35,500. Grant applicants will be selected from five categories: Arts, Culture & Education; Economic Initiatives; Health, Wellness & Recreation; Family & LGBT; and Animals, Environment & Preservation. To learn more about Sunday’s Child, to make a donation, or to apply for a grant, visit sundayschild.org. {in} 9

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Fred Levinâ€™s Next Big Trial By Rick Outzen

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ttorney Fred Levin faces the biggest the trial of his life—Fred Levin vs. Cancer. On Jan. 6, the man, who took down Big Tobacco, managed the boxing career of Roy Jones, and is considered one of the top trial attorneys in the country, suffered a seizure in his office. He was rushed to University of Florida Health Shands Cancer Center in Gainesville. “They removed a tumor from my brain,” Levin told Inweekly in an interview in his office last week. “The diagnosis just came back, and it's stage four lung cancer that has caused the metastasis of the brain.” Levin was dressed in a Masters polo shirt. His arm was bruised from the IV’s, but he was open and affable as ever. He was excited about being recognized by the Southern Youth Sports Association for his efforts for the African-American community with their “Living the Dream” award, which is given to locals whose leadership and service have continued the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. After the Living the Dream celebration Saturday night, he and his family were headed to Boston to begin his treatment. “They think it's treatable,” he said.

when you graduate.’ In the end, only sixty actually graduated.” The back doors of the auditorium opened up. Three U.S. Marshalls and a black student, George Starke, walked into the room. He was dressed in a suit while the white students were all in shorts and flip-flops. Levin said, “Starke was the first black student ever to integrate any college in Florida. That was four years or so before the University of Alabama or OIe Miss. The reaction from his classmates stunned him. “It was a wooden floor, and they started shuffling him. The students did, like in a prison.” For the rest of the semester, Starke and Levin were constantly “shuffled” by their classmates. Starke was targeted because he was black, Levin because he was considered one of the dumbest people in the class. They also shuffled the only female law student—Ann Booth, mother of Pensacola attorney Rainey Booth. “If I were to ask a question, they would shuffle me,” said Levin. “They knew what your GPA was. They knew your SAT; they knew if you were smart, and they knew I

“It was a wooden floor, and they started shuffling him. The students did, like in a prison.” Fred Levin

was stupid, and they would shuffle George because he was black.” Despite the harassment, Levin stayed focused. “I just did nothing but study for the first time in my life. I really fell in love with the law.” The law students worked together in study groups, all except Levin and Starke. Levin said, “Every time George would come into the library, he would have to sit by himself, and they would shuffle him. I felt for him, but never had the balls to get up and do anything.” When his brother Martin died in October 1958, Levin and his wife Marilyn went home for the funeral. Dean Fenn recommended that he not return to school, but he did. Levin didn’t go home for the Christmas holidays. He studied and took the final exam. The class grades were posted on a wall, highest at the top. “I went to look for my grades, and I started at the bottom, and I'm looking for my student number. I'm going up and down, and up and down, and up and down,” he said. “Finally, I realized that I'm leading the class.” Dean Fenn had another surprise for Levin. The Dean was in charge of research

and had assigned the young law student a case on the rule against perpetuities. Levin said, “In law school, what is considered to be the most difficult situation is something called future interest, and the most difficult part of future interest is the rule against perpetuities. The Dean was going to make damn certain that I blew it.” He didn’t. Levin was awarded the Gertrude Brick Award given to the best legal comment by a first-year student. He also received the top freshman award. At the start of the second semester, Levin made a decision. Because he was the top student in this class, he wasn’t going to be ‘shuffled” any more, but Starke would continued to be targeted. “George Starke walked into the library, and they started shuffling him again,” he said. “He sat at a table by himself, and for some reason, I got up and sat next to him and asked him how he did. I think he said he was flunking out. I asked him if he needed a study partner. He said, ‘Yes,’ and I became his study partner.” Levin added, “I became his friend and study partner, and what was amazing was

“Fred Levin has demonstrated, in more ways than one, that he is a friend to humankind.” Rev. H.K. Matthews

BEING SCUFFLED

Fred Levin has received more than 30 jury verdicts of more than $1,000,000. At various points in his career, he has held the national record for jury verdicts involving the wrongful death of a child, the wrongful death of a housewife, the wrongful death of a wage earner, the wrongful death of an African American, and the largest personal injury verdict in the state of Florida. He has won numerous awards over the years. He is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, which is limited to 100 of the nation’s top trial attorneys, and was inducted into The National Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. However, few thought in 1958 that he would make it through the University of Florida College of Law. Levin talked with Inweekly about law school and his experiences with racism while there. He admitted that he didn’t apply himself to his studies while he was an undergrad. Actually, that’s an understatement. In Levin’s biography “And Give Up Showbiz,” author Josh Young wrote that Levin was known as “a goofball, a party boy, a gambler and a lousy student.” Levin had to take a summer course to get his GPA high enough to be accepted into law school. “There were 360 students that started in September 1958,” he said. “Dean Henry Fenn looked over our class and said, ‘Look to your right, look to your left, and neither one of them will be here 212 1

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the relationship of all of the other students who had appeared to be such racists all became very close with him.” Unfortunately, Starke would later flunk out of law school. He and Levin had stayed up late studying. Levin was told that Starke failed to show up for the final exam, but he learned years later that the black law student had shown up five minutes for 2cl.hor.tag filelate name: the exam and the professor refused to let him take the test. In 1962, W. George Allen became the first black student to receive a 2 color logo (horizontal degree from the UF College of Law.

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Levin to the crowd at New World Landing. Levin’s introduction came after the other Living the Dream honorees had been recognized—Robin and Lloyd Reshard, Belle and David Bear, David Hawkins, Dick Appleyard, Fred Robbins and Linda “Sonshine” Moorer. Rev. Matthews said, “Fred Levin has demonstrated, in more ways than one, that he is a friend to humankind. He has not, regardless of the awards, and things that have happened to him along the way, he has not outgrown himself.” He said that Dr. King said that we, black and white, are wrapped up in “a single garment of destiny.” “We're headed down the same path,” he said. “If we travel the path together, we'll survive, but if we choose to travel that path separately, we're going to perish as fools.” The pastor said, “I want to thank this honoree for having been the kind of man who has never been unapproachable, who I have been able to call a friend.” Levin shared with the audience the same story about his days at UF College of Law. He talked about joining the law firm of his brother David and Reubin Askew, who would later become governor of Florida. Levin handled several personal injury cases for African-Americans, many before allwhite juries. He won million-dollar verdicts for families who had lost a child. He talked about how in one case the attorney representing the defendant had made an offer of $250,000, which his client rejected. The opposing attorney was upset and said, “There ain't a nigger in the world worth $250,000." The case was tried, and Levin won over $3 million for his client. He credited his relationships in the black community for much of his early success. “It's been a wonderful, wonderful career, and so much of it has been because of race relations,” said Levin. He talked about his former law partner Reubin Askew, who passed away in 2014. He asked the crowd to send letters to the University of West Florida president, Dr. Judy Bense, to encourage the university to name its new athletic complex for Askew. He reminded the audience that Governor Askew had stood up for Rev. January 21, 2016

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Matthews—for what Levin called “some problems with the local sheriff.” The governor had commuted Rev. Matthews’ sentence after the pastor was convicted on charges related to a civil rights protest. Askew later gave the pastor a full pardon in 1979. “At the University of Florida, Reubin Askew did a commencement address in which he said that there has got to be a meeting of the races, and we have got to bus children into schools,” said Levin. “I called Reubin, and I said, because I know that 80-percent of

the people in Florida were against busing, and I told him, ‘You just screwed up any possibility of being re-elected.’ As the Reverend would tell you, he got re-elected by 80-percent of the vote.” He added, “There was no bigger friend of the minority community than Reubin Askew.” He shared one more story about Askew. He said the Democratic Party had called Governor Askew and wanted him to run for president in 1976 against the incumbent Gerald Ford.

“I will say this, that the reaction of the community, if prayer is going to help, then I'm going to be cured.” Levin

“They told him it was going to be a Southern governor,” Levin said. “It happened to be Jimmy Carter. They wanted Reubin Askew, and of course what a difference it may have made.” Levin also took time out of his remarks to make a presentation to Rev. Matthews. He gave his friend a medallion in honor of Oskar Schindler, whose efforts during World War II to save Jews from the German concentration camps were depicted in the movie “Schindler’s List.” The medallion is one of 30 copies that were approved by Schindler’s widow with the added inscription from the Torah, "Whoever saves one life saves the world entire." They were originally going to be presented to various educational facilities 13

throughout the world by Leo Pfeifferberg, a Holocaust survivor, to remind generations of Schindler’s effort. Pfeifferberg is the one who convinced Steven Speilberg to consider the movie about Schindler. Unfortunately, Pfeifferberg passed away before the lecture tours. Levin told the audience that he had gifted the copies to each of his four children, one to the Holocaust Museum and one to the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Florida. Because of his respect and admiration for the man, he presented one to Rev. Matthews. He also asked the crowd to support Southern Youth Sports Association. He noted all the college and professional athletes that have played ball on SYSA teams, including Doug Baldwin, Jr. with the Seattle Seahawks. “What we need to do is support this organization, and I'm going to do it. My firm is going to do it,” he said. When he finished his remarks, he received a standing ovation. Afterward, Levin was clearly pleased to receive the honor. He was surrounded by his family, law partners, and friends, including Mayor Ashton Hayward and his wife, An.

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Two days earlier, when he talked with Inweekly, Levin reflected on the price his family has paid for his legal career. “I've gotten a lot of great things that have happened from practicing law,” he said. “There's a lot of problems as a result of this, and that is I think the family suffered.” He explained, “I became a great lawyer, became very successful financially, took care of the children. Unfortunately, I was not much of a husband.” Marilyn Levin passed away in 2011. She had been suffering from early-stage dementia and died of cardiac arrest. Levin has made several donations in her honor. In 2013, he gave $1 million in memory of his recently-deceased wife to the LubavitchChabad Student and Community Center at the University of Florida. The Gulf Coast Kid’s House has the Marilyn Kapner Levin Center for Children’s Advocacy and Child Abuse Prevention. Sacred Heart’s Miracle Camp has a building in her honor. Those donations were made while she was alive. “She never went to either one,” said Levin. “I drove her by, but it just ... she just never wanted any of this.” He paused and stretched out his arms pointing to his corner offices filled with original Leroy Neiman art, awards, trophies and boxes of case files. “Anyhow, it's been pretty much my life,” he said. “It has been here in this office.” He briefly discussed the seizure and the stage four cancer, but he remained optimistic. Levin said, “I will say this, that the reaction of the community, if prayer is going to help, then I'm going to be cured.” {in} 414 1

FRED’S ASSOCIATES Fred Levin has been associated with several local, state and national figures since he joined his brother’s law firm in 1961. Inweekly asked him to describe a few of the more interesting ones:

Reubin Askew: Levin’s law partner; Gov-

ernor of Florida 1971-1979

Levin: “Probably the finest human being I've ever met. He was not the person you'd want as a law partner, because he would not generate a business. At the time that he was practicing law with my brother David and myself, we were basically doing divorce cases and criminal cases. If a divorce client came in, he would try and talk them back together instead of getting a fee. He wouldn't get a fee. He always, it's funny, was on me about my smoking and my gambling and my drinking. He was jus, a really, truly, good person morally, ethically, legally, and every other way you could think of.”

sacola, way more so than Reubin Askew. He brought more back to our community than Reubin ever did.”

last minute when he was forced to take Bush. Had he taken Jack, Jack would have been the next President of the United States, and would have been a two-term president. He was the kind of person that you would love. He was not a politician. Loved to have a drink with him, sit around and talk about anything. He was a man's man. He was everything, and he would have been a great, great president.

Roy Jones, Jr.: A boxer who won world ti-

tles in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions; silver medalist at the 1988 Olympics. Levin: “Roy Jones probably is the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of the 20th century but had the misfortune of having my brother, Stanley, as his manager. Actually, Stanley took care of him. He lived with Stanley for a couple of years. Stanley, I would say, had a ‘love affair’ with Roy. He convinced Roy, which was a terrible mistake, that Roy was not only the greatest pound-for-pound boxer in the world, but also that he was a brilliant business man and brilliant administrator, that he knew more about boxing than either Stanley or I, which was a terrible mistake, because it was not the case. Anybody who would get around him, the last person to talk to him, he would go along with. If he'd listened to me, today he would not be in the situation he's in. He pissed away all of his money in basketball and rap music, and things of that nature.”

Johnnie Cochran: Attorney famous

for getting the acquittal of O.J. Simpson for the murder of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman. Levin: “Johnnie was in the right place at the right time. He played the race card, but he was certainly not a racist. He just happened to be in the right place at the right time, so he became America's lawyer. He was not the great trial lawyer he was made out to be, but this happens. Great lawyers are made by great cases. If I'm that great civil trial lawyer, it's because I've gotten some great civil trial cases. In other words, if you handle a $100 Million case, and you get $35 Million, that is amazing, but they don't realize that you really screwed up. That's the same way with the O.J. Simpson case. Johnnie just happened to be in a case that was going to be won.”

W.D. Childers: Florida Senator 19702000; Escambia County Commissioner 20002002; Convicted of two charges of bribery and unlawful compensation. Levin: “W.D. was probably his own worst enemy. I honestly believe that everything he ever did was never going to benefit himself. It was to benefit others, and unfortunately, in many instances, it looked bad. As a result, he got caught up in something that to this day ... I can tell you this, I have no idea whether he was a crook or not. I feel this way, that had he let me represent him, I would have won the case, the Willie Junior case without a doubt— I'm as sure of that as I am sitting here right now. His family wanted him to use this big-time lawyer from South Florida. He was a great politician for Pen-

Jack Kemp: Former Buffalo Bills Quarterback; House of Representatives, 1983-1989; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1989-1993.

Joe Scarborough: House of Representatives, 1995-2001; former Levin Papantonio law partner; host of “Morning Joe.”

Levin: “Should have been president of the United States. Brilliant, he had everything. Good-looking guy. His problem was that he had everything. He was a football star, gorgeous, brilliant, and very liberal. Way more liberal than anybody realized. Would have been a great, great president. In fact, Ronald Reagan wanted him as his vice president. This got pushed to the very

Levin: “Joe is a perfect example of a great politician who was not a rainmaker in the practice of law. He knew exactly what he wanted to do from the time he got here, and he's exactly where he wants to be. I say that the next thing you'll see from Joe is at some point, he will get back into politics, and he's building a name and a reputation for himself in that arena. “ {in} inweekly.net

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ling.” I used to fall asleep with it on every night for a long time. Also, his work with Brian Eno on “Outside” is unreal. Trent Reznor and Bowie teamed up a few times, too. There's a version of "Hurt" with Bowie that will change your life. What an incredible force he was. So it goes.

“We're much happier making warped out sounds than playing music that fits into a tidy little box. CHEW is messy.” Brett Reagan

Chew / Courtesy Photo An experimental trio out of Atlanta will be playing Sluggo’s next Friday, and Inweekly caught up with Brett Reagan, one-third of CHEW to talk about David Bowie and how ‘90s Nickelodeon influences their sound. Reagan plays guitar and uses old technology to create unique sounds, while “Snare-uh” Wilson plays drums, and Brandon Pittman plays bass. The trio functions as sort of a structured jam band. No vocals, just a fuzzladen, funky sound with an aesthetic to match. Reagan said that CHEW is a fairly new project for the three familiar faces of the Atlanta music scene, and their first record will be out later this year. In the meantime, CHEW is playing shows all across the South. INWEEKLY: How was CHEW formed? BRETT REAGAN: Sarah and Brandon as a rhythm section is a no-brainer. They were both available and wanting to start a fresh project with a sound they've never done before. Both of them are really good individually, but together they're unsurpassable. It's been amazing watching them completely sync up. INWEEKLY: Do you have a record out? REAGAN: Our new record, “3D EP,” will be out a little later this year. We'll be releasing a few slices every few months until the official release. The first cut should be out pretty January 21, 2016

soon. As of right now, we only have a few songs out that we recorded immediately after forming the band and a live, radio version of a song. This new stuff is going to be out of control. INWEEKLY: All three of you have been involved in the Atlanta music scene in one way or another. What are your backgrounds in music? REAGAN: We've all been playing music for most of our lives. Brandon started out playing guitar and then switched to bass. He's been playing in bands for years. Sarah has been playing drums and in a million bands since forever. I've always been in a band since learning to play in middle school. I failed a guitar class in high school, though. I'd spend all my time jamming with a couple of guys and then improvise the graded performance. The teacher hated that. INWEEKLY: Your sound is experimental and psychedelic. How do you experiment, and what do you use to create sounds? REAGAN: Our music is an experiment to see how far out there we can take it. So far, we've only scratched the surface. I use a sampler that helps to add texture to our sound. I'll take samples from anywhere. Previously, they have come from B-movies,

field recordings, old records or pre-composed sequences I've made. I'll bring those to practice, and we'll improvise for a long time. Then we'll slice off everything but the main ideas. Brandon is really good about keeping things concise. We can easily spill out to the deep end in no time.

INWEEKLY: Have you played Pensacola before? REAGAN: Brandon is actually from Pensacola. We had a day off there on a previous tour. Brandon and I watched “Jurassic World” while Sarah fell asleep and had a Jurassic dream. This will be CHEW's first time playing Pensacola. INWEEKLY: Is this CHEW’s first tour? Do you plan to keep the momentum, and where do you see yourself and your bandmates in the not-too-distant future? REAGAN: We've been touring steadily since our band’s inception. We hit the ground running in June of last year and really haven't slowed down. That's what we built the band to do, and that's what we'll be doing for a long time. We're hitting every city in the U.S., and then we're taking the mothership overseas. After that, it's the International Space Station. Stay tuned. {in}

INWEEKLY: You self-describe your sound as weird. What do you define as weird, and what influences your style? REAGAN: CHEW comes from bad movies and television, late night infomercials and ‘90s Nickelodeon game shows. I like the hidden secrets. I've always gravitated toward what's behind the curtain as opposed to the shiny outside that's presented. We're much happier making warped out sounds than playing music that fits into a tidy little box. CHEW is messy. It's weird in comparison to some of the current trends in music but pretty comfortable for us. We use a sampler and analog synth mashed with live instrumentation to pull influWHAT: CHEW with Luckily I’m the Hunter, ences from all things psychedelic. The Stem Twin, and The SAT’s result is a hypnotic, electronic spaceWHEN: 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29 wave experience. WHERE: Sluggo’s, 101 S. Jefferson St. COST: $7 INWEEKLY: Were you a Bowie fan? DETAILS: 3dchew.com REAGAN: I absolutely love Bowie. My favorite album of his is “Earth-

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work stands alone and will remain timeless. The world owes a great debt to David Bowie and absolutely feels the sting of losing him. Thank you for everything, Mr. Bowie. I’m certain that the stars are glad to have you back.

Hinds “Leave Me Alone”

REST IN PEACE: David Bowie

I think it would be a rather vulgar waste of my space to wax over why David Bowie was so important to music and art. Across the span of his active years, he contributed and inspired more than most artists ever have. Bowie is a name that is synonymous with exploration, ambition and yearning. Bowie wanted to explore the furthest reaches and the greatest depths, because he knew that real, honest art existed out there somewhere, and he wanted to give it life. With every new undertaking, Bowie stretched himself and blurred the lines of genre, taste and appeal. But, at the core of David Bowie was a yearning. His was a longing to bring a newness and rawness to his audience. He was constantly building something fresh, and his

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Garage pop is not necessarily a genre of music known to flow from Madrid, Spain. So when four Spanish girls take their devil-maycare attitude and lackadaisical approach to songwriting to an international level, it’s of utmost importance to pay attention. Hinds has been causing a buzz for over a year now following the release of several tracks, beginning with ‘Bamboo,’ while they were still a two-piece named Deers; however, there has been no proper debut album until now. “Leave Me Alone” shows the band taking a much more serious approach to their songwriting, while not losing the tongue-incheek dynamic they have maintained up to this point. It gives the impression of these girls dancing on tables and drinking while conversely singing about vulnerability and emotional acceptance. It’s a sort of somber goofiness, if you will. Whatever these girls do, they can’t seem to miss, as they certainly aren’t covering new ground with their brand of lo-fi pop, but they do find a way to make their songs breathe a newness that may be

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lacking in the genre today. Arguably, their attitude and moxie have shot them to the top, and “Leave me Alone” is just the first chapter in the story they are telling. Considering the bare bones of the whole piece, the future shows plenty of room for growth. “Leave Me Alone” is out now via Mom + Pop Records.

TRACK OF THE WEEK:

Yuck ‘Hearts in Motion’

Perhaps it was the cloud of stardust that Mr. Bowie left behind following his grand exit last week, but it was honestly one of the busiest weeks of new music announcements and releases I have ever seen. New tracks surfaced from Woods, Mogwai, Shearwater, Earl Sweatshirt, Courtney Barnett, Explosions in the Sky, and Bob Mould. The track that stuck with me the most was ‘Hearts in Motion’ by the UK band Yuck. Setting aside the very catchy riffs, the songs show a strong maturation between albums from a band that should still be considered growing. I don’t want this song’s appeal to me to detract from these other releases, as they are all strong and have me looking forward to the next few months of albums. Check out ‘Hearts in Motion’ on Yuck’s SoundCloud, and keep an eye out for their new album, “Stranger Things,” which is out Feb. 26th via Mamé. {in}

their free, weekly wine tasting before settling in or heading out for the night. City Grocery, 2050 N. 12th Ave. LATIN DANCING 6:30 p.m. Learn the basics of salsa dancing. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com JESCO WHITE & FRIENDS 7 p.m. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $15. vinylmusichall.com LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE: STUDIO 400 SERIES 7:30 p.m. Many have loved and many

have lost; what they wore can recall such stories. Love, Loss and What I Wore tells its tales using clothing and accessories and the memories they trigger to tell funny, yet often poignant, stories that all women can relate to, creating an enduring theater-going experience. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com LA TRAVIATA 7:30 p.m. Pensacola Opera presents one of the world’s most-performed operas, Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” which tells the true story of a scandalous love aff air between a famed Parisian courtesan and a naïve nobleman. Tragic characters and powerfully-moving melodies will break your heart as the as the ill-fated lovers are torn apart by societal pressures, misunderstanding, and ultimately death. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. $25. pensacolaseanger.com

SATURDAY 1.23

SANTA ROSA FARMERS MARKET 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Fresh local produce, honey, baked goods, and live music., Pace Presbyterian Church, Woodbine Road, Pace. PALAFOX MARKET 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Fresh produce, live plants, baked goods, fine art and antiques are just a few of the items offered at the weekly Palafox Market. 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 SEVILLE QUARTER CHILI COOK-OFF 4-7 p.m. Make a mean chili? Bring it to the 20th Great American Chili Cook-off, sponsored by Pensacola Five Flags Sertoma Club. Each concoction will be judged on taste, smell and consistency, and trophies will be awarded to the top three winners. In addition, there is a Showmanship trophy (decoration and entertainment), as well as the coveted People’s Choice trophy. Each team must prepare their chili at Seville Quarter. Cooking begins at 12 p.m., and the judging begins at 4 p.m. The public tasting is from 4-6 p.m. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. $10. sevillequarter.com ICE HOCKEY 7:05 p.m. Come out and support Pensacola’s Ice Flyers against Macon. Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. $15-$29. pensacolabaycenter.com

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calendar LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE: STUDIO 400 SERIES 7:30 p.m. Many have loved and many

have lost; what they wore can recall such stories. Love, Loss and What I Wore tells its tales using clothing and accessories and the memories they trigger to tell funny, yet often poignant, stories that all women can relate to, creating an enduring theater-going experience. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com HUMMING HOUSE 8 p.m. With Bear With Me and Chainsaw Kelly. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $10. vinylmusichall.com ANNUAL CORDOVA MALL BALL 8 p.m. Celebrate Mardi Gras in style at Cordova Mall. Put on a Mardi Gras gown, get decked out in your tux or best suit and come down to the first and the best Mardi Gras party in town. Guests must be 21 or older to attend; IDs will be checked at the door. Cordova Mall, 9th Avenue. $60-$70. foundation.sacred-heart.org

SUNDAY 1.24

LA TRAVIATA 2 p.m. Pensacola Opera

presents one of the world’s most-performed operas, Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” which tells the true story of a scandalous love affair between a famed Parisian courtesan and a naïve nobleman. Tragic characters and powerfully-moving melodies will break your heart as the ill-fated lovers are torn apart by societal pressures, misunderstandings and ultimately death. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. $25. pensacolaseanger.com

MONDAY 1.25

COUNTRY & WESTERN DANCING 6:30 p.m.

Learn the country two-step at this weekly class, which is followed by a social dance at 8 p.m. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com

TUESDAY 1.26

TUESDAY NIGHT POETRY NIGHT 7 p.m. Free

open-mic poetry event every Tuesday. Sluggo’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 101 S. Jefferson St. facebook.com/TNPN ANA POPOVIC 7 p.m. With Tyler Mac Band. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $20. vinylmusichall.com TRAITORS 8:30 p.m. With Safe Harbor, Sarcophagi, Cig & The Buts, and The Hammer. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. $10. pensacolahandlebar.com

arts & culture

≥Exhibits

NEEDLE ART SHOW

Over 75 needle art pieces featuring stitches such as hardanger, needlepoint, counted cross stitch and pulled threads. On display through February 24. The Wright Place, 6 E. Wright St. January 21, 2016

NEW IN THE Q

Quayside Art Gallery welcomes Deb Chilote, watercolor & acrylics, Amber Dawn, portraits in acrylic on plexiglass, Irmi Presutto, seascapes in acrylics, Ginger Osborne, water colors, Kat Bush, seascapes, pet portraits in oil, Cathy Painter, stained glass and kaleidoscopes,

"Serigraph" by Helen Gerardia / Women Creating

Joyces Williams, glass engraving,Karin Gundmundson, acrylics, and JC Findley, photography. On display through February 16. Museum hours and location: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sundays 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Quayside Gallery, 17 E. Zarragossa St. quaysidegallery.com ANNUAL ART FOCUS The PMA

presents the 62nd annual Youth Art Focus exhibition, in partnership with the Escambia County School District and in recognition of National Youth Art Month. The exhibit highlights the best works from over 500 art students and educators within Escambia County Schools. On display through February 6. Museum hours and location: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

COLLECTION IN CONTEXT: WOMEN CREATING This

exhibition presents the diversity and growing strength of the PMA’s Permanent Collection, highlighting female modern and postmodern artists through a variety of media. On display until February 27. Museum hours and location: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407

S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

Call For Art

ANNUAL MEMBERS’ JURIED EXHIBITION

The Pensacola Museum of Art invites its members to participate in the Annual Member’s Juried Exhibition. Deadline for submission is Friday, February 12th. Entry rules, regulations and online submission forms are available on the museum website. The exhibition will be on display from March 4 through April 15. Museum hours and location: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org UPTOWN/DOWNTOWN Artists are

invited to submit their contemporary creations to Artel’s latest exhibit, which is themed “Uptown/ Downtown.” Haves/ have nots, city skyline/deserted slums, dress up/dress down. Bringing contrasts together visually is the point of the exhibit. As a diptych or contrasting subjects in one work, go to two extremes and come up with the visual vibration that arrives. Submission is Saturday, March 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, March 6, 1-4 p.m. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.com

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news of the weird STREAMING NEWS The "public art" statues unveiled in January by Fort Myers, Florida, Mayor Randy Henderson included a metal structure by sculptor Edugardo Carmona of a man walking a dog, with the dog "lifting his leg" beside a pole. Only after inspecting the piece more closely did many observers realize that the man, too, was relieving himself against the pole. Carmona described the work as commentary on man and dog "marking their territory." •A recent anonymously authored "confidential" book by a National Football League player reported that "linemen, especially," have taken to relieving themselves inside their uniforms during games, "a sign that you're so into the game" that you "won't pause (even) to use the toilet." CAN'T POSSIBLY BE TRUE The popular Nell's Country Kitchen in Winter Haven, Florida, was shut down again (for "remodeling," the owner said) in December after a health inspector found that it had been operating for two weeks without its own running water—with only a garden hose connection, across its parking lot, to a neighbor's spigot. It had also closed for a day earlier in 2015 because of mold, roach activity and rodent droppings (although management insisted that business had immediately picked up the day they reopened). WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME Neighbors in Inola, Oklahoma, complained in December and January about a Union Pacific train that had been parked "for weeks" while tracks up ahead were under repair. Not only does the train block a traffic intersection, it triggers the ringing of the crossing signal. "It's annoying, yeah," said one resident, apparently a master of understatement. •At a ski resort in western Vorarlberg, Austria, recently, as the ski lift was temporarily stopped (to address a problem elsewhere on the lift), one occupied lift basket came to rest directly in front of the industrial-strength artificial-snowmaking machine, drenching the two passengers in a several-minutes-long blizzard (of which, yes, Internet video exists). UNDIGNIFIED DEATHS A 40-year-old man driving a stolen truck was killed after a brief high-speed police chase on Jan. 14 in Alameda County, California. Police noted that the man had pulled to the side of Highway 238 to flee on foot, but fell to his death off a cliff—landing on the grounds of the San Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery. •A coroner's hearing in Folkestone, England, in January determined that a 16-yearold boy had died of accidental asphyxiation from spray deodorant. According to the boy's mother, he preferred massive application of the spray instead of bathing, and police recovered several dozen empty spray cans in his room.

by Chuck Shepherd

GREAT ART! Mike Wolfe, 35, of Nampa, Idaho, finally brought his dream to life for 2016—a calendar of photographs of "artistic" designs made by shaving images into his back hair. He said it took him about four months each for enough hair to grow back to give his designer-friend Tyler Harding enough to work with. (January, for instance, features "New Year" in lettering, with two champagne glasses; July's is a flag-like waving stripes with a single star in the upper left.) "Calend-hairs" cost $20 each (with proceeds, Wolfe said, going to an orphanage connected to his church). UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT Jamie, 29, and Abbie Hort, 21, an unemployed couple drawing housing and other government benefits, won a United Kingdom lottery prize in December 2014 worth about $72,000, promptly spent it all (including "some" on "silly" stuff, Abbie admitted), and according to a January press report, are angry now that the government will not immediately re-institute their benefits. Abbie said, as lottery winners, she and Jamie "deserved to buy some nice stuff" and go on holiday, but that now, except for the large-screen TV and Jamie's Ralph Lauren clothes, the winnings are gone. Said Jamie, this past Christmas was just "the worst ever." WAIT, WHAT? Fort Worth, Texas, firefighters, responding to a suspected blaze in January at a grain elevator, encountered smoke on the structure's eighth floor— along with a man "juggling flaming batons." No explanation was reported (except that the man "did not belong there"). A department spokesman said his firefighters "put (the man's) torches out." UPDATE Marie Holmes, that 2014 Powerball winner in North Carolina whom News of the Weird had reported in September rapidly running through her winnings by bailing her boyfriend out of jail (alleged drug dealer Lamarr "Hot Sauce" McDow), had already tied up $9 million on two arrests. In January, Hot Sauce was arrested again (only for "street racing," but that violated his bail conditions), and Holmes was forced to fork over another $12 million (as bond basically doubles with each violation, but Holmes would get about 90 percent back—if Hot Sauce shows up for court). (Holmes earlier addressed her critics on Facebook: "What y'all need to be worried about is y'all money ....") {in}

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