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winners LINDA MOULTRIE The Escambia County School Board District 3 board member had a change of heart and will not be resigning her seat. She had announced that she was resigning for personal reasons, but she reconsidered after receiving calls from her constituents. Her decision to stay staved off a battle over whom the governor should appoint for the seat.

WILLIAM BLANCHARD The Florida Hospital Association recognized the retired pediatric cardiologist as the 2015 Caregiver of the Year.

Dr. Blanchard founded the hospital’s pediatric cardiology program at The Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart 35 years ago. He was the first pediatric cardiologist to practice in Northwest Florida. At the time of his retirement in the winter of 2014, Dr. Blanchard served as medical director of The Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart and practiced pediatric cardiology as part of Nemours Children’s Clinic Pensacola.

SEBASTIEN COTTON Governor Rick Scott

recognized the founder and CEO of Robotics Unlimited with a Young Entrepreneurs Award.

Robotics Unlimited is based in the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and specializes in bringing cutting-edge robotics technology to the consumer marketplace.

ESCAMBIA COUNTY CLINIC The American Cancer Society awarded 21 community health centers across Florida with grants up to $10,000 each to increase colorectal cancer screening through interventions and systems change initiatives in their clinics, including the Escambia County Clinic.

losers ESCAMBIA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Federal auditors found the

school district out of compliance in how it handled Pell Grants at George Stone Area Vocational Technical Center in the period that ran from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014.

The district failed to comply with the statutory and regulatory requirements regarding administrative capability, eligibility, verification, disbursements, financial reporting and return of funds applicable to all participants in the program. It will have to pay back $506,456 to the federal government for ineligible Pell Grant disbursements.

WALTON AND PASCO REPUBLICANS

Chief U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers rejected arguments by Republican Party leaders from Walton and Pasco counties that their First Amendment rights were being violated by the congressional maps drawn in accordance with the Fair Districts amendment passed by Florida voters. The lawsuit is similar to another pending case filed by state Rep. Mike Hill and the Conservative Coalition for Free Speech and Association.

LOW INCOME POOL The conflict in the Florida Legislature over funding health care for the uninsured led to an abrupt adjournment of the 2015 session. The federal government in June reduced funding for the program by over $1 billion during the current fiscal year, forcing lawmakers to use state revenues to cover the shortfall. LIP funding will be reduced to $608 million during the 2016-17 fiscal year. Déjà vu?

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by Rick Outzen

WRONG TARGETS Last Thursday morning, the National Movement for Civil and Human Rights, NAACP, and Southern Christian Leadership Conference held a press conference in a church parking lot across the street from the headquarters of the Escambia County School District.

The leaders were protesting the possible expulsion of three West Florida students over a hazing incident on a school bus after a JV football game.

Thelma Roby, grandmother of one of the boys, described the incident to me at the press conference.

“The Jr. Varsity team had a football game and, of course, the boys were excited they won,” she said. “Anytime you leave children at their own discretion they're playful and rambunctious, and they all entered the bus to leave to go back to the school at Northwest Florida from Pensacola High School. “ It was on the bus ride back to West Florida High that some of the boys began pantsing fellow players ---“Hazing is what I call it,” said Ms. Roby. “Pantsing” is pulling down the pants of someone.

According to Ms. Roby, the pantsing ritual had been allowed on the team bus for years.

“It's my understanding--from talking with many of the children that were there--that they attempted to pants one kid, and then once they got near the school on this dark

road where you couldn't see anything, they pants another kid,” she said. “I'm not saying that the parents should not be upset, I would be upset myself, but the thing is, do you destroy lives because of this one incident? Do you destroy three children's lives because of this, especially when all of those individuals on that bus participated?”

Hazing is wrong. As a high school sophomore football player, I got slugged so hard by a senior that I saw stars when I fought back against hazing. In college, my fraternity pledge class agreed to a walk-out as a group if any of the seniors started hazing.

At West Florida High, the people who should be investigated and punished are the football coaches, not the players. These are 14-15 year-old boys. The adults need to lay down the rules and enforce them.

What they permitted on the bus was what was promoted by the coaches.

More than one adult chaperone should have been on the bus. The coach driving the bus couldn’t keep his eyes on the road and the boys. If he suspected misconduct, the coach should have stopped the bus and called out the players.

If any discipline is meted out against the boys, it should happen on the playing field— game suspensions and extra laps.

The coaches are another matter and should be the focus of any investigation. {in} rick@inweekly.net

At West Florida High, the people who should be investigated and punished are the football coaches, not the players.

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CONSIDERING THE FLOW OF BAYFRONT PARKWAY

Residents review Bayfront Parkway options / Photo by Jeremy Morrison

By Jeremy Morrison The Bayfront Parkway Feasibility Study is nearing the end of the road. In another couple of months, the Florida Department of Transportation will wrap up its official report detailing potential improvements for the state road that runs along Pensacola Bay and leads into the heart of the city’s downtown district.

The report will amount to a collection of concepts and suggestions aimed at improving efficiency along the corridor, as well as increasing safety for pedestrians and bicyclists and ensuring a smooth flow of traffic between the Port of Pensacola and the interstate. Pensacola got a preview of FDOT’s recommendations for Bayfront Parkway, or State Road 196, when representatives from FDOT District 3 hosted a public meeting Oct. 13 at the Crowne Plaza.

“At this point, ideas are not in stone,” explained Tori Wilson, FDOT project manager for the study, as she surveyed a room at the hotel where various information stations were designed to allow people to look over roadway potentials at their leisure.

The information presented at this final public meeting was the result of two previous public meetings during which roadway needs were assessed and community input was gathered.

“We take all the public’s input and we flesh out what is feasible,” Wilson said.

The department of transportation routinely studies what it calls Strategic Intermodal System routes, or routes connecting major transportation hubs, facilities such as ports 66

or airports, to major routes of travel, such as an interstate system. Bayfront Parkway, or more accurately SR 196, plays such an SIS role connecting the Port of Pensacola to I-110.

The first FDOT station presented what Bayfront Parkway might look like by 2040 if no improvements were made to the route. Dotting the map are red boxes denoting places where traffic will be above capacity.

While the roadway itself, with 2040 peak-hour traffic pegged at 1,000 vehicles, is forecast to be below capacity, several of its associated intersections are labeled as above capacity. Intersections along Bayfront painted with a red box include Tarragona Street, Alcaniz Street, 14th Avenue and, most notably, the intersections with Ninth Avenue and Chase Street.

The next station detailed possible “enhanced mobility” measures, such as sidewalks, bike lanes, landscaping and roundabouts, that could be taken to compliment streetscaping improvements already made further up the roadway, when the Bayfront gives way to Main Street.

Wilson said that FDOT views such measure options as standard considerations these days.

Roundabouts are commonly considered for congested or problematic intersections.

But, in the end, the enhanced mobility features could be deemed undesirable for one reason or another, or peeled out for implementation on an individual basis.

FDOT also provided a slate of possible operational and safety improvements for Bayfront Parkway. The potential improve-

ments consisted of reconfiguring the Port of Pensacola entrance to allow for better flow; adding a sidewalk along the northern side of Bayfront; reconfiguring the intersection of Ninth Avenue and Bayfront; installing pedestrian beacons at mid-block street crossings; adding an additional left turn lane at the intersection of Bayfront and Chase Street; and revising signage directing freight traffic from the interstate to the port.

Wilson explained that some lower-cost, quick-fix items, like an additional turn lane at Chase or revising the port signage, could be addressed sooner rather than later if limited funding became available before a fuller project could be realized.

Officials with the city of Pensacola are supportive of FDOT’s Bayfront study. In particular, explained city Public Information Officer Vernon Stewart, the mayor is interested in the possibility of a “linear park” along the route.

“We wanted an analysis of the feasibility of the linear park concept that had been proposed for Bayfront Parkway in city planning documents,” Stewart relayed in an email.

A linear park consists of elements such as a walking trail, bike path or park benches running along the roadside. Mayor Ashton Hayward spoke about that concept — “maybe

pushing Bayfront out to the bay so people can have a larger area to walk and run and push baby strollers is incredibly important to me and the community and all of us” —as well as the possibility of opening up Government Street, during a recent News Radio 1620 interview.

“A little over a year ago I got together with FDOT,” said Hayward. “I’ve been really focusing on Bayfront, and obviously Government Street, I hope one day we can get that open sooner rather than later.”

In the radio interview, the mayor suggested that the opening of Government Street was integral to addressing downtown traffic issues.

“Here we are getting more traffic so there’s got to be more routes into downtown, into where we’re going,” the mayor said, later adding, “I think it’s important to have your Government Street open. So many people are on Bayfront, which is terrific, but obviously we’ve got to find other ways to get to where you’re going.”

Notably absent from FDOT’s operational and safety improvements list was any mention of Government Street.

The FDOT project manager explained to Inweekly that while FDOT did consider the possibility of opening up Government Street, it ultimately decided to leave it off the table for a couple of reasons.

“First, during the previous public meetings numerous residents along Government Street didn’t want it reopened,” she wrote in an email. “Secondly, the introduction of another connection to 9th (that close to Bayfront) would create additional conflict points at an already congested intersection.”

The road improvement possibilities that were explored will be presented in FDOT’s final Bayfront Parkway feasibility study in December. From there, the study will await funding.

If lawmakers decide to fund such a project, FDOT will move on to the PD&E (Project Development and Environment) phase. The actual feasibility of the various suggested improvements—as per environmental and engineering specifics—will need to be hashed out.

“That’s where they get down into more details,” Wilson said.

The PD&E phase will also feature a series of public meetings where the community will be able to get additional information and offer input. Only then will a final blueprint be drawn up for improvements along Bayfront Parkway. {in}

“So many people are on Bayfront, which is terrific, but obviously we’ve got to find other ways to get to where you’re going.”

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A VISIT WITH PENSACOLA’S ADMIRAL HARRY B. HARRIS, JR. ADMIRAL HARRIS: Your first ship, your first squadron, your first platoon, battalion-whatever it is--the first one matters. It sets the course that you’re going to be on for the rest of your career. I started out in Brunswick, Maine, flying P-3s, at the height of the Cold War. I loved it. We deployed to the Western Pacific, the Indian Ocean, and then we deployed to the Atlantic and Mediterranean… I loved every bit of it. It really helped form who I am.

I've spent half my career, out of 37 years, posted outside the continental United States.

That includes four tours in Japan, a tour in Bahrain, a tour in Cuba, a tour in Naples…

Three tours now in Hawaii…The most challenging tour I had, the hardest tour, was Guantanamo Bay. I was the commander of the joint task force down there. That was a pretty hard tour.

Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr. / Courtesy photo from U.S. Embassy New Zealand

By Christian Wagley Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr. was raised in Pensacola and currently oversees all U.S. military forces in the Pacific region as commander of the U.S. Pacific Command. Born in Japan of a Japanese mother and American father, prior to moving to Pensacola he spent his early years on his family’s subsistence farm in East Tennessee after his father retired from the U.S. Navy as chief petty officer.

He is a 1978 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and is the Navy’s “gray owl”, an award given to the naval flight officer on continuous active duty who has held that designation the longest. Inweekly sat down with Admiral Harris at his office inside the NimitzMacArthur Building on Camp H.M. Smith, 600 feet high on a hill above Pearl Harbor.

INWEEKLY: I know that you spent your teenage years growing up in the East Hill neighborhood. What are your boyhood memories of Pensacola?

ADMIRAL HARRIS: I went to A.V. Clubbs Middle School on 12th Avenue. Then I went to high school at Booker T. Washington. I think I was in the second class after segregation ended, and so the facilities at the school were not good, but the teachers were fabulous. I remember the quality of the teachers I had both at Clubbs, and especially at Washington.

I liked walking downtown, because we lived in East Hill, and I would walk down Ninth 88

Avenue and go across Gregory or Wright Street and go downtown to some of the bookstores. And just hang out as a kid in Pensacola. Great weather, beaches…I loved the beaches.

INWEEKLY: Is there anything in particular that led you to choose to become an officer in the United States Navy?

ADMIRAL HARRIS: Well, my dad was a big influence, but he was not an influence on me becoming an officer. I was in Junior ROTC in high school, and it was my ROTC instructors who introduced me to the concept of going to college on the Navy’s dime.

I knew I wanted to go into the Navy because of my dad’s service. His was the generation that everybody served and they expected their children to serve for some amount of time…And then growing up in Pensacola with the Blue Angels, it’s hard not to fall in love with the Navy and naval aviation.

INWEEKLY: Describe the elements of your current command as Commander, U.S. Pacific Command.

ADMIRAL HARRIS: I’m lucky. I got to be the commander of the US Pacific command, which is our nation's largest combatant command under the unified command plan.

PACOM is the oldest and the largest. There are about 400,000 uniformed and civilian men and women that comprise PACOM. I tell people that the PACOM AOR (area of responsibility)--you can describe it as Hollywood to Bollywood, and polar bears to penguins. It covers 52% of the earth’s surface.

INWEEKLY: You are the first Asian-American to reach four star rank in the Navy and to command the U.S. Pacific Command.

What is the significance of that for you personally? And does it influence your interactions with the many East Asian nations you work with in your command?

ADMIRAL HARRIS: I try not to think about it in how it impacts me personally…But I do know that it's not without some significance, so I try to understand that significance. I try to embrace what it means to a lot of people, and I try to give of myself and my time to honor the Asian-American servicemen and women who’ve gone before me…like General Eric Shinseki, like General Tony Taguba, like the men of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and 100th Battalion here in Hawaii.

In the region, to the surprise of me, it has had an impact, it’s been noted that I’m Asian-American. That may allow me to get my foot in the door in different places. But I want to emphasize that I don’t look at the world through a Japanese-American lens.

“I had fabulous teachers who took an interest in me as a person and my educational development.”

Admiral Harry B. Harris

INWEEKLY: As a career Naval officer, you’ve obviously had a number of different duty stations (including Pensacola) and commands. Are there any particular ones that are especially memorable for being enjoyable, challenging or formative for you?

I look at the world through an American lens. I’m an American naval officer, I only have one loyalty.

The other thing is that I think it’s important for those countries that I deal with to know that America is a country of diverse people. We have an African-American president and we have an Asian-American Pacific Command commander, and we have other minority combatant commanders.

The commander of the Pacific Air Forces here in Hawaii, a four star, is a woman, the vice chief of naval Operations is a woman, and these things matter.

INWEEKLY: The Pacific is a dynamic region of burgeoning and sometimes erratic nations. What are the greatest challenges to U.S. interests in this region?

ADMIRAL HARRIS: The biggest threat we face, the enduring threat we face, is from North Korea because of its unpredictability, because of its nuclear weapons and its quest to deliver those intercontinentally.

And I think the biggest challenge we face in the Pacific is managing the growth of China and all that China is trying to do. That’s not a threat in the sense of North Korea, but it is a challenge.

INWEEKLY: I think the people of Pensacola can’t help but look at you and your career with great admiration and hope. Do you have any words of advice or hope for young people looking to move to a higher and better place in their lives?

ADMIRAL HARRIS: I'm where I am today due in large measure to where I’ve been.

Again, I had fabulous teachers who took an interest in me as a person and my educational development. I think that the advice I would give the young people today…is that you need to do your best in whatever it is, and don’t be swayed by the crowds to do anything else but to concentrate on your studies, concentrate on your sports if that’s what you do. You need to apply yourself, and if you’re bored because it’s too easy, then get in a harder class. And I think it’s important…to find a mentor and seek-out their advice and listen to them and apply that advice.

INWEEKLY: Is there anything else that you would like for the residents of Pensacola to know about you?

ADMIRAL HARRIS: I think how proud I am that I spent my teenage years in Pensacola. I went to junior high school and high school in Pensacola. And I got to go to the Naval Academy from Pensacola…And so I’m proud of that, and I hope the folks in Pensacola know how much I love the town and how much of Pensacola is with me this very second here in Hawaii. {in} inweekly.net

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PELL PROBLEM A U.S. Department Education audit found the Escambia County School District failed to comply with the statutory and regulatory requirements regarding administrative capability, eligibility, verification, disbursements, financial reporting and return of funds applicable to all participants in the Pell Grant program at George Stone Area Vocational Technical Center, according to a U.S. Department of Education audit.

Nearly every audit sample found material error rates, prompting the auditors to review every aspect of the program. The district will have to reimburse the federal government $506, 456 for ineligible Pell Grant disbursements.

School Board member Jeff Bergosh said on “Pensacola Speaks” on News Talk 1370 WCOA that he knew about the audit but had been told the reimbursement wouldn’t be too much. Then he saw the reimbursement on the board’s agenda.

“We got an initial report back in late January, and we thought we’ll see what shakes out, but this new number that came in just floored me,” said Bergosh. “It just showed up on the

agenda with no forewarning. Yeah, it was a big number, big number.”

Bergosh went on to say that the school district knew of issues at George Stone Area Vocational Technical Center three years ago.

District auditors had recommended several changes a year before the federal auditors reviewed the program.

“It was actually in June of 2012, that’s when the report was concluded,” he said. “We had a turnover change with the principal, and then we had some key employees… one key employee that left that had a lot of corporate knowledge, and when that person left, the program fell into a state of disarray. To their credit, George Stone reached out for help from the school board’s auditing team, and they went out there and they said, ‘Here’s what you need to do to get this thing back on track.’ They had a seven or eight point brief that they issued in June of 2012.”

Bergosh was upset that those recommendations apparently weren’t implemented.

He said, “My concern as a board member is, did we follow with fidelity all those recommendations? If we would have, because it appears now that we didn’t, would we not have faced such a significant sanction from the feds? This new audit—that we’re going to pay a half a million on—it covers the period from July of 2013 to June of 2014, after the report was issued by the (ECSD) auditing team.”

"We got an initial report back in late January, and we thought we’ll see what shakes out, but this new number that came in just floored me.” Jeff Bergosh

GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM 1330 WEBY is broadcasting a 10-hour tribute program on the American Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN), which was featured in the Robin Williams’ film “Good Morning, Vietnam.”

Pensacola resident Harry Simons, a Marine during the war, was assigned to the AFVN in both Saigon and Danang from 1967–69.

Simons has provided WEBY with many hours

of original studio quality tape recordings of his rock and roll music programs and shows by other AFVN disc jockeys. WEBY owner Mike Bates and Simons also spent 11 days in Vietnam last month doing research for the documentary and visiting the original AFVN radio facilities in Saigon—now Ho Chi Minh City.

WEBY interviewed other veterans who created the AFVN programming, as well as many veterans who remember listening to it while in Southeast Asia. The tribute program will air, without news or commercial interruptions, on WEBY Radio in prime time from October 26-30. An encore presentation will air in its entirety on Veterans Day, Nov. 11 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

SPICE ISSUES MULTIPLY The legal

troubles of Ben Galecki, Pensacon CEO and Greater Pensacola Chamber board member, and Burton Ritchie, former owner of the Psychedelic Shack, magnified last week when a Las Vegas federal grand jury handed down a 35-page indictment for an array of charges, including distribution of

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The two men, who are partners in Heretic Films, were arrested earlier in October in Pensacola on charges stemming from a similar drug distribution indictment from a Virginia federal grand jury.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that, according to the indictment, Ritchie and Galecki formed a company to manufacture spice at a warehouse in Las Vegas in 2012, producing 200 kilograms between June and July 2012. The product–under the names “Bizarro, Headhunter, Avalanche, Neutronium, Sonic Zero and DEFCON 5 Total Annihilation– was distributed in small packets or vials to tobacco shops and adult novelty stores.

The product was marketed as not being fit for human consumption. However, the indictment alleges it was sold for consumption without proper label warnings of its health risks.

Galecki is one of the two managing members of Pensacon, LLC, which was reg-

istered with the state of Florida by Galecki on Feb. 3, 2013. This past year, Galecki’s film company used the event to promote an upcoming project, “Staremaster.”

BOTTOM UP LEADERSHIP Congress-

man Ron DeSantis, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, made a campaign swing through Pensacola last week. He wants to see a different type of Speaker of the House now that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has dropped out of the Speaker’s race.

“About a month ago there was a poll that said 72% of Republican voters were dissatisfied with the Congressional leadership,” said DeSantis. “We’re in a representative business. That is not a sustainable model to have the people that put you there be that dissatisfied with the people who are leading in the Congress.”

On the campaign trail, voters have told him that things aren’t really changing in D.C. like they want to see happen.

“The American people are hungry for Washington to go in a different direction,” he said. “I think we need to just elect

leadership who’s going to be committed to changing Washington and to making good on the promises that we made to the people who elected us.”

DeSantis believes that Rep. Dan Webster (R-Winter Garden, FL) would be a good choice for Speaker.

He said, “Dan understands that to really get people to succeed on behalf of their constituents they need to be part of the process. They need to be empowered to advance their views. It doesn’t mean you’re going to win everything, but I think right now there is a sense that the Congress is run very top-down. “ Desantis added, “We’ll get these ridiculous bills plopped on our desk 10 hours before we vote on it. That is really not the way that you should do business. “

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Halloween may be a holiday for the kids, but one of the cutest events of the season is all about dogs.

Every Barktoberfest, thousands of dogs and dog lovers pack into Seville Square to have some fun, learn about keeping pets safe and healthy and support Pensacola Humane Society.

As one of the biggest fundraising events of the year, Barktoberfest helps maintain operations at the no-kill shelter for the year, said Sarah Humlie, executive director of Pensacola Humane Society.

“Plus, this is a big outreach event for us as well,” she added. “Here, folks can learn about the extent of the homeless pet population in our area and how they can get involved and help solve the greater issues that result in pets ending up in the shelter.”

Dozens of rescue groups and shelters from around the local area participate to spread awareness and education and, most importantly, showcase adoptable animals.

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As Humlie said, there’s no competition between shelters and home-based rescues.

“Getting dogs in good homes is all of our number one goals,” she said. “The homeless animal population is too big for us to fix by ourselves, so we rely on all of the shelters and rescue groups in order to save as many pets as possible and get them into forever homes.”

For Melissa Millier, founder of the local nonprofit CARE of Santa Rosa County, the exposure Barktoberfest provides is priceless.

CARE provides support to the Santa Rosa County Animal Shelter, which is a kill shelter. Every day, Millier shares photos online of animals at risk of euthanasia and searches for foster or forever homes. With a handful of volunteers, she goes out to events like Barktoberfest to raise awareness.

“Even if just one person listens and does something, they will tell or show someone else, and hopefully all will work together, even if it’s one at a time,” she

said. “I hope I can educate people about the need and importance of adopting, fostering, volunteering, spaying and/or neutering; to help the stray and homeless, and help make a difference in the lives of animals. Everyone can do something, no matter how big or small.”

While the crowds generally show up for raffle prizes and dog costume contests, the event also provides affordable, necessary services such as microchipping and vaccinations.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Pensacola Humane Society Microchip & Rabies Clinic offers microchips for $15 and vaccinations for $10.

Whether your dog is in costume or not, it’s worth showing up. It may secretly be the shelter’s ulterior motive for the festival.

“Vaccinating your pets is one of the simplest ways to keep them healthy,” Humline said. A lot of people don't realize that some really nasty, life-threatening diseases, like Parvo, can live in the soil and be exposed to your dog every day.”

Humlie adds that microchips can also be a lifesaver and could reunite a dog with his or her family within 30 minutes.

“I can't say enough about microchips,” she said. “At some point in your dog's life, he will probably escape the house/yard or get away from you and potentially get lost.

We see these happy reunions every day at the Humane Society thanks to microchips.”

If you aren’t lucky enough to have a dog to torment by putting him or her in a costume, then you’ll have plenty to choose

“Many people find it too sad or troubling to visit a shelter, but this event is happy and fun.”

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from. The event typically causes an increase in adoptions, Humlie said.

“Many people find it too sad or troubling to visit a shelter, but this event is happy and fun, and you never know what dog may capture your heart at the event and inspire you to adopt,” she said.

Millier said she hopes more people will realize that shelter animals are just as desirable as puppies in the pet store.

“Shelter animals are not broken, and there is nothing wrong with them,” she said. “There are so many happy, healthy and even purebred dogs in the shelter all waiting for their forever homes, for someone to love them. People need to stop buying dogs.

Adopting a pet not only saves that animal but makes a space for another one to be adopted; the more that are adopted, the more that take their place, and the cycle continues.”

Along with the costume contests, obedience training, treats — for humans and dogs — and pet blessings, (yes, really), you can get an original caricature of your dog drawn by Andy Marlette, editorial cartoonist of the Pensacola News Journal.

Marlette started offering his talents to the event about five years ago. All donations he collects go back to the Pensacola Humane Society.

“Former director, Barbara Grice, was just a really sweet, sweet person. And now

Sarah Humlie is just one of the coolest people in Pensacola,” Marlette said. “It's tough to not want to help out folks like them.”

What brought him out there each year, of course, is the dogs. Great Danes are a personal favorite of his.

“It's what Mark Twain pointed out in explaining why you shouldn't ask if your dog can come in when you get to the pearly gates, ‘Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in,’” he said.

“We couldn't do the work we do for these pets without the help of the community.” Humlie

looking, more athletic and more intelligent than we are. In a more fair universe, they'd be the ones putting us on leashes.”

In fact, shelters like the Pensacola Humane Society rely on donations of time, money and pet food to do the work they do.

“We couldn't do the work we do for these pets without the help of the community,” Humlie said. “I hope that everyone at the event realizes that by pitching in a little bit, we can make a world of difference for the dogs and cats at our shelter.” {in}

Marlette points out that caring for the forgotten or neglected dogs waiting for adoption should be a community effort and not solely fall on the shoulders of shelters and rescue groups, which are generally at capacity.

“Poor dogs like the ones up for adoption have gotten a really WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 raw deal in life,” he WHERE: Seville Square, at the corner of E. said. “Ain't no justice Government St. and S. Alcaniz St. in the world. So that's COST: Free to attend why it's our moral obDETAILS: pensacolahumane.org/barktoberligation as humans to fest help out all these pups

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9 A.M Registration starts at gazebo for first session of contests ($5 per contest) 10 A.M. Morning Contests Best Costume/Best Trick/ Best Kisser/Owner-Pet Lookalike Pensacola Humane Society Microchip & Rabies Clinic, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Microchip - $15, Rabies - $10 11:15 A.M. Dachshund Races organized by the Rescued Rescuers, Dachshund & Friends of the Emerald Coast 12 P.M. Blessing of the Animals 1 P.M. K-9 Demonstrations and entertainment

Registration starts at gazebo for second session of contests ($5 per contest) 2 P.M. Afternoon Contests Best Costume/Best Trick/ Best Kisser/Owner-Pet Look-alike Pensacola Humane Society Microchip & Rabies Clinic Ends 3:15 P.M. Dachshund Races organized by the Rescued Rescuers, Dachshund & Friends of the Emerald Coast 3:45 P.M. Announcement of raffle winners ALL DAY: •Furricanes Fly Ball Team •Agility course demonstration •Pensacola Humane Society exhibit and adoption tent •Professional photo booth for dogs •Furricane Flyball and obedience demos

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Beach House “Thank Your Lucky Stars”

You’re reading that right: Beach House has released yet another album less than two months after the release of “Depression Cherry.” It isn’t a companion piece. It isn’t b-sides or demos. It isn’t a live album.

It isn’t a surprise release, though it kind of feels like it. “Thank Your Lucky Stars” is its own stand-alone LP and is every bit as genius as its predecessor. When the band recently announced a second 2015 release was on the way, I thought that surely these songs would be the bastard scraps left on the “Depression Cherry” cutting room floor, as these nine tracks were recording in the same span, but I couldn’t have been more wrong.

While the two albums were conceived and put on time in relatable time, the feel and recording are notably different. While

THURSDAY 10.22

PENSACOLA INTERSTATE FAIR 4-11 p.m. There is always something fun and exciting to see at the fair! Head to the fairgrounds to meet farm animals, eat classic fair snacks and try the rides.

Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds, 6655 Mobile Hwy. $6-$12. pensacolafair.com MARKET ON THE BEACH 4 p.m. Check out Pensacola Beach's new farmers market, held every Thursday from 4 p.m. until sunset. Casino Beach parking lot, 735 Pensacola Beach Blvd. facebook.com/MarketontheBeach/info WINE TASTING AT AWM 5 p.m. Try something new every week at Aragon Wine Market’s regular wine tasting, only a few blocks from downtown. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. 9th Ave. aragonwinemarket.com BALLROOM DANCING 6:30 p.m. Learn how to waltz, hustle, and tango at this weekly class, which is followed by a social dance at 8:45 p.m.

DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com MISS MASSIVE SNOWFLAKE 9:30 p.m. With Nelson Gatlin. Sluggo’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 101 S. Jefferson St. $5. sluggosflorida.com October 22, 2015

“Depression Cherry” went to great lengths to reign in the bombast of “Bloom,” “TYLS” takes that even further, as the whole album just feels smaller and even more intimate in stature. Emotionally, the songs evoke more of a darkness and rustic warmth. Singer/ keyboardist Victoria Legrand remarked on the attitude behind releasing the album.

“Thematically, this record often feels political.

It's hard to put it into words, but something about the record made us want to release it without the normal ‘campaign.’ We wanted it to simply enter the world and exist.” If that’s what Beach House was looking for with “TYLS,” between the suddenness, the solemnity of the music, and overwhelming spiritual emission, I would say they accomplished what they set out to do. “Thank Your Lucky Stars” is out now via Sub Pop Records.

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Bloc Party ‘The Love Within’

Well, Bloc Party is back. Again. After a bit of hiatus and some personnel changes, the band is poised to release its fifth fulllength, “Hymns,” in January of next year. To calm anticipation, they have offered us the infectious lead single, ‘The Love Within,’ which displays the band’s ever-growing penchant for making guitars sound like synths.

Check it out anywhere you stream music, and I’ll be sure to keep you updated on the album’s release. “Hymns” will be out in January 2016 via Infectious Music/Vagrant Records.

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PENSACOLA INTERSTATE FAIR 4-11 p.m. There is always something fun and exciting to see at the fair! Head to the fairgrounds to meet farm animals, eat classic fair snacks and try the rides.

Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds, 6655 Mobile Hwy. $6-$12. pensacolafair.com WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m. Out and about in East Hill on Friday night? Stop by City Grocery for 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 PUT THE SOUTH IN YOUR MOUTH 6:30-8:30 p.m. Anyone can follow a recipe and make a good dish, but it takes knowing secret techniques to make the dish perfect. Learn the closely-guarded secrets to good-ole-Southern cuisine. SoGourmet, above Bodacious Olive, 407 S. Palafox St. $45. sogourmetpensacola. com ZOSO- THE ULTIMATE LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE 8 p.m. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S.

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As much as the name Majical Cloudz may sound like a ‘90s all-girl pop group, it’s actually the musical outlet of Canadian singer/songwriter Devon Welsh and his static collaborator Matthew Otto. Welsh wrote deeply personal songs that seem to become intimate with your emotions and memories. The ideas and the music drone deep into your consciousness and cause a connection that is strong in loneliness, but stronger in the value of that connection. The band’s recent second full-length release, “Are You Alone?,” displays this idea in every tenet, including the album name. A question like that changes depending on the inflection it’s asked in. In one sense, it’s asking if its audience is suffering from solitude.

However, in a whole other sense, and one that I think an album like this is asking, is it possible to feel alone in a world where there is so much suffering and loneliness?

Welsh wanted to connect to his listeners and assure them that as long as he feels loneliness and somberness, they are not forsaken in their trials. He may not be able to walk alongside each and every one of us, but he is conscious of suffering and wants to make us all feel a little bit more warm and united. I strongly recommend checking out Majical Cloudz and all their empathy. “Are You Alone?” is out now via Matador Records. {in}

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

Fresh local produce, honey, baked goods, and live music. 4440 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 BARKTOBERFEST 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Barktoberfest has become the most anticipated celebration of the year for dog lovers, with canine activities, contests, give-away basket raffles and vendors featuring pet toys, collars, leashes, clothing and an array of pet-themed gift items and accessories. Animal rescue organizations will also be on hand with adoptable dogs. Seville Square, 312 E. Government St. pensacolahumane.org

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Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. $30.50-$51. pensacolabaycenter.com

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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 HOTEL BOOKS 8 p.m. With Bad Luck, Motives, and Until We Are Ghosts. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. $8. pensacolahandlebar.com

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There is always something fun and exciting to see at the fair! Head to the fairgrounds to meet farm animals, eat classic fair snacks and try the rides. Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds, 6655 Mobile Hwy. $6-$12. pensacolafair.com POT ROAST & PINTOT RED CAR WINE DINNER 6:30 p.m. This 5-course dinner will

feature wines by Red Car Wine, which are made in small lots utilizing minimalist intervention techniques. Purchase tickets online. Pot Roast and Pinot, 321 E. Cervantes St. potroastpinot.com TUESDAY NIGHT POETRY NIGHT 7 p.m.

Free open mic poetry event every Tuesday.

Sluggo’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 101 S. Jefferson St. facebook.com/TNPNS BANDS ON THE BEACH 7 p.m. Something Huge will perform at this week’s Bands on the Beach—which is a free outdoor concert series featuring regional artists held every Tuesday night through Oct. 27. Gulfside Pavilion at Casino Beach, 735 Pensacola Beach Blvd. visitpensacolabeach.com

TRAPT 7 p.m. With First Decree, AdaKaiN, and Gotham City Troubadour.

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HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE TOUR 6:30 p.m. A fun, friendly and frightful event for the entire family, based on a traditional haunted house. Wear your costumes! Tower will be open, so make sure to wear appropriate clothes and shoes for climbing safety. Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. $7 adults, $4 children. pensacolalighthouse.org SNAZZY JAZZY HALLOWEEN DINNER DANCE 6:30-10 p.m. Jazz vocalist Kathy Lyon has entertained worldwide with many jazz greats, earning the respect of top musicians.

Costumes are encouraged for the dinner dance but are not required. Fun activities also include a costume contest and prizes, $1-raffle tickets, a roulette wheel and gift certificates to area restaurants.

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Museum hours and location: TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum. org MY BEAUTIFUL CITY In a photo exhibit by area students as well as students from Pensacola’s sister cities including Gero, Japan; Macharaviaya, Spain, and Miraflores, Peru, student photographers discover the beauty in their communities. On display from Oct. 23 through Dec. 4.

Museum hours and location: TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.org STRINGS AND THINGS The Strings & Things, Sealing Wax & Other Fancy Stuff is a group of fiber, animal, and mineral artists who have joined together to have a positively good time. . On display from Oct. 15 through Nov. 16.

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Price $75/PMA members and $90/ non members. All materials will be provided. Register online. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum. org “MAKE-YOUROWN-GLASS” CLASS 10a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday Oct. 24. Held weekly on Friday and Saturday, First City Art Center offers weekly “MakeYour-Own-Glass” classes, no previous glassblowing skills necessary. The classes are open to anyone age 8 and older and range in price from $25-$45.

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Ice Flyers Start Writing ‘New Book’ returning to Pensacola to shepherd the team through another season.

There were hints of moving on to the big time of the National Hockey League.

admits he wants to “keep climbing the ladder,” he’s also enjoying his time in the SPHL and Pensacola specifically.

“It’s hard to want to leave,” Pawlick laughed. “The hockey’s good and the living is unbelievable.”

In recent seasons, the hockey has been unbelievable, as well.

“The last couple of years, we’re one of the top teams, and we like it that way,” Pawlick said, adding that the SPHL, as a whole, is “just getting better and better.”

In addition to building up a formidable hockey organization in Pensacola, and perhaps because of it, the Ice Flyers have also managed to build up a healthy fan base. Pawlick lists that aspect as one of the things that has endeared him to the area.

“It really helps, the home team crowd, knowing the building is going to be packed,” the player said.

The relationship between the team and their fans, and really the larger community, is the key to Harris. He consciously nurtures that relationship.

“I’ve really worked on getting our players and staff engaged in the community,” Harris said.

In addition to making more opportunities for players to interact with their fans— such as post-game autograph sessions, or appearances at local restaurants—the team also tries to give back to the community that cheers them through the season.

Players volunteer in kitchens serving the needy, they help out in food drives, they visit children in the hospital and make trips to local schools to speak with students.

“It’s our responsibility to do that,” Harris explained. “I think it’s really important to give back and show a sense of civic responsibility.”

“The last couple of years, we’re one of the top teams, and we like it that way.”

Adam Pawlick

It’s a couple of days before training camp, and the Ice Flyers organization is humming with activity. There are daily deliveries of hockey supplies and merchandise, corporate sponsorship contracts are being finalized and soon a roster will take shape.

“It’s a little bit chaotic,” said team owner Greg Harris. “But it’s a good kind of chaos.”

A good kind of chaos; a preseason chaos full of hope and possibilities, an excited blur of preparation and celebration of what victories might lie ahead. Very different from the bad kind of chaos—the kind of end-ofseason chaos that leads to a 2-1 loss to the Mississippi RiverKings in the first round of the Southern Professional Hockey League’s playoff series.

That was the kind of chaos in play last April.

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“It was disappointing, it was a shock,” Harris said. “I know a couple of hours after the game the coach, Rod, and I just sat in my office and hardly spoke. We were in shock.”

It wasn’t the way the season was supposed to end. It was supposed to end with a big party in the locker room after winning a third consecutive President’s Cup title.

“As much as you battle, sometimes it doesn’t go your way,” said returning Coach Rod Aldoff.

But that was last season. After a summer to regroup, the Ice Flyers will now begin striving for that happier ending.

“It’s a new season, it’s a whole new year,” said Aldoff. “We have to write a whole new book.”

Over the course of the summer, Harris noted, it looked like Aldoff might not be

“He has the green light to move up, he knows that,” Harris said of his coach. “I want him to move up.”

But, at the same time, Harris found himself relieved when Aldoff ’s NHL ticket fell through this year. It meant the Ice Flyers would have another go-round with him.

“It’s such a weight off my shoulders knowing he’s coming back,” Harris said, describing Aldoff as a “great coach, great person, great leader, as well as happy and on fire.”

And while he, of course, has his eyes on that eventual prize, Aldoff said he was happy to be returning to Pensacola. He described how he appreciated his current role of helping young hockey players realize their dreams en route to the NHL. “My goal is for my players to play for the National Hockey League, that’s their goal,” the coach said. “I’m very proud of my position.”

One such player is returning center Adam Pawlick, who has played for the Ice Flyers the past two seasons. While he

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And, of course, the relationship is reciprocal. Each game, fans let the team know how they feel by packing the Pensacola Bay Center.

The fan base that has emerged over the years— dating back 20 years to the pre-Flyers Ice Pilots team of yore—is somewhat surprising considering hockey in the South typically does not enjoy the immense popularity it does in northern locales. Harris attributes this partly to northern transplants living in the area while they serve in the military, but also says hockey is simply a fun, fast-paced sport that can be a pretty easy sell to a populace attuned to the action of something like NASCAR. “Hockey’s a sport,” Harris said. “It’s fast—Crash! Loud!

Bang! Blood! Violence!”

Plus, the Ice Flyers are just that much fun to watch.

“We can put a great quality product on the ice, and fans know that they can come and watch night in and night out,” Harris said. {in}

Ice Flyers 2015-16 Home Schedule and Theme Nights 7:05 P.M. FRIDAY, OCT. 30 Opponent: Louisiana Theme: Opening Night

7:05 P.M. FRIDAY, DEC.18 Opponent: Louisiana Theme: Christmas Extravaganza

7:05 P.M. SATURDAY, JAN. 30 Opponent: Macon Theme: Mardi Gras on Ice

Opponent: Mississippi Theme: Top Gun/Military Appreciation Night (Jersey Auction)

7:05 P.M. FRIDAY, NOV. 6 Opponent: Knoxville Theme: Wiener Dog Race Night

7:05 P.M. SATURDAY, DEC. 26 Opponent: Mississippi Theme: Military Appreciation Night

4:05 P.M. SUNDAY, JAN. 31 Opponent: Macon Theme: Scout Day

7:05 P.M. FRIDAY, MAR. 18 Opponent: Peoria Theme: St. Paddy's Day

6:35 P.M. THURSDAY, FEB. 4 Opponent: Huntsville Theme: $2 Hot Dogs/$3 Drafts

7:05 P.M. SATURDAY, MAR. 19 Opponent: Peoria Theme: TB Lightning/Jr. Ice Flyers Night

7:05 P.M. SATURDAY, NOV. 7 Opponent: Knoxville Theme: Little Minion Night (Jersey Auction)

6:35 P.M. TUESDAY, DEC. 29 Opponent: Huntsville Theme: $2 Hot Dogs/$3 Drafts

6:35 P.M. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11 Opponent: Mississippi Theme: Veterans Appreciation Night

7:05 P.M. FRIDAY, JAN. 1 Opponent: Columbus Theme: New Year's Resolution Night

6:35 P.M. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25 Opponent: Louisiana Theme: Thanksgiving

7:05 P.M. SATURDAY, JAN. 2 Opponent: Columbus Theme: Teddy Bear Toss/Mascot Night

7:05 P.M. FRIDAY, DEC. 4 Opponent: Macon Theme: $5 Weekend 7:05 P.M. SATURDAY, DEC. 5 Opponent: Fayetteville Theme: $5 Weekend (Jersey Auction)

7:05 P.M. FRIDAY, JAN. 8 Opponent: Mississippi Theme: Football Night 7:05 P.M. SATURDAY, JAN. 23 Opponent: Macon Theme: Wiener Dog Race Night

7:05 P.M. FRIDAY, FEB. 12 Opponent: Mississippi Theme: Daddy/Daughter Date Night 7:05 P.M. SATURDAY, FEB. 13 Opponent: Columbus Theme: Blue Wahoos Night (Jersey Auction) 7:05 P.M. FRIDAY, FEB. 26 Opponent: Louisiana Theme: Faith & Family Night 4:05 P.M. SUNDAY, FEB. 28 Opponent: Fayetteville Theme: Sunday Funday 7:05 P.M. SATURDAY, MAR. 12

4:05 P.M. SUNDAY, MAR. 20 Opponent: Peoria Theme: Sunday Funday 7:05 P.M. FRIDAY, MAR. 25 Opponent: Louisiana Theme: Scholarship Night 7:05 P.M. FRIDAY, APR. 1 Opponent: Huntsville Theme: 20th Anniversary/ Military Appreciation 7:05 P.M. SATURDAY, APR. 2 Opponent: Huntsville Theme: 20th Anniversary/Fan Appreciation (Jersey Auction)

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Brentwood Elementary Receives National PTA Award A ceremony and reception were held at Brentwood Elementary School on October 7, 2015, for the presentation of a banner to mark their selection as a National PTA School of Excellence.

Brentwood’s Principal Lisa Arnold said that at the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year with a team of people–their PTA board members, their parent liaison, and Assistant Principal Kristin Cain, and they decided to select improving parent involvement as a common goal. Yesterday, Cindy Gerhardt, President Elect for the Florida State PTA presented the school with a banner to represent their selection as a National PTA School of Excellence.

“I am proud to say,” said Arnold to the crowd gathered at the school, “we achieved that goal. But we didn’t do it alone.

It took all of our faculty and staff, our PTA, our volunteers, community partners, and the parents.”

The National PTA’s web site explains that the designation National PTA School of Excellence is “a recognition program that supports and celebrates partnerships between PTAs and schools to enrich the educational experience and overall wellbeing for all students.” Brentwood Elementary School is one of 124 schools selected nation-wide this year and one of only 18 schools selected in FLA.

Cindy Gerhardt, Florida PTA President Elect greeted the attendees and praised Brentwood’s PTA and the school’s staff for meeting the National PTA’s goal of making families feel welcome and empowered. When families are involved in their student’s school, Gerhardt explained, student success increases. She also shared her own memories of attending Brentwood as a child and how she still remembers her mom being involved in the PTA and how important it was to her to see her mom on campus.

Gerhardt presented the school with an award banner and lapel pins to the members of Brentwood’s PTA Board.

Superintendent Malcolm Thomas praised the school and their PTA for this accomplishment.

“Schools of Excellence do not happen by accident. It takes people developing a relationship with a common goal and cause. That shared cause is the education of the boys and girls who go to Brentwood. That partnership makes them stand out in a way few others have accomplished.”

Thomas challenged everyone there, the staff, faculty, PTA and the school’s partners to stay the course and remember the PTA’s motto – every child. One voice.

“If all of these partners join together we can look out for every child, but we’ll have one voice.”

Arnold wrapped up the event by telling everyone that they are not backing down. “We are going to continue to more forward, full speed ahead because we know that it is all about the boys and girls, every day, every minute.”

Group photo: (Left to right) Principal Lisa Arnold, Vera Wiley, Brittany Jones, Nikki Hughes, Deidre Young, Leticia Dennis, Alison Brantley, Diane Freyhofer, Della Pettit, and, Superintendent Malcolm Thomas.

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news of the weird DOING TIME RIGHT In October, a Harvard University debate team (three-time recent champions of the American Parliamentary Debate Association) lost a match to a team of prisoners from the maximum-security Eastern New York Correctional Facility.

Prison debaters "are held to the exact same standards" as college debate teams, according to the director of Bard College's Prison Initiative, which coaches the inmates. Prisoners took the "pro" side of public schools having the right to turn away students whose parents had entered the U.S. illegally (though team members personally disagreed). The Bard trainers pointed out that the inmates perfected their presentation despite (or perhaps because of) the prison prohibition on Internet access.

COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS A black alleged gang member, Taurus Brown, 19, under arrest in Clearwater, Florida, in September for having a marijuana cigarette casually tucked behind his ear as he talked politely to a white police officer, tried to flee on foot but was quickly taken down. Asked why he ran, Brown replied (according to the police report): "I don't like white people touching me. White people do weird stuff."

SHAMELESS In rare bipartisan action, the U.S. Senate is preparing a bill to ban taxpayer funds for those military salutes at sporting events. Teams (the legislators believe) already benefit from the fan-friendly staging of heartwarming patriotic displays.

(The Pentagon had paid $5.4 million just to the National Football League over the last four years.) An NFL spokesman, finally playing catch-up, said in September, "(N)o one should be paid to honor our troops."

LEGISLATORS IN ACTION In a recent resolution, Blount County (Tennessee) Commissioner Karen Miller called for her fellow commissioners and state officials all the way up to the governor to prepare for "God's wrath" for recent national policies (same-sex marriage, etc.) she disagrees with. Though other states might be in for a smiting, Miller's resolution calls on God to spare Blount County (by the "safety of the Passover lamb"). In October, the commission tabled the resolution, 10-5, but she promised to reintroduce it.

THE WEIRDO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY "Officially" declaring oneself not subject to the laws of any jurisdiction (i.e., a "sovereign") opens a wide range of career choices. The FBI and Las Vegas police say that in Rick Van Thiel's case, once his porn industry career ended (because someone stole his video equipment), he "decided to go into the medical field," becoming "Dr. Rick" with expertise performing dozens of abortions, circumcisions and castrations (plus cancer treatments and root canals).

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Proudly avoiding actual licensing, Van Thiel promoted "alternative" remedies, with an office in a Nevada compound of trailers that one hesitant "patient" described as something out of a horror movie. Van Thiel, arrested in October, nonetheless staunchly defended his ability (acquired, he said, by watching YouTube medical videos). (Bonus entertainment: In court, he will be acting as his own lawyer.)

PERSPECTIVE In June, Tennessee's muchpublicized program to kick drug users off of welfare rolls (and only from welfare rolls, among all people receiving any type of state subsidy) wound up its first year cutting off fewer than 40 people out of 28,559 people on public assistance ("temporary assistance to needy families"). Nonetheless, the sponsoring legislators said they were pleased with the program and planned no changes.

The state paid a contractor $11,000 to conduct 468 drug tests, but did not disclose staff costs of processing applications, deciding who to test and managing cases.

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS Not Ready for Prime Time: It was at 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 8 that, according to Dallas police, Kristopher Jones, 18, and a buddy decided it would be Joy's Donut shop they should rob. As they exited the store (one carrying the shop's cash register), a uniformed, off-duty officer (who apparently had pulled up to the store—for doughnuts) saw the whole thing and arrested Jones (though his partner was able to flee).

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ARMED & CLUMSY (ALL-NEW!) More Men Who Accidentally Shot Themselves Recently: A 16-year-old boy, in the leg—for the second time in three months (same leg) (Tulsa, Oklahoma, September). A roadrager waving a gun at a motorist, jarring his trigger finger as he subsequently crashed (Estero, Florida, September). Christen Reece, 23, shot in the head demonstrating to friends the gun's "safety" (Navajo County, Arizona, September). A man celebrating his 21st (and, alas, final) birthday (Dallas, July).

A 49-year-old man who failed the "removing the magazine does not clear the chamber" test (Mims, Florida, June). Martin Hoyer, 51, who failed the "waistband is not a holster" test (Wenatchee, Washington, September).

Thomas Javier, 26, trying to hide his gun (after being caught urinating in the street) and fumbling it, accidentally shooting himself in the vicinity of the organ in question. (Brooklyn, New York, September). Donald Watson, 43, slipping a for-sale gun into his pocket and somehow firing on his penis (Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September). {in}

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