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CITY OF PENSACOLA In the case of City of Pensacola vs. Seville Harbour, Inc., the Florida Supreme Court declined to accept jurisdiction and ordered that the city's petition for review be denied. Mayor Ashton Hayward issued this written statement on the following day: "The City defended a lawsuit brought by Mr. Merrill and Mr. Russenberger. They have prevailed. We respect the decision of the court and will fully abide by that decision. We hope that all parties involved can come together now to advance our City's goals." Next up, Mayor Hayward must pay the legal fees of Seville Harbour. That bill hasn't been submitted.

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PUBLIC DIALOGUE NEEDED Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward isn't happy with how the public treated City Attorney Lysia Bowling at the Sept. 19 council meeting. He was so upset that he sent a letter to Council President Brian Spencer admonishing him because the mayor was displeased with the "tone of the discussion and the disparaging remarks" directed toward the city attorney.

"The days are long past where the governing body of a community can chain individuals to a post in the public square and invite anyone to throw stones at them," wrote the mayor.

Everyone deserves to be treated respectfully in public and privately, and we should be able to discuss and disagree without disparaging anyone.

However, the other side of respect is listening to all parties—something the mayor has avoided for four years. When people believe their leaders don't care about what they think, they get frustrated.

In December 2013, Mayor Hayward discontinued his "Taking City Hall to the Citizens" town hall meetings. At those meetings, citizens met with him and his department heads, asked questions, made comments, and were heard.

Unfortunately, he has stopped meeting face-to-face with voters in town hall settings. The openness and public dialogue that were the hallmarks of the first three years in office have vanished.

The last "Taking City Hall to the

Citizens" town hall for District 6, which encompasses the North Hill residents at the meeting, was in October 2012. Since then, Mayor Hayward has repeatedly failed to listen to the concerns of District 6 and fought them on issues such as the relocation of the parole and probation center and the installation of a radio tower in the Long Hollow Conservation District.

With Hayward hiding from public debate and avoiding any meaningful Q&A sessions with voters, the public is going to become frustrated as they did on Sept. 19.

However, the mayor took no responsibility for the mounting frustration in the community. He placed the blame on Spencer and included with the letter a 20-page memorandum on meeting order and decorum prepared in 2014. He said, "In light of the improper decorum that was on display at Wednesday's meeting, now is a good time to review procedural tools that you have as council president to conduct the meeting…"

Could Council President Brian Spencer do a better job of running the meetings?

Yes. I would suggest reviewing how Commissioner Steve Barry handled the contentious debates regarding the Confederate flag two years ago.

However, the issue is not a vocal audience at a council meeting. No, it's a mayor that has shut off public discussion and quit listening and interacting with the voters on issues. {in}rick@inweekly.net

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THE 2 SIDES PROJECT

By Jennie McKeon Margot Carlson-Delogne was just 2 years old when her father, Air Force Capt. John W. Carlson was killed in action near Bien Hoa in 1966 during the Vietnam War. "I have no memory of my dad," she said.

"I have pictures and videos... audio letters that were recorded six months before he was killed. I can't tell you that I listened to them. It's just too much."

When Carlson-Delogne was about 7, her mother explained that her father would not be coming back home. Her mother didn't like to talk about it. No one did.

After years of resentment and unanswered questions, Carlson-Delogne started to think about the "the other side." They likely had more similarities than differences. In 2015, 40 years after the Vietnam War ended, Carlson-Delogne founded The 2 Sides Project, a nonprofit that connects sons and daughters who have lost fathers on opposite sides of the Vietnam War. There are 20,000 people in the U.S. who have lost a father to the war and anywhere from 80,000 to 100,000 in Vietnam.

Carlson-Delogne said she wondered how those children from the other side grew up and how they learned to cope with the loss of a parent from war.

With the help of the Vietnamese embassy in Washington, D.C., The 2 Sides Project took its inaugural trip to Vietnam in December 2015. Four daughters and two sons from all over the United States participated in the trip, including Margot. A film crew followed the group documenting every tearful embrace.

The group met with more than 20 Vietnamese sons and daughters who have lost fathers from the war. Carlson-Delogne said she wasn't sure what to expect from the initial meetings. Some were reluctant to talk. Some were still angry.

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After the group met with more than a dozen sons and daughters of Vietnam soldiers, they were more or less welcomed.

But one of the last descendants they met was Mr. Vu Ngoc Xiem. Carlson-Delogne remembered he looked "agitated." He told the room how American bombs killed his father on April 4, 1965. Six months later, his school was bombed by American aircraft killing 33 students and one teacher.

"He said, 'Had you been here a couple of years ago you wouldn't have been able to leave alive,'" Carlson-Delogne recalled.

He had anger. But Mr. Xiem said he wanted to let the anger go. To Margot, that is the whole purpose behind The 2 Sides Project.

"This was an amazing experience," she said. "We didn't find hatred, we found common points to meet on."

"This was an amazing experience. We didn't find hatred, we found common points to meet on."

Margot Carlson-Delogne 'THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE'

Ron Reyes joined The 2 Sides Project with just one small hope: to stand where his father once stood. He was just four weeks old when his 19-year-old Marine father, Ronald R. Reyes, was killed in 1968 during the Tet Offensive.

"At my father's funeral, my mother held me up to his casket," Reyes said.

Like Carlson-Delogne, Reyes' family chose not to talk about the war. They didn't celebrate Father's Day. He wouldn't start to learn more about his father until he was older with kids of his own. In the

late 1990s, he met some of his dad's friends from his Marine unit, which was called The Walking Dead because of the 93 percent casualty rate during the Vietnam War. For the 2 Sides Project, all of the Gold Star kids were given the coordinates where their fathers died. Reyes volunteered to be the point person in finding the spots.

At his father's site, he poured a beer for himself and his dad and played James and Bobby Purify's "I'm Your Puppet"—one of his parents' favorite songs.

Reyes also participated in the WSRE documentary, "They Were Our Fathers" which was filmed at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. He chose to be a part of The 2 Sides Project because he liked the idea of bringing both perspectives to the table, literally.

In Hanoi, he met a woman named Luu Thi Kim Hien, who lost her father in the war.

They bonded over their children, who are the same age.

"Healing begins one person at a time," he said. "If you sit two people at a table, it's not so divisive. I got to see Vietnam in a way my father didn't get to see it. It's not a political thing. This is about the human experience."

Reyes said he wants to continue to talk about his father—about all of the fathers lost.

"I don't think my mission is done," he said. "I want to give back."

The sons and daughters not only found a kinship with Vietnamese people but a love for the country's beauty. CarlsonDelogne said she wants to continue the project and bring more Gold Star children to Vietnam.

"It was one of the best experiences of my life," she said. "I want to get together and have virtual conversations online, maybe a web series. I want to keep the conversation going."

'KEEP CONNECTING'

Before the trip to Vietnam, CarlsonDelogne knew she would want it to be documented. She reached out to a videographer, Anthony Istrico, and raised money for production costs on Indiegogo.

Istrico said he didn't give it a second thought when he was approached about the project. His small crew traveled with the group and came back home with 150 hours of footage, which eventually became the first feature-length documentary for Istrico.

"This is a story that had to be told," he said. "It's such an amazing adventure.

Every time I see it, I cry. And I cry at different parts."

Most of Istrico's work has been corporate videos. When it came to filming the project, he said he didn't want it to be a "travel log." He followed subjects as they visited the sites where their dads were killed, let the cameras sit on their faces while they reflected. There was a lot of trust between filmmakers and the Gold Star children. In the end, Istrico said the experience gave him a "sense of pause."

"In the end, I think we had more questions than answers, which I think is a success for a documentary film."

Anthony Istrico "I never thought it would get this kind of reaction," he said. "In the end, I think we had more questions than answers, which I think is a success for a documentary film."

In May of this year, The 2 Sides Project invited Mr. Xiem to the United States for the film's premiere. This time, he met his new friends with a smile.

"You could tell he was so happy to be here," Carlson-Delogne said. "We've all been transformed by this experience."

Since the film's premiere, it has been shown at select venues and festivals and soon, it will air on PBS member stations.

Carlson-Delogne, Reyes and Istrico will talk about The 2 Sides Project at the upcoming WSRE Public Square Speakers Series.

Carlson-Delogne said the mission of the 2 Sides Project is currently focused on the sons and daughters who lost their father in the Vietnam War. In the future, she would like to open the conversation to more modern wars. The goal of The 2 Sides Project will always be "connecting people."

"I really hope that children who are losing their parents—now fathers and mothers— I hope that meet the other sides (of the conflict)," she said. "We're living in a really divisive moment in the United States. I hope the younger generation hasn't gotten so set in their ways that they have to wait 40 years."

"When you establish the connection, you really begin to heal from the wounds of war." {in}

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POSSIBLE END TO DREAMERS' DREAMS DACA into law. Among those who say their primary allegiance is to Trump rather than the GOP, less than half, 49 percent, supported the end of DACA. Politicians have showered Trump with criticism across the country, including Oregon Gov. Kate Brown. She said Dreamers are essential to the economic and cultural identity of the state.

"Many of them know no other home other than Oregon," Brown said. "We want them here."

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By Duwayne Escobedo Sofia's parents encouraged her to apply for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). They started their lives penniless and wanted their oldest daughter to earn a college degree and have a better chance at success.

Now, Sofia fears that their love for her may result in her parents, who have illegally lived in the United States for almost 21 years, being deported back to western Mexico along with her.

President Donald Trump demanded this month that Congress take action in six months or he would act unilaterally to end the controversial program. DACA was created by former President Barack Obama through a June 2012 executive order that allowed minor children of undocumented immigrants to work and receive other benefits with permits renewable every two years.

To qualify for DACA, Sofia had to provide all of her personal information, even her fingerprints, to the federal government.

"Their goal was always to give me a better life," Sofia said of her parents. "Now it's scary that it might be used against them. I thought

it would be good until something better arose.

I never thought it would come to this point. I never thought it would be possible."

More than 800,000 children of undocumented parents, known as Dreamers, signed up for DACA. The Pew Research Center estimated that up to 1.7 million could be eligible.

Trump's announcement has led to protests around the country. An odd mix of organizations has come out in support for major elements of DACA and have called for a path to citizenship. The list includes labor unions, the construction industry and leaders of some of the nation's biggest companies, including Accenture, Adobe Systems, Amazon, Best Buy, Cisco Systems, Crate and Barrel, Facebook, General Motors, Google, Hilton, Intuit, Levi Strauss, Netflix and PepsiCo. A group of Dreamers and the state of California have sued the Trump Administration over the ending of DACA. During his presidential campaign, Trump pledged the demise of the program. However, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll conducted after the president announced a phasing out of the program showed that 53 percent of all Americans want lawmakers to implement

And Dreamers want to be here. They often have no memory of the towns their parents left to seek prosperity in America.

Maria told Inweekly she was eight months old when her mom crossed the Mexico-Texas border with her on their way to Montgomery, Ala. They moved to Pensacola about a dozen years ago when she was seven.

She said DACA allowed her to get a driver's license and buy a car, get a good job and, when she saves enough money, to attend college.

"I didn't have anything," Maria said. "DACA was an opportunity. I felt like I had to do it in order to have the stuff I have now."

Maria said her mom, who is an undocumented business owner, thought DACA was a good idea. She remains optimistic that Congress will make it a law.

"What's the purpose of removing it?" she asked. "I think that they will talk it out."

One way Dreamers can ensure permanent residency is to marry an American citizen.

Claudia, who used to be on DACA, said she was fortunate to find a spouse. While she has no more worries about DACA ending, she expressed concern for her family and friends.

Claudia came to America with her grandparents on a visa and stayed with them when at the age of 13 they decided to overstay their work permit.

"I'm not sure what they're planning on doing with DACA," she said. "I know, personally, if they end the program, my sister has DACA but

has no way of getting her citizenship so that she will suffer from that. " Claudia's best friend also registered.

She said. "She just bought a house because she has a social security number. She was working, otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to buy her house."

"I personally don't have a lot to lose on this matter, but my family does and other people I know do," she told Inweekly. "If I can say something to make a difference, then I'm gonna do it, and if I can change one person's perspective, I'll do it."

Sofia, who crossed the border in Arizona with her parents as an infant, pointed out both her mom and dad own local businesses they started around 10 years ago. They've never relied on government assistance.

"They're not legally documented," she said.

"But they've been able to live a productive life."

Maria's mom and stepdad also have worked hard to carve out a decent life, despite their lack of formal education and immigration status.

"My mom is my backbone," she said. "She's the backbone of our family. Our lives would be hard without her."

Claudia said she hopes lawmakers one day will vote to implement an immigration policy that makes sense for immigrants and citizens alike.

"I mean, I was never a fan of Trump to begin with, but I don't know if people realize that even when Obama implemented DACA, we knew that this wasn't a permanent solution," she said. "I mean, this was kind of like a bandaid over the thing because it really doesn't solve anything."

Claudia added, "We're not planning on leaving. We're giving to the economy of this country." {in} Editor's Note: Sofia, Maria and Claudia agreed to talk with Inweekly under the condition that we would do it anonymously. They feared retribution toward their families.

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interest, public disclosures of possible conflicts, and the use of public resources for private gain or grudges.

He suggested the City of Pensacola should look at how it handles attorneys and lawsuits.

Currently, the mayor of Pensacola unilaterally determines who he will sue, the attorneys he will hire, and what lawsuit he will defend against. He has not taken all of the lawsuit settlement agreements to the Pensacola City Council for approval.

Gaetz recommended the city take a "thoughtful wait and see" approach regarding litigation. He said that when he was the Superintendent of Schools in Okaloosa County, he would not commit to filing a lawsuit or defending against one without first taking the matter to the school board for a public discussion and vote.

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COMMUNITY CODE OF ETHICS For-

mer Florida Senate President Don Gaetz discussed ethics in government with community leaders today during an Advocacy Lunch and Learn sponsored by the Studer Community Institute.

During his tenure, Gaetz passed 38 provisions that strengthened ethics laws for elected officials and those working in state, county and city government. However, he said that passing stricter ethics laws is like playing "Whack A Mole."

"One thing that unfortunately is real in politics is that you can always find some bad person who can think of new bad ways to do bad things," Gaetz explained.

He suggested that a Community Code of Ethics determined by the citizens, not the politicians, may be the best way to rein in corruption in government.

Gaetz said, "Some communities have said, 'We're not going to wait around for the State Legislature to define what we consider to be appropriate conduct in local public office. Instead, what we are going to do is have our own community code of ethics.'"

The citizens can state in the code what is acceptable and unacceptable and what the consequences should be if there is grievously unacceptable behavior.

When asked about what areas should be touched on in a Community Code of Ethics, Gaetz said there needed to be a focus on how to deal with conflicts of 010 1

A SIMPLE MATTER The fee simple title on Pensacola Beach isn't as diabolical and evil as some want the public and Sen. Bill Nelson to believe, according to Congressman Matt Gaetz and County Commissioner Grover Robinson.

"There continues to be misinformation, largely amplified by the Pensacola News Journal, indicating that this is somehow a private takeover of the beach," Gaetz told Inweekly. "That is not true. There's not a single speck of sand on Pensacola Beach or Navarre Beach that the public is currently able to use that they would not be able to use after we pass this bill. " Commissioner Robinson argued that claims the public will lose access just aren't factual.

"Let me ask you--how public it is if you just want to walk into somebody's house from the beach," he said. "They'll call the sheriff, they'll come pick me up, and they'll take you in. It's not public because it is privately leased to a homeowner."

He continued, "Going to fee simple is not changing anything on that. The stuff that is public—the sidewalks, the access roads, the parking lot, the beach, the conservation areas and the things we love about the beach that are the area between the dunes and the Gulf and all the different parts around it all the things that are that are really truly public— I've made sure in this language that that is kept that way in Escambia County and it is that way into perpetuity."

He pointed out that currently, the Board

of County Commissioners could lease those public areas by a 3-2 vote. The fee simple law prevents that from ever happening.

"The things that are in preservation and conservation would be that way into perpetuity." Grover Robinson Robinson said, "The things that are in preservation and conservation would be that way into perpetuity."

MORE CITY SIDEWALKS At the final hearing on the FY 2018 budget, City Administrator Eric Olson told the Pensacola City Council that the administration was working on a prioritized list for sidewalks.

"I think it's reasonable to say that we'll have that at the beginning of the new year," said Olson. "What we are trying to do is de-politicize the process so that everybody has an open, fair, transparent way of identifying what the city's needs are, and then we can address how much money you want to put towards it."

His comments came after Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn tried to amend the budget to allocate $2.5 million for sidewalks. Council President Brian Spencer opposed her amendment.

"I will not support a $2.5 million figure," said Spencer. "I think we have again an opportunity to more comprehensively address what is necessary to make the sidewalks that could be more than just more pavement and address the pedestrian and cycling experience. In concept, I am a big proponent and supporter of creating safer, non-vehicular pathways."

Olson explained the process that will create two sidewalk lists.

"The first step in that is the planning division is creating a series of criteria based on the American Planning Association's best industry and best practices," said Olson. "So we'll have two lists. One is 'Here are our existing maintenance needs' and the second list is 'This is our new construction needs.' And then the plan was to take whatever funding the council appropriates on an annual basis and we just attack both of those lists."

The majority of the council agreed to wait for Olson's lists to be presented before allocating additional funds for sidewalks, other than the $1.6 million appropriated for Burgess Road. Cannada-Wynn's amendment failed 3-4.

PRAISE FOR MYERS Councilwoman Sherri Myers succeeded in getting in the FY 2018 $1.6 million for sidewalks and drainage on Burgess Road. She received praise from the citizens and her fellow council members for her efforts.

Rev. John Phillips, organizing president of the neighborhood association that includes the road, pointed out to the council that he first brought the traffic issue to them in April 2011.

"One of the problems in our neighborhood that has a long history is the condition of Burgess Road from Davis Highway to Sanders Street, which is in the city, and from Sanders Street to Lanier Street, which is in the county," said Rev. Phillips. "Burgess Road, east of Davis Highway, is a very narrow, dangerous stretch of roadway. It has no curbs, no gutters, no sidewalks, and the deep ditches and driveways along most of the length make pedestrian and bicycle traffic impossible. Neither school children nor adults can walk along Burgess Road safely."

"Neither school children nor adults can walk along Burgess Road safely." John Phillips He said that he challenged Mayor Ashton Hayward and other city leaders to walk the road.

"No one apparently had the courage to do so, except Councilmember Sherri Myers, who has gone house-to-house along the entire length from Davis to Lanier," he told the council.

Councilman P.C. Wu said the Myers deserved the credit for getting the funds to improve Burgess Road.

"She has fought tirelessly for this project for years and years and years," Wu said to Rev. Phillips. "I appreciate you coming down, but before we move on, I want to make sure that Sherri Myers got the credit she deserves on this particular vote."

Even Councilman Larry Johnson, a frequent critic of Myers, complimented her perseverance. When Myers was running for re-election in 2014, Johnson tried to have her investigated by the council and removed from office, claiming that she was harassing city staff, derisive and disruptive.

He got nowhere with his allegations, but he did contribute to her opponent's campaign.

"I would like to say also to Ms. Myers, she deserves all the credit," said Johnson.

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this happening. I'm getting dirty looks from her right now, but I am sincere in that. I just want to tell her that congratulations, and I will be voting for this tonight."

REMEMBERING EVERS Rep. Jayer Williamson (R-Pace) has filed a bill to name a 13-mile stretch of State Road 4, a highway that cuts through the Blackwater River State Forest in the Panhandle, after the late former Sen. Greg Evers.

Under Williamson's proposal (HB 171), State Road 4 would be designated the "Senator Greg Evers Memorial Highway" between Munson Highway and State Road 189 in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties. Evers, 62, died Aug. 21 in a single-vehicle accident near his home in Okaloosa County.

Evers, a Republican, served nine years in the Florida House before his election to the Senate in 2010. Evers left his Senate seat last year to make a bid for the U.S. House but lost the Republican primary to U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz. Williamson's bill is filed for the 2018 legislative session, which starts in January.

2035 AIRPORT MASTER PLAN The Pensacola International Airport has begun preparing for increased use projected there by 2035. Dan Flynn, the airport director, told seven Pensacola area residents on the advisory committee Thursday night at the airport conference room that he wanted to get consensus on the proposed changes.

"We will come up with an amalgamation of what you see here," Flynn told the local citizens, which included Scott Luth, FloridaWest CEO, and Steve Hayes, Visit Pensacola president. "We want to address any concerns as early as we can. I do appreciate your input."

One of the immediate projects will be extending the south runway to 8,000 feet.

Already, flights to Denver must operate under weight restrictions to take off, meaning fewer passengers per plane. Plus, it will give the Pensacola airport more ability to handle aircraft in bad weather situations, which includes the extremely hot summer days.

Extending the terminal is another top priority. Flynn said a benefit of the expansion will be allowing 757-size commercial airliners at all 10 gates.

Going up to five lanes for drop-off and pick-up will eliminate the center median, eliminate the first crosswalk, keep the center crosswalk as is and cut off the entrance to the parking garage in the last, or third crosswalk.

Additionally, airport staff considered adding surface parking, rather than building a more expensive six-story parking garage but found it "ugly" and said it "limits development of the airport a considerable extent."

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The last major airport expansion took place between 2007 and 2011. The public will have a chance to weigh in on the master plan that will be posted online within the week on the airport website, flypensacola.com. The city council is expected to vote on a final airport master plan in March 2018.

The next advisory committee meeting will be scheduled sometime in October.

PASSENGER GROWTH Speaking of

airports, the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport had another phenomenal month for passenger growth. In August 2017, the airport in Okaloosa County had 41,776 more passengers than it did in August 2016 - a 47-percent jump. The Pensacola International Airport had 12,748 more passengers, 8.9 percent.

Overall, Pensacola still handles more passengers than Destin-Fort Walton Beach, 155,851 to 130,878 in August, but that gap continues to narrow.

Year-to-date, Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport has handled 200,015 more passengers compared to the first eight months of 2016 - a 32.5-percent increase.

Pensacola has had 61,670 more passengers, for a 5.7-percent jump.

From January-August 2017, the Pensacola International Airport has handled 1,143,804 passengers, while the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport has had 814,919 passengers.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR On Sept. 28, UWF President Martha Saunders will give the annual State of the University address, highlighting the institution's accomplishments and looking ahead at plans for the 2017-18 academic year at 1:30 p.m. in University Commons Auditorium, Bldg. 22, 11000 University Parkway.

On Sept. 28, CareerSource Escarosa, Escambia County and Pensacola State College will host the 2017 Fall Job Fair from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Brownsville Community Center, 3200 West Desoto St. This no-cost event is open to the public. Job seekers are urged to dress professionally and bring plenty of resumes. For more details, visit careersourceescarosa.com.

On Oct. 3, Escambia County hosts free job readiness workshops to provide job seekers with information and training to enhance their chances of being work-ready when the right job comes along. It will take place at 10:30 a.m. at the Brownsville Community Resource Center, 3200 W. De Soto St. To register for a workshop, call 595-3130 or email Carla Jones at csjones@ myescambia.com. For more information, visit myescambia.com/jobready. {in} 11

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In the fall of 2015, Tom Garner made history while coming back from a lunch break.

After seeing a cleared space in a Pensacola neighborhood, Garner walked over to the property and found, sitting in the dirt, evidence of one of the oldest attempts at a non-indigenous settlement in what we now call the United States. Lost to historians and archaeologists since the middle of the 16th century, the local historian and gardening September 28, 2017

educator put his hands in the soil and found what eluded so many for years, thus changing his life and the way in which Pensacola can now see itself.

The 1559 expedition, sponsored by the King of Spain and led by Don Tristan de Luna, left Mexico with roughly 1,500 Europeans, Aztec Indians, Mestizos, and Africans. Their final destination was what we now call Pensacola, and the intention was to stay. Unfortunately

for Luna, a massive hurricane took out his ships and most of his supplies shortly after arrival, ultimately dooming the success of the mission. He left the area two years later, and for the most part, few, if any knew of where this incredibly large and historic settlement existed‌that is until Garner's fateful lunch break that fall day.

Since Garner's 2015 discovery, the site was recently confirmed to be the largest

archaeological site of 16th century Spanish colonial era in the southeast region of the United States.

Garner was gracious enough to take the time out of his busy schedule to sit with me in my backyard, all the while pointing out places where I should put a garden, as I asked him about discovering arguably the most significant archaeological find in recent history.

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16th century Spanish because… where are you going to see that stuff? It's really rare, right? But when I showed it to Dr. John Worth, from the University of West Florida and an authority of Tristan de Luna, he confirmed that it was a 16th century olive jar.

SATTERWHITE: So what did you do then?

GARNER: I continued to look for artifacts on the property, and I found one piece of pottery that archaeologists have named Columbia Plain, that's a type of plate that the Spaniards used, which is non-descript. I recognized it as 16th century. There was no question that the Columbia Plain was 16th century. When I found that, I called my friend at the university and said, "Look. I'm holding Columbia Plain in my hand," and she understood exactly what I was talking about. At that point, I knew it was Tristan de Luna.

Tom Garner at the Luna press Conference / Photo Courtesy of University of West Florida SATTERWHITE: Can you go back to the moment of the discovery? Walk me through it. How did you find the Tristan de Luna site, an archaeological and historical enigma that eluded so many people for years? How did this happen?

GARNER: Well, you know I stopped to get something to eat for lunch. Maybe that's a little anticlimactic, but I stopped to get something for lunch, and I went back through this neighborhood. I saw where [builders] had cleared [one particular] lot. This is happening a lot through the older sections of Pensacola, and they tear down an older house to build something larger. I saw some recently disturbed ground, and I thought I should have a look at that. I stopped and had a look at it, and there were 16th century Spanish artifacts on the surface of the ground. That's how the discovery was made.

SATTERWHITE: Now wait. You said that you saw 16th century Spanish artifacts on the ground, so clearly you knew what you were looking for.

GARNER: Well, yeah. I knew what the artifacts were.

SATTERWHITE: I only say that because I wouldn't know what any of those things were.

GARNER: Yeah, the average person wouldn't know what those artifacts were. The thing about this site is that people have been finding these things for years. They just didn't know what they were. You find this piece of plain brown pottery in your yard, and you throw it in the trash. One guy said he was throwing broken pottery sherds into the bushes when he'd find them because he didn't see it as anything important. Those of us who are in archaeology know what these bits and pieces are and recognize them, so it's a different thing.

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SATTERWHITE: But how does the pottery bring us to Don Tristan de Luna?

GARNER: I'd known of the Luna expedition for thirty-plus years, and we'd always speculated where it was. It was really odd that it hadn't been discovered because it was a big deal. It should've been a big archaeological site, maybe not super heavy in density, in terms of artifacts, because they'd only been there for two years.

But still a pretty big site with some significant artifacts, but it had never been found. We knew a little bit about the physical setting of where it should be. There's a line in one of the documents that says the place where the settlement is [sits] on a high point of land that slopes down to where the ships come to anchor, but that could also describe a number of other places in Pensacola. Gulf Breeze. The Pensacola Naval Air Station. Some parts of downtown or the mouth of Bayou Chico. All the way up and down Scenic Highway, so it narrowed the logical place where the settlement might be. It certainly didn't make it easy.

It was still kind of a needle in a haystack, but the place where I found the artifacts did fit that description. It also happened to be close by where the shipwrecks were found. We already had two shipwrecks from the Luna period, and they've recently discovered a third.

"I'd known of the Luna expedition for thirty-plus years, and we'd always speculated where it was. It was really odd that it hadn't been discovered because it was a big deal." Tom Garner

SATTERWHITE: In the ‘90s, right?

GARNER: Yeah, one was in the ‘90s, and another was found in the mid-2000s. So I knew the shipwrecks were nearby, and I knew this was the right geographical setting potentially because it fit the description, like a lot of places do. I thought, I need to stop and look at this lot. Then I thought, "No. I've got stuff to do." And then I thought, "No, you've got to go look at this lot." So I made myself stop and look at the lot. Within thirty seconds I found the first artifact, and it was a very distinctive Spanish artifact.

SATTERWHITE: Did you know what you found when you picked it up?

GARNER: I suspected what I found with that, but that particular type of pottery has a specific date range from the mid-1500s all the way up to the 1800s, so I knew it could be later Spanish as well. But given the location, given the proximity of the shipwrecks, I had an idea that this could be De Luna. I contacted my friends at the University [of West Florida] and asked them if they could come and take a look at this.

There are Spanish artifacts here. My reaction initially was caution. You know, it could've been something from a later expedition.

SATTERWHITE: But soon it was becoming clear that it wasn't from a later expedition.

When you realized this, you didn't get butterflies in your stomach?

GARNER: No. I look back, and I feel that it's kind of odd that I had this type of reaction.

But you know, it wasn't a sure thing. As it turns out this particular jar, an olive jar they used for various food stuff, has a particular fat rim that changes shape throughout the years. This particular rim form, as it turns out, is a distinctive 16th century rim form, similar to the type that was being found on the shipwrecks. But I didn't know that because I wasn't familiar with

SATTERWHITE: What was their reaction at the university?

GARNER: They played it low-key, but apparently they were all about to have heart attacks [laughter]. It was also a possibility that the artifacts were from something else. There was an earlier expedition twenty years earlier led by a fellow named [Alonso de Castillo] Maldonado, that was associated with Hernando de Soto, and it could've potentially been associated with that. It could've been a smaller offshoot of the Luna Expedition. Archaeologists are cautious about making conclusions.

SATTERWHITE: Even if it wasn't Tristan de Luna, but some other Spanish explorer, it still would've been significant, right?

GARNER: Yeah, it would've been significant, but it might not have been the actual settlement. But then I brought in a tray full of artifacts, 16th century artifacts, to John [Worth].

There were maybe fifty Spanish pieces and maybe fifty Native American pieces. He said this was the largest collection of 16th century Spanish [artifacts] outside of St. Augustine or Santa Elena, two 16th century Spanish settlements on the Atlantic coast. So it was probably going to end up being Tristan de Luna. His reaction, after looking at the artifacts for a while, was "Holy Moly!" That's when I knew it was the real deal. That's when I knew it was significant.

SATTERWHITE: Once you figured it out, what was the next step?

GARNER: The next step, from the university, was to get permission. This was private property.

SATTERWHITE: Was this before you made the public announcement?

GARNER: Yes, definitely before we made the public announcement. John contacted the owners of the property who were about to build a house, so we could get permission to do an excavation. There were numerous other artifacts, 16th century Spanish. We identified features which are things like postholes, trash pits, foundations… we don't know what these particular features were used for, but we know they were Spanish due to the artifacts. So it was a pretty strong indication, more evidence, that this was probably the settlement.

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hear about it. It's just a matter of talking to people, letting them know what was going on, explaining the situation. My role in the project is to do that, to tell people what we're doing and get permissions to excavate; follow-up with people to make sure we're doing what we're supposed to be. Being respectful to folks.

I'm the community liaison.

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SATTERWHITE: Is that your official title?

GARNER: Yeah, I'm the community liaison.

It sounds fancy, and I wish I chose a different name for it.

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SATTERWHITE: How did you talk to them about this? I mean, these are people that are building homes, living in the neighborhood, and you're telling them you've found a very significant historic archaeological find in the same spot they might want to build a pool. On property that they own. These must've been awkward conversations.

GARNER: Well, John had the initial conversation with the initial property owners, so I can't speak to that, but basically it's just a matter of going door-to-door. I've spent a lot of time in the neighborhood, walking the neighborhood on any Saturday or Sunday in the afternoon.

They're in their yard, and you come up to them and say, "Hey, have you heard about this thing that we found?" We held a couple of neighborhood meetings where people were invited to

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SATTERWHITE: Can you tell me a little about your background? I mean, I knew you before this as a local historian and a community gardener. To see you in the New Yorker and the New York Times as having found maybe the most significant historic find in this region, arguably in America, is still hard to wrap my mind around. For Pensacola and for the nation, this really is pretty important.

GARNER: Well, it's one of the earliest European archaeological sites in the entire United States. It's very, very significant. I'll give you that. Honestly, I kind of laugh at myself. I don't understand the attention that I get from this.

I understand that it's not primarily about me, but it's about Tristan de Luna, it's about what the site is. I've found lots of other archaeological sites over the years. I mean a lot, but nobody jumped up and down because I found Peter Chester's villa from the late 1700s except the other archaeology folks. I mean, it's really the site that has drawn the attention. It's not so much me. I want to give credit to the real heroes in this story, and I want to give credit to

those folks. The real heroes in this story are the people who live in the neighborhood because they've been so helpful and so supportive and so generous in allowing us access to this archaeological site. I mean we're asking permission to come into their private space to do a lot of work, and if you think of what we're doing, we're not just sitting on the patio drinking tea. We're digging big holes in their yard, very neat holes that are very carefully dug, but they are big holes in the front lawn. People have been tremendously gracious about that. When [UWF] Field School happens in the summer, it's a big production. There are a couple of dozen students, there's their supervisors, archaeologists. There are people visiting the site, dignitaries, media, so it ends up being a big production. I wonder sometimes if I'd want that going on in my front yard, but everyone's been wonderful. They've been very supportive, and without them, this project wouldn't be possible. They're definitely equal participants in this project. Equal team members.

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Photo Courtesy of University of West Florida GARNER: This was sort of an emergency situation because they were about ready to build a house, and we didn't want to hold them up.

Once that settled down, construction began on that house. The next step is to try to figure out how big is this site, where exactly is it located, what are the dimensions, what is the shape of it. You do that by digging shovel tests, which are 18 inches by 18 inches square, about three feet deep. You do these every thirty feet or so. It's really simple. If you find artifacts, it's an archaeological site. If you don't find artifacts, it's not the archaeological site. By doing these shovel tests across the neighborhood, and we did close to a thousand, once we did this it allowed us to draw a line around where we found Spanish artifacts, that's the boundary of your archaeological site.

SATTERWHITE: You chose the name?

GARNER: Yeah, I chose the name. I didn't really think about it, but we're actually neighbors in the neighborhood now. We [UWF] rented a small blockhouse that's our field headquarters, which has been very handy. We store equipment there. It's nice to have a bathroom and a kitchen onsite. We just try to be good neighbors. We consider them friends now, so that's how that process works. I'm not an archaeologist. I took an archaeological field school thirty-plus years ago under Dr. Judy Bense, who's now retired as the president of UWF. So I'm trained in archaeological methods, field methods, and I worked for Dr. Bense doing archaeology for a number of years, but I'm not an archaeologist. I don't have a degree in it. I understand how it works. I can do the work under supervision, but these actual archaeologists have much more depth of training and experience than I do. And they're the other heroes in this thing. I get all the attention, having found the site, but honestly without the archeologists, what would you do with the site?

An archeological site is like a book that has to be read, and they can go in and excavate in such a way that we can extract the information. It's not just the artifacts. The artifacts are important, but the context in which they're found, features like postholes, trash pits, and foundations, if you just went in there and dug willy-nilly, you wouldn't see those. And they're just as important as the artifacts. They can tell you the locations of structures. They can tell you activity areas, and those folks are trained to do that, and that's not my training.

SATTERWHITE: For the layperson seeing the archeological site, it doesn't look terribly significant. In fact, it looks like a lot of neighborhoods in Pensacola. While I recognize the significance of what you've found, it's hard to imagine what the colony might've looked like, for most people, with small sherds of pottery and postholes. From the best of your ability, with what you've found so far and what you expect to find, can you describe what the colony looked like?

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GARNER: The answer is we don't know yet.

Although we've got quite a number of documents from the Luna settlement, they don't focus specifically on what the settlement looked like. So they'll refer to things, and there will be an inference, a reference to a structure or an activity or whatever, but that wasn't the purpose of these documents. The purpose of these documents was to take care of business.

So we don't have very detailed descriptions of the settlement. They just don't exist, or at least we haven't found them yet. As for the archaeology of the site, we're too much at the beginning of this to be able to answer those questions. There's no way we could answer those questions. We've done the shovel testing survey, which tells us the dimensions and the size of the site, but it doesn't answer questions as to what did it look like specifically. We have found evidence over the summer, during the summer Field School, of what we think is a post—a burned post with a nail in it. Possibly a post associated with a structure, but until we do more excavation from that area, we're not going to know for sure. There's good reason to believe that we're going to find evidence of structures. If you do archaeology right, and it's not been disturbed and churned up—for instance where the street and the sewer have churned up the site, we'll never see postholes there. There might be artifacts and all that, but we'll never see postholes or evidence of structures. But outside of disturbed areas, you should be able to peel back the layers and map out what the settlement looked like, but it's way too early for that.

SATTERWHITE: On a personal level, can I ask what it was like when you picked up the first sherds? Not to get too spiritual on you, but did you feel a connection with the people of the colony when you picked up the sherds, knowing you were the first person to pick this up in over 400 years, knowing where you were. Did you feel any connections to De Luna and the people of the colony?

GARNER: That's a very natural reaction.

It's something that's always affected me very deeply. In archaeology and anthropology, it's not about the artifacts but what the artifacts can tell you about the past.

That's what the goal is, but there's also something about holding an artifact in your hand and thinking about someone holding this 450 plus years ago. Or if it's a Native American stone spear point, knowing someone held this 8,000 years ago—what were they like or what were their people like. It's an incredible feeling. I've always been deeply affected by that over the years. It's something I don't ever lose, so I understand that.

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SATTERWHITE: So what was it like?

What was it like to hold this history in your hands?

GARNER: It's interesting, because when I first held it in my hand, when I initially suspected what it was. I knew what it was, the piece of Columbia Plain. There's a cautious part of me that held off getting excited about this until I knew for sure what we're looking at. Then when

I took it out and John confirmed what it was; now that was a cool feeling. That was a very, very cool feeling. To me it's a very personal thing. I was taught about the Luna expedition, I was taught how to identify artifacts by a fellow named Norman Simons who was the curator of the Pensacola Historical Museum when it was at Old Christ Church. He passed away in 1989, so he never saw any of this. I can't tell you how many times we talked about the Luna settlement, where it might be, how we'd probably find the shipwrecks first and all that. But he missed that. So it's a bittersweet thing to me. It's very exciting thing to find it, and know where it is now. It's a very cool thing, but it's also kind of sad because Norman didn't get to see it.

SATTERWHITE: How has this changed your life?

GARNER: It changed my life because I wasn't working for the university at the time, and then I went to work for the university doing this very particular job of interacting with the neighborhood, and I enjoy it. I like that aspect of the job. That changed my life in that way. Otherwise, I'm just me. You know? I get a lot of pats on the back. In some sense, it's sort of a local celebrity kind of thing, which is beyond me why, but again I attribute it being the Luna site and nothing particularly to do with me.

Other than that, I'm just me. I'm a local historian, and I know old Pensacola history indepth, so in that way it's neat to be the guy who actually found the site, but I've known for years that it was out there somewhere.

It's neat, but it's also neat for the community. Tristan de Luna is kind of a mythological figure. He's woven through the fabric of the community. You've got the landings on the beach, the De Luna bowling lanes. There's a local restaurant downtown that'll sell you De Luna pasta, and there's parades and a statue on the waterfront downtown. I mean De Luna's been a big deal in Pensacola for a long time, so to actually find the site and know the spot has meaning. It's almost like it makes this mythological thing real. It was real the whole time, but until you know where, it's not as real. With a land-based settlement, you can actually walk in these guys' footsteps, and it makes it that much more real. But as far as me? No, it hasn't changed me.

SATTERWHITE: So, you're still the same old Tom Garner?

GARNER: Yeah, same old Tom. I still stop and look at old disturbed ground to see what's there. {in}

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Courtesy Photo Artist and vocalist Kween Versatile, or Jacqueline Merrill, is returning to Pensacola this weekend for another round of Soul Cypher as well as her own original concert UnXpected Versatility for a two-day creative weekend.

"A Soul Cypher is when a group of creatives—singers, poets, rappers and lyricists— get in the same space and free-style while taking turns to live music," Merrill said. "The lyrics must be from the soul and not negative or promoting violence."

Merrill said that generally cyphers, are only used for rappers so you get something extra by adding the poets, musicians and singers to the vibe.

"At open mics, we generally get to perform our song and that is it, but at a cypher you can keep going and let the lyrics flow," she said.

The Soul Cypher will take place Saturday at Chizuko and Kween Versatile will be having her own show with NuExperiance, September 28, 2017

called UnXpected Versatility, next door at The O Hookah and Pool Lounge Friday night.

"The first round at Chizuko was amazing," Merrill said. "Daisy is my absolute favorite and both of the ladies make you feel so welcomed. Artists came out and shared their crafts and I had a favorite or two. Lord Shinobi and #BlackSuperheroMuzik really held the mic down before the crowd even arrived and Sounds Of Souls radio show did a ton of advertising on my behalf and I cannot wait to come back and do it again.

Home is always where the soul is."

Merrill was born and partially raised in Pensacola and she said that she is very proud of that fact.

"We are a very rare breed of people in my opinion," she said. "I started singing when I was a little girl and it just never stopped. It wasn't until I started using it as a therapy and sharing it with other people that I began to get more serious and see my capabilities in music, not just in singing but doing the backend work

personal things have come into play and I need to get my music released. So I am peddling back just a little but I will still be doing shows in and out of Atlanta just not as a structured tour."

Merrill said that she started playing with her band NuExperiance in 2015.

"I approached Mel Lightfoot, the band's drummer, in December of 2015, and we had our first show that same month along with the keys player Jason Grimes, who is also my producer," she said. "The family has since grown. We have added Fester on percussion, Erasmo Sosa on bass, Zania who is an artist herself and Michelle who handles all of our marketing."

Merrill said that her influences are Yolanda Adams and Lauryn Hill.

"I get a lot of Lauryn, Badu and Jill Scott references when people hear me sing," she said. "I would just describe my style as soulful because that is definitely where it comes from."

Merrill said that she has plans to release her album soon, as well as a book by summer of next year. She's also currently working on an artist collaboration.

"The future for Kween Versatile holds happiness for sure, that is always on the manifestation list," she said. "Pisces like myself roll with the tide, learning along the way. I am in the business mindset now that I know I'm on to something and this is more than a hobby." {in}

like booking shows and coordinating productions from start to finish. I don't know what I will end up doing but I know it will be in music."

In 2003, a tragic event left Merrill searching for a way to deal with pain, WHAT: Original concert by Kween Versatile and which is when she started writing NuExperiance music. She wrote the song "Million WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 Dollar Baby" for her son Elijah.

WHERE: O Hookah and Pool Lounge, 500 W. "I lost my son Elijah in 2003 to Belmont St. (the former Bunny Club location) SIDS, and afterward I spiraled out COST: $7-$10 of control and it was the writing and DETAILS: facebook.com/kweenversatile recording and having something to believe in that ended up pulling me through that time," she said.

Merrill moved to Atlanta in 2012 to WHAT: Kween Versatile presents Soul Cypher start her career and is currently working Round 2 on releasing some new music.

"I love it here. I knew when I WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 came that this was somewhere to WHERE: Chizuko, 506 W. Belmont St. settle down and create a foundaCOST: $5-$8 tion," she said. "The tour was actuDETAILS: facebook.com/chizukopensacola/ ally starting this month, but a few

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calendar specials, free cookout. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com DATE NIGHT DANCING 6:30-8 p.m. $15. Learn the basics of several romantic ballroom and country dance styles in group classes that keep partners together. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com OPEN MIC 7-11 p.m. Single Fin Cafe, 380 N. 9th Ave. facebook.com/singlefincafe THE RETURN: THE BEST OF THE EARLY BEATLES 7 p.m. $20. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox.

vinylmusichall.com

DANCE DANCY PARTY PARTY 7:15 p.m. $5.

URU Yoga downtown, 100 S. Baylen Ste. D. facebook.com/urudowntown MAMA WON'T FLY 7:30 p.m. $18-$25. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com JIMMY AND THE JIMBOS, CRYSTAL COAST, LUCKILY I'M THE HUNTER 9 p.m. Free.

Chizuko, 506 W. Belmont St. facebook. com/chizukopensacola

SATURDAY 9.30 Robert Randolph and the Family Band / Courtesy photo

THURSDAY 9.28

JAZZ AND JACKSON'S 5 and 7:30 p.m. Feat. El-

len Vinson and Bobby van Deusen. Jackson's Steakhouse, 400 S. Palafox. Reservations required. greatsouthernrestaurants.com AWM WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. 9th Ave. aragonwinemarket.com AUTHOR ANDREA WALKER 6 p.m. Free.

"Bending the Arrow" by Andrea Walker.

Open Books, 1040 N. Guillemard St. SLEEPING WITH SIRENS 6 p.m. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com HEROES AMONG US-VETERANS SPEAKER SERIES 6 p.m. Free. Veterans Memorial Park

and Wall South 200 S. 10th Ave. veteransmemorialparkpensacola.com NATURAL HEALING/CANCER STUDY 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org SELECT LATIN DANCE LESSONS AND PARTY

6:30-9 p.m. $10. Salsa, Cha Cha, Bachata and more. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com UWF'S AVIAN FOOTPRINT 7-9 p.m. Discussion with Dr. Phillip Darby. Pensacola State College, Room 2142, 1000 College Blvd.

Guests Welcome. FMWAudubon.org

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MOVIE NIGHT: PRISCILLA 7:30 p.m. The

Vineyard, 1010 N 12th Ave, Ste 111. facebook.com/pensacolavineyardbistrowinebar BROADWAY'S NEXT H!T! MUSICAL 7:30 p.m. $7-$11. Free for Pensacola State College students. Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd. pensacolastate.edu WILL AND GRACE WATCH PARTY 8-9 p.m. The Vineyard, 1010 N 12th Ave, Ste 111. facebook. com/pensacolavineyardbistrowinebar

FRIDAY 9.29

PENSACOLA SEAFOOD FESTIVAL 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Free. 311 E. Government St. pensacolaseafoodfestival.com PILATES MAT 1:30 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org FRIENDS OF THE WEST FLORIDA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK SALE PREVIEW 3-7 p.m. $5 for

non-members. West Florida Public Library, 239 N. Spring St. mywfpl.com CREATURE FEATURE 3:30 p.m. Fort Pickens Bookstore, Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach. nps.gov/guis/index.htm WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m. Free. City Grocery, 2050 N. 12th Ave. HAPPY HOUR COOK OUTS 5 p.m. Drink

KING OF THE ISLAND KAYAK FISHING TOURNAMENT 6 a.m.-4 p.m. $60. Red Fish

Blue Fish, 5B Via De Luna Dr. kingoftheislandpensacola.com PENSACOLA SEAFOOD FESTIVAL 5K 7:30 a.m. $20-$30. Seville Quarter, 130 E Government St. pensacolarunners.com SANTA ROSA FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fresh local produce, honey, baked goods and live music. Pace Presbyterian Church, Woodbine Road, Pace.

PALAFOX MARKET 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Fresh produce, live plants, baked goods, fine art and antiques. Items originate directly from participating vendors, including dozens of local farmers, home gardeners and area artists. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, N. Palafox. palafoxmarket.com OCEAN HOUR CLEAN-UP 9-10 a.m. Gulf Island National Seashore-Fort Pickens fishing pier. Buckets, grabbers, gloves and trash bags are supplied. oceanhourfl.com COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, N. Palafox. palafoxmarket.com FRIENDS OF THE WEST FLORIDA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK SALE 9 a.m.-5 p.m. West

Florida Public Library, 239 N. Spring St. mywfpl.com PENSACOLA SEAFOOD FESTIVAL

10 a.m.-11 p.m. Free. 311 E. Government St. pensacolaseafoodfestival.com JUNIOR HUMANE SOCIETY ADOPTION 12-4 p.m. PetSmart, 6251 N. Davis Highway. pensacolahumane.org POETRY UNDER THE STARS 3-5 p.m. Donations only. From the Ground Up Community Center, 501 N Hayne St. facebook.com/ fromthegroundupgarden BARE HAND BEACH MOTORCYCLE RUN 5-10 p.m. $5-$15. Bare Hand Collective, 2370 N. Palafox. facebook.com/barehandco CULTURES COOK: SUSHI 6-8 p.m. $35. Pensacola Cooks Kitchen, 3670 Barrancas Ave. pensacolacooks.rezclick.com NAUGHTY PROFESSOR 7 p.m. $10. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com MAMA WON'T FLY 7:30 p.m. $18-$25. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.

AN EVENING WITH JEANNE ROBERTSON

7:30 p.m. $38-$58. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. pensacolasaenger.com GALACTIC COWBOYS 7:30 p.m. $7-$11. Free for Pensacola State College students. Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd. pensacolastate.edu DANCE PARTY 8-midnight. Partner dancing on the best wood dance floor in the area.

DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com KWEEN VERSATILE PRESENTS SOUL CYPHER ROUND 2 8 p.m. $5-$8. Chizuko, 506 W. Bel-

mont St. facebook.com/chizukopensacola

SUNDAY 10.1

WAKE UP HIKE 7 a.m. Meet at Bay Bluffs Park, Scenic Highway at Summit Ave., for a brisk one to two-hour walk with brunch to follow at an area restaurant.

GROUP MEDITATION 9-10:30 a.m. Free.

Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org NATURE WALK: LIFE IN A MARITIME FOREST

10 a.m. Meet at Fort Barrancas Visitors Center, 3182 Taylor Road. nps.gov/guis/index.htm

FRIENDS OF THE WEST FLORIDA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK SALE 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $5 bag

sale. West Florida Public Library, 239 N. Spring St. mywfpl.com PENSACOLA SEAFOOD FESTIVAL 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 311 E. Government St. pensacolaseafoodfestival.com

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calendar WISDOM OF MYTH 2-4 p.m. Free. Ever'man

Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St.

FORT BARRANCAS: BASTIONS ON THE BLUFF

2 p.m. Meet at Fort Barrancas Visitors Center 3182 Taylor Road. nps.gov/guis/index.htm MAMA WON'T FLY 3 p.m. $18-$25. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.

SOUTHEASTERN TEEN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: SHENANIGANS 4-5 p.m. Free. 1010 N.

12th Ave. setsco.org/first-city-shakespeare GOSPEL AND GUMBO 4-7 p.m. $100 per person. 5eleven, 511 S. Palafox. Proceeds benefit the Michael E. Green Prescription Fund for St. Joseph Medical Clinic. pensacolagospelandgumbo.com SUNDAY'S CHILD MEMBERSHIP MIXER 5:307 p.m. 1159 Ellison Dr. Friends of Escambia County Animal Shelter will be the guest speaker. sundayschild.org ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY BAND 7 p.m. $25-$89. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S.

Palafox. vinylmusichall.com

MONDAY 10.2

SEVILLE QUARTER MILERS 5:30 p.m. Runners meet in front of Seville Quarter for a run around downtown Pensacola. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com HANDS ON COOKING CLASS: OKTOBER FEST 6-8 p.m. $60. SoGourmet, 407-D S.

Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com

BALLROOM DANCE LESSONS 6:30-8 p.m.

$10. Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, and more.

Professional dance instruction for all skill levels. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com SONGWRITERS AND POETS OPEN MIC 7-9 p.m.

Goat Lips, 2811 Copter Road. goatlips.com HIP-HOP DANCE LESSONS 8-9 p.m. $10.

Learn hip-hop moves from professional instructor. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com

TUESDAY 10.3

JUGGLING 101 4 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org COMPLIMENTARY WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m.

SoGourmet, 407-D S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com

Arts & Culture

≥Events

PMOA GALLERY TOURS 2:30 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays. Free with museum admission.

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

≥Current Exhibits A DROP OF WATER, A GRAIN OF SAND: September 28, 2017

WORKS BY JACQUELINE BISHOP On

view through Oct.6.

Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Building 15, at Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd. pensacolastate.edu STATUS QUO On view through Oct. 7.

Gallery 1060, First City Art Center, 1060 N. Guillemard St. firstcityart.com IRISH EXPERIENCE EXHIBITION

On view through

FUNKY YOGA FLOW 6-7 p.m. Free. Ever'man

Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org COUNTRY DANCE LESSONS 6:30 p.m. $10.

Country Two Step, East Coast Swing, Competition Choreography and more.

DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com BANDS ON THE BEACH 7 p.m. Holly Shelton.

Gulfside Pavilion, Pensacola Beach. visitpensacolabeach.com COMEDY NIGHT 7 p.m. Swan Neck Meadery, 2115 W. Nine Mile Road. swanneckwinery.com HEALING CLINIC AND MEDITATION 7:158:30 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org UWF JAZZ COMBO AND ENSEMBLE IN CONCERT 7:30 p.m. Free, tickets required.

University of West Florida, Bldg. 82, 11000 University Parkway. uwf.edu TUNESDAY SOUND CAFE 7:30 p.m. Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea and tunes from the baby grand piano. Pensacola Library lobby, 239 N. Spring St. mywfpl.com

WEDNESDAY 10.4

UWF DEPT. OF MUSIC PRESENTS: MOSTLY MOZART 12 p.m. Free, tickets are required. Old

Christ Church, 405 S. Adams St. uwf.edu

Let’s Wine!

Free Wine Tasting Every Thursday AWM 5pm - 7pm

27 S. 9th Ave. | 850•433•9463 AragonWineMarket.com

www.radiofreepensacola.com

TALCUM POWDER ALERT Did you or a loved one regularly use talcum powder and later develop ovarian cancer?

OVARIAN CANCER FROM TALC Medical studies show that women who use talcum powder in the genital area face an increased risk of ovarian cancer. Talcum powder lawsuits allege manufacturers knew of the risk and chose not to warn women about the danger. We are reviewing these cases now at no cost to you. Call us today to find out if you have a claim.

PILATES & PINOT 6-7 p.m. $12. Pure Pilates

Downtown, 426 S Palafox. purepilatespensacola.com WATERBOYZ SLOW SKATE 6-7 p.m. Every Wednesday. Skate starts and ends at Waterboyz, 380 N. 9th Ave. waterboyz.com

212 W. Intendencia Street Pensacola, FL 32502 | 850-444-0000 www.stevensonklotz.com

HANDS ON DINNER CLASS: DESSERT & WINE PAIRINGS 6-8 p.m. $60. SoGourmet, 407-D

S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com SWING DANCE LESSONS AND PARTY 6:3010 p.m. $5-$10. Professional west coast swing instruction for all levels. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com THE TOASTERS 7 p.m. $12. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com MEDITATION 7:15-8:30 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org FREE DANCE LESSONS 8-8:30 p.m. Free beginner west coast swing dance lesson.

DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com

Oct. 7. UWF Art Department, 11000 University Parkway. uwf.edu A DAY IN THE LIFE

FEAR AND FOLLY: THE VISIONARY PRINTS OF FRANCISCO GOYA AND FREDERICO CASTELLON On view

THE REFLECTED SELF: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF PORTRAITURE

REBELS WITH A CAUSE: AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST WOMEN On view

On view through Oct. 14. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. bluemorninggallery. com

On view through Oct. 22. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

through Dec. 31.

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

through Dec. 31.

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On view through Feb. 27. Exhibition of 50 illustrated envelopes created by members of Art Cover Exchanged.

T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Museum, 330 S. Jefferson St. historicpensacola.org

≥Workshops & Classes

OIL PAINTING 101 WITH LOREN MILLER

Learn to use oil pants accurately over the course of the six-week class. Class dates are Mondays Oct. 9 through Nov. 13, 1-4 p.m. First City Art Center, 1060 Guillemard St. Cost is $200 for members and $225 for nonmembers. For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

POTTERY ON THE WHEEL Six-week

workshops are held

Tuesdays from 6-9 p.m., Wednesdays from 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at First City Art Center, 1060 Guillemard St. Cost is $157.25 for members and $185 for non-members.

For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

INTRODUCTION TO POTTERY ON THE WHEEL Every Monday

from 6-8:30 p.m. at First City Art Center.

Classes are $40. For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

CLAY HAND BUILDING Six-week

workshops are held Tuesdays from 6-9 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at First City Art Center.

Cost is $157.25 for members and $185 for non-members.

For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

CLAY SCULPTURE

Six-week workshops held Saturdays from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at First City Art Center.

Cost is $157.25 for members and $185 for non-members.

For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

≥Call To Artists

@RT AT THE @NNEX

Leader Art Consultants, in partnership with cowork @nnex, are now accepting submissions from graffiti writers, muralists and street artists for a one-day PopUp exhibit, "@rt at the @nnex." Selected artwork will be exhibited at cowork @ nnex located in the historically restored Brent Building at One Palafox Place during the Oct. 20 Gallery Night. Submissions may be entered online at leaderfineart. com/portfolio-submission. Deadline for

entry is Saturday, Oct. 7. For more information, visit leaderfineart.com.

CROSSING BOUNDARIES: ART AND THE FUTURE OF ENERGY

Makers, designers, and creative thinkers are invited to submit artworks and transdisciplinary projects to Crossing Boundaries: Art and the Future of Energy National Juried Exhibition. Submissions should attend to and contemplate issues such as the future of clean energy, eco-aesthetics, ecojustice, sustainability, social practice and the environment, the intersections of science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM), etc.

This call is open to all media and materials as well as researchbased projects that are contextualized

through aesthetic practices. Submission deadline is Oct. 2. The fee is $30 for nonmembers and $15 for members. For more information visit pensacolamuseum.org.

DOCUFLORIDA: DIGITAL EXHIBITION

Artists can submit photographic and moving image-based work to the digital exhibition, DocuFlorida, which will be projected at the Pensacola Museum of Art and simultaneously screened at Pensacola Voices Multicultural Center. DocuFlorida is focused on the current environment and landscapes of Florida, the Gulf Coast, and the Southeast Region of the U.S. Established, emerging, and nascent artists and image-makers are welcome to submit.

Submissions can be photographs or film

and video and should attend to the environment, and rural and urban landscapes of the region. Submission is Oct. 2. The fee is $30 for nonmembers and $15 for members. For more information, visit pensacolamuseum.org.

Bars & Nightlife

≥Bar Games Thursdays

LADIES NIGHT 5 p.m.

V. Paul's Italian Ristorante, 29 S. Palafox. vpauls.com POKER 8 p.m.

The Ticket 1, 7250 Plantation Road. ticketsportsbar.com POOL TOURNAMENT 8 p.m. The

Ticket 2, 2115 W. 9 Mile Road. ticketsportsbar.com

COLLEGE NIGHT 10

p.m. Drink specials, beer pong tournament starts at 10 p.m.

Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com.

Fridays WINE TASTING

5-7 p.m. Informative wine tasting in Seville Quarter Wine and Gift Shop. No charge for the tasting.

Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com POOL TOURNAMENT 8 p.m. The

Ticket 1, 7250 Plantation Road. ticketsportsbar.com Saturdays

MEMBERSHIP APPRECIATION NIGHT 8 p.m. Seville

Quarter Membership Card Holder Appreciation Night at Phineas Phogg's. 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com Sundays

BAR AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE

(B.A.R.E. NIGHT) 7

p.m. Special prices for B.A.R.E. Card membership holders.

Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com Mondays

TEXAS HOLD 'EM FOR FUN AND TRIVIA 7 p.m. The

Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. wobusa.com/locations/ palafox BAR BINGO 8 p.m.

Apple Annie's at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com MONDAY NIGHT TRIVIA 9:30-10:30

p.m. Mugs and Jugs, 12080 Scenic Highway. facebook.com/ mugsjugs

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music

by Shelby Nalepa

Getting Lucky

Courtesy Photo Childhood friends Jollan Aurelio and William Pitts came together two years ago to collaborate on a math-rock inspired project. What spawned was Luckily I'm the Hunter, a two-piece instrumental band referencing the 1924 short story and subsequent film "The Most Dangerous Game."

Playing in various bands after high school, the two friends eventually took different paths. Pitts works as a charter boat captain and Aurelio tours colleges with his brother-in-law Asia Samson in "The Asia Project," an acoustic poetry act. He also had another band, if/then.

"William and I started the band during the fall of 2015," Aurelio said. "We've known each

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other since childhood and actually played in a high school band together."

Aurelio has been playing guitar for about 15 years and is self-taught. He has been touring colleges full-time with his brother-in-law for the past seven years, accompanying his spoken words and storytelling with ambient guitar looping. "The Asia Project" has been featured on HBO Def Poetry and BET Lyric CafĂŠ.

"Through time, I was often humbled by other guitarists who were more proficient at guitar and asked questions in order to learn more about different techniques," he said. "Fortunately, I was always surrounded by great musicians who helped me develop

"The writing process involves a collection into the guitarist I am today. I attribute much of my knowledge of ideas stacked and condensed into a song," Aurelio said. "We constantly toss out and on rhythms to William who recycle ideas until we refine a song into somehelped me learn more about thing we enjoy playing as well as listening to." odd time signatures and syncoHe said that the best way to experience pated rhythms."

Luckily I'm the Hunter music is live.

Aurelio said that their math "We are often challenged by the limitarock and post-rock influences tions of what we can do as a two-piece, come from bands including Tera however, I also appreciate the limitations Melos, Don Caballero, and This that are there, because when we write we Town Needs Guns. often go too far down the esoteric path "I got into math-rock and post-rock a few years ago," Aurelio that the song becomes too technical and less musical," Aurelio said. "So with the said. "I eventually introduced challenge of limitations, we make do with these bands to William and we what we can and are able to focus on our start diving into all kinds of mathstrengths in rhythm, song structure, and rock, prog-rock, and post-rock, technical ability. Then we focus an idea in from bands like And So I Watch order convey a certain feeling, often like You From Afar to Fall of Troy." scoring a movie scene, such as a car chase."

To create a fuller, more rich Luckily I'm the Hunter is currently soundscape, Aurelio and Pitts working on new material and have three take advantage of live looplocal shows scheduled for the remainder ing which is the recording and of the year at Chizuko including a show playback of a piece of music in this Friday. Last month, they were on tour real-time. visiting cities including Chicago, Memphis, "We make use of two amps Columbus and Brooklyn. They have one that split a guitar signal, as well upcoming out-of-town date in Tuscaloosa. as a bass amp for bass notes "Brooklyn was a good time but each produced by an octave pedal when I play lower notes," Aurelio said. "Live city had its fun moments," Aurelio said. "I wish we were able to stay on tour as much looping is also an important aspect that we as possible. Unfortunately, we make do incorporate, which can add several layers with what we can and try to tour when the to our sound." time is right." {in} Pitts and Aurelio released their first album "Novageist" in July 2016. They independently recorded it at a gutted-out barber shop that they also use as a practice space.

"Writing the songs took what seemed like an eternity and eventually WHAT: Luckily I'm the Hunter with Jimmy and they were recorded and re-recorded unthe Jimbos and Crystal Coast til we were content with how they came WHEN: 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 out," Aurelio said.

WHERE: Chizuko, 506 W. Belmont St. Aurelio said that being a twoCOST: $5-$8 piece since day one has its advantagDETAILS: facebook.com/luckilyimthehunter es and that it's easier to coordinate and agree on things.

LUCKILY I'M THE HUNTER

inweekly.net

news of the weird AUDACIOUS Kristi Lyn Goss, 44, former administrative assistant to the Garland County (Arkansas) judge, went all out when she racked up about $200,000 worth of debt on the county credit card between 2011 and May 2016, according to The Hot Springs (Arkansas) Sentinel-Record.

Among the many items Goss purchased on the county's account were tickets to Arkansas Razorbacks games, sequined throw pillows and a tuxedo for her dog.

Goss pleaded guilty on Sept. 11 to six felony fraud counts; her sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 22. Garland County Judge Rick Davis issued a statement at Goss's arrest noting that he had "inherited" her from a former judge.

CAMPAIGN FOLLIES Incumbent mayoral candidate Charles Pender erected his campaign signs in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on Aug. 30, but when he woke up on Aug. 31, he found that they had been vandalized — with hot dogs.

CBC News reported that someone had cut round holes in the signs and inserted hot dogs to look as if Pender was smoking a cigar. Pender called it "minor mischief" but noted that the signs are expensive. He called the police, but he feels it's unlikely the frank bandit will be caught. He hopes to turn the incident into a good laugh with a "bun-raiser" later in the election season.

COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS Lisa Faye Stout, 53, came up with an unusual scapegoat for the mess police officers found in her room on Sept. 10 at New Castle, Indiana's Raintree Inn, according to the Muncie Star Press. Vampires had "destroyed everything," Stout told the officers, who were responding to reports that she had shown up in the hotel bar wearing no pants or undergarments. The front desk clerk also said Stout spit on her and threatened to kill her. As she was taken into custody, Stout spit some more and threatened to "slice" officers' throats. Stout was charged in Henry County court with two counts of battery by bodily waste, intimidation and criminal mischief.

SMOOTH REACTIONS A movie stuntman in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, put his skills to work when a potential buyer of his Mercedes Benz tried to take off with the car on Sept. 13. The Telegraph reported that Matt Spooner met the "buyer" and gave a test drive in the car, but the thief wouldn't get out and started to take off. So, Spooner told reporters, "I ran round to the front and asked him politely to step out. I then ended up on the front of the vehicle and it began to move." The driver entered a highway, but when he finally slowed down, Spooner let go and "skidded

by the Editors at Andrews McMeel

off to the side of the curb," suffering cuts and bruises to his face. While Spooner creates stunts for film crews, he advises, "It's a bad plan to do them yourself."

EXPLOITATION 101 Jerry Sargeant, 39, of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England, who claims on his website to be able to cure cancer via Skype, has been convicted in Westminster Magistrate's Court of violating the U.K.'s 1939 Cancer Act, which prohibits advertising services that "offer to treat any person for cancer." The Daily Mail reports that Sargeant, who calls himself "The Facilitator," says he discovered his talent for "Star Magic" when he saw a woman's soul fly out of her body during a car accident in Romania. He also claims to have flown to Alpha Centauri on a spaceship and returned to Earth just minutes later. Sargeant's healing sessions cost 90 pounds for 15 minutes, but he told police that appointments can go up to an hour because "you can't put a time on magic."

He will be sentenced on Nov. 8.

NO PAIN, NO GAIN Archaeologists in Cambridgeshire, England, have discovered the remains of a nearly 200-year-old colony of utopians espousing "free love and wife-swapping," according to Metro News.

The Manea Fen community, established in 1838 by Methodist minister William Hodson, who championed a community free from marriage, money or monogamy, once numbered 150 members, but lasted only 25 months before succumbing to "personality clashes and objections to the practice of free love." Lead researcher Dr. Marcus Brittain believes "they got the wrong people, they had no labor skills and put in no time and effort, they were drunk, they went into local brothels, and thought they could build a utopia without breaking a sweat."

RECALCULATING ... Well, it WAS dark ...

Gabriel Bishop of Sellersville, Pennsylvania, put all his faith in his car's GPS system on the evening of Sept. 9, even as it directed him to follow a bike path running alongside the Lehigh River in Easton. According to Lehighvalleylive.com, when the path led under a low bridge, Bishop realized his mistake and tried to back up, but ended up rolling his car into the river. Easton police reported that Bishop was uninjured, but he did receive citations for multiple traffic offenses. {in}

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