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MARTIN D. HOLLEY The Auxiliary Bishop of Washington D.C. and an advocate of minority issues has been appointed the new Bishop of Memphis, Tenn. by Pope Francis.

Holley graduated from Tate High School where he was captain of the basketball team and named to the school's Hall of Fame.

He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee in 1987. His first assignment was parochial vicar of St. Mary Catholic Church in Ft. Walton Beach, where he later became administrator. He also served at St. Paul Catholic Church and Little Flower Catholic Church, both in Pensacola.

MIKE HILL Political karma is a bitch. Hill won his seat in 2013 by slamming his opponents, Ed Gray and Jack Nobles, with mailers to voters in the district. This time, it was Doug Broxson and his supporters who hit Hill with an onslaught of mailers. Gov. Rick Scott, Florida Chamber and the NRA came out big for Broxson. Their message was that Broxson could be trusted. Hill? Not so much.

Broxson soundly defeated Hill for the State Senate seat.

CORRINE BROWN The Congresswoman

GLADIES WOOTEN The Navy recognized the former housing manager at Pensacola Naval Air Station for her more than 20 years of civilian service. Wooten received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award, which recognized her many years of service and her efforts to find housing for military families during natural disasters. During her tenure as manager for the base, Wooten oversaw more than 1,000 government-owned and leased homes.

PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE For the

fifth consecutive year, the U.S. Department of Education lists Pensacola State College as a best value among public four-year colleges and universities. The college is ranked number 26 on the list of 68 institutions cited for lowest tuition in the DOE College Affordability and Transparency annual report.

With tuition listed as $2,704, PSC is seventh among the 24 Florida colleges to make the most affordable list.

from Jacksonville was the only incumbent congressional member in either party to lose a primary last week. Al Lawson beat Brown by nine percentage points. He represented the Sixth District in the Florida Senate from 2000 through 2010. It didn’t help Brown that she was under federal indictment, and her district boundaries had been redrawn. Instead of stretching through North Florida from Jacksonville to Orlando, her district lines moved west through parts of Leon County.

OLD ESCAMBIA POLITICS On Aug. 30, Ron McNesby lost his bid to his prove his 2008 loss to Sheriff David Morgan was a fluke, failing to get 15 percent of the votes cast this time. Escambia County's triumvirate that dominated county politics from 2004-2008, County Administrator George Touart, Commissioner Mike Whitehead and Sheriff Ron McNesby, has lost every election in which they have run over the past eight years. The voters have spoken, repeatedly. No one wants to return to those days.

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by Rick Outzen

NEW ERA FOR CAMPAIGNING Matt Gaetz's congressional campaign may have set a new standard for winning races that cover several counties. In the GOP primary, he beat second-place finisher, State Sen. Greg Evers, by 16 percentage points, 37-21 percent.

Gaetz did it using an aggressive digital media campaign, handled by the Tallahasseebased Enwright Consulting Group. Since 2012, Randy Enwright has advised the successful campaigns of Congressmen Gus Bilirakis and Tom Rooney; State Senators Joe Negron, Jeff Brandes and Representatives John Tobia, Halsey Beshears, Bill Hager, Pat Rooney, and Clay Ingram.

The digital campaign for Gaetz used email and Facebook.

The campaign emails identified new supporters, solicited campaign contributions and helped the campaign gather relevant voter data. Enwright Consulting tested a variety of subject lines to determine which messages were resonating with the voters.

Gaetz's Facebook page extensively used videos to get out his message and test television ads before they were widely released. It helped that his sister, Erin, has an extensive production working having worked for ESPN and MSNBC. She also ran the social media for Jeb Bush's presidential campaign. Erin personally filmed, produced and edited all digital content.

She focused on his legislative work and his campaign rallies. His most popular video was a segment on Gaetz's efforts to legalize medical marijuana and the Northwest Florida's first

medical marijuana shipment to a special needs child in his district.

Matt Gaetz's Facebook page received more than 44, 400 likes. Enwright told Florida Politico that his research determined the fans were 28 percent more likely to return vote-by-mail ballots. The top-performing post had a reach of 47, 457 unique users.

Enwright also pointed out that the email campaigns raised more than $20,000, with an average online contribution of $152, and identified over 400 individual supporters.

The campaign was able to craft specific emails for specific groups of supporters.

The emails and digital strategy helped Gaetz fine-tune his message and gave his volunteers the right words to say when canvassing door-todoor or making phone calls to Republicans in the First Congressional District.

When some of the other campaigns went negative in the days leading up to the Aug. 30 primary, Gaetz focused on getting his voters to the polls. His father, State Senator Don Gaetz, and others hand-delivered postage stamps to voters who had mailed in their absentee ballots.

The Gaetz campaign became a political machine that separated him from the crowded field of GOP hopefuls and put him on top. Now he sets his sights on his Democratic opponent Steven Specht.

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Matt Gaetz's Facebook page received more than 44,400 likes.

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RUBBER-STAMPING CITY BUDGET

By Duwayne Escobedo If you didn’t attend the Pensacola City Council budget workshops, then good luck learning what your council person would do to improve the Mayor Ashton Hayward’s proposal.

In fact, even watching the workshops online provided few clues on where each of the eight council members stood on the budget issues facing the city—mainly too much spending and not enough taxpayer money to pay for “priorities”.

Council President Charles Bare told Inweekly that he opposes the $216-million budget for FY 2017, $4.8 million higher than the current city budget. For the second consecutive year, Mayor Hayward recommends using fund balances to cover expenditures—$ 5,201, 400 in 2016 and $4,167,700 in 2016.

“I don’t plan on supporting the budget the way it is written right now,” Bare said.

“The money isn’t going into the right places, but I didn’t really hear any amendments.”

His primary concern is the Pensacola Police Department is understaffed by 14 officers. Bare would like to see incentives and salary increases for police officers and firefighters.

He said, “Not enough is going into police and fire.”

While she complimented city staff when they presented their proposed budgets during the workshops, Councilwoman Sherri Myers said she disliked the process.

“We need to have a discussion on how well the budget workshop went and how it can be improved,” she said. “Every single budget meeting I’ve gone to has been awful.”

Myers wanted a discussion of Mayor Hayward’s spending on legal fees that have been exorbitant in the past. There was none.

“We didn’t have any opportunity to ask any questions,” Myers told Inweekly a week after the workshops. “There was nothing on the agenda to discuss legal fees. That’s a big issue that needs to be discussed.”

Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn, who only attended the first day of the twoday budget workshop, told Inweekly that she would like to see the city hire a human services coordinator to deal with issues of poverty and, like Myers, wanted a budget analyst dedicated to the city council.

City voters passed in 2014 a charter amendment that gave the council the power to hire its own staff without interference from the mayor. A council executive was hired last year. The council attorney starts this month. Hiring a budget analyst is up next.

“The budget is always hard,” said Cannada-Wynn. “There are just a lot of things I would like to see that the budget doesn’t

“The money isn’t going into the right places, but I didn’t really hear any amendments.”

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support. I wish we were able to do more without raising taxes, but I’m basically satisfied with it.”

City expenditures have climbed steadily during Mayor Hayward’s second term. During his 2014 reelection campaign, Mayor Hayward touted how many staff positions he cut and how he reduced payroll costs. The personnel costs for all city departments, except for the Fire Department, have increased to $28,080, 400 in the FY 2017 budget, $4.25 million more than what the city spent in FY 2014. Pension savings helped the Fire Department reduce its personnel costs by $1.13 million.

Other bad news? The Port of Pensacola, Pensacola International Airport, and Pensacola Energy turned a profit in FY 2014. Sanitation Services lost money. Now, they are all projected to breakeven or lose money.

For FY 2017, the airport’s budget shows its operating revenues have increased by only 6 percent and its expenses have jumped up 22.9 percent since FY 2014. The airport had a $2.6 million profit in FY 2014. The budget shows it will break-even next year.

Sanitation, which uses garbage trucks as old as 17 years, is projected to lose $256,200. Pensacola Energy, which transfers about $8 million a year to the city’s general fund, is projected to lose $2.8 million, as it embarks on a major overhaul of its brittle cast iron lines and corroded bare steel lines that are putting citizens at risk.

Both sanitation and the natural gas company currently are having rate studies done. A slight rate hike is likely to be passed on to customers for natural gas.

Although a sanitation rate study is being conducted, city officials predict there will be no rate change.

During day two of the budget workshop, the city council spent nearly 38 minutes on sanitation’s budget and about 14 minutes on the Pensacola Energy budget.

Few suggestions were offered by council members on how to save money or cut spending to help those city enterprises out.

Although they’re supposed to be self-sustaining, Myers did suggest using sales tax money to help sanitation buy new

trucks. Myers also discussed cutting the more than $400,000 budgeted for overtime, but natural gas officials explained that its workers must stay on a job until it's done when making repairs for safety’s sake.

Bare told Inweekly, “There are a lot of issues with enterprises right now. If we wanted to take them out from under the city, I would support that.”

During the Aug. 23 discussion on sanitation, Councilman Larry Johnson wanted to clarify that recycling was still going on.

“I do think, though, we can do a better job educating the public on our recycling efforts,” he said. “Is there some way we can educate the public that it is still going on? It was one of the feathers in my cap that I’m most proud of.

Recycling citywide was a huge win.”

Sanitation officials said they do have a contract with Tarpon Paper Co. However, the vendor cannot handle all of the recyclables.

On occasion, recycling materials have been dumped, reported Sanitation Director Jerry Moore. However, the city may contract with ECUA to bring recyclables to its new $10.4 million recycling plant in the future.

The council spent about eight hours total over Aug. 22 and Aug. 23 reviewing the 552-page budget document with city staff, roughly about 25 minutes for each of the city’s 18 departments, enterprises, and agencies. Not all of the council members sat through the entire workshops.

Finding out what the council discussed during the budget workshops became a challenge because the city did not post the workshop videos online until more than a week after they occurred. The videos went up only after Myers inquired about them.

Meanwhile, Inweekly tried calling all eight council members at the phone numbers provided on their city web pages. Only Bare, Myers, and CannadaWynn returned the calls. Councilman P.C. Wu was reached but cut off and hung up on the Inweekly reporter.

He said he had just spent three days on the University of West Florida Board of Trustees interviewing candidates to replace President Judy Bense and couldn’t handle budget questions. Councilman Brian Spencer asked for the budget questions by email or text but failed to respond before the deadline for this story.

Mayor Hayward has proposed his largest budget since FY 2013 when the city still ran the West Florida Regional Library System. The enterprises are struggling to cover their expenditures. Few council members appear to be concerned, except for Bare, Myers, and Cannada-Wynn.

The final hearing on FY 2017 Proposed Budget is scheduled for 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14 in City Council Chambers. {in}

“Every single budget meeting I’ve gone to has been awful.”

Councilwoman Sherri Myers

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HAYWARD'S JOB APPROVAL SLIPS

By Rick Outzen The Pensacola Young Professionals released on Tuesday their 2016 Quality of Life Survey. The news for Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward wasn't as positive as it has been in the past.

More residents believed that Escambia County was on the right track (51 percent) than believed the City of Pensacola was headed in the right direction (45 percent).

Both trends were down from 2015, with the county dropping 10 points and the city falling 25 points.

This was the first time the positive attitude towards the direction of the city fell below 50 percent since Mayor Ashton Hayward took office in 2011.

The Quality of Life Survey, funded since 2008 by Quint and Rishy Studer, is conducted yearly under the direction of PYP. The survey seeks to measure the attitudes of Escambia County voters toward our local economy, our elected leaders, and the pros and cons of our area's quality of life. For the past seven years, the survey has provided measurable data that has helped the public discussion of issues and guided city and county leaders in their quest to improve the quality of life in the city and county.

Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc., located in Washington, DC, conducts this survey on behalf of PYP, interviewing 800 Escambia County voters by telephone.

The in-depth phone interviews obtain residents' views on the direction of our city and county; the job performance of our mayor, council, superintendent and commission; the economic conditions in our county; and the best and worst aspects of our community ranging from public schools to natural beauty to cultural diversity.

The survey results have been a good indicator of the mood of voters. In 2008, less than 30 percent of the voters believed the city and county were on the right track.

Commissioner Mike Whitehead and Sheriff Ron McNesby were voted out of office, and four new city council members were elected.

In 2014, 63 percent believed the city was on the right track, and Mayor Ashton Hayward easily won re-election, 65-35 percent.

In previous years, the mayor has taken pride in the Quality of Life Survey results.

The PYP brochure on the annual results almost looked like a campaign piece for the mayor. In his viewpoint published in the Pensacola News Journal at the beginning of the year, Mayor Hayward touted his ratings.

"Seventy-nine percent of the people who responded to the 2015 PYP Quality

Only one out of three people surveyed believed the mayor was doing an excellent or good job.

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of Life Survey believe that Pensacola is headed in the right direction," wrote the mayor. "A similar number expressed solid confidence in the vision and leadership of the city."

Mayor Hayward added, "We are clearly on the right path. Our challenge for 2016 is to sustain that confidence and leverage it for the benefit of everyone in Pensacola."

Unfortunately, he has not sustained that level of confidence. The majority of voters no longer believe Hayward has the City of Pensacola heading in the right direction. The 2016 percentage, 45 percent, was the lowest since 2009 when only 30 percent believed the city was on the right track. In November 2009, city voters passed the new charter establishing a strong mayor.

Mayor Hayward's job approval rating also dropped. Only one out of three people surveyed believed the mayor was doing an excellent or good job. His approval rating was cut nearly in half, falling 32-percentage points since the summer of 2015. From 2011-2015, the average percentage of those who felt the mayor was doing a poor job was only 5.8 percent. In 2016, 23 percent gave him a poor rating, a four-fold jump.

When one looks at only how city residents viewed Mayor Hayward, his job approval rating was slightly higher, 35.5 percent, but less than how Pensacola residents viewed the much-maligned Pensacola City Council, which had 41.4 percent favorable job performance rating. In previous surveys, the mayor was much more popular than the council.

In contrast, the Escambia County Commission has seen a steady raise in how voters see their job performance—2014: 32 percent; 2015: 39 percent; and 2016: 42 percent. Pensacola voters have a higher rating for the commission than those living in the suburbs, 46-41 percent. City residents think the county commission is doing a better job than either the mayor or city council.

Overall, people appeared to have separated their local governments from how they feel about the community. Two-thirds were positive about the overall quality of life in Escambia County.

The elected official with the highest job approval rating was School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas, with 61 percent. The Escambia County School Board received a 45 percent job approval rating, which was down three points from last year.

Only 39 percent had a positive attitude towards the school's performance in assisting economic development and job readiness. About the same percentage (40 percent) was positive about the quality of public education. Less than half (44 percent), thought the quality of public education was getting better.

The 2016 Quality of Life Survey is available online at PensacolaYP.com. {in}

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HELIPAD SAFETY The Escambia Board

of County Commissioners voted 4-1 on Sept. 1 to implement a safety stand-down of the helipad that sits atop the Perdido Key Fire Station. Commissioner Doug Underhill asked for the stand-down after discovering county facilities staff had not performed annual inspections of the helipad.

"Aviation is one of the most dangerous businesses in the world," Commissioner Underhill told his fellow commissioners. "However, good business practices in aviation have made modern aviation as safe a form of travel as any other. So as long as you're engaging in aviation, using the best business practices of the industry, you are able to mitigate most of the risk associated with it."

The Perdido Key Fire Station was built for $5.7 million and opened in September 2013. The facility also houses the Perdido Key Chamber of Commerce, a visitor's information center and community center.

According to Underhill, the landing pad was not registered with the Florida Department of Transportation. He said, "(By) doing so we were able to avoid a lot of the inspections and procedures that are normally associated with a helipad for the purpose of safety. In doing so, we also avoided getting data that could be very useful in a real safety assessment."

Underhill said that there was no evidence of having had a single foreign object debris (FOD) walk down of the pad until last week.

He described the walk down as "the very most basic form of safety with regard to aviation that is done daily at every aviation facility in the Navy and most in the civilian sector." The procedure ensures no debris is on the pad that could hinder a takeoff or landing.

"Finally, there is no record of any annual structural inspections of the facility whatsoever," said Underhill. "This stand down will not in any way put any citizens at risk. It will not change emergency services at all while we do the details that are necessary to make sure 88

that the helicopter pad does not induce risk to the county that we are aware of."

In an email sent to his supporters, Commissioner Underhill explained that only half of the emergency flights off Perdido Key originate from this rooftop helipad.

"Helicopter extractions occur safely and routinely from prepared and unprepared ground sites around the County," he wrote.

He explained that he wanted to avoid another facilities disaster like the jail explosion in April 2014.

"Politics has caused us to gloss over the issue, and no ‘root cause analysis' has been done or will be done," said Underhill. "I fear that we are no more serious today about managing our assets and our risk than we were when the jail blew up. I am asking the hard questions on this issue because I cannot tolerate a preventable catastrophe like the jail explosion."

MAYOR HAYWARD'S PAYOUTS When she announced her resignation in August 2014, City Administrator Colleen Castille made it sound like it was the natural end to a one-year commitment.

Through a public request, Inweekly has discovered her resignation and that of Chief Operations Officer Tamara Fountain came with hefty payouts. Each time Mayor Ashton Hayward changed his senior leadership the cost to taxpayers climbed.

In the summer of 2014, Castille's two-page resignation letter began, "As I approach the end of my commitment for a year of service…"

And after listing the accomplishments during her 12 months, she ended her letter: "I am honored to have worked with you, Mayor Hayward, and thankful for the opportunity to work with the fine team of professionals on the Seventh Floor to implement these many accomplishments."

Mayor Hayward praised Castille's performance and publicly thanked the city administrator for her friendship. Fountain told WUWF the transition was planned

and would have no impact on Hayward's reelection campaign.

What Mayor Hayward and Fountain failed to mention was the mayor had agreed for the taxpayers to pay Castille a $50,000 severance check for her resignation from a job that paid her $130,000 annually. In return, Castille signed a General Release Agreement with a clause that she and the mayor agreed to not disparage the other to a third party.

The transition plan was expensive. Eric Olson was promoted to Assistant City Administrator with a salary of $100,006. CFO Dick Barker was named interim City Administrator, and Fountain was made Chief Operations Officer. Both were paid an additional $700 bi-weekly, which annualized out to be $18,200 each.

The city administrator job function went from $130,000 a year to an annual cost of $136, 406.

In March 2015, Olson was named City Administrator with an annual salary of $133,016, Fountain and Barker lost their stipends, but Fountain's salary was increased from $100,006 to $114,982. Vernon Stewart was brought on to handle the public information duties.

The cost of city administrator function jumped from $136,406 to $247,998 (Olson's and Fountain's salaries).

In July 2015, Fountain got in trouble when her qualifications and education came under scrutiny.

WEAR TV reporter Amber Southward interviewed Mayor Hayward about the qualifications of his Chief Operations Officer. He said, "She's very qualified, having an undergrad from Florida State and an MBA from the University of West Florida, so she understands government."

Fountain that night sent Southard an email: "There is a bunch of stuff wrong in the story.

I just watched the story. I am not a CFO. My salary is wrong. My time with responsibilities is wrong. Schools."

Fountain demanded the story be taken off the air. She shut down her Facebook page, and the city refused to release her personnel file. When they finally did, the folder had no resume or education information. The resume would later be delivered, but it had little prior work experience listed.

On Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, the mayor's office announced Fountain had resigned "in order to pursue other opportunities."

According to the public records, Inweekly received last week, Fountain was also given a sizable severance package that was negotiated with the help of the Beggs & Lane law firm. Fountain's package included 20 weeks severance and 128 Personal Time

Off hours. The rate was based on the March 2015 pay increase. The Form PF-1002 showed the total payout was $54,002.

Total severance payouts for these two positions in the mayor’s office was $104,002.

After Fountain resigned, Barker was given a new stipend, equal to 10 percent of his salary, to oversee the Port of Pensacola, Pensacola Energy and Pensacola International Airport- total cost $12,314 annually. Later in the year, Keith Wilkins was hired as Assistant City Administrator, salary $119,995.

The cost of the city administrator function increased again from $247,998 to $265,325, more than doubling since Castille did the job.

GET STARTED PENSACOLA Get Started

Pensacola allows local entrepreneurs to pitch their idea or product to a panel of judges for their chance to win a prize package worth over $20,000. Local entrepreneurs, startups and small business owners interested in presenting their business plan or idea can now sign up at coxblue.com/getstartedpensacola. Get Started Pensacola will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 5:30 p.m. at the Pensacola Little Theatre.

As part of the ongoing Get Started business series, local entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to pitch their business idea to a panel of judges consisting of successful entrepreneurs and distinguished experts such as Quint Studer and Peter Nowak.

All contestants and event attendees will receive valuable advice from the judges at the conclusion of each pitch.

Get Started is teaming with the 2016 EntreCon event to offer outstanding advice and guidance to local business owners. Entrepreneurs will have the opportunity for face-toface interaction with potential investors while entering them into the alumni network of former Get Started competitors and winners.

Pitches take place in front of a live audience, providing entrepreneurs additional exposure for their business idea.

Local entrepreneurs interested in competing in Get Started can sign up at coxblue. com/getstartedpensacola, where they must provide a 250-word description of the idea or business plan to be pitched. Applications will close Friday, Oct. 7. Entrants will be notified by Oct. 12, 2016, if they have been selected as a finalist. The five finalists will receive coaching sessions courtesy of the Small Business Development Center at the University of West Florida in advance of the competition to prepare.

In 2015, Get Started held more than 18 pitch events across the country and awarded more than $250,000 in cash and prizes to local entrepreneurs. {in} inweekly.net

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orget pumpkin spice mania, fall on the Gulf Coast is all about festival fever. Starting this weekend with Emerald Coast Beer Festival and going all the way through midNovember with Foo Foo Festival, there's pretty much a festival every weekend, sometimes even more than one. So get out your calendars and start planning your own perfectly festive fall.

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S E P TEM B E R Emerald Coast Beer Festival

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Pensacola’s most Emerald Coast Beer Festival: popular beer festival Page 18 returns this weekend with a two-day event at Seville Quarter. On Thursday, there will be a five-course beer pairing dinner (reservations required) and the main event on Friday boasts over 150 different craft beers from both domestic and international breweries, as well as from several local home brew clubs. The charities benefiting from the 2016 festival are Alfred-Washburn Center and Seville Rotary Club.

Sept. 8-9, emeraldcoastbeerfest.com

Pensacola Dragon Boat Race and Festival

the Ninth Annual Taste of the Beach. The two-day festival will be filled with cooking demos, tastings, live entertainment, and kid-friendly activities.

Sept. 23-24, tasteofpensacolabeach.com

Pensacola Seafood Festival

Seafood, arts and crafts, and live entertainment are all on the menu for this year’s Pensacola Seafood Festival, hosted by Fiesta of Five Flags. The festival has also partnered with Feeding the Gulf Coast, so you can bring a canned goods or any non-perishable item to this year’s event and help support Hunger Action Month. Smithfield, Quaker City Night Hawks, The Hip Abduction, and Moon Taxi are all already confirmed for the weekend’s live music lineup.

Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival

Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival gives fest-goers the opportunity to meet the people putting pen to paper.

Songwriters will give the backstory behind their music at a variety of stages around the beach, including some of your favorite bars like Paddy O’Leary’s Irish Pub and Bamboo Willie’s.

Sept. 29-Oct. 2, pensacolabeachsongfest.com

Sept. 30-Oct. 2, fiestaoffiveflags.org

The Third Annual Pensacola Dragon Boat Race and Festival will benefit Gulf Coast Kids' House and features teams racing in canoes with decorative Chinese dragonheads and tails in Bayou Texar just off Bayview Park. The event will also feature a children's festival and vendor fair throughout the day.

Sept. 10, pensacoladragonboatfestival.com

Taste of the Beach

Sip, savor and surf with Pensacola celebrity chefs as they take over the beach for

M A K E A DAY O F IT Thanks to our proximity to neighboring cities like Destin and Gulf Shores, it's easy to plan a day trip any time of year, especially during fall festival season. And don't worry; if you enjoy too much at a beer or wine at an event or just decide you want to stay a while, all of the following day trip destinations are definitely worthy of longer visits too.

Mobile

Mobile International Festival

The theme for the 33rd Annual Mobile International Festival is “The Art of Architecture.”

In addition to a parade of flags, the festival will feature entertainment, cuisine, and cultural traditions from dozens of countries.

Nov. 19, mobileinternationalfestival.org

Fairhope

Fairhope Film Festival

For all the film fans who can't make it Sundance, the Fairhope Film Festival is the next best thing. The festival selection committee carefully chooses the films, and the screening venues are located throughout downtown Fairhope.

Nov. 10-13, fairhopefilmfestival.org

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Perdido Key Oktoberfest

Channel your inner German for the 3rd Annual Perdido Key Oktoberfest. The party will take place in three different places: Flora-Bama, Flora-Bama Yacht Club, and Flora-Bama Ole River Bar. The daytime festivities are free and kidfriendly. A small fee will be charged for entry after 6 p.m. for those 18 years and older.

Oct. 8, florabama.com/events/Oktoberfest

Frank Brown International Songwriters’ Festival

The Frank Brown International Songwriters’ Festival is a celebration of songwriters and singers. It is an 11-day event hosted in 30 different venues, spread from downtown Pensacola to Gulf Shores.

Nov. 3-13, frankbrownsongwriters.com

Hangout Oyster Cook-Off & Craft Beer Weekend

This event is pretty much an oyster lover’s heaven. The same is true for craft beer aficionados. Celebrity cooking demos, live music and big-screen football viewing

tents will surely draw crowds again this year, so be sure to get your tickets early.

Nov. 4-5, hangoutcookoff.com

Destin/30A/Seaside Destin Seafood Festival

The 38th Annual Destin Seafood Festival is the perfect excuse to venture over to Destin. Bring the family for a stroll along the Destin Harborwalk Boardwalk for art, music, live entertainment, of course, and tons of fresh gulf seafood.

Sept. 30–Oct. 2, destinseafoodfestival.com

Seeing Red Wine Festival

Get your tickets quick because the Seeing Red Wine Festival has become a sell-out event. The four days of festivities include wine tastings and dinners with guest winemakers, perfect for wine connoisseurs and novices alike.

Nov. 4-6, seeingredwinefestival.com

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OC TO B E R Pensacola Greek Festival

What started in 1959 as a simple luncheon has become one of Pensacola’s most beloved festivals. Come see why and get a taste of Greek culture as the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church hosts its 57th Annual event this fall. There will be music, dancing, and of course, tons of Greek food. You can even take a tour of the church if you can manage to tear yourself away from the baklava long enough.

Oct. 7-9, pensacolagreekfestival.com

Stamped | Pensacola LGBT Film Festival

In an effort to keep the dialogue open about LGBT issues locally, Stamped is once again honoring LGBT films and filmmakers at this annual event. The festival will feature short and featurelength films. To see an archive of past films the festival has shown, go to stampedfilmfest.com/films.

Oct. 13-15, stampedfilmfest.com

WSRE’S Wine & Food Classic

North Carolina's Chef Troy Gagliardo will be WSRE's special guest for the 28th Annual Wine & Food Classic. This

N OV EM B E R Foo Foo Festival

Foo Foo Festival is back for year three and is once again playing host to a variety of arts and culture events during a 12-day span. Art, Culture and Entertainment (ACE), Inc. selected 21 organizations to receive grant funding for this year’s festival. Highlighting the list of grant recipients are the Friends of Downtown Pensacola—who have been awarded an $88,250 mega-grant to paint a mural of Pensacola imagery on the Jefferson Street parking garage.

Nov. 3-14, foofoofest.com

Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival

One of Pensacola’s largest and most anticipated festivals is GGAF—which brings over 200 painters, sculptors, potters, graphic artists, jewelers, and craftsmen to Seville Square. The three-

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day festival also offers music, dance, food, and a kid’s area that’s perfect for aspiring creatives to test their skills.

Nov. 4-6, ggaf.org

Mahabhuta Yoga Festival

A festival for all the true and wannabe yogis in town. The 3-day event’s mission is “Celebrate Yoga, Unite Communities & Inspire Greatness” which sounds like a win-win-win to us.

Nov. 18-20, mahabhutayogafestival.com

year's theme is "Seasoned in the South" and includes the traditional Grand Southern Tasting on Friday and the VIP Cuisine Scene on Saturday.

Oct. 14-15, wsre.org/wineandfood

Pensacola Interstate Fair

Funnel cakes and Ferris wheels—proof that nothing says "fall" like a night at the fair.

This year's 10-day run will feature all the usual Pensacola Interstate Fair staples, plus live music from Bret Michaels and Smash Mouth just to name a few.

Oct. 20-30, pensacolafair.com

Festa Italiana

What can you expect at Festa Italiana?

Authentic Italian food, a spaghetti sauce cook-off, Tarantella dancers and much more.

Oct. 21-22, soibuonafortuna.org

Barktoberfest

For dogs and dog lovers alike, it really doesn’t get much better than Barktoberfest when it comes to annual events. The daylong festival includes games, demonstrations, adoptions and plenty of pups in their Halloween best.

Oct. 22, pensacolahumane.org

2016 FOO FOO FESTIVAL GRANT RECIPIENTS African American Heritage Society Ballet Pensacola Choral Society of Pensacola Clean Energy Fest Eventy EggFest Friends of Downtown Pensacola First City Art Center Frank Brown Int’l Songwriters Festival Jazz Society of Pensacola Legal Services of North Fla. My Brothers & Sisters Pensacola Bay Concert Band Pensacola Civic Band Pensacola Lighthouse Foundation Pensacola Little Theatre/Appetite 4 Life Pensacola MESS Hall Pensacola Museum of Art Pensacola Opera Pensacola Symphony Orchestra Pensacola Waterfront Mission Truth for Youth West Fla. Literary Federation

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DIFFERENCE MAKERS UWF REACHES RECORD ENROLLMENT OF MORE THAN 13,000 STUDENTS FOR FALL 2016 SEMESTER The University of West Florida has surpassed 13,000 in enrollment for the first time in the institution’s history, reaching 13,030 students for the Fall 2016 semester, as of Aug. 24, 2016.

“We have a lot to be excited about as we start the fall semester, and this news adds to that excitement,” said UWF President Dr. Judith Bense. “I am proud that we’ve reached this milestone, as it shows we are becoming a first-choice university. Enrollment is dropping at many mid-sized public and private universities, but we are growing and thriving. The future is bright at UWF.” UWF reached 10,000 in enrollment in 2008 and 12,000 in 2012. The growth has been steady in recent years, reaching 12,416 in 2014 and 12,603 in 2015.

“We have added a number of new programs to meet student demand and regional workforce needs,” added Dr. Martha Saunders, executive vice president and provost.

“Our cybersecurity, supply chain logistics and online programs have generated a great deal of enthusiasm. Combine that with the finest faculty on the planet, and we have a winning combination for a great academic year.”

Graduate students accounted for the largest growth entering Fall 2016. The total graduate student headcount increased by approximately 20 percent compared to Fall 2015.

Additionally, sophomore undergraduate students increased by approximately 15 percent for Fall 2016. The increase in sophomores is a direct result of the University’s increased focus on student retention.

The enrollment figures are based on the institution’s enrollment as of today, Aug. 24, 2016.

For more information about the University of West Florida, visit uwf.edu.

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How to Get to Sesame Street

by Jennifer Leigh

"It felt so awkward to talk to someone and not look at them," she said with a laugh.

Manzano remembers getting some "advice" from her costar Spinney, who plays Big Bird.

"He said, 'Don't worry there's only going to be millions and millions of people seeing this,'" she recalled.

Over the four decades, Manzano learned to love her fuzzy co-stars. And she didn't hesitate to answer who her favorite Muppet on "Sesame Street" was — Oscar the Grouch, who was also played

by Spinney.

"He was so nuanced. He was neither a man or a kid," she said.

"And I love the way Caroll played him. He was able to walk that fine line."

"A lot of people think the way to teach tolerance is to show an environment where everyone is nice," Manzano added.

"Isn't it better to show Oscar, who's a pain in people's side, and show that we all still get along?"

On the show, Maria was the only character Oscar liked, although he would never admit it.

Manzano jokes she left the show because "44 years is too long to wait for Oscar to propose."

But Maria did get married and have a baby (played for some time by her real-life daughter Gabriela) on the show. Manzano even helped write the two story lines during the 80s, which she calls her "heyday."

"It was the mid-80s, and I wanted to contribute more than acting on the show," she said. "A producer on the show, Dulcy Singer, said 'why don't you try writing?'"

Manzano took the opportunity to expand the curriculum on the show introducing Latin culture on the show, such as the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers inspired number "Hola!"

TOUGH TOPICS

What has made "Sesame Street" a success with not only kids, but also adults is the way the show introduced specific issues to its viewers.

"Early on the idea was to say this is how the world works and give kids the tools to deal with the world we created," Manzano said.

She credits Singer with carrying that attitude into segments such as Mr. Hopper's death, which was decided when the actor who played him, Will Lee, died in 1982.

"Singer said why can't we present this to children?" Maria said. "That was the most dramatic one. We were all in the middle of grieving ourselves. I think (children) want to participate in the world, they want to grow up."

"Sesame Street" helped to make sense of and tell stories about other issues such as Sept.

11, incarceration, living in a military family and racism to name a few. These segments provide a lasting effect on kids who grow up to be

“Early on the idea was to say this is how the world works and give kids the tools to deal with the world we created.” Sonia Manzano

Rosita and Maria / Photo by Richard Termine Growing up, Sonia Manzano didn't have Latino role models on TV to look up to. "'Leave it to Beaver,' 'Father Knows Best,' ... there were no people of color on TV then," she said. "And if there were, they certainly weren't friendly. It took a toll on me. I wondered subconsciously, how I was going to contribute to society?"

Manzano did, however, make a big contribution to society. Before her retirement last year, she played Maria on "Sesame Street" for 44 years. Not only did she provide a positive Latina role model on camera, but helped work behind the scenes as a writer of the beloved show.

Next week, she'll be the second "Sesame Street" character to visit WSRE as part of the Public Square Speakers Series, following Caroll Spinney's visit last year.

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SAYING 'HOLA!'

Manzano was a junior at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania when she came to New York to star in an off-Broadway production of "Godspell".

About a year later in 1971, she joined the production of "Sesame Street".

Thinking back to her childhood, Manzano said she "jumped at the chance" to join the show. "(A producer) told me to just be myself, I wasn't a character, but a real person," Manzano said over the phone recently. "I took it to the extreme and people responded to the sincerity."

It wasn't an easy transition from acting with humans on stage to acting alongside Muppets on children's programming.

adults and introduce younger generations to the show.

Not only did the show teach about social issues, but provided a strong foundation for pre-school aged kids. A study by the University of Maryland last year found that "Sesame Street" provided similar benefits to the Head Start program, which is pre-kindergarten for low-income Americans. And according to the Sesame Workshop website, young children who watch "Sesame Street" have 16 percent higher GPAs when they go on to high school.

"I've heard teachers say kids are coming to school not knowing the alphabet," Manzano said. "The show was made to harness the power of TV to do good. Inner city kids were the original target audience."

MOVING FROM SESAME STREET It wasn't an easy decision to leave a job after 44 years, but Manzano knew it was time.

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"There wasn't enough room for me, I didn't feel I was contributing," she said.

"The landscape of TV has changed, too.

We used to have hour-long variety shows modeled after the magazine format. We went from 160 shows a year to 25."

Her impressive run on the show not only garnered fans of all ages—Manzano said she can usually guess their ages by their favorite characters—but a list of awards and accolades including two Emmy

nominations as a performer on a children's series, 15 Emmy awards as a writer on "Sesame Street" and this year she received a lifetime achievement award at the Daytime Emmys.

Manzano said one of the later episodes she is most proud of features Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor—"the other Sonia from the Bronx," she joked.

While she moved off Sesame Street, Manzano hasn't stopped creating. In 2007,

she wrote her first children's book, "No Dogs Allowed!" followed by "A Box Full of Kittens." In 2012 there was "The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano" and last year she published two books, "Miracle on 133rd Street" and her memoir "Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in South Bronx."

Manzano said she was brought up in a family "ruled by domestic violence," which, in fact, helped her become Maria.

"I became successful because I as-

Maria's Top 5 Moments on "Sesame Street" 1. "Hola" When Sonia Manzano started writing on the show, she took it as an opportunity to bring Latin culture into the show's curriculum. Inspired by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the characters Maria and Luis sway together while teaching a little bit of Spanish.

2. Elmo Visits the Firehouse When "Sesame Street" aired its 33rd season a few months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, writers touched on the subject with a fire in Mr. Hooper's Store. A timid Elmo (with his pal Maria) visits the local firehouse to get over his anxiety from the scare.

3. The Death of Mr. Hooper When actor, Will Lee, who played Mr. Hooper, died in 1982,

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sumed there were children watching the show that needed that comfort zone," she said. "I remember getting a letter from a fan saying their mom was schizophrenic and that 'Sesame Street' was their hour of peace."

More than a year after leaving the show, Manzano continues to be an inspiration.

Even decades after she shattered the glass ceiling for Latina actors, the conversation continues about persons of color being represented in movies and TV, hence trending topics such as #OscarsSoWhite.

Manzano advises other Latina and Latino actors to "have a goal, have a direction and say 'yes'" to opportunities, much like she did with "Sesame Street".

"I never thought I would be on a children's TV show," she said. "But it was the perfect storm. Just like The Beatles, these four guys coming together... I was lucky." {in}

producers on the show took an honest and heartfelt approach to the sensitive subject of death.

4. Maria Marries In 1988, Maria and Luis tied the knot. For years, the two were platonic friends, but when Manzano became pregnant in real life, producers decided Maria and Luis should get married.

Producer Dulcy Singer had said it was also good to show a "stable Latino family."

5. Maria and Gabriela A year after their wedding, Maria and Luis welcome a baby girl into the world. The girl was named after Manzano's real daughter, Gabriela and for some time was even played by her. While the show doesn't touch the subject of sex, it did follow Maria's pregnancy from sonograms to labor.

WSRE PUBLIC SQUARE SPEAKERS SERIES WITH SONIA MANZANO

WHEN: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)

WHERE: WSRE Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio, 1000 College Blvd.

COST: Free DETAILS: wsre.org

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by Shelby Smithey

Just Brew It

What began as a small group of home brewers meeting in Apple Annie's has grown into one of, if not the best event, for craft beer lovers in the area.

The 21st annual Emerald Coast Beer Festival is this Friday and is one of the only chances to sample uniquely crafted home brews that you won't find anywhere else.

Escambia Bay Home Brewers Club secretary April King said about 52 craft breweries are attending this year and 13 homebrew clubs from throughout the southeast participating.

"The craft breweries are from throughout the U.S. including Lagunitas and Sierra Nevada from California, Highlands Brewery from Ashville, N.C., New Belgium, Boston Beer Company and Victory Brewing Company," King said. "Regional breweries are going to be represented strongly this year including Idyll Hounds, Oyster City, Trim Tab, Fairhope, Back 40 and Crooked Letter just to name a few. The newest brewery in Pensacola, Gulf Coast Brewery, will also be attending and of course the established Pensacola Bay Brewery and McGuire's breweries."

Unlike typical beer fests that use volunteers, King said that the folks pouring beer will be from the breweries themselves and will be on hand to discuss the details of the beverages. So if you're interested in learning about beer, how it's made and what ingredients are used, this fest is definitely for you.

"This is the only regional beer festival that highlights the home brewer," King said.

"A beer created by a home brewer is a oneof-a-kind beer that you will not taste anywhere else. Since home brewers work with smaller batches, they experiment more and have come up with some fabulous beers 818 1

that taste wonderful. We have had ‘The Baconator', coconut porter, honey cream ales, you just never know what we home brewers will concoct."

This year, the Escambia Bay Homebrew Club will offer a strawberry shortcake cream ale, eggnog golden stout along with other unique creations.

A member of the Escambia Bay Home Brewers Club since 2013, high school English teacher Catherine Adcock said that she and her husband Phil started brewing when they moved here from New Jersey four years ago.

"Some friends told us about the club, and it seemed like a great way to meet people since we were pretty new to town," Adcock said. "The club has some of the kindest, most welcoming people in Pensacola. We have learned so much about brewing and are constantly inspired by the brewing techniques and flavors that others use and create."

Adcock said that her favorite part of brewing is coming up with off-the-wall flavor combinations.

"The process is long, but it is a great way for me and my husband to spend time together," Adcock said. "It takes about four hours to brew a beer, and another two weeks for it to ferment and become something that you want to drink, but we are able to have pumpkin beer all year round, and we have beer on tap in the house."

Adcock and her husband first started with a Brooklyn Brewing Company kit that you brew on the stovetop.

"It is also important to remember the basics, like how important it is for all of your supplies and materials to be sanitized so that you don't get infected beer—that's the worst," she said.

basically an extension of what he was already doing at home.

"Although there are some fantastic, well-respected brew schools that teach fermentation and brewing science, it's not uncommon for people to learn the trade at home," he said.

Roberts said that the premise for Redneck Riviera started five years ago with Goat Lips owner Larry Cowan and brewer Tim Moore. Since opening, Brock Whitfield and Roberts' brother Rob have also been a major part of operating the brewery as well.

Redneck Riviera is currently working on a unique collaboration with researchers from the University of Florida extension campus at the Jay Research Facility. This collaboration allows Roberts to brew beer using locally grown hops.

"A group of researchers got a grant to do research on specialty crops, and one of those was hops," Roberts said. "They are looking at strains that can grow successfully in Florida because normally our climate is not conducive to their growth. They've had some success in the first year, and hops are a perennial crop, so they come back every year."

Roberts said that he's used some of the local hops in a pale ale and is looking forward to serving it at the fest. Matt Smith from the Jay Research Facility will also be in attendance to answer questions.

"The only way we were able to take part in this project is because we are such a small brewery," Roberts said. "The researchers only have a quarter acre of land, so we had an advantage being small."

Roberts said that the multi-year grant will hopefully gather meaningful results on the conduciveness of local farmers growing the hops themselves in the next few years.

"These breweries and homebrew clubs try some unique stuff that you'll never have the opportunity to try again," Roberts said.

"You'll never get this stuff anywhere else." {in}

Adcock and her husband usually like to brew on the weekends, which they now do outside.

"We brew on a series of propane burners with some very large pots," Adcock said.

"We use a brew bag to hold our grain, so brewing beer is almost like making tea and then taking that tea and boiling it and adding in additional flavors, like hops. We buy most of our supplies from Gary's Homebrew Supply.

We were going to grow our own hops, but they are toxic to dogs, and I was afraid ours would eat them in the yard."

Adcock said that the key to brewing good beer is to stay inspired and be open and accepting to new ideas.

"My favorite beer that we've brewed is our coconut lavender shandy—it even had a purple tint to it," she said. "We've also made a great salted caramel stout, ginger peach shandy, Belgian pale ale, and a Saint Patrick's Day beer that was inspired by an Irish Car Bomb shot, which we called Leprechaun's Revenge."

Festival participant and brewer Tim Roberts started the Redneck Riviera Brewing Project two years ago, which is a collaboration with WHEN: 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 Goat Lips Chew and Brew House.

WHERE: Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. Operating as a true brewpub, the COST: $30-$60 small brewery makes two barrels, DETAILS: emeraldcoastbeerfest.com or 60 gallons, per batch.

Roberts was a home brewer for years and said that his brewery is

“These breweries and homebrew clubs try some unique stuff that you'll never have the opportunity to try again.”

Tim Roberts

EMERALD COAST BEER FESTIVAL

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calendar THURSDAY 9.8

EMERALD COAST BUSINESS LEADERS 7:30-9

a.m. Networking for business leaders. Guests welcome. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org WORK ON FLORIDA TRAIL 8 a.m. Regular meet up of Western Gate Florida Trail Association to work on National Scenic Trail and side trail.

Meet at Blackwater River Forestry Center, 11650 Munson Highway. meetup.com/ ftawesterngate WINE TASTING AT AWM 5 p.m. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. 9th Ave. aragonwinemarket.com JAZZ AT JACKSON'S 5:30 and 7 p.m. Live music and full dinner menu. Jackson's Steakhouse, 400 S. Palafox. jacksonsrestaurant.com NATURAL HEALING/CANCER STUDY 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org SCRABBLE SOIREE: LETTERS FOR LITERACY

6 p.m. $50 for individual players, $350 for a table. Sanders Beach Corrine-Jones Resource Center, 913, S. I St. learntoreadnwf.org DANCE LESSONS 6:30 p.m. Ballroom, Swing, and Country. Professional partner dance instruction for all skill levels. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com

FRIDAY 9.9

THE GEM'S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND FALL SALE 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Gem, 1901 N. Palafox.

WINE TASTING 3-6 p.m. Free. Ever'man Coop-

erative Grocery, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org EMERALD COAST BEER FESTIVAL 5 p.m. for VIP, 5:30 p.m. general admission $30-$60. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. emeraldcoastbeerfest.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. HAPPY HOUR COOK OUTS 5 p.m. Drink specials, free cookout. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com DIXON DUB: EPIC LIP SYNC BATTLE 6 p.m. $15.

Hilton Pensacola Beach, 12 Via de Luna Dr. Proceeds benefit Dixon School of Arts. Tickets on eventbrite.com GAY GRASSROOTS 6-8 p.m. Support group.

Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org

DATE NIGHT DANCING 6:30-8:30 p.m. Learn

the basics of several romantic ballroom and country dance styles in unique group classes that keep partners together. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com OPEN MIC 7-11 p.m. Single Fin Cafe, 380 N. 9th Ave. facebook.com/SingleFinCafe TIME STANDS STILL 7:30 p.m. $10-$17. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com BALLYHOO! ZACH DEPUTY 8 p.m. $15-$17. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com

The Dragons are Coming

By Jennifer Leigh

event. The goal is to grow the festival to 70 teams and draw as many at 10,000 spectators to the park in hopes of becoming the largest outdoor festival in Pensacola, according to the website for the event.

The Pensacola Dragon Boat is hosted by the North East Sertoma, a nonprofit organization that raises money for local charities through service projects. Each year of the festival, the benefiting charity has been Gulf Coast Kid's House (GCKH).

"We love the event because in addition to raising needed funds for GCKH, it is also has proven to be a great team builder for us," said Stacey Kostevicki, executive director. "We actually have two teams now—the Cordova Rotary and GCKH and have been so pleased with the stronger relationships it helped to develop." {in}

SATURDAY 9.10

FIELD TRIP TO FORT PICKENS WITH FM WESTON AUDUBON SOCIETY 7:30 a.m. Free.

Meet in outer parking lot of Office Depot, 1155 Gulf Breeze Pkwy. Bring binoculars.

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

Fresh local produce, honey, baked goods and live music. Pace Presbyterian Church, Woodbine Road, Pace.

CLEAN UP WITH OCEAN HOUR All supplies are provided. Location one is Bay Bluffs Park at Scenic Highway and Summit Blvd. Second location is two miles north at Chimney Park at Scenic Highway and Langley Ave. For more information, contact oceanhourfl@ gmail.com or baybluffscleanup@gmail.com 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 COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

"Eat with the Seasons." Palafox Market.

Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, N. Palafox. palafoxmarket.com THE GEM'S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND FALL SALE 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Gem, 1901 N. Palafox.

BARRE AT THE BAR 10 a.m. $35-$50. Barre

class with Beyond Barre Pensacola, brunch from The Magnolia. Old Hickory Whiskey Bar, 123 S. Palafox. Call to reserve your spot, 972-8117.

ACUPUNCTURE TO RELIEVE STRESS AND MAINTAIN WELLNESS 1:30-3 p.m. Free.

Ever'man Education Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org EMERALD COAST BEER FESTIVAL 6-8:30 p.m.

By now, you should be used to seeing decorated teams camp out at Bayview Park and the sounds of the drums keeping the pace for rowers as the race across the Bayou Texar.

But if you're not, those are some of the signs of the Third Annual Pensacola Dragon Boat Festival.

Teams of 20 synchronized paddlers, one drummer and one person steering race the 300-meters with their decorated boats.

While the tradition has roots in Southern China that date back 2,000 years, dragon boat festivals are held all over the world to this WHEN: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 day. The largest festival is held in WHERE: Bayview Park, 2001 E. Lloyd St. the San Francisco Bay Area.

COST: Free for spectators Last year, there were 30 teams and thousands of spectators at the

PENSACOLA DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL

$25-$60. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

THRESHOLD: AN EVENING WITH THE AUTHOR SUSAN FEATHERS 7-8:30 p.m. Open Books,

1040 N. Guillemard St. openbookspcola.org SAENGER CLASSIC SERIES: CITIZEN KANE 7 p.m. $5. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. pensacolasaenger.com TIME STANDS STILL 7:30 p.m. $10-$17. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com DANCE PARTY 8-midnight. Strictly ballroom.

DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com WATSKY X INFINITY TOUR 8 p.m. $18-$55. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com NASH NEXT 8 p.m. Local musical acts compete to kickstart their musical career. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com TOM GROSS 10-11 p.m. Meet and greet follows the show. The Cabaret, 101 S. Jefferson St. IMPROVABLE CAUSE 10:30 p.m. $10. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com

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calendar SUNDAY 9.11

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.

THE GEM'S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND FALL SALE 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Gem, 1901 N. Palafox.

GENTLE AND YIN IN THE SWING AERIAL YOGA WORKSHOP WITH TARA TAYLOR 2-4 p.m. $25.

Breathe Downtown, 505 S. Adams St. TIME STANDS STILL 3 p.m. $10-$17. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com UNITED IN PRAYER 6 p.m. Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolabaycenter.com

MONDAY 9.12

CAT'S SEEDS TO TABLE COOKING 11:30 a.m.-1

p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org SEVILLE QUARTER MILERS 5:30 p.m. Runners meet in front of Seville Quarter for a run around downtown Pensacola. Free pasta and drink specials after the run at Fast Eddie's. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com CCFA PILATES 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org CCFA MEETING 6:30-7:30 p.m. Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org

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TUESDAY 9.13

LUNCH AND LEARN: PASTA TUESDAY 11:45

a.m.-12:30 p.m. $25. Chilled crab pasta salad.

SoGourmet, 407-D S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com WINE DOWN, DOWNTOWN 5-7 p.m. Free.

SoGourmet, 407-D S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com FUNKY YOGA FLOW 6-7 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org DANCE LESSONS 6:30 p.m. Country, Swing, and Ballroom. Professional partner dance instruction for all skill levels. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com STRUT YOUR MUTT 6:45 p.m. Join fellow dog walkers for a 45-minute stroll in East Hill. Dogs must be leashed and well-behaved. Walkers meet at the entrance to Bayview Dog Park at 20th Ave and E. Lloyd St. BANDS ON THE BEACH 7-9 p.m. Mass Kunfuzion. Gulfside Pavilion, Pensacola Beach. visitpensacolabeach.com MEDITATION /PRANIC HEALING 7:15-8:30 p.m.

Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org 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 North Spring St. THE OH HELLOS 7 p.m. $15. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com REAL LIVE TIGERS, LRN GRN, AL MIRABELLA

AND THE MID LIFE CRISIS 9:30 p.m. $5-$10.

Sluggo's, 101 S. Jefferson St. facebook.com/ sluggospensacola

WEDNESDAY 9.14

LEAPS: NEW MOM SUPPORT GROUP 9 -10:30 a.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org LUNCH AND LEARN: ROCKIN RISOTTO 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $25 per person. SoGourmet, 407-D S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com REIKI FOR PETS ON THE LAWN 5-6 p.m. Free.

Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org VINO MAGNIFICO 5:30 p.m. $10. V. Paul's Italian Ristorante, 29 S. Palafox.

RESTORATIVE YOGA 6-7 p.m. Free. Ever'man

327 W. Garden St. everman.org

DANCE LESSONS 6:30 p.m. West Coast Swing.

Professional partner dance instruction for all skill levels. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com MEDITATION 7:15-8:30 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org THE ATARIS, THE QUEERS 7 p.m. $15. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com DANCE PARTY 8-10 p.m. A mix of swing, country, and ballroom music for partner dancing on the best wood dance floor in the area. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com

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calendar arts & culture

≥Events & Receptions

LANGUAGE OF PATTERNS RECEPTION

6-8 p.m. Sept. 9.

First City Art Center, 1060 Guillemard St. firstcityart.org.

≥Exhibits

TAKE A MOMENT On

view through Sept.

30. Exhibit about precious moments in life. Artel Galley, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.org

A JOURNEY FROM FOREST TO CITY On

view through Sept.

30. Turned wood by Ralph Thomas. Artel Galley, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.org A SERIES OF PHASES

On view through Sept. 30. Works of two artists, Bill Clover and Maria Hoch. Artel Galley, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.org

LANGUAGE OF PATTERNS On view from

Aug. 31 to Sept. 25.

Mixed media. First City Art Center, 1060 Guillemard St. firstcityart.org.

TRES FEMMES MAGNIFIQUE On view

through Sept. 24. Oil paintings by local artists. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. bluemorninggallery. com

WORKS BY CRAIG HAWKINS On view

from Aug. 15 to Oct. 7.

Paintings by Georgia artist Craig Hawkins.

Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd.

LIFE OF MARY PETTY

On view through Oct. 8. Collection of covers from The New Yorker artist Mart Petty. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson. pensacolamuseum.org HIGHLIGHTS FROM PERMANENT COLLECTION On view

through Sept. 17. A wide range of modern and contemporary styles from PMA permanent collection.

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

≥Call For Art

IT'S A ZOO IN HERE

Artel Gallery's next show is about exploring the animal kingdom and bringing it to life, from tiny insects to large mammals.

Dorothy Kaufmann, director of the Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida located in Pensacola will be juror of the show. The show is open to all media.

Drop of submissions 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 1 and 1-4 p.m. Oct. 2 at Artel Gallery, located at 223 S. Palafox. For more information, visit artelgallery.org.

≥Fundraisers

70 FOR $70 AT QUAY-

SIDE ART GALLERY

Quayside Art Gallery's 143-year-old building needs major repairs. To raise funds to cover this, artists are donating their art for sale with 100 percent of proceeds going to repair the historic building.

These will all be new pieces—jewelry, pottery, paintings—ranging from traditional to modern conceptual works, photography and woodwork, all for sale at $70 each.

Don't miss this opportunity to buy valuable original art at an unbelievable low price and, at the same time, help preserve a bit of Pensacola history. Visit the gallery at 15-17 E. Zarragosa St. quaysidegallery. com

'FOREST LAKE' THREE-DAY ART WORKSHOP Learn

about materials and techniques to create large-scale paintings.

Class taught by Karin Gudmundson. Cost is $245 that includes a 24x48-inch canvas.

Classes are Oct. 2426 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at First City Art Center, 1060 Guillemard St. Deposit of $85 due by Oct. 23.

For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

POTTERY ON THE WHEEL Six-week

≥Classes & Workshops

ART WORKSHOP WITH DOUG WALTON

Learn to create exciting and expressive work with classes Sept. 12-16. Cost is $275. Quayside Gallery, 17 E. Zarragossa St. quaysidegallery. com DAY OF THE DEAD ART WORKSHOPS A

instruction on how to create art pieces such as wire sculptures, paper mache, mixed media and more.

Classes are $10 and held at First City Art Center, 1060 Guillemard St. Dates are from Oct. 4 through Oct. 29. For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

series of workshops led by First City Art youth art program instructor, Suzanne Findeisen. Each week will have a bit of history and step-by-step

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.

BELLY DANCING

Eight-week beginner and advanced classes on Tuesday nights. For beginner, intermediate and advanced students.

Classes held at First City Art Center, 1060 N. Guillemard St For more information and to sign up for a class visit pensacolabellydance.com LIFE DRAWING. Artists of any skill level are welcome to draw life figures. 6-9 p.m.

Monday nights. Cost is $5-$10 a person.

Contact phayes@ ihmc.us if interested.

First City Art Center, 1060 N. Guillemard St. The group is always looking for new models, contact Pat at the email address above if interested.

bars & nightlife

≥bar games

Thursdays 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 DRAG BINGO 6-8 p.m. Ages 21 and over. Emerald City’s The Other Side, 406 E. Wright St. emeraldcitypensacola.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

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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 Tuesdays TUESDAY TRIVIA 8 p.m. The Bridge Bar and Sunset Lounge, 33 Gulf Breeze Parkway. facebook.com/ thebridgebargb TICKET TEAM TRIVIA 8 p.m. The Ticket

1, 7250 Plantation Road. ticketsportsbar.com POKER 8 p.m. The Ticket 2, 2115 W. 9

Mile Road. ticketsportsbar.com TEAM TRIVIA 9 p.m. Hopjacks. 10 S. Palafox. hopjacks. com Wednesdays WINE DOWN WEDNESDAYS 11

a.m. Half- priced bottles of wine every Wednesday. Jackson's Steakhouse, 226 S. Palafox. jacksonsrestaurant.com

LADIES NIGHT ON THE DECK 5 p.m. $2

drinks and music.

The Deck Bar, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhousepensacola.com

PUB TRIVIA NIGHT

7-9:30 p.m. Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Road. facebook.com/ goatlipsdeli RECORD NIGHT 8 p.m. Bring a record in and get $1 off your first drink. Sluggo's, 101 S. Jefferson St. facebook.com/sluggospensacola WEDNESDAY QUIZ TRIVIA 8 p.m. The

Cabaret, 101 S. Jefferson St. cabaretpensacola.com

TICKET BAR BINGO

8 p.m. The Ticket 1, 7250 Plantation Road. ticketsportsbar.com BAR BINGO 10 p.m.

Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 200. iplaypensacola.com

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Sharing War Stories

seas. Sarah is wounded and James is wracked with guilt, but they try to help each other physically and emotionally transition. Rachel Co-

ed, that's what happens throughout this story. There are things that are so deep that hurt so much that if you don't laugh you're going to scream."

Playing contrast to Sarah and James are the characters, Richard and Mandy. Andrew Malloy plays Richard, the best friend, and former flame of Sarah. Richard is a veteran photo editor at a newsmagazine who's transitioning towards a new life with his young girlfriend, Mandy.

Played by Chantelle Cognevich, Mandy is the youngest character in the play and unlike the others. She is very much the voice of the audience.

"Everyone knows how hard life is, but I'm looking at the positive side," said Cognevich. "You have to find the little tiny moments—whether it's just, hey I just got me some new pair of socks or your coffee—if you take the small, tiny little moments of the day, you get through."

Mandy asks in the play what is she supposed to do with the information given. It's a powerful question repeated throughout the play. When confronted with what we learn, what do we do with it? What should you take away from this play?

"I hope people come and enjoy the work for how it's been written and what it portrays.

It's a great story," said Malloy. "Two couples are just trying to do the best they can with the limitations that life has thrust upon them." {in}

“I think this is an incredibly honest portrayal of a relationship as far as love and hate being part of the same thing.” Rachel Corona

War is the business Sarah Goodwin excels in, but her career as a fearless photojournalist capturing the strife and terrors of war in Iraq ends abruptly when she is injured by a bomb and must return home to Brooklyn.

Complicated, contradictory and selfrestrained, Sarah's is the pivotal voice of "Time Stands Still,” a play that examines the gentle but sometimes bitter truth that life and love cannot be controlled. In this thoughtful drama, two couples navigate the period of Sarah's convalescence and tackle tough questions such as social responsibility and how life goes on after coming home from war.

Pulitzer Prize-winner playwright Donald Margulies' "Time Stands Still" has been nominated for two Tony Awards. Billy Buff is directing the play that will be performed at Pensacola Little Theatre's Studio 400, which leans toward cutting edge productions.

"I've been wanting to direct it [Time Stands Still] because it has such depth and it's good writing. You can't go wrong with good writing," said Buff. "It has interest-

ing characters that you don't normally see, and [especially] strong female characters, which even today is hard to come by."

The four-member cast relies not on fancy sets and showy displays, but on that writing and their acting. The social issues and tragedies of war confronted in the play come from the insightful perspective of war correspondents.

"One thing people may not think about is the war correspondents and the photographers. They are just as much veterans as the soldiers are," said Buff. "They are right there in the thick of the fight as well, and sometimes they're caught between a rock and a hard place in the sense that they are civilians, they are not military, but they are appreciated by the military. There's more to it than just the soldiers. The families of those who serve are also traumatized; they are also part of it. People tend to think about one person and not the community.

I don't think people realize that it does affect more than one person, that there is a ripple effect."

The play opens with Sarah and her boyfriend James returning home from over-

rona plays Sarah, and in real life being in a military family, she sees first-hand the struggles people face when returning home from war.

"How do you live a normal life knowing what happens in the world?" asks Corona. "I think that's very much what our characters are going through, returning after something so horrific. How do you maintain a relationship with all that in your head?"

David Blanton plays Sarah's boyfriend, James. A writer in real life, Blanton sympathizes with his journalist character.

"It's definitely one of the more challenging roles that I've undertaken," said Blanton. "Just the diversity of emotions and the different emotional states that my character is in throughout the play, it's exhausting. But I'm up for the challenge."

Anyone who has suffered and had to move on with life will relate to the play's candid account of healing and finding love.

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COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS Lame: (1) Steven Scholz was sued for $255,000 in Oregon City, Oregon, in July after he allegedly fired on a family's house (15 gunshots) and traumatized their young son inside.

Scholz explained that he thought the Biblical Rapture had just occurred and that he was the only survivor. (2) Aman Bhatia, 27, was charged with battery and lewd molestation in July after allegedly groping six women at Disney World's Typhoon Lagoon water park. Despite witnesses telling police that Bhatia was positioning himself for furtive groping, Bhatia claimed that his glasses were broken and thus he was not aware that women were in his path.

HOW TO TELL IF YOU'RE DRUNK The owner of the Howl At The Moon Bar in Gold Coast, Australia, released surveillance video of a July break-in (later inspiring the perpetrator to turn himself in). The man is seen trying to enter the locked bar at 3 a.m., then tossing a beer keg at a glass door three times, finally creating a hole large enough to climb through, acrobatically, and fall to the floor (lit cigarette remaining firmly between his lips). Once inside, he stood at the bar, apparently waiting for someone to take his order. When no one came, he meekly left through the same door. The owner said nothing was taken, and nothing else was damaged.

THE FINER POINTS OF LAW PRIORITIES: (1) "A dog has better protection than our kids," lamented an Oregon prosecutor in May because, unlike the pet law, the "child abuse" law requires proof the victim experienced "substantial" pain —which a young child often lacks vocabulary to describe. (Simply showing welts and bruises is insufficient, the Court of Appeals has ruled.) (2) That same Oregon Court of Appeals ruled in June that Thomas Wade, 44, was not guilty of a crime when in 2013 he unzipped his pants, reached inside, and at that point cursed the woman he had confronted in a public park. "Distasteful," wrote the Court, but it was an exercise of Wade's free speech right.

COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS In June, Dieter Uchtdorf, a high official in the Mormon Church, said the historic narrative of Mormon founder Joseph Smith's use of a "seer stone" to translate the "golden plates" that gave Smith ultimate worldly knowledge has been authenticated, basically, by the 2007 invention of the iPhone. "I can get the collected knowledge of the world through a few little inputs," said Uchtdorf, and thus it is likelier than ever that God gave Smith something like a smartphone in 1823.

AWESOME! (1) Investigators revealed in July that an off-duty Aurora, Colorado, sheriff's deputy had justifiably fired his gun to resist a parking lot mugging—and that, furthermore, one of the bullets from Deputy Jose Marquez's gun had gone straight into the barrel of one of the handguns pointed at him. The investigators called the shot "one in a billion." (2) Matthew Lavin, 39, drew internet acclaim in July after he was gored through his left thigh while "running with the bulls" in the annual spectacle in Pamplona, Spain. Interviewed in his hospital bed by Madrid's The Local, he called it "the best time ever" and said he looked forward to another run next year.

RECURRING THEMES Too Many ToiletThemed Restaurants: The first one, in Taiwan, made News of the Weird in 2006, but recently two more opened their doors.

One, in Semarang, Indonesia (on Java island), serves only one dish—brown meatballs floating in thick soup, arrayed in a toilet-shaped pan. The owner's secondary agenda is to inspire people to install toilets in their homes. In Toronto's Koreatown, a dessert-themed one was scheduled to open in August with patron seating on youknow-whats and a variety of brown sweets such as swirly-stool-shaped chocolate ice cream. Potty-themed restaurants have opened in Russia, South Korea, the Philippines, China, Japan and Los Angeles.

SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS Friendly Bacteria: Plastics are well-known to decompose slowly, but the most difficult is the polyethylene used for containers such as the omnipresent water bottles, and despite recycling, tens of millions of metric tons wind up in landfills, where the plastic's strong polymer bonds resist breakdown.

Recently, however, two Japanese researchers, after tedious trial-and-error, identified a bacterium that views the polyethylene terephthalate as an efficient, tasty meal. A colleague of the two said further tweaking was necessary before using the bacteria industrially.

A NEWS OF THE WEIRD CLASSIC (OCTOBER 2012) Researchers writing in the journal Animal Behaviour in July (2012) hypothesized why male pandas have sometimes been seen performing handstands near trees. They are urinating, the scientists observed, and doing handstands streams the urine higher on the tree, presumably signaling their mating superiority.

A San Diego Zoo researcher involved in the study added that an accompanying gland secretion gives off even more "personal" information to other pandas than the urine alone. {in}

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