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winners EDUARDO SANCHEZ-PADILLA The Hospital Corpsman First Class Eduardo SanchezPadilla was recently awarded the Purple Heart at a ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum at Naval Air Station Pensacola. While deployed with a Marine Corps unit in the Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan, a roadside bomb exploded 10 feet away from Sanchez-Padilla. He helped two others who had been injured, not realizing that he had also been wounded by the enemy. JACK FLEMING A medical pioneer and

patron of local arts and a proud son of Pensacola recently passed away at the age of 94. At Baptist Hospital, Dr. Fleming helped to establish the first intensive and cardiac care units in the region. At Sacred Heart Hospital, with Drs. John Wimberly and Curtis Williams, he started the hospital's first open-heart surgery unit. He joined forces with Dr. James Andrews and Dr. Ken Ford to establish the region's first nuclear cardiology department. He and his wife Carolyn Fleming wrote the award-winning musical "Seaplane," helped create the "Evenings in Old Seville Square" and co-authored the books "Thinking Places, Where Great Ideas Were Born" and "Perils!" He will be missed by Inweekly and the rest of this community.

KARA BLOOMBERG LandrumHR appointed Bloomberg as its chief operating officer. She will assume responsibility for leading the overall strategy and operations for LandrumHR. In this role, Bloomberg will direct the operations of the company and be responsible for growth strategies as the company expands its services nationwide.

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losers ANDREW GILLUM The Florida Commis-

sion on Ethics released documents last week supporting the panel's unanimous finding of probable cause that the 2018 Democratic nominee for governor violated ethics laws with trips to Costa Rica and New York and tickets to the Broadway hit musical, "Hamilton." The fi ve charges carry potential sanctions of public censure and reprimand and fines of up to $10,000 each. Gillum has requested a hearing in the case and has steadfastly maintained that he hasn't broken any laws or committed any wrongdoing.

U.S. MILITARY ACADEMIES Sexual as-

saults rose sharply at United States Military Academy at West Point, the United States Naval Academy and the United States Air Force Academy over the past two years. Despite the Pentagon's efforts to encourage students to report assaults, unreported cases surged by almost 50 percent during the 2017-18 academic year, a Defense Department study found. More than half involved alcohol, and the survey found nearly a third of male students and 15 percent of females said they drink heavily.

CITY OF PENSACOLA The National Council for Home Safety and Security last month announced its ranking of the Safest Cities in Florida for 2018. Last year, Pensacola was ranked 111 on the list. The "City of Five Flags" failed to make this year's ranking of 134 safest cities. These findings were achieved by examining data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting tool and combining it with the council's internal population research.

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VINDICTIVE POLITICS Last week, Inweekly broke the news that former Mayor Ashton Hayward last October settled the discrimination lawsuits filed by Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover, whom he fired in May 2016, for $575,000. We don't have a good explanation for why the Hayward administration placed the chiefs on paid administrative leave and spent over $68,000 to investigate allegations against them after they filed Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints. What we do know is the city's insurance carrier didn't believe the city would prevail in federal court, or at the very least didn't want to risk losing. Two of the men involved in the decision to go after the chiefs are gone— Hayward and his administrator, Eric Olson. However, four are still working at city hall and have received pay raises since the 2016 debacle—CFO Dick Barker, Assistant City Attorney Rusty Wells, Assistant Administrator Keith Wilkins and Chief Human Resources Officer Edward Sisson. We don't know what roles these men played in the costly decision to go after Schmitt and Glover because Hayward, Olson and Wilkins couldn't remember what happened in the meeting when questioned. Sisson claimed he wasn't there, but attorney Russell Van Sickle's notes stated he was. The addendum to the settlement agreement has a sentence that stipulated the chiefs would never seek employment

with the city again, and if they did, their applications would not be considered. I asked Mayor Grover Robinson if he thought the sentence seemed vindictive. "It seems very vindictive," he said. I pointed out that it appeared members of the city administration had a vendetta against the black firefighters, which included Glover, who filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city in 2005, and the 2016 investigation seemed to be in retaliation for the EEOC complaints that also alleged discrimination. "What I'm telling you is there is a lot of vindictive stuff that happened for the last eight years," Robinson said. "I think we know what has happened. We are trying to move forward and provide fair assessment and evaluation of everything going forward." He is trying to determine whether he has "bad people" in city hall or "they were put into a bad system that did a lot of vindictive stuff." He added. "My point is, if we have vindictive people that put money in to solve scores and settle things, then we are going to have vindictive communities, and that's not what we need." Are city employees safe if they file an EEOC complaint? Robinson replied, "Absolutely." Great answer, but the public deserves an explanation as to why the Hayward administration sought to ruin Schmitt and Glover. Maybe the answer will come out as Mayor Robinson investigates further. {in} rick@inweekly.net

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FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD At 10, he made up his mind on a few important life choices. He wanted to live in Florida. He wanted a boat so he could fish. He wanted to be an attorney. "It's all I wanted to do," Edgar said. The young Edgar, who recalled a happy household, attended four different high schools. All the moving made him able to make friends easily.

"I was always able to get along with people pretty well. I like people, but I like dogs better." Russell Edgar Jr.

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By Duwayne Escobedo Russell Edgar Jr. has traded his law books for fishing rods. A fixture in the courtroom, the state prosecutor now spends his days tinkering on his 34-foot sailboat. The other day, he replaced a critical wire to the engine, started to put together a weather vane in the bow and installed sleek wooden racks below deck to hold his poles. "I don't miss it one bit," said the nearly 70-year-old of his court battles. Edgar often took the helm in the largest and most significant trials in Northwest Florida. Not only did he put the bad guys behind bars, but he also weighed in on huge issues plaguing Florida and American society. Most recently—and the main reason he delayed finally retiring—he tackled charter schools. Seen as one way to improve education, Edgar exposed that the lack of oversight and regulations can lead to corruption. When physicians made millions writing prescriptions for OxyContin and other opioids, he convicted the first doctor in the country operating a "pill mill" that made the physician a millionaire. He successfully abolished the Escambia County comptroller position by unmasking Joe Flowers' investments in risky derivatives that lost taxpayers at least $15 million. 66

Edgar served as legal advisor to grand juries that issued comprehensive environmental reports exposing just how toxic the county's air, water and drinking water is. He took on payday lending, nursing homes and internet gambling, too. "I wish I could have done more," Edgar told Inweekly in an exclusive interview around his large cherry wood dining table off the kitchen. His wife for more than 30 years, Sharon Barnett, also an attorney, sat across from him at the table. She admires what her husband has achieved in the courtroom.

"We joke that together, we make one perfect lawyer." Sharon Barnett "We joke that together, we make one perfect lawyer," said the 65-year-old mother of three. Edgar concurred, "She makes me a better lawyer."

CHILDHOOD DREAMS

Edgar grew up a military brat traveling the world from Patrick Air Force Base in South Florida to Japan. His dad made a career out of serving in the U.S. Air Force. His mom was an artist.

"I was always able to get along with people pretty well. I like people, but I like dogs better," he said laughing. Edgar said growing up his father was "pretty tough." He said, "He was no-nonsense, but he was a good guy. We would go fishing a lot." If the young Edgar happened to step out of line, he recalled his two sisters always willing to diss on him. At 17, his dad dropped him off at Florida State University. His mom had some reservations since he would be living in a coed dorm. While his mom fretted, his dad said, "C'mon, let's go." Edgar ended up working his way through college and law school painting houses, working in a paper mill and doing other odd jobs. After graduating, he followed his father into the Air Force and joined the JAG Corps. As a defense attorney who retired as a lieutenant colonel, he won two cases in Guam and said after that, he was banned from trying any more cases on the small island west of the Philippines. He also provided legal services to Duke Field, Hurlburt Field and Eglin Air Force Base. Edgar's wife said they would often enjoy "spirited" legal arguments around the dinner table. It led their three children to roll their eyes and plead, "No law talk. No law talk." Speaking of, the two still remain on opposite sides of the death penalty—Edgar for; his wife against. The question briefly inflames another debate. "Good Lord judge me if I'm wrong," he resigned with a sigh.

WORKING FOR A LIVING

Edgar ended his career with the JAG Corps after a four-year stint. He then joined forces with State Attorney Curtis Golden as an assistant felony prosecutor. There, he began what some might call a highly successful, if not legendary, career. One of the most well-known cases involved serial killer Judy Buenoano in 1984. It was Edgar who gave her the nickname

that stuck—Black Widow. He said during the trial, "I likened her to a black widow who fed off her males and her young." That's because Buenoano used arsenic to kill her husband, Air Force Sgt. James Goodyear, in 1971. Edgar called a San Diego expert in arsenic poisoning to testify. She also drowned her paraplegic 19-year-old son, Michael, in a canoe in the East River near Milton in 1980. In 1983, she maimed fiancé John Gentry in a car bombing in Pensacola. All of her crimes were committed to collect insurance money. Additionally, she allegedly poisoned to death her common-law husband, Bobby Joe Morris, in 1978 in Colorado. She also was linked to murders in 1974 in Alabama and the murder of boyfriend Gerald Dossett in 1980. She avoided trial on those killings because they came to light after her conviction in Pensacola. Edgar said evidence suggested she poisoned one husband simply because he refused to pay for her cosmetic surgery. After he died, she had the surgery performed, Edgar reported. Her three convictions earned her a death sentence in Florida's electric chair in 1998. She became the first woman executed in the state since 1848 and the first woman put to death in an electric chair since 1957. Buenoano also became the third woman executed in the United States since the country reinstated capital punishment in 1976. It was "twisted greed," said Edgar, who prosecuted 3,000 felony cases.

TAILGATING AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE

In another case in 2002, Edgar convicted Florida's No. 1 prescriber of the powerful painkiller OxyContin. Dr. Joseph Graves cleared $500,000 at his Pace and Brewton, Ala., clinics where drug addicts tailgated in the parking lots. Four patients died on "Graves' Cocktails," a concoction of painkillers, tranquilizers and muscle relaxants. During the six-week trial, Edgar called more than 250 witnesses to earn a conviction on four manslaughter charges. "He is no different than a drug dealer," Edgar told the jury. Meanwhile, because Graves became the first doctor in America convicted of operating a pill mill, Edgar traveled across the country to share his trial playbook. "Doctor or drug dealer? What's the difference?" Edgar asked in his recent Inweekly interview. "People said we couldn't prove it. No one had been checked out before. I got a lot of people calling me to learn how to do these cases."

EDUCATING THE EDUCATORS

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state tests, stolen Student Government Association funds and an inappropriate relationship between a teacher and student. In the middle of the night, Edgar remembered seeing several worthless checks totaling thousands of dollars. That's when he requested hundreds of pages of banking and other financial documents from Newpoint Education Partners charter school. It unveiled that owner Marcus May robbed the school districts of Escambia, Bay, Broward, Duval, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties of more than $5.2 million. May used the money to finance exotic trips, expensive sports cars, multiple homes and jewelry. May earned a 20-year prison sentence in November 2018 for his unprecedented fraud scheme.

"The education of our young shouldn't be taken away for pure greed." Edgar "The education of our young shouldn't be taken away for pure greed," Edgar said at the sentencing. The case partly delayed Edgar's plans to retire. He wanted to inform other education officials, lawmakers and prosecutors how to build a case against charter schools that break the law. Charter schools have popped up across the country as a way to improve education by imposing less oversight and fewer regulations. "Charter schools in Florida are a real problem," Edgar said. "It was the first charter school case in our part of the country."

EXPOSĂ‰ ON ENVIRONMENT

Edgar also headed grand juries that released comprehensive environmental reports in 1999 and 2003. They concluded that environmental regulators, such as those at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, failed to enforce laws. They allowed utilities and corporations to continue to operate despite air and water quality violations. It uncovered that 35 waterways in Escambia County suffered from pollution. It also discovered that the sand and gravel aquifers across the county contain harmful chemicals from mismanagement by ECUA and toxins from six Superfund sites and other sources. Together, the two special grand juries issued 51 recommendations to clean up Escambia's air, waterways and drinking water for future generations. The grand jury reports fulfilled Edgar's desire to work for the public good. "You don't see many fishing boats in the bay," Edgar pointed out. "And we laid out the groundwater contamination. Three-quarters of our wells have filters on them."

USING R.I.C.O.

Edgar estimated during the past 10 to 15 years that he has used the Florida Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act to prosecute more than February 7, 2019

100 cases against a variety of entities in traditional and non-traditional criminal activities. It requires proving a person has participated in an enterprise involving racketeering. The state law closely mirrors the federal one created in the early 1970s and carries up to 30 years in prison. His reputation for employing RICO began with a case against Dean Baird Jr., aka "Capt'n Fun." Baird was convicted of operating an illegal betting ring that included some of Pensacola's most prominent citizens from more than 50 law firms, a doctor's office, banks, restaurants, bars and retail stores. He made about $6 million annually between 1981 and 1986. Edgar remembered a story from that case involving the late Curtis Golden. Edgar rebuked the founder of a high-profile Pensacola law firm at Baird's bond hearing. "After I had done that, I thought, 'Oh, no, there are going to be some ramifications,'" Edgar said. He approached Golden about the confrontation. "He said, 'That was what you're supposed to do.' That's the kind of support I've enjoyed at the State Attorney Office." He added, "I had a lot of freedom in my job to do cases prosecutors have rarely ever done. I never did a case I didn't agree with or think shouldn't be done." That support makes him regret running for judge in 1988. He said he exhausted his campaign funds and withdrew after making the run-off. "I'm glad I didn't get it," Edgar said. "I think it was ill-considered." Pensacola defense attorney Barry Beroset went head-to-head with Edgar in several prominent cases over the past 40 years, including a gambling case when the racketeering law was still relatively new. "He was a very formidable opponent," Beroset said. "In my mind, he's the best prosecutor in white collar and complex cases. I remember challenging the racketeering charge. Russ Edgar had the person who wrote that statute as a witness. Needless to say, I didn't win that motion." Beroset is not the only one impressed by Edgar's legal skills. So is State Attorney

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"You don't replace a Russ Edgar. He's one of a kind." Bill Eddins Bill Eddins. "You don't replace a Russ Edgar," Eddins said. "He's one of a kind. He was involved in every big economic case we had. He had an extreme load for more than 40 years. I could go on and on about the significance and importance of all of his cases for the First Judicial Circuit." Not everyone liked Edgar's aggressive courtroom style. In fact, disbarred attorney Harvey Tipler received a 30-year prison sentence in 2013 for racketeering. He tried to hire someone to kill Edgar. "I've had a good career," Edgar said humbly as he flipped through one of more than a dozen binders filled neatly with newspaper clips detailing his cases. "Thinking about it makes me kind of tired." Time to sail away. {in} 7

WATERFRONT VISIONS

SCAPE associate Lee Altman discusses Pensacola's waterfront / Photo by Jeremy Morrison

By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola's downtown lives on the water's edge, with the bay lapping up against a variety of landscapes. Gena Wirth is pretty familiar with the territory. "There are great spaces along the waterfront," said Wirth, a landscape architect. "There are oyster reefs, there's marsh habitat, there's incredible memorials, there's parks, there's coves, there's slips, there's Maritime Park and lots of programs and activities, there's great immersive spaces— like Bruce Beach recently opened up—but they're very difficult to connect." Recently, Wirth and some colleagues from SCAPE, an urban design firm with studios in New York and New Orleans, went on a bike ride along Pensacola's waterfront. "The views were gorgeous," said Lee Altman, an associate with the firm, "There's robust ecology and a lot of real interesting things going on, but if you wanna walk along the waterfront from one end of the city to the other, you just can't." Actually, you can. And they did. It just wasn't easy or inviting. It was "inhospitable" and "not the safest, necessarily." "You have to hop curbs, sidewalks. You have to know something is behind a corner. You have to move out of a right-of-way of private property," explained Wirth. "There's a lot of barriers." The folks at SCAPE were already aware of downtown's waterfront accessibility and connectivity issues. The team got to 88

know the terrain during a visit as featured speakers at last year's CivicCon, a series of presentations aimed at stoking civic engagement on a variety of fronts, sponsored by the Pensacola News Journal and the Studer Community Institute. The CivicCon concept recently spun off a full-time organization, the Center for Civic Engagement, with the mission of equipping citizens with the tools and knowledge needed to engage in the civic conversation effectively. The center's first initiative, which is funded by Quint and Rishy Studer, involves inviting SCAPE back to town to reimagine Pensacola's downtown waterfront from the Bay Bridge to Joe Patti's. The landscape architects are looking to reconnect the city with its waterfront and ensure it flows for foot traffic and cyclists. The firm is assessing the downtown waterfront at a particularly ripe time, with the new Bay Bridge nearing completion, the Port of Pensacola struggling through an identity crisis, multiple undeveloped waterfront parcels at Maritime Park and another vacant 19-acre question mark looming just across the street. "I think the potential of Pensacola's waterfront is wide open," Wirth said.

PLACES THAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO BE

The SCAPE team has been digging into Pensacola's waterfront for about a month already, researching the city's history, its environment and ecology, its assets and

challenges. In the final week of January, the landscape architect firm came to town for a closer look. In addition to getting an on-the-ground feel for the waterfront, SCAPE sought public input. "To learn and understand from you what you are interested in this space being," Wirth told a packed house at a Jan. 29 public forum. SCAPE also met with elected officials as well as waterfront and downtown property owners. The firm wanted to return to its studios with a good understanding of how the community envisioned the downtown and its silvery, lapping waterfront. "It's very important for us, as part of our practice, to work with residents and with communities and different stakeholders," Altman said. SCAPE will take five months to complete its work, returning to Pensacola for further public engagement during the process. Initially, the firm will work on creating a framework plan for the waterfront—emphasizing connectability—and then begin focusing on two particular points of interests, what the firm refers to as "catalytic" points. "With a catalytic project, we're trying to find a couple of points that will help trigger further development that would have a return on investment for the city, for property owners around the waterfront," Altman explained. "You can get more bang for your buck." As of yet, SCAPE hasn't identified these catalytic points. They could take a variety of forms. Improvements enhancing Bruce Beach could be catalytic. Something at the port might be catalytic or perhaps that holy-grail collection of parcels at Maritime Park and the nearby 19 acres, the latter of which the Studers own. Last fall, the city agreed to have the developer and philanthropist develop a master plan for the park and the former ECUA site.

"I feel like we really are in this listening stage, and we don't have the answers yet, so I can't tell you what is the most catalytic site right now." Gena Wirth "Many sites could potentially be truly catalytic with some change," Wirth said. "I definitely think the 19 acres is a great opportunity and must be done right, but there are equally catalytic moments that are much smaller, much more strategic that could help unlock the potential of continuity and access." He added, "I feel like we really are in this listening stage, and we don't have the

answers yet, so I can't tell you what is the most catalytic site right now." Once SCAPE completes its work, the firm will present the Center for Civic Engagement—and for all practical purposes, the city's citizens and elected officials— with "an array of potential projects that build into a larger, collected waterfront vision." That vision, Wirth said, will be built on the concept of a fluid public sphere. "I think a continuous public realm could improve connectivity and amplify the experience of places that are already great," she explained, "places that people want to be, places that young people want to come to and stay in Pensacola because of."

IMAGINE WHAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE

When Wirth visited downtown Pensacola, one of the things she noticed—or, rather, didn't notice—was its waterfront. "When you walk along Main Street, you don't have a strong sense that the water is right there," she said. In addition to drafting a vision for a continuous, accessible waterfront in a physical sense, SCAPE will also be striving to strengthen downtown's emotional connection to the bay—drawing inspiration from the city's maritime culture and attempting to foster a "deeper connection to the water." "Trying to create more emotional ties between the waterfront experience that the city is founded upon and the everyday experience of living in the city of Pensacola," Wirth said. Over the course of SCAPE's work, the firm's vision of Pensacola's waterfront will likely evolve and will be built by dreamers and workshopped by realists. "We start in the clouds, and we try to bring it down to Earth," said Altman, stressing the importance of suspending disbelief, of being open to anything, during the creative process. "So, you have to imagine what would be possible with no limitation, and then look at the situation on the ground and understand what the limitations are, how you work with them, how you get around them, what's the best way to implement a version of the vision." When SCAPE presents whatever version of its vision that it feels will best benefit Pensacola, it will then fall upon the community to decide if it should be pursued. If it is—or a version thereof—Wirth believes it will create an array of benefits for the city. "In terms of establishing a strong sense of place, improving community connectivity, really connecting the east and west of Pensacola, those are things I think have great benefit and are almost immeasurable," she said. {in} inweekly.net

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for two-year term limits and said members should be removed if they miss three consecutive meetings. FloridaWest CEO Scott Luth said each group that appoints members has their own policies. He said FloridaWest's criteria would be developed once the legislation passes, just as the city and county follow their own. Andrade plans to shepherd the updated promotion and development commission document last changed in 1989. "The government closest to the people knows best," the freshman District 2 lawmaker said. "Big state government should not be telling the county and city how to run this commission."

"Big state government should not be telling the county and city how to run this commission." Alex Andrade

NEW PARKING APP On Friday, Feb. 1,

the Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) launched a new mobile app, Passport Parking, for downtown parkers, along with improved parking signs, sidewalk decals, printed info cards and a street team ready to assist drivers at DIB-managed parking spaces. The Passport Parking app covers parking in DIB-managed parking spots including those inside the Jefferson St. Garage. Integrating with the DIB's existing software, Passport Parking's dashboard will provide DIB parking ambassadors and management with real-time access to data—critical information when customers need assistance. The new app will cut costs for downtown parkers as well—the price to start a parking session decreases from 32 cents to 18 cents. And, unlike the previous app, there is no repeat charge when a parking session is extended. The free Passport Parking app is available in the Apple and Google Play stores. With or without using the Passport Parking app, it's no longer necessary for visitors to return to their vehicles to put a receipt on the dashboard. However, when paying to park from a pay station, they will need their tag number. The DIB "parking street team" will be giving out wallet cards to help drivers remember their tag numbers at its next parking info workshop, 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Jewelers Trade Shop, 26 S. Palafox. "When a visitor parks at a teal DIB parking sign, they should expect the very 010 1

best parking experience possible," Lissa Dees, DIB executive director said. "And we are committed to delivering it."

"When a visitor parks at a teal DIB parking sign, they should expect the very best parking experience possible." Lissa Dees Dees added it is the DIB's mission to provide the lowest parking prices, offer multiple payment options and a convenient app, maintain a policy against booting and towing and support Pensacola by hiring local and keeping parking dollars in the community. "After all," she said, "we live and work here every day, too." More information about DIB parking can be found at downtownpensacola.com/parking.

OLF 8 SWAP COMPLETED The Navy's newest outlying landing field opened for helicopter training operations on Jan. 30. Escambia County turned over to the Navy Outlying Landing Field (OLF) Site X in Santa Rosa County, and the Navy ceased operations Jan. 29 at NOLF Site 8 in Escambia County after nearly 80 years of training aviators at the site. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar, commander of Navy Region Southeast, called the exchange a "landmark event" and praised the cooperation between military installations and communities.

"Never before has a fully functional and vital military airfield been exchanged for a newly constructed airfield that meets the same capabilities and training requirements," Bolivar said. "This is a monumental achievement to have brought this ambitious plan to fruition."

The provision is one of the most controversial changes. It allows Lewis Bear Jr. to continue to serve as chairman of the economic development agency because he owns a wholesale distributor company in Pensacola, despite living in Gulf Breeze. "Today, it's questionable if I'm a legal member," Bear told the state lawmakers. "We appreciate your support on it." Three of the 10 local citizens who spoke to the delegation Monday opposed broadening the criteria for membership, too. "Issues should be decided by Escambia County citizens," Jacqueline Rogers said. "This is not a personal thing against one person."

PEDC WINS VOTE Florida Rep. Mike Hill refused to support the update to state guidelines governing the Pensacola-Escambia Promotion and Development Commission (PEDC) on Monday, Jan. 28. Hill, who is part of the Escambia County Legislative Delegation along with Florida Sen. Doug Broxson and Rep. Alex Andrade, was the lone lawmaker who voted against the request. The new guidelines for the state-created agency were forwarded by a unanimous vote of the Pensacola City Council and a 4-1 vote by county commissioners. Hill arrived late to the legislative hearing, attending just the last eight minutes of comments from local voters and the last 15 minutes of the meeting. He said he went to WSRE studios at Pensacola State College instead of the county commission chambers. "This is a great expansion of the responsibilities of (the commission)," he said. "It's opening up a can of worms." The state legislator primarily opposed a change that allows people who own property or a business in Escambia County to sit on the local economic development commission. Hill said it could potentially allow people who live out of state to be appointed to the commission. He also called

BEACH MYTHS At a recent press conference, Mayor Grover Robinson was asked to weigh in on the Escambia County Commission's current conversation about the possibility of codifying a recent non-binding referendum supporting keeping the beach public as opposed to allowing private ownership of property that must currently be released repetitively. "The problem is we're not very honest in our discussions," Robinson said. "We sell ourselves on this myth—and myths are incredibly crazy; they do attach a lot of emotion to it—and I think there's this myth that it's all public. Well, a lot of these leases are done out there, and they're renewable, and they're renewable beyond that. In fact, that's why the court said they're taxable because you get it for 99 years. You can renew it for 99 years. You can get it for 99 years after that. I mean, that's 297 years." Robinson said he considered the more important issue to be ensuring that land on the beach currently not leased remain public. "I was never worried about what was leased when I was over there. I was very worried about what was not leased," he said. "To me, that is what is public. That is what should be preserved." inweekly.net

Robinson noted the fear that if allowed to own their currently leased properties privately, owners could pool their lots and build a condo. He suggested holding onto the public roadways, parking lots and sidewalks as a way of preventing such developments. "It prevents assemblage and a variety of other things," he said, also suggesting that the opposing viewpoints on beach ownership were separated only by the "myth" of the beach being really public. "I really don't think people are that far apart on what they want to save, but they get hung up on this issue of what's public and what's leased and what's called that, and I think it makes it very difficult for us to find solutions because we do get hung up on this myth."

SPECIAL ADOPTION FEE The Escambia County Animal Shelter is offering a special reduced adoption fee of $50 for all dogs and puppies and $20 for all cats and kittens during February. Adoption fees include spay or neutering services, microchip, heartworm test and the initial vaccinations, including rabies vaccinations. Escambia County residents will be required to purchase a license at the time of adoption. This is an additional $11 over the adoption fees and is paid separately. While Escambia County Animal Shelter staff want every pet to have a home, they highly discourage giving pets as presents, especially surprise presents. If your friend or loved one has expressed interest in pet adoption, consider coming to the shelter together to pick out a lifelong pet that's right for their lifestyle, family and budget. The Escambia County Animal Shelter is located at 200 W. Fairfield Dr. and is open Monday-Friday from noon-5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. DEREGULATION OPPOSED The News

Service of Florida reported last month that the Florida Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Florida issued statements as the political committee Citizens for Energy Choices appeared on the verge

of submitting enough petition signatures to trigger a review by the Florida Supreme Court of the proposed ballot wording. The proposal calls for wholesale and retail electricity markets to "be fully competitive so that electricity customers are afforded meaningful choices among a wide variety of competing electricity providers." It would establish a right for customers to choose electricity providers and would limit the role of investor-owned electric utilities—such as Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy Florida, Tampa Electric Co. and Gulf Power Co.—to constructing, operating and repairing transmission and distribution systems. Mark Wilson, president and chief executive officer of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, said in a prepared statement that other states with deregulated utility industries have had "buyer's remorse" because of issues such as increased power prices.

"This proposal is a false promise wrapped in a too-good-to-be-true wrapper that has no place in our state's constitution." Mark Wilson "This proposal is a false promise wrapped in a too-good-to-be-true wrapper that has no place in our state's constitution," Wilson said. "Despite claiming to promote choice, it would prohibit Floridians from choosing the very Florida companies that currently serve them." Similarly, Associated Industries President and CEO Tom Feeney said deregulation would lead to increased electricity costs and market uncertainty. "Deregulating Florida's electric utility industry would create inefficient and uneven services throughout the state, causing major chaos when a natural disaster strikes," Feeney said. The political committee Citizens for Energy Choices had submitted 79,132 valid

signatures as of Wednesday, Jan. 30, exceeding a 76,632-signature threshold that qualifies it for Supreme Court review. If the Supreme Court approves the wording of the proposal, Citizens for Energy Choices would need to submit at least 766,200 valid signatures to get on the November 2020 ballot.

TRADITIONAL MEDIA GAINS TRUST

People trust traditional media more than social media, according to a report by Edelman, an independent global communications firm. Employers were seen as the most trusted. According to the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer, "my employer" (75 percent) was significantly more trusted globally than non-government institutions (57 percent), business (56 percent), government (48 percent) and media (47 percent). "The last decade has seen a loss of faith in traditional authority figures and institutions," said Richard Edelman, president and CEO of Edelman. "More recently, people have lost confidence in the social platforms that fostered peer-to-peer trust. These forces have led people to shift their trust to the relationships within their control, most notably their employers." The shift to localized trust unfolded against the largest-ever trust gap (16 points) between the informed public (65 percent) and mass population (49 percent). The separation was driven by record-high spikes in trust among the informed public in developed markets, while mass population trust remained relatively flat. Over the last year, the number of respondents around the world who consume traditional news weekly or more and share or post news content several times a month or more increased by 14 points—from 26 percent to 40 percent. Trust in traditional media (65 percent) and search platforms (65 percent) are now at their highest historical ever levels, driven by large increases in developed markets. Conversely, trust in social media (43 percent) remained low, especially in several de-

veloped regions that show enormous trust gaps between traditional and social media (U.S./ Canada, 31-point gap; Europe, 26-point gap).

MARK YOUR CALENDAR The University of West Florida will host a grand opening event for Museum Plaza, a UWF Historic Trust preservation and education project that tells the story of Pensacola's rich history. The event will be 9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 8, behind the T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum, 330 S. Jefferson St. The Escambia County Waste Services Department will host the next Regional Roundup 8 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Feb. 9, at Escambia High School, 1310 N. 65th Ave. Regional Roundup events provide an opportunity to properly dispose of electronics, household hazardous waste and up to four tires per vehicle free of charge. Proof of Escambia County residency, such as a driver's license, power bill or voter registration card, is needed. This is a residential drop-off program only; no commercial waste accepted. Simply drive up, and materials will be unloaded for you. For more details, visit myescambia.com/our-services/ waste-services/regional-roundups. Open Doors General Coalition Meeting will be held 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Waterfront Rescue Mission, 348 Herman St. District 5 Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry will host a town hall meeting 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at the Molino Community Center, 6450 Highway 95A N. Residents are invited and encouraged to attend the open forum event. Residents in the south Ensley area will have the opportunity to dispose of yard debris and other items free of charge Wednesday, Feb. 13, during the Ensley South Neighborhood Cleanup in District 3. Only residents in the designated cleanup area can participate in the neighborhood cleanup. Items left at the curb outside of the cleanup area will not be collected. The general cleanup area is south of East Johnson Ave., north of I-10, west of Cody Lane and Sears Blvd. and east of Pensacola Blvd./U.S. 29. {in}

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By Sydney Robinson On Jan. 4, the moment arrived that Tranassa White had long waited and hoped forâ€”the day she could register to vote for the first time thanks to the implementation of Amendment 4, which restored voting rights to up to 1.4 million ex-felons in Florida who have completed the terms of their sentence. The 33-year-old Pensacola resident wore a wide grin and exuded nervous, excited energy when she arrived at the Supervisor of Elections office downtown on that Tuesday afternoon accompanied by Sara Latshaw, deputy political director for the Florida division of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). White was greeted warmly and given the form to register to vote. When she was done, she received a small, round sticker February 7, 2019

on which was printed an American flag and the statement, "I registered to vote."

"I'm excited. Now I have a voice, and that's all I needed." Tranassa White "I'm excited," she said. "Now I have a voice, and that's all I needed." White's journey began many years ago when she was just barely old enough to vote in the first place. A path of criminal activity led to her incarceration, and she was forced to spend the first few years of her son's life behind bars. It is for her son, among other reasons, that White is hoping to model a better example, and having her voting rights

restored is just one of many steps needed to achieve that. "I never knew in my younger years that the option to vote was so important until now," White said. "It's frustrating because I have been working, paying taxes and living under legislation and elected leaders who I have no way to control whether they stay in office or leave. My son has to grow up in this world. I want to make sure he is secure."

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Kenneth Daggans was serving eight years of solitary confinement, part of the 17 years total he served behind bars, when he realized that the way he was living just wasn't working. This epiphany, along with a strong

belief in God, led to Daggans becoming a productive member of society who is now eligible to vote under Amendment 4. "I had already been consumed by a bad situation, gang activity, but I learned I could provide education in the community to make a difference in [others'] lives," Daggans said. "It had to be God's grace giving me the strength to not have the desire or obsession to turn back." Daggans' early life was rife with drug use and crime. Witnessing the violent stabbing of his mother at 11, he says that was when he began to turn towards violence and crime in an effort to protect his mother and himself. He began using crack cocaine at the age of 14 and was soon established in Chicago-based Gangster Disciples. 13

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"I didn't have this idea that God was going to save me, but what I read within the lines [of the Bible] was a different way to live that hadn't been articulated to me growing up," said Jones. "Criminal activity, drug activity, abuse—that was my norm. To see a different way to live was something new to me, and I wanted to implement that." To pursue that different way of living, Jones got educated. He now has an associate's degree from Pensacola State College, a B.A. in social work from the University of West Florida, a master's degree in clinical mental health counseling and psychology from Troy University and is pursuing a doctorate in social psychology. Today, as regional director of the NAACP, Jones says he is Rodney Jones and Kenneth Daggans / Photo Courtesy of Daggans "stoked" about Amendment 4's Today, at the age of 44, Daggans is a passage and implementation. reformed Gangster Disciple and recent "I'm the president of the NAACP. I've graduate of the Escambia County Drug spearheaded many campaigns to recruit Court. He says that registering to vote is registered voters, led voter education the next thing on his list. training, you name it, and never had been "It's very important for everybody to able to actually participate in the process," have the right to vote because the power he said. "[My excitement to register] goes is in the people," said Daggans. "So, if they beyond words." allow them to exercise their rights? The difBut Jones also says he's worried about ference it can make is amazing." how the amendment will be interpreted He volunteers at the Healthy Opporand whether eager felons like himself, Dagtunities and Options to Promote Success gans and White will truly become regis(HOOPS) program and runs the ministry tered voters anytime soon. he founded, Black Fist Incorporated, which "Everyone is going in and registering works to prevent youth in Escambia from to vote and have their rights restored, but joining gangs, providing public service to I'm not sure that's going to be the case, the community and providing intervention and now I'm a little distressed," said Jones. and counseling to those already in gangs. "We have the language of the amendment, Daggans' hope is that he can use his but in between the lines, how does this roll experiences to be of use to others. out? When will it be effective?" "If any agency needs to have me as a motivational speaker or life coach, they can contact me," he told Inweekly. "I'm willing to give everything I have. That's how it Jones' concerns are valid. begins. For me, coming from where I came Amendment 4 passed overwhemingly in from, it's an honor." the November 2018 election—with 64 percent of voters supporting the measure which would restore voting rights to ex-felons who had carRodney Jones is as politically- and comried out the terms of their sentence. munity-active as they come. He serves as the Prior to the amendment, Florida president of the National Association for the citizens with a felony conviction lost Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) their right to vote, serve on a jury or hold Pensacola branch, as regional director of the public office for the rest of their lives unNorthwest Florida NAACP and as executive less granted clemency under a strict and director of HOOPS. laborious process—a process which almost He is also a convicted felon who was always resulted in rejection. incarcerated in both federal and state prisons, Latshaw of the ACLU shared the orgasurvived being shot and stabbed and comnization's excitement at the passage and mitted crimes which made him, according to what it means for criminal justice reform. Jones, a "detriment to [his] community." "We were very happy to see that 64 "[In prison,] I began to realize the percent of [Florida] voters from all walks of life things I did and the people I hurt, and I approved of Amendment 4, which reflects the said I had to do something to change that," shared belief from folks that when a debt is Jones said. "I decided to work hard to paid, it's paid," she told Inweekly. become an agent of change within my comWhen the amendment went into effect munity instead of a detriment." last month, many ex-felons visited their Like Daggans, Jones credits discovering supervisor of elections office to register to spirituality as the key to turning his life around. vote, many for the first time ever.

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They reported feeling triumph, happiness and a sense, finally, they were able to participate in the democratic process. Unfortunately, many questions still remain as to how the amendment will be fully implemented, and until those questions are answered, these voters-to-be are stuck in legal limbo. Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford said that a step in the voter registration process for applicants with felony convictions has been halted, and hearings are being held in Tallahassee to decide a few key provisions. He explained, "There are two main questions they are answering. One, what definition should be used in the exceptions of the amendment for murder and sexual crimes—first-degree murder only, or second-degree, or manslaughter? What is the class of felony for sexual offenses, and what does that encompass?" The second issue concerns how to define "completing their sentence." Stafford said, "The amendment said completion includes probation and parole, but what about the financial issues like restitution? Those are some of the issues that are still trying to get resolved." The Florida Senate Criminal Justice Committee held a workshop about Amendment 4 on Jan. 22, and according to Stafford who viewed video of the hearing, those in attendance seemed focused on resolving any issues as quickly as possible. "All the major players were there talking about these issues from a procedural standpoint," he said. "My impression was everybody seemed to be in agreement that some of these issues needed to be resolved quickly and on the same page as far as working together to address them." According to Latshaw, some registrants have been receiving their registration cards in the mail. But in Escambia County, things are mostly still on hold. "The Division of Elections is doing their due diligence to determine if a person is eligible due to the language of the amendment and arrive at a process, so it may be a while before folks know if there is an issue with their registration," said Latshaw. For now, ex-felons who have completed the terms of their sentence can register to vote, and people who are unsure of their status should contact the clerk of court in the jurisdiction where they were convicted, the Department of Corrections where they served time and the Office of Executive Clemency in Tallahassee. Despite these delays, White isn't discouraged. She plans to continue working for criminal justice reform in the state, noting that she has to drive from Pensacola to Fort Walton Beach daily for work since it's so difficult for felons to find employment thanks to their criminal past. "I keep in contact with those I was incarcerated with, and I've been telling them to register," she said. "It behooves us to go register because numbers make noise." White repeated, "Numbers make noise." {in} inweekly.net

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Arts & Entertainment A Queen Among Divas art, film, music, stage, books and other signs of civilization...

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Just before Christmas, Richard Steinert went to see the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody" with his family. The popular film that tells the story of the unraveling the band Queen and its lead singer Freddie Mercury inspired the artistic director of Ballet Pensacola. Steinert already had plans to present the ballet production "Divas" again, which features choreography to the music of iconic female musicians through the years. "When I decided to do another rendition of 'Divas,' I told myself it's going to be 2019 when I do that—and divas don't just have to be women," Steinert said. "Sitting in that movie, I thought, 'This is where 'Divas' is going.' It was too strong in my mind to let it get away." Steinert divided his upcoming production into two parts—"Divas" and "We Will Rock You." The first half will feature songs from the likes of Etta James, Billie Holiday and Beyoncé. An intermission will follow and then what Steinert describes as a "fairly jolting" shift to Queen. "Queen music—well, it's all iconic," Steinert said. "I think this is particularly interesting because of the movie and the resurgence of it all. We don't do other people's ballets. It allows us to be responsive to what our demographic wants, so that's exciting and terrifying." Steinert loved the movie but realizes it wasn't entirely historically accurate. He first heard Queen's music his senior year of high school in 1976. "I like the fact that Freddie Mercury

and pretty much everyone in the band were pretty ballsy," Steinert said. "They were willing to take chances and do things that were unconventional, when people were saying, 'Nobody's gonna listen to 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' It's a stupid song, and it's too long for the radio,' but they followed their gut." Steinert relates to that sentiment in his own life.

"I like the fact that Freddie Mercury and pretty much everyone in the band were pretty ballsy." Richard Steinert "Obviously on a much smaller scale than that, but it's pretty much been the same thing in my career, too," Steinert said. "When I started doing the ballets that I do, like 'Matrix,' 'Nightmare Before Christmas,' everyone was like, 'You're stupid. No one's gonna want to see these things.' I like when people don't listen to critics and follow their hearts because that's how we change the face of the arts." The ballet's Queen theme isn't the only risk. Steinert will portray the role of Freddie Mercury in the second half. "I'm excited and I'm a nervous wreck because I really don't perform much anymore," Steinert said. "I'm getting close to being 61, so trying to be Freddie Mercury is

a job for me. I'm nervous for myself, but I'm not nervous about the rest of it." The Queen portion of the ballet is more than just the music, Steinert said. His wife and the ballet mistress, Christine Duhon, choreographed the piece. "It's a lot about telling the story of what we perceive as Freddie's artistic vision and his quest to follow that vision, even when everyone said not to," Steinert said. The piece will also incorporate special effects and new lighting that was purchased with a large grant from Impact 100 Pensacola. "We have an LED video screen the size of the stage at the back of the house," Steinert said. "What we have done really is choreograph three things: the dancers, the set and then, of course, the lighting." The styles of dance vary. "There's a lot of dance I call non-dance in this evening," Steinert said. "A lot of movements where it's not like in ballet— there's no French words for it." The first half will also feature different dance styles. "It's really everything from ballroom to '50s style sock hop stuff," Steinert said. "I like to meet as many people's tastes in an evening as I can. Nobody should leave going, 'There was nothing in there that appealed to me.' My job and my hope with this is that we've given everybody something to love—from the person who wants to come in a tux to the person that wants to come in their pajamas." The first half begins with Etta

James' "At Last," a song that rips Steinert apart every time he hears it, he said. His favorite songs featured are Grace Slick's "White Rabbit" and Beyoncé's version of "Fever." Steinert also highlighted Rita Coolidge's "We're All Alone." "That's a piece of choreography I'm doing in tribute to my wonderful and spectacular wife of 37 years," Steinert said. "It's just these really amazing female artists from smooth, soulful jazz to rip your heart out rock. It's really a celebration of popular music interpreted in a contemporary ballet sort of fashion." The production fits Steinert's aesthetic. Even when Ballet Pensacola performs the classics, it does so a little bit differently, he said. "If you haven't seen Ballet Pensacola, don't try to guess what we are by what other ballet companies behave like, because we misbehave," Steinert said. "We don't necessarily follow the ballet rules." "If you think you know what dance is, come out and let me prove to you that you don't." {in}

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Museum Plaza, behind the T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum, 330 S. Jefferson St. ONE-ON-ONE TECH HELP 10 a.m. Pensacola Library, 239 N. Spring St. mywfpl.com EVER'MAN COOKS: COOKING WITH THE BACKYARD BOHEMIAN 11 a.m. Ever'man Educational

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$5 (cash only). Pensacola Cinema Art, 120 Church St. pensacolacinemaart.com GARDEN & GRAIN CRAFT LAB 5 p.m. Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook. com/perfectplainbrewingco HAPPY HOUR COOKOUTS 5 p.m. Drink specials, free cookout. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com DADDY/DAUGHTER DANCE AT ALYSSA'S 5:30-8 p.m. $25 per couple, $10 for additional daughter. DJ, formal dinner and portraits included. Proceeds benefit My Father's Arrows and The Pregnancy Resource Center. Alyssa's Antiques, 4564 Chumuckla Highway. shopalyssas.com EVER'MAN COOKS: HERITAGE COOKING WITH CHEF CHRIS KIMBERL - GRITS AND GRILLADES

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nity Health Northwest Florida, 2315 W. Jackson St., Room A. healthcarewithinreach.org LA LECHE LEAGUE 10 a.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org SOUTHWEST BRANCH LIBRARY BOOK CLUB

10:30 a.m. 12248 Gulf Beach Highway. mywfpl.com ONE-ON-ONE TECH HELP 11 a.m. Molino Branch Library, 6450-A Highway 95A. mywfpl.com PILATES MAT 12:30 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org "THE WIFE" SCREENING 1 p.m. $5 (cash only). Pensacola Cinema Art, 120 Church St. pensacolacinemaart.com LOVE AT FIRST BITE 4-7 p.m. $25. Proceeds benefit Favor House. V. Paul's Italian Ristorante, 29 S. Palafox. favorhouse.org ATLAS BEVERAGE CLASS 5 and 7 p.m. $20 per person. Atlas Oyster House, 600 S. Barracks St. greatsouthernrestaurants.com

RADIOLIVE 6 p.m. $10. The Arcadian Wild, My

Girl the River, The Mosleys. Museum of Commerce, 201 Zaragoza St. radiolive.org HANDS-ON COOKING: HOMEMADE PASTA 6-8 p.m. $64.50. So Gourmet, 407-D S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com LATIN DANCE CLASSES 6:30-9 p.m. $10. Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha and more. Professional dance instruction for all skill levels. No partner required. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftstudios.com AWM WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m. Free. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. 9th Ave. facebook.com/ aragonwine MEDITATION AND ENERGY HEALING 6 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org END OF THE LINE THURSDAY DINNER 6-9 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. Sign up for the newsletter for menu. eotlcafe.com OFFICIAL 2019 PENSACON KICK-OFF PARTY

6-10 p.m. Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco

6 p.m. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org PENSACOLA MESS HALL GOES GOURMET 6 p.m. $150 for individual ticket, $1,000 for table of eight. Sanders Beach – Corinne Jones Resource Center, 913 S. I St. pensacolamesshall.org DATE NIGHT DANCE CLASSES 6:30-8 p.m. $8. Learn several romantic ballroom dance styles in unique group classes. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftstudios.com THE MAGPIE SALUTE 7 p.m. $25-$125. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com OPEN MIC 7-11 p.m. Café Single Fin, 380 N. 9th Ave. facebook.com/cafesinglefin MASTER CLASS 7:30 p.m. $25. Collaboration between Pensacola Little Theatre and Pensacola Opera. 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com BALLET PENSACOLA PRESENTS: DIVAS/WE WILL ROCK YOU 7:30 p.m. $22-34. Pen-

sacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. balletpensacola.com THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB 7:30 p.m. $15. Panhandle

Community Theatre, 4646 Woodbine Road. panhandlecommunitytheatre.com

SATURDAY 2.9

PARKRUN MEETUP 7:30 a.m. University of West Florida, Rec Plex North Field, 11000 University Parkway. parkrun.us/recplexnorth 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 SANTA ROSA FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fresh local produce, honey, baked goods and live music. Pace Presbyterian Church, Woodbine Road. OCEAN HOUR CLEAN-UPS 9-10 a.m. Bay Bluffs Park at 3400 Scenic Highway and Summit Blvd and Chimney Park at the junction of Scenic and Langley Ave. oceanhourfl.com EVER'MAN COOKS: DEBB'S KITCHEN - FRENCH ONION SOUP 10 a.m. Ever'man Educational

Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org COMPUTER BASICS Noon. Pensacola Library, 239 N. Spring St. mywfpl.com SHIRLEY'S CAFE AND BAKERY PRESENTS FROM SCRATCH: A LOCAL ARTIST SHOWCASE 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 1521 N. 9th Ave.

shirleyscafepensacola.com

NATURAL HEALING/CANCER STUDY 2-4

p.m. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org FEBRUARY SLOW RIDE 2:30 p.m. Alabama Square, 401 W. Gonzalez St. facebook.com/ bikepensacola THIRD ANNUAL TULLAMORE DEW ST. PRACTICE DAY PUB CRAWL 3:30-10:30 p.m. O'Riley's

Irish Pub, 321 S. Palafox. orileyspub.com

THIRD ANNIVERSARY GALA HONORING THE LEGACY OF GENERAL 'CHAPPIE' JAMES 5:30

p.m. $50 per person. It's Personal by Sheila, 2608 W. Cervantes St. WALKING CEMETERY TOURS 5:30 p.m. $12 plus tax. St. John's Historic Cemetery, 301 N. G St. goretro.us DANCE PARTY 7 p.m.-midnight. $10 for workshop/$10 for party. One-hour workshop followed by a mix of swing, country and ballroom music. No partner required. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftstudios.com ICE FLYERS VS. MACON MAYHEM 7:05 p.m. $5

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calendar night. Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolabaycenter.com MASTER CLASS 7:30 p.m. $25. Collaboration between Pensacola Little Theatre and Pensacola Opera. 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com BALLET PENSACOLA PRESENTS: DIVAS/WE WILL ROCK YOU 7:30 p.m. $22-34. Pen-

sacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. balletpensacola.com THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB 7:30 p.m. $15. Panhandle Community Theatre, 4646 Woodbine Road. panhandlecommunitytheatre.com DANCE PARTY 7 p.m.-midnight. $10 workshop, $10 party. One-hour workshop followed by a mix of swing, country and ballroom music. No partner required. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftstudios.com

SUNDAY 2.10

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. BE OUR VALENTINE? 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Special Valentine's buffet. Henny Penny's Patisserie, 4412 W. Jackson. facebook.com/ hennypennyspatisserie BRUNCH WITH LIVE MUSIC 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Café Single Fin, 380 N. 9th Ave. facebook. com/cafesinglefin TRANSMISSION GROUP WORLD SERVICE MEDITATION 10:30 a.m. Free. Ever'man Educational

Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org VEGAN BRUNCH 11 a.m.-2 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. Sign up for the newsletter for menu. eotlcafe.com SUNDAY BRUNCH AT H20 11 a.m. $28.95 for adults. Free valet parking and 15 percent off with local ID. H20 Hilton, 12 Via de Luna Drive. facebook.com/hiltonpensacolabeach BALLET PENSACOLA PRESENTS: DIVAS/WE WILL ROCK YOU 2:30 p.m. $22-34. Pen-

sacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. balletpensacola.com THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB 2:30 p.m. $15. Panhandle Community Theatre, 4646 Woodbine Road. panhandlecommunitytheatre.com MASTER CLASS 3 p.m. $25. Collaboration between Pensacola Little Theatre and Pensacola Opera. 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com VEGAN AND VINO SUNDAYS 4-7 p.m. Skopelos at New World, 600 S. Palafox SWING DANCE CLASSES 4-7 p.m. $10. Professional West Coast swing instruction for all levels. No partner required. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftstudios.com JAMES TAYLOR AND BONNIE RAIT $73-$108. Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolabaycenter.com

MONDAY 2.11

RESUME HELP 11 a.m. Molino Branch Library,

6450-A Highway 95A. mywfpl.com

PILATES MAT 1:30 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educa-

tional Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org BREAD BAKING CLASS 5 p.m. $40. Pensacola Cooks, 3670 Barrancas Ave. pensacolacooks.rezclick.com GRAPHIC NOVEL GROUP 5:30 p.m. Pensacola Library, 239 N. Spring St. mywfpl.com February 7, 2019

SEVILLE QUARTER MILERS 5:30 p.m. Run-

ners meet in front of Seville Quarter for a run around downtown Pensacola. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

THE PROBLEM WITH PLASTICS: DISCUSSION WITH DR. ENID SISSKIN 6 p.m. Ever'man Educa-

tional Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org

HANDS-ON COOKING CLASS: CAST IRON FILET MIGNON & BLACKENED SHRIMP 6-8

p.m. $64.50. So Gourmet, 407-D S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com RUNGE STRINGS 7:30 p.m. Free, tickets required. Center for Fine and Performing Arts, University of West Florida, Bldg. 82, 11000 University Parkway. uwf.edu HIP-HOP & CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLASSES

8-9 p.m. $5. Learn amazing moves from professional instructors. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftstudios.com

TUESDAY 2.12

BREAKFAST AND A MOVIE 9 a.m. $10 per person. Chick-Fil-A breakfast and movie. National Naval Aviation Museum, 1750 Radford Blvd., Ste. B. navalaviationmuseum.org JOHN APPLEYARD TALK: PENSACOLA HISTORY

9 a.m. Free. Pensacola Visitor Information Center, 1401 E. Gregory St. YOGA WITHIN REACH 9-10 a.m. Free. Community Health Northwest Florida, 2315 W. Jackson St., Room A. healthcarewithinreach.org GARDENING ON THE GULF COAST 1-2 p.m. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org COMPLIMENTARY WINE TASTING 4-6 p.m. So Gourmet, 407-D S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com WALKING CEMETERY TOURS 5:30 p.m. $12 plus tax. St. John's Historic Cemetery, 301 N. G St. goretro.us FUNKY YOGA 6 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org MOLINO MELODIES 6 p.m. Learn to play mountain dulcimer. Molino Branch Library, 6450-A Highway 95A COUNTRY DANCE CLASSES 6:30 p.m. $10. Country two-step, East Coast swing, competition choreography and more. No partner required. World championship dance instruction for all skill levels. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftstudios.com COMEDY NIGHT 7 p.m. Swan Neck Meadery, 2115 W. Nine Mile Road. swanneckwinery.com

WEDNESDAY 2.13

ONE-ON-ONE TECH HELP Noon. Molino Branch

Library, 6450-A Highway 95A. mywfpl.com

ONE-ON-ONE TECH HELP 3 p.m. Pensacola

Library, 239 N. Spring St. mywfpl.com

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

tional Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org SWING DANCE CLASSES AND PARTY 6:3010 p.m. $10 lesson, $5 party. Professional West Coast swing instruction for all levels followed by fun and friendly social dancing on the best wood dance floor in the area. No partner required. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftstudios.com FREE DANCE LESSONS 8-8:30 p.m. Free. Beginner West Coast swing dance lesson. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola S. Blvd. dancecraftfl.com 19

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≥Events

PMA GALLERY TOURS 2:30 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays. Free with museum admission. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

AUBREY BEARDSLEY: ART OF THE LINE BLOCK PRINT OPENING RECEPTION

5-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7. Center for Fine and Performing Arts, University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway. uwf.edu

STUDIO INCAMMINATI IN YOUR TOWN: PORTRAIT STUDY WITH DARREN KINGSLEY 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 9, 10, 11. $425. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407

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S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org OPEN STUDIO: VALENTINE'S DAY CARDS

11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $6, free for PMA members. Saturday, Feb. 9. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

≥Current Exhibits INSIDE OUT: THE PEOPLE'S ART PROJECT At Jefferson St.

and Main St. pensacolamuseum.org

65TH ANNUAL YOUTH ART FOCUS

On view through Feb. 17. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

A WORLD OF STRANGE, CREEPY, AND ODD On view

through Feb. 28. First City Art, 1060 N. Guillemard St. firstcityart.org

ARCHITECTURE FOR TRAVELERS On view

through March. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org CASITA On view through March. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org AUBREY BEARDSLEY: ART OF THE LINE BLOCK PRINT OPENING RECEPTION On view

through March 9. TAG, University of West Florida, Bldg. 82, 11000 University Parkway. uwf.edu GESCHE WÜRFEL: WHAT REMAINS OF THE DAY- MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II On view

through March 17. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org ADORN On view through March 23. Blue Morning Gal-

lery, 21 S. Palafox. bluemorninggallery. com ART BY DIANE BRIM AND KATHY BREAZEALE On view

through May 12. Luna Fine Art Gallery, Hilton Pensacola Beach, 12 Via de Luna Drive. lunafineartgallery.com DOCUFLORIDA II On view through May 17. T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum, 330 S. Jefferson St. historicpensacola.org BEAUTY IN USE: CELEBRATING JAPANESE CULTURAL TRADITIONS On

view through June 27. Lamar Studio Switzer Center, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd. pensacolastate.edu

PUNKSACOLA: REFLECTIONS OF A SUBCULTURE On

view through July

2019. T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum, 330 S. Jefferson St. historicpensacola.org COTTON FIELDS TO CONGRESS: THE LIFE AND CAREER OF EARL HUTTO On

view at the T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum, 330 S. Jefferson St. historicpensacola.org

GALLERY DAYS

Noon-4 p.m. Saturdays. Featuring local artists. To be featured, contact Angel at 941-7354586 or call the restaurant at 4770035. TGI Fridays, 1240 Airport Blvd.

≥Workshops & Classes

POTTERY ON THE WHEEL Six-week

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

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

held Saturdays from 9 a.m.-noon at First City Art Center. Cost is $157.25 for members and $185 for non-members. For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

Bars & Nightlife

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

≥Bar Games

CLAY HAND BUILDING Six-week

BREW IQ TRIVIA NIGHT WITH JERRELL HENDRIX 7-9

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

CLAY SCULPTURE

Six-week workshops

Thursdays

LADIES NIGHT 5 p.m.

V. Paul's Italian Ristorante, 29 S. Palafox. vpauls.com

p.m. Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco POKER 8 p.m. The Ticket 1, 7250 Plantation Road. ticketsportsbar.com POOL TOURNAMENT

8 p.m. The Ticket 2, 2115 W. Nine 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

FEMALE IMPERSONATOR SHOWS 1 a.m.,

2:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. Top of the Town, 15 E. Intendencia St. Saturdays MEMBERSHIP APPRECIATION NIGHT 8

p.m. Seville Quarter

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10 p.m. Top of the Town, 15 E. Intendencia St. FEMALE IMPERSONATOR SHOWS 1 a.m.,

2:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. Top of the Town, 15 E. Intendencia St. 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 BREW IQ TRIVIA NIGHT WITH JERRELL HENDRIX 7-9

p.m. Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco TEXAS HOLD 'EM FOR FUN AND TRIVIA

7 p.m. 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 BAR BINGO 8 p.m. Ticket Sports Bar, 7333 N. Davis Highway. Play to win up to $100 in gift cards. TICKET TEAM TRIVIA 8 p.m. The Ticket

1, 7250 Plantation Road. ticketsportsbar.com February 7, 2019

POKER 8 p.m. The Ticket 2, 2115 W. Nine 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 WAY BACK WEDNESDAYS 4

p.m. Free admission for ladies, $1 beers, $5 pizza. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.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. goatlips.com

WEDNESDAY QUIZ TRIVIA 8 p.m. The

Cabaret, 101 S. Jefferson St. cabaretpensacola.com BLACKED OUT BINGO 8 p.m.

World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. worldofbeer.com/ locations/pensacola

PUB TRIVIA WEDNESDAYS 8-10

p.m. O'Riley's Irish Pub, 321 S. Palafox. orileyspub.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

≥Karaoke

Thursdays Lili Marlene's at Seville Quarter, 8 p.m. 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com Saturdays Hub Stacey's with Krazy George, 9 p.m. 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com

Sundays Sandshaker Lounge, 9 p.m. 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com Mondays The Cabaret, 9 p.m. 101 S. Jefferson St. 607-2020 or cabaretpensacola.com Tuesdays Sandshaker Lounge, 8 p.m. 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com Goat Lips Deli with Krazy George, 8 p.m.-midnight. 2811 Copter Road. Play, 9 p.m. 16 S. Palafox, Suite 200. iplaypensacola.com Wednesdays Ticket Sports Bar with Krazy George, 9 p.m. 7333 N. Davis Highway.

≥Live Music

THURSDAY 2.7

JOHN RIPLEY 6-9 p.m. Skopelos at New World, 600 S. Palafox JIM ANDREWS 6:30 p.m. The District Steakhouse, 123 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com MEL KNAPP 7 p.m. Hub Stacey's 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com OPEN COLLEGE JAM WITH MIKE BOCCIA

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

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

OPEN MIC/JAM

8-11 p.m. Goat Lips Brewhouse, 2811 Copter Road. Use our instruments or bring your own. A/V CLUB 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com LYON'S LIMOZINE

9 p.m. End O' the Alley Courtyard, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

FRIDAY 2.8

LIVE JAZZ WITH JOE OCCHIPINTI Noon.

The Drowsy Poet Coffee Co., 655 Pensacola Beach Blvd. LIVE MUSIC Noon. Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com MIKE QUINN 5 p.m. End O' the Alley Courtyard, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com LIVE MUSIC 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com LIVE MUSIC 6 p.m. The Deck Bar, 600 S. Barracks St. ADMIRAL'S CLUB PIANO PLAYER 6

p.m. The District Steakhouse, 123 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com LIVE MUSIC 6-9 p.m. V. Paul's Italian Ristorante, 29 S. Palafox. vpauls.com JIM ANDREWS 6:30 p.m. The District, 123 E. Government St. districtsteaks.com AL MARTIN 6:30 p.m. Doc's Courtyard and Cafe, 5198 Willing St., Milton. JOHN RIPLEY 7-10 p.m. Skopelos at New World, 600 S. Palafox LIVE MUSIC 7:30 p.m. Swan Neck Meadery, 2115 W. Nine Mile Road. swanneckwinery.com MIKE BOCCIA 7:45 p.m. Goat Lips Chew and Brewhouse, 2811 Copter Road. DUELING PIANOS

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

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free will astrology Week of February 7 ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): Climbing mountains has been a popular adventure since the 19th century, but there are still many peaks around the world that no one has ever ascended. They include the 24,591-foot-high Muchu Chhish in Pakistan, 23,691-foot Karjiang South in Tibet, and 12,600-foot Sauyr Zhotasy on the border of China and Kazakhstan. If there are any Aries mountaineers reading this horoscope who have been dreaming about conquering an unclimbed peak, 2019 will be a great time to do it, and now would be a perfect moment to plan or launch your quest. As for the rest of you Aries, what's your personal equivalent of reaching the top of an unclimbed peak? TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Eminem's song "Lose Yourself" was a featured track in the movie "8 Mile," and it won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003. The creator himself was not present at the Oscar ceremony to accept his award, however. He was so convinced his song would lose that he stayed home. At the moment that presenter Barbra Streisand announced Eminem's triumph, he was asleep in front of the TV with his daughter, who was watching cartoons. In contrast to him, I hope you will be fully available and on the scene for the recognition or acknowledgment that should be coming your way sometime soon. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): While enjoying its leisure time, the peregrine falcon glides around at 50 miles per hour. But when it's motivated by the desire to eat, it may swoop and dart at a velocity of 220 miles per hour. Amazing! In accordance with your astrological omens, Gemini, I propose that we make the peregrine falcon your spirit creature for the next three weeks. I suspect you will have extraordinary speed and agility and focus whenever you're hunting for exactly what you want. So, here's a crucial question: what exactly do you want? CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Now and then the sun shines and rain falls at the same time. The meteorological name for the

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phenomenon is "sunshower," but folklore provides other terms. Hawaiians may call it "liquid sunshine" or "ghost rain." Speakers of the Tangkhul language in India imagine it as "the wedding of a human and spirit." Some Russians refer to it as "mushroom rain," since it's thought to encourage the growth of mushrooms. Whatever you might prefer to call it, Cancerian, I suspect that the foreseeable future will bring you delightful paradoxes in a similar vein. And in my opinion, that will be very lucky for you, since you'll be in the right frame of mind and spirit to thrive amidst just such situations.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): A study by the Fidelity financial services company revealed that in 43 percent of all couples, neither partner has an accurate knowledge of how much money the other partner earns. Meanwhile, research by the National Institute of Health concludes that among heterosexual couples, 36 percent of husbands misperceive how frequently their wives have orgasms. I bring this to your attention in order to sharpen your focus on how crucial it is to communicate clearly with your closest allies. I mean, it's rarely a good idea to be ignorant about what's going on with those close to you, but it'll be an especially bad idea during the next six weeks. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Torre Mayor is one of the tallest skyscrapers in Mexico City. When workers finished its construction in 2003, it was one of the world's most earthquake-proof buildings, designed to hold steady during an 8.5-level temblor. Over the course of 2019, Virgo, I'd love to see you erect the metaphorical equivalent of that unshakable structure in your own life. The astrological omens suggest that doing so is quite possible. And the coming weeks will be an excellent time to launch that project or intensify your efforts to manifest it.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Multitalented Libra singer and actor Donald Glover uses the name of Childish Gambino when he performs his music. How did he select that alias? He used an online random name generator created by the rap group Wu-Tang Clan. I tried the same generator and got "Fearless Warlock" as my new moniker. You might want

to try it yourself, Libra. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to add layers to your identity and expand your persona and mutate your self-image. The generator is here: tinyurl. com/yournewname. (P.S.: If you don't like the first one you're offered, keep trying until you get one you like.)

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Leonardo

da Vinci's painting "Salvator Mundi" sold for $450 million in 2017. Just 12 years earlier, an art collector had bought it for $10,000. Why did its value increase so extravagantly? Because in 2005, no one was sure it was an authentic da Vinci painting. It was damaged and had been covered with other layers of paint that hid the original image. After extensive efforts at restoration, the truth about it emerged. I foresee the possibility of a comparable, if less dramatic, development in your life during the next 10 months, Scorpio. Your work to rehabilitate or renovate an underestimated resource could bring big dividends.

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

can behold colors because of specialized cells in our eyes called cones. Most of us have three types of cones, but a few rare people have four. This enables them to see far more hues than the rest of us. Are you a tetrachromat, a person with supervision? Whether you are or not, I suspect you will have extra powerful perceptual capacities in the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will be able to see more than you usually do. The world will seem brighter and deeper and more vivid. I urge you to deploy your temporary superpower to maximum advantage.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): There are two kinds of minor, boring little tasks. One is when you're attending to a detail that's not in service to a higher purpose; the other is when you're attending to a detail that is a crucial step in the process of fulfilling an important goal. An example of the first might be when you try in vain to scour a permanent stain on a part of the kitchen counter that no one ever sees. An example of the second is when you download an update for an existing piece of software so your computer works better and you can raise your efficiency levels

as you pursue a pet project. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to keep this distinction in mind as you focus on the minor, boring little tasks that are crucial steps in the process of eventually fulfilling an important goal.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): Can you sit on your own head? Not many people can. It requires great flexibility. Before comedian Robin Williams was famous, he spontaneously did just that when he auditioned for the role of the extraterrestrial immigrant Mork, the hero of the TV sitcom "Mork and Mindy." The casting director was impressed with Williams' odd but amusing gesture and hired him immediately. If you're presented with an opportunity sometime soon, I encourage you to be inspired by the comedian's ingenuity. What might you do to cinch your audition, to make a splashy first impression, to convince interested parties that you're the right person? PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Twitter wit Notorious Debi Hope advises us, "Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by asshoâ€”s." That's wise counsel for you to keep in mind during the next three weeks. Let me add a few corollaries. First, stave off any temptation you might have to believe that others know what's good for you better than you do. Second, figure out what everyone thinks of you and aggressively liberate yourself from their opinions. Third, if anyone even hints at not giving you the respect you deserve, banish them for at least three weeks. {in}

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news of the weird WAIT, WHAT? Vaev, a Los Angeles-based internet startup, is offering consumers the "luxury to choose" when to become sick with a cold, gushes 34-year-old Oliver Niessen, the company's founder. For $79.99, Vaev will send you a box containing a petri dish, which houses a facial tissue used by a sick person. Niessen explained to Time magazine that the recipient wipes their nose with the provided tissue and contracts a cold virus to get it out of the way before, say, leaving on a vacation. But Charles Gerba, professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona, debunked Niessen's theory: "There are more than 200 types of rhinoviruses ... getting inoculated from one doesn't protect you against all the others." He adds that Vaev's customers will never know what exactly is on the provided tissues, which Niessen says are produced by a "stable" of 10 go-to sneezers, some recruited on the internet. Still, Neissen claims to have sold about 1,000 used tissues, although the company's website currently shows the product as sold out. "We've had some supply-chain issues," Niessen said, without offering details. GIFT WITH PURCHASE A shopper at a Primark store in Essex, England, was startled to discover a human bone in a sock on Dec. 10. Essex police reassured the public that the bone "did not appear to be a result of recent trauma," and it did not have any skin attached to it, according to Sky News. A Primark spokesman said the company is checking with its supplier, and "No evidence of any kind exists to suggest that any incident has occurred in the factory, so it is highly probable that this object was placed in the sock by an individual for unknown reasons." POLICE REPORT A motorist in New Canaan, Connecticut, called police on Jan. 23 after spotting a woman stopped at an intersection in the driver's seat of her car with her eyes closed. When officers arrived, they found Stefanie Warner-Grise, 50, "unable to answer basic questions," according to the arrest report. They "detected an odor of vanilla coming from her breath (and) her speech was slurred. ... In addition, several bottles of pure vanilla extract were located inside the vehicle." The Hour reported Warner-Grise failed field sobriety tests and she was charged with driving under the influence of vanilla extract. The Food and Drug Administration requires that pure vanilla extract must be at least 35 percent alcohol, which makes it 70 proof. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE GOALS Pavol Durdik added another Guinness world record to his collection Aug. 3 in Puchov, Slovakia by extinguishing 62 lighted matches with his tongue within one minute, according to United Press International. In a video posted by Guinness World Records on Jan. 25, Durdik had the matches laid out in front of him and lighted

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each one before putting it out on his tongue. He also holds the record for most socks put on one foot within 30 seconds. GUTSY So much for advanced Russian security. As art lovers browsed an exhibition at Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery on Jan. 27, Euro News reported, a thief nonchalantly strolled in, plucked a 1908 landscape by Arkhip Kuindzhi off the wall, and walked out of the building. Police quickly viewed surveillance video and arrested a 31-year-old man, who admitted he hid the painting, worth an estimated $185,000, in an unfinished building nearby. The gallery was able to recover the painting and announced that "security measures have been reinforced ... at all venues of the Tretyakov Gallery." LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINAL Police in Austin, Texas, caught up with 19-year-old suspect Luca P. Mangiarano on Jan. 24, a month after a bank robbery in large part because of his choice in getaway vehicles. According to police, Mangiarano stepped into the BBVA Compass bank on Dec. 18 and handed a note to a teller, reading: "This is a robbery, please give me all your 100's and 50's in a envelope and everything will be ok." The employee did as directed and the robber left the building, then hopped on a Jump electric scooter and took off down the sidewalk. He perhaps failed to consider that the scooters are linked to GPS tracking systems and online accounts with phone numbers, email addresses and credit card information, which, after police obtained them from Jump, led them to Mangiarano. Austin Detective Jason Chiappardi told The Washington Post: "We had never had a scooter involved in a robbery." BRIGHT IDEA Outdoorsman Scott Ritchie of Loveland, Colorado, has a new lease on life thanks to 3D printing. Ritchie, 52, was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer in early 2018 after noticing pain in his hip after fly-fishing. CBS4 in Denver reported Dr. Ronald Hugate of the Panorama Orthopedics and Spine Center in Highlands Ranch took an aggressive and creative approach to treating Ritchie: He made a 3D virtual model of Ritchie's pelvis, then designed an implant to exactly replace the area of bone that would have to be surgically removed. Made of titanium, the implant was produced using a 3D printer. Two weeks later after surgery, Ritchie was walking with crutches and is expected to walk on his own in a few weeks more, although he was warned he might have a limp. "If I do have a limp, it's better than nothing," Ritchie said. {in}

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