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councilman has been voted by his fellow members to be its lead negotiator in the contract with Quint Studer for his office building to be built at the Community Maritime Park. Under the old charter, contract negotiations were done by the city manager and his staff. This may be the first time the city council has inserted itself into the negotiation process.

O.J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY The Florida Department of Education miscalculated the school grades for 213 schools across the state. In Escambia County, O.J. Semmes was upgraded to a “B” from a “C.” This is the highest grade for the school, which has all of its students on free or reduced lunches, since the DOE began issuing grades in 1999.

Well done, teachers, parents and students!

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Hayward’s Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee has been awarded the William Meador award by the Young Lawyer’s Division of the Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association. The award is given annually to an attorney who practices law with integrity, sincerity and courtesy and is committed to our community through charitable and civil service. Hooper practices law at Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon.

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WHO’S IN CHARGE? The new city charter was built on a simple premise. Pensacola residents should elect the person running their city.

The old charter put that power in the hands of an unelected city manager that could only be removed by a majority vote of the city council.

The new charter did away with the city manager. The mayor became the leader of the city, its decision maker and chief executive officer. The voters got more accountable leadership under the charter because the mayor had to win their support to win the office.

It sounded so simple.

In 2010, Pensacola voters got a chance to decide who would be the first strong mayor and how the charter would be implemented. The choices in the November general election were Mike Wiggins and Ashton Hayward.

Wiggins was a city council veteran having served since 1995, his last two years as mayor. His message was to stay the course and make no significant changes. Hayward was the newcomer who pledged to shake things up. City Hall would be different under his leadership.

The voters chose Hayward and they got change. City Manager Al Coby, City Attorney Rusty Wells, department heads Thaddeus Cohen and Mary Ann Stalcup and others retired, resigned or were fired.

Citizens were tapped to head advisories on pensions, port and urban redevelopment.

Hayward traveled country talking with other strong mayors and recruiting businesses to Pensacola.

The 2011 Quality of Life survey showed that the voters approved. Three out of four city residents believed that the city was on the right track, up from 59 percent in 2010. Seventy percent gave Mayor Hayward a positive rating for his performance. The prior year city leadership had only gotten a 47 percent approval rating.

Unfortunately, Pensacola has a propensity for dysfunction and can’t let a good thing last. The Pensacola City Council began to grumble about its lack of power and asserted that it was equal to the mayor. A lawsuit, Sunshine law complaint and public attacks on city staff ensued. The council even injected itself into contract negotiations at the maritime park.

The public is left scratching its head.

What the heck is going on? A year ago, I wrote it off as “growing pains.” Now I’m not so sure. I feel like I’m watching the homely older sister getting upset because her cute younger brother is getting all the attention.

The curtain is rising on the third act of this soap opera. It’s too early to predict who will prevail in this battle to decide who is truly in charge of the city. {in} rick@inweekly.net

Unfortunately, Pensacola has a propensity for dysfunction and can’t let a good thing last.

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The event was open to all ages. In the place of real bulls, area roller-derby girls chased runners down the streets of Downtown Pensacola recreating the famous event held annually in Pamplona, Spain. In only its second year, The Travel Channel covered the event. Indeed the national exposure is sure to do wonders for area tourism still recovering from the BP Oil Spill. For that, we salute you Seville Quarter. iplaypensacola.com

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STARVING FOR PERFECTION "Thinspiration" Blogging Wreaks Havoc

By Stephanie Sharp

It began as a curiosity, but soon became an obsession. The blogs on Tumblr, a blogging platform that allows users to post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio to their own shortform blogs, intrigued the college coed with titles like “Slim and Prim” and “Flawless Beauty.” She followed source links to scores of blogs dedicated to pictures of skinny girls, diet diaries and tips for losing weight—a lethal cocktail of Internet culture known as “thinspiration”—or “thinspo.”

As she got more involved in thinspo blogs, she noticed that some posts were also labeled as “pro-mia” or “pro-ana,” promoting bulimia or anorexia. She found herself drawn to pro-ana blogs and delved even further into the very dangerous trend.

“I started my own pro-ana/thinspo blog in November of my freshman year of college,” said Allison, age 19,

in an email interview. “The reason was because I thought it would keep me on track, motivate me when I was slacking.”

Prior to her exposure to the thinspo culture on Tumblr, Allison, who asked to remain anonymous, struggled with her body image but hadn’t dealt with disordered eating habits. After constant exposure to photos of girls with bony hips and protruding collarbones, she decided that she wanted to look “scarily thin,” too.

“It's a really warped way of thinking, and scary to think about now, looking back.”

“I wanted people to think, ‘that girl is too skinny,’” said Allison. “It's a really warped way of thinking, and scary to think about now, looking back.”

Allison began to pay obsessive attention to her calorie intake and methodically suppressed her appetite—tendencies the proana community called “dieting.” She avoided social situations that might lead to temptation and stayed in her dorm room to avoid the feelings of shame that followed a meal.

“I knew what I was doing was bad,” Allison said, “but I didn't want to stop.”

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As her habits made her more reclusive, she relied on the thinspo support system to keep her focused. When she scrolled through her dashboard or her thinspo blog, she says she felt good about herself. The thinspo community was a haven of anonymous acceptance.

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Kaelee Bates, 23, had a different experience with the same subculture, dealing with more serious effects because of her pre-existing eating disorder.

She remembers first starving herself between the ages of eight and nine. She continued to have an unstable relationship to food through her adolescence.

After moving to Seattle, getting married and leaving her church, Kaelee’s battle with anorexia resurfaced in earnest. She was already a Tumblr user and began a separate, secret Tumblr as a journal for her experience with her eating disorder. Stumbling across thinspo content in a similar way to Allison’s experience, she soon became immersed in the pro-ana subculture, adding the content to her eating disorder, or ED, diary.

“My old ED journal was a secret, no one I have known in real life has ever seen it,” she explained. “And I would still be really embarrassed if they did.”

In the two years that she kept a thinspo blog, Kaelee reached some of her most harrowing low-points in her ED struggle.

“My hair began falling out, I was passing out each morning, and I took multiple sick days when I began to feel physically unable to move,” said Kaelee. “My husband was crying almost every night when he came home from work and saw me.”

The less-glamorous side effects of anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorders such as tooth decay, brittle bones and irregular bowel movements are not usually the subject of thinspo blogs. Thinspo content regularly ignores many important facts about eating disorders or frames them in such a way to make symptoms into enviable achievements.

“If I had never found thinspo I do wonder if my eating disorder would ever have become as bad as it did,” said Kaelee.

“I feel like my body image would have still been bad, it just wouldn’t have gotten so low until I began struggling with body dysmorphia.”

Treating the tendencies of those suffering from eating disorders as a weight-loss technique belittles their mental, physical and emotional struggle while putting already vulnerable people at risk for developing harmful habits.

“It was terrible to look at, but I was sucked into it and became a part of it. I obsessed over calorie intake and portion sizes,” said Allison. “It's something I'm really ashamed of.”

The so-called community relies heavily on anonymity and abusive language when users interact with one another. Thinspo bloggers routinely petition others in the online community to send them hurtful comments about how fat, ugly or weak they are to help keep them on track.

But the comments from other bloggers usual pale in comparison to each girl’s own commentary on her body image and weight loss journey.

“My hair began falling out, I was passing out each morning, and I took multiple sick days when I began to feel physically unable to move.”

Kaelee Bates

ANONYMOUS ABUSE

What Kaelee went through represents the tragic reality behind what thinspo idolizes. Eating disorders are serious, life-threatening disorders that affect over 10 million women and 1 million men in America each year, according to the National Eating Disorder Association.

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“Weight-lifting has become one of my favorite activities and I am no longer concerned with trying to shrink myself down into a fragile tiny mold.”

Bates ship. In the section regarding self-harm, the community guidelines state: “Dialogue about these behaviors is incredibly important and online communities can be extraordinarily helpful to people struggling with these difficult conditions.”

Having a community that helps relieve the isolation and desperation that can accompany an eating disorder can be beneficial, but often does not move the person suffering from the ED any closer to recovery. Both Kaelee and Allison had to separate themselves from the thinspo community completely in order to begin their recovery process.

“My body image is still a bit damaged,” said Allison. “I still have days where I tell myself not to eat anything, but I don't obsess over calories and intake anymore.”

They have experienced one of the darkest Tumblr subcultures and know that it is not a healthy trend to get involved with. Both women expressed regret in regards to their thinspo experience, cautioning anyone who comes across similar content on the Internet to be vigilant in avoiding content that makes them feel anxious or unworthy.

“Constantly comparing myself to photos of other women, whether they were healthy or not, really screwed up my already fragile body image and pushed me over the edge with my eating disorder,” said Kaelee. “My advice would be not to start one.”

Kaelee and Allison have continued to use Tumblr. Allison has returned to “normal” blogging, posting about her interests and interacting with people who share them. Kaelee, who considers herself to still be recovering, primarily uses her blog as a fitness journal and has found a community of other people who are working out and keeping her in a positive mindset.

“Weight-lifting has become one of my favorite activities and I am no longer concerned with trying to shrink myself down into a fragile tiny mold,” Kaelee said. “I am a strong athletic woman and regardless of what society tried to tell me, it is a beautiful thing to be.” {in}

“Constantly comparing myself to photos of other women, whether they were healthy or not, really screwed up my already fragile body image."

Bates Feelings of guilt, shame, anger, unworthiness and loneliness permeate every piece of content associated with this skinny-obsessed community. Popular image captions like “Be strong and get skinny” send a deceiving message of positive motivation, especially when posted side-by-side with images sporting selfdeprecating captions like, “I’m never going to be perfect.”

ROAD TO RECOVERY

In February 2012, Tumblr attempted to curtail the dangerously growing thinspo trend by broadening their community guidelines to prohibit the glorification or encouragement of eating disorders along with other forms of self-harm. However, the company prioritizes free self-expression on the site so identifying and remedying the thinspo problem has not been easy.

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Studer and the City Struggle for Big Win

By Jeremy Morrison Quint Studer is hoping to construct a $12 million dollar office complex on a parcel of land located at the Community Maritime Park. And while officials with the city of Pensacola seem to desire the same, hammering out an acceptable deal is taking some effort.

“I’m used to being in the barrel,” Studer told the Community Maritime Park Associates board July 18. “I’ve got a bit of vertigo, so I’m the right guy to be in the barrel.”

Studer—owner of the Blue Wahoos baseball team—told the CMPA board that he wanted to exercise an option in his 2009 agreement and lease a parcel at the park, but that negotiations with the city were a “learning situation.”

“Most cities would love to have what we’re offering,” Studer said a couple of days after the CMPA meeting.

If Studer leases the downtown parcel— located at the corner of Spring and Cedar streets—from the city, he plans to construct a 60,000-square-foot office building. The facility would be capable of housing 240 employees, some of which would hail from Studer’s health care consulting firm, which he plans to relocate to the property.

“It’s a land lease,” Studer said. “It’s pretty simple.”

But it’s not that simple. Studer and the city have been unable to resolve several lease specifics. And the negotiation process itself was apparently somewhat unclear.

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CMPA Chairman Collier Merrill met with the Wahoos owner and Mayor Ashton Hayward the day before the July 18 meeting. He then tried to catch his board up, chalking the overall process up to being “as clear as mud.”

Merrill explained to the board that the CMPA was to now act as an agent of the city—“I didn’t think we were involved”—and negotiate acceptable lease terms with Studer.

Those terms would then need the approval of the mayor and the Pensacola City Council.

“That’s where I think we are,” Merrill said.

Later in the week, Merrill explained that normally the city would be negotiating with prospective tenants.

“But in this one instance, we’re supposed to be the agent of the city,” he said. “And, that’s fine.”

During the CMPA meeting, Studer explained that the sticking points in negotiations were the length of the lease, as well as the costs. While he wants to pay around seven percent of the property’s $1.6 million appraised value in annual lease fees, and get the property for 60 years, the city has pushed for 40 years and between eight and 10 percent.

“I think the difference on percentage is something like one percent—which is $16,000—which I don’t think is a deal breaker,” Studer told the CMPA. He later said the differences on the lease’s length would be a deal breaker.

“Many times, it’s the lenders that dictate the length of time,” Studer said.

Studer said he could also walk away from the property. He encouraged the CMPA to put out a Request for Proposal. Merrill seemed to shy away from that option.

“We do not have a lot of people knocking our door down, obviously,” he said. “That’s why I think it’s important Mr. Studer is here.”

Studer stressed to the board that he was not asking for incentives or a “sweetheart deal.” Later in the week, he compared his project to the city’s dealings with Pen Air (it wrote off a debt) and Hixardt (which was asking for incentives).

“Pen Air had to do with a parking lot,” he said. “This is probably more similar to Hixardt and the fish hatchery—and I’d put this side by side with those any day.”

During a July 16 city council meeting, Councilwoman Maren DeWeese had brought the issue of Studer’s lease up for discussion. Like the rest of the council, she had received a letter from Studer—whom she referred to as “the last man standing in economic development”— and wanted to know why the city had yet to reach a deal with him.

“We have $12 million staring us in the face,” DeWeese told the council.

At the CMPA meeting a couple of days later, Councilman Larry Johnson—who also sits on the CMPA board—echoed that sentiment.

He noted that he had requested to be involved in the negotiating process and was “disappointed” that the mayor had denied his request.

“I thought it was just very unfortunate that we didn’t have a council person involved,” Johnson said to his fellow board members.

A few minutes later, the mayor entered the meeting room. Taking a seat behind Studer, he was there to tell the CMPA board that the city hoped to make the negotiating process “painless” and encouraged all parties involved to “move it along.”

“Everyone can’t be any more excited,” Hayward told them.

The mayor left the meeting shortly after someone on the CMPA board suggested negotiating the terms with Studer— “let’s do it”—on the spot.

“We can negotiate it on TV as far as I’m concerned,” Studer said. “You’re only as sick as your secrets, I’ve heard. The more out in the open, the better.”

The Wahoos owner went on to say that he would not be interested in building on or leasing the property if Hayward was not on board.

“We would not move forward if it were not a unified front,” Studer told the CMPA board. “We think that his support is important. And, also, if he doesn’t want it, that’s important.”

Earlier in the day, during the city’s rebranding event at the Saenger Theater, a reporter from a local radio station had asked Mayor Hayward if the negotiations with Studer were progressing.

“Of course,” Hayward replied. “I had a meeting with Quint yesterday. It’s a big win for us.”

Councilman Johnson later said that the lease discussions thus far had involved “some frustration” possibly related to the mayor’s recent absence during an overseas trip—“during that time, Mr. Studer reached out to the council”—and also “some other issues I’d rather not go into.”

“Some things weren’t going as smoothly as maybe it was presented this week,” the councilman said. “I’ll just leave it at that.”

The day after the CMPA meeting, the Pensacola City Council decided to throw Johnson into the negotiations. His involvement triggered Sunshine laws, meaning the deal will be worked out in an advertised public meeting.

“I’d rather just do it in the sunshine,” Johnson said. “Not only does that make it in the sunshine—which I don’t think that anyone has a problem with—I can go back to the council and assure them we’ve hammered it out and have a good deal, and I think there’s importance to that.”

Merrill, the CMPA’s point person for the negotiations, said that once a meeting is scheduled a deal should be reached shortly.

“This really could be knocked out within a day,” he said. {in}

“Most cities would love to have what we’re offering.”

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LOCO FOR LOGO The city has a new brand. A brand new brand.

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward announced the city’s new brand July 18 at the Saenger Theater downtown. The new brand represents a shift away from the “City of Five Flags” moniker and is meant to better convey the area’s assets when marketing the city to visitors and businesses.

“Everything that is good about Florida is better in Pensacola,” Hayward told the crowd at the Saenger. “This is not a tagline.”

The mayor stood behind a lectern on the theater stage, flanked by potted plants.

Above him, in large letters, a message was projected onto a screen: “If you are not a brand, you are a commodity.”

That wasn’t the tagline either. The city’s new tagline is: “Pensacola—the upside of Florida.”

After his speech, Hayward spoke with members of the press about the new brand and how he felt it was better than the area’s current geographic identifier.

“I don’t like that word: the ‘panhandle,’” Hayward said. “You know, we are the ‘upside’ of Florida.”

During his presentation of the new brand, the mayor told those in attendance that he believed the rebranding effort was needed to usher the city into the future. He spoke about “broad synergy,” and how the city seemed to have “little to no image.” He said the outside world considers Pensacola “an afterthought” and that the new brand would better convey a “contemporary, forward thinking” environment.

“We want to position Pensacola to capture a larger share of the future,” Hayward said. “Think about that.”

When the city’s new logo was presented, the crowd inside the Saenger applauded. Outside on the sidewalk, the mood was less celebratory.

“We’re a little concerned about his rebranding,” said Jennie Spanos. “We’d like to see some real change.”

Spanos was among a group of people writing messages in chalk on the bricked walk in front of the Saenger. The group hailed mostly from the ranks of Occupy Pensacola—not the current encampment at Pensacola City Hall, but rather the politically engaged contingent from the fall of 2011.

The chalked messages were aimed squarely at Hayward—they criticized him for focusing on business interests at the expense of other issues. As one Occupier put it, the rebranding is only an attempt “to bring in more opportunities for the upper crust of this city.”

“Basically, there’s a lot more problems in Pensacola that need to be dealt with,” said Landon Brooks. “Basically, the city is turning into a hub of crony capitalism.”

As the Occupiers milled in front of the theater, two police cars pulled to the side of Palafox Street.

“Is there someone else down here with you,” one of the police officers asked the group. “Someone complaining?”

The Occupiers shook their heads—“no one’s complaining.” The officer did a walk around. She stepped over messages: one calling for the eviction of “King Hayward” and another bashing the mayor’s goal of using the Port of Pensacola as a service hub for ships working in the Gulf of Mexico’s offshore oil fields.

Following Hayward’s speech, Bill Paul— one of the original organizers of Occupy Pensacola—stood in the Saenger’s lobby near a long table full of finger sandwiches and a three-dimensional streetscape model of Bayview Parkway featuring the new logo.

Paul, older than most of the other Occupiers and visibly irritated by some of his cohorts’ boisterous antics, said he understands the rebranding effort—he has a marketing background—but felt the city had more to deal with than its image. He wondered how the rebrand might benefit the area’s homeless, or better the circumstances of the working poor.

“For a city to grow it has to have balance— and I’m a 100 percent for this—but you can’t ignore the poverty that’s all around you,” Paul said, looking over the streetscape model.

Back on the stage, Mayor Hayward held court with the media. He looked into a wall of microphones and lenses as he talked up the city and its new brand.

“We’re a real city, folks,” he said.

“We need people to take us seriously.”

The mayor said that the rebranding team looked to other cities for inspiration— “What is Boulder, Colo. doing? What is Austin, Texas doing?”—and that Pensacola should be Northwest Florida’s premier city—“We have the history.” He added that people were constantly asking him why the city was slow to capitalize on itself.

“I don’t like that word: the ‘panhandle. “You know, we are the ‘upside’ of Florida.”

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buzz “They say, ‘why is this place not roaring?’

This place should be roaring,” Hayward told the press. “We have incredible assets, we just haven’t told the world about them.”

The rebrand effort was put together by the Zimmerman Agency, a Tallahassee marketing firm. The cost for the city is about $82,000. The plan is to place the new logo on signs throughout the city, as well as on everything from city vehicles to city stationary.

During his presentation, Hayward asked people to put their energy behind the new brand—“We have a golden opportunity, folks, to really put our foot on the accelerator.”—and he requested that citizens “be consistent with the brand, and be disciples of our brand.”

“Like Bonnie Raitt said—and Bonnie Raitt played right here in the Saenger Theater—let’s give’em something to talk about,” Hayward told them.

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Pensacola Police plan to saturate city neighborhoods with uniformed officers in an attempt to halt a recent spate of gun violence. The effort, explained Chief Chip Simmons during a July 20 press conference, will encompass the whole city, but would be concentrated on the area of East Strong Street and Desoto Street, where

all the political news and gossip fit to print three drive-by shootings occurred within a span of a few days.

In one July 17 incident a 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg. No one was hurt in the other drive-bys.

reporter who asked what increase this would be over the status quo. Simmons also said security at Gallery Night, Blue Wahoos games and other events would not be affected.

The strategy was implemented in the

“Officers that are usually assigned to administrative tasks and plainclothes officers that are usually assigned to follow up activities, or officers that are normally assigned to training activities, will be in uniform.”

Chief Chip Simmons “We cannot tolerate this activity in our city and we will use every last officer in a visible capacity to take action,” Simmons said.

“Officers that are usually assigned to administrative tasks and plainclothes officers that are usually assigned to follow up activities, or officers that are normally assigned to training activities, will be in uniform.”

The chief said the number of officers on the street would likely fluctuate between 154 (every officer in the department) and 75 (every officer in the department). He evaded a

wake of the drive-bys, and would evolve over the next two weeks. Simmons did not provide firm dates.

“As long as we can, we’re gonna keep this up,” he said.

Mayor Ashton Hayward was at the press conference, as well. Asked if more officers would be hired, the mayor did not answer the question.

“We would all like to see more officers,” he said. “We all want to feel safe when we’re down at Gallery Night or at a Blue Wahoos

game, and I think the majority of citizens do feel safe … the last thing we want is people getting shot at, much less killed. We’re gonna patrol every neighborhood. Every neighborhood deserves the same amount of policing, and that’s what we’re gonna do.”

Lumon May, who is running for the District 3 seat on the Escambia County Commission, was also present at the meeting. He asked Simmons if the effort would encompass the west side of the city.

“There has been a history of violence in the Western Gate, off of Pace Boulevard and Cervantes, coming into our city, with a lot of establishments that seem to have a chronic problem,” May said. “Will that be a target … for the systemic problem that we see?”

The police chief assured May that officers would patrol every neighborhood in the city.

“Our intent is not to stop everyone and harass everyone,” Simmons said. “Our intent is to show a police presence. If you’re up to no good, you can expect to be stopped and potentially questioned by law enforcement. If you’re not up to no good, then just wave, and, you know, we’ll wave back.”

The strategy is not new in the area. It’s similar to the “Desks to Roads” tactic used

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recent trip to Key West, Fla., Pensacola City Councilman Larry Johnson discovered the island had a large chicken population. When he went out for lunch, the birds roamed freely around his feet.

“In Key West, they have chickens everywhere,” Johnson told his fellow council members during the July 16 Committee of the Whole meeting.

Upon returning to Pensacola, the councilman—along with the rest of the board— took up the chicken issue, as it pertains to the urban farming movement. The Pensacola City Council ultimately approved a rewrite

all the political news and gossip fit to print of the city’s ordinance dealing with keeping chickens within the municipality’s limits.

The changes are a nod to backyard chicken enthusiasts, who have worked for several months with city staff on the rewrite effort.

“It’s much more restrictive, but it adds a caveat for urban farmers,” explained Councilwoman Sherri Myers, who was instrumental in the effort. “In a nut shell, it’s much tougher.”

Currently, city residents may keep an unspecified number of chickens on their property.

However, a requirement that the birds be kept in an enclosure located 50 feet away from any structure—including the resident’s own dwelling—means a vast majority of residents can’t logistically enjoy the practice.

The rewritten ordinance limits the number of chickens a person may keep to eight.

It also decreases the required distance from a structure to 30 feet, not counting a resident’s own house.

“I think this ordinance is very reasonable,” Myers told her fellow council members.

The city council has been discussing the backyard chicken issue for the past several months. Local urban farmers—hailing mainly from the East Hill neighborhood—worked with city code enforcement officials to rewrite the ordinance. The group studied other locale’s efforts to accommodate urban farming, a growing trend across the country.

Another change in the ordinance will allow backyard chickens to be free-roaming. While residents must have a coop for the animals, they can also roam freely around their enclosed yard. The rewritten ordinance will also disallow roosters, due to noise concerns.

Some other concerns were also raised during the council’s discussion. There was a suggestion from a member of the public that residents be required to get the approval of their surrounding neighbors before launching into their backyard chicken venture.

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the issue of requiring a permit for such activity sometime in the future, no one on the board seemed too keen on requiring chicken keepers to gain their neighbor’s approval of the practice—Councilman Brian Spencer said such a requirement would lead to surrounding residents exercising “unreasonable control over their chickenloving neighbor.”

Citizens that have spoken in support of keeping backyard chickens—some of whom had run-ins with code enforcement, which triggered the rewrite—had explained during previous council meetings that they enjoyed the fresh eggs provided by the animals, and also considered them as pets.

The rewritten ordinance provides for such, but specifically forbids residents from slaughtering the birds for food.

“A person can’t raise a chicken, wring its neck and eat it like they did years ago when they raised chickens?” asked Councilman Ronald Townsend. “There are some folks who do that, you know?”

“I like chicken, myself,” said Steve Wineki, head of the city’s code enforcement, explaining that Councilwoman Myers had requested that aspect of the rewrite.

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Superfoods to the Rescue

And Where to Find Them Locally

by Jennie McKeon

health by cleansing the lymph system, producing blood, removing toxic minerals from Because of trends like buying natural cells and it even prevents hair from going and/or organic foods, you can find healthy grey. You can buy wheatgrass in a powder, options in many stores. capsule or frozen.

“The industry has been growing fast in the “Our Ever’deli serves raw shots of past five years,” said Dutton. “Everyone has wheatgrass, which can be ingested in its jumped on the organic/natural foods bandwagpure form or added to a variety of fruit on. I mean, even gas stations carry soy milk.” smoothies,” Dutton said. “We have a very For the harder-to-find items and everypopular smoothie called the Grasshopper. thing in-between, you can always fill your It’s made with grocery cart with healthy foods at Ever’man. organic wheat“I’d like to think of Ever’man as a Supergrass, apple juice food Mecca,” said Dutton. “In fact, to this day, and bananas. It’s we only carry unprocessed, natural foods.” awesome.”

Most of the time, the co-op had the Coconut oil trendy foods before they were trendy. They has been getting stocked organic and natural foods before you buzz thanks consciously looked for such items. However, to rumors that every now and then an Ever’man employee celebrities such gets stumped. as Madonna and “We’re closely connected to the natural Demi Moore drink food industry, so we usually find out about it by the gallon. a ‘trendy’ product before it’s available in Shape magazine conventional stores,” Dutton said. “However, gives coconut oil every once in a while we do scramble when a rave review saya customer comes in looking for a product ing the mediumrecommended by Dr. Oz.” chain triglycerides According to his show’s website, Dr. Oz found in the oil are metabolized differently, has five superfood recommendations that meaning it can help with weight loss. Co“help you look younger—and can even turn conut oil also aids in boosting your immune back the clock.” Those five are: pumpkin system, can raise good cholesterol and helps seeds, which lowers blood pressure and control sugar levels. You can also use it topireduces risks for heart attack or stroke; cally to keep hair and skin healthy. eggs, which contain iron, biotin and B12 At Ever’man you can get coconut water, will strengthen hair and combat anemia; coffee creamers, milk alternatives, wraps, pomegranate, which contains ellagic acid and butter and vinegar. punic alagin in the seeds that fight damage Quinoa is a superior grain, having the from free radicals and preserve collagen in highest protein content, which contains the skin; oatmeal, which contain soluble fiber all nine essential amino acids. If that’s which reduces bad cholesterol and black not enough, it’s also high in magnesium, currants, which can promote night vision manganese iron, copper, phosphorous and through compound anthocyanosides and vitamin B2. act as an immunity booster by providing five Duerr pointed out a few other foods such times the amount of vitamin C as an orange. as salmon and sweet potatoes. cont'd on page 16 “Salmon is an excellent source of omega 3 fatty acid—good for heart health and also an anti-inflammatory—and protein,” she said.

WHERE: 315 W. Garden St. “Sweet potatoes are high in potasOPEN: Monday-Saturday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. sium, fiber and beta carotene.” and Sunday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Dutton also said to add DETAILS: 438-0402 or everman.org flaxseed, oats, prunes, alternative

ONE STOP SUPERFOOD SHOP

"If you check out different superfoods lists, there are an overwhelming number of foods that are ‘super’ for your health.”

Jennifer Duerr It’s a berry, it’s kale, no, it’s superfoods!

Among the many health-related buzzwords that get spread through the media, you might have heard or read about superfoods. What is a superfood, and what makes them so super?

“Superfoods is the big ‘buzz’ these days,” said Jennifer Duerr, Baptist Hospital Dietician. “A superfood by definition is a food that is rich in various nutrients, offers many health benefits and may prevent disease and keep immunity high.”

JUST A FEW SUPERFOODS

The list of superfoods is long. You don’t have to venture to the grocery store every time you need a superfood fix. Most foods that are found in nature like leafy vegetable such as kale and spinach, which are antioxidant, vitamin C and A rich and low in calories, are quite super.

“There are many foods that can fall into this category and if you check out different superfoods lists, there are an overwhelming number of foods that are ‘super’ for your health,” Duerr said.

Jennifer Dutton, education director at Ever’man, took notice of the fast-growing trend and made a health note for shoppers about the benefits of superfoods available at the store, including which department you will find them.

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“Superfoods can play a supporting role in a healthy diet—boasting high amounts of antioxidants and other vital nutrients,” she wrote. “Antioxidants are special nutrients that prevent and repair oxidation’s damaging effects. Beta-carotene, vitamins A, C and E and the minerals zinc and selenium are the best-known of the antioxidant nutrients.”

At Ever’man, you can find açaí, goji, beans and legumes, the ever-delicious sounding wheatgrass, coconut oil and quinoa.

Starting with açaí, the tasty berry is packed with antioxidants, amino acids and essential fatty acids, which keep cell membranes flexible. The açaí berry tastes like a cross between a blueberry and dark chocolate, and it’s pretty, too. The rich purple pigment tells you it has a high antioxidant level.

The other berry, goji, holds what Dutton calls “nutritional treasures.” The berry is high in antioxidants and amino acids and is available in juice or berry form.

Beans, Dutton noted, are the ultimate superfood. They’re inexpensive, filling and are a staple for vegetarians and vegans, as well as gluten-sensitive folks.

Unlike the visual appeal of the açaí berry, wheatgrass is high in chlorophyll, which is why it looks like something you should mow not ingest. But it does do wonders for your

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It was Dr. Oz’s endorsement of golden berries, which are supposed to melt belly fat that caused Ever’man employees to scramble. It became the store’s mission to find those berries.

“We immediately had customers coming in to find them,” Dutton said. “It took us a couple of weeks to locate a preservative free golden berry— which you can now find on the cereal aisle.”

Some may view superfood lists as a way to skip dieting and carb-counting. By following simple guidelines, you can greatly improve how you look and feel. Can this be the lazy person’s diet?

“I believe it can be,” said Duerr. “It would encourage more plant-based foods and wholesome foods with minimal processing.

Minimally processed foods will be free of preservatives, less or no sodium and would have fewer ingredients.”

Being healthy isn’t always easy. As Dutton points out, you still have to prepare your superfood meal.

“A lot of the food we recommend has to be prepared completely from scratch,” she said. “It takes time to cook your own beans and rice. It’s not easy to make your own superfood, wholegrain bread. It takes time to cut up fruits and make complex superfood salads.”

Of course, you could just skip cooking and head to the Ever’deli. {in}

Super Recipes The Ever’deli was kind enough to lend a few recipes using superfoods. Keep in mind, the recipes are for large quantities. Don’t get too comfortable at home—the deli is always cooking up something new, so check back for more dishes.

MANGO AND BLACK BEAN SALAD

Ingredients: 5 cups cooked black beans (can use drained and rinsed canned beans) 5 cups cooked white beans (can be drained and rinsed canned beans) 1 cup pickled red onions 2 cups caramelized corn 2 mangos, peeled and diced small 1 cup red bell pepper, diced 2 jalapeno peppers, diced 1 bunch cilantro, fresh washed, chopped 6 tablespoons lime juice 1 tablespoon garlic, minced Prepare pickled red onions: combine 1 cup red onions sliced thin with 1/4 cup lime

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juice, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon minced lime zest. Let sit for 30 minutes.

Prepare caramelized corn: add 2 tablespoons sucanat (sugar) to 2 cups corn kernels. Sauté corn sugar mix in 1/4 cup olive oil until corn is deep brown and golden.

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Ingredients: 8 cups rinsed quinoa 8 cups water 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed 1 bag thawed frozen corn 8 cucumbers chopped Dressing Ingredients: 1 cup lime juice 3 tablespoons chili flakes 3 tablespoons salt 2 bunches cilantro 1 cup olive oil 1 cup water In a large hotel pan, mix the rinsed qui-

noa and 8 cups of water. Steam for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool. Prepare dressing. Combine cooled quinoa, vegetables and dressing.

WHERE TO FIND

Sometimes you choose superfoods without even noticing it. Here are just a few, local places that sell super tasty superfoods.

Olive Oil – The Bodacious Olive has an extensive list of olive oils including an organic option. bodaciousolive.com or 433-6505.

Salmon – Joe Patti’s Seafood is a no brainer when you ask locals where to buy fish. joepattis.com or 432-3315.

Berries – When you frequent your local frozen yogurt bar, like 32° or Beach Berry Yogurt at the Maritime Park, stock up on berries of all kinds. Blueberries are a staple at froyo bars.

Quinoa – Check into The Leisure Club for brunch and select quinoa as part of your morning meal. facebook.com/theleisureclub or 912-4229.

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news WEST FLORIDA HEALTHCARE NAMES NEW REHABILITATION INSTITUTE PROGRAM DIRECTOR Randy Thompson, FACHE, has been named Director of Rehab Programs at the West Florida Rehabilitation Institute, 8391 N. Davis Highway, Pensacola. In his role, Thompson will be responsible for the day-to-day operations at the facility, which includes working with physicians and staff to ensure quality patient care, preparing operating/capital budgets, program development, and managing the staffing needs of the facility. Thompson holds an Associate of Applied Science in Physical Therapy Assistant degree from Davenport College in Lansing, Mich., a bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Management from Park University in Parkville, Mo., and a Master’s of Business Administration from Webster University in St. Louis, Mo. He also is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and is licensed as a Long Term Care Administrator in South Carolina and Georgia. A native of Oregon, Thompson has more than nine years of managerial experience in the field of physical rehabilitation in Georgia, South Carolina and Pennsylvania. Prior to joining West Florida Rehabilitation Institute, Thompson served as Director of Rehabilitation Services

at a multi-site comprehensive health system that covered a two-county area in southeastern Georgia. During his tenure at the Brunswick, Ga., facility, Thompson was responsible for all daily rehabilitation operations, including employee performance, managing budgets, recruitment of therapists, customer satisfaction, program development, and physician relations. Thompson is retired from the United States Naval Reserves where he served for 20 years. During his tenure in Brunswick, Ga., Thompson was an active community volunteer for a local autism foundation as well as the Rotary Club. He also served as an Ambassador for the city’s chamber of commerce.

PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIST, DR. KRISTY HAGGETT, JOINS MEDICAL STAFF AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Dr. Kristy Haggett, a board-certified pediatrician with the Florida State University College of Medicine pediatric residency program, has joined the medical staff of Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart as a pediatric hospitalist. As a pediatric hospitalist, Dr. Haggett will provide inpatient hospital care for children and infants in both the pediatric medical/surgical units and in the newborn nursery. Dr. Haggett received her degree in osteopathic medicine

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from Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa, and completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Ky., where she served as chief resident. Prior to coming to Pensacola, Dr. Haggett was employed as a staff physician at Kids Express, a part of the department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Louisville. Dr. Haggett will join the pediatric hospitalist practice of Dr. Amy Lee and Dr. Erica Whittingham. For more information, call Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart at 416-1600 or visit online at sacred-heart.org.

ENT-FACIAL PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEON, DR. JACQUE P. LEBEAU, JOINS MEDICAL STAFF AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Dr. Jacque P. LeBeau, an ENT-Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon with Nemours Children’s Clinic, has joined the medical staff of Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart. Dr. LeBeau is board-certified in head and neck surgery and is board-eligible in facial plastic reconstructive surgery. Dr. LeBeau received his medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pa., and completed his residency in head and neck surgery at the University of Maryland Medical System/Shock Trauma in Baltimore, Md. He then completed his fellowship

in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. Prior to coming to Pensacola, Dr. LeBeau was employed as an attending staff member at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, Mo. For more information, please call Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart at 416-1600 or visit us online at sacred-heart.org.

BAPTIST HEALTH CARE RECEIVES VHA QUALITY AWARD Baptist Health Care achieved national recognition for Clinical Excellence. The Voluntary Hospital Association, Inc. (VHA) Leadership award was presented to the Baptist Hospital team in May at the 2012 leadership conference in Denver. Baptist was one of 28 VHA member hospitals to receive a Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence. VHA is a national health care network that honors hospitals for meeting and exceeding national performance standards for clinical care and improving the patient’s experience. The organization serves more than 1,350 not-for-profit hospitals and more than 30,000 non-acute health care organizations across the country, actively supporting their efforts to improve their clinical and economic performance. For more information about quality achievement Baptist Health Care visit ebaptisthealthcare.org. {in}

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YOGA & MEDITATION WITH MICHAEL DEMARIA Relax with Michael DeMaria every Monday at the Sanders Beach Community Center, 931 S. I St. from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Classes are $10, a portion of which goes to the community center. For more information, call 4365198 or visit ontos.org.

first meeting will be facilitated by registered nurse Pat LeBlanc. For more information, call 494-4814.

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ZUMBA IN EASTHILL Join the Zumba fitness class held at Bayview Park Center, 2001 E. Lloyd St. from 6 to 7 p.m. Classes are $5. For more information, call 436-5190 or visit zumbapensacola.com.

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SPIRITUAL LIVING DISCUSSION GROUP Join the discussion in the ongoing science of mind or positive thought living and love from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Classes are located at 1007 S. Old Corry Field Rd. R.S.V.P to Jim and Carolyn Vary at 937-6730.

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WEEKLY MEDITATION AT PSC Enjoy an evening of meditation at 7 p.m. and stay for tea and conversation afterward. Located in the Pensacola State College Student Center, Room 509, 1000 College Blvd. For more information, visit meditationinpensacola.org.

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COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC The first Saturday of the month, Dr. Bonnie McLean offers ear acupuncture to relieve stress for $20. Call 9321778 to make an appointment. You can also sign up for emotional code work with Margie for $15. Call 291-0848 to make an appointment. Appointments are available from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Baybridge Chiropractic Center, 107 Baybridge Dr., in Gulf Breeze. For more information, visit spiritgatemedicine.com.

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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP The support group will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the community rooms A and B in the West Florida Rehabilitation Institute, located at 8391 N. Davis Hwy. For more information, call 494-3212.

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MIND AND BODY CONNECTION: LIVING WELL The Baptist Healthcare event will be presented by Mary Cohen-Colson of the Summit Clinic from 12 to 1 p.m. The event will be held in conference room B in the Andrews Institute.

Reservations are required. If you would like to attend or have any questions, call 469-7897.

DIABETES SELFHELP Group The topic will be “Cooking with Carol,” presented by Carol Bingert, RD, LD, CDE. The class will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the seventh floor auditorium of West Florida Hospital, located at 8383 N. Davis Hwy. For more information, call 494-3212.

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Free for Everman members, $2 for non-members. Bring your own towel or mat. For more information, call 438-0402 or visit everman.org.

MAN TO MAN SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN The American Cancer Society’s support group for men fighting prostate or any other form of cancer, will begin meeting on the last Tuesday of every month from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the West Florida Cancer Center located at 2130 E. Johnson Ave. The

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Training continues throughout membership with online tools such as a diet tracker, workout planner and virtual coaching.

FIXED ON FITNESS, INC. 554-1648, fixedonfitness.com Fixed on Fitness boot camp provides an ideal combination of personal training, accountability, camaraderie and hard work, which results in a dynamic approach to total fitness. Throughout the six weeks of boot camp, you are introduced to a variety of workout techniques, exercises and challenges. Each workout is different, so campers experience 24 new workouts.

Hypnotherapy

LUMINOUS LIFE HYPNOTHERAPY 346-7865, luminouslifehypnotherapy.com Susan Dunlop, M.A., C.H.T., offers hypnosis as therapy for a variety of issues such as bereavement, relationship problems, divorce recovery, stress management, depression, phobias, negative habits, motivation, sleep problems, trauma, sports excellence, pain management and more. Dunlop is an internationally certified hypnotherapist trained in the United States by the American Academy of Hypnotherapy, the nation's foremost hypnotherapy institute.

Skin Care

DR. KEVIN WELCH Pensacola Office: Medical Center Clinic, Dermatology and Laser Center 8333 N. Davis Highway, 474-8386 Gulf Breeze Office: 2874 Gulf Breeze Parkway, 916-9969 kevinwelchmd.com Dr. Kevin Welch offers Botox, Dysport, fillers such as Restylane, Perlane, Juvederm, Radiesse and Sculptra, laser services, including Fractional CO2 laser resurfacing and IPL. Also, Dr. Welch has the only local Zeltiq Coolsculpting to “freeze your fat away”, and the only local non-surgical skin tightening procedures including both Ulthera and Thermage. The Skin Care Center offers physician-dispensed products, including Skin Medica, Obagi, Jane Iredale cosmetics, Tilley Hats and the only area outlet of “My Body” skin care products. Dr. Welch won Best Skin Care again in 2011. {in}

The Area’s Only Accredited

Chest Pain Center West Florida Hospital is the only hospital in the region to earn Chest Pain Center accreditation by the prestigious Society of Chest Pain Centers, an international professional organization focused on improving care for patients with acute coronary symptoms and other related conditions. The accreditation followed a stringent and comprehensive review of the expertise of our operating systems and the compassionate care we provide our chest pain patients.

As an Accredited Chest Pain Center, West Florida Hospital ensures that patients who come to our Emergency Room complaining of chest pain or discomfort are given the immediate treatment necessary to avoid as much heart damage as possible.

Protocol-based procedures developed by leading experts in cardiac care to reduce time to treatment in the critical early stages of a heart attack are part of our overall cardiac care service.

And, should you need to be admitted, West Florida Hospital is the only hospital in the area that can guarantee your own private room during your stay.

As the area’s only Accredited Chest Pain Center, the ER at West Florida can provide: • Reduced time to treatment during the critical stages of a heart attack • A systematic approach to cardiac care that improves outcomes • Timely accurate diagnoses of all patients presenting with signs and symptoms of heart disease that help reduce unnecessary admissions • Recognizable symbol of trust that helps patients and EMS make decisions at highly stressful times

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Concert For Manna

Sunday night check out “Let’s Hang On,” America’s #1 Frankie Valli Tribute Show, at Randall K. and Martha A. Hunter Amphitheater at Pensacola Bayfront Stadium during a free benefit concert for Manna Food Pantries. mannafoodpantries.org, letshangon.com.

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by Hana Frenette

Come Sale Away

photo by Hana Frenette The 127 Corridor Sale is the Olympics of yard saling. People train for years, without realizing it, by waking up early every Saturday to scavenge through stranger’s junk and by helping friends clean out their attics for nothing more than the hope that they might walk away with something cool, free and covered in dust.

Spanning five days, over 650 miles and conducted for four straight days, the 127 Corridor Sale, is the world’s longest yard

sale. The official map starts in Gadsden, Ala. about 300 miles north of Pensacola, and goes all the way through Tennessee and Kentucky to Addison, Mich. The official headquarters for the sale is located in Jamestown, Tenn.

If you’re wanting to take a road trip, but lack the commitment to plan for a cross country drive, start small and try the yard sale route. You can see the sights and buy cool inexpensive things.

“People are looking for one thing—actually many things—but the main thing is to shop,” Tourism Membership Director of Fentress County, Tenn., Leann Smith said. “Even if you’re not an avid yard saler, it’s still really cool to see the mass of stuff that is brought out each year.”

Thousands of vendors come to sell their stuff by the side of the road, in parking lots, and outside of homes scattered along the highway. This year will be the 25th anniversary for the sale, and will WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 2 to Sunday, Aug. 5 most likely be the busiest and best WHERE: Starts in Gadsden, Ala. and goes yet. There are even cookouts and to Addison, Mich. (Road 127, and other designated stops along the way for smaller roads. Total distance of 690 miles.) shoppers to socialize, connect and COST: Gas money and whatever you bring relax on their long thrifty journey. to shop with “We have a big bluegrass DETAILS: 127sale.com for an official map, jamboree here in Jamestown, but tips, and photos. all the towns really have their own

“You used to be able to buy stuff for pennies on the dollar, but now everyone knows what circa something is, or who made it and where it came from—it’s still fun though!”

Carla Massey

The idea for the sale came about in 1987. A county executive in Tennessee thought that it was important to show that the back roads of all the small towns in the surrounding areas were still important and still had something to offer the community. The idea spread to Kentucky and Alabama, and grew from 350 miles at first, to the 690 miles it is now.

“I’ve seen a number of crazy things, I’ve seen a number of beautiful things,” Smith said. “The 127 sale is quite the experience.”

Local antique storeowner and expert yard saler Carla Massey has ventured up to the sale for the past six years. She picks through sales and brings her finds back to her store, Massey’s Hog Heaven Antiques, located off Davis Highway.

“It is fun,” Massey said. “But it is hot.

Make sure you wear shoes you can walk in too, because there is a lot of walking.”

Massey said the traffic is very slow moving for the first few days of the sale, but the vendors are all set up very close and one after another, so even though it’s tedious, there is a lot to look through to pass the time.

“My husband and I usually start in Gadsden, Ala., and then we work our way up through Tennessee,” Massey said.

“Once you get up into Tennessee, you usually park on one side of a mountain, and then the vendors are set up across the street on the other side.”

In the years Massey has been going to the sale, the vendors have become more plentiful, but the prices have also risen, especially with television shows like “American Pickers,” “Antique Road Show” and the latest, “Picked Off.” “The antique business has gotten really competitive in the past few years,” Massey said. “You used to be able to buy stuff for pennies on the dollar, but now everyone knows what circa something is, or who made it and where it came from— it’s still fun though!”

THE 127 CORRIDOR SALE

Carla Massey / photo by Hana Frenette

little things going on, BBQs and whatnot,” Smith said.

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HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS FOR THE SALER WHO WAKES AFTER 7 A.M. BUT STILL WANTS THE GOOD STUFF.

Although most people know the basic tips for yard sale success (get an early start, bring cash), they’re easy to overlook sometimes. Here are a few reminders of their importance in case you’re thinking of embarking on the 127 Sale or just want a less stressful Saturday excursion around town. ▶Don’t Underestimate the Power of a Trip to the ATM It seems obvious to make sure and bring cash to a yard sale, but it’s important to bring enough cash. It’s easy to run out of the house with $5 in ones and a couple of quarters thinking, “Oh well, it just means I’ll have to be good and not spend too much.” Next thing you know, you’re speeding to an ATM, praying the old lady back at the sale believes you’re really coming back for that wingback office chair.

127 Corridor Sale / photo courtesy of Fentress County Chamber of Commerce

SALING LOCAL

If you can’t make it to the epically big 127 Corridor Sale, you can still take advantage of some great sales happening closer to home.

Coming up in September is the second annual Flea Across Florida. Similar to the The 127 Corridor Sale, Flea Across Florida is a 272 mile yard sale that stretches from Live Oak to Pensacola. So if you aren't up for making the pilgrimage to the 127 Corridor Sale, maybe this Florida sale is a good place to start.

Marathon yard sales aren't the only way to get your treasure hunting fix. Don't forget about your average Saturday morning sales that happen just about everywhere. Some of the best Pensacola neighborhoods for yard saling are East Hill and North Hill. The houses are big and old and can hold a lot of stuff, and people just seem to fill them up, only to empty them again with a sale or two.

Sales are scattered all through the grid that is East Hill and North Hill, but two streets that always seem to be burst-

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ing with signage are 17th and 12th Avenue, at the intersection of Cervantes Street. If you start at 17th and work your way to 12th, you’ll probably see more signs than you can handle. Also, most churches have a few annual sales each year, which involve lots of people all bringing their stuff to one, usually air conditioned location. In this summer, this is a yard saler’s dream. Many church sales are often double booked as bake sales, and you can’t go wrong with a fresh brownie and cheap finds. Churches will usually advertise a month or so in advance for a sale they are having, so set a reminder on your phone or bust out the old pen and paper and make yourself a note. The church yard sales are usually amazing because of the large variety of people bringing in items. And there is usually so much stuff there that it’s customary to fill a bag for a set price.

Surprisingly, many people still place ads in daily papers for their sale. The night before, it’s definitely worth it to take a peek at craigslist.com and the PNJ’s classified sections. Most of the time, looking for signs is a surefire way to score a good sale, but every now and then, it pays to look in the paper, especially if you see something mentioned at a sale that you know you want to look at.

Although estate sales are usually quite a bit pricier, they shouldn’t be ruled out. Most companies that con-

▶No Diggity Sometimes Equals No Excitement Sometimes everyone else is too impatient, too hot, or too distracted to look through the entire box of romance novels, only to find the first edition Mark Twain or the old illustrated “Alice in Wonderland” waiting at the bottom. The shriek of excitement from the person whose journey to the bottom of the box was not in vain is something everyone needs to experience at least once. And you can’t do that if you don’t dig. ▶Haggle Like it’s Your Birthday Maybe you can’t justify spending $20 on a necklace or $100 on a couch. Maybe you know you’ve seen it cheaper at another sale.

Maybe you just really like to haggle. Either way, make an offer. Make it reasonable.

It’s always a little scary to offer someone less money than they’re asking for their stuff when you’re standing in their yard, however, a little bartering can be duct the sales have a mailing list that you can join which will allow you to view merchandise before driving to a home. Most estate sales reduce their price each day they are open by a percentage, with the last day being something like 75 percent off all that’s remaining. So, although they are a little more expensive, you can use to the Internet to look first, and then plan your visit on a day when everything is discounted. {in}

fun, and most of the time, is expected. If they start explaining why it’s awesome, you can point out why it isn’t. Most people will take some kind of deal. Of course, there is always that one person who thinks that Jesus personally put his stamp of approval on everything they own, and they just can’t be haggled. ▶Know Your Stuff If you’re looking for something in particular like a desk or a style of clothing, do a little research online beforehand. Look up brands and styles so you’ll be able to spot a gem before you step out of the car. Also, if someone won’t haggle with you, and you know it’s a good brand or a good style, it might be worth buying instead of cursing at yourself later when you see the same item on Etsy for four times the price. Plus shipping. ▶Ghandi Out and Open Your Mind Every now and then, things just need a little altering to be perfect. Slap a coat of paint on a dresser or switch out some old hardware for something new and you have exactly the look you want. If you’re moving and looking for furniture, try and imagine things with different color paint or a shelf taken out. Even if a sweater needs an extra button or the hem on a dress needs to be shortened, the effort might be worth it if it’s something you only paid a $1 for. Keep an open mind and you’ll be amazed at what you’re able to turn things into. It will almost always end up being cheaper than what you’d find in a store, and this way it’s been exactly customized to your keen specifications.

photo by Hana Frenette

FLEA ACROSS FLORIDA

WHEN: Friday Sept. 14 to Sunday, Sept. 16 WHERE: Starts in Live Oak and goes to Pensacola (along Hwy. 90. Total distance 272 miles) COST: Gas money and whatever you bring to shop with DETAILS: fleaacrossflorida.com

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The “Devil’s” in the Details Imagine a private eye’s office in a film noir flick, or bob-haired flappers smoking cigarettes from long holders, speakeasies, burlesque performers at nightclubs late in the evening. These are commonly associated with the smooth sounds of the saxophone.

But the instrument’s true roots date back to 19th century Europe and its cultural impact is still felt in contemporary music today.

Thom Botsford is head of the English and Communications Department at Pensacola State College, and an experienced English and Journalism professor. He has played saxophone for over forty years, performing with various bands. On Saturday, July 28, he will present a musical and literary tribute to the saxophone at Open Books. He will also review Michael Segell’s book “The Devil’s Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, From Noisy Novelty to King of Cool.”

IN recently spoke with Botsford about his love for music and desire to share the history of and appreciation for the saxophone.

IN: How do you intend to present a fusion of literary and musical elements at your upcoming event?

BOTSFORD: I take highlights of the book and my personal experience. Listening to jazz and sax are longstanding hobbies. I review the book and play a little bit, to provide character of the instrument.

IN: How did you get interested in jazz?

BOTSFORD: My dad loved it; I grew up around it. I started playing clarinet, and all the great clarinet music was jazz. Jazz has instrumental virtuosity. Whether you play horn or piano, jazz was spectacular—more complex more challenging, more patterns, more rhythms. Some people don’t know how to listen to it—can’t really appreciate it because there’s too much going on for them. They don’t listen to the instruments as if the instruments were a voice. Jazz is unique music, but it wasn’t always that way.

It was highly popular dance music in the 1920s to ‘30s. It’s kinda like the new classical musical, musician’s music. Jazz is about freedom.

IN: What is the saxophone’s origin?

BOTSFORD: The inventor was Adolf Sax. He came from a Belgian family of fine instrument makers in the 19th century. As a young man, he became instrumental in trying to invent a new instrument to project sound better than clarinet or other reed instruments. Reed instruments produce a fluid, violin-like sound, but they do not project well. They sound soft compared to brass instruments, such as the trumpet or trombone. The saxophone combined a horn with reeds—beauty of reed instruments, lush quality of sound—but would project like a brass instrument.

Sax invented saxophones in seven to eight different sizes. There were many orchestras all over Europe. He hoped to create an instrument that would become part of a symphony orchestra. The sax became a hugely popular instrument among marching and military bands among Europe—especially Paris in the late 1800s. Orchestras never added sax sections, but sometimes had soloists. He could not have predicted what happened when it came to the U.S. IN: Why is it significant in American culture?

BOTSFORD: Firstly, huge numbers of community bands organized at the turn of the century. Saxophones sounded good playing outside and came in various sizes—even huge saxophones you’d stand on a ladder to play.

They were popular in huge community bands and marching bands. After they began to be manufactured in Indiana, sax playing became a popular hobby. The birth of recorded music and record players in the jazz age made them more popular. Saxophones became involved in New Orleans jazz and a major part of big band orchestra. They were popular soloists.

They played a huge role in blues, rhythm/ blues, funk, soul, and later rock-n-roll. The guitar became the most popular rock instrument in the 1950s, saxophones seem to go with any kind of music. They are in the theme for “Saturday Night Live,” and Boots Randolph’s “Yakety Sax” is well known.

IN: How did the saxophone gain a rebellious reputation?

BOTSFORD: It was called the “devil’s horn” because it was associated with vulgar dance music and strip clubs. In Hollywood, gangster movies and lurid love scenes used a certain kind of sax music. It got an image as a bad boy. Around the turn of the century, the Catholic Church thought it made a vulgar sound. The sax has been a pioneering instrument in avant-garde jazz—some of the sounds it makes are dissonant and strange.

American world rhythms with jazz played on top. There were outstanding fusions that took place, and there were rock bands that added jazz elements, such as Blood, Spit and Tears, Chicago, and Steely Dan. The rock-jazz, jazz-rock movement lasted around 20 years. We play the highlights of that. Our next show is at the Five Sisters Blues Café on Monday, August 13.

IN: What do you hope your audience will gain from the event?

BOTSFORD: An appreciation for the rich and ironic history of the saxophone, and its ability to insinuate itself into any music it wants. It’s an example of history and music, it’s just entertainment. I hope to help people listen to music a little more closely.

IN: What instruments do you play?

BOTSFORD: I play clarinet, alto saxophone, and tenor sax. I switched from clarinet in college.

IN: What makes the saxophone unique?

BOTSFORD: It closely resembles the human voice.

Its sound range falls about the same frequency as the human voice, maybe that’s why it’s so popular. Every player sounds different. You can tell one sax player from another, just as people’s voices are different.

IN: What has music brought to your life?

BOTSFORD: Music is an integral element of my life.

I listen to it quite often—in the car, in the gym. I think listening to it, and playing it are very therapeutic things for people.

Music takes them out of themselves.

People have a visceral response to music. It seems very important to human beings, but we don’t quite know why. Without music, my life would not be nearly as rich. Somehow, it’s good for the soul. {in}

IN: Do you perform in public regularly?

BOTSFORD: I played with The Mighty Mudsharks, a band that played rock classics from 1960s and 1970s. We were the house band at the Ale House in the 1990s.

When we had a piano, bass, drums and saxophone, my sax replaced the guitar parts. Now, I play weddings and with a jazz-fusion band.

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‘Manna Food Bank Youth Story Mural’ / courtesy photo

THURSDAY 7.26

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext.

107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘SURFING FLORIDA: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY’ 10 a.m. through Sep 2. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or

pensacolamuseumofart.org.

ANNUAL MEMBER’S JURIED EXHIBITION 10 a.m. through Aug 11. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘ART ROCKS’ 10 a.m. through Sep 1. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

‘ARTIST EXCHANGE’ 10 a.m. through Jul 31.

Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

‘ART AS SOCIAL DISCOURSE’ 10 a.m. through Aug 24. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘MANNA FOOD BANK YOUTH STORY MURAL’ 10 a.m. through Aug 24. Manna Food Bank will be collecting non-perishable food items for the duration of this exhibit. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘EARTHLING, ALIENS…AND OTHER CREATURES OF FATE’ 10 a.m. through Aug 24. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘IT’S 5 O’ CLOCK SOMEWHERE’ MARGARITA TASTING 2 p.m. Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

WINE TASTING AT AWM 5 p.m. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. Ninth Ave. 433-9463 or aragonwinemarket.com.

GULF BREEZE TOASTMASTERS OPEN HOUSE 6 p.m. Pensacola State College South Santa Rosa Center, 5075 Gulf Breeze Pkwy., Gulf Breeze. 380-9475.

HERB CLASS AT EVER’MAN 6 p.m. $2 for non-members. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org.

VEGAN DINNER AT EOTL 6 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. 429-0336 or eotlcafe.com.

BLUE WAHOOS VS HUNTSVILLE STARS 7 p.m.

Maritime Park, 449 W. Main St. 934-8444 or bluewahoos.com.

EVENINGS IN OLDE SEVILLE SQUARE 7 p.m.

Seville Square, between Alcaniz and Adams

streets. 438-6505 or pensacolaheritage.org.

BRAD BARNES OPEN COLLEGE JAM 7:30 p.m.

Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Rd. 474-1919.

WILLIE’S FEST 8 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 9169888 or bamboowillies.com.

live music

J. HAWKINS 2 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

STEPHEN LEE 4 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

COWBOY JOHNSON & JON COOK 5:30 p.m.

Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

THE DAVENPORTS 6 p.m. The Leisure Club, 126 S. Palafox. 912-4229 or tlcdowntown.com.

DAVE & JOE SHOW 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS, SET IT OFF, PATENT PENDING, THE ICARUS EFFECT 7 p.m. $14-$17. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 6076758 or vinylmusichall.com.

BIG ALL & THE HEAVYWEIGHTS 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach.

916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

CHARLIE ROBERTS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com.

KARAOKE WITH BECKY 7:30 p.m. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 934-3141 or dalesbigdeck.com.

ELAINE & CATHY 8 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

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happenings THE BLUE PARTY 8 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 9169888 or bamboowillies.com.

TIM SPENCER 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 9322211 or sandshaker.com.

DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

DJ MR LAO 8 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

FISH SANDWICH 8:30 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach.

932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

TIMBERHAWK 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

COLLEGE DANCE NIGHT 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

REX & THE SOLUTIONS 9:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

LUCKY DOGGS 10 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

‘LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL’ 7:30 p.m. $16 reserved admission. Ashmore Fine Arts Building, 1000 College Blvd. 484-1847 or pensacolastate.edu/lyceum.

‘HAIRSPRAY’ 7:30 p.m. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 434-0257 or pensacolalittletheatre.com.

‘SUNSET TOAST AT THE TOP’ 7:30 p.m.

Couples only tour, reservations required. Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561 or lighthousereservations.org.

POSITONES 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

SAWMILL & GUESTS 7 p.m. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Rd., Pace.

994-9219 or farmersopry.com.

FISH SANDWICH 7:30 p.m. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 9343141 or dalesbigdeck.com.

MIKE BOCCIA 7:45 p.m. Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Rd. 474-1919.

FRIDAY 7.27

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘SURFING FLORIDA: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY’ 10 a.m. through Sep 2. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

ANNUAL MEMBER’S JURIED EXHIBITION 10 a.m. through Aug 11. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘ART ROCKS’ 10 a.m. through Sep 1. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

‘ARTIST EXCHANGE’ 10 a.m. through Jul 31.

Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

‘ART AS SOCIAL DISCOURSE’ 10 a.m. through Aug 24. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘MANNA FOOD BANK YOUTH STORY MURAL’ 10 a.m. through Aug 24. Manna Food Bank will be collecting non-perishable food items for the duration of this exhibit. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘EARTHLING, ALIENS…AND OTHER CREATURES OF FATE’ 10 a.m. through Aug 24. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

WINE TASTING AT DK 4:30 p.m. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com.

WINE TASTING AT SEVILLE QUARTER 5 p.m.

Palace Café at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

‘ART ROCKS’ EXHIBITION RECEPTION 5 p.m.

Blue Morning Gallery, 112 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

WINE TASTING AT CITY GROCERY 5:15 p.m.

City Grocery, 2050 N. 12th Ave. 469-8100.

WINE TASTING AT EAST HILL MARKET 5:30 p.m. 1216 N. Ninth Ave. ‘ART AS SOCIAL DISCOURSE’ EXHIBITION RECEPTION 6 p.m. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox.

432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

BLUE WAHOOS VS HUNTSVILLE STARS 7 p.m.

Maritime Park, 449 W. Main St. 934-8444 or bluewahoos.com.

‘INVASION FROM PLANET X’ ON THE RED TROLLEY TOUR 7:30 p.m. Pensacola Visitor Information Center, 1401 E. Gregory St. 417-7343 or ufotrolley.com.

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus / photo by Laurie Bedell Creamer ‘LIGHT OF THE MOON TOUR’ 8 p.m. Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561 or pensacolalighthouse.org.

STARGAZING 8 p.m. Gulfside Pavilion, 735 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-1500 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

SWING DANCING 8:30 p.m. American Legion, 1401 Intendencia St. $5. 437-5465 or pensacolaswing.com CANDLELIGHT TOUR OF HISTORIC FORT PICKENS 8:30 p.m. $8, vehicle pass for part entrance. Bring a flashlight. Fort Pickens, 1400 Fort Pickens Road. 934-2600 or nps.gov/guis/ planyourvisit/fort-pickens.htm.

live music

DADDY MAN 12 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

J. HAWKINS & JAMES DANIEL 1 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

KEN LAMBERT 2 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

MISSISSIPPI RAIL 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 9169888 or bamboowillies.com.

TROY BRANNON 5 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

JACK ROBERTSON-BIG EARL 5:30 p.m.

Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

3 AMIGOS 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

BIG MUDDY 6 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

TIM SPENCER 6 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

CORNBREAD 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

SKID ROW 8 p.m. $20-$25. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

CURT BOL BAND 8 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

HOLLY SHELTON AND DAVID SHELANDER 8 p.m. Ragtyme Grille, 201 S. Jefferson St. 4299655 or ragtyme.net.

THE BLENDERS 8:30 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com.

BAD HABITS 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

THE BLUE PARTY 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 9169888 or bamboowillies.com.

MIKE JENCKS BAND 9 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

TIMBERHAWK 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

SCHOFIELD, MO JILES 9 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

KATAGORY 5 9 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

DENTON HATCHER & THE SOAP BOX BLUES 9 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

PETTY CASH 9:30 p.m. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

HUNG JURY, REED LIGHTFOOT 10 p.m.

Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

LEE YANKIE & HELLZ YEAH 10:30 p.m.

Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

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PENSACOLA FISHING RODEO 7 a.m. Flounders, 800 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 393-1602 or pensacolafishingrodeo.com.

PALAFOX MARKET 8 a.m. Martin Luther King Plaza on North Palafox Street between Chase and Garden streets. palafoxmarket.com.

‘TOTS, TEENS AND IN BE-TWEENS BACK TO SCHOOL CONSIGNMENT SALE’ 9 a.m.

Former Blockbuster location, 503 N. Navy Blvd. totsteensandinbetweens.com.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/ darc.php.

‘ART ROCKS’ 10 a.m. through Sep 1. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

‘ARTIST’S ROW’ 10 a.m. Historic Belmont DeVilliers, 314 N. DeVilliers St. 912-6806 or devilliersmuseum.com.

‘ARTIST EXCHANGE’ 10 a.m. through Jul 31.

Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

‘ART AS SOCIAL DISCOURSE’ 10 a.m. through Aug 24. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘MANNA FOOD BANK YOUTH STORY MURAL’ 10 a.m. through Aug 24. Manna Food Bank will be collecting non-perishable food items for the duration of this exhibit. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘EARTHLING, ALIENS…AND OTHER CREATURES OF FATE’ 10 a.m. through Aug 24. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

HUMANE SOCIETY ADOPTION EVENT 10:30 a.m. Petco, 1670 Airport Blvd. 932-6769 or humanesocietyofpensacola.org.

‘DINE OUT FOR DOGS’ 11 a.m. Rag Tyme Grill, 201 S. Jefferson St. 932-6769 or humanesociertyofpensacola.org.

‘SURFING FLORIDA: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY’ 12 p.m. through Sep 2. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

ANNUAL MEMBER’S JURIED EXHIBITION 12 p.m. through Aug 11. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

‘THE DEVIL’S HORN: THE TEMPTATION OF THE SAXOPHONE’ 6 p.m. Open Books, 1040 N. Guillemard St. 453-6774 or openbookspcola.org.

‘GET A TASTE FOR ART: CHOCOLATE EXTRAVAGANZA’ 6 p.m. $30. Santa Rosa County Auditorium, 4530 Spike’s Way. 291-9286 or santarosaarts.org.

‘DATE NIGHT: ROMANCING OLYMPIC FLAVORS’ 6 p.m. $45, registration required.

Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com.

BLUE WAHOOS VS HUNTSVILLE STARS 6:30 p.m. Maritime Park, 449 W. Main St. 934-8444 or bluewahoos.com.

SUMMER CLASSIC MOVIES AT THE SARNGER: ‘42ND STREET’ 7 p.m. $5. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. 595-3880 or pensacolasaenger.com.

‘LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL’ 7:30 p.m. $16 reserved admission. Ashmore Fine Arts Building, 1000 College Blvd. 484-1847 or pensacolastate.edu/lyceum.

‘HAIRSPRAY’ 7:30 p.m. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 434-0257 or pensacolalittletheatre.com.

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by Jessica Forbes

The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway: It’s Not Just for Pleasure Cruising

Unloading coal at the Crist Steam Plant in the 1960s / photo courtesy of the Pensacola Historical Society As Reader’s Digest once explained, “For bulk delivery, nothing has ever been as cheap as water.” Recently the crude oil tanker “Eagle Sibu” docked at the Port of Pensacola and, like large ships often do, the imposing vessel drew people to the waterfront for a closer look. Everyday, however, smaller tugs and barges move coal, petroleum, and other materials through nearby waters largely unnoticed, along a system many of us don’t typically spend time pondering: the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

The Santa Rosa Sound, Big Lagoon, and a portion of Pensacola Bay connect local waterways to a system that extends from the U.S./Mexico Border to New England, and has carried the majority of fuel used in Pensacola over the last 60 years.

Originally conceived in 1905, the Intracoastal Waterway was a project the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) endorsed and saw through Congress, and which the USACE constructed and currently maintains.

Proponents in the 1920s and 1930s touted the Intracoastal Waterway for its recreational and industrial potential, but industry was the primary driver, as the canal would provide a faster, protected route to ship fuel and other goods on shallow draft vessels, i.e. barges. The larger system consists of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW). The AIWW extends between Key West, Fla. and Norfolk, Va.; the GIWW has segments between Fort Myers, Fla. and Brownsville, Texas.

Army engineers recommended construction of the stretch of canal between Mobile, Ala. and Pensacola in 1929 stating that both were “important ports” and the canal would supplement the railways and highways in the area, which they deemed inadequate. The route between Mobile, Ala. and Pensacola was complete by 1935, and by 1949, the GIWW between Texas and Carrabelle, Fla. was open and operating.

The GIWW developed just in time to accommodate industrial growth in Northwest Florida during the 1950s. The Chemstrand Corporation nylon plant opened in 1953, and Gulf Power’s Crist Steam Plant was expanding. Each facility required a significant amount of energy to operate, and fuel coming in along the GIWW was essential. A channel was dredged in the Escambia River to accommodate barge traffic to those facilities. During the early years of its operation, Chemstrand officials estimated it brought in approximately 40,000 tons of petroleum-based products from Louisiana and Texas annually via the GIWW. In the following decades, the GIWW provided the route for nearly all of the military and civilian fuel shipments to Pensacola. One barge is capable of bringing in approximately one million gallons of fuel, or over 1,500 tons of coal. Numerous industrial plants sprouted up along the GIWW and its tributaries throughout the region, enjoying the reduced shipping cost of fuel and industrial materials arriving through the canal.

Despite its integral role for industrial ventures and transportation in the region, the public rarely has cause to consider the GIWW. Occasionally incidents occur that put the canal and its significance to business-as-usual in the spotlight. In January 1963 a barge struck the Canal Bridge on Gulf Beach Highway over the GIWW. A slight logistical ballet ensued, rerouting tugs and barges to the Gulf of Mexico until they could move back into the protected waters of the canal.

Other than barges passing to and fro, not much indicates the industrial use of the GIWW apart from the occasional dredge maintaining the standard channel dimensions (125-feet wide and 12-feet deep, should one like to know). Recent studies have reported that shipments along the GIWW have declined somewhat over the last decade, though less so in this area. As of 2006, the northwestern portion of the GIWW was the most heavily used section of the system in Florida, with slightly more coal being transported than petroleum. {in}

Jessica is a Pensacola resident with a Master’s degree in Public History. When she’s not digging up history facts, you can find her at Music Box Pensacola.

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LATEST RELIGIOUS MESSAGES Recurring Theme: From time to time, Buddhist groups attempt to improve their “karmic balance” by doing good deeds for Earth’s animal cohabitants. (Previously, “News of the Weird” mentioned a California group’s “freeing” fish by buying out a pet shop’s inventory and liberating the “lucky” fish into the Pacific Ocean— where they were undoubtedly eaten almost immediately by larger fish.) In June, about 50 members of the Let Blessings and Wisdom Grow Buddhist group in Beijing bought at least 200 snakes, took them into a rural area of Hebei province, and, chanting, released them.

Almost immediately, the snakes infested the nearby village of Miao Erdong, horrifying the villagers, who were able to club to death some of the snakes, but who remained on edge.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly Morbidity and Mortality newsletter reported in June that, officially, 11 newborn Jewish males in New York City between the years 2000-2011 were diagnosed with herpes simplex virus that had been passed on by a circumcision technique in which the “mohel” (circumciser) contains bleeding by sucking blood directly from the wound.

• Prominent filmmakers Daniel Junge (an Academy Award winner) and Bryan Storkel have been raising money for their documentary “Fight Church,” featuring devout Christian mixed martial artists viciously pummeling each other—but only after the brawlers begin the match with a prayer and commitment to serve Jesus Christ. Among those featured is Pastor Paul Burress of Rochester, N.Y., who says he “loves to fight” and sees no problem with MMA’s barbaric nature. “These (techniques of fighting savagely) are the gifts and the skills God has given me.”

• Scottish officials were reportedly optimistic about a recent decision of the legislature of Louisiana. State officials this year broadened a voucher program to allow parents to choose private schools with Christian fundamentalist curricula. One prominent textbook for that curriculum (offered by the Accelerated Christian Education program) touted sightings of Scotland’s Loch Ness monster as “evidence” that humans and dinosaurs walked the Earth

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at the same time, thus undermining the widely accepted scientific theory of evolution. Officials now anticipate an influx of tourists to Loch Ness, near Inverness.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY Television ads appeared recently in India exploiting women’s obsession with lightening their skin—a fascination already responsible for a rich market in facial bleaching. Now, ads for “Clean and Dry Intimate Wash” promise to “refresh” a woman’s private parts by making them fairer.

Female columnist Amrit Dhillon, viewing an ad of a disinterested husband ignoring his too-brown wife, denounced the product as catering to “self-hatred—of race and gender” and urged the banning of the ads.

• In May, the Beijing Municipal Commission of City Administration and Environment issued a formal rule to crack down on unhygienic public restrooms. The toilets’ attendants will be ordered to take corrective action any time they count a number of flies equal to two times the number of stalls in the restroom.

The city official in charge downplayed the likelihood of inspectors themselves counting flies.

“The regulation is specific ... but the inspection methodology will be flexible.”

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS Not Ready for Prime Time: (1) On June 8, sheriff’s deputies near Tampa, Fla., charged Robert Suggs, 36, and David Hall, 28, with taking a front-end loader and a dump truck from a construction site and using them to steal an ATM from a Bank of America drive-thru. The theft took place at 5 a.m., and deputies arrested the pair that afternoon when they were found near the bank, still trying to get the ATM open. (2) On the same day, in Albuquerque, Thomas Molina, 38, was arrested in the act of fleeing a burglary at Central New Mexico Community College. As he tried to climb out a window, his getaway was hampered by having gotten his foot caught in the blinds.

READERS’ CHOICE The Role of Alcohol in Parenting: (1) Police in Fort Wayne, Ind., arrested an intoxicated man and woman on May 7 after witnesses reported that the couple was seen leaving Belmont Beverage with four children strapped to the hood of their car. The children (ages 4, 5, 6 and 7) were not hurt.

(2) In April, Paul Berloni, 49, was arrested in Sarasota County, Fla., when police spotted him driving an SUV with his 7-year-old granddaughter in a toy Hot Wheels car behind him, attached to the SUV with two dog leashes.

The SUV was traveling 5 to 10 mph, witnesses said, and Berloni, who smelled of alcohol, admitted that his license had been suspended following his last DUI. {in}

From Universal Press Syndicate Chuck Shepherd’s News Of The Weird © 2012 Chuck Shepherd

Send your weird news to Chuck Shepherd, P.O. Box 18737, Tampa, Fla., 33679 or weirdnews@earthlink.net, or go to newsoftheweird.com.

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my pensacola Tommy Thrall

Day Job: Media Relations Coordinator/Radio Broadcaster for the Blue Wahoos

Pensacola Resident Since: January 2012

Watering Holes:

If I weren’t working every game, I’d say Mulroy’s Pub at the stadium, but usually I like to unwind after games at Hopjacks. Lately I’ve discovered Ozone’s is one of my favorite spots and sometimes Flounder’s on the beach.

Nightlife:

I like to head downtown after Blue Wahoos games.

I’m not much for clubs, I just like to take it easy and relax with a few friends and have some laughs.

Fish House’s Grits a Ya Ya

Good Eats:

The restaurant options here are plentiful and it makes it difficult to pick just one.

McGuire’s has quickly become a favorite for burgers and what’s better on a Monday than their Shepherd’s Pie? The Grits a Ya Ya at Fish House are also incredible and I keep recommending it to people including Governor Scott. Then there’s New York Nick’s, which might also be one of my favorite lunch spots.

Retail Therapy:

The most shopping I’ve done in town so far is the Bait & Tackle Team Store at Pensacola Bayfront Stadium. I’m big on hats and they have plenty to choose from. Plus, since it’s right under my office, the location is perfect!

Outdoors:

I can’t get enough of the beach. It doesn’t matter if I’m going to relax and read, fish or for a swim, the beach is my perfect escape from a busy schedule. To me, there isn’t a more relaxing place. Since moving here, I’ve learned that I really like to fish so I do that when I can. It doesn’t really matter what I’m doing, I’m usually pretty happy if I’m outside on a nice day.

Never Miss Events/Festivals:

Gallery nights are something I plan my schedule around during the offseason. I try my best not to miss a Gallery Night.

It’s great to see everybody come together outside, have a great time and enjoy our awesome downtown. {in}

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