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EMERALD COAST UTILITIES AUTHORITY The bids for tearing down the Main Street Treatment Plant have come in much lower than anticipated. ECUA has seven bidders that want the job, and their bids range from $70,000 with add-ons to nearly $4 million. Staff is recommending a $735,000 bid to the board at its June 23 meeting.

PORT OF PENSACOLA The GE Wind Energy Plant has orders for more than 600 wind turbines. Nearly 300 of them will be shipped through the Port of Pensacola to Brazil starting this month. More contract employees could be added later this year to meet demand.

ASHTON HAYWARD The mayor of Pensacola has found a tenant to lease the third floor of city hall for three years, putting more than $500,000 into city coffers.

H2 Performance, a consulting firm that advises defense contractors and provides training for IT professionals, is the lessee.

The company is ranked 139th of the 500 fastest-growing companies in America by Inc. magazine. In March, it was a recipient of the 2011 Florida Companies to Watch award by GrowFL. MICHELE BACHMANN The Minnesota Congressman won the recent GOP presidential debate in New Hampshire. Any time a Tea Party candidate can speak in front of a crowd and not come across as a nut, he or she wins.

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CHRIS HUGHES The Okaloosa County Tax Collector announced his retirement. It was about time. Hughes was first elected in 1992 and had pre-filed to seek a sixth term in 2012. The last couple of years have been filled with problems. A Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation in 2007 uncovered allegations that several of Hughes’ high-ranking employees were spending work hours helping him conduct private business.

In March 2009, the Northwest Florida Daily News reported Hughes had handed out $692,000 in bonuses in three years.

The paper also uncovered $182,000 in travel expenses in four years for Hughes and key staff members.

RAY SANSOM The Florida House Speaker won in state court on charges of slipping a $6 million airport project into a state budget. Now the federal government is investigating him. The FBI has served subpoenas on the House and the District 4 legislative office in Shalimar, demanding all of Sansom’s official travel records since January 2004.

ANTHONY WEINER The New York Congressman has made sure that we all know how to pronounce his last name, thanks to a series of provocative photos the married Democrat sent to women. House leaders are calling for him to resign. Weiner has checked himself into rehab to deal with his social media addiction.

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dation Medals, and Lt. Charles Nelson and Lt. Cmdr. Mike most difficult things a person Longardt leadership awards. can do is walk away from Koss was clearly worthy of something he loves. Comthe position. mander Dave Koss did just Unfortunately, life threw that when he voluntarily him a curve. On May 22, the stepped down last month Blue Angels were performas leader of the Blue Angels, ing at the Lynchburg Regional the United States Navy’s Flight Airshow in Lynchburg, Va. when Demonstration Squadron. the Diamond formation f lew the Barrel His sense of honor required him to Roll Break maneuver at an altitude that do so from a position that he had called was lower than the required minimum a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” It’s altitude. The mathe type of honor neuver was aborted, that we rarely see “MANY WILL CRITICIZE HIM, the remainder of any more. Elected the demonstraofficials continuAND SOME OF HIS FRIENDS WILL tion cancelled and ally make excuses TURN ASIDE, BUT MONGO’S all aircraft landed for their mistakes– CHARACTER AND INNER STRENGTH safely. The next day, think Anthony WILL SURELY PREVAIL.” the Blue Angels anWeiner–and refuse to give up their  RETIRED ADM. ROBERT KELLY nounced that they were initiating a power and prestige. safety stand-down.

David Koss put Five days later, Koss made his decision to the Blue Angels and the U.S. Navy above step down. his personal interests and desires.

In his public statement, he said, To be named as the commanding “With deep personal regret I shared with officer of the Blues is one of the highest my command today that I will be volunhonors for a Navy pilot. Koss, a Natarily leaving the greatest f light demonval Academy grad who trained at NAS stration team.”

Pensacola in the 1990s, was selected by a Few of us can truly comprehend how panel of admirals and former Blue Angels difficult it was for Koss to step down. team members out of seven finalists to Retired Adm. Robert Kelly wrote me that join the team as squadron leader for 2011 Koss, whose call sign is “Mongo,” did so and 2012. because he believed he did not measure up At the time, “Boss” Koss was the comto the Blue Angel standard, and he did not manding officer of the VFA-14 Tophatters, a strike fighter squadron in Lemoore, want to place his teammates in jeopardy.

“This self less action tells a lot about Calif. His previous assignments included this extraordinary Naval Officer,” said conducting training on VFA-122, Air and Kelly. “Many will criticize him, and some Maritime Planner to Standing Joint Force of his friends will turn aside, but Mongo’s Headquarters, VFA-87 on the USS Entercharacter and inner strength will surely prise, and the VFA-106 Gladiators. prevail. He looked in the mirror and made He has been awarded the Defense the right call. I for one salute him.”

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rant & rave DIVERSITY IS GOOD BUSINESS In Pensacola the minority population is about 40% (approximately 33.5% African American, 2.9% Hispanic, 2.4% Asian, and 1% Native American).

However, the minority population is about 80% of the City’s lower-income and unemployed. Escambia County is the fi ft h poorest county in the State if not lower.

Out-of-state and out-of-area companies have received millions of dollars from City of Pensacola’s procurement and will continue to receive our dollars without City procurement policy changes. Currently, millions of Pensacola’s “public” procurement dollars are being “sucked out” of the local economy by non-Pensacola companies and invested and spent in the communities of these companies. However, locally there remains a “burden” on Pensacola’s “public” dollars for subsidies to the under-employed and unemployed minority citizens of Pensacola.

Mayor Hayward has presented a proposal to conduct a “disparity study” to provide the basis to establish a “legally-defensible” procurement program that provides opportunities for local minority contractors to hire local minorities and keep these dollars in Pensacola…why is this good for all of Pensacola?

I think that Mayor Hayward understands this “concept” and is utilizing good judgment and leadership to devise and implement a “proven” strategy to help ensure that a percentage of Pensacola’s procurement dollars stay in Pensacola where they can have the largest impact on job development and local unemployment. It is “good business” for Pensacola’s procurement spending to be utilized for economic development by spending a reasonable percentage with local minority businesses that hire local minority citizens.

A good economic development strategy creates jobs in the communities where unemployment is the most prevalent. A “minority-

inclusion” program, as determined by a If you’ll remember, years ago, the Thunregarding the process used in putting the list “disparity study,” can increase Pensacola’s derbirds, that’s the flight team of the U.S. Air together. It would not be at all self-serving to minority tax-base and create more capital in- include IN on the list next year.

Force, were in a similar situation in which vestment in minority communities and more they followed their flight leader right into the —Harrison Wilder, Gulf Breeze disposable income being spent in Pensacola ground. I don’t purport to know all of the by a newly-employed minority community. circumstances surrounding that event, but it OUTZEN THE LOSER I haven’t written your Any community is only as strong as its sure ended in tragedy, which was not the case publication before because I let you slide on weakest “sector.” here, except for the quick end of a promising most things, but The weakest “seccareer as a Blue Angels pilot. when I noticed “I THINK YOUR PAPER WOULD DO BETTER tor” is subsiI am sure Commander Koss feels badly that you had TO PICK A DIFFERENT PERSON AS A LOSER, dized by public enough, but you want to label him a “loser”: Commander resources and the CERTAINLY THERE ARE MANY FROM WHICH TO a person who has put his life on the line for Dave Koss, strongest “sector” CHOOSE, AND YOU COULD PROBABLY START our country and whose record is “probably” formerly Flight of the communiexemplary otherwise.

Leader of the WITH THE PERSON IMPERSONATING THE PRESI Blue Angels ty pays the taxes I think your paper would do better to DENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHO CONTINUAL listed in the for this subsidipick a different person as a loser, certainly zation. The lack LY DEGRADES OUR COUNTRY AND APOLOGIZES “Losers” column there are many from which to choose, and of opportunities you could probably start with the person FOR OUR PAST SUCCESSES, EMBARRASSES US AT (Independent and employment impersonating the president of the United News, “Winners FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND I COULD GO ON.” in the weakest States who continually degrades our country & Losers,” June  J. MICHAEL ROBINETTE, PENSACOLA “sector” also has and apologizes for our past successes, embar2), I had to call a direct “negarasses us at foreign affairs, and I could go on. you on it. tive” impact on Pick a real loser, but when you point a To have crime, community development and educafinger at someone else, remember there are achieved what he has in his Naval career, tion…a further cost of public dollars. four more fingers pointing right back at you. to even make it as a fighter pilot, then to The aphorism “a rising tide lifts all boats” the Blue Angels and then as Flight Leader, —J. Michael Robinette, Pensacola is associated with the idea that improveI think that he has accomplished great ments in the general economy will benefit THANK YOU It is coming up on all participants in that economy, and that “I HAVE LEARNED TO FORGIVE THE ONES WHO the third year that I lost my preeconomic policy, particularly government cious angel (Jaden Markes) and TRASHED ME AND MADE ME OUT TO BE A MON economic policy, should therefore focus on I’m just now able to go back and STER, BUT I’VE NEVER GOTTEN AROUND TO THANK look at the blogs and postings the general macroeconomic environment first and foremost.

(Independent News, “Beyond ING THE FEW LIKE YOU THAT STOOD BESIDE ME.” —George Hawthorne, C.E.O., Diversity Media Frenzy,” April 10, 2008), ERIN MARKES BECKETT, JADEN’S MOMMY Program Advisors, Inc. and Chairman, which led me to you.

Gulf Coast African American Chamber of things. I am not in the military and never I don’t know that I have ever thanked Commerce have been, but am very appreciative of their you for your support and belief you had efforts and sacrifices. in me. It’s extremely important to me that Surely you have some idea of the discipline you know my gratitude! I have learned to WELL DONE LIST Congratulations and thank forgive the ones who trashed me and made you for a very well done Power List (Indepen- required to achieve such a ranking. Okay, me out to be a monster, but I’ve never gotten dent News, “2011 IN Power List,” June 2). The he made a mistake, potentially deadly, but he corrected it in time to save his life and that of around to thanking the few like you that integrity used in compiling the list is much his team. Do you have other information other stood beside me. appreciated and did not go unnoticed. I’m than this that qualifies him as a loser?

—Erin Markes Beckett, Jaden’s mommy specifically referring to the “Outtakes” piece

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buzz The Louisiana scientist invited some folks from BP out fishing recently. He said they acknowledged there may be something going on, but stressed that there wasn’t a connection with the oil spill.

“They’re aware of the sensitivity of the issue,” Cowan said.

Not all catches are keepers.

SICK FISH? The tourists seem to be back.

The beach is beautiful. The federal government has discontinued fishing closures, and the seafood is fine.

“I can tell you, the fishing’s good,” Florida Gov. Rick Scott recently told people gathered in Pensacola for a Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force meeting.

The Governor said he marked the anniversary of the spill catching redfish in the Gulf. But Scott must not have been hitting the same spots as Jim Cowan, professor and researcher with Louisiana State University’s Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences.

“We’ve been seeing it for months,” Cowan said.

The LSU scientist reports finding fish in the Gulf with lesions and liver issues.

Not the sort of catch to brag about or throw on the dinner table.

“I’ve seen vermilion snapper with lumps on them the size of a baseball,” Cowan said. The professor’s reports are noticeably different than those from the government. A week before the June opening of red snapper season, however, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration did concede that fishermen should keep an eye open for any irregularities.

“If you do catch fish with lesions on them, you know, be careful,” said NOAA’s Dr. Walt Dickhoff.

While acknowledging reports from the academic community, Dickhoff said he saw no cause for alarm–“it looks like the normal kind of lesions”–and maintained Gulf seafood is safe to eat. He said NOAA is conducting extensive testing and has yet to find anything of concern.

Cowan first started seeing sick fish earlier this year when fishermen began bringing him their questionable catches.

The specimen featured lesions in various stages. Some were only spots, with the tissue beneath soft to the touch, and others were open wounds.

“I’d never seen anything like I was seeing,” Cowan said. “So, we became concerned.”

Most of the reports of sick fish were coming from an area of the Gulf stretching from Mobile Bay to Panama City. In an effort to get better samples—specifically, fresher specimen—Cowan went fishing.

Of the roughly 300 fish caught, the LSU researcher estimates that about 10 percent showed signs of lesions or liver damage. Cowan said he did not know the cause and could not link the sick fish directly to the oil spill.

“We just know there’s a problem,” he said.

Other members of the academic community are also emerging from their Gulf ventures with disturbing reports. Locally, University of West Florida biologist Will Patterson is also reporting sick snapper.

At the Florida Institute of Oceanography recently, researcher Graham Worthy told colleagues that either oil or chemical dispersants could have interrupted the food chain and led to the high number of dolphin deaths this past year.

In Gulf Breeze, marine biologist Heather Reed is working with the local fishing community. She’s asking them to bring her any questionable fish so that she might conduct further research.

“It may be bad,” Reed said, “It may not be bad.”

Cowan decided to go public with what he was seeing because of public safety concerns. Handling the sick fish can be dangerous. Anglers should specifically watch out for fish infected with Vibrio vulnificus or the more threatening Photobacterium damselae.

While these two forms of bacteria are common in Gulf waters, fish are normally able to fight them off.

“The real mystery is, the pathogens are in the Gulf all the time,” Cowan said.

“The real issue becomes, why are these fish being susceptible to these pathogens when they wouldn’t ordinarily?”

If handled, infected fish could pose health risks to humans. Cowan suggested avoiding the fish.

“I would recommend just taking a pair of pliers and clipping the hook,” he said.

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HAYWARD FULFILLS PROMISE Mayor Ashton Hayward is calling for a fullscale study of the City’s purchasing and contracting practices relating to minorityowned businesses in the area.

Mayor Hayward said in a press release that he was fulfilling a campaign promise and doing what was right for the entire community.

“I’m proud to sponsor this initiative so we as a community can get some real data on where our tax dollars are being spent, and to develop some solutions to make sure that all of our vendors and contractors have an opportunity to build their business and expand their ability to create jobs,” said Hayward.

“I’d like to thank my West Side team of advisors, especially Pastor LuTimothy May, for his tireless advocacy of this issue,” Hayward continued. “Pastor May has been a champion for the issue of inclusion in our community, and I’m proud to have him as a part of my team that’s moving our City forward–for all of us.”

Known as a disparity study, the project will review the past purchasing and contracting history of the City, evaluate past minority business inclusion efforts, and assess local and regional business demographics. Based on these results, the study will recommend a set of legally defensible purchasing and procurement reforms to remedy any disparities for minority business inclusion.

Community leader Lumon May has led the fight for a disparity study since 2007.

That year, the City of Pensacola refused to fund a full study. Instead, they paid for a “pre-disparity study,” which found that the participation of minority businesses, especially African-American-owned businesses, in city contracts was lower than expected.

That study, and the citizen panel that reviewed it, recommended some minor contracting reforms to give minority businesses more access to City contracts. The citizen panel also recommended the City undertake a full disparity study. The full disparity study will allow the City to take more aggressive action to assist minority businesses in getting City contracts.

Hayward said this was an important step toward improving the local economy and creating jobs for residents in the area.

“I view this as a prime example of how we can improve our local economy by helping our local businesses win contracts and by ensuring that we as a City and a community are creating a playing field that gives everyone a chance to succeed,” said Hayward.

“The reality is that the more jobs we can help small businesses create, that puts

more money in people’s pockets and more money gets turned around in our local economy. So while this initiative is geared towards helping minority businesses, those business owners and their employees spend their money with other businesses across the community, so we all benefit,” said Hayward.

The Pensacola City Council will take up the issue of the disparity study at its Committee of the Whole Meeting on Monday, June 20 at 3:30 p.m. at City Hall’s 2nd Floor Hagler-Mason Conference Room.

PRIVATIZING JUVIE Escambia County Administrator Randy Oliver told the IN that he is looking into privatizing the county juvenile detention center. The state is charging the county $280 per day for each person in the regional center.

“I can put someone up in the Ritz Carlton for that,” said Oliver. He hopes to have approval for a RFP soon.

COUNTY BUDGET CRISIS AVOIDED Escambia

County Administrator Randy Oliver stopped by the IN offices to discuss the 2011-12 budget. The good news is the budget is balanced without a tax increase despite a projected 3.5 percent decrease in property taxes.

County employees will have to pay 3.1 percent of their retirement, but Oliver is recommending a 3.1 percent across-the-board pay increase so that employees will only take a minimal hit on their take-home pay.

“We are only able to do this because our legislators worked hard to make sure that the savings in Florida Retirement System contributions stayed with the county,” said Oliver.

Originally, Gov. Scott had the savings being used to help the state balance its budget.

Employees will be contributing more to their health insurance with the goal of getting it to an 80/20 ratio in a few years. The increase will range from $1.60 monthly for single coverage to $22 monthly for full family coverage.

Oliver is recommending that one paid holiday be eliminated. He will cut 17 positions that are currently unfilled and add three new ones—web master, voice over IP person and Equestrian Center manager—a net 14 positions cut, saving $560,000.

Funding for Escambia Community Clinics, PEDC, NW Florida Comprehensive Services for Children, West Florida Regional Planning, Veteran’s Services and ECAT will stay the same–with ECAT getting an adjustment for fuel cost increases.

The library system will be hit with a 3.5 percent reduction, which is the same cut other county departments have been hit with. The library system is managed by the City of Pensacola.

The Pensacola Chamber of Commerce will get $400,000 for its Vision 2015 $350,000 from electric franchise fees and $50,000 from the general fund. Other outside agencies, including United Way, will be hit with a 15-percent cut. General fund contingency reserves will remain at 2010-11 levels, which is about 7 percent of general fund revenues.

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Where the Heart Is Betty Salter Helps Pensacola Build Houses and Build Lives

By Grant Hutchinson

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ometimes, all it takes to change a person’s life is a place to call home. No one knows this better than Betty Salter.

Salter is the former Executive Director of the Pensacola chapter of Habitat for Humanity. For close to 30 years, she dedicated her life to building homes for the needy. The program has constructed 809 houses in the area and has laid foundation for 49 more.

“It’s tremendously satisfying,” says Salter.

Salter’s involvement with the program began with her church.

“I was elected Director of Christian Social Relations. Usually people got into trouble in that position. But I thought housing is pretty uncontroversial.”

She contacted the founder of Pensacola’s Habitat program, Wilhelmina McNamara and started volunteering right away.

“They latched onto me. They were desperate. Nobody knew about the program.”

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Founded in 1967 by Millard and Linda Fuller, Habitat for Humanity has built more than 400,000 houses worldwide, providing shelter for more than 1.75 million people. The homes are built with volunteer labor and are sold at cost with no-interest mortgages.

The program’s growth exploded in the 1980s, thanks largely to the personal involvement of former President Jimmy Carter. Pensacola’s chapter was founded in 1981.

According to Salter, the program is about more than just construction.

“We build people while we build houses,” says Salter.

After 30 years of service, she has no trouble citing specific examples.

“There’s one story that I remember particularly. A kid had had an asthma attack averaging once a week. His family lived in a moldy, leaky, mildewed trailer. They moved into a Habitat house, and he never had another asthma attack.

He played football for Gulf Breeze High School. Blew the horn in the band. Just complete transformation.”

Salter believes that a good house can affect every aspect of a person’s life.

“Better housing leads to better grades, less teenage pregnancy, so many things.”

Habitat for Humanity wasn’t always the respected, well-staffed program that it is today. According to Salter, there was a time when the organization was looked at with scorn.

“I remember going to see an official with the city, and he looked at me kind of disgusted and said, ‘You know you’re just a drop in a bucket.’ That was back… when we built four or five houses a year. I saw him later when we had built several hundred, and he remembered that he had said that to me.”

While some might attribute the Pensacola chapter’s growth to Salter’s leadership, she doesn’t see it that way.

“Our growth was due to dedi-

cated volunteers. There were several people who worked absolutely full time. Dedicated, committed people.

It wasn’t one person or two people.”

Salter is particularly proud of the organization’s partnership with Pensacola Boys Base (PBB), a moderate-risk residential treatment program for incarcerated males ages 14-18. With good behavior, the residents earn the right to work one day a week with Habitat.

Many graduates of the program have become recipients of the Betty and Jim Salter Scholarship at Pensacola State College.

“I’ve heard (PBB graduates) say, ‘I was raised up when this house was raised up. I was bad and now I’m good,’” says Salter.

Now two months retired, Salter says she is concentrating on all the housework she’s let slip over the past 30 years.

She’s reading more, working in her garden and planning to travel.

“I was going through the grocery store the other day and I thought, ‘Why am I hurrying?’ It dawned on me that I don’t have to rush anymore.”

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ny region that wants jobs with good wages and a secure future drools at the prospect of having a piece of the $219 billion aerospace industry. It’s such an appealing industry that several states in the Southeast joined forces to back EADS’ bid to create a multimillion-dollar aircraft assembly plant in Mobile, Ala. They knew the impact would go well beyond the immediate area and would spinoff jobs. They saw it as a watershed event, like Mercedes-Benz’s decision

By Gulf Coast Reporters' League in 1993 to establish a manufacturing plant in Alabama.

The region lost the bid to build Air Force tankers, but the process brought a spotlight on the significant and widespread aerospace activities in the South. Lockheed Martin builds F-22 Raptors and C-130J transports in Marietta, Ga., and South Carolina will build Boeing 787s if the company can overcome objections of the union and the National Labor Relations Board.

Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida all can lay claim to significant

SOME 3,400 COMPANIES IN 12 GULF COAST COUNTIES AND PARISHES WERE AWARDED $47 BILLION IN DEPART MENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS BE TWEEN 2000 AND 2010. aerospace activities. There’s the massive aerospace cluster in Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., one of the largest in the nation,

the growing aviation region around the Golden Triangle of east-central Mississippi, Florida’s Space Coast, and the multistate aerospace region along the Interstate 10 corridor, just to name a few.

It’s that multi-state corridor that’s the focus of the first report produced by The Gulf Coast Reporters' League, an independent team of journalists, in part because it’s the one aerospace cluster in the region that includes a piece of all four states. The Florida state line is less than 144 miles from the Louisiana state line.

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The Gulf Coast Reporters’ League hopes their 88-page report, “Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor 2011-2012,” will provide the public, economic development officials and politicians with a better understanding of the considerable capabilities of this region, not only in aerospace, but in other science, technology, engineering and math fields.

The comprehensive report has six parts: Foreign investments; Space activities; RDT&E applied technology; Unmanned systems/robotics; Military aviation; and Education/workforce. It was underwritten by The Aerospace Alliance and the Gulf Coast Regional Chamber Coalition.

The Aerospace Alliance is a 501(c)(6) private/public organization whose mission is to establish the Southeast region as a world-class aerospace and aviation corridor. The members include business leaders, economic development professionals and government officials from the Gulf Coast and surrounding region. The current member states include: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida’s Great Northwest, a regional economic development organization representing 16 counties in Northwest Florida.

The Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor is an urbanized area with multiple contiguous metropolitan areas that includes the largest city in Louisiana, second largest in Mississippi and third largest in Alabama.

It’s something of a microcosm of the aerospace activities found in all four states.

The report isn’t just a catalogue of what’s in the 12-county/ parish corridor, but attempts to put those activities into context, to see how it all fits together.

The Gulf Coast Reporters’ League shared their executive summary with the IN.

STRONG MILITARY PRESENCE The reporting team found the region has a heavy concentration of military bases and Coast Guard activities, with three of the bases among the most valuable in the United States in terms of replacement value. Most of the bases are involved in some aspect of aviation. The bases occupy more than 700,000 acres along the Gulf Coast, with aviation activities ranging from pilot training to aerial weapons development. Th is huge military complex trains tens of thousands of students each year, who earn wings or learn technical skills, including cyber security training.

Military activities bring billions each year into the region through payroll, contracting and other activities. Some 3,400 companies in 12 Gulf Coast counties and parishes were awarded $47 billion in Department of Defense contracts between 2000 and 2010.

The region is part of an exclusive club that has a National Aeronautics and Space Administration presence. One of the 10 NASA centers is located in the region, and a NASA manufacturing center is 40 miles away. The region could benefit from NASA’s push to move more of its activities to the private sector.

The region is served by six commercial airports and multiple non-commercial, long-runway airports, allowing easy access to the western, central and eastern portions of the corridor. Many of the commercial airports include military aviation

Research and development activities in the region involve federal, state and corporate players. One base alone spends more in research and development each year than many of the nation’s most prestigious universities.

Aerospace activities include many in growth sectors, including unmanned aerial systems, propulsion systems, advanced materials and geospatial technologies. One university activity focuses on micro air vehicles that use nanosensors. In addition to unmanned aerial systems, at least three federal operations are involved in some aspect of unmanned underwater vehicles.

Two areas in South Mississippi are authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to f ly unmanned aerial vehicles. Unmanned systems are also f lown at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., in military air space.

Aerospace and technology parks have been established or are developing across the region, including a 3,900-acre park at Stennis Space Center, Miss. In addition, NASA hopes to turn more than 800 acres around New Orleans’ Michoud Assembly Facility into an advanced manufacturing park. Michoud is home to the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing.

Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, Ala., has been focusing on aerospace activities for years. It has been a fi nalist three times for major aircraft plants. It was chosen by one foreign company, but economic problems in that country forced the cancellation of the project. It was also a fi nalist for a Boeing plant, and was chosen by EADS to build tankers. That project died when the Air Force awarded the contract to Boeing.

Another site in Hancock County, Miss. has been a fi nalist for aircraft plants twice.

ACCORDING TO A STUDY, THE FORT WALTON BEACHCRESTVIEWDESTIN MSA IN FLORIDA HAS THE THIRD HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERS IN THE NATION BEHIND HUNTSVILLE, ALA., AND MELBOURNE, FLA.

AEROSPACE: TARGET INDUSTRY Aerospace is a target industry for Alabama, Mississippi and Florida, and Louisiana has targeted advanced manufacturing. Local economic development groups have also targeted aerospace, and state and local leaders have joined in regional alliances to pursue the aerospace industry.

TWO AREAS IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ARE AUTHORIZED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION TO FLY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES. UNMANNED SYSTEMS ARE ALSO FLOWN AT EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FLA., IN MILITARY AIR SPACE.

activities, and some of the non-commercial airports play key roles in military and nonmilitary aviation activities.

Major U.S. aerospace and defense companies have operations in the Gulf Coast region, including many with multiple sites.

Foreign aerospace and defense companies and non-aerospace companies also have a sizeable footprint in the region. China’s AVIC is the newest entrant in the region.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT VERY HIGH There are 16 universities, several with “very high” research activity, that operate or have interests in the I-10 region. Organizations operated by those universities include the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center, Raspet Flight Laboratory, Polymer Research Institute, High-Performance Materials Institute, Center for Advanced Power Systems, National Center for Advanced Manufacturing, and Research and Engineering Education Facility. One community college, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, is among the top associate degree producers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs in the United States.

There are multiple technology transfer offices and business incubators across the region. A new group, the Gulf Coast Patent Association, was formed in 2010 to focus on intellectual property issues.

EDUCATION/TRAINING EMPHASIS States and local areas have workforce programs to train blue- and white-collar workers for the aerospace and related industries. Many of the programs are company specific. Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida are right-to-work states.

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According to a study, the Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin MSA in Florida has the third highest concentration of aerospace engineers in the nation behind Huntsville, Ala., and Melbourne, Fla. High schools in the region have programs targeting aerospace, advanced materials and geospatial career fields. A career academy in Northwest Florida allows students to engage in real-world projects in science and math to achieve high school and college credit and industry-recognized certification. It’s become a national model.

EXPANDING AEROSPACE FOOTPRINT The reporters found that the Gulf Coast region’s aerospace activities are deep and widespread, and cover a large assortment of fields. The region along the Interstate 10 corridor has built its aviation infrastructure over the past 100 years, and owes much of its growth to military and space flight endeavors of the federal government.

Today the Gulf Coast’s aerospace footprint includes federal and commercial space activities, aerial weapons development, unmanned aircraft production, aircraft parts and avionics manufacturing, military aviation activities, and research and development that includes three detachments from two highly-regarded military research laboratories.

Three of four states with a piece of the I-10 aerospace corridor have targeted aerospace, a lucrative market in the United States, with sales expected to top $219 billion in 2011. It involves everything from Earth-bound f lights to voyages into deep space. The fourth state, Louisiana, has targeted advanced manufacturing, aerospace and non-aerospace alike.

Local economic development professionals along the Gulf Coast have also targeted the industry, and have formed cross-border alliances to pursue aviation.

One reason for cooperation is the recognition that a large aerospace activity in any part of the I-10 region is likely to have a spillover impact on nearby areas.

The cooperation is in part because aerospace pay is generally higher than other industries, and has room for workers ranging from skilled blue-collar production-line workers to white-collar engineers. Aerospace also relies on several complementary industries, like advanced materials and sensor technologies.

The federal aerospace activities, both NASA and the military, have poured billions into the Gulf Coast. Personnel at the mix of bases, aviation and non-aviation, receive better-than-average paychecks, and the facilities spend billions buying services locally, from construction work to defense equipment. In 2010 alone, contractors in

the 12 counties/parishes were awarded 6,225 contracts totaling $3.97 billion.

The federal military and space activity led to another, lesser-known pillar of the Gulf Coast aerospace corridor: research, development, test and evaluation. The region has a piece of the nation’s $397.6 billion research and development enterprise, with federal, university and private companies all involved.

Florida’s Eglin Air Force Base alone spends more on research each year than many of the nation’s foremost universities. There are also aerospace-related research and applied technology activities, notably advanced materials and remote sensing/geospatial technologies.

To protect the lucrative activities, local officials make it a priority to protect their bases and the NASA facilities from encroachment. While it’s clear that one reason is the value of the bases to the economy, another factor may be the pro-military population itself.

Counties and parishes in the region have a higher proportion of veterans than the nation as a whole.

With a population that’s decidedly promilitary and political leaders who support the military, the region has gained more than it’s lost from base closings. Every branch of the military, active duty and reserve, is represented, as is the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Coast Guard.

In 2010 alone, contractors in the 12 counties/parishes were awarded 6,225 contracts totaling $3.97 billion.

PLUSES & MINUSES Looking beyond aerospace, the businessfriendly region offers tax breaks and other incentives to new and established businesses alike. They promote their generally lower cost of living and lower cost of doing business.

While there are unions, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi are all right-to-work states, considered by some to be a major plus.

Those factors may be partly responsible for the influx of foreign-owned companies, aerospace and otherwise, looking to establish a foothold in the United States marketplace.

Indeed, while much of the country frets over jobs moving off shore, the Gulf Coast has been a beneficiary of what some call “in-sourcing.”

The Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor isn’t the largest in the nation or the Southeast.

But its broad range of activities, multiple seaports and airports, road and rail systems allow easy access from within the United States and abroad, and may provide it with a competitive advantage.

But no area is perfect, and that’s the case with the Gulf Coat region. There remain issues with insurance as a result of the hurricanes that have hit the region. And educational attainment has been a concern for years. Federal data, admittedly dated, shows the number of high school graduates and degree-holders as a proportion of the population to be below the national average.

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But caution must be taken in viewing those county-wide figures. The

The Gulf Coast Reporters’ League believes that the tools exist in the Gulf Coast Corridor to grow the aerospace industry. It’s just a matter of understanding how to leverage them, and working together in a manner that will benefit the entire region.

With a population that’s decidedly pro-military and political leaders who support the military, the region has gained more than it’s lost from base closings. numbers go up when individual cities are considered. Pensacola, for example, has a higher proportion of high school graduates in the population and a significantly higher number of people with college degrees, 32.4 percent compared to the nation’s 24.4 percent. Mobile, Ala., too, has higher numbers than the national average. Individual schools also have singled themselves out for their academic achievements.

And while the military has been and will continue to be a pillar of the region’s economy, at least one public official sees that as both good and bad. Florida State Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, is concerned that there’s too much reliance on tourism and the military in his part of Florida.

He and others want to see more diversity, through attracting a range of high-tech and mid-tech industries that can take advantage of the trained workforce.

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Want To Learn About the Aerospace Activities in the Gulf Coast I-10 Region?

The Gulf Coast Reporters' League, an independent team of journalists, took on the issue in an 88-page book. You can download the free PDF of the full book at gulfcoastaerospacecorridor.com/gulfcoastaerospacecorridorbook.html.

The file is 29.15 MB, so be patient.

You can read it or save it to your computer. Or you can download individual chapters. To purchase a print edition of the book, visit lulu.com and place the number "10757864" or "Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor 2011-2012" in the "find" space. You can order one copy or more, and you have your choice of shipping methods.

Gulf Coast Reporters’ League Members

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David Tortorano, owner of Tortorano Commissioned Publications of Gulf Breeze, Fla., has more than 30 years experience as a reporter and editor on daily and weekly newspapers and with the wire service. A former business editor, he’s worked for the Pensacola News Journal, Northwest Florida Daily News, Mobile Press-Register and Biloxi Sun Herald. He was part of the Sun Herald team that won a Pulitzer for Public Service in 2006. Among his individual awards is a first place for in-depth reporting from the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors in 1992. For the past five years, he’s produced the annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Aerospace reference book and maintains an aerospace news feed for a South Mississippi client.

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Duwayne Escobedo, a freelance journalist, has worked nearly 20 years as an editor, investigative reporter and columnist.

He worked on both Mobile County’s “Keep Our Tanker” campaign and Northwest Florida’s “Gulf Coast Aerospace & Defense Coalition” effort. His experience includes covering Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and a wide range of news, business and feature stories in Northwest Florida during the past 14 years. His freelance work has appeared in the New York Times, Associated Press, Bloomberg News and Time magazine.

He won the Florida Society of Newspaper

Editors award for Investigative Reporting in 1997.

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George Talbot, political editor of the Press-Register newspaper in Mobile, Ala., is an award-winning reporter and columnist with 15 years experience on daily newspapers. His coverage of the Air Force tanker competition has received national recognition and multiple first-place awards from the Alabama Press Association and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, among others.

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Tom McLaughlin is an award-winning reporter with 25 years of newspaper experience who has worked for publications in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Alabama. He presently works for the Northwest Florida Daily News in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and has lived and worked on the Gulf Coast for the last 13 years. McLaughlin has been honored with the national Best of Freedom Award and Florida's Gold Medal for Public Service award for coverage of a proposed move of the 46th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base from Florida to California. He also received one of his three investigative reporting awards for coverage of that issue.

He has also received awards for court reporting, beat reporting, explanatory writing and deadline reporting.

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The King of the Surf Guitar

Dick Dale plays Vinyl Music Hall

by Kate Peterson

ick Dale has been wowing audiences with his searing guitar sound for over 50 years. He has 11 albums to date and is currently working on a country album with his son Jimmy Dale. Dick Dale and His Del-tones’ first album was “Surfers Choice” in 1962, which was recorded live in the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa, Calif.

Born in Boston, he moved with his family to California in 1954. He started playing guitar in public at local establishments and quickly gained popularity.

Dale’s version of the song “Misirlou” was chosen by director Quentin Tarantino for the movie “Pulp Fiction”—it set the tone for the movie and is featured as the opening song on the movie’s trailer.

Dale and his band are currently on tour, and we had a chance to catch up with him at his hotel in New Orleans. He

D

was preparing for his gig at Howlin’ Wolf, which he mentioned he has been playing for over 18 years.

While we were talking he was coordinating the delivery of a very special tuna sandwich from a nearby restaurant. Although he is primarily vegetarian, he has recently been including fish in his diet recently.

He has faced a number of health issues over the years, however. He was told by doctors that he should not tour and should not continue playing—but he just can’t do that.

Before we started our conversation and I launched into my preplanned list of questions, he stopped me and said, “Have you ever seen me play?” I had to say no. He said he normally does not conduct interviews with those who have not seen him play, but he said we could just talk and see what happens.

IN: You’ve been touring quite a bit recently. How is that going?

DALE: Yes, so many places in the last few weeks. This tour is very important; I am a fanatic about what’s out there. I have a clean lifestyle, and I want the same thing for my son, Jimmy Dale. I only hire people that are alcohol and drug free. It makes for a clean sound. We show everyone that you can be successful, in the rock-and-roll line of work, and not indulge in drugs, alcohol and tobacco. My son has been asked to play drums for so many major rock-and-roll bands, but it is not in the cards if the whole band is not clean.

I am proud of what I am showing people.

IN: What is your association with Fender?

DALE: For years I have been screaming for a new guitar design, and Fender listened.

This particular design is a 3-inch deep, one wood, mahogany, acoustic guitar that allows strumming of the guitar, then their arm can drop straight down without muscle cramps–common when playing for an extended amount of time. We played the new guitars at a recent charity event, and the crowd went wild. The new guitars are selling like crazy all over the world. I also helped create new amps that would make the sound of my guitar larger than life. I would blow out the others and helped develop the 85 watt and the 100 watt Fender Showman Amp. It made the crowds’ ears bleed. It was like making a peddle push cart into a Testarossa. Les Paul was known for inventing the electric guitar–I put the electricity into it.

(Some of the musicians that have created signature guitars for Fender include Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Billy Corgan and John Mayer, among others) IN: When and where was your first gig?

DALE: My first show was in 1955 in Southwest Los Angeles, a show called Town Hall Party. This was the time before Johnny Cash wore black; he wore a baby blue suit with white piping. I played with some wellknown people there. Then I won a contest playing an Elvis song and was the opening act for Elvis’s movies—he wore a red suit and played between movies. Then I talked the owners of the Rendezvous Ballroom to reopen the place and let me play my music in there. They did, and at first there were only about 15 surfers coming to watch us play. As soon as the word spread, there were over 4,000.

IN: During the interview you have been talking to your wife Lana. How long have you been married?

DALE: That is a story you are not going to believe. When she was a very little girl, growing up caring for ailing parents and not having a lot of money, her Mom gave

her one of my records, “Tigers Loose.” At the moment she saw the album, she looked at her mother and said, “I am going to be with him the rest of my life.” After we had lived very full lives, we came together through emails and very long telephone conversations, even Skype. She has been taking care of me ever since. We like the same music, travel together and she enjoys all the animals on the ranch.

IN: You were recently nominated by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the top 100 guitarists in the world. How did that honor make you feel?

DALE: I don’t pay attention to those accolades. I have had so many wonderful things happen to me. A documentary of my life and music was entered into the Congressional Hall of Records, to be preserved for future generations. In the town where I was born, Boston, a picture of me was entered in the presidential library. And recently I was inducted into the Rock and Roll Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville.

Being nominated by my peers was the highest honor.

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hot times Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

JOHNNY APPLE EYES, EL CANTADOR, PIONEERS! O PIONEERS! 7 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

ULTRAVIOLET 7 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via de Luna Drive. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

SECONDHAND SOUL 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com SKYLINE KINGS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Road. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

3 AMIGOS DUO 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

MIKE WHEELER & FRIENDS 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

JAMES ADKINS 7 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd.

549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

BEACH MICE 8 p.m.-12 a.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

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

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ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 6-9 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Table with a View-Chain Reaction Fundraiser. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼FOOD & DRINK

PENSACOLA OPERA GUILD LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m. The luncheon is open to members of the Opera Guild and those interested in joining this group of dedicated opera patrons.

This will be a full-service lunch and entertainment will be provided by sopranos Ann Ferguson and Hanan Tarabay. $25, registration required. Heritage Hall in Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 433-6737 or pensacolaopera.com.

COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS AND COCKTAILS AT JACKSON’S: THE FARMER’S MARKET 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Join Chef Irv Miller as he leads another series of cooking classes each month. Classes cover everything from shopping to preparation to presentation. $40 per person. Jackson’s Steakhouse, 400 S. Palafox. 469-9898 or jacksons.goodgrits.com.

▼LECTURES & CLASSES

HERB CLASS AT EVER’MAN 5:30 p.m. Study different herbs sold at Ever’man. This group will study a video series compiled by Dr. John R. Christopher and Richard Schulze. Free for members, $2 for non-members. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org.

▼LIVE MUSIC

JEFF IVANOFF 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

JACOB MOHR 6-10 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

TWISTED MINDZ, PALLASIGHT, J-SQUARED, TROUBLE, MALAHKI LYCHYPHA 7 p.m. $3-$5. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

PAUL EWING 7 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via de Luna Drive. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

ONE REGGAE 7-11 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

RONNIE LEVINE 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

FISH OUT OF WATER 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

THE BLENDERS 7 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

DRIVIN N’ CRYIN 7:30 p.m. Doors open, 8:30 p.m. Show starts. $12-$17. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

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TRILLBASS 9 p.m. Doors open, 10 p.m. Show starts. $10-$12.

Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

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CHRONIC JESTER 8 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

JUKE BOX HERO 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or goodgrits.com.

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

REDDOG 9:30 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

JEAN ERIC, TBA 9:30 p.m. Sluggo’s, 101 S. Jefferson St. 791-6501.

NATURE BOYS, COMPANY OF GHOSTS, ZEROX ’82, TBA 9:30 p.m. $6-$7. Sluggo’s, 101 S. Jefferson St. 791-6501.

▼OTHER EVENTS

SUNSETS AT PLAZA DE LUNA 5:30 p.m.-sunset. Knee Deep will perform and Strawberry Shortcake will entertain the kids. De Luna’s full service concession will serve up great snacks and full meals and the interactive fountain will be a refreshing splash for the kids. Plaza de Luna, at the end of Palafox. 435-1695 or cityofpensacola.com/cra.

FRIDAY 6.17 ▼ART

SUMMER SOIREE RECEPTION AT BLUE MORNING GALLERY 5-8 p.m. The summer celebration of artwork will include Amy Hines' metal sculptures, Marck Schmitt's unique tile art, Jim Sweida's photography and Mary Anne Sweida's acrylic paintings. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 4299100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 6-8 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Katelyn’s Memory. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

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

▼THEATRE & PERFORMANCE

GILLIGAN LUV’S MARIANNE 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing,

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ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 1-3:30 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older.

Theme: Kidz Day-Golf Clubs-Father’s Day Special. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 6-9 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: The Pelican. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $45. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼FESTIVALS

GULF COAST HOT AIR BALLOON FESTIVAL 6 a.m. Festival Grounds Entrance, 18507 Highway 98 West, Foley, Ala. (251) 943-3291 or gulfcoastballoonfestival.com.

▼LIVE MUSIC

LEE MELTON 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL WITH SAWMILL BAND 4:30 p.m.

Doors open, 7 p.m. Show starts. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Road. 994-9219 or farmersopry.com.

SOUNDS OF SUMMER AT THE BEACH 6-8 p.m. David Shaw will perform. Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 635-4803 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

TBA 7-11 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd.

677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

‘THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER’ AT PLT 7:30 p.m. Kaufman & Haret's comedy about a businessman's household turned upside down after a cantankerous dinner guest breaks his leg and cannot leave the home. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittlethreatre.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

▼LIVE MUSIC

SOUNDS OF SUMMER AT THE BEACH 6-8 p.m. Jeff Strahan will perform. Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 635-4803 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

▼ART

‘LIFE’S A DANCE’ AT THE SAENGER 7 p.m. Covenant Hospice's annual premier fundraiser where top dancers from “Dancing with the Stars” are paired with local celebrities in competition. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. 595-3882 or pensacolasaenger.com.

BANDS ON THE BAYOU 6-7 p.m. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and come enjoy the sounds of local middle school and high school bands at Bayview Park Pier. Bayview Park, 20th Avenue and Lloyd Street. 436-5670 or playpensacola.com.

DIXIE MELODY BOYS 4:30 p.m. Doors open, 7 p.m. Show starts. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Road. 994-9219 or farmersopry.com.

SATURDAY 6.18

BETWEEN THE ATOM 7 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

▼FESTIVALS

MARC KAUL 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

GHOST TOURS 7-9:30 p.m. Tours last an hour and run every 30 minutes between 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Two routes available: adults only and everyone. Ghost meter rentals $5.

Proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Pensacola Historical Society. No reservations. $5-$10. Pensacola Historical Museum, 115 E. Zaragoza St. 595-1559 or historicpensacola.org.

‘THE CURSE OF TRISTAN DE LUNA’ TROLLEY TOUR 6:30-8 p.m. Participants are encouraged to wear pirate costumes.

Pensacola Visitor Center, 1401 E. Gregory St. 417-7343 or piratetrolley.com.

41ST ANNUAL BILL HARGREAVES FISHING RODEO 8 a.m. The premier family tournament along the Gulf Coast, hosting over 200 junior anglers in the area. Grand Lagoon Yacht Club, 10653 Gulf Beach Highway. 492-4660 or visitperdido.com/festivals.

GULF COAST HOT AIR BALLOON FESTIVAL 6 a.m. Festival Grounds Entrance, 18507 Highway 98 West, Foley, Ala. (251) 943-3291 or gulfcoastballoonfestival.com.

EVENINGS IN OLDE SEVILLE SQUARE 7-9 p.m. Modern Eldorados, Rosie O’Grady’s Dueling Pianos. Plan to bring lawn chairs or a blanket for seating and enjoy top talent each week. Seville Square Park, between Alcaniz and Adams streets. 438-6505 or pensacolaheritage.org.

WINE TASTING AND ART SHOW FEATURING MARGARET BIGGS 6:30-9 p.m. Live music performed by Soundside and hors d’oeuvres by local executive chef Chris Kelly. Paul’s on the Bay. 670 Scenic Highway. 776-7119 or margaretbiggs.com.

FRIDAY FAMILY FLICK 7 p.m. Third Thursday through August.

Moviegoers are invited to bring blankets, lawn chairs, food and non-alcoholic beverages. There will also be concessions available for purchase. Accommodations will be made for guests with disabilities. Commendencia Slip, between the Port of Pensacola and Plaza de Luna. 435-1695 or cityofpensacola.com.

PETTY CASH 7 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via de Luna Drive. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

THE ROWDIES 7-11 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

3 AMIGOS DUO 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

LATINO NIGHT 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

KYLE PARKER 7 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 5494444 or the-oar-house.com.

DICK DALE-SURF GUITAR LEGEND, LARAMIE DEAN 8 p.m.

Doors open, 9 p.m. Show starts. $20. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

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

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

WILL ‘N SPIRE 9 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

THE REVIVALISTS 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

JUKE BOX HERO 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or goodgrits.com.

REGULAR JOE 2.0 9:30 p.m. Free. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

hot times ▼THEATRE & PERFORMANCE

‘THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER’ AT PLT 7:30 p.m. Kaufman & Haret's comedy about a businessman's household turned upside down after a cantankerous dinner guest breaks his leg and cannot leave the home. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittlethreatre.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

41ST ANNUAL BILL HARGREAVES FISHING RODEO 8 a.m. The premier family tournament along the Gulf Coast, hosting over 200 junior anglers in the area. Grand Lagoon Yacht Club, 10653 Gulf Beach Highway. 492-4660 or visitperdido.com/festivals.

BAYVIEW PARK SPRING FLEA MARKET 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

Vendors will be selling items such as art, jewelry, pottery, clothing, baked goods and more. Bayview Park, 2000 E. Lloyd St. 436-5190 or playpensacola.com.

JAKE’S EVENT ROGER SCOTT 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Presented by the National Wild Turkey Federation. This will be a funfilled day of outdoor activities for children ages 5-17 with parental supervision. $10 per child, lunch included. Roger Scott Athletic Complex, 2130 Summit Blvd. 912-4056 or playpensacola.com.

‘LIGHT OF THE MOON TOUR’ AT PENSACOLA LIGHTHOUSE 7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Hear true stories of the ghostly encounters at one of America's most haunted lighthouses.

Reservations required. Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561 or pensacolalighthouse.org.

GHOST TOURS 7-9:30 p.m. Tours last an hour and run every 30 minutes between 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Two routes available: adults only and everyone. Ghost meter rentals $5.

Proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Pensacola Historical Society. No reservations. $5-$10. Pensacola Historical Museum, 115 E. Zaragoza St. 595-1559 or historicpensacola.org.

SUNDAY 6.19 ▼FESTIVALS

GULF COAST HOT AIR BALLOON FESTIVAL 6 a.m. Festival Grounds Entrance, 18507 Highway 98 West, Foley, Ala. (251) 943-3291 or gulfcoastballoonfestival.com.

premier family tournament along the Gulf Coast, hosting over 200 junior anglers in the area. Grand Lagoon Yacht Club, 10653 Gulf Beach Highway. 492-4660 or visitperdido.com/festivals.

‘LIGHT OF THE MOON TOUR’ AT PENSACOLA LIGHTHOUSE 7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Hear true stories of the ghostly encounters at one of America's most haunted lighthouses.

Reservations required. Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561 or pensacolalighthouse.org.

MONDAY 6.20 ▼LECTURES & CLASSES

‘50 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN ASTRONOMY’ 6 p.m. Dr. Wayne Wooten, chief astronomy professor at Pensacola State College. Monterrey’s Mexican Grill, 5030 Bayou Blvd. 474-1495 or meetup.com/gulf-coast-science-café.

▼LIVE MUSIC

JEFF IVANOFF 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

JAZZ GUMBO FEATURING THE JOSHUA WALKER TRIO 6 p.m.

Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

WALT FLECTCHER 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

JOHN WHEELER 6 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

PAUL KILLOUGH 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

FREE MOVIE ON THE BEACH 8 p.m. Playing this month: “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

TUESDAY 6.21 ▼LIVE MUSIC

▼LIVE MUSIC

MARC KAUL 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

BOUKOU GROOVE 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

TIM SPENCER 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

RONNIE LEVINE 12-3 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

LEE MELTON 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

JAM SANDWICH 5-9 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

TIM MORGAN 5-9 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

SOUNDS OF SUMMER AT THE BEACH 6-8 p.m. The Hooks Band will perform. Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 635-4803 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

THERE FOR TOMORROW, LIFE ON REPEAT, CONDITIONS AND OCEANO 6 p.m. Doors open, 6:30 p.m. Show starts. $12-$14.

Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

ANTHONY MICHAEL 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

THE SUN DOGS 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

▼THEATRE & PERFORMANCE

‘THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER’ AT PLT 2:30 p.m. Kaufman & Haret's comedy about a businessman's household turned upside down after a cantankerous dinner guest breaks his leg and cannot leave the home. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittlethreatre.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

41ST ANNUAL BILL HARGREAVES FISHING RODEO 8 a.m. The

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BANDS ON THE BEACH FEATURING THE KEE CREEK BAND 7-9 p.m. The Gulfside Pavilion, 1 Via de Luna. 932-1500 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

JAM SANDWICH 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

JEFF IVANOFF 7 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

BLUES PRACTICE FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE TOWER 8-9:30 a.m. See eye-to-eye with the Blue Angels, and watch the entire show from a vantage few others have. Space is limited. $15. Reservations required. Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561.

Exhibition on loan from the Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago

Summer Art Camps at the PMA June 6th - August 19th

WEDNESDAY 6.22 ▼ART

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 6-9 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Sunflowers Je Taime. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $45. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼LIVE MUSIC

BRIT LANDRUM 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

TBA 6-10 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd.

677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

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hot times TIM MORGAN 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

CALYPSONUTS 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

DAVID DUNN 8 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

BLUES PRACTICE FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE TOWER 8-9:30 a.m. See eye-to-eye with the Blue Angels, and watch the entire show from a vantage few others have. Space is limited. $15. Reservations required. Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561.

SUMMER SERENADE SERIES AT ST. CHRISTOPHER’S 6:30 p.m.

Reunion Band will perform. The public is invited to bring lawn chairs and enjoy the music. Concessions provided. Event will move inside in the event of rain. St. Christopher’s Church, 3200 N. 12th Ave. 432-9743 or scpen.org.

THURSDAY 6.23 ▼ART

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 6-9 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Green Beach House. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼LECTURES & CLASSES

HERB CLASS AT EVER’MAN 5:30 p.m. Study different herbs sold at Ever’man. This group will study a video series compiled by Dr. John R. Christopher and Richard Schulze. Free for members, $2 for non-members. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org.

▼LIVE MUSIC

JEFF IVANOFF 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

or margaritavillehotel.com.

DINNER WITH STRINGS ATTACHED 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. With featured symphony musicians Stephanie Riegle on flute, Barbara Gabriel on cello and Katie Ott on the harp. Musical selections for the evening will include a sampling of great classics of the Baroque Era as well as modern pieces. Jackson’s Steakhouse, 400 S. Palafox. 469-9898 or jacksons.goodgrits.com.

TIM SPENCER 7 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 5494444 or the-oar-house.com.

SAWMILL & GUESTS 7 p.m. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Road. 994-9219 or farmersopry.com.

DASH RIP ROCK 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

SUNSETS AT PLAZA DE LUNA 5:30 p.m.-sunset. Secondhand Soul will perform and Buzz Lightyear will entertain the kids.

De Luna’s full service concession will serve up great snacks and full meals and the interactive fountain will be a refreshing splash for the kids. Plaza de Luna, at the end of Palafox.

435-1695 or cityofpensacola.com/cra.

PAUL EWING 7 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via de Luna Drive. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

FRIDAY 6.24

FLYING 75 7 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via de Luna Drive. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

JACOB MOHR 6-10 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

PINK POMPEII, COCKFIGHT 7 p.m. $4-$6. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

RONNIE LEVINE 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

ONE REGGAE 7-11 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

KNEE DEEP BAND 7 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

EVELLE 8 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road.

916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

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

BLACK WINE, BONELESS RATS, PILL AGE 9:30 p.m. $6-$7.

Sluggo’s, 101 S. Jefferson St. 791-6501.

▼THEATRE & PERFORMANCE

‘THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER’ AT PLT 7:30 p.m. Kaufman & Haret's comedy about a businessman's household turned upside down after a cantankerous dinner guest breaks his leg and cannot leave the home. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittlethreatre.com.

▼ART

ARTISTS GONE WILD SILENT AUCTION 5:30-7 p.m. A silent auction featuring award-winning artists to benefit The Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida and our local wildlife. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 433-9453 or pensacolawildlife.com.

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 6-8 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older.

Theme: Win for Two Couples’ Night. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼LIVE MUSIC

MARC KAUL 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

IVANOFF DUB 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 For t Pickens Road. 916-9755

SOULJAH PRIESTS, FROSTBITE, PIMPY K, H-CANE 7 p.m. $8-$10. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

3 AMIGOS DUO 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

DASH RIP ROCK 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

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

SAM GLASS BAND 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Road. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

BEACH MICE 8 p.m.-12 a.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

EVELLE 8 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road.

916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

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

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

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

HIP HOP NITE FEATURING FRIENDS OF BIG LO 9:30 p.m. $5.

Sluggo’s, 101 S. Jefferson St. 791-6501.

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hot times STICK & STONES 9:30 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

▼THEATRE & PERFORMANCE

‘THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER’ AT PLT 7:30 p.m.

Kaufman & Haret's comedy about a businessman's household turned upside down after a cantankerous dinner guest breaks his leg and cannot leave the home. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittlethreatre.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

BEACH MICE 8 p.m.-12 a.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

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

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

EVELLE 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road.

916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

AUTO RACING 8 a.m. Five Flags Speedway, 7451 Pine Forest Road. 944-8400 or 5flagsspeedway.com.

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

BANDS ON THE BAYOU 6-7 p.m. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and come enjoy the sounds of local middle school and high school bands at Bayview Park Pier. Bayview Park, 20th Avenue and Lloyd Street. 436-5670 or playpensacola.com.

TOMATO 9:30 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

SOUNDS OF SUMMER AT THE BEACH 6-8 p.m. Reflections will perform. Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 635-4803 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

▼THEATRE & PERFORMANCE

EVENINGS IN OLDE SEVILLE SQUARE 7-9 p.m. Modern Eldorados, Rosie O’Grady’s Dueling Pianos. Plan to bring lawn chairs or a blanket for seating and enjoy top talent each week. Seville Square Park, between Alcaniz and Adams streets. 438-6505 or pensacolaheritage.org.

‘INVASION FROM PLANET X’ ON THE RED TROLLEY TOUR 7:30-9 p.m. Red Trolley Repertory Theater is Pensacola’s most original theater company, producing mixed-media comedy, drama and history in their fully restored trolleys.

Pensacola Visitor Information Center, 1401 E Gregory St. 417-7343 or ufotrolley.com.

SATURDAY 6.25 ▼ART

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 1-3 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Kidz A Shelluva Good Day. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 5:30-8:30 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Fauve Nude. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $45. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼FESTIVALS

JUNE FEST 10 a.m. Featuring Kategory 5, The Devil & Mrs. Jones, Losing Cadence, Delta Vega and more. Bartram Park, 211 W. Main St. 225-8607 or facebook.com/junefestmusic.

▼LIVE MUSIC

REGULAR JOE 1 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

LEE MELTON 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

SKYLINE KINGS 7 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd.

549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

MOB TOWNE REVIVAL 7 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

SCOTT HAGGARD 7 p.m. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Road. 994-9219 or farmersopry.com.

3 AMIGOS DUO 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

THE BIG PICTURE 9:30 p.m. Free. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

‘THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER’ AT PLT 7:30 p.m. Kaufman & Haret's comedy about a businessman's household turned upside down after a cantankerous dinner guest breaks his leg and cannot leave the home. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittlethreatre.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

BUD LIGHT KING MACKEREL/COBIA TOURNAMENT 8 a.m.

Come see the best fishermen in the area catch some of the largest king mackerel and cobia in the Gulf. Flounders Chowder House, 800 Quietwater Beach Road. 393-1602 or pensacolakingmack.com.

SOUNDS OF SUMMER AT THE BEACH 6-8 p.m. Reflections will perform. Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 635-4803 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

SUNDAY 6.26 ▼LIVE MUSIC

RONNIE LEVINE 12-3 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

Pensacola First Upscale Chinese Fusion Restaurant

VIBE IRIE 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

TULLIE BRAE 3 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

LEE MELTON 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

JAM SANDWICH 5-9 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

TIM SPENCER 5-9 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

JK & THE LOST BOYS 7 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

RICHARD BOWEN 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

▼THEATRE & PERFORMANCE

‘THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER’ AT PLT 2:30 p.m.

Kaufman & Haret's comedy about a businessman's household turned upside down after a cantankerous dinner guest breaks his leg and cannot leave the home. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittlethreatre.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

ONE JAMAICAN 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

SOUNDS OF SUMMER AT THE BEACH 6-8 p.m. Reflections will perform. Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 635-4803 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

FLYING 75 7 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via de Luna Drive. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

MONDAY 6.27

THE ROWDIES 7-11 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

JEFF IVANOFF 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

CHRIS THOMAS KING, BETSY BADWATER & THE HILLBILLY CHROME 8 p.m. Doors open, 9 p.m. Show starts. $10-$12.

RICHARD BOWEN 6 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

▼LIVE MUSIC

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music

Party in the USA

Jean-Eric Combines Pop Culture, Performance Art and Dance Parties

BY Hana Frenette

W

hat are you supposed to do at a show when the entire band is covered in body paint, wielding glitter guns and throwing confetti and baby powder into the crowd? Wear something you don’t really care about, drink a Red Bull, and put on your dancing shoes.

Jean-Eric, a self described hipster dance band from New Orleans, is all about pleasing the crowd and having fun.

“Our shows are really important to us, and we don’t want anyone to be bored,”

frontman Frank Jones said. “We just want everyone to feel at ease and be happy!”

Jean-Eric got started in 2007, when Jones was inspired by New Orleans band Bunny Rabbit.

“I was utterly inspired by Bunny Rabbit and all their queer-DIY glory, and I couldn’t help but think that I could do something like that too,” Jones said.

Jones started mixing songs in GarageBand, added a few members, and started playing local shows in New Orleans.

“Our first out-of-town show was in Dallas, Texas, and we got paid $10,” Jones said.

Since then, the band has written a plethora of new songs, added a visual performance artist, and signed up for a variety of summer tour dates including a few along the Gulf Coast, as well as New York City and Brooklyn.

The band has made a name for itself by putting on some very outlandish performances.

“We like to employ whatever we can--we love glitz, glam, smoke, fog, grinding on people, taking our clothes off, having the crowd take theirs off,” Jones said. “Essentially, if everything we own could be covered in a layer of glitter, we would do it.”

Many of Jean-Eric’s shows are billed as “clothing optional,” but then again, it all depends on the crowd.

“As performers, we have the artistic license to kind of run with it,” Jones said.

“I think if the audience starts to derobe, it makes the show more memorable.”

Jean-Eric has sometimes been thought of as a novelty band, just performing for the moment in a certain niche, without any real concern for the music being generated.

Although that doesn’t make the show any less fun or intriguing, the band wants to represent more.

“We represent the ‘Why not?’ of going out there and trying whatever and having a good time, either failing or succeeding,”

Jones said. “Now don’t get me wrong, I love dance music, but when that notion of brain, heart and emotion is added to the notion of moving the feet, I think something powerful can be created.”

Regardless of whether the crowd gets naked, covered in glitter or joins in on the synchronized dance moves that are likely to be happening on stage, Pensacola should be in for a refreshingly unique performance.

“We truly love bringing the fun, so if P-Town is into that, it should be quite harmonious,” Jones said.

a.m. See eye-to-eye with the Blue Angels, and watch the entire show from a vantage few others have. Space is limited. $15. Reservations required. Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561.

MICHAEL LOCKWOOD 6-10 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

SUMMER SERENADE SERIES AT ST. CHRISTOPHER’S 6:30 p.m.

Reunion Band will perform. The public is invited to bring lawn chairs and enjoy the music. Concessions provided. Event will move inside in the event of rain. St. Christopher’s Church, 3200 N. 12th Ave. 432-9743 or scpen.org.

info@inweekly.net

JEAN-ERIC

WHEN: Thursday, June 16 WHERE: Sluggo's, 101 S. Jefferson St. DETAILS: 791-6501 or loungecrunk.com

hot times WALT FLETCHER 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

DOWNTOWN BROWN 7 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

WB SEARCY 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road.

932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

TUESDAY 6.28 ▼LIVE MUSIC

TULLIE BRAE 3 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

MARC KAUL 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

TIM SPENCER 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

BANDS ON THE BEACH FEATURING THE MODERN ELDORADOS 7-9 p.m. The Gulfside Pavilion, 1 Via de Luna. 932-1500 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

JAM SANDWICH 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

3 AMIGOS DUO 7 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

AN EVENING WITH THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS 7:30 p.m. Doors open, 9 p.m. Show starts. $20-$25. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

OTHER EVENTS BLUES PRACTICE FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE TOWER 8-9:30

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WEDNESDAY 6.29 ▼ART

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 1-3:30 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older.

Theme: Kidz Kamp-Flip Flop Fourth. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $45. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

ART NIGHT ON THE BAYFRONT 4 p.m.-sunset. Last Wednesday of each month. Hosted by Jaco’s Bayfront Bar & Grille along with the Pensacola Museum of Art. Enjoy artwork, cocktails and the great atmosphere at Palafox Pier. info@ artnightonthebayfront.com.

ART GUMBO RECEPTION 5-8:30 p.m. A mixture of fine art for all tastes: watercolors and jewelry by Becky Makla; pottery and ceramics by Jim Paulis; pastels and water media by Dale Silver. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 6-8 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Tuscan Window II. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $45. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼LIVE MUSIC

BRIT LANDRUM 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

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TIM MORGAN 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

WRETCHED, SILENCE THE MESSENGER, ABHORRENCY, DRAYTON SAWYER, CASPER CAUSES CHAOS 7 p.m. $10-$12. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

SAX APPEAL 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

JON KNOTT DUO 8 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

LONG-REEF 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 4700003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

HPP, TBA 9:30 p.m. $5. Sluggo’s, 101 S. Jefferson St. 791-6501.

▼OTHER EVENTS

BLUES PRACTICE FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE TOWER 8-9:30 a.m. See eye-to-eye with the Blue Angels, and watch the entire show from a vantage few others have. Space is limited. $15. Reservations required.

Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561.

The Blue Angels

music

We’re Fools for Light, Fools for Life El Cantador Returns to The Handlebar

BY Sarah McCartan

dance, synth-driven elements in contrast to a previous folky foothold. This direction was already in the works when Scharr hopped on board last year. Scharr’s enthusiasm for the synth and dance elements have been key in helping the band decide that this is the right fit for what they want to be doing currently. “We all worked really hard on the record, and I spent countless hours mixing it. I know that we are all proud of how it came out,” he commented.

Confusions. Communication, or simply the mystery and enchantment of what other people are thinking—These are a few of the inspirations that Underwood credits into pouring into his writing. As far as specific inf luences for the album are concerned, the members collectively were listening to both Broken Social Scene and Arcade Fire's new records pretty heavily around that time. Scharr went as far as sharing that he has thrown a couple of references to some of his favorite artists in to various parts, references he is leaving to the audience to figure out. “I just hope someone finds them one day, and that person can be my friend,” he added.

Gaining inf luence from a variety of sources allows each member to bring these inf luences to the table and together develop an eclectic sound that encompasses the new, livelier elements while also keeping some slightly tamer, but no less powerful songs, such as the title track.

When asked where the name “Fools for Light” came from, Underwood explained, “It just made sense. There are so many light references all around us every day.

From various elements of spirituality, to the idea of origins from the stars, to the attraction to the inner light of people— everything seems to come back around to light. Also, it seemed like a good alternative to ‘El Cantador: The Album.’”

The group has found a new freedom, and there is no telling where it will go from here. Underwood mentioned additional inf luences as of late being those funky ones from the past that seem to have made a full circle. He also remarked, “If the ladies like it, that is all I care about. Sean may laugh at me when I say this, but it is true. If

someone says, I conceived listening to one of your songs, then I am happy.”

Things certainly have not slowed down for the group since recording. The trio recently shot a music video for track “Empty Carz,” scheduled to be released within the

“If the ladies like it, that is all I care about. Sean may laugh at me when I say this, but it is true. If someone says, I conceived listening to one of your songs, then I am happy.”

— Underwood

Album Artwork designed by Richard Humphreys and Brent Roche at Dog on Fire (dogonfiredesign.com)

J

ust a year after last summer’s release of a collaborative split EP with friends and label mates Johnny Apple-Eyes, Mobile’s El Cantador has released its first fulllength album. The album, entitled “Fools for Light” was recorded this past winter at a remote beach house locale and is currently available for both digital streaming and download. The group has official CD release shows set for tomorrow here in Pensacola featuring locals Johnny Apple-Eyes and Pioneers! O Pioneers! and again the following night back on their home turf in Mobile.

While the translation of the term cantador is widely descriptive of a folk guitar player, it more directly references one who walks around playing songs.

Although this may not be applicable to where El Cantador is at today, it is highly reminiscent of their origin. What was once a one-manband then turned into a two-man-band and well, the rest is becoming history.

After a series of member changes, the powerful pack comprised of Heath Underwood

(lead vocals and guitar), Alex Scharr (bass, synthesizers and vocals) and Sean Murphy (drums and vocals) have arrived at a new place, where the trio is consistently working on creating their new identity while still evolving.

Much like the opening track on the album, “There’s a Hole,” where Underwood proclaims “Gonna write you a new

"From various elements of spirituality, to the idea of origins from the stars, to the attraction to the inner light of people— everything seems to come back around to light. Also, it seemed like a good alternative to ‘El Cantador: The Album.’”

— Heath Underwood song,” the band has in essence been writing itself a new song over the course of the past year. Fortunately I have had the opportunity to watch the evolution first hand. Fans will certainly notice the added

month. Hopefully a tour will soon be in the works as well.

The group’s return to The Handlebar is no surprise, as it is no secret that the band has developed a strong relationship with the Pensacola community over the past couple of years. Underwood admitted that new upbeat track “PRP” (Peaceful River People) references some of their time spent here, specifically with Johnny Apple-Eyes and company. Lyrics from PRP, “Sleep all Day, Destroy the Night,” are descriptive of the way things tend to come alive here at night−creating together, drinking together, enjoying and developing and furthering that sense of friendship and community. The closing track on the album, “Weak Ends,” also finds its roots here, beginning as a part of late-night collaborations. Underwood summed up the relationship by declaring, “Pensacola is our mistress. I mean, we are playing here before we are playing in Mobile. I think this says a lot in itself.” info@inweekly.net

EL CANTADOR ‘FOOLS FOR LIGHT’ CD RELEASE

WHAT: El Cantador with Johnny Apple-Eyes and Pioneers! O Pioneers!

WHEN: 9 p.m. Friday, June 17 WHERE: The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. COST: $5 DETAILS: elcantador.com

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food

Facelift for Hopjacks

Downtown Favorite Gets Renovated

BY Lewis Stockham

Joe Abston and Jarod Kelly

I

f you love great food and drink, then you’ve probably been to Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom. There is always a great crowd of people there, and it’s a nice atmosphere for families to chow down on some delicious food. Plus, it’s a popular place with the workday lunch crowd as well as the weekend crowd. There is quite a selection of drinks—Whether you’re into liquor or beer, you’ll find something to enjoy.

Lately, you might have noticed that Hopjacks is getting a bit of a facelift. I had the chance to talk with owner Joe Abston and general manager Jarod Kelly about the renovations and why they made them, and also why they love what they do.

Hopjacks opened on Jan. 13, 2008.

Renovations started about eight weeks ago and finished recently.

“We have been fortunate to have the success we have had,” Abston said.

Changes have been made to the bathrooms, the floors, the beer selection and menu.

The bathrooms have been completely redone. Both the men’s and women’s bathrooms were increased in size by 100 percent. The men’s room went from one

standup and one sit-down facility to three standup and two sit-down facilities. The women’s room went from two very small sit-down facilities to four fullsize sit-down facilities. Purse hooks and full-length vanity mirrors were added, too.

“We want to make sure the women are happy. If the women are happy the men are happy,” Kelly explained with a smile.

Diaper-changing stations were installed in both the women’s and men’s rooms. For Abston and Kelly, it’s nice to have that convenience in the bathrooms. “Men are much more involved in a child’s upbringing than before,” Kelly said.

High flow, hands-free toilets and hand dryers were installed to cut down on their carbon footprint.

The floor in Hopjacks has also been made level. When they first took over the building, they made two buildings into one, and there was not a consistent floor level.

In the front, there was a small ramp. In the back there was a step to get from one side to the other. “We got rid of the trip hazards and unified the floor system,” Abston explained. A brand new wooden floor was then laid down.

Hopjacks also expanded their beer selection. “We added 47 new beers—We now have 110,” Abston said. Also important was having the place and availability to pour the great beer that is out there. These days there is such a movement in craft beer, locally and internationally. “We don’t want to have to sacrifice a great beer to have a great beer,” Abston explained.

Hopjacks now offers some one-off specialty barrels. Dogfish, for example, is only produced in double-digit numbers. Others, such as Lagunitus, Delirium Tremens and Old Rasputin were added, too. “We diversified with the expansion. We got every beer classification you can get your hands on,” Kelly exclaimed.

Rogue Chipotle, a spicy beer made with chipotle peppers, five different flavors of cider and everything in between is available.

“We’re still missing mead, but we are looking for one,” Abston added.

Updates to the Hopjacks menu were made two weeks before the renovations began. “We left our standards on the menu, like the Belgian fries and the brie dip,” Abston said. They have added four new pizzas, two new styles of wings (chipotle and honey bar-b-que) and jalapeno popper dip.

Also, they added a breakfast pizza, which is made with green onions and cooked with eggs in the oven. The kitchen never closes before 2 a.m.

I asked Abston and Kelly what they love most about running Hopjacks, and I got two different answers. Abston said it was the best job he has ever had. “What’s cool is we get to come in and figure out what we want to do and do it,” he said.

The two do not have some huge corporate chain of command. If Kelly has an idea, he bounces it off Abston and vice versa.

Everybody works as a team, so it’s far less bureaucratic and cumbersome to make changes. One of Abston’s favorite breweries, Rogue, has a saying: “Ready, aim, fire.”

“In other words, we have a good idea, we get it off the ground, and figure out how to make it work,” Abston explained.

A perfect example is Hopjacks’ Second Annual Beer Dinner on June 13, which consisted of six courses of specialty beer made exclusively for the event put in special 10-gallon kegs called Firkins. Don’t fret if you missed it. “We will be doing Firkin Fridays occasionally, once a month depending on availability,” Abston said.

For Kelly, what he loves most is the staff. “What is the key to Hopjacks, no joke, it is the staff,” Kelly explained. The majority of the staff has been here for 12 months or since they opened. “Great people, respectful and responsible,” Kelly told me. The staff is given the freedom to make their own decisions, and 19 times out of 20 it’s the right one. They constantly keep Abston and Kelly on their toes. “We have a barndoor policy—It is wide open for staff to make suggestions and offer input,” Kelly explained.

Kelly and Abston also love the community spirit in downtown Pensacola.

“The media, especially the IN, notices what is going on,” Abston said. Kelly further explained, “Everybody has the same goal: to make downtown a destination and maintain a small-business focus.” info@inweekly.net

Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen and Taproom

10 S. Palafox 497-6076 hopjacks.com 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Monday-Sunday

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Dear Maxwell, My grandfather told me about an old steamship called the Tarpon that made regular stops in Pensacola. What’s the story behind that?

-Geoff M. In the early part of the 20th century, a lack of paved roads and bridges created isolation among the larger cities along the Gulf Coast. As a result, commerce and communication between coastal communities was almost totally dependent on water-borne traffic. Although several ships made regular stops along the Gulf Coast, none is more notable than Tarpon, captained by Willis G. Barrow.

In 1902, the newly incorporated Pensacola, St. Andrews & Gulf Steamship Co. bought a 160-foot freight and passenger steamer called Tarpon to service the coast of Northwest Florida. Beginning in 1903, Capt. Barrow piloted the ship to weekly stops in the ports of Mobile, Pensacola, Panama City, Apalachicola and Carrabelle. Barrow and his ship developed a reputation for reliability and dependability, transporting passengers and essential supplies while maintaining a strict schedule regardless of the weather.

Despite storms, hurricanes, groundings and fires, Tarpon continued her weekly schedule year in and year out. After 20 years, Barrow and Tarpon celebrated their 1,000th voyage, having missed only one trip on account of bad weather.

On Aug. 31, 1937, after 35 years in service, Tarpon made her final trip out of Pensacola. As was the custom, Barrow loaded as much cargo as he could onto the steamer. Car-

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rying over 200 tons of flour, sugar, canned goods, beer and iron, Tarpon left port with only five inches of clearance between the deck and the Gulf. En route to Panama City, a storm developed, and the Tarpon began taking on water.

Capt. Barrow kept the ship on course, but ordered the crew to jettison 15 tons of cargo in an attempt to lighten the load. Unfortunately, there was no reversing the damage done.

The Tarpon sank less than ten miles from shore. The ship had no radio, and no distress flares were fired.

The ship’s crew donned their life jackets and took to the Gulf. With no help in sight, one of the crewmembers, Adley Baker, spotted land and started swimming. After 25 hours in the water, he emerged onshore where he was picked up by a passing motorist and taken to Panama City to report the wreck. The Coast Guard dispatched a search plane and two cutters to rescue the survivors. In the end, 18 of the 31 people onboard drowned, including the 81-yearold captain.

The ship came to rest in 100 feet of water just outside of Panama City. Over the years, the wreckage developed into an artificial reef, creating a popular destination for fishermen and divers. In 1997, Tarpon became the sixth State Underwater Archaeological Preserve, and in 2001 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The remains of Capt.

Barrow are buried in Pensacola.

photo c/o Pensacola Historical Society Collection, West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc.

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Email it to thepublicrecord@inweekly.net & we’ll see what we can dig up.

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news of the weird A 53-year-old man with failing eyesight and who had recently undergone intestinal surgery told Sonoma, Calif., police that on Sunday afternoon, May 1, a woman had come to his home and instructed him to drop his pants and get face-down on the bed so that she could administer an enema. He said he assumed his doctor had sent her and thus complied, and it was over in two minutes, and she was gone. The doctor later said he had no idea who the woman was. (In the 1970s, in the Champaign, Ill., area, Michael Kenyon operated similarly as the “Illinois Enema Bandit” -- and inspired the late Frank Zappa’s “Illinois Enema Bandit Blues.”)

The Entrepreneurial Spirit! Several funeral homes in the United States have drivethru windows to serve rushed mourners or those stressed by the parlor experience. “Not quite as emotional,” said one visitor to the Robert L. Adams Mortuary in Compton, Calif., referring to the need not to linger in the queue of bereaved, idling motorists. The Adams facility was even more popular during the peak of gang murders in the area, according to an April Los Angeles Times report, because the drive-thru window’s bulletproof glass rendered unnecessary the precarious indoor service in which gangbangers tried to further desecrate late rivals’ corpses.

Medical Marvels (1) Dugan Smith, 13, is almost as good as new, having overcome an extremely rare malignant tumor on his thigh bone. A surgeon at Ohio State’s James Cancer Hospital removed the middle of Smith’s leg, turned the bottom of it around so that the back faces the front, and reconnected the parts. (2) According to a February report in China’s Wuhan Morning News, a 55-year-old farmer from Jiayu county in Hubei province finally has a functioning anus. His congenital condition had required him to restrict his diet severely and to “squeeze stools out with his hands.”

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Biodiversity project at North Carolina State University has begun examining the “faunal differences” in the microbial ecosystems of our navels, to foster understanding of the “tens of thousands” of organisms crawling around inside (almost all benign or even helpful). An 85-year-old man in North Carolina may have “very different navel life” than a 7-year-old girl in France, according to a May Raleigh News & Observer report.

So far, only the organisms themselves and the host’s demographics have been studied; other issues, such as variations by hairiness of navel, remain.

Leading Economic Indicators Good Jobs: (1) Prison Guard (“the greatest entry-level job in California,” according to an April Wall Street Journal report highlighting its benefits over a typical job resulting from a Harvard University education). Starting pay is comparable; loans are not necessary (since the guard “academy” actually pays the student);

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By Chuck Sheppard and vacation time is more generous (seven weeks, five paid). One downside: The prison system is more selective (Harvard accepts 6.2 percent of applicants versus the guard service’s fewer-than-1 percent of 120,000 applicants). (2) California taxpayers were also astonished to learn in May that several beach communities (led by Newport Beach) pay some lifeguards more than $100,000 annually in salary and benefits. (Generally, those are for long-time and supervisory jobs; ordinary “summer job” lifeguards typically make $16 to $22 an hour.)

Questionable Judgments Oklahoma inmate Eric Torpy has served only six years of his 33-year sentence for armed robbery, but already he is looking ahead to the years 20352038. His original sentence was 30 years, but he challenged the judge that if he was “going down,” it would be in “Larry Bird’s jersey” -the number 33 worn by the basketball player.

Judge Ray Elliott then accommodated Torpy by adding three years. Said Torpy, in May, “Recently, I’ve wisened up.” “I’m pretty sure (Bird) thinks I’m an idiot. (T)ruthfully, most people do. My own family does, so I’m pretty sure he does, too.”

Rights of the Disabled (1) A judge in Britain’s Cambridge Crown Court sentenced two teenage boys to jail for burglary in May but allowed their 20-year-old partner, who has a much longer criminal record, to have a non-custodial sentence because he has a “cleanliness disorder” that a jailhouse would traumatize. (2) In a widely reported story that originated in the Brazilian press, accountant (and severe-anxiety and hypersexuality sufferer) Ana Catarian Bezerra, 36, was said to have prevailed after a court battle in April to be allowed breaks during the work day to masturbate.

A News of the Weird Classic (March 1995) Police in East Patchogue, N.Y., filed a

false-report charge against Nicholas Lalla, 32, in January (1995) after he had sworn out a complaint that his estranged wife slapped him. Lalla played for police an audiotape he had made, clandestinely, in which slapping sounds are heard amidst his yelling “Don’t hit me.” When police informed Mrs. Lalla of that clandestine audiotape, she played for them a clandestine videotape she had made of him staging the audiotaping: He is shown, alone, yelling “Don’t hit me” outside her house after she had walked away.

UPDATE: Morris Wayne Givens, charged with murder in October 1998 in Prattville, Ala., was subsequently freed and all charges dropped, according to a family source. His name has been removed from the News of the Weird Classic Middle Name series.

Send your Weird News to Chuck Shepherd, P.O. Box 18737, Tampa, Fla., 33679 or weirdnews@earthlink.net, or go to www.NewsoftheWeird.com.

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by Chuck Shepherd COPYRIGHT 2011 CHUCK SHEPHERD

Leadership Pensacola: Producing Commit ted Leaders Pensacola Chamber Graduates 2011 LeaP Class The 2011 class of Leadership Pensacola (LeaP) celebrated its graduation last month with a $13,000 donation to the Manna Food Pantries.

The 45-member class, which over the course of the ten-month program explored economic, political, environmental and quality of life issues in Escambia County, made the donation to Manna in support of its “Let’s Grow” project. The project provides children an opportunity to cultivate healthy foods through school gardens while learning about nutrition. Six Escambia County schools participated in the project. The endowment to Manna is designed to allow the program to continue.

LeaP’s curriculum is refined each year to achieve a balance of retreats, daylong seminars and community projects. Area leaders offer their time and expertise, while tours and interactive exercises are built in. The program is funded through tuition, donations and sponsorships.

Among the highlights of the 2011 class program was a March trip to Tallahassee to participate in Northwest Florida Legislative Leadership Day. The two-day program allowed LeaP members the opportunity to meet with legislators and staff regarding issues important to the area.

The class also explored quality of life issues in Northwest Florida with a look toward both the

negative and positive aspects as they relate to various socio-economic groups in Escambia County.

Another program had LeaP members discussing leadership, ethics and the interrelationship between community leaders in Pensacola and Escambia County.

The deadline for application to the 2012 LeaP class was March 31. Applications for the 2013 class will be available in February. Each class is designed to reflect the cultural and ethnic richness of the community. Because the selection process is competitive and membership is limited to 50 people, it is not unusual for applicants to apply more than once before being selected.

The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce established the Leadership Pensacola program in 1982 with a goal of ensuring the community’s pool of talented leaders would be continually renewed.

Graduates of the 2011 LeaP class and the organization they represent are:

-Liz Adams, Baptist Health Care -David Allen, Pensacola Fire Department -Lauren Anzaldo, MSW, Pathways for Change - Ross Atherton, Trane -Buffi Barrineau Bailey, Sacred Heart Hospital -Ryan Barnett, Whibbs & Stone, P.A. -Carissa Bergosh, NAS Pensacola -Ellis W. Bullock IV, Outerspaces LLC

- Michael Capps, SMG - Pensacola Civic Center -Ashley Coggin, Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport -Sonya Davis, Pensacola Museum of Art -Capt. Stefanie Emery Hoffman, United States Air Force -Daniel Ewert, Moore, Hill & Westmoreland, P.A. -Charmere N. Gatson, University of West Florida -Andre C. Hall, Covenant Hospice -Brooke Hicks, The Blake at Gulf Breeze -Matthew C. Hoffman, Carver, Darden, Kortzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux -Shawn B. Hutcherson, Aerotek -Jennifer Knisbell, Pensacola Opera -Rebekah Ann Lee, IHMC -Russell F. Lentz, CPA, Brown Thornton Pacenta & Co., P.A. -Sonia L. Lott, West Florida Hospital -Susan Lovelady, Covenant Hospice -John Lund, Integrated Power Solutions -Doug Lurton, Baptist Hospital -Melissa Martin, Great Southern Restaurant Group -Trip Maygarden, Shell, Fleming, Davis & Menge, P.A. -Leah McCreary, Junior League of Pensacola Representative/UWF

-Ruth McKinon, Pensacola State College -Nasya McSwain, PharmD, Walgreens -Scott Moore, Gulf Power Company -Kevin D. Nelson, Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon -Todd O’Brien, BBVA Compass -Karen Pope, WSRE -Amie Remington, Landrum Human Resource Companies, Inc. -Kismet J. Rideau, College Reach-Out Program -Ryan Ross, Office of the Escambia County Attorney -Mark Taylor, Pensacola Insurance Inspec tions, LLC -Kris Thoma, Baptist Health Care -CDR Greg Thomas, United States Navy -Scot Thomas, Chartwells -Hong Tran, Baptist Health Care -Beth Varhalla, CPA, Saltmarsh, Cleveland & Gund, CPAs -Frank White, Sandy Sansing Dealerships -Audrey S. Young, Varona Enterprises of Florida, Inc.

For more information on Leadership Pensacola or to inquire about applying for the class of 2012, call Jennifer Allen at (850) 438-4081 or visit www.pensacolachamber.com/LeaP

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community outreach RESTORE 2020: THE BOYS AND MEN PROJECT “Restore 2020: The Boys and Men

Project” is sponsoring in conjunction with Believer’s Life Center a workshop for males between the ages of 16 to 25.

The event will be held at Believer’s Life Center (3300 Pace Blvd., Pensacola, Florida 32505) on Saturday, June 25, 2011 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. The workshop is designed to assist in connecting young men with positive, male role models while encouraging them to attain goals and pursue dreams. There will be guest speakers, vendors, door prizes and food. For additional information contact Nielah Spears at 850-595-8345 or GYTS850@ aol.com.

THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA REENTRY TASK FORCE MAKES POSITIVE IMPACT ON COMMUNITY A community partnership

in Northwest Florida has helped improve services to offenders who are released from prison with the ultimate goal of increasing public safety and strengthening families by reducing recidivism. The Re-Entry Task Force of Northwest Florida began as a pilot project in 2009 and includes community members from the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, local law enforcement, behavioral and mental health facilities, faith-based organizations and veterans.

“Nearly two-thirds of released state prisoners are expected to be rearrested for a felony or serious misdemeanor within three years of release,” said Connie Bookman Chairperson of the Re-Entry Task Force and Executive Director of Pathways For Change.

“The Task Force was created to prevent exoffenders from returning to criminal activity and increase the likelihood that they will become productive citizens who can make a positive contribution in our Northwest Florida communities.”

The task force has made significant strides to help returning offenders overcome the challenges of joblessness, lack of marketable job skills, issues of homelessness, illiteracy, substance use or mental health problems. Recently the group created a “Job Readiness” curriculum that will be packaged and freely given to all state and local cor-

rectional facilities for use with offenders 100 days prior to release and hosted a Job Fair for 80 re-entering ex-offenders with mock interviews by employers such as Walmart, Waffle House, Cox Communications and other local businesses.

A Family Ties event was also hosted to train 100 law enforcement officers, lawyers, counselors, teachers and other professionals on positive ways to interact with children of incarcerated parents. The children and families component of the task force is especially important because of the great impact on children of incarcerated parents.

“It weakens ties among family members,” said Janice Thomas Circuit 1 Administrator for the Department of Children and Families. “The long term generational effects on families where imprisonment is the norm and law-abiding role models are absent are difficult to measure but undoubtedly exist.”

The task force meets the third Thursday of every month from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the M.C. Blanchard Judicial Center on the corner of Palafox and Baylen Street. The task force will continue working on effective measures to lower the recidivism rate in Northwest Florida and strengthen families affected and we need an army to do so. Please join us in this important endeavor.

TAKE THE FIRST STEP  JOIN THE MARROW REGISTRY! The National Marrow Donor

Program (NMDP) will participate in the 4th Annual Northwest Florida Boricuas Ausentes Latin Salsa Festival scheduled for Saturday, 25 June from 10am – 7pm at the Fort Walton Beach Landing. The event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Representatives from NMDP will have informational material and will also have Be the Match Registry® kits for those individuals that are interested in being a part of the donor registry.

When you join the Registry, you become part of every patient’s search for a donor. You have the power to heal, the power to save a life!

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WORKFORCE ESCAROSA AND PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE JOIN FORCES TO HOST SUM MER CAREER FAIR IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY

Area non-profit employment and training agency, Workforce Escarosa, has joined forces with Pensacola State College to host the Santa Rosa Summer Career Fair on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Bo Johnson L.I.F.E. Center, Building 4000, on the Pensacola State College Milton Campus.

The Santa Rosa Summer Career Fair will offer job seekers an opportunity to meet with over 40 area employers who are actively looking for talented individuals to fill their current openings. Attendees should come dressed for success and bring copies of their resume.

Among the 42 attending employers, local in-bound call center, TaTa Business Support Services, recently announced they are now hiring for 60 new positions at their Milton location. Virginia-based company, DZ Atlantic, plans to hire as many as 200 individuals for an upcoming construction project in Pace, FL. Both companies will be actively recruiting and have representatives on-site at the upcoming event.

All attending employers are currently hiring and represent a wide range of industries including; healthcare, communications, retail, education, construction, hospitality, accounting, electrical, correctional, marketing, restaurants, armed forces and aerospace. To view a complete list of attending employers, log on to workforceescarosa.com .

This no-cost event is open to the public.

For more information, contact Workforce Escarosa at 850-607-8700 or visit workforceescarosa.com.

PENSACOLA OPERA ANNOUNCES 2011 JUKEBOX GALA On Saturday, Sept. 19, 2011

at 6:00 p.m., Pensacola Opera will host its seventh annual Jukebox Gala at New World Landing. Jukebox Gala is the Opera’s signature fundraising event where over a gourmet wine dinner, opera stars serenade guests tableside. The evening’s entertainment is determined by guests as they bid on popular selections from opera and musical theatre to be performed for them course by course.

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GULF COAST SCIENCE CAFÉ PRESENTS: 50 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN ASTRONOMY WITH DR. WAYNE WOOTEN. Dr. Wayne Wooten,

chief astronomy professor at Pensacola State College, has had an extraordinary career peering at the heavens and sharing his knowledge with those of us on Earth.

Monday, June 20, 2011, 6:00 PM Monterrey’s Mexican Grill, 5030 Bayou Blvd., Pensacola For more information: 474-1495 or meetup.com/Gulf-Coast-Science-Cafe

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Tickets for this one-of-a-kind event are $100 per person. Dress for the evening is cocktail attire. This is a limited seating event. RSVP by Monday, September 12th to the Pensacola Opera Center at (850) 433-6737.

“Nowhere else can you hear this many amazing voices in such an intimate setting.

It’s just a wonderful evening, perfect both as a treat for opera aficionados or new comers looking for a great night out,” said Erin Sammis, Business Manager for Pensacola Opera.

All proceeds from this event will support Pensacola Opera’s mission to enrich the culture of Northwest Florida by producing professional opera performances, educational programs and other opera-related community events for people of all ages, interests and backgrounds.

Table sponsorships are now available.

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ACROSS 1 Animal stomach 5 Great quantity 9 Legally sound 14 Luxuriant, as vegetation 15 Garden worker, at times 16 Do more than apologize 17 Totally enjoying 18 Shroud of mystique 19 Good-fer-nothin’ 20 Rule- breaker’s mantra 23 Candy store buy 24 Zebra’s cousin 25 Creeper keeper 29 Blackjack option 31 Beginning for “while” 33 Direction from L.A. to KC 34 Airplane walkway 36 Discoverer’s cry 39 Risk-taker’s credo 42 Chilled dessert 43 Get ___ start (be tardy) 44 Bit for the dog bowl 45 Plum NASCAR position 47 Bit of offshore land 51 Ache reliever 54 “Fire!” preceder 56 Holiday minus one 57 Personal trainer’s slogan 60 Fancy balls 63 Broadway’s “Sweeney ___” 64 “Winning ___ everything!”

65 Wombs 66 Big-mouthed pitcher 67 Polish leader Walesa 68 Number of deadly sins 69 Calcutta clothing 70 War god on Olympus DOWN 1 Emulates ivy

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5 Deceptions 6 Advises 7 Aviation prefix 8 Rough write-ups 9 Bargain-hunter’s goal 10 Great Barrier Reef sight 11 Baseball manager Piniella 12 Connections, of a sort 13 She played a Partridge 21 What r can mean, in geometry 22 Nicaraguan president Daniel 26 Eye with desire 27 Like a nerd’s shirt pocket, stereotypically 28 ___ legs (nautical steadiness) 30 Acts shrewish 32 Having to do with the kidneys

35 Increase, as production 37 In the preceding month 38 Agile deer 39 “A Doll’s House” protagonist 40 On the ___ (unfriendly) 41 Ornamental, poisonous shrub 42 Cousin’s aunt, perhaps 46 Speaks with pomposity 48 Renter 49 Demonstrate clearly 50 Dimes to a dollar, e.g.

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MS CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH, SANTA ROSA COUNSELING CENTER, LLC What is your chief characteristic?

I’ve prayed for wisdom since I was a very young girl. I wouldn’t say I’ve perfected it, but I do strive for balance and understanding.

What do you appreciate most about your friends?

My friends unconditionally love me. There is never a dull moment around them.

Who is your favorite fiction character?

I never forgot my favorite childhood show, “The Gummi Bears.” Those little bears were always happy, energetic, and loved to help people.

Who is your favorite non-fiction character?

Of course, I’d go with Jesus. He came to bring the good news, show us how to live our lives, and to die for our sins. What more could I want?

What is the best thing you have ever won?

In my band geek days, I won best smile. I remember my prize was a denture cleaning brush.

What did your mother always tell you?

“Be kind and mind.”

What is the worst idea you’ve ever had?

Anytime I watch paid programming with my phone and purse nearby What is your favorite food?

It’s really a toss-up between BBQ and sushi.

Which talent would you most like to have?

I would love to be a naturally great cook. This was one blessing that skipped me.

What movie do you love to watch repeatedly?

“The Notebook” never gets old. I watch it when I need a good cry.

What was your most embarrassing moment?

Anytime I sit down too fast while wearing a skirt. Any woman knows that thighs can also double for trapped air flaps.

What TV show is your guilty pleasure?

The same as my six-year-old’s favorite show, “Sponge Bob Square Pants” What is the last book you read?

I’m reading two books now. One is called “The Love Dare,” and I would recommend it to anyone in a marriage or committed relationship. The other is “Bringing Up Girls.” It’s a great guide for anyone who wants to raise their daughter into a healthy-minded woman. It’s also a great reminder of what it means to be a lady and how to make sure you are treated like one.

What is your theme song?

“Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes. It’s a song that reminds us that home is not a place–It’s the feeling of being with the ones you love most.

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