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THE BEST STROKE TREATMENT OPTIONS ARE AT TMH.

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Larry L. Harper, M.D., F.A.C.S. Dr. Larry Harper joined Tallahassee Plastic Surgery Clinic in 2000. His special areas of practice include breast augmentation, abdominoplasty, liposuction and thigh lifts as well as reconstructive surgery. Dr. Harper graduated from Florida State University in 1987 and received his medical degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine. In 1996, he completed his general surgery residency at the University of South Alabama Medical Center followed by a plastic surgery residency at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Harper is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a Fellow of the esteemed American College of Surgeons. Dr. Harper is also a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Alfredo A. Paredes, Jr., M.D. Dr. Alfredo Paredes, Jr., is a board certified plastic surgeon whose interests are cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, including breast augmentation, breast reconstruction, facial surgery, and body contouring. Dr. Paredes attended college on a merit scholarship at Emory University, where he graduated first in his class. He attended Emory School of Medicine on another merit scholarship (the prestigious Woodruff Fellowship) and graduated with honors. In 2003 he completed his plastic surgery residency at Emory University and then joined Tallahassee Plastic Surgery Clinic. Dr. Paredes is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. He recently served as president of the Capital Medical Society and serves on other professional boards in Tallahassee.

Jeffrey M. Rawlings, M.D., F.A.C.S. Dr. Jeffrey Rawlings received an undergraduate degree from Auburn University. He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia where he stayed to complete residencies in general surgery and plastic surgery. He then accepted a position at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. He received training from internationally recognized surgeons in areas of endoscopic plastic surgery, oculoplastic surgery, breast reconstruction, cosmetic breast surgery, body contouring and microvascular surgery. He is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

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94 FEATURES

PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINES

Profiles of workers who keep the juice flowing

by REBECCA PADGETT

100 THEY KNOW WHEN TO HOLD, FOLD ’EM

Poker pros make the most of the cards they’re dealt

by ROCHELLE KOFF

104 TRUE TO THEIR TRIBE’S TRADITIONS Seminole Indians are truly native Floridians

by KIM HARRIS THACKER

 Patti Hilaman (left) and Anitra Highland at the DoubleTree by Hilton Tallahassee

photography by LAWRENCE DAVIDSON

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INTRODUCING OUR 2016 TOP SINGLES Fundraiser benefits deserving charities

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36 PANACHE

23 BEN PINGREE

Unabashed Tallahassee booster plays role in shaping city’s future.

26 CHAMPION Rachel

Williams brings design skills, love of animals to Humane Society.

30 EDUCATION School

supply drives equip students with tools they need to succeed.

32 HEALTH AND EXERCISE Rock-climbing gym helps enthusiasts strengthen grip on confidence.

34 GREAT OUTDOORS

Rhesus macaque monkeys are creating a stir in Franklin County.

36 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY Gain a new perspective on the venerable old St. Marks Lighthouse.

40 COMMUNITY Professor from FSU works to unite clergy with caregivers.

44 LOOKING BACK

Archaeological network promotes stewardship of historical resources.

46 RELATIONSHIPS

Husband-and-wife team sweats things out together.

51 SUNDRESSES

Lightweight and loosefitting, they remain a summer staple.

54 FOR HER Combatingthe

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56 FOR HIM When opting for shorts, play by the rules.

58 CITIZEN OF STYLE Jane Marks’ brand of glam doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.

60 RETAIL ROUNDUP

What’s new in shops around town?

We keep track of developments.

GASTRO & GUSTO

63 PINT-SIZED OPERATION Marianna creamery’s products go from cow to table.

66 HOME COOKIN’ Dutch ovens never get old and they never wear out.

68 DINING OUT For 50

years, Georgio’s has been a palate pleaser.

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Sometimes, the best beer is the one you brew yourself.

EXPRESSION

DESTINATIONS

87 GREEN BAY You

don’t have to wear a cheesehead, but it helps.

73 HIGHWAYMEN Uniquely

92 QUICK TRIP When in

76 BOOKS Here are

ABODES

Florida art was sold first from the trunks of cars.

titles best read at the water’s edge.

78 STAGE Sound designers are keyboard players of a different sort.

82 MUSIC Work up the nerve to get your chops at an open mic night.

PUBLISHER’S LETTER DIRECTOR’S COLUMN THE BUZZ AGENDA DINING GUIDE POSTSCRIPT

Marianna, don’t touch the stalagmites.

121 TINY HOUSES Trend

takes hold, a few hundred square feet at at time.

126 EXTERIORS Solarpanels save energy bucks in Sunshine State.

128 DIY The toughest part about building a dog house may be selling Fido on the idea.

130 GARDENING Rain

gardens serve as miniretention ponds.

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ON THE COVER: There comes that time when we dread having to wait loooooonnnng seconds for the AC to cool a roasting car.

Now, imagine what 95 degrees would feel like if — like our cover dog — you were built to retrieve fallen ducks from icy waters. Luckily, you can beat the summer heat by fixing a cold drink, finding a spot of shade and touring the refreshing pages of Tallahassee Magazine.

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PHOTOS BY ELLE BELLE PHOTOGRAPHY (23), SCOTT HOLSTEIN (70), AERIAL TALLAHASSEE (36) AND SAIGE ROBERTS (76)

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DEAL ESTATE

Red brick. Green lawns. Wraparound porches.

People looking for a neighborhood featuring these classic American-dream fixtures might seriously think about moving to Kimberton in Killearn. The houses at Kimberton are substantial in size and offer impressive views in natural settings.

132 ↑ A PLANTATION HOME WITH SELLERS TILE ACCENTS We open the door to home that is distinctively Southern while fusing traditional and contemporary styles and beautiful complements of marble and granite.

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FORGOTTEN COAST MAP

We orient you to one of the most picturesque and pristine stretches the Gulf Coast has to offer — its merchants, attractions and more.

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TMH FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER

Relive a Golden Gala that featured the iconic James Taylor. Given the record support for the event, the TMH Foundation was delighted to learn, over and over, that “we’ve got a friend.”

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CALENDAR & SOCIAL STUDIES

Tallahassee and the surrounding area offer no shortage of celebrations, festivals, 5Ks and concerts and other performances. We offer you an expansive menu of things to do.

Proctor Subaru became a giant dog park on March 19 when Pets & Their People converged on the dealership in celebration of the special bonds that unite humans, canines and felines.

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BLUEBIRD RUN

Last year, the inaugural Bluebird Run for Brookie B honoring our daughter, who we lost to suicide, raised $24,000 to be used locally for National Alliance of Mental Health programs.

We were encouraged by what we heard from participants, including many with personal connections to suicide and mental illness.

So, in year two, we are going to have more fun and do more good.

This kind of stuff feeds your soul. The second running of the Bluebird Run is set for Labor Day morning, Sept.

5, at the J.R. Alford Greenway. Registration is now open, and we also need sponsors and volunteers.

We appreciate Rowland Publishing’s support and encourage your readers to consult www.bluebirdrun.com for more information.

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What book is currently on your nightstand?

PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER BRIAN E. ROWLAND

EDITORIAL

“In the Woods” by Tana French; my grandmother recommended it.

DIRECTOR OF EDITORIAL SERVICES/EDITOR Steve Bornhoft SENIOR STAFF WRITER Jason Dehart EDITORIAL COORIDINATOR Rebecca Padgett CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Shelby Bouck, Marina Brown, Rosanne Dunkelberger, Jillian Fry, Tisha Crews Keller, Rochelle Koff, Jennifer Ireland, Jack Macaleavy, Sandi Poreda, Audrey Post, Liesel Schmidt, Kim Harris Thacker, Ariana Theofan EDITORIAL INTERN Nina Rodriguez-Marty, Reeves Trivette, Joseph Zeballos PRODUCTION SPECIALIST Melinda Lanigan

“Nation” by Terry Pratchett; it's a book about the sole survivor of a storm and a ghost girl.

CREATIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR Lawrence Davidson PRODUCTION MANAGER/NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR Daniel Vitter SENIOR ART DIRECTOR Saige Roberts ART DIRECTOR Jennifer Ekrut PUBLICATION DESIGNERS Charles Bakofsky, Shruti Shah DIGITAL SERVICES PRODUCER Chelsea Moore CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Aerial Tallahassee, Betsy Barfield Photography, Beverly Bidney, Black and Hue Photography, Matt Burke, Lawrence Davidson, J.N. Chamberlain, Lindy Allen Photography, Elle Belle Photography, Stephen Galla, Penny Gilmer, Scott Holstein, Lee Howell, Jennifer Ireland, Rylas Lee, Lonely Fox Photography, Chelsea Moore, Saige Roberts, Shems Photography, Terri Smith Photo, Sarah Stephens Photography, Carlin Trammel, Mark Wallheiser

A manuscript by my husband, David. Working title: “By the Blade.”

“Warriors: The Apprentice’s Quest.” It’s a book my daughter gave me to read.

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A book about New York City, “In Sunlight and in Shadow,”

by Mark Helprin.

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“This Is How You Lose Her” by Junot Diaz. Rebecca Padgett recommended it.

“The Art of War” by Sun Tzu. I’ve read it about six times.

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BURNING THE HARD WAY Having arrived in this world with the DNA of a Middle European, I have a quick and easy time of it when it comes to getting a sunburn.

So it was that while in college I had to develop something of a science in order get the ultimate tan without suffering through a series of burn-and-peel episodes. I slowly built my base during the winter months by sunbathing on the south side of my dormitory out of the wind. As the days became warmer, I would slowly increase my exposure time.

It was customary to use baby oil as an accelerant and to employ a reflector. Effectively, I placed myself on a broiler pan, doubling or trebling the burn rate. (If you listened real close, you could hear the sizzle.) Still, with the proper application of moisturizers and a dab of bronzer, one was ready to hit the clubs looking like George Hamilton.

Fast forward 30 years and I found myself at the office of a dermatologist for what I thought would be a routine checkup. This was not a good experience.

The gentleman in the white coat looked concerned and tellingly “hmmmed” several times as he examined every square inch of my body that had ever seen the sun, even peeking between my toes.

Next, he produced a silver can and flash froze various spots on my bumpy skin before turning to my face and concluding that there were too many trouble spots there for him to go with the freeze technique.

Instead, a cream, used for four weeks, would be the preferred solution. It was a way to avoid scars, and I readily agreed.

After applying the cream daily for a week and a half, I realized I was in deep trouble. I looked like I had spent a week on a raft at sea without shade. My face felt like it had been rubbed raw with sandpaper. It hurt day and night, and I still had two and a half weeks to go. This was easily going to be one of the worst months of my life. People stared, children pointed and finally I decided to spend the last week in hiding. But, when it did heal, my face was smooth again.

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The dermatologist advised that I never go out in the sun again, advice I promptly ignored. Five years later, I was faced with a treatment decision again. What was this that I was now hearing about? A blue light treatment. Bottom line, I was told, it amounts to 18 minutes of discomfort and then it’s straight to healing. Four weeks of the cream or an 18-minute treatment? Could there be an easier choice?

I thought not, until they turned on the light. I was surrounded by personnel whose job it was to spritz water on my face while preventing my escape. Eighteen minutes was like 18 days. Imagine 1,000 red ants on your face all biting simultaneously … for 18 minutes. I would spend the next three days in a dark room to facilitate healing. A week later, I was fine.

This time, I got the memo: “Use SPF 50 sunscreen every day and stay out of the sun as much as possible.”

Got it. Will do.

These days, I see the dermatologist once a year. I receive a few flash freezes and try to avoid any future need for creams or blue lights.

We live in the greatest state in the country, but we have to respect the possible consequences of being closer to the sun than residents of the other 49.

So, as you enjoy your summer, be ready to SPF up, put on a hat and avoid the outdoors between 11 and 3.

Your skin is the body’s biggest organ and you only get one coat, so take care of it.

Be well,

BRIAN ROWLAND browland@rowlandpublishing.com

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cancer doctor with cancer.

He grew up in Cameroon, the son of a mechanic and a homemaker. He survived malaria as a child and was inspired by the experience to become a doctor. He attended medical school in Nigeria and went to work at a Catholic hospital in Cameroon. There, he impressed visiting physicians who convinced him to further his education in the United States.

He completed an internship and residency at the University of Missouri before landing a position at a hospital in Palm Coast where he worked for 10 years before joining FCS. His patients describe him as soft-spoken and extraordinarily caring. And, he is also an anomaly, a black man with melanoma, which occurred first as a dark spot beneath a toenail. Ndum had the spot biopsied three times before a malignancy was detected. Subsequently, he had a toe and lymph nodes removed.

He has undergone two courses of chemo, but the melanoma has overtaken his lungs.

Still, he lifts weights.

“I have accomplished most of what I set out to do,” Ndum says. His success enabled him to pay for the development of a medical clinic in the village where he was born.

But there is an ambition that he has not given up on. He would like to preach. God willing.

And, so, he lifts weights.

Ndum’s is a profile in courage, yes.

But he is, more so, a profile in acceptance. Acceptance versus resignation. And that requires a ton of strength.

Best, MATT BURKE

There are few personal effects in the office of Dr. Philip Ndum. I noted a Bible on his desk, presuming incorrectly that he had had a relationship with it for a long time. The doctor informed me that, no, a patient had given him the good book just a week earlier and that he prefers the convenience of reading scriptures on the Bible app on his phone.

A hook on his office door may be occupied by a sport jacket when Ndum is wearing his white lab coat. And there, on a counter, was a pair of 15-pound, old-school dumbbells — not the rubber-coated variety that gathers dust in racks in hotels gyms — but instead just the iron, painted steely gray.

I have a pair of dumbbells like Ndum’s except mine are customized. I have wrapped the handle portions of them in duct tape, which is gentler on the hands than the raspy texture of the unadorned dumbbell. And, mine are rusty. There was a time when I was a gym member and I used my at-home weights to secure a tarp that kept my firewood dry.

These days, I use the 15-pounders and a 25-pounder nightly — and a 40-pounder less frequently and then only for rows, not curls. For me, exercise has become a solitary pursuit.

No one could blame Ndum, burdened with a cancer diagnosis, if he abandoned his weights. But, at 49, he is resolved to do all he can physically to combat the melanoma that is ravaging him while also remaining spiritually active. He is a man of faith who lives a life of prayer.

I was pleased to interview Ndum (pronounced en-dum) for an article in a magazine that Rowland Publishing produces for Florida Cancer Specialists.

Ndum is himself a medical oncologist, a

STEVE BORNHOFT sbornhoft@rowlandpublishing.com

I stopped by the biergarten at The Edison to hear an iconic rock-and-roller read from her memoir, “Delta Lady,” a book devoted in large measure to stops along a bad boyfriend tour.

Rita Coolidge took part in the Word of South festival. It was clear that reading aloud was for her an unpracticed activity, but her audience was adoring and, I suppose, quickly navigated the adjustment to seeing Coolidge in hair the color of Jennifer Aniston’s.

Fittingly, Coolidge selected a passage about her days as an art student at FSU where first she tried on a bohemian lifestyle.

Back then, she formed a rock band, R.C. and the Moonpies, and made a point of being seen in “overalls that had paint all over them” to show that she wasn’t a “conformist.”

I was transported back to my own student days and reflected on the conforming behaviors that I adhered to so as to be seen as a free spirit.

And, for the first time in years, I thought about Michael Bangs, who wore the crown as homecoming king when I was a high school senior in Minnesota.

Bangs, as the only freak on the ballot — he ran on an anti-underwear platform — split the jock vote and won easily.

Where must Bangs be today? Probably a retired CPA in Boca Raton.

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THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME

BEN PINGREE’S GOAL IS TO MAKE TALLAHASSEE-LEON COUNTY GREAT

by ROSANNE DUNKELBERGER

Ben Pingree is bullish on Tallahassee.

As the new Director of PLACE — an acronym for Tallahassee-Leon County’s department of Planning, Land Management and Community Enhancement — it’s kind of his job to envision a rosy future.

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323 But when the affable 41-year-old speaks, he exudes good vibrations. Tallahassee, he declared, has come a long way, and is about to come into its own as a nationally recognized center for culture and commerce.

“This is a community that has gone far and wide to find out who we want to be,” Pingree said. “We went to Madison, Chattanooga, Raleigh, Austin and last year we went to Boulder. They were great trips and we learned different things, but I think finally Tallahassee is realizing that the secret sauce to our success is that we’re going to be → Tallahassee is ourselves. We’re goat an economic ing to utilize … our crossroads in greatest assets and atthe estimation of Ben Pingree, tributes and resources director of and craft a tomorrow the division of that other commuPlanning, Land Management nities will travel to and Community come and visit when Enhancement. they want to have a “Never,” he says, “have we glimpse of who they been so ready want to be. for significant “All of the key inprivate sector investment and gredients that we vitality.” need have been here.

But they have never been so well aligned as I see them right now,” he continues, “Yeah, I’m excited about it … you betcha.”

In his new position at PLACE, which began Feb. 1, Pingree initially was in charge of the city/county planning department and the Blueprint intergovernmental agency. Less than a month later, the newly created Office of Economic Vitality also came under his purview. The latter group is in charge of encouraging economic development throughout the county and, starting in 2020, will administer an estimated $94 million to support those efforts, paid for with a portion of an extra penny in sales tax.

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Pingree was born in Tallahassee, his parents both steeped in state government. His father was twice secretary of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services under Gov. Bob Graham, while his mother was a senior official with Secretary of State and Florida Cabinet member George Firestone.

His parents divorced and he moved

with his mother to Miami, where he would attend middle and high school.

After that, he went to Boston University, parlaying his baseball talents into a year in Australia starting a team at the University of Queensland. He would also spend a semester in Spain training with the Spanish Olympic baseball team. Before graduating BU in 1996, he landed a

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“dream job” in the front office of the Philadelphia Phillies.

But life got in the way. He turned down the position to move back to Miami to help his mother, who was undergoing cancer treatment. Pingree would spend a year as a social worker there. “I loved the work, I loved caring for my mom but I knew that I needed to get back to graduate school,” he recalls. He returned to Tallahassee and Florida State University to pursue a master’s in public administration.

His plan was to go into the family business — state government — but “a chord was struck” when he took an elective class in local government, taught by his one of his now bosses, County Administrator Vince Long (his other boss is City Manager Rick Fernandez). Within months after graduation, Pingree was working for the county, first in the budget office, and then in a variety of other positions throughout the early 2000s.

“I was, to use the baseball term, a utility player,” he said.

“I was doing things like helping create the EMS system, helping create an uninsured health care program, a lot of program development, program creation, budget management. Periodically I would be called on to run different departments. … I loved every minute of it.”

Long sings Pingree’s praises.

“Over the years, I have worked with Ben on complex, important and high profile policy, program and management issues that face our community,” he said. “Ben is a team player, a problem solver and a proven rare talent with a distinct understanding of the unique environment of local government and an ability to consistently achieve results for the community.”

In 2006, Pingree left the county to serve as Wakulla County administrator. Thirty-two years old at the time, he was the youngest city or county manager in Florida. His ambitious plan to build a team and pass a county charter were realized within two years. But by year three, as an “outsider,” he realized his time in the rural community was up.

He moved to Miami to serve as the president and CEO of the Zoological Society of Florida (now known as Zoo Miami). His duties included meeting with members of 20th Century Fox to encourage a billion-dollar theme park to be called Miami Wilds.

But three years later, in 2013, “I realized that as much as I enjoyed it, I wanted to come back to my hometown,” he said. And he wanted bring to Tallahassee his family including his wife, Alexandra, an IT consultant who works as a contractor for the state Department of Agriculture; daughter Elle, 21, now a student at the University of Florida; and sons Philip, 16, a rising senior at Maclay; and Harrison, 10, who attends Riversink Elementary.

Pingree led the area’s Economic Development Council at the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce until leaving there for his current position.

“In just the last 2½ years, the progress has been force multiplied yet again,” he said. “We have never seen in this community the playing field so ready for significant private-sector economic investment and vitality.” TM

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QUEEN OF THE QUADRUPEDS Champion for animal advocacy and feline fancier Rachel Williams

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orking at the Leon County Humane Society certainly has its perks — just ask Rachel Williams. Not only does she have a cat in her office, she gets to hang out with all sorts of furry friends on the regular.

“I just spent some time outside taking a video of a puppy and a cornhole, so I’m a little sweaty,” laughs Williams, reaching down to pet her officemate, a large brown tabby named Hoss.

A self-proclaimed cat person, Williams has had an affinity for felines since, well, the beginning.

“My first animal was a cat named Daniel that slept in my crib,” she smiles. “I was kind of an awkward kid. Spent a lot of time in my head. And cats just sort of got that.”

Growing up, Williams worked at a number of shelters in her native Key West, expanding an already burgeoning résumé in animal welfare. She was hired part time at the Leon County Humane Society and, in true pull-yourself-up-bythe-bootstraps fashion, worked her way through college, graduating from Florida State University with a degree in graphic design in 2010. She joined the Humane Society team full time that same year.

Serving as communications designer for the nonprofit organization, which secures adoptions for more than 500 homeless pets each year, Williams has merged her extraordinary passion for animal advocacy with a dexterity for graphic design.

This means she dons a hodgepodge of hats. Williams frequently moonlights as animal caretaker, adoption counselor and foster parent (not mandatory, just “part of who ››

The Leon County Humane Society has been giving hope and homes to four-legged friends for over 50 years through adoptions, volunteer efforts, donations and kind hearts.

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↗ Rachel Williams with bottle babies Bianca and Buttercup

➸ LCHS likens pet adoptions to adding a member to the family. They therefore have an extensive process that specifically matches a pet with its adoptive owner. A person’s home, interests and lifestyle are matched with the animal’s social, exercise and training needs. Canines, felines and rabbits are most commonly up for adoption.

➸ Volunteers are essential to the operation of LCHS and to keep furry friends content. There are adult, student and children volunteer programs allowing anyone from the age of 5 to 95 to contribute.

Volunteers commit to a minimum of four months with a total of 10 hours per month.

Volunteers must also be open to puppy kisses and kitten cuddles.

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you are when you’re here”). And that’s in addition to managing the official website, running social media feeds and writing animal profiles.

It’s quite the impressive balancing act.

“Honestly, what’s required to do this job is a sensitivity to the voices of our community, of the people who work here, of the people who support us and are interested in what we do, and of the animals,” Williams explains. “Graphic design is about telling stories, at the heart of it. That’s what I do here every day. I tell a story.”

Unfortunately, happy endings are not always guaranteed. Recalling past rescue missions to remove pets from harmful hoarding environments, Williams reveals the frustrations of witnessing animal abuse and neglect.

“We see some of the best of humanity and some of the most disappointing,” she admits. “It’s just so saddening to see somebody think they’re helping an animal and have it end up just awful, sick and sad.”

And too often, an animal’s stay “Honestly, what’s in its forever home has a premature required to do this conclusion. job is a sensitivity “You try and work so hard to make sure they’re happy, make sure to the voices of they’re healthy, make sure they’ve our community, got the best chance at a good life of the people who and that they’re going to a good home,” Williams says. “And somework here, of times they end up returned.” the people who Bearing the at-times heavy emosupport us and tional burden of animal advocacy is made easier with a close-knit “famare interested in ily” of Humane Society co-workers. what we do, and Together, they celebrate the numerof the animals.” ous successful adoptions that do occur. They even have the pictures to —Rachel Williams, Leon prove it.

County Humane Society “That’s what gets us through the day,” she smiles. “That’s how we handle it. It’s a matter of focusing on the good stuff and knowing there’s only so much you can control. There’s only so much you can do.”

Seeking to enhance the adoption process, Williams is honing her tech prowess to revamp the Humane Society website with a brand new look.

Her secret weapon? A kitty cam.

“It’s a live webcam that allows you to interact with the cats with toys through the online interface,” she reveals. This innovative technology will allow potential pet parents to get to know their future felines.

Because as Williams knows, “Cats — it’s all about personality.” TM

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Back-to-school supply efforts need local support

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he annual return to school occasions a faCounty and surrounding areas. miliar series of rituals. Remember lining Requested supplies include composition up freshly sharpened pencils beside blank books, pencils and, of course, backpacks. notebooks and fiddling with the zippers “Elementary, middle and high schools have of your brand new backpack, the year’s cartoon different supply needs,” said Leon County obsession stamped on the front? And the zenith project manager Jamie Holleman. “But everyof the season was reuniting with classmates and body needs a backpack.” sharing your summer adventures with them.

No time for a trip to the store? The FoundaIt’s a wonderful time of the year. For some. tion for Leon County Schools welcomes taxThe reality is, this sweetly prefatory time is deductible monetary contributions. Simply out of reach for many children and families. make your check payable to The Foundation When factoring the price of basic necessities, for Leon County Schools and indicate that it’s as well as any additional fees and specialty for the Back to School Supply Drive. items, school supplies can total a huge expense.

Guardian ad Litem also offers an easy alterNot everyone can afford to pay such a price. native to physical donations. In conjunction School-supply drives work to equip students with the nonprofit foundation Child Advoin need for a successful academic year. Though cates II Inc., Beyond the Basics is an ongoing year-round efforts, these communityonline effort that accepts financial wide collections pick up serious moand gift card contributions. While mentum in the late summer months. paper and pencil might be the cor“We have some children and And getting involved is easier than nerstone of academia, what a child youth who are you think. needs is not always spelled out on a coming into care right before Stop by the Bloxham Building, supply list. school starts 727 S. Calhoun St., or any Leon “We have some children and and they need clothes, period.”

County public school with new youth who are coming into care — Deborah Moore, donations for The Foundation for right before school starts and they circuit director of Guardian ad Litem Leon County Schools’ Back to need clothes, period,” said Deborah School Supply Drive. Or launch Moore, circuit director of Guardian your own campaign. Contributions ad Litem. “They need to make sure can go directly to the Second Judicial Circuit that they start the year off right with outfits Guardian ad Litem Program, which advocates that they’re comfortable in and can be proud for abused and neglected children in Leon of. That’s really where the money goes.” TM

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For more information about how you can participate in The Foundation for Leon County Schools’ Back to School Supply Drive, call Jamie Holleman at (850) 414-5160 or visit leonschools.net. For more information about Guardian ad Litem and Beyond the Basics, call Deborah Moore at (850) 606-1200 or visit goo.gl/QlGj07.

To many children, the prospect of a backpack festooned with cartoon characters or the trendiest pair of sneakers is unattainable.

According to the United Way’s 2015 ALICE (Asset Limited, 21% Income Constrained, Employed) Study, 21 Leon County residents percent of who are living below the Leon County poverty level residents are living below 25% the poverty level and 25 percent have jobs, but do Leon County residents who not generate have jobs, but do not generate enough enough money to afford all money to necessities afford all necessities. In 2010, U.S. News reported that of Tallahassee’s 368,117 residents, 89,057 were living below the poverty line. Mother Teresa said, “We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless.”

She knew that poverty has other ramifications for people including children trying to keep up and maintain self-esteem at school.

Sources: United Way and U.S. News

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REACHING NEW HEIGHTS Rock climbing helps enthusiasts grow stronger physically and mentally

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hile much of Florida boasts theme parks and beaches, Tallahassee is known for its natural beauty exhibited by parks, hiking trails, lakes and hills. The only missing topography may be mountains for those who seek to take their activities upward.

Not to worry, Tallahassee’s Rockies have been brought indoors, unsuspectingly tucked inside a colorfully painted warehouse in Railroad Square. Climbers geared up in harnesses and helmets scale the 35- to 40-foot walls while barely noticing they are inside despite the tunes emitted from speakers.

While the Southeast offers a variety of quality climbing options, Tallahassee presents little in the way of rocks unless you count the ice cubes in lobbyists’ glasses. At the same time, Tallahassee has an active population that is constantly seeking innovative ways to exercise.

Tallahassee Rock Gym has emerged to fill the void and rock the community.

“Rock climbing is becoming popular everywhere,” said facilities manager Adrian Thompson. “In Tallahassee, we have enjoyed success because of the diverse range of people here. And the presence of college campuses really helps.”

The appeal of rock climbing stems from the fact that it is considered an extreme sport, but one that is accessible to all. Participants choose a difficulty level and climb at their own pace.

Thompson pointed out that children, people with special needs and seniors all have successfully scaled walls. All that you need is the willingness to take yourself to new levels.

“The people you meet and the climbers at Tallahassee Rock Gym make climbing easy to love,” explained member Marc Akbar.

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First-timers watch a climbing tutorial and complete belay training to learn proper techniques and become familiar with the equipment. There are two ways to experience the rock gym: belaying and bouldering.

Belaying requires a buddy who assists in managing the ropes from the floor and also offers encouragement to the climber. Bouldering is for the more confident and balanced climber because it doesn’t require a harness, just the strength of your hands and feet. Bouldering walls are not nearly as high, in case you were wondering.

“It allows you to accomplish and make goals and leaves you with a feeling of accomplishment each time,” said Thompson. “It gives you total body awareness. You learn how your arms need to work in order to reach the next challenge and how your legs propel you upwards.

You also become mentally aware because you are facing a challenge.”

Climbing offers what for many is a welcome change away from weight racks and machines while providing a combined arms, legs and cardio workout. Memberships are available to both adrenaline junkies and people seeking a peaceful sanctuary. TM

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MONKEY, SEE?

A rhesus macaque has been spotted in Franklin and Wakulla counties.

Citizens are being urged not to go bananas.

by JASON DEHART

RIGHT AT HOME

A rhesus macaque — in its native habitat.

“That’s one thing we don’t do … about where it came from; or if there’s just one, we don’t know that either,” he said. “Because this monkey is very far from an established, known population (Silver Springs), FWC is currently working to establish movement patterns for this animal.”

The FWC has received sighting reports since early December, and officers continue to follow the situation. Residents are urged to call the FWC’s Wildlife Alert Hotline at 1-888-404-3922 with any information. Since December, the FWC has logged 22 “credible” sightings; two are

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here’s a striking simian stranger flitting boldly through the emerald shadows and backyards of the Forgotten Coast. Nobody knows where it came from, where it goes or what it’s doing here.

But one thing’s for sure: Don’t touch the monkey. Don’t feed it, don’t talk to it, don’t encourage it. Maybe it will just go away.

According to Robert Klepper of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the monkey type in question is native to Asia and ranges from Afghanistan into Northeast India and Nepal to Southern China and Southeast Asia. In other words, it ain’t local. But, a population of these same monkeys has thrived for decades down around Silver Springs in Ocala. Recent news reports coming from out of Central Florida suggest that those monkeys are moving into the Ocala National Forest and even into neighboring Lake County.

Whether the Forgotten Coast’s own rhesus monkey is a part of that troop — or is an independent operator — is unknown, and Klepper said the FWC won’t engage in speculation.

listed as “possible” and two others — one in Panacea and one in Alligator Point — were logged as “verified.”

If it’s just a singular simian, he does get around. Sightings have been logged in Sopchoppy, Eastpoint, Crawfordville, Carrabelle, Lanark Village, Alligator Point, St. Teresa and Panacea.

Rhesus macaques are medium-sized monkeys, with males typically larger than females. Adults range from 1.5 to 1.7 feet in height, and weigh between 12 and 17 pounds. Klepper said that rhesus macaques are primarily herbivores, but will feed opportunistically on eggs, honeycombs, and small vertebrate and invertebrate organisms. They can be found on land and in trees.

Klepper said it’s very important not to interfere with the monkey if it comes your way.

“Do not approach or feed rhesus macaques. As is always the case, adults should supervise children and pets when outside,” he said.

Klepper said there are no individuals in the area permitted to possess a rhesus macaque, and there are no reported rhesus macaques missing in Florida at this time. TM

The rhesus monkey prowling around the beaches and neighborhoods of the Forgotten Coast may actually be in good company if it wanders north into Jackson County. That’s where a larger and more legendary primate-like critter is said to have been a resident for generations, and sightings continue to this very day. In Two Egg and environs, folks call it the Two Egg Stump Jumper. A smallish Bigfoot-type creature, the Stump Jumper has been glimpsed lurking around rural homes at night and skittering through the swamps.

According to historian Dale Cox, one of the most notable stories comes from the wilds of Ocheesee Pond, where a hairy “wild man” was known to live a solitary existence back in the 1880s. In 1884, a group of men captured the “wild man” and described him as being “destitute of clothing, emaciated and covered with a phenomenal growth of hair.” At first they thought he was an escaped mental patient from Chattahoochee and took him to the state hospital only to learn all the patients there were accounted for. They then took him to Tallahassee but his identity was never uncovered. What subsequently happened to the “Wild Man of Ocheesee Pond” is a mystery to this day.

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AERIAL TALLAHASSEE

Beacons that to us beckon

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ighthouses, wrote the novelist Virginia Woolf, are “endlessly suggestive signifiers of both human isolation and our ultimate connectedness to one another.”

One such shining sentry, the St. Marks Lighthouse, was built in 1831 for the first time, then torn down and rebuilt in 1842.

Located in the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge, it has through many decades added an element of poignant history and handsome beauty to the Wakulla County coastline. Today, the aging structure is in need of repairs. A crowd-funding effort has been established at indiegogo.com in hopes of raising $12,000 to refurbish the lighthouse’s lantern room.

In addition, the general appropriations bill signed by Gov. Rick Scott in March included $500,000 in grant money reserved for the refurbishing of the lighthouse. A contractor certified in historic restoration will oversee work on the keeper’s quarters, the lantern room and the rest of the lighthouse. The project also calls for the construction of a museum.

The lighthouse is impressive when seen from the ground and water, and its stature is undiminished even when it is seen from above, a view presented here via aerial photography.

For seafarers, its light has been as warm and as welcoming as any other, a symbol of civilization and home and connections.

AERIAL TALLAHASSEE explores Tallahassee and environs and shares their captivating images with Tallahassee Magazine readers.

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Seafood market and raw bar. Family owned and operated. Serving fresh locally caught seafood.

Open Tuesday through Saturday.

Angelo’s thrives on heritage, hard work and the freshest of seafood caught from its own boats. Angelo’s reputation is built one plate at a time!

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LIVE OAK POINT Apalachee Bay

PANACEA

FULL MOON CAPE CLIMB

BALD POINT

JULY 19

LANARK VILLAGE CARRABELLE EASTPOINT

Scale the stairs to the top of the St. George Island lighthouse and enjoy spectacular views of the setting sun and the full moon. Light refreshments will be served. Contact the Lighthouse Gift Shop for further information.

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ALLIGATOR POINT

Dog Island

TALLAHASSEE

St. George Island

DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM TALLAHASSEE Head south on South Monroe Street toward Apalachee Parkway. Turn right onto East Orange Avenue, then take the first left onto South Adams Street and continue onto Crawfordville Road. Turn right onto US-319 South and continue for about 50 miles.

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ST. GEORGE ISLAND 5K AND FUN RUN AUGUST 6 The Tate’s Hell Track Club hosts the 19th running of the St. George Island Sizzler 5K Race/ One-Mile Fun Run. Proceeds benefit the Franklin County Humane Society.

Post-race party at St. George Island Lighthouse features seafood, beverages, live music. Fun run, 6:30 p.m.; 5K, 7 p.m.

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The C-Quarters Marina will host its 13th annual king mackerel tournament with proceeds benefitting the Leukemia Research Foundation.

Contact the marina regarding entry fees and other details.

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The FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory, 3618 U.S. 98 in St. Teresa, invites entries to its Whatever Floats Your Boat Regatta.

All vessels must be made from previously used items and materials — except you can use fresh duct tape.

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 FACTS & STATS

CARE FOR CAREGIVERS

➸ It is estimated that as many as 5.1 MILLION Americans have Alzheimer’s disease.

Program founded at FSU eases their burdens

by NINA RODRÍGUEZ-MARTY

↗ FSU College of Medicine Professor Dr. Robert Glueckauf speaking about the ACTS Project at the Annual Research Fair at the College of Medicine’s main campus.

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to rush toward her, Proctor halted, noticing a “very different expression on her face.”

“How did the doctor’s visit go?” he asked her calmly.

“I didn’t go to the doctor,” she replied.

Forgetting her exit on I-95, she had driven to Georgia.

Over the next three months, Proctor attempted to care for his wife as her Alzheimer’s Disease progressed.

“I lost 15 pounds,” remembers Proctor. “She became increasingly aggressive.

She would sleep through the day and stay awake all night.”

After several falls that each landed his wife in the emergency room, Proctor approached a friend at the Mayo Clinic and described his situation. He was introduced to the African-American Alzheimer’s Caregiver Training and Support Project, or the ACTS Project.

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hen his wife’s routine visit to a physician’s office located just 10 minutes away stretched into a four-hour absence, retired American Methodist Episcopal pastor and Florida State University College of Social Work educator Dr. James Proctor realized something was off.

“We’d been married for 59 years when this happened,” recalls Proctor. “I observed behavioral changes in my wife and intellectually you see things, but emotionally and psychologically you kind of blot it out. Like, this is not happening to my wife.”

Behavioral fluctuations had become increasingly apparent. While she had had a spotless driving record for years, Proctor’s wife was in three automobile accidents in just a few months.

“We live very close to I-95 in Jacksonville,” Proctor explains. “So when she had not come back in a half hour, I panicked.”

His wife finally returned home. About

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ACTS Project connects caregivers to telephone-based and face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy. The comparative study aimed to provide skills training while alleviating caregiver stress and mental exhaustion.

“Caregivers have to learn how to care for themselves,” says Proctor. “If you don’t get the help for yourself, you are likely to die before your love recipient.”

Growing impassioned about caregiver advocacy, Proctor became a facilitator, coordinator and recruiter for the ACTS Program. Now, he serves as coordinator and advisory board member for ACTS 2, a two-year study that is integrating lessons from the inaugural program into the Afri“As we are taught can-American faith community. In equipping church leaders with the and trained and same skills as professional counselheld accountable ors, ACTS 2 provides expanded to sit with people reach and impact.

“As we are taught and trained who are caring and held accountable to sit with for loved ones people who are caring for loved and relate to ones and relate to them in a spiritual manner, we help them become them in a spiritual stronger,” says Proctor. “It helps manner, we help them to recognize that there’s a them become difference between being whole and being cured.” stronger. It helps As a cornerstone of the Africanthem to recognize American community, the church that there’s also serves as an educational space that can serve to help people move a difference past traditional, but misguided, between being beliefs that may make caregivers whole and reluctant to place a loved one in an institutional setting. being cured.”

“It is very, very expensive to —Dr. James Proctor, place someone in a facility,” Procretired American tor explains. “And there is a kind Methodist Episcopal of taboo in our community. You pastor and Florida State can’t put your loved one away. You University College of Social don’t do that to a loved one. There Work educator needs to be a major educational thrust in our community that lets people know that you don’t put people in a nursing home because you don’t love them. You put them in a facility so you can help better care for them.”

At 87 years old, Proctor realizes he lacks the physical capacity to care for his wife. She now lives in a nursing facility.

“I see my wife every day,” says Proctor. “I serve her food every day. I go in the morning one time. I go at lunch another time. I go in the afternoon. I am there any time she is put to bed. I do not have the strength to lift her, to bathe her, to dress her. But I still care for her.” TM

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Clark said it’s not uncommon for private landowners to discover their property might have some connection to historic people. FPAN educates people about Guiding the backyard archaeologist is what the these resources, gives them the knowledge Florida Public Archaeology Network is all about they need to understand their importance and teaches them the right way to record

by JASON DEHART and preserve them.

“The objective of FPAN is to put an aro you’re out plowing your field hunters are removing bits and pieces of chaeologist within the reach of every state one day and notice your discs it. You want to see the site preserved, citizen,” Clark said from her “digs” adjaare churning up arrowheads in but how do you do that? cent to the Gov. John Martin house at the the furrows. You collect them in Wherever you are in Florida, reach out Hernando de Soto Winter Encampment a mason jar and wonder if there is more to the nearest Florida Public Archaeology Site in Tallahassee. “We rely upon the to your field than meets the eye. Who do Network office. The fine folks who work public to protect these sites and to make you ask? for FPAN will show you how to be a good the archaeologists aware of these sites, too.

Or, suppose your cemetery caretaking steward of the cultural and historical reThe majority of the time it’s not archaecommittee wants to clean some headstones sources you may find in your own backyard. ologists discovering these sites, so it’s rein the “old” section, and you need advice The brainchild of Dr. Judith Bense, arally important that we have an open line on what chemical to use. Who can help? chaeologist and president of the University of communication with the public.”

Let’s say as a sport diver you begin to of West Florida, FPAN has been around Clark said that in her experience, many notice heavy silting is occurring around for more than 10 years and has three main people don’t really understand what ara favorite wreck, or worse, some relic goals: Reach out and educate the public, chaeology is. Archaeologists are often presented with fossils, which are a more paleontological subject than archaeological.

Still, it provides an opportunity to explore the differences between the fields of study.

“And if we can we will still identify them,” Clark said. “My favorite story has to be from one of our employees at the Pensacola office. She’s currently our associate director, but when she was director for that region, somebody brought her a ‘pterodactyl skull.’ And she was trying to explain to the person that first of all it’s not fossilized; and second of all, if you turn it around the other way, it’s a ← Arrowheads dolphin skull. She found it on the at the Indian beach. That’s probably one of my Temple Mound favorite stories.”

Museum in Fort Walton Beach Harrenstein said the value of FPAN shines in how it demystifies the past for people.

“People who are collecting artifacts are genuinely excited about this stuff. We just try to help direct them a little bit,” he said. TM LOOKING BACK

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ith just nine years left until she could draw a nice pension, Kim Bibeau was working in a good state job making a nice salary — but that wasn’t enough for her. She wanted to focus her life on her passion: helping people get healthy.

At the time, she was working at Gold’s Gym alongside many friends and fellow instructor Brian Bibeau. The two married in 2007.

Kim was juggling a good career, parenting, marriage, her fitness gig on the side, and she was struggling to make it all work.

Then, along came fate.

In 2009, Gold’s changed its business model and stopped offering group classes. For Kim, this was a big blow.

“I was teaching 13 classes and I had a following,” she laments. “It really was quite a loss because fitness had become part of the way I defined myself.”

Shortly thereafter in 2010, Brian and Kim opened Sweat Therapy Fitness in a tiny space behind Kool Beanz Café on Thomasville Road. The business now encompasses two bustling locations and hundreds of Bibeau devotees.

Brian and Kim came to fitness from two very different angles. He is a lifelong athlete, and she started exercising at 30.

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Brian and Kim Bibeau serve as transformational influences in the lives of their gyms’ members.

For Brian, exercise has been a lifelong habit. Kim was 30 when she discovered its benefits.

adult gives Kim an edge over many natural athlete-type instructors. Her personal passion — and one that you can actually feel at the Sweat Therapy studio classes — is finding the balance in life to make a healthy lifestyle work.

Kim admits she’s not good at compartmentalizing areas of her life, but she’s “working on it.”

“It’s difficult drawing the line between not talking about a problem (at work or at home) and taking space for perspective,” she explains. “I think the key to our success is that we always talk things out.”

“Kim is a very active thinker,” Brian says. “I can turn it off and switch roles, but she’s always going, always figuring stuff out.”

This constant interaction as wife, husband, co-worker, CEO and best friend would, for most people, wear thin the relationship. However, Team Bibeau makes it a priority to preserve their connection.

Brian and Kim have relied upon Sweat Therapy and its staff and clientele to help them keep going despite the past four years filled with turmoil and tragedy.

Together they’ve lost a mother, brother, daughter, good friend and two dogs.

“These things aren’t in the business plan,” Brian explains. “They aren’t what you think of when you start a business — that you’re going to have to keep getting up, keep going to work every day when you really just want to hide under the covers.” ›› photography by MATT BURKE

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But Sweat Therapy and helping clients make real-life, visible improvements in their health is in large part responsible for how Brian is moving through his pain. For Kim, the business made her get out of bed and move forward during those dark days.

Brian characterizes a small business as a big risk with big reward.

“I’m always surprised that a small business is 150% encompassing — it never ends,” he says. “There’s always pressure, always a need to try and do everything by yourself if you can, to save money.” He points to an air conditioner problem that cropped up that very morning.

Anyone who has The Bibeaus enjoy Sweat Therinteracted with the Bibeaus is aware that apy and the work-family they’ve this powerhouse created because it allows them to couple has created be together, chase their dream and a fitness empire live their passion. Kim is interestin the Tallahassee ed in helping Parkinson’s patients community. Their locations feature through therapy exercise, and she classes that stimulate recently became certified in Rock both mentally and Steady Boxing for that reason. physically while “Some studios push people besparking health yond their personal limits,” Brian cognizance. Their latest endeavor is warns. “That’s an industry-wide to raise awareness problem right now, to think that about Parkinson’s just by virtue of wanting to do Disease through some extreme sport you can — Rock Steady Boxing sometimes with real consequences.” classes. Over the years, the Bibeau’s Sweat Therapy’s mission is to have raised more teach people how to find that eluthan $45,000 for the sive balance in their lives — and Tallahassee Memorial to make “healthy” an easy choice NueroScience Center on a daily basis. While it’s hard, for Parkinson’s Research, but they they can’t envision handing it off to wanted to take it someone else or a franchise. a step further by “We won’t grow Sweat Therapy dedicating their own beyond what we can handle ourtime and talents. Rock selves,” Kim says. “I think two loSteady Boxing helps to enhance the quality cations is that limit for us, at least of life and improve right now.” motor function through Every 12 weeks or so, though, intense non-contact the two take mandatory rest breaks boxing-style exercises. from the hectic lifestyle. Relaxation Classes are in full swing and are open to people with umbrella drinks, chairs and of all ages, strengths books is the formula they use to reand diagnosis levels. lax, unwind, connect.

“It’s what we call an ‘active retirement,’ ” Brian says. “But we wouldn’t have it any other way.”

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hen you live in a state known far and wide for its sunny, warm weather, the sundress could well be considered as essential as the proverbial Little Black Dress. Fortunately for women in the Sunshine State, the sundress has never gone out of vogue, due to the many permutations of this very basic piece that have been offered by designers over the years; and it seems that they have only increased in popularity, making their way from runways to real ways all over the world.

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on how you style your dress, even boldly colored dresses can be made more office appropriate — throw on a cardigan or a fitted jacket in a complimentary color, and you’ll look polished and professional without ever seeming stuffy.

As is the case with any dress, cut is crucial. If you’re petite, you’ll hardly want a length that will overwhelm your frame or make you look shorter, so pay attention to hemlines. Maxi, midi and shorter-skirted styles are all having their day in the sun, so you may have to try out a few variations before you find your most flattering fit. No dress is one size fits all, simply because not every woman is built exactly the same.

What looks fantastic on your friends might not suit you, so never assume that you’ll be able to pluck that showstopper off the rack and love it just as much on you as you do every time you see it on someone else. You are you, and their dress might need to be something you admire from afar.

As the heat index rises, take a peek into your own closet to assess your dress. Is it time to try out sundresses for the first time, or do you have one to put back in rotation? Whatever the case may be, sunny weather is the perfect time to have fun with your wardrobe and say yes to the dress. TM

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POOL PARTY Slip on a bold printed sundress over your swimsuit, accessorize with beaded sandals and top it off with a straw hat.

NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN Summer nights are meant to be easy and breezy. Pair a sleek sundress or maxi dress with strappy heels or wedges. A bright colored clutch is the only other accessory you’ll need.

TO WORK A sundress at work can be accomplished if the dress is of appropriate length and paired with a sweater. The bright color or print may add a little fun to your cubicle.

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There are reasons that the sundress has been a perennial favorite for women of all ages and all socioeconomic backgrounds. Dresses are, in and of themselves, a way to simplify things — they don’t require the pairing of a top with a bottom, and that all-in-one appeal has translated through countless fashion trends over the centuries. Naturally, comfort and culture have come into play in the way that dressing has evolved, and one of the results of these many shifts has been the sundress.

By definition, a sundress is lightweight and breathable, loosely fitting and sleeveless — a killer combo when it comes to warmer weather. Contrary to what some might assume, however, sundresses don’t have to be skimpy. In fact, with lower hemlines and necklines that actually leave something to the imagination, sundresses can be relatively modest rather than always having to push the limit on propriety.

Amazingly enough, sundresses have been a player in women’s wear since the 1940s, though they didn’t really reach the height of their popularity until Lilly Pulitzer put her stamp on them 20 years later. Her interpretation of the dress — one of ease and brightness and bold prints — made them stand out, and women have been happily wearing them ever since.

With their many cuts, colors and patterns, sundresses are flattering to almost every figure, and an endless variety of fabrics makes them versatile enough to wear for almost any occasion. You don’t have to have a trip to the shore on your schedule to wear a sundress — their versatility alone makes them a warm weather staple, something that should be in every woman’s closet as a foundational piece, especially if the dress is in a color, style and fabric that can be easily styled in multiple ways — think neutrals like navy, black, white, cream and tan. But even shades like coral, teal, red and pink can be played up or down simply by adding the right accessories or a few other wardrobe pieces. Depending

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Those fabulously fashionable heels could be harming your health REBECCA PADGETT by

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inderella had the right idea when ditching her heels. They are far less than ideal when running away at the clock’s strike — and even walking in high heels has a down side.

Those blisters that the coveted pair of stilettos you had been drooling over in the department store window have given you are obvious enough, but more serious issues may be developing below the surface.

“Long-term use of high-heeled shoes often leads to permanent postural and structural changes, which may result in myriad health problems,” explained Dr. William Bevis of 100% Chiropractic. “Being a chiropractor who specializes in the correction of such structural abnormalities, I often see the long-term effects firsthand.”

Kicking the heels habit, however, isn’t easy. Formal events, corporate functions and the dictates of fashion mess up the best of such intentions.

“High heels have a bad reputation,” said Dr. George Merritt of Tallahassee Podiatry Associates. “I don’t discourage wearing heels, but I do discourage people from wearing them all day long. You need to alter your heel heights because your heel chord adapts to that position, which can cause your calves to hurt and stretch your tendons leading to tendonitis.”

The most Before you purge your dependable form closet, know that there are of heel is one with a shorter, ways to combat the hell wider base and caused by heels. Counteract a rounded toe the stresses by stretching preferably in a high quality the feet and legs both bematerial such fore and after wear. If this as leather. doesn’t help or pain persists, you may consider consulting a podiatrist or chiropractor.

The most dependable form of heel is one with a shorter, wider base and a rounded toe preferably in a high quality material such as leather.

Both Bevis and Merritt stress the importance of a shoe that fits.

“The health issues most associated with wearing heels result from a shoe that doesn’t fit properly,” said Merritt.

It may be worth your while to take a few extra steps when shopping for heels. Have your gait analyzed and your foot measured in order to find the perfect fit, you know, just like Cinderella. TM

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Lewis and Thompson agree the trend for shorts this summer is “clean front” — no pleats or big pockets — and lighter fabrics without a lot of bulk. Some styles are 100 percent cotton, while others add in polyester, rayon and other stretchable fibers for comfort and fast drying. More playful options include linen and silk.

Thompson warns against a full embrace of breathable polyester “performance” clothing for everyday wear. “I think when you start putting performance shorts and performance tops it really does look like you should be at the gym,” she says.

Then there’s the matter of length.

The under-30 crowd gravitates to the shorter shorts, usually with a 5- or 6-inch

inseam, says Lewis. Some of his youngest clients wear bright and patterned swim trunks as shorts. An older man usually opts for 7- or 9-inch versions that hit right above or at the middle of the knee. (Thompson, who describes herself as “blunt and honest,” declares the mid-knee length “looks good on no one.”)

To tuck or not to tuck? You’re going to want to leave a shirt with a square hem untucked, advises Thompson. A shirt-tail hem can be tucked in or left out. Then again, the decision can be determined by the occasion. “If we’re going to a nicer restaurant, I’m going to starch his shorts and put a crease in ’em. I like his shirt tucked in,” she says. TM

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hen a guy can wear them nine months out of the year in these parts, it pays to pay attention to his shorts wardrobe.

And while they might be considered a classic, functional clothing item, local purveyors of style say there are definite trends to be followed.

Those seeking out the trendsetters need look no farther than the hallowed halls of higher education.

“Everything starts at the college age and then it trickles up,” declares Candice Thompson, a stylist who has been helping Tallahassee dress right for 25 years now.

“College people are going to set the trend, and then everybody interprets it for every generation.”

Take, for example, color. Stone and khaki are by far the most popular shorts shades, says Lanny Lewis, owner of the Southern prep emporium Southern Compass Outfitters. But the young folk have embraced more colorful shades of teal, turquoise and sunny yellow. “Coral is the hot color this year,” Thompson says.

It may take some doing to get Dad to put on the kiwi green, but there is a way to give him a gentle nudge in the fashionable direction. Thompson’s strategy to wean him off of his beige-tone bottoms is to pair bright shorts with a neutral top.

“The way I can get my husband to wear color is to put it with a navy T-shirt, a black T-shirt, a khaki T-shirt or a gray T-shirt,” she says. “Then you’ve got only one little statement piece going on.” And when the shirt is untucked, only four or five inches of those bright shorts will show.

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COLORS

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CITIZEN OF STYLE

BREAKING RULES Jane Marks combines glamor and practicality

by MARINA BROWN

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ane Marks makes looking spectacular sound easy. Recently first lady of Tallahassee, the counselor and psychotherapist — and salsa teacher and Zumba enthusiast — shared some ideas on style and fashion and how she puts her own look together.

“Some bold jewelry here. A splash of color there. And top off the look with a black fedora,” could be Marks’ mantra. Marks’ style is nothing if not daring. But though as a young woman she consumed Vogue magazine, she says it was working at Sears during college

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that taught her what she knows about style.

“Sears was the most expensive store in town. I learned about skin tones, colors, layering patterns and what looked good on women.” She says she also learned to take chances with what you wear. “Do the unexpected. There really aren’t any rules anymore.

Dress for yourself and like you mean it!”

Still devoted to helping women look their best, when her husband was mayor, like a Pied Piper, Marks led scores of Tallahassee women on “shopping sprees” to promote local businesses. Hoping to see what

she saw on store racks and shelves, from 18 to 150 women followed Marks from boutique to boutique, trying on clothes, receiving her suggestions and critiques and generally bonding in an atmosphere of self-improvement.

Sounding like the perfect amalgam of high-flying glamor and down-to-earth practicality, Marks says, “You know, everything I do can be done on a budget. I never shop out of town. I won’t buy it if it’s not on sale.

And my idea-magazines are still Vogue — and Good Housekeeping.” TM photography by LAWRENCE DAVIDSON

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For the girls of summer, you can’t go wrong with pineapples, flowers or monograms.

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Geometric shapes and bold hues are a hot hit this summer. NARCISSUS loves this trend and recommends the Tory Burch T-Block purse and Tory Burch block heels featuring geometric lines and silhouettes.

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FROM THE SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE TO THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE

HANDCRAFTED FROM THE HEART SOUTHERN CRAFT CREAMERY CHURNS UP A SWEET STORY

by REBECCA PADGETT

Summer co-mingles the subtle scent of coconut sunscreen with barbecue smoke, brings us the cacophony of seagulls and the crashing of emerald waves, inserts sand between our toes and focuses our attention on the horizon at day’s end. But what does summer taste like?

Indisputably, ice cream.

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gastro & gusto Ice cream trucks, churns and vendors all evoke maker and her parents. Things went creamily. sweet memories. Ice cream can start a conver“That night we laid in bed and looked at each sation and that is precisely what the owners of other and said, ‘Why aren’t we doing this in FlorSouthern Craft Creamery in Marianna, Florida, ida?’” laughed Cindy Eade. intend for it to do.

Lauren and her husband, Zach, comman“We want our ice cream to be the glue that deered the idea and ran with it at full speed. gets people to sit down together and talk to each They attended ice cream school at the Univerother,” said Dale Eade of Southern Craft Creamsity of Wisconsin (yes, this is real) and spent ery. “We are all busy as a family, but we have a year perfecting the company’s now-famous always made time for sitting down at the table base of sweet cream. Cindy and Lauren also and talking. We hope our ice cream leads family attended Pennsylvania State University’s ice and friends to sit down and visit with each other. cream school.

If that happens, all of our efforts are worth it.”

This business is family to the core. Lauren’s People are talking, that’s for sure. With older sister, Meghan Austin, and her husband, unique flavors including strawberry balsamic, Brad, manage the farm. Cindy and Dale prefer roasted banana with salted peanuts and salted to go without titles as they do it all: operators, dark chocolate, just to name a few, taste buds all distributors, janitors, flavor creators, milkers over North Florida are tingling. Southern Craft and much more. Helen Taylor is not an immeCreamery sold its first pint in 2013 and, before diate member of the family, but she might as that year was over, it became the overall winner well be since she grew up on the farm next door. of the Made in the South Award presented by Helen is the charismatic and cute-as-a-button Garden & Gun magazine. mind who is building on the marketing foundaDairy farmers Dale and Cindy Eade are at the tion laid by Lauren. heart of the operation. They have been milking “One of the tenants of our business philosocows since 1980 and opened their phy and one of the reasons we do own dairy farm, appropriately this at all is that today people are While a pint-sized named Cindale Farms, in 1994. yearning for information on where business, Southern Craft A daughter, Lauren O’Bryan, their food comes from,” Dale said.

Creamery has a regional met a man who was making his Find Southern Craft Creamery reputation. Dairy farmers Cindy Eade, left, and her own ice cream in Atlanta and was ice cream in and around Tallahashusband, Dale, right, and interested in learning more about see at New Leaf Market, Black the girl next door, Helen dairy operations. She set up a Fig, Bradley’s Country Store and Taylor, are key players in the operation. meeting between the ice cream Bay Leaf Market. TM ↓

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AN ICE CREAM SAMPLER While chocolate, strawberry and vanilla are forever favorites, Southern Craft Creamery offers a variety of unique and tantalizing flavors. ➸ SALTY CARAMEL Handcrafted caramel complicated with a little salt and vanilla. ➸ COFFEE Locally roasted beans from Amavida Coffee steeped in sweet cream. ➸ ROASTED BANANA WITH SALTED PEANUTS Salted peanuts and rich cream accompany sweet bananas roasted in butter and brown sugar. ➸ TUPELO HONEY Sweet yet complex flavor that showcases honey from Longbeard Hives. ➸ BAY LAUREL A delicious pairing of bay laurel leaves and milk, giving it a light, floral taste. ➸ COCONUT CREAM Coconut steeped in milk develops a rich, creamy base in which pieces of toasted coconut are tossed. ➸ CANDIED BACON This one is for the sweet and salty lovers. All the salty goodness of bacon, but in ice cream. ➸ ORANGE BLOSSOM HONEY The state’s signature fruit and countless pollinators yield a special sweetness. ➸ STRAWBERRY BALSAMIC Classic strawberry is elevated to new heights when combined with balsamic syrup. ➸ SATSUMA GINGER Sweet citrus notes of Satsumas from Cherokee Satsumas in Marianna are joined with spicy ginger.

— REBECCA PADGETT

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gastro & gusto ← PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Serves 8–10 Requires 12” Dutch oven

↖ A pineapple upside-down cake, fresh from the (Dutch) oven.

HOME COOKIN’

AN OVEN FOR ALL REASONS A look at the traditional and versatile Dutch oven

by JASON DEHART and KIM HARRIS THACKER

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here’s probably no other cooking vessel as widely used or adored as the durable and useful Dutch oven. It can be used for just about anything, from baking biscuits and cobbler to stewing, frying, roasting and boiling.

In its traditional form, a Dutch oven is a simple cast iron cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid. Originally manufactured in Europe and then England, the “Dutch” oven emigrated to America in the early 18th century. The heavy iron pot was heated evenly by placing it on coals and by putting coals on the lid. The original pot had a flat bottom and a smooth lid, but it evolved once it arrived in colonial America. A flange, or lip, was added to the edge of the lid to prevent coals from falling off, and “feet” were added to raise the bottom of the pot above the coals beneath. This prevented food from burning and sticking to the metal, although a metal stand or a raised insert like a trivet could be used in footless versions to accomplish the same thing.

As the years went by, the Dutch oven moved west with the young country. It traveled with pioneers and settlers and found a home on

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the range with chuck wagons on many a long cattle drive. Dutch ovens were built to last and were often a valuable part of one’s estate. Their sheer versatility led to the form’s longevity, and today it remains a popular piece of cookware. Cast iron models still abound and can be found simmering over campfire coals at cookouts across the nation. Meanwhile, aluminum and ceramic versions have found a home in the modern kitchen, although footless cast iron models can be used in modern ovens as well.

Cooking with a cast iron Dutch oven begins with seasoning the metal. Seasoning prevents rust and creates a non-stick surface. Wash, rinse and dry the vessel and give the interior a light coat of solid shortening like Crisco. Then it has to be baked in a conventional oven at 300 degrees for about an hour. You’ll want to open the windows for this part of the process because it will smoke up the kitchen. Once the vessel has cooled, wipe away any excess grease. To store, place a paper towel inside with edges hanging from underneath the lid. This helps remove oil and allows for airflow, which prevents any disagreeable smells from settling in. TM

Ingredients: ➺ 20 oz. can pineapple rings, drained (reserve juice) ➺ 3/4 cup pineapple tidbits, drained (reserve juice from 20 oz. can) ➺ 1 small bottle maraschino cherries (about 20 cherries) ➺ 1 yellow cake mix ➺ 3 eggs (or amount indicated on cake mix box) ➺ 1/2 cup canola oil (or amount indicated on cake mix box) ➺ 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed ➺ Spray-on canola oil ➺ Heavy duty aluminum foil (wide)

Preparation:

Line Dutch oven with foil (promotes even cooking and prevents brown sugar from sticking). Spray canola oil on bottom and sides of oven. Sprinkle brown sugar in even layer over bottom of oven. Arrange pineapple rings on top of brown sugar, working from center of oven outward (can use ring segments). Place one cherry in center of each ring. Prepare cake mix according to box directions, using reserved pineapple juice in place of required water. Add pineapple tidbits to cake batter. Pour batter over pineapple rings.

Cover Dutch oven with lid and bake.

Baking Directions:

Cook 30–40 minutes or until knife inserted into cake comes out clean.

Using charcoal briquettes: Place 10 coals beneath oven and 14 coals on lid.

Using wood coals: Use low coals, 14 beneath oven and 20 on lid. photography by LINDY ALLEN PHOTOGRAPHY

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George Kaikos of Georgio’s Restaurant is a portrait in restaurateur survival.

DINING OUT

Georgio’s Restaurateur George Koikos adheres to a simple recipe for success

by SHELBY BOUCK

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eorge Koikos is that rare person who is actually living the fabled American dream. Through hard work, dedication and family loyalty, he has thrived in the restaurant business for 55 years — and continues to succeed.

“Every night, my daughter says ‘Go home, Dad, I’ll close up,’ and I say, ‘You’re sending me to jail?’” He laughs, but it’s true: For Koikos, his work is his joy.

Koikos emigrated from Greece to the U.S. in 1966, after a decades-long period of war, volcanic eruptions and deadly earthquakes.

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“After World War II, Greece had a civil war,” he said. “Everybody was killing civilians. They killed my mother. It was a terrible situation.

“But we survived,” he said of himself and his brothers. “We learned to be tough.”

Jimmy Koikos, George’s older brother, had already established himself as an American restaurateur by the time George arrived. He had a job for George at Jimmy’s on North Monroe Street, and George worked there until he opened The Spartan in what was then known as the Duval Hotel.

George lived in the Duval Hotel for seven years, the only employee there to do so. He met his wife in 1976, and they got married in Fort Walton Beach in 1977.

From then on, she became the accounting powerhouse behind all of George’s restaurants, including The Spartan, The Brothers Three, The Brothers Three By the Sea in Panacea, Country Inn Barbeque, The Surf and Turf and, of course, the crown jewel, Georgio’s Fine Food and Spirits.

“I did all the payroll before computers,” Karen says. “It was very time consuming.

I’m thankful we have computers to do that now. But I’m not on my own now, either — I’ve got Leni.”

Of all of George and Karen’s children, daughter Leni took to the restaurant business the most.

“She’s always been the one that’s been interested in food and preparation,” her mother said. “She’s a people pleaser just like her dad. Every part of the restaurant, she can do.”

Now the Koikos family focuses exclusively on Georgio’s, which recently turned 50.

“My dad says now he’s on constant vacation,” Leni says. “Most of his career he was working three shifts a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner, but now we’re only dinner.”

He makes a point of visiting each table every night at the restaurant, making sure all his customers know that he sees them as friends.

George’s secret to success is really no secret at all: respect for his employees, commitment to quality and consistency have kept him and his restaurants going for half a century. His olive oil comes from groves in his mother’s village in Greece. Georgio’s staff receives meat, produce and fish whole, cut it themselves and boil all their stock in house.

A premium on quality has gained Georgio’s a deservedly good reputation and attracted the kinds of customers who make for good stories.

“During the election of 2000 when they had the recount in Florida, all the politicians from both sides were in Georgio’s waiting for the verdict,” Leni recalled.

“They did some of the taping for the movie, ‘Recount’ in the restaurant because it was that well known that that was where everybody was.”

“We live in the best country,” George firmly believes. “Don’t let it fool you, take it from me, we live in the best country, and Tallahassee is the best kept secret in Florida.” TM

Classic dips such as tzatziki (yogurt, cucumber and garlic), melitzanosalata (aubergine) and fava (creamy split pea purée) are Greek meal mainstays. And the delectable taramasalata (fish roe dip) is a must. This creamy blend of pink or white fish roe with either a potato or bread base is best with a drizzle of virgin olive oil.

The elixir of Greece, olive oil is used liberally in cooking and salads, and drizzled over most dips and dishes.

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From the industrial sized tanks at Proof Brewing Co., to supplies such as malted barley and hops purchased by enthused hobbyists at the HomeBrew Den, the love of craft beer continues to grow.

LIBATIONS

CRAFT BEERS The movement is brewing in Tallahassee

by SANDI POREDA

According to Grass, craft beer accounts for between 18–20 percent of the market.

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he worst beer I’ve ever tasted was one of my home brewing experiments.”

Gabe Grass, owner of Grasslands Brewing Company, grimaced slightly as he recalled the memory.

But, he said, that’s how a lot of local craft brewers get started.

“You start out brewing something at home, and as you get better, you let a couple of people try it. And they start encouraging you to brew more,” he said. And that’s when the flicker of desire starts.

That flicker of desire is helping craft breweries grow by leaps and bounds in Florida, which is fortunate because the demand is strong. According to Grass, craft beer accounts for between 18-20 percent of the market.

Grass attributes this in part to Amazon, which he said revolutionized consumer-driven purchasing. It opened up the doors for consumers to make recommendations to other consumers and find products they genuinely like.

Like beer.

“People who try craft beer are like, ‘where has this beer been all my life?’,” said Grass. “They’ll come try something with a fruit treatment — like our Tropical Storm IPA with pineapple, mango and passionfruit and they’re really surprised by how much they like it.”

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The impression of craft brewers has changed as well. There’s an air of legitimacy and a strong sense of community. And the market isn’t even close to saturated. Grass said the demand in Tallahassee can support a number of additional breweries because everyone does something a little different.

Josh Aubuchon, the General Counsel for the Florida Brewers Guild, said Florida still has enormous potential but it’s at least several years behind other states in terms of craft brewing — California has more craft breweries in San Diego County alone than in the entire state of Florida. But things are getting better, especially in Tallahassee.

“Every strong brewing community has a home brew shop that fuels the creative fire — provides hops, yeast, fermenters and bottling supplies,” he said. In Tallahassee, that shop is the HomeBrew Den. Even better, Grass said brewers are willing to help each other out, even running over a batch of hops if something goes wrong.

In Tallahassee, brewer’s include Proof Brewing Co., the city’s first craft brewery. Except Proof didn’t start out as a home brewing experiment.

“We took a very calculated approach when we started planning the brewery,” said Byron Burroughs, a Proof Brewing founder. We hired a consultant and our staff all went to brewing school.

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expression destined for. Hair’s solution was volume.

“Al Hair held what you could call ‘painting parties,’” Hearn says. “The music would be blaring, strings of lights stretched across the backyard, barbeque on the grill, beers in hand, and Al and all his friends would have a kind of production line set up. Some cut the cheap building material, Upson board. Others primed it. Some cut up crown molding to hammer into frames. And others washed on background color. Hair himself developed a technique he called ‘fast painting,’ quickly brushing in grass and sky with a few strokes. In a few hours, 20 or 30 paintings would be ready to stack in cars and head in the four directions for sales spots along Florida’s new highways.

Sometimes he would make $100 a day.”

Indeed, The Highwaymen came together just as 1950s advertising agencies and land salesmen were idealizing Florida’s potential for easy retirement, cheap lots and yearround sunny skies. The Highwaymen’s florid sunsets and egret-dotted lagoons were just the kind of dreamy landscapes that middleclass or poor families could hang on the wall of a prefab post-war house or a cracker clapboard. All for around $20.

The group expanded. Styles varied, but for most of the late ’50s through the ’60s and much of the ’70s, the palm trees and white sandy beaches allowed the men to be fulltime painters. The group itself suffered a setback when Al Hair was murdered in a bar fight in 1970. But by the 1980s, it was abstract art and non-representational subject matter that had taken over in the public’s mind. The fickle shift in taste left The Highwaymen as relics of an earlier Florida moment.

Curator Graetz says that in the 1990s an art expert, Jim Fitch, coined the term “The Highwaymen” and provoked a renewed interest in the group and the story of the men who by then had mostly abandoned painting. Though nearly half of the original band of buddy painters had died, with the public’s eye on them once more, the others were inspired to paint again. Now the survivors command prices they had never dreamed possible. In 2001, the entire group of 26 Highwaymen was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. TM

The collection of Highwaymen art is on permanent exhibition at the Museum of Florida History along with the individual stories of each painter’s struggles, sorrows, successes and visions of a Florida that lived vibrantly in their minds.

Where: R.A. Gray Building, 500 S. Bronough St. Hours: Weekdays, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

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➸ This painting by George Buckner is a colorful interpretation of a Royal Poinciana tree, a recurring subject among the Highwaymen. The billowing pink clouds have a luminous quality and were Buckner’s specialty.

➸ Harold Newton is considered to be one of the original Highwayman. In this painting, Newton uses a swath of yellow to render the moon’s reflection on the river.

But in the midst of Jim Crow’s repression and the bleak lives that many struggling AfricanAmericans lead, a desire to make something beautiful just won’t be held down. Not for Harold Newton and his brothers.

Nor for his friends Al Black and Livingston Roberts. Or Willie Reagan or George Buckner. Or for any of the group of 26 men, and one woman, who will come to be known as The Highwaymen.

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t is the middle of the 1950s near Fort Pierce, 300 miles south of Tallahassee, in a segregated neighborhood called “Blacktown.” The African-Americans who live and work here picking oranges or tomatoes can’t sit down at a lunch counter or segregated restaurant. They can’t go in a “whites only” entrance to a movie theater. They must sit in the rear of buses and stand in line to sip water from “blacks only” fountains.

But in the midst of Jim Crow’s repression and the bleak lives that many struggling African-Americans lead, a desire to make something beautiful just won’t be held down. Not for Harold Newton and his brothers. Nor for his friends Al Black and Livingston Roberts.

Or Willie Reagan or George Buckner. Or for any of the group of 26 men, and one woman, who will come to be known as The Highwaymen. Beauty, particularly Florida’s outdoor glories, inspires these individuals to put down what they see on canvas and board in colors nature often hadn’t thought of. These friends get together to make art, all right, but just as importantly, not just a little money selling their works along Florida’s roadways from the trunks of their cars.

On this particular night, we can imagine the most charismatic of the group getting ready to work. Alfred Hair is in his 20s.

Singled out for his talent by the art teacher at his all-black high school, she has arranged for Hair’s art lessons with a classically trained painter named A.E. “Bean” Backus, a white landscape artist who loves jazz and people of all colors. Like Harold Newton, another Highwayman prodigy who has found his way to Backus’ door, Al Hair’s raw talent is evident. But unlike Newton, who follows a more careful method of painting, Hair is in a hurry.

Michelle Hearn and Bruce Graetz, senior curators at the Museum of Florida History in the basement of the R.A. Gray Building in Tallahassee, which houses the permanent exhibition of all 26 Highwaymen paintings, have come to know each of the painters and their idiosyncrasies. Al Hair was in a hurry, they say, because he realized that if he could sell his paintings — lots of them — it was a way out of the dead-end jobs he’d been

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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking, 2000) “In the Heart of the Sea,” by renowned historian and author Nathaniel Philbrick, gives the factual account of the men who sailed aboard the Nantucket whaling ship, Essex, which was rammed in the South Pacific by a sperm whale. The men’s harrowing tale of survival, of which the shipwreck was only the beginning, also inspired Herman Melville’s epic novel, “Moby Dick.”

Philbrick writes that the men spent a total of 96 days adrift at sea in three whaleboats. They endured storms, shark attacks, blistering heat, dehydration and starvation. They ate their own dead, and eventually, they drew lots to determine who would die next and who would fire the fatal bullet.

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The Truth According to Us Annie Barrows (Dial, 2015)

Dandelion Wine Ray Bradbury (Doubleday, 1957)

Readers may recognize Annie Barrows as the co-author of the bestselling novel, “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.” Barrows’ latest book is yet another work of historical fiction, this time taking place during America’s Great Depression.

The mill town of Macedonia, West Virginia, is looking forward to its sesquicentennial. To honor the day, the town council has requested that the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal jobs program, send its best writer to Macedonia to compile the town’s history. What they get is Layla Beck: the spoiled (and lately disinherited) daughter of a state senator who has never written anything but letters to beaux and invitations to garden parties.

But perhaps, with her white kitten heels and perfectly coifed hair, Miss Beck is exactly the right person to write a book about a town that lies in the shadow of the enormous American Everlasting Hosiery Factory — a shadow that has crept into the very fabric of the town, darkening the lives of many of its citizens.

Ray Bradbury is known for having written such classics as “Farenheit 451” and “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” but is less well known for having written “Dandelion Wine,” a delicious collection of vignettes that combine to form the story of one boy’s Illinois summer.

It’s 1928, and Douglas Spaulding has just realized that he’s alive. The summer stretches ahead of him, promising foot races, ice cream and fireflies. Every day will be a miracle, and every day will be “caught and stoppered” in a bottle of Grandpa’s dandelion wine.

But is it really a summer worth saving? When winter comes, will Douglas want to recall the day the Happiness Machine burned? Will he want to remember when the best sneakers in the world wore out or when the coin-operated Tarot Witch began spitting out blank fortunes?

“Dandelion Wine” is the perfect summer read, made even better when enjoyed with an icy beverage or two.

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Fiona Knowles was looking for redemption when she created the Forgiveness Stones — and now the idea is sweeping the nation.

Simply put, the individual who seeks forgiveness sends a letter and two stones to someone they’ve wronged. If the recipient of the letter can grant the sender forgiveness, he or she returns one of the stones. The other stone is then paired with a new stone, and both are sent to someone else. The “Circle of Forgiveness” goes on and on.

And millions of skeletons fall out of closets.

It’s just the kind of thing TV personality Hannah Farr could use on her talk show to boost her falling ratings — even if it means interviewing Knowles, who bullied her as a child and accepting Knowles’ forgiveness. Or not accepting it.

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“ASSASSINS” (New Stage Theatreworks, Theatre Tallahassee Mainstage play, July 8–17)

by KIM HARRIS THACKER

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t’s opening night. The dissonant notes rising from the orchestra pit fade as the house lights dim. The audience settles deeper into their comfortable seats, and finally … the curtains open. A young woman strides in from stage left and collapses — elegantly, as suits a lovelorn lady of the Victorian Era — onto a chaise longue. She plucks a letter from her reticule and, bosom heaving, tears it to bits.

A maid enters, carrying a bone china tea service. (The props team has outdone itself once again.) She deposits the tray on a table and rushes to her mistress’ side.

The gentlewoman’s perfectly pouty lips open and … a tinny voice squeaks out: “… Dare … never … my life … preposterous … fiend!”

It would’ve been a stirring speech, if only the audience had been able to hear it.

“When people come to the theater, they don’t typically think about the sound — unless it’s bad,” says Heather Marks, a sound designer who works with Theatre Tallahassee and Theater TCC. “When the sound is right, the audience is further submerged into the world of the production. All parts of a stage production have to work together, or none of them works. It’s a puzzle, and if it’s missing a piece, the picture is not complete.”

Marks develops her understanding of the picture a production ought to present in numerous ways: She collects information about

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↑ The sound designer the show that is being is a keyboard player staged and the era in of sorts, but one which the show takes removed from the stage. In a booth, place, reads scripts and his experience of prepares sound effects. a performance Some of the sounds she differs from that of the audience, so he uses come from a digital relies upon signals sound library; others are and cues from a recorded and mixed by stage manager.

Marks herself.

“The sound has to be right,” she says. “I want it to enhance the production, not distract from it.”

It is also essential that Marks understand the director’s goals regarding a production.

“I love trying to accomplish the director’s vision,” she says. “Those I’ve worked with also listen to my input and ideas. It’s all about trial and error and finding out what is best. You have to communicate with so many people.”

When it comes to sound design, communication isn’t something that takes place only before opening night.

“The more bodies you pack into a room, the more the sound is absorbed,” Marks says. “So if it’s a full house, I’m going to have to compensate for that. Or if one of the leading actors is projecting more than usual, I have to duck the sound. I’m always riding the faders.”

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audience. Therefore, the stage manager relays live cues to the sound booth at all times in addition to those that have been preset on the sound designer’s computer.

“You have to be on your toes,” Marks says, “especially if it’s a musical. That’s because you’re mixing (changing the volume of) a live orchestra and live actors.”

Marks recalls a time when she had to make some quick decisions during a musical: “One of the lead actors’ mics stopped working. I knew he wasn’t going offstage for a while, so getting a new mic pack on him was out of the question. We were at a part in the show when he was sing“My goal is to ing and dancing with one of the other leads, so I boosted use sound to her mic to pick up his voevoke emotion cals. Then I had to duck the and enhance sound on her mic when she sang. For me, every show is the audience’s an adrenaline rush.” experience. I love The well-prepared experithat I get to be a ence adrenaline rushes; the ill-prepared experience panic. part of something Marks is among the well prelike this. Bringing pared in that she has a bachjoy to other elor’s degree in music production and a master’s degree people, developing in entertainment business, relationships … and she has logged hundreds Isn’t that what of hours in the sound booth, working on the technical aslife’s supposed to pects of productions. be all about?”

“You have to want to learn —Heather Marks, a sound and have a passion for sound designer who works with design if you’re going to Theatre Tallahassee and tackle the technical stuff,” Theater TCC she says. “It can be daunting. With the soundboards I use, there’s so much I can do. But there are also limits. I have to understand the boundaries and know when to push them.”

The passion that Marks feels for sound design and the eloquent manner in which she speaks on the subject make it seem as though she’s used to being “front and center”; but, like all booth and crew members, she dresses in black for her job — the better to blend into the background of the auditorium. The wise show-goer will remember, however, that plenty of unseen hands are at work, before and during a production, to help the audience enjoy the show.

“My goal is to use sound to evoke emotion and enhance the audience’s experience,” Marks says. “I love that I get to be a part of something like this. Bringing joy to other people, developing relationships … Isn’t that what life’s supposed to be all about?” TM

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nyone who frequents “open mic” nights will tell you to expect a mixed bag. You may be treated to a performance by an impressive local talent. But that is far from guaranteed. One night may prove to be remarkable; the next night may resemble an opening round of “American Idol.” It’s important to make the unpredictability part of the fun.

You can reliably expect to see passion.

Self-confidence is a prerequisite for taking the stage, and all participants strive to win over their audiences at local venues including Bird’s Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack and The Warehouse. ››

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Both musical and comedy acts are welcome on open mic nights.

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→ J.T. Weir on guitar and Sebastian Newman on banjo combine to entertain The Warehouse where open mic nights make for an unrehearsed variety show.

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↖ At The Warehouse, the mic is open on Wednesdays, from 8:30 p.m. to 2 in the wee hours.

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Wednesday is Comedy Night at Bird’s.

It’s all about chemistry and energy and matters of taste. When they come together, audiences roar. But when connections fail, a performer may be left to feel naked and afraid. In any event, audiences are inclined to give performers credit for putting themselves out there.

Approaches are diverse. The humor may be observational, situational, anecdotal, political, topical, self-deprecating, satirical, politically correct or incorrect. But it’s not served up family-style. The material is meant for adult audiences. On a recent Wednesday, foils ranged from oft-pilloried dentists to the superheroes in the latest “Avengers” movie.

All of the comedians — or aspiring comedians — are local, and about 15 will stand up every Comedy Night. You’re likely to encounter at least a few to your liking.

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Bird’s has fine food and drink to offer.

Get a grouper sandwich or a burger and throw down a dozen raw oysters. (The aphrodisiac thing isn’t guaranteed.) And bring your friends; Bird’s works well as a group (critique) activity. The venue is cozy; seats fill up fast and parking is limited, so plan to arrive early. Jokes start at 9:30, but it’s best get there at 8:30 if your party is large.

Bird’s is located at 325 N. Bronough St., just north of Tennessee Street and three blocks west of Monroe. Jingle ’em up at (850) 222-1075.

At The Warehouse, too, the mic is open on Wednesdays, from 8:30 p.m. to 2 in the wee hours. Most of the performers are musicians, but comedy acts — both solo and ensemble — take part along with poets and writers and reciters of talkin’ blues. Musical genres range from country to ragtime, folk and even flute playing.

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Open mic nights Warehouse really is a give emerging converted warehouse artists a chance — the venue is comto earn chops. fortable, welcoming and decorated (year-round) with Christmas lights on the inside.

Audience members are made to feel like they been dropped into a laid-back artists’ community. Among performers and audience members, regulars embrace newcomers.

Sign-up at The Warehouse, located at 706 W. Gaines St., moments away from the Florida State University campus, begins at 7:55 p.m. There is no charge to perform.

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aving lived in Tallahassee for 30 years, I know this town loves the Seminoles. Fans in garnet and gold are everywhere I turn — year-round.

Now, having spent three days in Green Bay, Wisconsin, I came away with an appreciation for just how fiercely loyal its residents are to the Packers.

For 85 years, the smallest of the NFL’s small-market franchises has so indelibly imprinted itself on the minds and hearts of Green Bay residents that it might as well be part of their genetic code. There is a real sense of ownership and tradition that sets this franchise apart from all others in the NFL. You cannot overstate the contribution that the Packers and Lambeau Field have made to putting Green Bay on the map.

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beyond, who want to get close to the Packer mystique. Fans line up at 7 a.m. on practice days for a quarter-mile or more along a street leading to the camp.

Arriving players each select a young fan with a bicycle. Each then hands his helmet to a chosen one and rides his bike to the practice fields with the youngster running alongside.

Thousands stay and watch the practice, which is followed by an autograph session reserved for fans 12 and under.

Lambeau Field recently underwent a multi-million dollar expansion and enhancement. Ninety-minute tours permit fans to get a feel for what Packer football is like behind the curtain. It concludes with a walk through the players’ tunnel to the field of play.

The stadium also houses a newly opened Packer Hall of Fame Museum, a 20,000-square-foot pro shop and a fine dining restaurant, making for a full day of

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activities and experiences for young and old. Over the next few years, the Packer organization will be building a village, much like CollegeTown outside Doak Campbell Stadium, to further add to the fan experience throughout the year.

The waiting list for season tickets is more than 100,000 names long. Join the list today and you will wind up bequeathing your place in line to a fan in your will.

As dominant as the Packer presence is in Green Bay, there are other things to see, do and enjoy.

Today, I am flying home with 10 pounds of king salmon fillets harvested from a 13-pound fish that I landed after a 20-minute fight during a charter trolling trip on Lake Michigan.

History buffs will discover that Green Bay is Wisconsin’s oldest settlement, dating to the 1600s when Europeans made it a center of hat-making activity. In the 19th century, Green Bay was established as a key military base that stopped aggressors from penetrating the interior of the United States via the Fox River.

Green Bay is home to the National Railroad Museum where visitors can climb aboard the armor-plated train that shuttled Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and his top advisors across Europe during World War II. The museum also features the Union Pacific “Big Boy,” at 1,000-plus tons the world’s largest steam locomotive, and a 1924 Pullman sleeping car. Numerous interactive displays have captured the history of the railroad industry, and the Children’s Discovery Depot is hands-on fun for younger visitors.

At city-owned Bay Beach Amusement Park, you can ride a small-scale passenger train along the water’s edge and the length of the park, past its 20 other rides. This slice of Americana has been entertaining families since 1892 and is the ninth oldest continuously operating amusement park in the United States. It still boasts free admission, and rides cost just one dollar or less.

Take a break with local wildlife at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary. Admission and parking are free at this unique gem, a 600-acre urban wildlife refuge. Observe free flying native ducks and geese as well as nesting bald eagles, egrets, herons and other birds against the backdrop of

A FAVORITE DAY TRIP FOR LOCALS, DOOR COUNTY is a spectacular peninsula north of the city of Green Bay. With 300 miles of both Lake Michigan and Green Bay shoreline, you can watch both a sunrise and a sunset over water without leaving the county.

THE FISHING IS TOPNOTCH. Trolling trips on Lake Michigan’s Green Bay yield handsome king salmon topping 20 pounds. More labor-intensive trips produce walleyes, muskies, smallmouth and northern pike. Get on or in the water with countless outfitters for fishing, sailing, kayaking, SUP, jet skiing and speed boating.

(Top) The Zippin Pippin is America’s fourth oldest wooden roller coast. It was moved to Green Bay from Memphis, Tennessee, where it was a favorite of Elvis Presley. (Above) Bay Beach Wildlife Preserve Sanctuary is Green Bay’s answer to New York City’s Central Park.

Resch Falls, cascading 3,500 gallons of water per minute 25 feet off massive dolomite stone ledges.

There are interactive exhibits for guests of all ages. Other habitats house additional waterfowl, song and shorebirds, flying squirrels, owls, mink, wolves, cougars, bobcats, otters and more.

Pick up the pace at downtown’s Farmers’ Market On Broadway, a summer staple for 13 seasons. Every Wednesday thousands of locals and visitors shop with more than 200 vendors in an open-air market. Several blocks of fresh food and handcrafted goods share the street with live music, street foods and a vibrant social scene.

There is another large farmers’ market available downtown on summer Saturdays.

Pedestrian-friendly downtown Green Bay is in the midst of a revitalization program with new hotels, refurbished theaters, fabulous restaurants and a river walk taking center stage.

Three or four days pass quickly here. And, with summer temperatures in the 70s, Green Bay can be a great escape from Tallahassee’s heat. TM Jillian Fry contributed to this story.

IF YOU PREFER TO APPRECIATE THE WATER FROM A DISTANCE, Door County has 11 historic lighthouses to tour.

Further inland, thousands of acres of orchards are ripe for cherry- and berrypicking. Local vineyards (and wineries and breweries) dot the landscape along any chosen road.

FARM-TO-TABLE OPTIONS ARE PLENTIFUL throughout the county, and Sister Bay, Fish Creek and Ephraim feature some of the top restaurants serving fresh, locally sourced ingredients.

Wind down the day with a double feature at the Skyway Drive-In Theatre in Fish Creek.

Open since 1950, Skyway is the oldest continually running drive-in in Wisconsin — open summers only, of course.

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FLORIDA CAVERNS STATE PARK

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by KIM HARRIS THACKER

» 1,319 acres to explore on foot, bike, horseback, or in a canoe

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» 34 caves, one accessible to public (tours conducted Thursday– Monday, 9 a.m.– 4 p.m.)

Jackson County is home to a spectacle for spelunkers walls. If a tourist is lucky, a dripping soda straw may give him or her a “cave kiss.” But the water in the cave doesn’t just bring good luck; it brings growth to the cave’s formations.

“It takes 100 years for a cubic inch of one of these formations to grow,” Miller says. “We ask visitors not to touch anything in Tour Cave, because the oils on people’s skin prevent the minerals that drip down the sides of formations from sticking to each other, stopping the formations’ growth.”

A single column in Tour Cave has been set aside for the curious visitor to touch.

Most of the rooms in Tour Cave were named after the unique formations found therein (“Wedding Room” contains a “cake,” for example. But the sharp-eyed cave-goer may notice other items of interest, including seashells, nautilus fossils and even a shark’s tooth.

There is plenty to see above ground, too. “We have some plants that are rare to Florida here in the park,” says park manager Chris Hawthorne, “and we have trillium and atamasco lilies. Botanists love to come here to look around.”

» 7+ miles of multi-use trails with geocache sites » 9-hole golf course » Visitors’ center and store with concessions

Historians also have great cause to enjoy a walk through the park.

In the 1930s, the Work Progress Commission built a fish hatchery that was operated for two years and a golf course that is still in play; the Civilian Conservation Corps developed Tour Cave, built the visitors’ center and marked the park’s boundaries with cement pillars that are still visible, today.

Whether visitors come to the park for a cave tour, to check out the flora, to experience Depression-era history or for any of a dozen other reasons, they leave with a great appreciation for all that this unique state park has to offer. TM

» Heritage Day Festival site with vendor booths » Campfire programs (Saturdays, Memorial Day through Labor Day) » Camp sites (32 full hookup RV; 3 tent only; 3 horse-trailer w/power, water, stables) » Youth Campsite (accommodates 100; water, restroom, shower, tables, 2 fire pits) » Canoe rentals » Numerous

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HUNGER’S GIFT: THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS

It was 1933, and the United States had been in a deep economic depression for almost four years. Half of the country’s banks had failed, and a quarter of the population was unemployed. Hope was hard to come by; food was scarcer. Enter Franklin D. Roosevelt. Immediately after being sworn into office as president, FDR began to establish programs to assist the unemployed, stimulate economic recovery and reform the country’s financial system. These programs were known as “The New Deal” and included a program designed specifically for young men: the “Civilian Conservation Corps,” or CCC. The CCC offered its enrollees irresistible compensation for their work preserving the nation’s ecological treasures. The men received a place to live, a fair income, camaraderie, educational opportunities, and, perhaps most importantly, a full belly. Thousands of boys who were too young to enlist in the program did as their fathers and uncles had done before them: They lied about their age in order to get into the army — FDR’s “tree army,” that is. Like many other states, Florida benefited from work done by CCC camps.

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» 4 pavilions » 6 picnic areas

(grills, tables)

» Playground w/ restroom For more information about the park, visit floridastateparks. org/park/FloridaCaverns or call (850) 482-1228.

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION /KRYSTYN PECORA

lorida Caverns State Park is located just three miles north of historic Marianna, on 1,319 pristine acres of Chipola River wilderness. The area’s karst topography can be credited for the presence of the world-famous limestone caves for which the park was named. According to assistant park manager Aaron Miller, “At current count, there are 34 caves in the park.

Pretty much anywhere you see a ridge in the ground, that’s a cave.”

With the exception of “Tour Cave,” which is open to the public, the access points of all of the caves have been securely barred to protect visitors as well as the creatures that live in the caves. “Indian Cave,” for example, is a bat sanctuary that houses anywhere from 400 to 800 bats at a time.

Tour Cave accommodates a few bats, some cave crickets and the occasional crawfish, mouse or snake. It is famous, however, for its beautiful calcite flowstones, stalactites, stalagmites and draperies. “Soda straws,” or tiny calcite tubes, hang from the cave’s ceilings, and “cave bacon,” or curtains of colorful calcite, ripple down the

LIFE LINES The heroes of the dark who give our city light story by REBECCA PADGETT

// photos by LAWRENCE DAVIDSON

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t’s 3 a.m., and the ink black sky is interrupted by a silver streak of lightning and the reverberating crash of thunder. I’m 7 years old, and I’m afraid. Not so much of the storm itself, but because I know that soon my dad will receive a call, and he does. In a matter of 10 minutes, his demeanor has changed from a sleepy stupor to an exhilarated determination. He kisses his family, but his mind is already on the task that awaits him. This story is for my father and those like him.

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Forty-six feet in the air, this Tallahassee lineman replaces connectors to improve reliability and enhance the customer experience.

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MIKE HATCHER, a lineman supervisor for the City of Tallahassee, and I spot each other from across the field. I’m tottering along in heeled boots and he is sporting a sling from his recent shoulder surgery. An incapacitated pair we make. The sky is azure, but the sun isn’t too intense, making for the ideal view of the two men we are watching above us on the 40-foot pole.

They disembark from the pole and take a moment to breathe before greeting me, Padgett’s daughter. Our conversation takes place under the mid-afternoon sun between two bucket trucks to block out the wind. It is apparent that they are not accustomed to conversations focused on themselves, but soon they open up. They are five men talking about what they love, what they share a brotherhood in.

“If you’re a lineman, you love what you do,” said Hatcher, who is dubbed Hatch by all who know him. “That’s what sets our trade apart.

You have to know that this is what you want to wake up every day and do. Honestly, most people aren’t cut out for this type of work.”

Nick Ellis, a line crew foreman and lineman for 26 years, grins and nods.

“When I started, people told me, ‘That’s a whole other breed right there,’” Ellis said.

‘You can’t handle it.’ That made me want to do it even more.”

This breed ranges in ages, heights, sizes and backgrounds but share sun-weathered faces, farmer’s tans and hearts of service.

Linemen are a species of tough skin, sudden adaptability and no sense of fear to be found.

Weather seemingly has no effect on them.

Their uniform consists of long sleeves, jeans and boots, even in temperatures soaring into the balmy Florida 90s. Those same garments endure hours of being rain-soaked and caked in mud. The existence of this species traces to a few factors.

“I decided I wanted to do this because it looked like a challenge,” said the youngest of the group, Blake Burns, who has six years of linework under his belt. “Every day is something different, and to me, that’s exciting.”

To most people, being 40 feet or higher in the air with 7,200 volts pulsating around you is the opposite of exciting. The challenges they face on a daily basis are not a stack of papers to tackle or emails awaiting replies. Their call could be anything from a squirrel that has tripped a line to a drunk driver who has hit a pole, or even a hurricane whose path is on track to devastate their city.

Life on the Line Countless sources report linework as one of the most dangerous professions. Although every safety precaution is taken and it is not increasingly common, the linemen are cognizant that death can occur while on the job.

Fully aware of every risk, they tie their boots, strap on their safety belts and look into the sun without asking for an ounce of praise.

When asked if the danger of their job ever affects them, it is the first time they don’t joke or speak right away. If they weren’t all wearing sunglasses, it’s certain one could notice a change in their eyes.

“You’re always at risk of not coming home,” Ellis said. “We always put safety first, but you just never know. You can name four or five

“YOU MAKE ONE WRONG MOVE AND IT’S A BAD DEAL. IT KEEPS YOU ON YOUR TOES AND REMINDS YOU THAT THE MEN NEXT TO YOU HAVE YOUR BACK, NO MATTER WHAT.” — Blake Burns, who has six years of linework under his belt

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Linemen are constantly improving upon power lines even when the sun is out. Here, they are unloading poles prior to replacing an older pole.

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jobs where you leave in the morning and may not come home from that night. It breaks you up a little bit, at times.”

“You make one wrong move and it’s a bad deal,” Burns added. “It keeps you on your toes and reminds you that the men next to you have your back, no matter what.”

This statement receives a nod from Hatcher.

“You are your brother’s keeper,” he said.

“People don’t realize how dangerous this job is,” said Eric Dawkins, lead lineman of nine years. “When you work with another guy, you trust him no matter what. You’ve got his back and he’s got yours.”

The danger affects more than just their brothers on the line. The job doesn’t stop and ask its workers if they would like to have dinner with their families, attend dance recitals or baseball games, or even be present on holidays.

“Back in the days where there weren’t cell phones or restrictions on how long we could

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work for, my wife wouldn’t hear from me for days,” said Hatcher, glancing down at the grass. “We put them through a lot.”

While the majority of their time is spent here in town, their jobs often take them throughout the state — and even around the country if a natural disaster occurs. They are no strangers to the destruction and devastation brought forth by hurricanes Andrew, Katrina and even Sandy.

“My favorite memory on the job was when

we were in Louisiana and the lights had been out for a while,” Hatcher smiled. “Someone’s grandma came out of the house, gave me a kiss on the cheek and thanked me.”

“That’s the best feeling right there,” smiled Terry Cobb, a lineman of 16 years and foreman for two years. “When you’ve worked all night and watched the sun rise and you’re tired, but you got the power back on and then a customer comes out to thank you. That’s why we do this.”

“MY FAVORITE MEMORY ON THE JOB WAS WHEN WE WERE IN LOUISIANA AND THE LIGHTS HAD BEEN OUT FOR A WHILE. SOMEONE’S GRANDMA CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE, GAVE ME A KISS ON THE CHEEK AND THANKED ME.” — Mike Hatcher

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Hatcher feeds off that statement: “When a storm comes through and there are 5,000 people with lights out, we band together to get the line back up, the wire hot and everyone has power again. That’s a rush. That’s a good feeling.”

performance is graded for safety and efficiency.

Linework competitions also take place nationally and internationally.

These annual events are highly anticipated because lineworkers from around the state come together to collaborate on work methods,

engage in friendly competition, make new friends, pick up where they left off with old buddies and have conversations about their shared passion. The competition can be intense as each team of three seeks to impress one another. (continued on page 192)

Camaraderie and Competition The Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA), located in Tallahassee, unifies the 34 public power utilities in Florida and is essential in the coordination of sending lineworkers to parts of the state that need assistance. Barry Moline is the executive director of the FMEA and over the years has come to intimately know the characteristics of lineworkers.

“The most interesting aspect of the commitment of lineworkers is their attitude toward service,” Moline said. “They are first responders, much like police or fireHigh up in the sky, fighters. They are these linemen ready when there work diligently to is an emergency, replace a damaged insulator on a and they respond cross arm. They to it immediare honing their ately. They are skills for upcoming competition. out in the most uncomfortable environments not because they enjoy working in a storm, but because they feel a tremendous responsibility to convenience and service their community.”

While we simply flip a switch to turn on the lights, the process is not so simple for linemen who are working to restore your power. Lineworkers are aware of the inconveniences that a power outage presents; therefore, their aim is to respond in the mostly timely manner.

The FMEA realized that not only do lineworkers strive to serve their communities, but they are a community within themselves.

They have a language, duties and lifestyle that the majority of people cannot relate to.

In 2001, the first Florida Lineman Competition was held in Lakeland, Florida. The men of the city of Tallahassee met my father, a lineman for the city of Lakeland, through competition.

Fifteen years later, hundreds of linemen from throughout Florida convene in various cities to demonstrate their skills and knowledge of linework through a series of tasks on which their

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Local Poker Players Experience Risks, Rewards of High-Stakes Gambling

by ROCHELLE KOFF

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TO DAVID TUTHILL, playing professional poker is like running away to join the circus.

“You’re kind of isolated from the real world,” said Tutill, 27, who lives in Tallahassee when he’s not traveling to tournaments. “You’re living by your guile and intelligence. No one fully grasps what you’re going through day to day.” What he and other serious players are going through on a daily basis may vary, but most can agree on one factor: This game, this life, is certainly not for everyone.

“Playing poker looks glamorous on TV, but it’s a lot more stressful than people realize,” said John “Jake” Dollinger, 28, a math whiz who graduated from Florida State University in 2012. He earned degrees in actuarial science, applied economics and computer engineering, but he has never worked in any of those fields.

“I don’t do anything but play poker,” said Dollinger, taking a break in Tallahassee before hitting the road again. “The freedom is awesome, but there’s a lot of work in it. There’s a lot of traveling. It’s hard to keep relationships. I’ve lost two serious girlfriends over it.”

Dealing with big wins — and losses — can bring triumph or tribulation.

“If you work a job, you know at the end of the week that you’ll earn a paycheck,” Dollinger said. “I could drive 500 miles to play eight to 10 hours a day for two straight weeks and make absolutely nothing.”

But then there are the rewards that keep players in the poker world. After barely missing big payouts on other tournaments, Dollinger won $181,117 at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park Best of the Beaches event in March. So he’s still all in.

“I love it,” Dollinger acknowledged. But “ideally in the future, I’ll have a regular job and play poker on the side.”

Ryan Dunn had a regular job as a selfemployed environmental soil sampler in

Tallahassee before he decided to make the move from recreational to professional poker. Now the Leon High graduate is a rising star in the high-stakes gaming world. Dunn won a total of $230,000 in his first two pro circuit events.

Tuthill, Dollinger and Dunn are part of a sizable cadre of professional poker players from Tallahassee. Many spend a big chunk of their days and nights sitting in smoky casinos, addicted to the adrenaline rush of riding an emotional and financial roller coaster.

But there are also a lot of players in the region like Mary Darnell.

She juggles roles as a mother of two teens, a student pursuing degrees in psychology and behavioral analysis and a fulltime Tallahassee mortgage broker working 45 to 50 hours a week. But on many nights and most weekends, you’ll catch the dynamic Darnell pursuing her other passion — poker.

“There were times that I depended on my poker winnings to make ends meet,” said Darnell, the Florida State Ladies Poker Champion in 2012. “I won’t call it a blessing, but it’s helped a lot.”

Yet Darnell, an aggressive player in a traditionally male realm, has no ambition to make poker her full-time job.

“It does not cover my benefits, my insurance, my retirement,” said the 38-yearold native of Laredo, Texas. “I play religiously every weekend, but I’m a professional mortgage broker, not a professional poker player.”

She became intrigued by the game after watching Chris Moneymaker, who turned a $39 investment on the online cardroom PokerStars into $2.5 million by winning the 2003 World Series of Poker

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Main Event. Insiders said it transformed poker and inspired new generations to play the game.

“I looked at Moneymaker winning and I thought, ‘I can do that,’ ” she said. “I didn’t know how to play, but I started with a tournament.

“I was nervous,” Darnell said. “Any time I had a big hand, I had all the clear signs of a rookie at the table.”

Darnell lost $50 at that tournament, but she was hooked. She started making repeat appearances in the Jefferson County Kennel Club Poker Room in Monticello.

“I was there the next Friday, the next Friday and the next Friday,” she said.

A single mom raising two small children, Darnell began learning skills and strategy to help her financially and psychologically.

“My mind is always racing, but when I’m sitting at a poker table, playing a hand every minute, my head is no longer thinking of bills, family, work,” she said.

Bills were a big worry.

“Back in that time, I worked commission only, and there was a lot of risk with deals falling apart,” said Darnell, whose son and daughter are now 16 and 19. “You have to hustle and work for it. Nothing is handed to you, and it builds character among your peers.

“In poker, you have to hustle to earn

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respect,” she said. “People may remember your win at that moment, but they’ll remember your character forever. My biggest accomplishment is earning the respect of peers in the poker community.”

When Creek Entertainment Gretna opened in 2011, Darnell was one of six women among scores of men at the tables.

“We take it very seriously,” Darnell said. “Women are not traditionally playing this sport. We had to fight harder to show it wasn’t by luck that we made a final table or won a tournament.”

Seeing Darnell’s drive, players began giving her advice and she began correcting her mistakes.

“Most men think we’re only playing because we need something to do while our husbands are playing,” she said. “They don’t give us credit for a good hand, which we can use to our advantage because we don’t want them to know we know what we’re doing.”

Darnell had trouble keeping a poker face at first, but now “I’m as straight-faced and as serious as they come,” she said.

Like many of her male poker enthusiasts, Darnell is attracted to the competitiveness of the game.

“I don’t like to gamble. I love to compete, and that’s two different things,” she said. “I battle it out on the table. The

beautiful thing is it doesn’t matter what your occupation is, doesn’t matter whether you make $100,000 a year or $20,000, which means that everything is fair game.”

Some players compare the game to chess. Some say it blends art and science — there’s skill and math but also intuition, emotion and the power of a primo poker face. There is also the psychological component of the game.

“Comprehending what goes on inside the minds of our irrational, flesh-andblood opponents is just as important to winning as any mathematical formula,” poker writer-enthusiast Barbara Connors asserts on the website Pokerology.com.

“About 90 percent of the game is psychological. It’s not just sitting at the table,” said Dunn, who prefers a game called PotLimit Omaha or PLO, which is similar to Texas hold ’em. “If you don’t have discipline or self-control, your emotions can get the best of you.”

When a player lets emotions take over, that’s called a tilt, a common predicament.

“When you start tilting, you make bad decisions,” said Dunn, 29.

Dunn has cultivated that self-control at the poker table over several years as his game has moved to a new level, keeping the same poker face whether he has a winning or losing hand.

“I try to be efficient and detached,” he said.

Dunn has to be sure he doesn’t bring that detachment to his personal life. He travels to tournaments with his wife, Heather, and their 3½-year-old son, so when he’s not at the tables, Dunn is likely in a park or a museum with his family.

Having that balance outside the game helps him at the table.

“Things outside the game count as well,” said Dunn, speaking from Hollywood, where he and his wife were renting a home while he has spent months playing at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

She has had to adjust to the ups and downs of the game as well.

“In the beginning I was nervous when

For the player fortunate enough to draw one, there is nothing more handsome than a royal flush. The trick for even the most experienced player may be disguising his excitement.

I didn’t know what to expect,” Heather Dunn said. “But now he’s thriving.”

It helps that Dunn is a good player, she said.

“If he has a win, it’s 10 times more fun,” Heather admits. “He wins way more than he loses. When he has a bad run, he takes time off and does family stuff. When he’s ready, he goes back to it.”

Players said learning to handle winning and losing plays a big part in reaching success.

“How you respond is what defines you,” Tuthill said. “You see a lot of people come and go. You sort of stay numb to the highs and numb to the lows.”

“It’s such a mental game,” said Josh

Adkins, 23, who attended North Florida Christian School in Tallahassee. “What’s great about poker is that the best player in the world isn’t going to know everything there is about the game. You learn every session.”

Experience is often a big factor.

“Every hand that’s played, you have to make the best decisions, and there are hundreds of decisions each time,” said player Dusty Nelson, 29. “You want to make them correctly.”

Among the attributes of a successful player is being able to “read people,” said Adkins, who has taken time off from his classes at Tallahassee Community College to play the game, traveling from nearby

Creek Entertainment Gretna to casinos in California and Las Vegas.

Players refer to poker “tells” — that’s when an opponent’s behavior or appearance reveals clues about his or her hand, more evident when amateurs are playing.

It’s not just the eyes that offer clues.

“Sometimes a player will bet faster than they meant to,” Adkins said. “Sometimes they do things with their face and they don’t realize it. People purse their lips when they’re nervous. Amateurs will stare when they’re betting. Pros don’t do this much.”

Tuthill said he tries to stay calm and control his breath. (continued on page 178)

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Polly Parker was captured by U.S. Government forces who planned to remove her from Florida, but she hopped from a boat and ducked into the Everglades. Her inspirational example served to reinforce the resolve of fellow Seminoles.

TRULY NATIVE THE ORIGINAL FLORIDA SEMINOLES

BY KIM HARRIS THACKER

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE AH-TAH-THI-KI MUSEUM, CATALOG NO. 2003.15.49

IN THE SPRING OF 1513, Spanish explorer and conquistador

Juan Ponce de León set foot on the southeastern coast of a “New World.” He claimed the land for Spain and named it Pascua Florida in tribute to Spain’s springtime Feast of Flowers. Not only was the land lush with flora, it was also populated by over 100 indigenous tribes, all members of the Maskókî linguistic family. These individuals, whose ancestors had occupied the land for the previous 12,000 years, numbered roughly 200,000, with some estimates reaching 350,000.

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The Spanish lumped these remnant people into one group and called them Cimarrones — “Runaways.”

But perhaps the Spanish had gotten it wrong.

Perhaps the Cimarrones — a name that would later be anglicized to Seminoles — had not run away.

Perhaps they had run toward. Toward each other.

Toward a new beginning. Toward a future in which they, the Seminoles, would never be conquered.

Each tribe that de León encountered possessed a form of government and a strong social system that shaped every aspect of tribe members’ daily lives, but that didn’t stop de León, Hernando de Soto, and other European explorers who would travel to La Florida from pressuring the native people — frequently at the point of a musket — to give up their “heathen” world views and religions.

For the Apalachee, Calusa and other indigenous Woodland-period tribes, conforming to European ideals of civilization meant almost complete annihilation. The Europeans brought foreign diseases with them to which the native people had no immunity. They brought alien weaponry and armor that made them nearly invincible in battle. But perhaps the most dangerous of the European explorers’ accoutrements was the conviction that the land belonged to them.

God had placed their monarchs on the throne; and as explorers who

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had been commissioned by royalty to claim new lands, theirs was a divine right to kill, enslave or displace any person, be he native or otherwise, who prevented European colonization.

Over the next few centuries, the Spanish, the French and the English laid claim to La Florida at different times. But no matter which European group was in power, the results were disastrous for the native people. As a result, some escaped to the swamps of the southern Florida peninsula to band with other tribes who had settled there, including tribes who claimed the region as their ancestral home. Freed and escaped African slaves sometimes made their way to the swampland, too.

The Spanish lumped these remnant people into one group and called them Cimarrones — “Runaways.” But perhaps the Spanish had gotten it wrong. Perhaps the Cimarrones — a name that would later be anglicized to Seminoles — had not run away.

Perhaps they had run toward. Toward each other. Toward a new beginning. Toward a future in which they, the Seminoles, would never be conquered.

SEMINOLES OF TODAY

“I grew up hearing the history of my people,” says D’Anna Osceola, executive assistant for the Florida Governor’s Council on Indian Affairs (FGCIA). “Our stories, our traditions, our

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way of speaking — these things explain our identity, as a people.

With a culture that rich, no one else can say, ‘This is who you are.’ We have defined ourselves, and we continue to do so.”

Osceola, who is a member of the Bird clan, grew up on the Brighton Reservation. She graduated from FSU and has lived in Tallahassee for the past 10 years. For part of that time, she represented the Seminole Tribe as Miss Florida Seminole — an opportunity that allowed her to travel across the country to meet other young women who were representatives of Native tribes.

“We were from different places, but we had so much in common,” Osceola says. “We were all ... trying to negotiate living in two worlds. My family is traditional, but it’s 2016, and I come to work in a place like this.”

She gestures around her office. “I have a different life than so many people, because I’m part of two worlds.

But those other girls I met felt that way, too. I’m still in contact with some of them. We are all trying to help our tribes in any way we can.”

Osceola has numerous opportunities to support the Seminole Tribe in her work with the FGCIA. The council’s mission — “Promoting economic self-sufficiency and self-determination for American Indians since 1974” — currently translates into a focus on Native youth and on supplying them with the training, support and education they need to succeed in life.

Osceola was fortunate to grow up in a home where education was emphasized, especially in regard to Seminole history and culture.

Her grandmother, who was the head of the culture departA young child, far left, receives an ment for Brighton Reservaarchery lesson, tion, taught her the traditional circa 1919. Indian Seminole legends when she families, left, take to the Miami was young, either when they River in dugout were fishing together or at canoes propelled bedtime. But Osceola also by forerunners of the modern push learned a lot about her culture pole, used today during the Green Corn Celby fishermen in ebration. fiberglass flat boats. Pictured “It’s when I feel the most below are: tribal Seminole,” she says. “For four chairman Mitchell days, we stay in chickees (traCypress; 200809 Miss Florida ditional houses made from Seminole D’Anna cypress logs and palm fronds) Osceola; 2008-09 in camps that are completely Junior Miss Florida Seminole Amber isolated. ... The whole thing Craig; and tribal keeps me from getting lost in president Richard the regular world. I’m grateful Bowers Jr. it happens every year.”

Although it takes place in early summer, the Green Corn Celebration actually marks the beginning of a new year for traditional Seminoles. Fasting is a major part of the event, but, as is the case for most people who celebrate a new year, so is feasting. Corn is cooked on the cob, is ground into meal for bread, and is made into a hot drink, called sofkee.

For the individual who is not of Seminole descent, Osceola recommends learning about the tribe by visiting the many tourist sites that are located throughout Florida, such as the

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A Seminole Indian, below, opens wide a big reptile’s jaws during an alligator wrestling demonstration at the Musa Isle Indian Village. At right, Justin Motlow, wearing number 86, participated in Florida State University’s spring football game in Orlando. Motlow is the first member of the Seminole Tribe to play football at FSU.

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, located on the Big Cypress Reservation.

Special events, such as the Seminole Tribal Fair and Pow Wow and the Brighton Reservation Field Day Festival and Rodeo, are great for learning about Seminole culture and history. Another must-attend event is the Mission San Luis de Apalachee Winter Solstice Celebration, held in Tallahassee. Unfortunately, other “Seminole” gatherings in Florida’s capital city are hard to come by — and Florida State University’s sporting events don’t count.

To most Tallahasseans, the word Seminoles conjures up images of college-aged youth, clad in crimson-and-gold athletic uniforms.

“That’s great,” Osceola says. “But it’s the Seminole people who are unconquered, not FSU’s sports teams. We never signed a treaty with the U.S. government, and we’re the only federally recognized tribe that can say that. The university works with us — creating authentic patchwork for their athletes’ uniforms, and things like that — but we, the Seminole people, are not the sports teams. Our culture is beautiful and rich and worth learning about.”

While the FSU sports teams do not represent the Seminole

Tribe, one member of the football team can claim Seminole heritage. Meet Justin Motlow, the first member of the Seminole Tribe to play football for FSU. Motlow, who hails from Tampa, walked on to the football team as a wide receiver his freshman year. He will begin his junior year this fall. His sister, Jessica, recently graduated from FSU and will attend graduate school there, too.

“My dad was raised on the Immokalee Reservation,” Motlow says, “but that wasn’t my experience. I wasn’t raised traditionally.” He goes on to explain that his family has always attended special Seminole Tribe events and celebrations, but his realization of what it meant to be Seminole didn’t come until around middle school, when he traveled to Spain on a school trip and took a ferry to Morocco.

“That trip enlightened me,” he says. “It made me see how fortunate I was, and it made me think about my own people.”

When he was a freshman in high school, Motlow was chosen to represent his people at the Indigenous Games in Milwaukee, where he ran the 200- and 400-meter sprints. In spite of this experience representing the Seminole Tribe in athletics, Motlow explains that when he became a part of the FSU football team, it didn’t really “It’s the Seminole people who are unconquered, register with him that he was the first Seminole not FSU’s sports teams. We never signed a treaty to do so. But he has come to feel the significance of his situation. with the U.S. government, and we’re the only “I love being a part of this great football team,” federally recognized tribe that can say that. The he says. “And being a member of the Seminole university works with us — creating authentic Tribe means the world to me. My heritage is so patchwork for their athletes’ uniforms, and things unique. (We) have a lot of good, strong cultural traditions.” like that — but we, the Seminole people, are not the When asked to talk about his favorite Seminole sports teams. Our culture is beautiful and rich and tradition, Motlow says, “I like to see the older guys worth learning about.” — D’Anna Osceola, executive assistant wrestle alligators. But I also love just visiting my for the Florida Governor’s Council on Indian Affairs (FGCIA) grandma’s reservation and seeing how different life

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THE TRIBE THAT NEVER SIGNED A TREATY » The colorful patchwork patterns that many people associate with traditional Seminole attire didn’t actually appear in Seminole dress until around 1920. » The Seminole Tribe of Florida has six reservations: Tampa, Immokalee, Hollywood, Big Cypress, Fort Pierce and Brighton. » Betty Mae Tiger Jumper (19232011) was the second chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. She was also the first woman to serve as chairperson of any federally recognized Native American tribe.

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» A Seminole child inherits his or her mother’s clan, which is like an extended family. There are eight clans in existence today: Wind, Otter, Bear, Snake, Panther, Toad/ Bigtown, Bird and Deer. » In the early 1800s, there were about 5,000 Seminoles living in Florida. By the time the Third Seminole War had ended (1858), only 200 remained. Today, about 4,000 individuals are enrolled members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. » Traditional Seminole food includes fry bread, garfish, boiled swamp cabbage and a corn drink called sofkee. » Two centuries ago, most Seminoles lived in log cabins. But the Indian Removal Act (1830) and the resulting hunt for Native peoples forced the Seminoles to abandon their permanent homes and live, instead, in chickees — simple, open-air dwellings made from cypress logs and palm fronds.

is, there, from what I’m used to. A lot of families stick to their historical culture. Some kids grow up and choose to stay on the reservations and work with the tribe, and that’s good. It’s good to branch out, too.”

Motlow is unsure of what the future holds for him, but he knows that the Seminoles of his generation can contribute to the tribe’s success, “like the older members of the tribe did when (continued on page 190)

Miss Florida Seminole Destiny Nunez competed in the Miss Indian World event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in April of this year.

Nunez found that a “sisterhood” developed among participants in the competition representing tribes from across North America.

» The Seminole Tribe of Florida is the only Native American tribe in the U.S. that never signed a treaty with the U.S. government.

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GROOMING THE PERFECT SELF-IMAGE FUNDRAISER SHOWCASES TALLAHASSEE’S TOP SINGLES

t is common knowledge that taking the picture-perfect “selfie” requires you to tap into your self-centered side.

That being said, the 17 Top Singles of 2016 are anything but as they have devoted their summer to fundraising for 17 nonprofits that are close to their hearts. On July 30, this lively, witty, philanthropic and oh-so-single bunch will take the stage at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center paired with exciting auction packages in order to raise the highest amount for charity yet. The DoubleTree Hotel in the heart of downtown Tallahassee served as the perfect backdrop for our Top Singles photo shoot. // REBECCA PADGETT Get to know the 2016 Top Singles and make a donation to your favorite’s favorite charity.

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DUSTIN DANIELS Charity: Council on Culture and Arts (COCA) Age: 27 Occupation: Chief of Staff - Office of the Mayor CAITLIN KUERSTEINER Charity: TMH Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Age: 29 Occupation: Commercial/ Contract Pilot RON MCCOY Charity: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Big Bend Age: 58 Occupation: Assistant Director of Administration for Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences at FSU

DUSTIN DANIELS (Left): Gray Index Markers Elegant watch by Longines ($1,900) from The Gem Collection. Oxford blue 2-peice suit with wood buttons ($799) from SilverFox Label. CAITLIN KUERSTEINER (Center): Silver foliage hoop earrings by SOHO ($390), red foliage enameled hinged bangle by SOHO ($550), red and black foliage hinged bangle by SOHO ($590) red enameled hinged bangle by SOHO ($450) from The Gem Collection. French Connection beaded mesh dress ($358) from Cole Couture. RON MCCOY (Right:) Oyster Professional YachtMaster stainless steel and 18k watch ($12,600) from The Gem Collection. 100% wool tan Italian suit ($849) from SilverFox Label.

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PATTI HILAMAN Charity: Big Bend Hospice Age: 57 Occupation: Deputy Executive Director, Florida League of Cities, Inc. ANITRA HIGHLAND Charity: Tallahassee Police Athletic League Age: 38 Occupation: Supervisor of the Tallahassee Police Department Community Relations Unit

PATTI HILAMAN (Left): Vermeil opal, moonstone earrings by Nina Nguyen ($490), 22k Vermeil boulder opal signature pendant and chain by Nina Nguyen ($595) from The Gem Collection. High neck royal blue midi dress ($56) from Cole Couture. ANITRA HIGHLAND (Right): 18k diamond Lorelei criss cross ring by Hearts on Fire ($2,850), 18k diamond Beloved pendant and chain ($2,800) from The Gem Collection. Tolani printed silk dress ($158) from Cole Couture.

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CECILY ARMENGOL Charity: Parkinson’s Outreach Association Age: 26 Occupation: Fitness Director at Sweat Therapy Fitness TYLER EVERETT Charity: Ronald McDonald House Age: 34 Occupation: Partner at Morgan and Morgan JOHN MINAS Charity: The Kearney Center Age: 31 Occupation: Executive Chef/ Managing Partner of The Edison Restaurant

CECILY ARMENGOL (Left): Vermeil moon pendant and black silk cord by Steven Battelle ($75), 14k turquoise and citrine ring ($495), 14k diamond bar and disc earrings by Gabriel ($450) from The Gem Collection. Ella Moss printed jumpsuit ($218) from Cole Couture. TYLER EVERETT (Center): Yale blue two-piece suit ($799) from SilverFox Label. JOHN MINAS (Right): Oyster Professional Submariner stainless steel and 18k watch ($13,400) from The Gem Collection.

Prussian blue herringbone stripe 2-peice suit ($849) from SilverFox Label.

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KRISTIN DOZIER Charity: United Way of the Big Bend Age: 40 Occupation: Leon County Commissioner, District 5 SARA KATE JOHNSON Charity: St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital Age: 24 Occupation: Creative Image Associate at Coton Colors JACK PENROD Charity: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Age: 44 Occupation: Owner/ Operator of Andrew’s Downtown and Andrew’s Catering

KRISTIN DOZIER (Left): 14k London blue topaz and diamond pendant

by Alwand Vahan ($1,190), 14k London blue topaz and diamond circle bracelet by Alwand Vahan ($2,200), 14k diamond bracelet by Alwand Vahan ($1,900) from The Gem Collection. Veronica M printed ruffle maxi dress ($88) from Cole Couture. SARA KATE JOHNSON (Center): 18k diamond woven design earrings ($370), 18k round amethyst cross pendant by Eleganza ($195) from The Gem Collection. Abstract print maxi dress ($88) from Cole Couture. JACK PENROD (Right): Sterling silver money clip ($135), Oyster Professional Explorer II stainless steel watch ($8,100) from The Gem Collection. Black suit, silk black tie and white shirt ($849) from SilverFox Label.

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MANDY BARNARD Charity: Camp Amigo Age: 30 Occupation: Business Service Manager at Capital Eurocars SHANE BOYD Charity: American Cancer Society Age: 45 Occupation: Executive Recruiter with Management Recruiters of Tallahassee DEREK HART Charity: Children’s Home Society Age: 40 Occupation: CEO/ Entrepreneur; The Fox & Stag, Fire Betty’s Arcade Bar and Camp Warrior

MANDY BARNARD (Left): 14k diamond bar and disc earrings by Gabriel ($450), Sticks & Stones pendant by Alex Sepkus ($790) from The Gem Collection. French Connection high neck ruffle dress ($218) from Cole Couture. SHANE BOYD (Center): Classic black tuxedo with notch lapel ($899) from SilverFox Label. DEREK HART (Right:) Black suede suit with white shirt and ornate bolo tie ($899) from SilverFox Label.

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NATHAN KUPPERMAN Charity: Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra Age: 27 Occupation: Dentist at Russell B. Rainey, DMD VIRGINIA GLASS Charity: Second Harvest of the Big Bend Age: 75 Occupation: Realtor with Coldwell Banker Hartung Noblin Inc MAYRA KLAPETZKY Charity: Refuge House Age: 28 Occupation: Dermatology Physician Assistant at Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee

NATHAN KUPPERMAN (Left): Oyster professional submariner stainless steel and 18K watch ($13,400) and sterling silver money clip ($135) from The Gem Collection. Black suit and jade green tie ($849) from SilverFox Label. VIRGINIA GLASS (Center): Rhodium plated dyed blue cuff bracelet ($295), Rhodium dyed blue oval dangle earrings ($175) from The Gem Collection. Green and white printed high neck maxi dress ($92) from Cole Couture. MAYRA KLAPETZKY 14k garnet and diamond pendant and chain ($470), 14k garnet flower post earrings ($490), 14k garnet and diamond ring ($520) from The Gem Collection. Fitted white French Connection dress ($178) from Cole Couture.

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Thank You

Prepping 17 professional — and slightly apprehensive — people from head to toe with clothing, fine jewelry, makeup and hairstyles makes for Tallahassee Magazine’s most demanding photo shoot of the year. Making arrangements with the perfect venue — one willing to host the group all day while keeping everyone comfortable, fed and hydrated — adds to the challenge. And, we’ve got to have a luxury ride. So, when all is said and shot, we find that we have a lot of people to thank …

PHOTOS BY JEN IRELAND

DoubleTree Hotel: The newly renovated property provided the perfect backdrop for showcasing this year’s Top Singles. We are grateful to the entire staff for accommodating everyone with such wonderful hospitality. A special thank you goes to Pam Bauer of the sales staff and Jeri Madden, catering and sales manager, for their expert assistance.

Fuel Salon + Store: For the seventh year in a row, this team did an extraordinary job of making hair and makeup photo shoot ready.

Owners Brian and Sherrie Clark and Laura Brewer, along with their team of professionals, added stunning finishing touches to each Top Single’s look. Thank you to Sherrie Clark, Laura Brewer, Mara Siets, Carla Rivera, Kayla Creel, Brittany Charles and Ashley Cheshire.

Cole Couture: Owner Carrie McNeil and her fashionistas, Courtney Dunham, Kira Pettit, Hannah Swee and Maddy Cloud made the ladies

among our Top Singles feel confident and beautiful by pairing them with the perfect attire. We greatly appreciate their expertise and continuing partnership.

SilverFox Label: We thank Randall Mills, owner of custom clothier, SilverFox Label, for making sure the men in our group were at their sartorial best. Each looked debonair in clothing tailored to suit them.

The Gem Collection: Sparkling accessories ranging from elegant studs to statement watches from Rolex were thoughtfully selected by the experts at the The Gem Collection. Thank you to Don and Dorothy Vodicka for the trust and buoyancy.

Capital Eurocars: We owe a big thank you to Crawford Adkins for his generosity in letting us borrow a spectacular silver 2016 Mercedes GTS from his showroom for the day.

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↗ Christie Green and Nick Baglione are living the tiny house dream in a 312-square-foot cottage within shouting distance of Ochlockonee Bay in Panacea.

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GTV has no less than five shows dedicated to the Tiny House phenomenon (Tiny House Builders, Tiny House Hunters, Tiny House Arrest, Tiny Luxury and Tiny House, Big Living).

And we watch, mesmerized, as singletons, couples and even families pledge to radically downsize their lives, moving into homes that are only 250, 200 … all the way down to 100-something square feet.

For the vast, vast majority of Tallahasseeans, those itsy-bitsy houses are just a curiosity, worthy of a daydream or two — “Could I do it?

What would I keep? What would I have to get rid of?” But once the reverie is over, most of us will stay happily ensconced in our suburban 3/2’s on a half-acre, thankyouverymuch.

In fact, the National Association of Homebuilders reports there’s been an uptick in both the average size of a newly constructed home (nearly 2,700 square feet in 2015) and the number of homes larger than 5,000 square feet being built. But a lot of that is an aberration, with first-time homebuyers returning to the market after a near-decade of recession and those on the high end returning in proportionally greater

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numbers because they can readily access credit.

But locally and anecdotally, there is a subset of buyers of all ages looking to save money and/or make life simpler by committing to live small — maybe not microscopically so, but in the size house that hearkens back to the the mid-20th century.

Feathering Her Nest One tiny pioneer is Katie Schardl, who for the past five years has dwelled in a 600-square-foot house. It was originally built in Frenchtown, then relocated to the Levy Park area and extensively rehabbed by her landlord and nextdoor neighbor, Liz Sparks.

It has a small living room and kitchen, one bedroom and a respectably sized bathroom.

There’s even a little bit of space luxury: a goodsized collection of clothing hangs in a long, skinny (what she calls “sidle-in”) closet and her laundry room is big enough to a hold a full-size washer and dryer, and serve as a utility room.

Her home is full of items that please the 59-year-old, including an impressive array of artwork from local artists she met over years of covering the art and music scene for the Tallahassee Democrat. ››

TINY HOUSE FACTS ➸ A 20-foot-long shipping container will produce a home with 144 square feet. If you go for a 40-footer, you’ll more than double your space with 300 square feet. ➸ Sixty-eight percent of tiny house people have no mortgage, compared with nearly 30 percent of all U.S. homeowners. ➸ More women (55 percent) own tiny homes than men (45 percent). ➸ The per capita income of tiny house people is $42,038, about $500 more than the average American. ➸ The average tiny house is 186 square feet. The standard house in the U.S. is 2,100 square feet.

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“Because I’m a collector, I have to really resist the urge to fill every surface with little things.

I’ve got a lot of things. I’m not a Spartan living kind of person ... It’s not my style. This is my nest and I’ve feathered it,” Schardl says. “I think it’s the perfect size for one person.”

Before she moved, Schardl lived in an 1,100-square-foot house.

“The hardest thing was giving up my record collection. I had hundreds of albums from when I worked at Vinyl Fever,” she says. A record collector friend gave them a good home, “but I miss playing the records.”

Other items ended up in a storage unit.

But after about a year, she realized “I never went and looked at that stuff … and it was like ‘I don’t need this,’” she recalls. She sorted out family heirlooms and gave them to friends and passed on the rest, including furniture, dishes for 12 and “boxes and boxes and boxes of books.”

She still has four sets of bookshelves but, as with other items in her household, she follows a strict one-in, one-out rule.

“And that’s pretty much the case for

anything … furniture, books … anything new that comes into the house, something has to go out to make room for it,” Schardl says.

Occasionally, she wishes for a second bedroom to accommodate guests or a work space that’s bigger and more permanent than a collapsible tray table, but otherwise declares herself perfectly content.

“I’ve always been the kind of person that (loves) my own refuge, my own thing, my own nest — and now I’ve got it.”

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Backwood Paradise It took almost a year of weekends to renovate and plenty of sweat equity, but Nick Baglione and Christie Green are finally living the tiny house dream in a 312-square-foot cottage within shouting distance of Ochlockonee Bay in Panacea.

That’s about an hour and 15-minute commute to their jobs in Tallahassee, but Green says the proximity to the water and laid-back, low-cost living make it worthwhile.

Baglione’s family owned two small houses on the coast, and his grandparents sold the twentysomethings a lot that included an old building that was mainly used as a shed.

Green says she thinks its original purpose might have been as a fishing camp. The couple gutted the building and began fixing it up, paying as they went along.

Now it’s a sweet little home, painted in shades of blue and aqua, with just enough room for two. A queen-sized bed takes up much of the living space, but it also includes a complete kitchen with full-sized appliances, an office nook and a stacked washer and dryer. While many tiny houses have teensy bathrooms to match, they purposely made theirs a good size, to accommodate Baglione’s 6-foot-4 frame in the shower.

Even though she moved into her new home from a student apartment, Green still had to go through a purge process. “It was therapeutic in a way to get rid of stuff. ‘OK, do I really need this many pairs of wedges?’,” she would ask herself. “The bathroom seems big, but do I really need that many bottles of shampoo right now? No.” Another adjustment: In their little world, tiny equals tidy.

“It’s been a real challenge to keep the office organized,” she admits. “One thing about living so small is if you leave things out, it can start to look cluttered really quick.”

The trick to living in such a small space, says Green, is taking advantage of nooks and crannies.

Tiny Tallahassee Fans of tiny living say surrounding oneself with a community is critical to enjoying the constrained spaces. A plan is afoot now to create The Dwellings, a community of 130 houses to be built on 30 acres off Blountstown Highway in southwest Tallahassee.

Each home would be 190 to 400 square feet big with rents of an affordable $400 per month. Its designers anticipate a place where people with limited incomes or who are in financial distress can live, although not in the governmentally supported model of “public housing.”

The Dwellings is not without controversy, however.

Residents of an existing nearby subdivision balked at the county’s approval of the project, questioning whether its residents would be properly vetted and whether the community would impact their property values.

Officially, city and county planners are onboard with the tiny house concept. It fits in well with their goal of encouraging development in already populated areas — known as “urban infill.”

So, how tiny can you go in Tallahassee? Planners say there’s no minimum square footage required to build a house in the area, although there are requirements — cooking facilities, a bathroom and a bedroom of a minimum size. TM

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Here Comes the Sun

Embracing solar energy is easier than you think

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hether you’re passionate about saving the planet or just saving money on your electric bill, chances are that you’ve thought about switching your home to a greener form of energy. The two most prominent alternative sources of energy for consumers are wind and solar — and one is definitely a better option for Tallahassee homeowners.

“We’ve had a few people who have tried to implement wind for residential applications in Tallahassee,” says Sharon Piepmeyer, president of local company Simpler Solar Systems. “The wind generators act as lightning rods in this area, where we get a lot of lightning storms. When that pole is hit, it’ll short out everything in your house and on the block.” Not exactly the clean energy solution most people are looking for.

Solar panels don’t require much besides, well, sun. Some of the more heavily wooded areas in Tallahassee aren’t ideal for solar energy. On the other hand, neighborhoods with fewer trees and more sun exposure allow homeowners the perfect opportunity to reduce their carbon footprint. SouthWood and Sable Chase residents: You could be in luck.

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Piepmeyer offers an easy method to see if your home is suited to converting to solar energy: “If you can stand in the southern part of your yard with your arms all the way open and see the sky between your hands, that view is your window.”

That window should get an average of 5.4 hours of sun exposure per day. While the system won’t run at maximum efficiency on cloudy days, it will still run — and the grid can power your home at night.

Want to switch to solar but afraid your neighbors might object? Never fear: While homeowners’ associations can ask that you keep your solar panels low-profile, Florida law makes it impossible for them to veto your solar-power plans entirely. Solar panels can actually help increase home values, since they protect the roof space underneath them and provide shading that can cool the house.

The federal government offers a 30 percent rebate on all solar-power system purchases, so the end of the year is a great time to look into your solar options.

Whether you convert your whole home to solar or just part of it, you’ll be doing the planet — and your pocket — a favor. TM

Solar Energy ➸ Solar technology can be active or passive. Photovoltaic panels and solar thermal collectors which harness solar energy are examples of active solar technology.

Passive technology includes constructing rooms to improve air circulation and orienting space to favorably use sunlight. ➸ In some areas, 60 to 70 percent of water used domestically for temperatures as high as 60 degree Celsius can be made available by solar heating. ➸ Thermal systems store solar energy in the form of heat by using common materials such as stone, earth and water. Solar energy can be stored also in molten salts. ➸ The largest solar power plant in the world is located in the Mojave Desert in California, covering 1,000 acres. ➸ A home solar panel system consists of several solar panels, an inverter, a battery, a charge regulator, wiring and support materials.

Source: Conserve Energy Future

In the first quarter of 2016, the U.S. solar market installed 1,665 megawatts of direct current, up 24 percent over the first quarter of 2015. For the tenth consecutive quarter, quarterly installations exceeded one gigawatt. There are now more than 1 million operating solar photovoltaic systems in the U.S. More than than 90 percent of these projects came on line during this decade alone. Solar power accounted for 64 percent of all new electric generating capacity installed in the U.S. in the first three months of 2016, making it the largest driver of capacity addition across all fuel types. Source: Solar Energy Industries Association

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IN THE DOG HOUSE

The ideas are endless for the perfect pooch palace

by JASON DEHART

Let’s Get Started! ➸ Make sure the structure is watertight, for obvious reasons, and that the floor is off the ground. The house should be big enough to allow your pup to stand up and turn around, but not so big that it can’t be warmed by body heat. Also, no matter what material you use, be sure to check for exposed nails or staples that could hurt your dog.

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➸ Doghouse plans

abound on the Internet.

You can scale them to fit your particular pooch.

Once you pick out a particular design, you’ll need some fundamental tools to do the job. These include measuring tape, paint, nails, hammer, square, circular saw, table saw, masking tape, paintbrush and perhaps a sander. Of course, don’t overlook the standard safety gear of any DIY project: goggles, dust mask and hearing protection.

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➸ You can use just about

any regular building material for your project, including exterior wood siding, studs for framing, shingles or tin for the roof, plywood and aluminum. You might even repurpose the slats of old unused wood pallets.

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eanuts” fans have long known something was a bit odd about Snoopy’s doghouse. As the character became more popular, his house defied conventional physics to accommodate his adventures. It may have seemed normal-sized on the outside, but the interior was enormous.

It contained a rec room, pool table, guest quarters, lots of storage space, a library, stairway, ping-pong table and much, much more. Odder still, for all its inner space, Snoopy was almost always depicted sleeping outside, on top of the gable roof.

Real-world doghouses, however, aren’t quite as magical. Nor can they fly and fight the Red Baron. But that doesn’t mean the outdoor hut you build for your pooch can’t be a perfect retreat and look snazzy, too.

Doghouses can be as simple, or as extravagant, as time, money and personal preference will allow. That said, there are some essential points that have to be considered during the planning process.

Once the house itself is complete, you might take it a step beyond by adding some simple lighting or landscaping. You could also do something quirky or nerdy, like turn your pup’s house into a Lord of the Rings “hobbit hole,” give it a classic art deco look, or even make it a real-life “cartoon” dog house painted with bright colors and framed with stylized, asymmetrical lines and curves. TM

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Your Monthly Garden Chores

HOW TO BUILD A RAIN GARDEN

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➸ Remove the spent blossoms from cannas, black-eyed susans and other early summer perennials to encourage late summer and fall blooms.

RAIN GARDENS HELP REDUCE stormwater runoff, a growing problem as development increases the amount of ground covered by pavement. They temporarily hold water in a retention area, giving it more time to soak into the ground and return to the aquifer, as well as filtering pollutants before it soaks in. Rain gardens can be beautiful as well as functional. BY AUDREY POST,

➸ Watch your lawn for spittlebugs in centipede grass or gray leaf spot fungus in St. Augustine grass, common problems in mid-summer turf grasses. ➸ Plant eggplant, peppers, green beans and heat-tolerant tomatoes toward the end of the month for a fall harvest.

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STEP 1: Assess your yard for the best location for a rain garden. Consider a low place in your yard, at least 10 feet away from the house to keep water away from the foundation and away from large tree roots. Never place a rain garden over a septic tank.

STEP 2: To calculate the size garden you need, decide how much of your home’s roof will contribute to the runoff. The University of Florida’s Extension Service recommends multiplying the square footage of the roof area feeding the runoff by 20 percent for sandy soil and 30 percent for clay or loam.

STEP 3: Once you’ve chosen your garden’s location, make it 6 to 12 inches deep and level, with sloped edges. It will be higher on the bottom edge than the top. The larger the garden, the greater the variety of plants you can use. Select plants that can stand “wet feet” and, ideally, withstand periods of drought, too.

Otherwise, you’ll have to water during dry periods.

STEP 4: Apply several inches of mulch to suppress weeds and keep the soil cool. Keep the plants watered for the first couple of months until they’re established. You’ll need to weed regularly for the first couple of years, until the plants spread sufficiently.

After the growing season, allow the dead foliage to remain.

➸ Root cuttings from hydrangeas and other woody ornamentals now.

AUGUST

➸ Fertilize citrus for the third and final time this year. ➸ Plant fall-blooming bulbs such as Lycoris (red hurricane lily) for fall blooms.

Plant Zephyranthes (zephyr lilies) for flowers next spring. ➸ Divide daylilies, amaryllis and crinum lilies if they need it. ➸ Test the soil in your vegetable garden before planting fall crops.

PESKY PESTS

Whitefiles can be nasty suckers

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Whiteflies are common on many ornamental plants, as well as citrus.

They have needle-like mouths with which they puncture leaves and suck fluids. The top sides of leaves on infested plants become pale or spotted, then turn yellow and drop. The problem often goes unnoticed until an infested plant is disturbed and small clouds of whiteflies emerge from it.

WHITEFLIES In addition, whiteflies excrete a sugary substance called honeydew, on which an unsightly black fungus called sooty mold grows. Besides being unattractive, sooty mold may disrupt photosynthesis and cause early leaf drop. Ants feed on the honeydew, often the first sign of a whitefly problem. Insecticidal soap or horticultural oil are the first line of defense against whiteflies. Spray both the tops and the undersides of the leaves. If you choose to use a chemical pesticide, make sure it’s labeled for use on whiteflies and follow the directions. Whichever method you use to get rid of the whiteflies, be sure to follow it with removal of the sooty mold. Spray a mild solution of soapy water on the leaves, then rub them to get the black soot off. Unfortunately, spraying alone won’t get rid of the soot.

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A New Southern-Style Nostalgia Sellers Tile fuses traditional and contemporary looks

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omething old, something new, something borrowed is how the saying goes. This sentiment is seen in recent Southern-style designs. The South is known for being rooted in tradition, but that stereotype is shifting as many homeowners are borrowing modern and new décor designs.

Straight lines, rounded profiles and multiple patterns and textures on wooden frames evoke thoughts of traditionally timeless design often seen in Southern or Panhandle homes. When working with this style of design, a minimalistic approach to all accessories from picture frames to candleholders is necessary to create harmony with a neutral palette of taupe and tans, lending to a tranquil effect. The lack of bold color paired with interesting textures from suede to leathers, along with curves meshed

with straight lines help to tie together the cozy yet contemporary design. Scarcity of décor keeps the design simple and sophisticated, balancing both masculine and feminine qualities.

In this plantation home there is a great texture with the driftwood range hood mixed with an oversized vase and lighting fixtures that speak volumes in contrast to the clean Alabama White marble countertops and simple elegance of the cabinet facings. The cast iron farmhouse sink with traditional oil-rubbed bronze faucets remind you that you are in the South while not lending to the Antebellum feel that a fully traditional kitchen with vaulted ceilings can conjure. The clean visual lines are beautifully contrasted by hand-scraped, custom-stained, wide plank pine flooring that helps mute the natural light and gives the area warmth.

Wooden accents, old silver and a fairly traditional backsplash blend well with the very modern appliances, leaving plenty of opportunity to add a dash of color with natural items such as flowers or fruit. The Alabama White marble countertops were supplied, fabricated and installed by Sellers Tile.

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The master bath features a sleek, glass walk-in shower, which carries the Alabama marble to the walls, mixed with the modern equivalent of a clawfoot tub and eye-catching gold details. White-washed porcelain and tile plank flooring help to separate the cabinets and base moulding while adding a soft tan to the space for balance.

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Focusing on very minimalistic styling, albeit metal and concrete, emphasizes less truly being more. Industrial fixtures from the dish-pit style kitchen faucet to the high-back metal bar chairs exude a clean essence. This space makes for a memorable weekend gathering with friends or family to be a world away while only being right up the road. Sellers Tile provided the stained glass backsplash and the oversized island in Caesarstone quartzite with a laminated eased edge for a dramatic, modern look.

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In this kitchen, Sellers Tile provided the granite island and full backsplash, using the cream and rust background to simultaneously enhance and soften the dark cherry cabinetry.

To add texture, the designer used stack stone over the range hood, trimmed out with the same moulding used for the rest of the upper cabinets. The dark oil-rubbed fixtures and leather stool coverings give us our transitional look against the stark white cabinets and large profile natural travertine tile flooring.

The granite Ogee edging finishes the transitional crisp line look.

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This project focuses on very little décor to emphasize the Baccaratt stone, which has been used as a tub deck, backsplash and countertop.

The travertine from the kitchen has been carried into the guest bath, creating a seamless transition, finished off by a custom distressed vanity.

All hardware complements one another to create enduring designs.

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DEAL ESTATE

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Kimberton Park

Quiet, upscale neighborhood is ideal for families RED BRICK. GREEN LAWNS. The occasional wraparound porch. People looking for a neighborhood featuring these classic American-dream fixtures might seriously think about moving to Kimberton in Killearn.

The houses at Kimberton were the first associated with Killearn Estates, with construction beginning in the early 1970s. Today, their impressive views, natural settings and substantial size make them some of the most valuable properties in the area. The proximity of a golf course doesn’t hurt Kimberton’s appeal either.

With prices generally in the $300,000-$400,000 range, Kimberton appeals to local families who are ready to settle down and stay awhile. Cul-desacs abound in the area, so little ones can learn to ride bicycles safely. The houses are far enough away from the highway that traffic noise is rarely an issue, and the space between homes is more than adequate. Even so, the neighborhood feels chummy.

“We know all of our neighbors. Never an issue with any of them. We’re very blessed,” says Colene Rogers, a longtime Kimberton resident. “I feel like the neighborhood is well run. Our home value has gone up significantly over the years — that’s a very positive thing for someone who’s looking to buy.”

Entertainment and community engagement opportunities abound right in Killearn’s backyard. Killearn Estates residents readily access nine parks and the neighborhood tennis courts; they also

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have the opportunity to join the Killearn Estates Swim Club or Country Club.

Kimberton Park is, of course, located within the Kimberton neighborhood, and its lovely lake views make for a pretty place to sit and read a book on a crisp fall day. Convenient nearby shopping is available on Thomasville Road and Capital Circle Northeast. The Maclay Gardens are just a short drive away, and frequent day-trippers will enjoy the neighborhood’s closeness to I-10 and U.S. 319.

The Kimberton area is zoned for Gilchrist Elementary, Desoto Trail Elementary, Roberts Elementary,

Montford Middle, Lincoln High and Lawton Chiles High schools, all of which earned A grades from the state in 2015. Nine churches operate in the Killearn neighborhood, as well as the Congregation Shomrei Torah Synagogue.

Fresh Market and Publix are nearby for grocery shopping, and while outdoorsy folks will be more than pleased with the options in the Killearn area, those looking more for restaurants and nightlife will find them a short drive away in Midtown or on Bannerman Road.

Home. Community. Nature. Kimberton connects with all three. TM

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DEAL ESTATE JUST LISTED

Luxurious Family Haven In Kimberton

by SHELBY BOUCK

Golf course vistas and abundant space indoors and out make this a listing that won’t last long. The huge, open backyard is ideal for families with active kids — parents can keep an eye out from the comfort of an air-conditioned sunroom.

PRICE: $399,900 ADDRESS: 3173 Clancy Court, Tallahassee SQUARE FOOTAGE: 3,019 BEDROOMS: 4 BATHROOMS: 3.5 YEAR BUILT: 1985

REALTOR SAYS: “This house is nestled in the convenient neighborhood of Kimberton, which is located in the Killearn Estates area close to Thomasville Road on the northeast side of town. The home is located on a cul-desac with very low traffic. The sunporch faces the golf course and the views are beautiful.

Kimberton is convenient to shopping, grocery stores, recreation, golf and one can easily access Thomasville Road or Centerville Road.”

CONTACT: Lori B. Mattice, Real Estate Broker/Owner, Mattice & Mattice Real Estate, LLC, lori@matticerealestate. com, 850-544-0162, MatticeRealEstate.com

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DEAL ESTATE JUST SOLD

Golden Eagle Dream Home Gone in a Flash

by SHELBY BOUCK

With gorgeous golf course views, luxurious hardwood floors and magnificent 12-foot ceilings, it’s no surprise that the home at 9640 Deer Valley Drive sold for its full asking price in less than two days. The home is full of one-of-a-kind touches, including a full wall of shelving in the office — perfect for a bookworm. A summer kitchen and saltwater pool and hot tub make the backyard perfect for entertaining.

PRICE: $775,000 ADDRESS: 9640 Deer Valley Drive, Tallahassee SQUARE FOOTAGE: 4,035 BEDROOMS: 5 BATHROOMS: 4.5 FEATURES: Two fireplaces, 11 foot ceilings, red oak flooring, screened saltwater pool and hot tub, outdoor kitchen, golf course views, six-burner Wolf range, 18x11 rec room, California closets, plantation shutters throughout, climate-controlled storage, threecar garage, security system REALTOR SAYS: “Pristine is an understatement for the condition of this home. The owner had done an amazing job of preparing it for sale, and it had all the things today’s buyer could want.”

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DEAL ESTATE FEATURED HOME

Living Large Luxurious 30A home has plenty of operating room

by SHELBY BOUCK

ResortQuest recently sold a beautiful five-bedroom, sixbath home on 30A for more than 90 percent of its list price.

Perfect as a second home for a large family or a rental investment, this sumptuous home’s open floor plan and private waterfront access make it perfect for beachside parties and weddings. Vacationers at this private seawalled hideaway also have quick access to Gulf Place, a little town with shopping and restaurant options for every taste and budget. The lucky new owners of this property should get plenty of relaxation out of it for years to come!

SALE PRICE: $2,700,000 LIST PRICE: $2,995,000 ADDRESS: 4579 West County Highway 30A, Santa Rosa Beach SQUARE FOOTAGE: 2,982 BEDROOMS: 5 BATHROOMS: 5.5 YEAR BUILT: 1994

REALTOR SAYS: “This five-bedroom home​is within walking distance of Gulf Place, a charming beachside community with shops and dining. In addition, three of the five bedrooms are master suites with private balconies facing the Gulf.”

CONTACT: Mary Stephens, ResortQuest, (850) 974-2709, marystephensteam@gmail.com

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COURTESY RESORTQUEST REAL ESTATE

FEATURES: Private beach access, sea wall, hardwood floors, open floor plan, two gas fireplaces, crown molding, stainless steel appliances, glass door cabinets, breakfast bar, side porch with grilling area, covered balconies, heated pool

403 Plantation Road $839,000 mls # 263897 This stunning 6BR/4BA home offers over 6,500 sq.ft. of living space, plus a walk out patio with an additional 1,200 sq.ft. recreational area. Quality interior features and materials include 9” wood flooring throughout, subzero Wolf appliance package, custom cabinets, Quartzite countertops, tankless water heater, Schluter tile systems in all bathrooms, furniture vanities, Emtek hardware, custom closet wood shelving with metal rods, LED lighting, spray foam insulation, plaster wall finishes, custom concrete mantle, and Wood Clad Series windows and doors from Pella.

Exterior highlights include irrigation system, paver driveway and patio, architectural shingles and Hardi siding.

Located on in the heart of Tallahassee near Midtown

1157 Renae Way $499,000 mls # 263899 New Construction! This 4BR/3BA craftsman-style home is approximately 2,650 sq.ft. The very open plan includes two bedrooms down and two up with a loft area or study. Kitchen includes a large island and tons of granite counter space plus stainless steel appliances.

Quality features and materials include plaster, wood floors, porcelain tile, furniture vanities, composite doors, Pella windows, paver patio and drive, Hardi siding, architectural shingles and large porches in the rear and front.

Located on Thomasville Road across from Tallahassee Nurseries

1148 Renae Way $499,000 mls # 263898 New Construction! This 4BR/2.5BA craftsman-style home is approximately 2,623 sq.ft. The open floor plan features a fireplace with built-ins, a large kitchen with granite counters and stainless steel appliances and a generous covered patio for outdoor entertaining.

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Your Investment is a Safe Bet Benefiting the Tallahassee Memorial Cancer Center and Cancer Programs

In Honor of Abby Bender Kirkland

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Saturday, September 17, 2016 7:00 - 11:00 pm Tallahassee Automobile Museum Pink Tie Optional Live Entertainment Silent & Live Auctions Heavy Hors d’oeuvres Must be at least 21 years of age

Abby Bender Kirkland As of March 2015, Abby was declared cancer free. Having returned to full health, giving back became her mission. With much involvement in the community, she wants to remind everyone about the importance of self examinations and regular doctor appointments.

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July / August 2016 GOLDEN GALA CELEBRATES ITS 33RD ANNIVERSARY

Gentle and Alma Littles, MD Golden Gala Honorary Chairs

Grace Dansby Golden Gala “Legend in Service” Honoree

Golden Gala X X X I I I – Starring James Taylor – Photo Gallery

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A SPECIAL THANKS TO TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL’S DONORS AND SUPPORTERS

As Golden Gala celebrates its 33rd Anniversary, please join us in reflecting on what its remarkable history represents in terms of benefit to the TMH service area – the patients, their families and the region at large. You – the TMH Community of Donors – are responsible for Golden Gala’s continued success and it is to YOU that we extend our profound and enduring gratitude as Tallahassee Memorial moves forward in “Leading Our Community to be the Healthiest in the Nation.”

G. Mark O’Bryant President & CEO Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare

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Jeannie Silberman, MD Jill & Doug Smith Robert Snyder, MD Mary & Ray Solomon Southeastern Urological Center, PA Southern Cardiac & Vascular Associates Southern Fidelity Insurance Southern Specialty Group Stearns Weaver Miller Suskey Consulting, LLC Tallahassee Pulmonary Clinic Tallahassee State Bank Priscilla & Bill Tharpe Thomas Howell Ferguson, PA TMH Credit Union TMH Physician Partners, Cancer & Hematology Specialists Gregory Todd, MD Vascular Surgery Associates Vause Mechanical Contracting, Inc. Karen Vogter Unconventional Strategies/ Adam Corey Nicole & Dean Watson, MD WCTV Tanya & Tony Weaver, MD Kelly & Jack Weiss Suzanne & Ben Wilkinson Charlene & Fred Williams Wolfson Children’s Hospital Jeannie & John Wood Anna & Gary Wright Maria & Mark Yealdhall Taska and Donald Zorn, MD

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and Community Donors Cynthia Blair Carol & Harold Brock Bridget Chandler & Henry Holley Rev. Brant Copeland & Alexandra Copeland Edie & Dennis Demshar Staci & Thomas Dugger Kathy Foreman & George English Marvin Goldstein Lisa & John Hamby Sam & John Lester Robert Lotane Jane & John Marks Robert Moore Greta & Mark Mustian Jackie & M.T. Mustian Nan Nagy & Kenneth Kato, MD Stephanie Perkins & Paul Harvey LeeAnn & Drew Phillips Jay Reeve Drs. Winnie & David Schmeling Joe Sobodowski Ann & Andrew Wong, MD

Supporters Capital Medical Society Marie Cowart FSU College of Nursing

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LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RAISE $16,000

at the Sixth Annual “Battle of the Bands” and Music Festival

TO BENEFIT THE TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HEART & VASCULAR CENTER The Lincoln High School Student Government Association (SGA) experienced another successful year of philanthropy on behalf of the TMH Foundation with its Sixth Annual “Battle of the Bands” on April 8 at Lincoln’s Jimmy Everett Track and Field. While elements of past “Battle of the Bands” events remained -- food, health and business vendors lining the track with students from various Leon County high schools competing for top honors, this year’s event took on the life of a music festival as well as a “Battle.”

Under the guidance of Pat Jones, Lincoln High School teacher and SGA sponsor, there were four popular bands from the local music scene: The Brown Goose, The Heather Gillis Band, Royce Lovett and Brightside. During the evening, 10 Leon County high school bands played for the competition, and in between the “Battle” sets, the four local bands played for the crowd. This held great appeal as guests enjoyed the competing bands as highly successful local talent served as an inspiration to the high school band members.

“We were really looking to create an event where the students could play an active role in benefiting others, so the “Battle of the Bands” includes all of the Leon County high schools and we invite the general public,” said Dr. Allen Burch, Lincoln High School Principal. “We also desired to create an outlet – other than sports – for the students to be a part and enjoy. Over these six years, the event has grown in both funds raised and participation. I couldn’t be more proud of what these students have accomplished.”

Mr. Jones led the students in cardiovascular disease education, event planning and fundraising. The students set a goal to raise “16 in 16” ($16,000 in 2016) and -- with Trojan spirit -- they achieved it and presented a $16,000 check to the TMH Foundation during the closing ceremony. Tallahassee Memorial was represented by Aaron Kinnon, TMH Foundation Director of Development, Lisa Mullee, Tallahassee Memorial Director of Cardiovascular Services, and Gian Carlo Giove, MD, Board Certified Cardiologist, Southern Medical Group, P.A. – one of the event’s principal sponsors.

“This year’s success brings the Battle of the Bands’ six-year total to $75,000 for the Tallahassee Memorial Heart & Vascular Center to directly affect the improvement of patient care and outcomes,” said Mr. Kinnon.

“Heart disease is the leading cause of death in both men and women, and that is one of the reasons this event is so important. Not only do the funds raised benefit patients who need intervention now, but also brings awareness and education to the youth in our community which prepares the next generation to live healthier lifestyles and prevent heart disease before intervention is needed,” said Ms. Mullee.

“As the ‘Battle’ against heart disease rages on, this year’s ‘Battle of the Bands’ comes to a close with great success and yet another victory for the Lincoln High School Trojans. More so, the victory is for the people of this community who will benefit from the philanthropic efforts of these dedicated students, teachers and administration,” concluded Dr. Giove. Keep an ear open for next year’s “Battle of the Bands” and Music Festival. You never know what popular local talent will be there – or what talent will emerge!

TOP: Lincoln High School presents a $16,000 check to, from left to right, Pat Jones, teacher and SGA sponsor ; Lisa Mullee, Tallahassee Memorial Director of Cardiovascular Services; Gian Carlo Giove, MD, Board Certified Cardiologist, Southern Medical Group, P.A.; Jackie Pons, Leon County Schools Superintendent; Aaron Kinnon, TMH Foundation Director of Development; Dr. Allen Burch, Lincoln High School Principal.

ABOVE: The “Battle of the Bands” Winner: Leon High School’s “The Good Little Chickens” featuring, from left to right: Rebekah Hopkins, Josiah Pye and Austin Boyd. Not pictured: Hub Chason, Gilbert Voegtlin and Jack Byerts.

The Thirty-fifth Annual Spring Garden Party

Benefits the Tallahassee Memorial Cancer Center On Wednesday, April 19, Bri and Jay Smith hosted the thirty-fifth annual Spring Garden Party at their Rose Hill home. More than 250 guests enjoyed cocktails and hors d'oeuvres overlooking beautiful Lake Elizabeth.

Guests were treated to a variety of food and beverages catered by Southern Bleu, Inc. Other local businesses donating to the evening were Bradley's Country Store, Red Elephant Pizza and Grill, The Cake Shop, Hill Spooner & Elliott, Total Wine & More, and Esposito Garden Center.

Proceeds from the Spring Garden Party benefit the Tallahassee Memorial Cancer Center and will be used for the care of cancer patients and their families. The TMH Foundation extends its profound gratitude to the Spring Garden Party committee for this wonderful fundraising event.

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Spring Garden Party hosts Bri & Jay Smith Photography by Erin Pierson, E. Mika Photography

The Twenty-Third Annual Downtown Crawfish Festival supports the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare FSU College of Medicine NICU

The Annual Downtown Crawfish Festival, hosted and organized by 101 Restaurant and the Society Foundation, celebrated its twentythird year in Kleman Plaza with an assortment of fun activities, including a water slide, a crawfish boil, live music and DJs, a kids’ zone, a cooking show with Celebrity Chef Art Smith, a crawfish eating contest, and much more.

Proceeds from the event were designated for Reunion, a Florida Garden and Kitchen School, and the TMH Foundation to purchase a Giraffe OmniBed for micro-preemies and extremely low-birth weight babies who are served by the Tallahassee Memorial FSU College of Medicine Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). According to NICU Nurse Manager, Judith Danford, “The Giraffe OmniBed creates a perfect environment for many of the babies cared for by the NICU. It can be used as an open table warmer and then changed to an incubator/isolette at the touch of a button.” The cost for acquisition of the Giraffe OmniBed is $47,000; to date $25,000 has been raised.

Director Steven Morse, MD, Medical Director of the NICU, delivered an inspirational address on the main stage, along with several families who shared their babies’ experience during their stays in the NICU. Dr. Morse, explained, “The Giraffe OmniBed is a very vital piece of equipment for many of the almost 700 babies and their families served annually. The Tallahassee Memorial FSU College of Medicine Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is the only Level III NICU in the region, caring for babies and their families within 17 counties including Leon.”

Former member of the Florida House of Representatives and proud mom Loranne Ausley, accompanied by her son Will, talked passionately about their experience in the NICU, where Will was hospitalized for over 4 months. Mrs. Ausley explained her passion for the NICU, “It was a pleasure to present on stage during the Crawfish Festival and thank the NICU for its compassionate care for my son, who is now a healthy and happy 13-year-old.”

LEFT: Judi Wills, TMH Foundation Director of Annual Giving, Maureen Young, FSU Music Therapy Student and Donna McHugh, TMH Foundation Major Gifts Officer.

CENTER: NICU Nurse Manager Judith Danford and NICU Medical Director Steven Morse, MD. RIGHT: NICU Moms Kelly Bench and Katie Williams with Katie’s son Braden

NICU Mom Kelly Bench with her good friend Katie Williams and son Braden, now 2 years old, also presented on stage during the festival. Kelly and Katie have been friends since high school, and coincidentally both had baby boys who were cared for in the NICU at the same time. According to Kelly, “Katie and I depended on each other for emotional support during an otherwise very stressful period. We are both extremely grateful for the NICU’s talented staff and encourage everyone to make a gift to benefit this very important cause.” Other families who presented on stage included NICU Mom Amy Jones and NICU parents Jim and Hellen Navarro with their daughter Maria.

Adam Corey, owner of 101 Restaurant and TMH Foundation Board member, added, “It was indeed a pleasure to once again choose the TMH Foundation as the beneficiary of the twenty-third Annual Downtown Crawfish Festival and we are hopeful this year’s proceeds will help finalize the goal for the purchase of the Giraffe OmniBed.” Randall Mills, Society Foundation Executive Director, concluded, “We are happy to help the local community and very grateful to all of the Crawfish Festival sponsors and attendees for providing support for the NICU babies and their families served by Tallahassee Memorial.”

To make a secure online credit card donation, please visit TMH.ORG/Foundation and click on DONATE NOW and enter Giraffe OmniBed as the gift designation. Contact Judi Wills at either judi. wills@TMH.ORG or call 850.431.5904 for additional information.

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Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare and its Foundation Salute and Honor The Donors, Sponsors and Volunteers Who Made Possible

The 2016 Rock the Pink Benefiting the Tallahassee Memorial Sharon Ewing Walker Breast Health Center ABOVE: FSU Women’s Basketball Players from left to right: Ivey Slaughter, Brittany Brown and Emiah Bingley delighted the audience with their lip sync rendition of “I Want You Back.”

Photography by Laura Caruthers, Elle Caruthers Photography

The 2016 “Rock the Pink” lived up to its name on April 10 as more than 200 people rocked out to hilarious lip sync acts, great pizza and beverages donated by Little Caesar’s and refreshment services by Pepsi along with pink cupcakes and more.

This event raised more than $8,000 for the Tallahassee Memorial Sharon Ewing Walker

(SEW) Breast Health Center. SEW offers a full array of diagnostic and support services, and is dedicated to providing leading-edge technology and guidance for women with breast cancer-related issues. Proceeds will fund mammograms and related transportation for low-income women.

Davis Gaines Delights at the Valentine’s Day Soiree for Dystonia Research The first ever Valentine’s Day Soiree exceeded expectations of patrons and donors on the eve of Valentine’s Day 2016. Davis Gaines, FSU Alumnus and Broadway star, performed before a sold-out crowd of 350 to benefit the joint research venture between the Florida State University College of Medicine and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare – the Brian Jackson Dystonia Research Program. From the moment Mr. Gaines hit the stage, he delighted the crowd with favorites “Old Man River,” “The Impossible Dream” and pieces from his award-winning role as the “Phanton” in Phantom of the Opera.

A $1,000,000 gift from Stefanie and Erwin Jackson in honor of their son, Brian, funds a 10-year joint research project under the direction of Pradeep Bhide, PhD, FSU College of Medicine and Gerry Maitland, MD, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. In 2006, Brian Jackson underwent a Deep Brain Stimulation surgery, DBS, and since that time, his symptoms have been alleviated; although not everyone is as fortunate as Brian. Realizing the blessing to their son, the Jacksons created the research program to help find a cure for the disease and help other families in diagnosis of the disease.

The evening included a cocktail hour, a three-course dinner and roses for all the ladies. After dinner, guests were treated to Mr. Gaines’ glorious performance. There were repeated standing ovations and encores. The Valentine’s Day Soiree 2016 was a total hit and success.

LEFT TO RIGHT: Mary Lisa Gredler, Davis Gaines, Minal Krishnamurthy, MD and Frank Gredler, MD

BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Erwin Jackson, Brittany Jackson, Brad Jackson FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Brian Jackson, Stefanie Jackson, Carol Anderson, Shirley Moore, Davis Gaines, DeVoe Moore, FSU First Lady Jean Thrasher and FSU President John Thrasher

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Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare and its Foundation Salute and Honor the Donors, Sponsors and Volunteers Who Made Possible The 2016 USTA Tallahassee Tennis Challenger USTA TALLAHASSEE

Benefiting the D. Mark Vogter, MD Endowment for Neuro Intensive Care at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital

A USTA Pro Circuit Event Benefiting the D. Mark Vogter, M.D. Neuro-Intensive Care Unit at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare

Rhonda & Tyler Baldock, DDS, Capital Periodontal Assoc.

Bastien Dental Care Drs. Glenn, Marci & Brian Beck GRAND SLAM SPONSORS Coca Cola City of Tallahassee Parks, Walter Colón, DMD, MS/ Recreation and Neighborhood Affairs Periodontal Associates of North Florida Dermatology Associates 850 The Business Magazine FSU Men's Tennis - Golden Spear Club of Northwest Florida Tallahassee Pulmonary Clinic - David Tallahassee Democrat Huang, MD; Simha Jagadeesh, MD Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Dr. Farhat & Mrs. Kristine Khairallah Natural Life WIMBLEDON SPONSORS North Florida Sports Medicine and ESPN Radio 97.9 FM Tallahassee Orthopaedic Center/Peter Loeb, MD Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare & Spencer Stoetzel, MD Foundation Premier Surface Solutions Preventive Cardiology & Internal Medicine Associates FRENCH OPEN SPONSORS Production Support Group The Florida Lottery Smith Bruer Advisors Financial Planning TOURNAMENT Tallahassee Tennis Association TRANSPORTATION Tallahassee Woman Magazine Kraft Nissan Tasty Pastry Bakery USTA Florida Karen, Jamie & Jordan Vogter AUSTRALIAN OPEN Lori & Eric Willyoung SPONSORS The Zins Company, LLC Brence Sell, MD

PRESENTING SPONSOR Comcast

BugWare, Inc. - Mitch Covington ET Digital Media/Everett Teague Greenberg Traurig Holiday Inn Express-Thomasville Road HoneyBaked Ham Co. In Tents Events Outback Steakhouse Eliot & Heidi Sieloff Sodexo Tallahassee Neurological Clinic USTA Florida Foundation USTA Pro Circuit Visit Tallahassee/Sports Council Anny Vogter Mark Webb/Merrill Lynch WCTV

US OPEN SPONSORS ARCADIS Architects Lewis + Whitlock Bagel Bagel Café

Annie & Joe Kelly Laura & Bill Kirchoff George Kouseolas Jimmie & Fred Lindsey Becky & Ken McAlpine Patty & Kevin McAlpine Al C. McCully, MD Alex Meng & Yi Zhu Carol & Ed Moore Corbin & Murray Moore Newk's Express Café PODS® Kevin K. Ragsdale, PhD, Clinical Psychologist Betsy & Mark Scott Catie & Steven Stratton Jeff & Mary Swain Ida & Bill Thompson Tri-Eagle Sales Rick Wagner & Darlene Horton Mary Warner at Change of Pace Tanya Weaver Katrina & Chris Wilhoit, MD Maria, Mark & Carson Yealdhall YouCallMD/Jennifer Browden

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ALSCO Ashley Pyrotechnics COURT SPONSORS Lyn Baggett Alice Abbitt & Ralph Zimmerman Carol & Tom Bahorski & The VIP Tent Allen & Allen Funeral Home Volunteers Jann & Ray Bellamy Tenley Barnes Libby & Sid Bigham Louis Beall Kathleen Brennan & Claude Hendon Kathy Beggs Jed Carroll/Carroll Custom Designs Jane Berry Chip Chaney, DDS Boar's Head Meats Rob Contreras & Ellen Berler Katie Brennan Jenny & Michael Crowley Jennifer Brookins Kathleen & Jim Dahl Capital City A & B Teams Debra & George English Caroline Cartwright Farmers & Merchants Bank Chick-fil-A Suzi Faulk Chicken Salad Chick Gery Florek, MD & Pam Arthur Beth Corum FMI Business Systems Lydia Cox Gem Collection Nancy Crawford Mathew Gilbert, James DA Holley & Co. The Dadisman Family Jim Gray Sharon Dailey Carolyn & Rich Henry, MD Kim Damron Carol & Ed Herndon

Elaine Daughtry Barbara Davidson Anne Davis Julie Dybendahl Debra & George English Fortune Homes Linda Frazier Armin F. Friedli, MD, MBA Rhonda Gaudino Virginia Glass Marie Beverly Go The Golden Boys Debbie Hall & John Costigan Alison Harte Donna Harthausen Kelly Hetherington Doro Hittinger, Osceola Supply Brad Hollis Renee Howard Glen Howe, Steve Leroy, Terry Brown, and the entire Staff of Forestmeadows and the City of Tallahassee Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Affairs Department Melba Jacobs Larry James Jimmy Johns Annie Kelley John Lewis Lincoln High School Navy JROTC Linda Slade's Tennis League Cecilia Loeb Maria Long Michael Loo Joan Macmillan Veronica & Rodney Marshall Mattice & Mattice Real Estate, Lori Mattice, Broker/Owner Katy & David Maus John McFarland Fine Art MeMolly's Chocolates & Flowers Becky Miller Roberta Mitchell Mom & Dad's Restaurant Momo's Pizza Lenin Mongerie Margaret & Neil Mooney Debra Morris Serena & Jon Moyle My Favorite Things Joe Myers

Beth Murray Nan Nagy North Florida/South Georgia Tennis League Billie Padgett Panera Bread Wanda & John Peterson Premier Health & Fitness Center Proof Brewing Co. Eunice Rho Gloria Rollins Elaine Rudd Fran & Frank Shaw, III Roger Shields The Silver Belles Else Smith Sandra Stovall Patti Sudduth Alex Sutor Denean Sykes Taco Republik Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare & Foundation Staff TMH NeuroScience/ Vogter Neuro-Intensive Care Staff Tallahassee Tennis Association Board & Volunteers Chris Thomson Libby Thompson Kelly Tucker Giuliana Truppi USTA Pro Circuit National Staff Karen VanAssenderp Linda Vannoy Village Pizza Laurie & Claude Walker Nicole Watson Lori Williams Barbara Withers Cate Young The Ken Young Company Rosemarie Young Richard Zorn Ball Kids, Babes & Dudes, and All the Tournament Volunteers, Drivers & Housing Sponsors

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The Tallahassee Memorial Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Named for the Florida State University College of Medicine The Florida State University College of Medicine and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare are partners through medical education, research, and clinical-practice opportunities. The College of Medicine is also the institutional sponsor of two residency programs at TMH, and since 2008, a dozen College of Medicine alumni have become TMH physicians.

At a dedication ceremony on April 6, Tallahassee Memorial named its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for the Florida State University College of Medicine in recognition of the College’s pediatric outreach program and its generous support of the TMH Foundation through Dance Marathon at FSU, the largest student-run philanthropy at Florida State University, and the Children’s Miracle Network. Since 2004, the College of Medicine has donated more than $1,000,000 in Dance Marathon funds to the TMH Foundation for the TMH NICU and pediatric services.

Then TMH Foundation President/CEO Paula Fortunas, who presided at the ceremony, said: “Tallahassee Memorial is profoundly grateful to the College of Medicine, Dance Marathon at FSU and the Children’s Miracle Network for this generous support of TMH and those families and children it serves through the Children’s Center that offers inpatient and outpatient pediatric care, the pediatric intensive care unit and the neonatal intensive care unit.”

The ceremony’s keynote speaker was TMH NICU Medical Director Steven Morse, MD. Dr. Morse joined the TMH medical staff in 2014. Formerly, he was Medical Director of the Neonatal Transport Team at Phoebe Putney in Albany, Georgia, and for 10 years was an associate professor of pediatrics and Director of Community Newborn Services at the University of Florida College of Medicine. In expressing his gratitude, Dr. Morse, said: “I thank the Florida State University College of Medicine for its generous and continuous support of our efforts to care for some of the smallest and most fragile patients at TMH. We care for over 600 babies every year and this care can be expensive and quickly adds up to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

An example is a specially engineered bed called the Giraffe Omnibed which provides a protective environment to shield the baby from noise, cold, and infections while also maintaining the baby’s temperature and monitoring vital signs and weight. It also serves as a procedure bed so the sickest babies do not have to be moved for procedures. Each of these beds costs upwards of $47,000. Contributions from the College of Medicine via the Dance Marathon program have allowed us to purchase a number of these beds toward our goal of one Giraffe Omnibed for every baby in the NICU.”

FSU College of Medicine Dean John Fogarty, then TMH Foundation President/CEO Paula Fortunas and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare President/CEO Mark O’Bryant stand at the entrance to the newly dedicated and named Florida State University College of Medicine Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Tallahassee Memorial.

Dean of the Florida State University College of Medicine John P. Fogarty, MD, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare President/CEO G. Mark O’Bryant, and Overall Chair of Dance Marathon at FSU Alex Jones were also program participants.

According to Mr. O’Bryant: “This year, third-year FSU College of Medicine students have begun rotating through the NICU where they learn about the care required for premature and sick infants as well as attending deliveries and learning resuscitation skills. It is wonderful to see these students utilizing much of the equipment purchased with Dance Marathon funds.”

1331 East Sixth Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida 32303 Telephone: 850-431-5389 Facsimile: 850-431-4483 Email: Paula.Fortunas@TMH.ORG Website: TMH.ORG/Foundation

Dean Fogarty added: “The students who work so hard on a year-round basis with Dance Marathon at FSU are truly making a difference in the lives of children locally. The NICU at Tallahassee Memorial is one example of how children in this region benefit. We are proud of the work we do to improve the health of children in our area through our partnership with Dance Marathon at FSU, with the Children’s Miracle Network and with TMH.” The program concluded with a rousing call to action by Overall Chair of Dance Marathon at FSU Alex Jones. “The naming of the Florida State University College of Medicine Neonatal Intensive Care Unit here at Tallahassee Memorial signifies the key role Dance Marathon at FSU plays in the health of children in this region. We, however, cannot rest on our laurels. There is work to be done to advance our fund-raising mission as we head into the 2017 Dance Marathon at FSU. To that end, we invite and encourage the support of all in the audience today. Thank you very much.”

TOP: Medical Director of the NICU Steven Morse, MD delivered the Dedication’s keynote address.

LEFT: Overall Chair Dance Marathon at FSU Alex Jones presents rousing call to action.

To Make a Secure Online Donation: Please visit TMH.ORG/Foundation and click on Donate Now.

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JULY 30

TALLAHASSEE TOP SINGLES

The community’s most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes will be at the hottest event of the summer. Eight men and nine women will gather at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center where they will be paired with an experiential package and auctioned off to raise funds for their selected charities. Last year’s singles raised over $71,100. Can this year’s singles top that? Cocktail hour is from 6-7 p.m. with the event to follow. General admission tickets are $40 and VIP tables are $1,000 and include an appetizer platter, wait staff service and two bottles of wine. Tickets can be purchased at tallahasseemagazine. com/Tallahassee-Top-Singles.

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PINNACLE AWARDS → Ten outstanding women from the 18-county region of Northwest Florida will be selected from nominations and will be honored at the third annual Pinnacle Awards, presented by 850 — The Business Magazine of Northwest Florida. The Pinnacle Award is designed to shine the spotlight on female business leaders who hold themselves to high standards and contribute to the betterment of the community. The awards presentation will take place on August 19, 2016 at Greenhut Auditorium on Sacred Heart Hospital’s main campus in Pensacola.

Check 850businessmagazine.com/Pinnacle-Awards for updates.

AUGUST 27

GRAPE HARVEST FESTIVAL

→ Where else can you sample sumptuous wine, hand pick fresh grapes, run or walk a 5K and mash away at the annual grape-stomping contest all while enjoying live musical performances?

Round up the family and head out to the Florida A&M University’s Center for Viticulture & Small Fruit Research, located at 6505 Mahan Ave. The all-day event begins at 8 a.m. and runs until 4 p.m. You’re bound to have a grape time!

Entry is $5 and children under 12 are free. Visit famu.edu/ghf for more information.

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where Apalachee Indian and Spanish immigrant families once dwelled in community. FREE with admission. Mission San Luis, 2100 W. Tennessee St., 11 a.m.– noon.

(850) 245-6406

Tallahassee Museum, 3945 Museum Drive, 4–9 p.m.

(850) 576-1636

‘THE LITTLE MERMAID’

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JULY 10, AUG. 14

OPEN MIC NIGHT

For a model of true architectural finesse, just look Wright here! Explore and support the preservation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s mark on Florida’s capital city on a special monthly tour. $15, FREE for children 12 and under. Spring House, 3117 Okeeheepkee Road, 2–4 p.m.

(850) 321-6417

Dive under the sea with Ariel and friends in this student-studded musical production based on the beloved Disney classic. $14 adults, $10 students.

Leon High School, 550 E. Tennessee St., Thu–Fri 7 p.m., Sun 3:30 p.m.

SUMMER SUNDOWN CONCERT SERIES

JULY 1, AUG. 5 Rally up the gang for this summer slump-buster featuring live music, food stands, craft vendors and fun for the whole family. FREE. Capital City Amphitheater at Cascades Park, 1001 S. Gadsden St., 7–10 p.m. (850) 567-9419. For more information, visit Summer Sundown Concert Series at Cascades Park on Facebook.

NIGHT PROWL

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JULY 2, 16 AND AUG. 6, 20 Traverse the Florida Wildlife Trail on this after-hours guided tour. You might just catch a glimpse of the creatures that come awake in the night — if you’re lucky.

Registration closes three days prior. $9 members, $12 non-members. Tallahassee Museum, 3945 Museum Drive, 7–8:30 p.m. (850) 576-1636 tallahasseemuseum.org

FRENCHTOWN FARMERS MARKET

benefits. FREE. 524 N. MLK Jr. Blvd., 9 a.m.–1 p.m. frenchtownheritage.org

TALLAHASSEE DOWNTOWN MARKET JULY 2, 9, 16, 23, AND 30 AND AUG. 6, 13, 20, AND 27 A bustling hub for local craftsmen, vendors and musicians, this weekly bazaar is a treasured Tallahassee tradition. Ring in marketplace season with a visit. FREE. 115 E. Park Ave., 9 a.m.–2 p.m. downtownmarket.com

JULY 2, 9, 16, 23, AND 30 AND AUG. 6, 13, 20, AND 27

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE TOUR

Purchase eggs, veggies and other fresh goodies at the flourishing Frenchtown market, the only one where local food growers and vendors accept SNAP

Boasting Tallahassee’s sole National Historic Landmark, Mission San Luis offers a tour of the archeological grounds

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Calling all performers and performance enthusiasts — come on down to The Warehouse for a weekly showcase of local talent.

Sing, play, act or just sit back and enjoy the show.

FREE. The Warehouse, 706 W. Gaines St., 7:55 p.m. sign up, 8:30 p.m. show. (850) 222-6188

For more information, email Tabitha Peck at peckt2@ leonschools.net or visit leonperformingarts.org.

FULL MOON NIGHT FLIGHT JULY 19

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IRENE C. EDMONDS YOUTH THEATRE PRODUCTION

Up-and-coming student artists unveil their completed projects in this end-of-theyear showcase. Refreshments are provided. FREE. Museum of Fine Arts, FSU. 6–8 p.m.

Thrill junkies and adventure seekers — this one’s for you. Soar through the canopies and tackle rope obstacle courses with only headlamps and the glow of the full moon to light the way. Preregistration is required. $49 members, $54 nonmembers. Tallahassee Museum, 3945 Museum Drive.

For more information, call Elizabeth at (850) 644-6836. mofa.fsu.edu

For exact times, call (850) 576-1636 or visit tallahasseemuseum.org.

JULY 8-9 Young artists take center stage in this original musical production, the apex of a five-week children’s theatre camp in conjunction with the Florida A&M University Essential Theatre. $12 adults, $10 seniors and FAMU employees with ID, $8 students and children, $5 FAMU students with ID. Charles Winter Wood Theatre, FAMU. Fri 7:30 p.m. and Sat 2 p.m.

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JULY 9 Nestle in along the museum’s rambling lakeside grove for an evening of live acoustic performances. Offering games, animal exhibits and historical demonstrations between sets, this musical event is a sweet summer refuge. FREE with admission.

Details of listings can change at the last minute. Please call ahead of time to confirm.

STEVE MILLER BAND JULY 20

The ’70s band behind classic American hits “Fly Like an Eagle” and “The Joker” is set to rock out the capital city. Purchase your tickets for one of the first shows to grace the newly established Centre of Tallahassee. $39.50–$89.50. The Pavilion at The Centre of Tallahassee, 2415 N. Monroe St. 8 p.m.

(850) 385-7145, thecentreoftallahassee.com

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MAR. 24 This annual awards dinner was held at the University Center Club at FSU in honor of Doctors’ Day and celebrates the profession of medicine. Two annual awards are presented. H. Avon Doll, Jr., M.D. received the 2016 I.B. Harrison, M.D. Humanitarian Award and Michael W. Forsthoefel, M.D. received the 2016 Outstanding Physician Award.

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APR. 24 Hundreds of hungry community members gathered at the Centre of Tallahassee to enjoy tasty bites from Tallahassee’s best restaurants. This year’s event included a beer garden serving up local brews, as well as live entertainment from multiple bands on the new Pavilion.

Proceeds from the event benefited the Children’s Home Society.

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1 Darcy Covell and Kiersten Lee 2 William Rayner, Helen Ervin and Ginny Chandler Weeks 3 Debbie and Edson Kline with Coosh and Margaret Willis

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Unearth your inner Picasso in this monthly art tutorial. Instructor Karen Mercer will guide you in recreating works of art by distinguished artists, focusing on Vincent van Gogh in July and Claude Monet in August. $35 members, $45 nonmembers. LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts, 417 E. Call St., 6–8:30 p.m.

The best way to traipse through this creative haven? With a Proof brew in hand. Wander through art galleries and vintage shops while jamming out to live tunes, ’cause Fridays are for getting funky. FREE. Railroad Square Art Park, 623 McDonnell Drive, 6–9 p.m. (850) 224-1308

To make a reservation, call (850) 222-7622. lemoyne.org

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HISTORY AT HIGH NOON JULY 26, AUG. 23 Join local experts as they discuss Florida history, culture and art in engaging sessions at the Museum of Florida History. FREE with admission. R.A. Gray Building, 500 S. Bronough St., Noon–12:45 p.m. (850) 245-6400 museumoffloridahistory.com

WEDNESDAY ROUNDUP AUG. 3, 10, 17, 24 AND 31 Grab a quick bite at this weekly food truck gathering.

With an exciting spread to choose from, lunch will be anything but boring. FREE. Downtown Food Truck Court, 725 S. Bronough St., 11 a.m.–2 p.m. tallahasseedowntown.com

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AUG. 4-6 The newest crème de la crème graduates from Florida State University’s highly acclaimed College of Motion Picture Arts show off their latest film projects in this weekendlong screening event.

FREE. Ruby Diamond Concert Hall, FSU, 222 S. Copeland St., Sat 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

For specific times, contact Gina Rhodes at (850) 644-0453 or gcrhodes@fsu.edu.

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AUG. 5-27 Satiate your appetite for delectable cuisine and rich history on the yummiest walking tour of beautiful Thomasville. Held every Friday and Saturday in August, this outing is on, come rain or shine.

Advance registration is required. $40 adults, $35 children. Downtown Thomasville, Georgia.

Fri and Sat, 10:45 a.m.– 1:45 p.m. (800) 656-0713 tasteofthomasvillefoodtour.com

Tallahassee summer night — checkered blankets sprawled out on the grass, treats and libations from local food trucks, and a live band rocking out.

Enjoy all of this and more every first Saturday of the month. FREE. Ponce de Leon Park, W. Park Ave. 8 p.m. facebook.com/ TallahasseeSaturdayInThePark

TALLAHASSEE FARMERS’ MARKET AUG. 6, 13, 20 AND 27 The early bird gets the worm at this weekly food hubbub offering a variety of organic and naturally grown produce. FREE. Market Square, 1415 Timberlane Road, 8 a.m.– 3 p.m. (229) 263-1365 localharvest.org/tallahasseefarmers-market-M1165

SECOND SATURDAY AUG. 13 Round up the family for a fun and interactive experience at the Museum of Florida History, where the past is right at your fingertips. FREE. R.A. Gray Building, 500 S. Bronough St., 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

(850) 245-6400 museumoffloridahistory.com

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Shake it out as the Grammy-winning band Alabama Shakes rocks and rolls with the capital city. Sway and swoon to their soulful sounds for an evening you won’t forget. $57–$79. Capital City Amphitheater at Cascades Park, 1001 S. Gadsden St., 7:15 p.m.

(850) 671-4700, capitalcityamphitheater.com

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Strap on your waterproof shoes and join Environmental Ecologist Dr. Heidi Geisz on an exciting excursion to the edge of Apalachee Bay. Learn first-hand about the sea critters who make this coastal environment their home. Registration ends a week prior. $40 adults, $30 students. The Florida State University Coastal & Marine Laboratory, 3618 Coastal Highway 98, St. Teresa, FL. 6–9 p.m.

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AUG. 6 Astronomical experts review constellations, stars and planets in a monthly showing of the Tallahassee skies. Learn more during interactive Q&A sessions.

FREE. Challenger Learning Center, 200 S. Duval St., 10 a.m. (850) 644-4629 challengertlh.com

SATURDAY IN THE PARK CONCERT

AUG. 19 Children ages six to 12 recreate art masterpieces

by Andy Warhol and Franz Marc. Perfect to send the kiddos to while parents enjoy a date night. $45 non-members, $35 members. LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts, 417 E. Call St., 6–8:30 p.m. To make a reservation, call (850) 222-7622.

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TALLAHASSEE WRITERS ASSOCIATION SEP. 24 This annual conference provides aspiring and established writers with the opportunity to network and learn more about their craft. Meet other writers, learn practical information, win prizes and more. $95– $175. Augustus B. Turnbull III Conference Center, 555 W. Pensacola St. Registration at 8:00 a.m. tallahasseewritersconference.org

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LEARNING ABOUT NATURE HAS NEVER BEEN SO FUN Tallahassee Nurseries offers it in abundance. You may even run into a dinosaur.

Splash Pad Fun at Cascades Park!

filling up the pantry New Leaf Market Co-op’s brand new second northside location has it all with natural and organic foods and products.

The local duck community always welcomes visitors and spectators alike with open wings at Tallahassee’s scenic Lake Ella Park.

Exploration and adventure await Tallahassee’s prime locations and local business owners offer it all!

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Guests donning their best camo and 1940’s garb headed to the Flightline Hangar to support the Capital Area Red Cross and to salute Ron Sachs, the Honorary Chair for this year’s event. Guests indulged in dinner, drinks, dancing and live auctions all while giving a nod to a bygone era.

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Ethics in Business Awards APR. 27 The six Rotary Clubs of Tallahassee, Monticello and Wakulla gathered to present the 16th annual Ethics in Business Award at the FSU Alumni Center to Shawn Yoakum of Southern Flooring. Each year, members of the community submit nominations while a committee of selected students in the FSU College of Business research and interview the nominees.

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1 Stephenie Pickett, Cassi Sterner, winner Shawn Yoakam of Southern Flooring, and Clay Pfeifler 1 Walter Colon, Shawn Yoakum, Dr. Allan Dean and Sammie Dixon

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Tennis enthusiasts gathered at the Forest Meadows facility to watch the pros play their best games. This allmale challenge event ended with Quentin Halys as the Wild Card champion.

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MAR. 19 Lovers of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra gathered at the Ruby Diamond Concert Hall to hear the musical talents of Tim Fain and his violin. Concert-goers enjoyed an Argentinan flair in the set of four dances from Alberto Ginastera’s oneact ballet “Estancia.”

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Lemoyne Chain of Parks APR. 16–17 The 16th annual festival brought over 150 artists from around the nation to downtown Tallahassee. Attendees also enjoyed live entertainment from local groups, delicious food from local vendors, cocktails from Aloft’s bar and BeTheArt photo ops. Every year this event provides a fine art cultural experience for the Tallahassee Metropolitan Area and needed funds for the programs at LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts.

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Among those listening — and enjoying a buffet dinner prepared Eric Pelletier, music by Bill Blackman and the Last Call Band, cornhole and a massive silent auction — were Tisha Keller and Jeffrey Spraggins, Patti and Bobby Brantley, Beth White and Jack Poitinger, Ashley and Luke Lazenby, Pat and Jim Lazenby, and event chair Kathy Dunnigan.

Master of Ceremonies Wayne Whiddon kept the evening going and the contributions flowing with live auctions.

Others spotted at the event included Sheryl and Bill Fogarty, Sheri and Walker Mohr, Dr. Tom Bevis, Dr. Todd Cooley, Dr. Patrick First, Dr. Nancy Goyert, Bruce and Liz Parker, Crystal Parker and Tiffany Parker.

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About 350 guests dressed in their festive best ran a blackcarpet gauntlet of be-feathered beauties on their way to the ballroom, decorated to match the theme “Carnaval: Watch them Soar.” Jeanne DaSilva and Juliana Schneider served as “Brazilian consultants” for the evening, making sure everything from the décor to the Samba dancers to the Bossa Nova music was as authentic as possible.

Many of the table decorations — an annual tradition at the gala, and chaired this year by Annie Kelley — featured nests, symbolizing the nurturing that goes on at Boys Town, while the room was decorated by huge soaring birds designed and built by Stacy Chick.

Tim and Stephanie Jansen were chairs for the event and Tim did double duty as the emcee for the night’s entertainment. Chris Diamantis served as “auctioneer extraordinare” and Julie Montanaro hosted the moving Boys Town stars ceremony. Juli Downs and Monique Wood served as stylists for the evening, assuring the night’s hostesses were on point for the festivities.

First Lady Ann Scott was a special guest for the evening.

Others enjoying the night’s festivities were Suzanne and Dr. Armand Cognetta, Larry and Beverly Sokolow, Kevin Sokolow, Andrea Diamantis, Jim and Kathy Dahl, Susie and Tripp Transou, Paul and Cindy Sullivan, Somer and Dr. Cody Van Landingham, Dr. Leonard Dimitri DaSilva, Julianna Schneider, Crawford and Teresa Adkins, Dr. Tony and Tanya Weaver, Angie and Marty Sipple, Dr. Mark and Melissa Inglese, and Drs. Lawrence and Lori Rosenberg.

Just back from a wedding in Vegas were newlyweds Lori and Jon Yeaton. Bobby and Sue Dick scored the night’s final live auction item, a Margaritaville VIP experience, and they’ll be taking four friends to a Jimmy Buffet concert.

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Gala chairs for next year — the 100th anniversary of Boys Town — are Matt and Sheri Bryan and Tim and Jill Meenan.

Other notables at the event included Dr. Tyler and Rhonda Baldock, Dr. Mary and Jeff Swain, Bill and Mary Moor, Dr. Joe and Marion Camps, Lisa Chase and Ken Cashin, Dr. Rob and Carolyne Bradford, Angelo and Kim Crowell, Rudy Rowe, Dr. Shane and Michele Burkhead, John and Jane Marks, Dr. Hank and Kelly Hutchinson, Greg and Anne Martin, Ian and Suzy Phipps, Dena Sokolow, Drs. Michael and Jana Forsthoefel , Liz Miller, Bill and Laura Ervin, Young McConnell, Rob and Louise Murphy and Gavin and Lisa Phipps.

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Among those honored with the Reubin Askew Progressive Leadership Awards were Barrett, Fasig & Brooks (Business) the Junior League of Tallahassee (Nonprofit), Karen Woodall (Community Engagement and Advocacy) and J.R. Kelly (Public Service).

Among the 100 people who gathered for the event was Alex Barrio, a member of the first NLC Tallahassee class, now a Democrat running for state representative in Orlando’s House District 48. Other guests included Curtis Richardson and Nina Ashenafi Richardson, Paul Flemming, Loranne Ausley, Dana Brooks Cooper, Josh McLawhorn and Veronica Schultz.

Fellows from Class III who hosted the event included Kruti Patel, Evan Ernst, Alexis Simoneau, Vincent Evans, Lauren Calmet, Audrey Kidwell, Tineshia Morris, Adela Ghadimi, Robert Vaughn, Raquel Jones, Haymanot Birra, Kristin Tellis, Clare Letmon and Becky Pengelley.

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These organizations were started by Ryan and Rachel Rumana, students at Maclay School, as a way to provide epilepsy resources and stroke education for the Tallahassee community.

Proud parents Dr. Christopher and Mara Rumana were in attendance along with Mark O’Bryant, Mickey Moore, Dr. Adam Oliver and his wife Maria, Jason Moore, Steve Evans, Warren Jones and Stephanie Derzypolski.

Also joining the festivities to support both causes and enjoy the wonderful refreshments provided by Social Catering & Events and Tri-Eagle Sales were Diana Cureton, Tim and Paula Fortunas, Meredith Hunter, Lindsay Ancheta, Nancy Anne Teems, Ashley Hulsey and Jessica Zeigler.

Hearth & Soul donated the net proceeds from the sale of their monthly signature candle to these two organizations as part of their nonprofit partner of the month program.

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Elder Care Services’ board of directors and advisory board members, donors and longstanding supporters were honored.

More than 80 guests attended.

Elder Care’s management team greeted attendees and tended bar while FSU College of Music students Daniel Tenbusch and Evan Hamrick entertained with jazz on the balcony. Braised beef sliders, Polynesian chicken skewers and crudités prepared by Vale Food Company shared a table with an elegant cheese and fruit tower. Miniature cupcakes were nearby.

The home, the hosts, the food, the entertainment and the purpose combined to make for a memorable evening and a great way to say “Thank you for being a friend” to all who have helped Elder Care Services improve the quality of life for seniors.

Guests in attendance included: Brian and Cherie Rowland, Tommy and Kim Mills, Melanie Lee, Curtis Richardson, Marjorie Turnbull, Janet Ferris and Phil Padovano, Mike Sheridan, Pete and Susan Dunbar, Bill and Kelly Pfeiffer, Brenda Pfeiffer, Randy Guemple, Randy Pople, Jim Wylie, Jim and Theresa Croteau, Sue Weeks, Keith Bowers, Bill Phelan, Tom Kirwin, Ken and Maureen Hemmerly, Errol and Patricia Green Powell, Wilson Baker and Mikie Bestebreurtje, Gregg and Margaret Conner, Glenda Thornton and Neal Morris, Virginia Glass, Nathan and Lenora Dobbins-Muse.

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Attendees included Jessica and Matt Tharpe; Proof Brewing Company owners Angela and Byron Burroughs; Amy and Alan Hanstein; Glenda Cato; Tom Winchester; Josh McLawhorn; Stan Barnes of Barnes Capital Group; Loranne Ausley with the Stacey Webb Foundation; Mary and Jeff Phipps of Orchard Pond Greenway; Murray Moore of Pennington, P.A.; Dr. Ben Kirbo of Southeastern Plastic Surgery, P.A.; Caroline and David Flowers, owners of Flowers AutoGroup; Susan and Russell Turner, owners of Ashley Homestore; Bill Palmer, director of Tall Timbers; and Erin and Sheldon Bryan.

Amanda Morrison with Social Catering and Events catered the VIP tasting room which featured a “Tallahassee Loves Thomasville” tasting spread with Tallahassee and Thomasville brands including Blackberry Patch, Lucky Goat Coffee, Schermer Pecans and Gayla’s Grits. Thomasville National Bank presented the event; president Bert Hodges was on hand, along with many bank employees.

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agenda ▪ Nan Casper Hillis was inducted into the College of Business 2016 Hall of Fame in March. Hillis is a retired senior banking executive known for her generous support and tireless service to Florida State University and the College of Business.

During her 39-year career, Hillis served in senior executive positions with institutions including Bankers Trust Company, Citicorp North America, Bank South and Bank of America, BB&T, from which she retired in 2012, and Prime Meridian Bank, where she is a consultant. She graduated from FSU in 1976 and was among four business leaders recognized for their professional accomplishments and community contributions during ceremonies at the 14th annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Ceremony at the Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center.

▪ Codagenx Inc., a Tallahassee I.T. company, recently received the CompTIA Managed Services Trustmark, a respected industry credential showing its adherence to best practices for technology service delivery and customer interaction. The Trustmark was developed by CompTIA in collaboration with industry experts and leaders to identify businesses committed to the highest levels of integrity and sustained quality service.

▪ Hancock Bank recently earned a record 19 national and regional 2015 Greenwich Excellence Awards for small business and middle-market banking. The bank has won a total of 80 Greenwich Excellence designations for small business and middle market banking since 2005. Greenwich Associates bases the awards on interviews with thousands of executives at companies with revenues between $1 million−$10 million for small business banking and $10 million−$500 million for middle market banking.

▪ Leon County EMS recently received its third consecutive accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services. This is a top national accreditation indicating the local service has met the ambulance industry’s “gold standard.” The review process consists of completion of a comprehensive application and an on-site review by national experts in EMS. In 2010, Leon County EMS became Florida’s first government-operated EMS system to meet the rigorous standards and receive accreditation. To date, only 11 other agencies in Florida have achieved the CAAS standards.

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selection draft for the U.S. Navy’s Surface Warfare Officer Corps. Kimberl, a 2005 graduate of Amos P. Godby High School, wants to serve aboard the USS New York.

He is a mechanical engineering major at Old Dominion University. Upon graduation, he will receive a commission as a Navy ensign and report aboard New York as a surface warfare officer. Bogan, a 2012 James S. Rickards High School graduate, has picked the USS Cape St. George. Bogan is majoring in medicine, health and society at Vanderbilt University. Upon graduation, he will receive a commission as a Navy ensign and report aboard Cape St. George as a surface warfare officer. More than 280 midshipmen at 70 Navy ROTC units around the country have been selected to serve in the Navy as surface warfare officers. Each midshipman is ranked according to his or her grade point average, aptitude scores and physical fitness.

▪ Campus USA Credit Union has opened a new service center in Tallahassee that will feature a new idea in customer service called the Engagement Center, which will offer more personal interaction between service representatives and members. Walk in the new center and you’ll be invited to interact with Campus in whatever way is the most comfortable to you. Grab some coffee, sit at the Tech Bar (equipped with iPads and touch screen computers), shop for vehicles or homes or check your online banking page. The new concept for Campus USA Credit Union also features a Community Room, where community groups can conduct their meetings free of charge. The Engagement Center is the second service center in the state’s capital for the $1.3 billion credit union.

▪ Tallahassee Community College’s Office of Communications and Marketing recently received national recognition with four awards from the National Council of Marketing and Public Relations, which honors two-year college communicators. The college received gold awards for the international student handbook and for a video episode of “The SKiNNY” about careers in dental hygiene; a silver award for a folder design and a bronze award for the student handbook. The college also took home three awards at the most recent Council for Advancement and Support of Education District III conference.

The competition brought in 1,773 total entries, and TCC received more awards than any other state college in Florida.

▪ Tallahassee Community College faculty and staff members were recently honored by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development and the International Conference on College Teaching and

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Learning. The 2016 NISOD honorees include Vijay Subramanian, assistant professor of mathematics; Robert Fleischmann, associate professor of humanities; Daniel Beugnet, associate professor of developmental writing; and Larry Bourdeau, criminal justice instructional coordinator. The 2016 ICCTL honorees include Ellenar Harper, associate professor of developmental writing and Lindsey Smitherman-Brown, assistant professor of humanities.

▪ TWO MEN AND A TRUCK of Tallahassee recently joined forces with the Who We Play For organization which facilitates low- or nocost heart screenings for students and young athletes to detect and treat conditions that could result in sudden cardiac arrest, the No. 1 killer of students and young athletes.

The moving company has agreed to help set up, break down and transport WWPF’s events for free and has also started a Pay It Forward campaign.

▪ More than 110 dental patients came out to receive free dental care through the Dentistry From the Heart Program in February. A group of local dental professionals donated their time to provide the complimentary care to the community, including a cleaning, a filling or a single dental extraction based on need and the evaluation of the treating doctor. Nearly 130 million Americans are without dental insurance and do not receive regular dental care. In support of February’s Gum Disease Awareness Month, Periodontal Associates of North Florida assembled a team of dental professionals to offer a free day of dental care, including exams, cleanings, fillings and extractions.

ADDITIONS & PROMOTIONS ▪ Rosemary Evans was recently named the Jean McCully We Care Network Program Coordinator for the Capital Medical Society Foundation’s Evans We Care Network, a partnership between more than 315 volunteer physicians, 45 volunteer dentists, Capital Regional Medical Center, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare and allied health professionals in Tallahassee. The network donates more than $5 million annually in medical and dental care to low-income, uninsured adults. Evans returns to the Capital Medical Society Foundation’s We Care Network where she previously held the position of Program Coordinator from 2009–2012.

▪ BillieAnne Gay has been hired as member communications manager for the Florida School Boards Association. Gay

worked for nine years at the Leon County School District where she was an advanced placement teacher, guidance counselor, policy analyst, and school and staff relations manager. The expansion of the association’s communication efforts is one facet of the FSBA Strategic Plan adopted by the Board of Directors this past December.

▪ David Hulse has succeeded Mike Fields as Bank of America’s enterprise leader in Tallahassee. Fields has led the market since 2004 Hulse but plans to retire after a 48-year career with the company. Hulse will work across Tallahassee and Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, and Wakulla counties to connect Bank of America’s business lines to deliver integrated financial services to individuals, families and businesses. He is also the senior commercial banker for the team that manages commercial banking relationships in the Gulf Coast. Kelly Whitley will succeed Fields as Bank of America’s state government relations lead in Florida. She joined the company in 2008.

▪ Susan Mermer has joined the St. Joe Company as chief accounting officer. She was most recently employed with Lighting Science Group Corporation in Melbourne as its vice president and corporate controller, with responsibility for the company’s global accounting and finance activities, including financial reporting. Before that, Mermer served in various accounting roles at The Goldfield Corporation, an electrical construction and real estate development company, and at the technology company, eMerge Interactive Inc., in Sebastian.

▪ Herbie Thiele has been promoted to vice president/director of public affairs at Sachs Media. He succeeds veteran communicator Ryan Banfill as head of the public affairs division. Banfill, who has worked for Sachs for more than a decade, is opening his own public affairs practice. Along with Thiele’s promotion, Drew Piers has been promoted to deputy director of public affairs.

TRANSITIONS ▪ Lee Daniel, long-time tourism advocate and leader, recently retired as director of Leon County Tourism Development.

Daniel had been with the county for seven years but held many posts in tourism and marketing over the last 30 years, including a couple of years at the Daytona Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and 20 years at the Visit St. Pete/Clearwater Area Convention & Visitor Bureau.

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“Playing poker looks glamorous on TV, but it’s a lot more stressful than people realize,” said John “Jake” Dollinger, 28, a math whiz who graduated from Florida State University in 2012. He earned degrees in actuarial science, applied economics and computer engineering, but he has never worked in any of those fields.

“I don’t do anything but play poker,” said Dollinger, taking a break in Tallahassee before hitting the road again. “The freedom is awesome, but there’s a lot of work in it. There’s a lot of traveling. It’s hard to keep relationships. I’ve lost two serious girlfriends over it.”

Dealing with big wins — and losses — can bring triumph or tribulation.

“If you work a job, you know at the end of the week that you’ll earn a paycheck,” Dollinger said. “I could drive 500 miles to play eight to 10 hours a day for two straight weeks and make absolutely nothing.”

But then there are the rewards that keep players in the poker world. After barely missing big payouts on other tournaments, Dollinger won $181,117 at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park Best of the Beaches event in March. So he’s still all in.

“I love it,” Dollinger acknowledged. But “ideally in the future, I’ll have a regular job and play poker on the side.”

Ryan Dunn had a regular job as a selfemployed environmental soil sampler in

Tallahassee before he decided to make the move from recreational to professional poker. Now the Leon High graduate is a rising star in the high-stakes gaming world. Dunn won a total of $230,000 in his first two pro circuit events.

Tuthill, Dollinger and Dunn are part of a sizable cadre of professional poker players from Tallahassee. Many spend a big chunk of their days and nights sitting in smoky casinos, addicted to the adrenaline rush of riding an emotional and financial roller coaster.

But there are also a lot of players in the region like Mary Darnell.

She juggles roles as a mother of two teens, a student pursuing degrees in psychology and behavioral analysis and a fulltime Tallahassee mortgage broker working 45 to 50 hours a week. But on many nights and most weekends, you’ll catch the dynamic Darnell pursuing her other passion — poker.

“There were times that I depended on my poker winnings to make ends meet,” said Darnell, the Florida State Ladies Poker Champion in 2012. “I won’t call it a blessing, but it’s helped a lot.”

Yet Darnell, an aggressive player in a traditionally male realm, has no ambition to make poker her full-time job.

“It does not cover my benefits, my insurance, my retirement,” said the 38-yearold native of Laredo, Texas. “I play religiously every weekend, but I’m a professional mortgage broker, not a professional poker player.”

She became intrigued by the game after watching Chris Moneymaker, who turned a $39 investment on the online cardroom PokerStars into $2.5 million by winning the 2003 World Series of Poker

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“I have a calm composure at all times,” he said. “You have to stay calm and centered and focused, but it’s not an exact science.”

Dollinger said it can be tough to read the pros.

“People who don’t play a lot of poker give off a lot of information,” he said. “Anything from how they’re sitting in the chair to how they’re playing with their chips, their overall comfort level. You can feel it out.”

Some players wear sunglasses — which rankles a lot of competitors.

“Personally, I hate sunglasses,” said Tuthill, who started playing poker in high school. “Part of the game is to be able to look at a person and see how they’re reacting.

The eyes are a big part of that. Poker is supposed to be very vulnerable. Sunglasses are like steroids.”

One thing players can’t cover up is their hands. Playing with chips, the way a player gestures, how the cards are held — a variety of movements — can provide clues to an alert player.

And being alert is another asset, Adkins said. While there are players who live on the wild side, wise competitors take care of themselves.

“If you’re going to play at a table 10 hours a day, you need to work out and eat right when you’re not playing,” he said.

It’s essential that players learn “bankroll management” to survive, especially when handling thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of dollars a night.

“You shouldn’t be playing out of your bankroll every night,” Adkins said. “This is how we pay rent, how we feed ourselves, pay our bills. You have to be responsible with money.”

The two main formats of playing poker are cash games and tournament play. In cash games, players exchange money for chips, generally with a minimum and maximum buy-in amount, depending on the stakes.

“Losing your cool in cash games will absolutely bury you,” Dollinger said.

In tournaments, players buy in for the same amount and are all usually given the same amount of tournament chips. Tournaments are considered less risky because the only monetary investment made in a tournament is the original buy-in.

AUTO INSURANCE: Dollinger had gone through a disappointing run playing tournaments, so he had planned to take it easy in March, playing tennis and working out in the gym.

“I was not planning on playing at all,” he said. But he was in South Florida when he decided to play the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park Best of the Beaches tournament.

Dollinger was determined to get in the main event.

He was able to forgo the hefty $1,500 buy-in to get in the tournament by being a winner in a satellite game, which allowed him to pay $175 instead. It turned out to be a wise move. Dollinger won the tournament and $181,117.

“I mostly felt relief that I had something on my résumé,” he said. “I felt like I had been overdue.”

He learned about the dark financial side of playing poker firsthand when he took off a year from FSU to play poker in his early 20s.

When Dollinger’s mother was diagnosed with cancer, he decided he needed a break from school.

“My mind wasn’t in it,” he said.

He wound up playing poker to earn money, but he had a lot of big losses.

“When I was 22, I bought a one-way ticket to Vegas and I lost every dollar to my name,” Dollinger said. “I packed for five days and I wound up being out there for five and a half weeks. I had friends there, so I didn’t have to sleep on the sidewalk, but I slept on a lot of floors.

My friends put me in games where they paid the buy-in and I got 25 percent of the winnings. Slowly and surely, I built something out of that. At the end of five-and-ahalf weeks, I was able to fly home and make a payment on my car.

“It was a learning experience,” Dollinger said, “but if I had a wife and kid, I could never do that.”

Nelson lost $150,000 in two years, from age 21 to 23, from making bad decisions as a poker player in his home state of Minnesota.

When friends told him about a job as a dealer at Gretna, he was there at the outset in 2011. He worked at the facility almost four years until he was ready to take another chance at playing professionally.

Nelson said he earned about $80,000 from February to April of this year playing at Gretna. The facility offers a $10K Guarantee tournament once a month that usually attracts about 80 to 120 local players, said Kevin Helfgott, director of operations at Gretna. That means that players pay $250 to buy in or play in a Satellite tournament to win a seat in the $10,000 tournament.

The facility also provides a satellite feed for a $50,000 tournament held at Gretna’s sister property, Pensacola Greyhound Racing Poker Room, where attendance is about 400 players.

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for $10,000 events and $15,000 to $16,000 for $50,000 events, Helfgott said.

“It took me a few years to build up enough money and confidence to go without a job and only have poker for an income,” Nelson said. “I didn’t want to screw up again.”

Nelson said having to start over taught him a hard life lesson.

“I’m more responsible and more level-headed now,” he said.

Nelson now has a steady girlfriend, and the two of them flip houses when he’s not playing poker.

“You have to make good decisions on and off the table if you want to play professionally,” he said.

Like a lot of players, Nelson started playing poker online and in casinos. Years ago, the internet poker community was a lucrative one, especially for college kids who could win thousands from their dorm rooms. Then on April 15, 2011, a day known in the poker world as Black Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice issued an indictment against the three largest online poker websites in the country: PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker.

After that time, the online poker scene crashed and many players either gave up poker or started playing in live games. Some played in countries where online poker was still legal. Online poker is still a gray area.

In Tallahassee, college students still embrace the game, often through the Poker Club at FSU. James Alessandrelli started the club a few years ago with a message on the Class of 2017 Facebook page.

“I posted a message and asked if anybody wanted to get together and play cards,” said Alessandrelli, now 21.

“Within the first half hour, 30 people messaged me.”

The club now has attracted more than 200 players who play tournaments on the college circuit, including individual and team national championships.

For some players, poker is a new obsession, but Alessandrelli learned the game at an early age from his mother, who learned from her mother.

“My grandmother and mom played cards when I was little,” said Alessandrelli, who was born in New Jersey.

“In Italian families, the women would basement-hop each night. They’d cook dinners together, then play poker all night.”

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“The best way to learn is to play,” Alessandrelli said.

For players who make a living at poker, it’s a lifelong learning process.

“Poker is a microcosm for dealing with people in life,” Tuthill said. “You’re sitting around a table with people all day. You sort of figure out what’s going on with them. It’s an interesting way to think about the human mind.” TM

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Tallahassee may be almost 400 miles from Nunez’s home community — the Brighton Reservation — but she has made an impact here, too. She recalls appearing in FSU’s homecoming activities last year, dressed in authentic Seminole regalia. “Some people told me that my ‘costume’ was beautiful,” she says, “and I had to tell them that it was not a costume. ... Situations like this make me realize that people see us for what they hear or the popular things they see with the word Seminole on them. ... But we fought hard to get where we are today.”

Nunez illustrates her point by sharing the story of Dear Mom and Dad, a prominent ancestor, Abiaki (Sam Jones). “He was a Summer has been fun. Now may we please very influential Creek leader during the Seminole wars.

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“She jumped out of the boat and trekked through Florida back to the Everglades. Many people say that without her courage, the Seminoles would not have lasted.”

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society,” she says. “If it had not been for the women who were left in the camps while the men were away hunting or fighting (in the Seminole Wars of the 19th century), there would probably not be anyone left to carry on.”

Not only did the Seminoles carry on, they made history, again and again. Perhaps their most significant moment in recent history came when, shortly after World War II, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) fell under pressure from the U.S. government to cut some of its programs. The Seminole Tribe was not a federally recognized tribe, at that point, so the BIA’s eye fell on them. Seminole leaders heard of the news and quickly got to work.

On Aug. 21, 1957, the Seminole Tribe of Florida was formally recognized by the U.S. government, and its constitution and bylaws were ratified. This did not mean that the Seminoles weren’t a “real” tribe until 1957; it meant that members of the tribe had, like their ancestors before them and the generations that would follow them, become skilled at negotiating two worlds.

“The future of the Seminole people is bright,” says Nunez. “We have our own government. They have provided us with a health care system, funding to go to school and more. ... We are growing stronger with every generation. ... We are not just surviving; we are thriving in this world, and I know we will continue to do so.”

This kind of faith, combined with perseverance, pride and courage, is what constitutes the unconquerable spirit of the Seminoles — a spirit that sustained the Seminole people of the past and that burns bright in the hearts of Seminoles today. TM

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t’s 3 a.m., and the ink black sky is interrupted by a silver streak of lightning and the reverberating crash of thunder. I’m 7 years old, and I’m afraid. Not so much of the storm, itself, but because I know that soon my dad will receive a call, and he does. In a matter of 10 minutes, his demeanor has changed from a sleepy stupor to an exhilarated determination. He kisses his family, but his mind is already on the task that awaits him. This story is for my father and those like him.

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“When you wake up that morning and your stomach is in a million knots, you’re running everything through your head and your mind is going crazy,” Hatcher said.

“You feel like you can’t even do it because you’re so keyed up, but as soon as your hooks hit that pole, you forget all of that and get to work.”

A keen sense of focus is imperative not only on competition day, but every time their boots touch the pole. A simple mistake may cost them a few points on the competition scoreboard, but in reality those mistakes could be life-altering.

Through the Florida Lineman Competition and the many training days that the FMEA hosts throughout the year, lineworkers benefit by learning from each other, addressing safety issues and discovering cutting-edge techniques. One safety enhancement in particular was adopted early by the city of Tallahassee.

Since the first power poles were erected, men have climbed using the hooks in their boots and the gloves on their hands. The risk in this is obvious, but it was the established method for decades. Tallahassee’s utility recognized the danger in this method and began climbing by always using the belts around their waists. The linemen of Tallahassee adopted the fall restraint system early, knowing that it was eventually going to be required.

Soon, the rest of Florida and the country followed suit.

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With any person, you wonder what the driving force behind choosing a career is. Looking around at these competitions, there are hundreds who have chosen to wake up each morning and take on the challenges that await them at the top of a power pole. For most, someone they admired worked in the trade. All can agree that this is a career you must pursue with great dedication. Many do not make it past the first few days of training.

“If you’re a lineman, you have to love it because there is nowhere to hide,” Ellis said. “If you’re not good at your job, you will get exposed. When you are up there on that pole in front of a group of peers, they see everything you do. You can’t hide behind a desk or computer.”

Becoming a lineman is much like obtaining a bachelor’s degree. As many as four years are spent in the

apprentice phase, during which these candidates must complete 8,000 hours of state-mandated training. The apprentices take written and internet-based tests, along with multiple in-the-field tests. The tests involve everything from tool recognition to safety measures to performing tasks that would be expected on the job. Every test must be passed.

When asked the most valuable quality you can posses on the job, the common answer was good communication skills. Every aspect of the job requires the men to communicate with one another.

From the moment they ar“WE WORK rive at the job, they begin talking to figure out their TO KEEP THE plan and continue talking on COMMUNITY’S the pole in order to always be aware of what the other is LIGHTS ON, doing or about to do.

Communication extends STORM OR NO beyond their pole mates STORM.” — Mike to the community members they encounter. Many Hatcher have questions about what caused the outage and how long until the power will be restored. Understandably, many customers express frustrations.

“We work to keep the community’s lights on, storm or no storm,” Hatcher emphasized. “We are constantly making systems better and improving because we want customers to be inconvenienced for the least amount of time.

The 13 line crews here know we are responsible, because linemen are the only ones able to fix the problem.”

Another skill is a keen sense of focus. With safety always being on the forefront of their minds, concentration is essential. As soon as their gloves touch their tools, no outside distractions can cloud their vision. It is necessary that any family, financial or friend issues take the back burner, and there is no additional space for daydreaming. All agree that consistently staying focused can be a battle but is something that becomes second nature once on the job site.

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Heart Lines There are many people who enjoy their jobs but, if given the chance to discontinue working, gladly would. I venture to say that this does not apply to linemen. It is as if the first time the hooks in their boots notch into the pinewood of a pole, that same indention has been made in their heart.

Their faces are consistently sunburned, with a leatherlike complexion often leading to early aging or worse, skin cancer. Their knees creak and crack like dilapidated stairs due to years of climbing. Shoulder surgeries are not uncommon because of overexertion. Visits to the chiropractor are as frequent as oil changes. But their blood pulses with adrenaline, their lungs expand with hardly TALL AHASSEEMAGA ZINE.COM

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breathed air at heights above us all, and their hearts continue to steadily beat as they know their hands give life and light to their cities.

“Lineworkers have it ingrained in their gut and brain to have that desire to serve and keep the fabric of our communities going,” the FMEA’s Moline said. “They are the most dedicated people I have ever met, and I greatly admire what they do. I wish everyone admired what they do. We take them for granted because they work in the background. How often do we drive by a utility truck and thank those guys? They keep our community going, and we often don’t realize it. I think that when we stop to realize all that lineworkers do, there is a lot of gratitude and appreciation.”

The men who stood before me were not wearing capes to showcase their heroic acts. They were flattered and honored that interest was being taken in them. They asked me why I wanted to share their stories.

I grew up knowing linemen. Most were rough around the edges but the kindest people I have encountered.

They talked about their jobs the way I always hoped I would: all smiles, pure fire and an inability to imagine waking up every day to pursue any other profession. I admired their passion, tenacity, ruggedness, fearlessness and, most of all, dedication to service.

The first time I saw grown men cry was a community of linemen who lost their coworker, pole mate and brother to a tragic accident. I had never before witnessed such an outpouring of loyalty and respect mingled with such numbing despair. The men I knew as imperishable suddenly were.

Growing up, I always wondered why linemen were rarely recognized or honored when I clearly saw the courage, perseverance and even fear that accompanied this line of work. Naturally, my father is my hero, but there are thousands of lineworkers throughout this country who display the same integrity day in and day out.

I watched five men walk across the field, sunlight glinting off of their hard hats and smiles playing on their lips as they laugh at some inside joke. I watch them for a bit as they go right back to where I found them, at the top of a pole.

This is for those who we don’t give thought to until our lives go dark. TM

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dining guide AMERICAN 101 RESTAURANT ★

In 2015, readers said 101 had the Best Happy Hour around, whether you work 9 to 5 or just want to enjoy a night out with friends. Guests can choose from two happy hours, a selection of delectable martinis and cocktails, two-for-ones and a bevy of other drinks. Mon-Tue 11 ammidnight, Wed-Fri 11 am-2 am, Sat 4 pm2am, Sun 11 am-12 am. 215 W. College Ave. (850) 391-1309. $$ B L D

ANDREW’S 228

A chic urban restaurant serving signature blends of creative American and Italian cuisine in stylish surroundings. Private rooms are available for banquets and meetings. Mon-Thurs 11:30 am-10 pm, Fri-Sat 11:30 am-11 pm, Sun 10:30 am9 pm. 228 S. Adams St. (850) 222-3444.

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AVENUE EAT & DRINK

A downtown restaurant offering a melting pot of flavors fresh from the South, served in scrumptious dining presentations. Sunday brunch is a not-tobe-missed treat. Mon-Fri 11 am-10 pm, Sat 9:30 am-10 pm, Sun 9:30 am-9 pm. 115 E. Park Ave. (850) 224-0115. $$$ B L D

ANDREW’S CAPITAL GRILL AND BAR

After 40 years, Andrew’s is still an energetic, casual, see-and-be-seen spot. House favorites include a popular lunch buffet, hamburgers, sandwiches, salads and pasta dishes. Downtown delivery. Mon-Thur 11:30 am-10 pm, Fri-Sat 11:30 am-11 pm, Sun 10:30 am-9 pm. 228 S. Adams St. (850) 222-3444/Fax, (850) 222-2433.

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BURGERFI ★

BurgerFi uses all-natural, free-range beef and is dedicated to sustainable practices. Our Best of 2015 winner in hamburger joints, their menu is packed full of tasty, savory and creative hamburger and hotdog creations as well as fresh-cut french fries and gigantic onion rings. Vegetarian options, frozen custard, beer and wine are also available.

Sun-Thu 11 am-10 pm, Fri-Sat 11 am11 pm. 1817 Thomasville Road, No. 7.

(850) 629‑4333. $ L D

CHICKEN SALAD CHICK

Chicken Salad Chick exceeds expectations with 15 different chicken salads to choose from served in a bright setting that earned it Best Casual Dining honors in 2014. There are also deli sandwiches, side items and soups, and a cookie of the day. Multiple locations.

Hours vary. (850) 894-2502. $$ L D

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CHRISTOFF’S BISTRO & WINE BAR

Fine wine and craft beer pairings available for menu items. Tue-Thu 5-10 pm, Fri-Sat 5 pm-midnight, Sun-Mon Closed.

1460 Market St. (850) 222-9914. $$ D

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Breakfast/ Brunch Lunch Dinner

Espresso Bar with locally roasted coffee, Sushi to Stir Fry, Specialty Salads, Wines, Craft Beers & Sake M–Th 11:30 a.m.–10:00 p.m. | F 11:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m.

Sat Noon–10:30 p.m. | Sun Noon–10:00 p.m.

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CYPRESS RESTAURANT ★

109 E. College Ave. (850) 681-6868 jasmine-cafe.com

To make a special evening a cut above the rest, bring the celebration to Cypress.

Known for its sophisticated take on Southern cuisine, this restaurant won readers’ votes in 2014 and 2015 as Best Celebration/Special Occasion and Best Fine Dining restaurant. Mon-Thur 5-9:30 pm, Fri-Sat 5-10 pm, Sun Closed. 320 E. Tennessee St. (850) 513-1100. $$$ D

DOG ET AL ★

For the ultimate in comfort food, Dog Et Al offers hand-held deliciousness for the “Down to Earth” and “Uppity” dogs in us all. Foot-long and veggie entrees alike grace this award-winning menu. If the entire family is down for the dog, be sure to ask about their incredibly valued family packs.

Mon-Fri 10 am-7 pm, Sat 10 am-6 pm, Sun Closed. 1456 S. Monroe St. (850) 222-4099.

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Tallahassee’s newest fine dining establishment, The Edison is so much more than just a pretty face. Equipped with a beer garden, wine cellar, casual café, open-air alternatives and a gorgeous view, this historic building and restaurant has quickly become a Tallahassee favorite.

Mon-Thur 11 am-11 pm, Fri 11 am-midnight, Sat 10 am-midnight, Sun 10 am-11 pm.

470 Suwannee St. (850) 684-2117. $$/$$$

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HOPKINS’ EATERY ★

Hopkins’, a Best of 2015 winner, provides more than just your average sandwich.

Favorites such as the Ultimate Turkey and the Linda Special and a variety of salad meals keep customers coming back for more. And it’s healthful, too! Multiple locations. Hours vary. hopkinseatery.com

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JUICY BLUE

In the Four Points by Sheraton Downtown, this cool lobby restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Unique offerings include tapas with a twist such as the Georgia peaches and caramel.

Sandwiches, salads and a nice variety of seafood, pasta and chicken dishes round out the menu. Mon-Fri 7 am-11 pm, Sat-Sun 7 am-midnight. 316 W. Tennessee St. (850) 422-0071. $ B L D

KOOL BEANZ CAFÉ ★

This colorful, casual spot has been serving up gourmet dishes so tasty and creative it was named Best of 2015 winner in multiple categories.

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American cuisine, as well as dishes influenced by the worldwide travels of the kitchen staff. Menus change daily.

921 Thomasville Rd. (850) 224‑2466.

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MADISON SOCIAL ★

I N T HE M ARKET DISTRICT Locally sourced menu with unique wines by the bot tle & glass and craf t beer

Whether it’s for a social cocktail, a quick lunch or a place for alumni to gather before home football games, Madison Social offers something for everyone. Madison Social earned Best Bar honors in 2015.

Mon-Fri 11:30 am-2 am, Sat-Sun 10 am2 am. CollegeTown, 705 S. Woodward Ave. (850) 894‑6276. $$ L D

MICCOSUKEE ROOT CELLAR

With its hand-hewn décor, organic menu items and seemingly endless supply of artisan crafted beer and wine, it’s the place to go when a fresh twist on tradition is what the taste buds order. 1311 Miccosukee Rd. (850) 597-7419. $$ D

PAISLEY CAFÉ ★

Guilt-free lunch has never been easier now that Paisley serves up food fresh bakery and garden full of wholesome treats Mon-Fri 11 am-3pm, Sat-Sun 10 am-3 pm. 1123 @ Midtown on Thomasville Rd. (850) 385‑7268. $$ L

SAGE RESTAURANT

Tues–Thurs 5–10 pm Fri & Sat 5 pm–midnight (850) 894-4066 christoffsbistro.com

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Sage’s menu masterfully melds regional influences, including Southern and French. The setting is gorgeous but cozy, and the outdoor patio sets a charming, romantic tone for a relaxed evening.

3534 Maclay Blvd. (850) 270-9396. Mon Closed, Tues-Sat 11 am-3 pm & 6-10 pm, Sun 11 am-2:30 pm. 3534 Maclay Blvd.

(850) 270-9396. $$$ B L D

VERTIGO BURGERS AND FRIES

JASMINE CAFÉ

Voted Tallahassee’s Best Sushi & Best Asian Restaurant since 2009

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SIAM SUSHI

Thai one on at this fine eatery and you will be left wanton for more. An expansive menu includes starters, soups, salads, fried rice, noodles and a host of signature dishes — some ducky, some not — ranging from “Rock the Wok” to Chirashi Sumocombo, a substantial, edible work of art. Mon-Fri 11 am-10 pm, Sat-Sun 12-10 pm. 1700 N Monroe St. (850) 391-9021. $$$ L D

BBQ SONNY’S REAL PIT BAR-B-Q ★

Nothing satisfies a rumblin’ stomach quite like a plateful of hot, savory barbeque; and if you’re looking for the tastiest grilled dishes, 2015 Best Barbecue winner Sonny’s has them in spades. 3101 Dick Wilson Blvd. Multiple locations. Hours vary. $ L D

BREAKFAST/ BRUNCH/BAKERY

AZU — A LUCY HO’S RESTAURANT

Featuring a Full Bar with an Extensive Selection of Wine, Beer & Sake

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THE WINE LOFT WINE BAR ★

Serving Tallahassee since 1970, Lucy Ho’s offers Japanese-style cooking with Cantonese, Sichuan, Hunan, Peking and Taiwanese influences. Diners also will find a full bar and the freshest sushi.

Mon-Fri 11 am-10 pm, Sat 11:30 am-10 pm, Sun 10:30-9 pm. 3220 Apalachee Pkwy.

(850) 893-4112. $/$$ L D

Join us for Lunch & Dinner

Rated Best Hibachi for 2015, Osaka provides dinner and a show with chefs seasoning and preparing your meal right in front of you. It’s a meal that’s sure to leave you satisfied as well as entertained. Sun-Thu 11 am10:15 pm, Fri-Sat 11 am-10:45 pm.

1690 Raymond Diehl Rd. (850) 531-0222.

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ASIAN

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OSAKA JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE AND SUSHI BAR ★

Vertigo is home to some of the juiciest, funkiest burgers in town. The modern building provides a no-frills setting to enjoy such favorites as the Vertigo Burger — a beef patty with fried egg, applewood bacon, grilled jalapenos, sharp cheddar and Vertigo sauce. Mon-Sat 11 am-9 pm, Sun 11 am-6 pm. 1395 E. Lafayette St. (850) 878‑2020. $$ L D

When it’s part of your name, of course you’re going to be chosen as the Best of in 2015. Midtown’s Wine Loft features a variety of worldly wines and bartenders who love to experiment. The Wine Loft is ready to help you relax and enjoy the evening.

Mon-Thu 5 pm-2 am, Fri-Sat 4 pm-2 am, Sun Closed. 1240 Thomasville Rd., Suite 100.

(850) 222-9914. $$ D

EAST MEETS WEST, NOW A FEW BLOCKS NORTH

reason. This Japanese fusion restaurant packs bold, delicious flavors into each finely crafted, authentic roll. Mon-Fri 11 am-3 pm & 4:30-9:30 pm, Sat-Sun 12-3 pm, 4:30-9:30 pm. 1001 N. Monroe St. (850) 847-0003. $/$$ L D

In the heart of downtown you can enjoy artfully crafted sushi rolls, authentic stirfry, specialty salads, shareable appetizers and a well-stocked wine, craft beer and saki bar all with a view of bustling and beautiful Tallahassee. Eat, drink, hangout and just roll with it. Mon - Fri 11 am – 10 pm, Sat 12-10 pm. 109 E College Ave. (850) 681-6868. $$ L D

MASA ★

For another year, Masa earned the title as the Best Sushi in town — and with good

While their barbecue is certainly succulent, Up in Smoke’s other menu options — including fried green tomatoes, meatloaf and grilled salmon — cater to even the pickiest of palates.

Sun-Thu 7 am-9 pm, Fri-Sat 7 am-10 pm.

402 Tennessee St. (850) 597-7964. $ B L D

THE EGG CAFÉ AND EATERY ★

When you’re looking for breakfast favorites, even if it’s lunchtime, The Egg is the place to be. Made-to-order items use the finest ingredients. Voted Tallahassee’s best 14 times, including the 2015 award for Best Breakfast. Light breakfast fare is available at The Egg Express, a second downtown location in the R.A. Gray building. Tue-Sun 7 am2pm. In Evening Rose at 3740 Austin Davis Ave. (850) 907-3447. $$ B L

THE LUNCH BOX

This iconic little café conveniently nestled at the corner of Mahan and Magnolia offers up homestyle breakfasts and plenty of lunch items to choose from. Dine in, take out and outdoor seating is available. 295 N. Magnolia Dr. (850) 942‑9766. $ B L

CAJUN COOSH’S BAYOU ROUGE ★

This Best Cajun Restaurant winner for 2015 brings the best of the Bayou State right to your table. The menu is jam-packed with Louisiana-style dishes, favorites like jambalaya, crawfish etouffee, po’boys and seafood gumbo.

Not in a Cajun mood? Coosh’s also offers

your special event

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classic hamburgers, salads and chicken wings. Mon-Tues 11 am-10 pm, Wed-Fri 7 am-10 pm, Sat 8 am-10 pm, Sun 8 am-9 pm.

6267 Old Water Oak Rd. (850) 894‑4110.

black-and-white photos to the bathrooms decorated in album covers, the restaurant has an unmistakable and enjoyable “hole in the wall” vibe. Multiple locations. Hours vary. (850) 224‑9808. $ L D

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KLASSIC KATERING ★

The culinary masterminds behind Klassic Katering know how to transform an event from drab to fab. With a ton of flavor and a pinch of panache, this Best of Tallahassee winner will cater to all of your foodie needs. Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm, Sat-Sun Closed. 6753 Thomasville Rd #108.

(850) 894-0423.

DESSERT THE CAKE SHOP ★

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From your plain vanilla and chocolate to specialties like Snicker’s Candy Bar and Chunky Monkey, The Cake Shop provides delicious cakes, cookies and cupcakes for special occasions or just to satisfy your sweet tooth. It earned honors for Best Bakery and Best Dessert in our 2014 AND 2015 readers’ choice polls. Mon-Fri 8:30 am-6 pm, Sat 10 am-2 pm, Sun Closed.

1908 Capital Circle N.E. (850) 386‑2253. $

GREEK GEORGIO’S

If George Koikos is in the house, you can count on a visit to your table from him during your meal. His hands-on commitment to quality, food, service and a personal touch have kept his restaurants in business for more than 45 years.

Mon-Sat 4-10 pm, Sun Closed. 2971 Apalachee Pkwy. (850) 877-3211. $$$ D

SAHARA GREEK & LEBANESE CAFÉ ★

Our 2015 Best of winner for ethnic eats, Sahara’s fusion of Greek and Lebanese cuisines is unmatched in the area. A large menu and friendly staff cater to all tastes. And don’t forget to order the falafel! Mon-Wed 11 am-9 pm, Thu-Fri 11 am- 10 pm, Sat 12-10 pm, Sun Closed.

1241 E. Lafayette St. (850) 656‑1800. $$

ITALIAN/PIZZA BELLA BELLA ★

Take your taste buds to Italy with a trip to Bella Bella, voted Best Italian

by Tallahassee Magazine readers in 2015. This locally owned and operated restaurant has a cozy atmosphere with all the classics to satisfy your pasta cravings.

Mon-Fri 11 am-10 pm, Sat 4-10 pm, Sun Closed. 123 E. 5th Ave. (850) 412-1114. $$ L D

JOE MAMA’S WOOD FIRED PIZZA Crisp toppings. Freshly prepared pizza dough. Traditional Tuscan woodfired oven. What more could you ask for? Joe Mama’s offers quintessential casual Italian dining. 307 N. Monroe St. (850) 577-1231. $ L D

MOMO’S ★

After devouring a slice “as big as your head” at this 2015 Best Pizza winner, chain pizza simply is not gonna cut it. From the

CANTINA TALLAHASSEE

The menu includes all your South of the Border favorites — tacos, burritos, chimichangas, quesadillas and more — along with $5 and less fast-food options as well as sharing-sized Platos Con Amigos. CollegeTown, 705 S. Woodward Ave. (850) 273-4002. $ L D

EL JALISCO ★

In the mood for sizzling enchiladas and frozen margaritas? Make your way to the 2015 Best Mexican/Latin American Restaurant, El Jalisco, where they do Mexican cuisine to perfection. Multiple locations. Hours vary. $ L D

TACO REPUBLIK

An authentic taqueria, Taco Republik specializes in creating tacos and burritos in abstract and delicious ways. Located in the heart of Midtown, this restaurant is beloved for bold flavor combinations and wallet-friendly prices. Mon-Thu 11 am-9 pm, Fri-Sat 11 am-10 pm, Sun Closed. 1122-8 Thomasville Rd. (850) 559‑5464. $ L D

SEAFOOD/STEAK CHOP HOUSE ON THE BRICKS

This family-owned upscale restaurant serves local organic and sustainable meats, seafood, poultry and produce.

Craft beers, fine wines and specialty drinks complement house specialties like Bone-In Ribeye, Plantation Quail and the Chop House Burger. Their Knob Creek Bourbon Bread Pudding is a dessert favorite. Tue-Sat 5-9:30 pm, Sun-Mon Closed. 123 N. Broad St., Thomasville, Ga. (229) 236-2467. $$ D

MARIE LIVINGSTON’S STEAKHOUSE ★

Dining at Marie Livingston’s is upscale yet comfortable and always a special treat. Not just a restaurant that serves up savory cuts of prime rib or marbled steaks, this 2015 Best Steakhouse winner is a Tallahassee tradition, and newcomers owe it to themselves to make it a priority to visit.

2705 Apalachee Pkwy. (850) 562-2525.

Mon-Fri 11 am-2 pm & 5-9 pm, Sat 5-9 pm, Sun Closed. 2705 Apalachee Pkwy.

(850) 562-2525. $$ L D

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The legendary Miami Dolphins’ head coach brings the quest for perfection to the dining table at his namesake restaurant, located in Hotel Duval. Keep it light and casual with Premium Black Angus Beef burgers or a gourmet salad or opt for one of their signature entrées — “Shula Cut” steaks. Reservations are suggested. Sun-Thu 5-10 pm, Fri-Sat 5-11 pm. 415 N. Monroe St. (850) 224-6005. $$$ L D

SOUTHERN SEAFOOD ★

Whether you’re looking for fish, shrimp, oysters, scallops, crab or lobster, these guys have you covered. The 2015 Best Seafood Market winner brings the ocean’s freshest choices to Tallahassee’s front door. Mon-Fri 10 am-7 pm, Sat 10 am-6 pm, Sun 12-6 pm.

1415 Timberlane Rd. (850) 668‑2203.

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RON SACHS

The communicator talks about the presidential race, Tallahassee’s future and his relationship with the hidebound rhinoceros.

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ne score and a few months ago, Ron Sachs, who had served two governors as a communication director, hung out a shingle at leased space on Jefferson Street in Tallahassee.

On Day One, he sat first at the receptionist’s desk, but there was no receptionist, and he sat at the colleague’s desk, but there was no colleague. There was only Sachs, who played solitaire on his computer for a time before he decided he should call his clients — he had three at the time — to see if anything needed doing. Today, Sachs is 65 and the Sachs Media Group is one of the most familiar and formidable public relations firms in Florida.

As terrible as the prospect of a Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton presidency may be to some, there is comfort in the checks and balances that our Founding Fathers and Mothers brilliantly conceived. No individual can do that much harm or good. It’s glacial change that a president can make, not profound change.

TM: What are the chief lessons you have learned and employed in your career?

My high-school journalism teacher, Dorothy Massey, gave me advice that is as relevant for communicators today as it was then: “Be accurate, be on time and be interesting.”

I abhor factual mistakes. If you have a pattern of being late and you work for me, you won’t be here for long. And, life is too short to be bored or to be boring.

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TM: How profoundly has the ascendance of social media affected you and your clients?

If you are not engaged on social media for your organization today, you do not exist to a large audience. It is akin to, say, not having a microwave oven in the ’80s and ’90s. You need to make proactive use of those platforms and also be defensively alert because you could be hacked in your sleep by someone taking a cheap shot.

TM: Tell us about you and rhinos.

The rhino is our symbol. It’s a significant, substantive creature that has strength, stamina, explosive power, confidence, assurance, steadiness, surefootedness, all the things that we try to be to our clients.

TM: What mistake is most often made by embattled persons or businesses in dealing with the media?

In crises, lawyers get involved and often advise clients to say nothing in the face of controversy. There are few absolutes

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TM: As someone who makes his living building campaigns, what have you made of the 2015-16 presidential, well, antics?

in crisis management, but one is this: You absolutely never say, “No comment.” People will conclude, “There must be something to it, because they won’t talk about it.”

TM: Crystal-ball Tallahassee. How will it differ 20 years from now from the Tallahassee of today.

I think the talent pool that this community will attract is what we will become most known for. Tallahassee will become the capital of cuttingedge talent and entrepreneur-

ialism. And downtown will remain alive after 9:45.

TM: What’s on your bucket list?

One would be to consider a run for public office. Though I am getting older, I have remained emotionally immature.

(Laughs.) Higher on my list would be taking my wife, children and extended family on a fabulous trip and creating a lifetime memory. And, thirdly, seeing to the perpetuation of this company after I’m gone.

— INTERVIEW BY STEVE BORNHOFT

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