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7 NEWS: VOICES FROM THE LEFT9 COVER STORY: PENSACOLA’S OWN HEROS15 A&E: BARGAIN SHOPPING IN THE OUTDOORS23 MUSIC: NEW JERSEY BAND THURSDAY RETURNS

3 WINNERS & LOSERS

4 OUTTAKES

24 NEWS OF THE WEIRD

27 LAST WORD

PUBLISHER & EDITORRick Outzen

CONTRIBUTING WRITERSBradley “B.J.” Davis, Jr., Joani Delezen, Hana Frenette, Ashley Hardaway, Rob “Bubbs” Harris, Catrina, Hebert, Erica House, Brett Hutchins, Chelsa Jillard, Jennie McKeon, Jeremy Morrison, Kate Peterson, Scott, Satterwhite, Stephanie Sharp, Chuck Shepard, Will Strickland, Dustin Toney, Trevor Webb

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Now that IN has celebrated its birth-day, the Crystal Ball cubicle of the Southwest Pensacola division of the IN media and entertainment empire has sent the Winners & Losers staff its predictions on what will happen over the next 12 years.

Ernie Lee Magaha is elected to his 19th term as Escambia County Clerk of Courts, despite having died in 2019.

U.S. Senator Ashton Hayward promises to turn around the federal government “day one.”

� e Santa Rosa Island Authority studies whether to ban alcohol on Pensacola Beach.

Pensacola Blue Wahoos win their third consecutive Southern League title, lead-ing the league in attendance.

Trent Richardson breaks Emmitt Smith’s NFL record for rushing yards.

DeLuna Fest books the Rolling Stones. Yes, Keith Richards is still alive.

Escambia County gets its third munici-pality, Habitat Village.

City of Pensacola takes over its public schools and forms its own school district.

University of West Florida’s football team goes 9-3 and announces plans to move up to Division I by 2025.

McGuire’s Irish Politicians Club relocates to Azalea Trace to be closer to its five members.

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GROWING PAINS Watching the Pensacola City Council adapt to the new city charter has been painful. For nearly 80 years, city government was run by a sta� that answered to a council that had ballooned by 2009 to 10 members, including the mayor.

Frustrated by the lack of decisive ac-tion and accountable leadership, the citi-zens voted in 2009 for a strong mayor form of government, which placed the executive powers in the hands of an elected mayor.

Councilmen P.C. Wu, John Jerralds and Ronald Townsend weren’t supporters of the new charter. Councilwoman Megan Pratt straddled the fence and never really an-nounced a position. So you have at least four out of the nine council members who started the year with doubts about the new system.

� e � rst big issue, one the never really caught the attention of the other media, was the council agenda. Council President Maren DeWeese adopted the same format that former City Manager Al Coby and his predecessor used. She reviewed all items presented by Mayor Ashton Hayward and unilaterally decided whether she would rec-ommend them to the city council or place them on the agenda as discussion items.

� e new city charter is silent on how the agendas should be done. � e council’s Rules and Procedures states “all agendas are prepared by the President of City Council in collaboration with the Mayor.” � ere was no rule, procedure or law that gave the council president the power to restrict the Mayor’s recommendations or prejudge them prior to submittal to the other council members, but that became the process that she adopted.

Initially, there was no con� ict because Mayor Hayward was focused on reorganiz-ing city hall. However, when he recom-

mended in April hiring Jim Messer as the interim city attorney,

the agendas and the council president’s handling of them became issues. � e vote on Messer was delayed a month before he was approved.

Since then, the council president has reworked her

agenda process. Beginning in July, Hayward’s recom-mendations will be presented to the entire city council under “Mayor Com-

munications” in the agenda without recom-mendations from the council president.

Another con� ict that recently arose was over the architectural and engineering design proposals for the approved Wood-land Heights Community Resource Center. Councilman John Jerralds tried to hijack the approval process and helped form a committee to review the proposals that would steer the center to where he wants it placed in his district.

Last � ursday, June 30, Mayor Hayward threw out all the proposals. He sent a letter to the architectural and engineering � rms that bid thanking them for bidding but rejecting all proposals because “City sta� failed to follow City policy, which requires professional service or selection committee members to be appointed by the Mayor.”

I’m sure Jerralds isn’t too happy, but the charter vests that power with the mayor, not individual council members. � is issue will surely come back during the discus-sions on the 2011-12 city budget.

Since the new charter divides the city government into executive and legislative branches, such disagreements should be expected. It will take time to iron out all the kinks, but we are still light years ahead of where we were two years ago.

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In the heart of the reddest county in the state of Florida, a small band of progressives work tirelessly to get their message on the national air waves. Mike Papantonio and his

Ring of Fire staff have been doing this since 2003, when the Pensacola attorney partnered with his good friend Robert Kennedy Jr. and set out to challenge con-servative talk radio.

Their program is one of the few that has thrived since the demise of Air Ameri-ca Radio. Papantonio’s role on Ring of Fire was featured in the movie, “Jesus Camp,” which was nominated for the 2007 Acad-emy Award for Documentary Feature. He is a frequent guest on MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News Channel and Fox Busi-ness Channel.

While some may consider me a “bleeding heart liberal,” I’m a moderate when stacked up against the attorney, who has won some the largest mass torts cases in the nation—as-bestos, breast implants, phar-maceutical drug litigation and the Florida tobacco litigation. Papantonio is progres-sive WMD challenging not only the politi-cal right, but also Pres. Barack Obama, who he believes isn’t firm enough in dealing with the Republicans in Congress.

Recently, I spent four days with Papantonio as his sidekick on the Ed Schultz Show, a nationally syndicated ra-dio show that has over 4 million listeners.

For three hours, I sat in and tried to keep up with one of the brightest people in Pensacola as he interviewed writers and experts from the political left.

The topics covered don’t make main-stream media and rarely reach our local news outlets. Here are highlights from three of the interviews from our 12 hours on the Ed Schultz Show:

ALECFew have ever heard of it, but the

American Legislative Exchange Coun-cil (ALEC) is the ultimate smoke-filled room, according to Cliff Schecter, author of the bestseller “The Real McCain.”

“ALEC sets secret meetings with

corporate chieftains with right-wing legislators and craft model legislation,” said Schecter. “It would be crafted from corporate groups and certain right-wing groups, including Big Tobacco and NRA.”

On the surface, ALEC is mostly com-prised of thousands of state legislators, each paying a nominal fee to attend ALEC retreats and receive model legislation. In reality, corporate money dominates the

organization. Public sector membership dues account for only around one percent of ALEC’s annual revenues.

“This is so typical of these types of groups who claim to represent the little guy, but do anything but that,” said Schecter.

Both Republicans and Democrats are members of ALEC, which claims more than 2,000 of the nation’s state-level lawmak-ers as members. The corporate members include ExxonMobil, the American Bail Coalition, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Correc-tions Corporation of America, AT&T, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, PhRMA, TimeWarner Cable, Comcast, Verizon, Wal-Mart, the National Rifle Association, Koch Industries, the Heritage Foundation, GlaxoSmithKline and Phillip Morris International.

“ALEC claims to be nonpartisan, but in fact its free-market, pro-business mis-sion is clear,” said Schecter. “The result has been a consistent pipeline of special interest legislation being funneled into state capitols.”

According to Schecter, ALEC oper-ates by placing thousands of state legisla-tors in closed back rooms with corporate executives. Legislators pay a pittance in membership fees, and in return are wined, dined and golfed. At the end of their re-treats, the legislator can go back to his or her capitol with legislation passed on by ALEC. In 2009, 826 bills were introduced in the states, and 115 were

enacted into law.“(ALEC) is basically writ-

ing the legislation for every state where you have a Repub-lican governor and a Repub-lican-controlled legislature,” said Papantonio. “They are writing this pre-packaged, model legislation. The guy

takes it home and says it’s his legislation.”

JUDICIAL INSIDER TRADINGBrad Friedman, an award-winning

investigative journalist and publisher and executive editor of bradblog.com, reported that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appears to have broken the law on his financial disclosure forms by hiding nearly $700,000 in income that

his wife received from the Heritage Foun-dation over the last 20 years.

“Clarence Thomas said that he didn’t understand these financial disclosure forms, which if you have seen them, they are incredibly simple,” said Friedman.

“Either he is lying or we should have very serious concerns that a man this daffy is sitting on our Supreme Court.”

The financial disclosure has a legal warning in bold and all caps that reads: “NOTE: ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY FALSIFIES OR FAILS TO FILE THIS REPORT MAY BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL AND CRIMINAL SANCTIONS (5 U.S.C. app. § 104).”

Once the omissions were pointed out, Justice Thomas f iled amended dis-closure forms.

However, his problems may be more severe, according to Friedman.

Thomas and his wife Virginia “Ginni” Thomas may be been doing what’s known as “Judicial Insider Trading,” by profiting from the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in the Citizens United case, which said that corporate funding of 501(c)(4) non-profits cannot be limited.

Ginni Thomas created a 501(c)(4) organization, Liberty Central, just after the oral arguments before her husband in the Citizens United case and managed to raise some $550,000 in about two months’ time before the end of 2009. On Jan. 21, 2010, the Supreme Court issued its ruling.

“That timeline is very troubling,” said Friedman. “Did she have inside informa-tion that she was about to get unlimited corporate money to a 501(c)(4) so-called non-profit organization?”

Adding more fuel to the contro-versy is that Citizens United had bought $100,000 in ads 20 years ago to support his confirmation to the court by the U.S. Senate. Freidman said that common sense suggests Thomas should have recused himself from the Citizens United deci-sion, which was decided by a 5 to 4 vote.

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WOODLANDS PROPOSALS REJECTED Mayor Ashton Hayward sent out on June 30 a letter to the architectural and engineering firms that bid on the Community Resource Center to be built in Woodland Heights:

“Thank you for your firm’s response to the RFQ 11-020 for A & E Services for the Construction of a Community Re-source Center in Woodland Heights. The Mayor has directed that all responses to the RFQ be rejected. City staff failed to follow City policy which requires profes-sional service or selection committee members to be appointed by the Mayor.

“A new RFQ will be issued in the near future and your firm will be notified of the new opportunity.”

SOIL AND WATER MAY CHALLENGE DEP The Deputy Secretary for Regulatory Programs for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Jeff Little-john, issued on April 15 instructions to the Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems that sand used for beach restora-tion may contain “silt or other non-sand components.” A Joint Coastal Permit is no longer required for work upland of the mean high water line.

Lynn Laird, vice chairman of the Es-cambia Soil & Water Board, isn’t happy with the relaxation of the rules. “I plan to present to the board a motion to ask the County Attorney to file an injunction against these changes,” Laird told the IN. “We may ask the county commission to join us in asking Gov. Scott to rescind these changes to the rules regarding beach improvements.”

SANTA ROSA LOSES JOBS Clearwire, the once great employer in Santa Rosa County, turned over its Milton operation to TeleTech. Most of its 700 employees in Mil-ton and Las Vegas were transferred over to the new company on June 1. On June 30, 315 of those employees were told that they will be laid off in October. The Milton operation will be closed on Oct. 24.

An employee sent the IN this email:“They are laying us off in waves

starting in September and ending in October when they cease operations here. There’s nothing that can be done about that. But it seems almost criminal that due to the 14 weeks of notice they’re giving us, very few people will qualify for separation pay and no one seems able to advise us what the actual separation pay policy is. Teletech advised us that they adopted Clearwire’s policy but since we’re no longer Clearwire employees, we have no access to their policy info.”

MIDDLE SCHOOLS SLIP IN FCAT The Es-cambia County School District returned to “B” status according to the latest grades issued by the Florida Department of Education.

Unfortunately, the three perennially low-performing middle schools, Bell-view, Warrington and Woodham, didn’t show the improvements other elementary and middle schools did. All three are C schools, but their total points have slipped below their 2009 levels, Superintendent Thomas’ first semester. All three schools have high percentages of free or reduced lunches: Bellview 82 percent, Warrington 93 percent, Woodham 81 percent.

There may be some hope on the hori-zon. Three elementary schools that feed these middle schools had significant im-provement–Montclair, Weis and Oakcrest.

Montclair jumped 155 points, pri-marily due to huge increases in the per-centages of students meeting high stan-dards in math, writing and science–79 points. Overall, Montclair’s math scores improved at all measurement levels.

Weis had a 36-percent increase in reading gains in the lowest 25 percent of its students. Improvements in reading at measurement levels at Weis improved by 61 points. Oakcrest built its success on math and science at all measurement levels–84 points over 2010 scores.

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Ironically, the one Congressman will-ing to look into these issues was Anthony Weiner, who has since resigned over tweeting photos of his “package.”

DENIALPALOOZAThe conservative Heartland Institute

was holding its annual climate change summit while we were on the Ed Schultz Show. Its goal was to convince those in attendance that climate change is just a liberal hoax. Brendan DeMelle, executive director and managing editor of desmog-blog.com, says that it should come as no surprise because Heartland was founded and is funded by some of the biggest pol-luters in America.

The theme of the conference, “Restoring the Scientific Method,” asserts that claims of scientific certainty and predictions of climate catastrophes are based on “post-normal science,” which Heartland says sub-stitutes consensus for the scientific method.

“This is their sixth annual confer-ence,” said DeMelle. “We call it ‘Denial-palooza’ because it’s a gathering of all the best climate confusionists, front groups and slick PR firms in the world, and they get together to conspire and create their own little echo chamber to confuse the public about climate change.”

According to news reports, the confer-ence, billed as the “Sixth International Conference on Climate Change,” was at-

tended by such conservative groups as the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Heri-tage Foundation, Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights and the Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow.

DeMelle blasted the so-called experts that the Heartland Institute pre-sented at the conference. One was Willie Soon, a physicist at the Solar and Stellar Physics Division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, who has received over $1 million in funding from Big Oil and coal industry spon-sors over the past decade, according to a new report from Greenpeace.

The documents obtained from the Smithsonian Insti-tute show that Soon has re-ceived at least $175,000 from Koch family foundations, $230,000 from Southern Company, $274,000 from the American Petroleum

Institute and $335,000 from ExxonMobil.According to DeMelle, the Heartland

conference is designed to define climate change skepticism as the right “science,” and the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—which was established by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change—and the National Acad-emy of Sciences as the “wrong” science, or not science at all.

“This has had terrible consequences for science and society,” said DeMelle. “Aban-doning the scientific method led to the “Climategate” scandal and the errors and abuses of peer review by the Intergovern-mental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).”

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Generation PYPKristine Karsten Gives YounG Professionals a voice

By Grant HutcHinson

Young professionals are often overworked, overlooked and underpaid. it’s an issue that Kristine Karsten knows all

too well.in 2010, Karsten served a one-

year term as President of Pen-sacola’s Young Professionals. Her tenure was marked by a number of initiatives that helped increase awareness of the organization.

for the past five years, PYP has given a voice to the area’s working youth and has partnered with a number of local businesses and organizations to increase the opportunities and improve the skills of young executives.

“the one underlying thing that we do well…is give young people the opportunity to devel-op their leadership skills,” says Karsten.

according to Karsten, that’s a skill that many young professionals might not ordinarily have the chance to cultivate.

“Maybe they don’t have the opportunity or the position to be able to manage employees. But here…(we give) these individuals an opportunity to actually lead a team.”

another important goal of PYP is talent retention.

“We want them to stay,” says Karsten. “i’ve had too many friends leave.”

Karsten believes that keeping a pool of talented, young execu-

tives in the area is good for the local economy as a whole.

“in today’s generation, busi-nesses are following the workforce. if we can show businesses that we have a workforce here, it’s a great way to say look, we have this organiza-tion…where your employees can get involved.”

PYP operates a number of programs to increase its members’ involvement in the community. it helps conduct surveys around the community to determine what aspects of the region need improve-ment. it organizes political forums to educate the public on the positions of candidates. and it helps students land internships.

“We’ve had around a 70 percent success ratio as far as interns who have been offered permanent posi-tions after the internship or have

utilized their experience to find a per-manent position in the community.”

Before becoming president, Karsten was intimately involved with another PYP program—the Pensacola Professional Development institute, which provides leadership and man-agement training to local businesses.

“normally, they would have to send their employees out of the city to receive some of the training, at probably a high expense,” says Karsten.

“Businesses would normally spend $2,500 for a two-day session, where we can offer it for $500 on more of a one-on-one basis.”

a large part of PYP’s success is due to intelligent, charismatic lead-ers like Karsten.

“each leader’s had their strengths,” says Karsten. “the organization has evolved with the strengths of that leader.”

Joining PYP in late 2007, Karsten has seen it transform from a small group of like-minded individu-als into a community-focused organi-zation with long-term goals.

“We offer a lot of programs that other young professionals organiza-tions don’t. We’re very involved in all aspects of the quality of life here in Pensacola, where some organizations are more social groups.”

Karsten says that initially, PYP’s focus was supporting the Maritime Park.

“the Maritime Park provides the opportunity to bring people here, to let people see what our city’s about and what we can offer.”

“i think it’s a sign that we are open to new ideas. that we are open to change, and we are open to bigger things than we have been in the past.”

PYP made headlines in 2008 by spearheading a curbside recycling initiative. according to their 2009 annual report, 40 percent of escam-bia county residents now recycle.

“there was a big push for curb-side recycling,” says Karsten. “i think it’s essential to our future. and talk about a passion. Wow.”

Karsten points to the recycling initiative as an example of PYP’s ability to make sure young people’s voices are heard.

“that’s one of the best things our organization does. any of our mem-bers can stand up and say hey, look, this is an issue.”

even though she’s no longer president, Karsten says she will re-main involved with the organization. she’s currently working to create an alumni group that will help older members retain their connections with PYP and provide mentorship to local youth.

“We’re all like-minded, even though some of us may be older than others. We still have the same point of view.”

as a risk management consultant and office manager at McGraw insur-ance services of Pensacola, Karsten is an expert in assessing dangers in the future. for PYP, she doesn’t see any.

“i couldn’t be more proud or more secure with the future of the organization,” says Karsten.

“Given the opportunity to talk about PYP, the passion just wells up in me. it’s just a great organization.”

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


he Blue Angels air show on Pensacola Beach is a rite of summer. Millions have sat on the white sands baking in the hot July sun for hours to

see the finest pilots in the world perform dazzling, breathtaking aerial maneuvers.

The “Blues” make us proud to be Americans and proud to live in Pensacola, the “Cradle of Naval Aviation.” We feel a kinship with the pilots. They are ours. New Orleans has the Super Bowl champion Saints. Boston has the Celtics, and New York has the Yankees.

Pensacola has the Blue Angels, and we wouldn’t trade them for anything. The Blues, which celebrate their 45th anniversa-ry this year, are the connection to our mili-tary past and give us hope for the future.

“From an attack pilot’s perspective with thousands of hours in high-perfor-mance aircraft, I get goose bumps today watching them,” said retired four-star Admiral Robert Kelly, who served as Com-

mander in Chief of United States Pacific Fleet from 1991 to 1994.

“It takes a really special kind of pilot and a hell of a lot of training to do that,” he added. Few locals would disagree.

The f light demonstration team was formed at the end of World War II by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, the Chief of Naval Operations, to showcase Naval Aviation. The unnamed team was formed

on April 24, 1946 and performed its first f light demonstration at Naval Air Station Jacksonville’s Craig Field on June 15 of the same year. Led by Lt. Cmdr. Roy M. “Butch” Voris, the team was equipped with three Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats.

According to the Grumman History Center, the initial name assigned to the team was “Blue Lancers,” but it was never accept-ed. In July, Lt. Cmdr. Voris announced the team would be known as the “Blue Angels.”

By 1947, the team had transitioned to its second Flight Leader, Lt. Cmdr. Robert Clarke, added a fourth Bearcat to the formation and produced the diamond formation, which became the Blue Angel trademark. Two years later, “Blue Angels” was added to both sides of the cowl.

By the end of the decade, the Blue An-gels were f lying their first jet aircraft, the Grumman F9F-2 Panther. The team brief ly halted demonstrations during the Korean War and reported in 1950 to the aircraft carrier USS Princeton as the nucleus of Fighter Squadron 191, “Satan’s Kitten.” The squadron f lew combat missions over the Korean peninsula and suffered the loss of its skipper and former Blue Angel leader Lt. Cmdr. Johnny Magda, who was killed while on a mission.

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Over the next 20 years, the Blue Angels progressed from the Grumman F9F-8 Cougar (1954) to the Grumman F11F-1 Tiger (1957) to the McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II (1969).

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rienced several crashes. Capt. John Fogg, Lt. Marlin Wiita and Lt. Cmdr. Don Bentley survived in March a multi-aircraft mid-air collision dur-ing practice over the Superstition Mountains in California. That July, Team Leader Lt. Cmdr. Skip Umstead, Capt. Mike Murphy and ADJ1 Ron Thomas perished in a mid-air collision between two Phantoms over Lakehurst, N.J. during an arrival practice.

“The Blues were shut down for a whole year,” said Kelly. “In fact, there was a big debate whether they were going to resume the Blue Angels. Sanity prevailed, and they made a squadron out of it, and shifted them into A4s.”

In December 1974, the Navy Flight Demonstration Team began f lying the McDonnell Douglas A-4F Skyhawk II and was reorganized into the Navy Flight Dem-onstration Squadron. This reorganization permitted the establishment of a commanding officer as a f light leader, added support officers and further redefined the squadron’s mis-sion emphasizing the support of recruiting efforts. Their first commanding officer was Tony Less, who was Kelly’s roommate in Vietnam.

“Basically, they were crashing too many airplanes and killing too many people, so

they said, we need a little more adult lead-ership,” said retired Capt. Bob Stumpf, who commanded the Blue Angels from 1993-94. “They brought in a much more senior guy.”

On Nov. 8, 1986, the Blue Angels com-pleted their 40th anniversary year during ceremonies unveiling their present aircra� , the sleek McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hor-net, the � rst dual-role � ghter/attack aircra� .

TRAINED IN BLOCKSDuring its history, 26 Blue Angels pilots

have been killed in air show or training accidents. However, Stumpf bristled at any

mention of the apparent risks in � ying with the Blues.

“From day one of the training of new Blue Angel pilots,

you don’t do anything that’s dangerous,” said Stumpf. “You take a building block approach, so that each day you get a little bit closer, maybe a little bit lower, maybe a little bit faster. You don’t go to the next step until you’ve mastered the step before it.”

If there is anything inher-ently unsafe about any maneu-ver at any time, in training or in the season, it is identif ied im-mediately in the debrief ing. “The name for that is called ‘a safety,’” said Stumpf.

“The whole training and performance approach is one of safety. It’s sort of like nuclear weapons—you can’t afford a catas-trophe. You have to do everything carefully and precisely.”

Each year, the Blue Angels add two or three new pilots. Since 1967, the squadron has traveled to NAF El Centro in Califor-nia's Imperial Valley, 120 miles east of San Diego, for their winter training.

New pilots are trained using the building-block approach described by Stumpf, keeping the training within a two-plane section.

“Within the four-plane diamond formation, Number 3 (left wingman) is trained by Number 4 (slot pilot),” explained Kelly. “Number 1 (f light

team leader) trains number 2 (right wingman).”

Number 5 is the lead solo, and he trains Number 6 (opposing solo). Number 7 is the narrator and ad-vance pilot.

The f light team leader/command-ing officer rotates out at the end of the season. The once-new pilots move up to the senior positions. The right wingman (Number 2) trains f light team leader (Number 1), the new pilot moves to left wingman (Number 3), who in turn moves to the slot pilot (Number 4), who has overall respon-sibility for the entire formation. The narrator (Number 7), who serves on the Blue Angels for three years, goes to opposing solo (Number 6), and the previous opposing solo goes to lead solo (Number 5).

“That’s the way it’s supposed to work,” said Stumpf. “Then you have stuff happen and all that rotation gets f lopped around…probably more often than not. Typically you have six demo pilots, two or three of them are new.”

SELECTION PROCESSA total of 16 officers voluntarily serve

with the Blue Angels. Career-oriented Navy and Marine Corps jet pilots with an aircraft carrier qualification and a mini-mum of 1,250 tactical jet f light-hours are eligible for positions f lying jets Number 2 through 7.

The Events Coordinator, Number 8, is a Naval Flight Officer (NFO) or a Weap-ons Systems Officer (WSO) who meets the same criteria as Numbers 2 through 7. The Marine Corps pilots f lying the C-130T Hercules aircraft, affectionately known as "Fat Albert," must be aircraft commander qualified with at least 1,200 f light hours.

“The demo pilots are selected by the team,” said Stumpf. “Next year’s demo pilots will be selected by this year’s team.”

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That selection will happen during Blue Angels Weekend, when the finalists are interviewed by the 16 officers. The process is more than simply fill-ing out an application and meeting the f light requirements.

“You have to make yourself known to the team personally by rushing the team like you might rush a fraternity,” said Stumpf. “The candidates hang out at air shows, getting themselves there by hook or crook. They get to know the team, and the team gets to know them.”

He explained that the Blues is more than a military association when you become a member of the team. “It has to be very personal, and you have to have a lot of trust.”

Stumpf described the selection process further. “You may have 10 pilots inter-viewing for the two or three slots. All 16 officers make the final selections. There is no f light test, nothing in the air, no f light simulator. The f light part of it is all deter-mined by how you did at the f leet and your reputation out there. You have to assume the guy has got good hands, otherwise he would be dead.”

Career-oriented officers specializing in maintenance, administration, aviation medicine, public affairs and supply fill

support positions. Demonstration pilots, the Events Coordinator, Maintenance

Officer and Flight Surgeon serve two years with the squadron. The other officers typi-cally serve three years with the team. Blue Angels officers return to

the f leet after their tours of duty.

PICKING THE BOSS� e selection of the Blue Angels com-

manding o� cer, “Boss,” is done by the Chief of Naval Air Training in Corpus Christi, Texas. � e Boss must have at least 3,000 tac-tical jet � ight hours and have commanded a tactical jet squadron. � e Commanding O� cer � ies the Number 1 jet.

“The big qualification for f light leader is that he has commanded a squadron already,” said Stumpf. “He’s much more senior than the team, a second command tour commander.”

The dual role of CO and f light leader has its challenges. “You walk a very fine line as commanding officer and f light leader of the Blue Angels,” Stumpf told the IN. “You have to be buddies with these five guys f lying on your wings. They have to trust you and you trust them. Yet you’re their CO and quite a bit older and more

senior than they are. You have to tell them stuff they don’t want to hear.”

Timing can be an issue for squadron leaders wanting to lead the Blues. “Once you’re a commanding o� cer, you don’t have a year to waste,” said Stumpf. “You have to keep going in the career progression, so you have to be � nishing o� one command to be avail-able to roll right into the Blue Angels job.”

All the applications are sent to the Chief of Naval Air Training, who establishes a board made up of himself and other senior naval o� cers, both active and retired, to interview the � nalists, usually six o� cers.

“They are interviewed in a group, then individually and then one-on-one with the admiral,” said Stumpf. At the end of the two-day screening process, the admiral will make his decision.

UNLIKE ANY OTHER FLYINGStumpf shared some of the challenges

he faced as the f light leader of the Blue Angels when he took command in the summer of 1992.

“For me, the whole time, it was physi-cally being able to do what was required to f ly the airplane,” said Stumpf.

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“What the Blue Angels do in the air is unlike what any of the pilots have ever done before—it bears no resemblance. You have to learn how to f ly all over again, literally.”

The shape of the maneuvers may be similar—a loop is a loop, a rol l is a rol l. The way the Blues do them is very dif ferent.

“The Rendezvous, where the planes get back together, a very basic maneuver of naval aviation, is totally different with the Blue Angels,” said Stumpf. “They could never do a f leet rendezvous because it would take too long. It’s really pretty scary when you see these guys coming at you at 500 knots.”

Stumpf ’s initial Blue Angel training was done with right wingman (Number 2). “Shortly after that the slot pilot gets right in there because he’s under you and coaches you through all the maneuvers.”

He explained, “All the maneuvers are based on either a left roll or a loop.”

Weight training is also part of the regimen. “The way you learn to f ly is to trim the airplane so that there is a no-stick feel, so that if you let go, it will keep going straight.

“What the Blues do is trim in a butt load of stick force–around 40 pounds. To keep the stick neutral, you have to pull back with 40 pounds of pressure for an hour.”

To do that, the pilot has to clip his rudder pedals high so that he can brace his arm on his leg while he is f lying. “You have to keep that stick in a death grip, or you will head right into the ground if you let go.”

The Blues have their planes trimmed that way because they can be much more sensitive to movements in the airplane. The pilots also don’t wear g-suits—gravity suits—because there is a bladder on the leg where they have to brace their arm. If it inflated, the bladder would move their arm.

SAME INTENSITY: PRACTICE OR SHOWTIME

There is no difference between a prac-tice and an air show, according to Stumpf. It’s transparent to the pilots, and it doesn’t matter whether a million people are watch-ing or no one. The intensity is the same.

The week of a show, the Events Coordi-nator and the Flight Surgeon f ly ahead on Wednesday and survey the site, which they have already visited earlier in the year dur-ing winter training. On Thursday morn-

ing, the team briefs on the transit, circle and ar-rival maneuvers and the practice show and then flies to the show site.

When they arrive at the show site, the

Blue Angels refuel, get back in the air and do the circle and arrival maneuvers, in which they f ly the show lines to get visual check-points every few miles for timing purposes.

Then they land, do a quick brief and take off to do a practice show on Thursday afternoon. On Friday mornings, the Blue Angels visit hospitals and schools. They do another practice show Friday afternoon and usually attend a VIP event in the evening.

Saturday morning the Blue Angels

visit more hospitals. The air show is in the afternoon and another social event is that night. Sunday mornings are free. They do another air show in the afternoon and then f ly home to Pensacola.

“After every practice or demo, imme-diately following that, you get together

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and debrief,” said Stumpf. “It’s all video-taped, frame by frame. Every maneuver is debriefed.

“Starting with the Boss, every pilot tells everybody in the room what they did wrong. Then the slot pilot will debrief all the diamond maneuvers. The lead solo will debrief all the solo maneu-vers. The critique guy on the ground is actually the Flight Surgeon. He and the maintenance officer are critiquing each maneuver as it occurs. It’s pretty intense, especially if it doesn’t go well.”

With a smile, Stumpf adds, “You have to have thick skin.”

Stumpf said the debriefing gets more streamlined as the season progresses and the pilots improve. “But that last show is still intense. It requires the same focus as that first one. If you let your concentra-tion down, then things go bad.”

Kelly added that while some of the maneuvers may appear easy on Pensacola Beach, where all the landmarks are well known, they can be much more difficult away from home.

“The pilots go to a strange place, which they may be seeing for the very first time,” said Kelly. “You have to pick out landmarks that you see in one hop around the site, and then there is 30 knots of wind the day of the show. You

may have to do your separation maneu-ver and one guy has a 30-knot tail wind

and another has a 30-knot head wind, which makes a big difference when two planes try to cross.”

Stumpf said that the most challeng-ing place the Blue Angels f lew while he was the Boss was Chicago. “It was so unforgettable because the buildings are so huge, and the show was right downtown on the waterfront. All the behind-the-crowd maneuvering was done amongst the buildings. We were at 500 feet f lying downtown and seeing people looking down on us, waving from their balconies, and the winds were whipping between the buildings.

“We were hanging on just trying to stay in formation.”

He said that San Francisco was similar. “You had all this cool terrain with the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz in the middle of the harbor, the big build-ings and the hills in the distance. It was spectacular.”

When asked if he was glad to finish

his tour, Stumpf nodded his head and softly said, “Yes.”

“The happiest moment of that whole command was when Number 6 landed and gave the call, ‘Timber is on deck, Boss,’” said Stumpf. “No ac-cidents, nobody got

hurt. I was very happy.”

BLUE ANGEL WEEKENDThe Blue Angels will practice for

their July 9 air show over Pensacola Beach on Thursday, July 7 and Friday, July 8 starting at 2 p.m.

The full air show is on Saturday, July 9 and includes the Blue Angels and other military and civilian aircraft beginning at 12 p.m. The Blue Angels demonstra-tion will begin at 2 p.m.

We recommend heading to the beach early Saturday morning to stake out your spot on Pensacola Beach. After all, it wouldn’t be a Pensacola summer without seeing them f ly.

And while you’re watching the Blues, remember that there are 10 or so hot-shot pilots watching also, hoping that they will be f lying with the Blue Angels in next summer’s show.

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The Blue Angels Team consists of nearly 200 active duty Navy and Marine Corps personnel who fly and maintain F/A-18 Hornet and C-130 Hercules aircraft through a yearly flight demonstration season throughout the United States and occasionally foreign locations.

Last year the foundation awarded eight one-time $2,000 scholarships and one $8,000 four-year grant to deserving young scholars in the Blue Angels family. In addition to these scholarships, the Blue Angels Foun-dation contributed $10,000 to the Warrior Foundation and sponsored a $25,000 renovation of the Blue Angels squadron ready room.

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Even though you’d rather hide from the sweltering heat in the mall where prices are marked up and the air conditioner is on high, you might be

missing out on some hot deals…literally.While � ea markets and community yard

sales are year-round, it’s nice to be reminded that there are alternative places to spend your summer-job cash.

Bayview Park is the perfect spot to do just about anything. And from spring to fall you can check out great deals on the � rst Saturday of the month until September. Take a walk un-der the trees and peruse through items such as clothing, jewelry, furniture and baked goods.

“It’s a nice atmosphere. You don’t have sales associates bothering you like the mall,” said Reba Smith, program specialist at the Bayview Senior Center. “You can just browse from table to table and enjoy the breeze.”

� e � ea market has a steady � ow this year, and with items priced from $1 to $10, it’s worth the e� ort to hunt for treasure.

Pensacola has been haggling with vendors at the T&W Flea Market for almost 30 years.

Not only is it a great place to shop, but you can grab lunch and people watch.

“� ere’s something for everybody,” said Josh Fields, who manages the � ea market with his family. “You can come out and shop, eat lunch and people watch. We’ve got a lot of interesting people.”

One of the best things about a � ea market is that you’re never quite sure what you will � nd for sale.

“We sell pretty much everything,” Fields said. “Anything from live chickens to re-cords, from baby clothes to designer clothes.”

� e strangest items? � ose would be animals other than chickens.

“Some people bring stu� in that I’m not sure would sell, like snakes, lizards and even hedgehogs,” Fields said.

� e T&W Flea Market also sells a wide variety of food such as Mexican and Asian dishes. � ere’s also an on-site restaurant so you can take a break from haggling.

For Fields, working at a � ea market isn’t always easy. Being surrounded by good deals can get tempting.

“Some of the best deals I’ve bought were cedar tables for $90 a piece, a stainless-steel blender for about $15 and a neon beer sign,” Fields said.

At the Gulf Breeze Flea Market some of the vendors and employees have been working together for years. Sandra Pittelko has been working for the � ea market for 18 years. Pittelko started working in the conces-sion stand and eventually took over for the

retiring manager. In the span of 10 minutes, Pittelko gets three calls. Whether it’s a suspi-cious person or an ATM malfunction, she is on it.

“It’s an all-day a� air,” Pittelko said as she clipped her walkie-talkie to her jeans.

Pittelko enjoys her job and the people she works with. She knows all of her vendors by name and takes the time to meet with them and keep the communication lines open. Pittelko also watches out for the physical appearance of the � ea market. As she walks from one vendor to another, she picks up pieces of trash.

“I’m not above doing anything,” Pittelko said. “I scrub toilets, I take out the trash. � ere’s no ‘I’ in ‘teamwork’.”

As for the deals, you can � nd a variety of new and used goods at a fair price. “Who Dat” wallets and Vera Bradley-inspired purses � ll an entire booth with bright colors. Cardboard boxes are lined up on opposite sides of the � ea market featuring various items such as hair goods, make-up and kitchen utensils. Most are just $1. Arts and cra� s are appreciated as well. Bruce and Joann Byrd make their own � ower planters out of discarded golf cart tires. � e color-ful and functional creations are what draw people to their booth.

In another booth, collectibles and antiques are lined up perfectly on shelves and tables. Whether you’re looking for fairy statues or an “I Love Lucy” alarm clock, Caroline McCaul has it.

“I buy what I like,” McCaul said of her inventory. “If it doesn’t sell, I’m going to have to live with it.”

McCaul, one of the original vendors, has been working the Gulf Breeze Flea Market

for 18 years. People don’t even have to shop, some come to visit McCaul and she has an extra chair just in case.

“I love what I do,” McCaul said. “I love the people. It’s personal. I have people who visit me when they come down here. I don’t always remember their names, but I re-member their faces. Sometimes, I don’t even remember my own name.”

In the fall you can add another � ea mar-ket to your Saturday shopping. � e Gull Point Community Center will hold its � ea market every second Saturday of the month from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. May the best bargain win.

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

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

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

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

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

▼THEATRE & PERFORMANCE‘ INVASION FROM PL ANET X’ ON THE RED TROLLEY TOUR7:30-9 p.m. Red Trolley Repertory Theater is Pensacola’s most original theater company, producing mixed-media comedy, drama and history in their fully restored trolleys. Pensacola Visitor Information Center, 1401 E. Gregory St. 417-7343 or ufotrolley.com.

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

PENSACOLA BEACH BLUE ANGELS AIR SHOW 8 a.m. The Navy’s flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, along with civilian and other military aircraft will perform aerial acrobat-ics over the Gulf of Mexico during a weekend of high-flying fun. Pensacola Beach. 932-1500.

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

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Sounds like: A party—and not just any party, but the kind of party you actually want to go to. Think upbeat poppy punk, handclaps, banging drums and catchy singalong choruses.

For Fans Of:Fun, feel-good music like The Go! Team, Mates of State and Tilly and the Wall

Band Since:2004

Representing: Brooklyn, New York

Most Recent Album:“Sidewalks,” which came out in November 2010

Random Fun Facts:*Matt and Kim met while taking classes at Pratt Institute in New York, but Kim’s not sure what year she graduated.*The cops in their “Lessons Learned” video aren’t actors or staged. *According to mattandkimmusic.com, their phone number is (347) 762-6350, and they actually want you to know that and to text or call them. (Just don’t be surprised if your voicemail or text ends up on the site, too.)

Most Downloaded Song (according to iTunes):“Daylight”

Most Download-Worthy Songs (according to the IN music team): “Cameras” and “Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare”

Notable Tours And Gigs: They are going to open up most of the Sep-tember and October dates for Blink 182 and My Chemical Romance, which is pretty cool. In the past they’ve shared bills with a slew of bands ranging from The Thermals to Girl Talk.

Ever Played Pensacola Before:Not that we remember (or can find proof of on the Internet). So it looks like DeLuna Fest will be their first local show.

Why You Should Like Them:Because we can pretty much guarantee that listening to a little Matt and Kim will make you a lot happier—and that’s never a bad thing.

Find out more: mattandkimmusic.com, delunafest.com

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

EVENINGS IN OLDE SEVILLE SQUARE 7-9 p.m. Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band. Plan to bring lawn chairs or a blanket for seating and enjoy top talent each week. Seville Square Park, between Alcaniz and Adams streets. 438-6505 or pensacolaheritage.org.

SATURDAY 7.9▼ARTART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 3-5 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Family Fun Day-Pink Flamingo on Summer Vacation. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 7-9 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Span-ish Moss Sunset. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼FESTIVALSPENSACOLA BEACH BLUE ANGELS AIR SHOW 8 a.m. The Navy’s flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, along with civilian and other military aircraft will perform aerial acrobat-ics over the Gulf of Mexico during a weekend of high-flying fun. Pensacola Beach. 932-1500.

▼LECTURE & CLASSES‘LIVING IN HISTORY–INSIDE BAGDAD’S HISTORIC HOMES’ 10 a.m. Michael Johnson, President of the Bagdad Village Pres-ervation Association, building contractor and designer of historic reproductions, takes an in-depth look at why historic homes of

Bagdad were built as they were. Refreshments following. Bagdad Village Museum, 4512 Church St. 983-3005 or bagdadvillage.org.

▼LIVE MUSICBROOK WOODS 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

LEE M ELTO N 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margari-taville Beach Hotel, 165 For t Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 5-9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or goodgrits.com.


THE ROWDIES 8 p.m.-12 a.m. LandShark Landing, Mar-garitaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

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

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

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

PETT Y CASH 9:30 p.m. Free. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Tap-room, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

▼OTHER EVENTSGULL POINT NEIGHBORHOOD FLEA MARKET 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Items for sale include household items, homemade canned goods, baked goods, clothing, toys and more. Gull Point Com-munity Center, 700 Spanish Trail. 494-7360.

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

STARGAZING AT PENSACOLA BEACH 7 p.m. Discover the greatness of the night sky on Pensacola Beach. The Escambia Amateur Astronomers’ Association will offer free stargazing. Big Lagoon State Park, 12301 Gulf Beach Highway. 635-4803 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

SUNDAY 7.10▼LIVE MUSICCLARENCE BELL 11 a.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

K YLE PARKER BAND 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

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

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


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

MONDAY 7.11▼LIVE MUSICWALT FLETCHER 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

JEFF IVANOFF 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margari-taville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

‘BLUE MONDAY’ AT FIVE SISTERS BLUES CAFÉ 6 p.m. $5-$10.

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

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

TUESDAY 7.12▼LIVE MUSICMARC KAUL 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

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

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6-10 p.m. The Deck at the Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

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

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

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

WEDNESDAY 7.13▼ARTART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 2-4 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Summer Butterfly-Children’s Class. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

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ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 6:30-8:30 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Deep South Summer. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼LIVE MUSICWALT FLE TCH ER 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margari-taville Beach Hotel, 165 For t Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 5-9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or goodgrits.com.

B R IT L AN D R U M 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margari-taville Beach Hotel, 165 For t Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

SHAWNA P & ADAM T YLER BROWN 6 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

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

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

SUMMER SERENADE SERIES AT ST. CHRISTOPHER’S 6:30 p.m. Sawmill Band from Farmer’s Opry will perform. The public is invited to bring lawn chairs and enjoy the music. Concessions provided. Event will move inside in the event of rain. St. Christo-pher’s Church, 3200 N. 12th Ave. 432-9743 or scpen.org.

THURSDAY 7.14▼ARTART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 6:30-8:30 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: The Pearl Nelson Center Fundraiser. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 7-9 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Beach Chairs at Sunset. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼FOOD & DRINK‘VIVA LA FRANCE’ 5:30 p.m. Jackson’s Steakhouse will partner with wine merchant Elodie Cardon of La Maison d’Elodie to present a wine and food tasting in celebration of Bastille Day. Wines have been specially selected to complement the menu created by Chef Irv Miller. $75 per person. Jackson’s Steak-house, 400 S. Palafox. 469-9898 or jacksons.goodgrits.com.

BASTILLE DAY AT SEVILLE QUARTER 7 p.m. Enjoy a wine pairing dinner prepared by Seville Quarter’s Executive Chef Brandon Melton. $55, reservations required. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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

‘NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES OF THE SOUTHEAST AND PEN-SACOLA’ 6 p.m. Archeology Narrative Presentation. The program is free. However, there is an $8 vehicle entrance fee. Fort Pickens, 1400 Fort Pickens Road. 934-2600 or nps.gov/guis.

▼LIVE MUSICJ EFF I VAN O FF 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margari-taville Beach Hotel, 165 For t Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

O N E R EGG AE 7-11 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margarita-ville Beach Hotel, 165 For t Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

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

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

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

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

▼OTHER EVENTSBREAKING THE SILENCE TOUR AT GULF COAST KIDS HOUSE 8:30 a.m. This introduction to Gulf Coast Kid’s House provides an informative overview of the concepts and processes of the GCKH mission, including a tour of the child-friendly facility. Gulf Coast Kids House, 3401 N. 12th Ave. 595-5800.

FRIDAY 7.15▼ARTART CL A SS AT PAI NTI N G W ITH A T W I ST 7-9 p.m. Bring your favorite bot tle of wine or beverage, and paint a pic ture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Sunset on the Sound. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithat wist.com/pensacola.

▼LIVE MUSICDAVID DUNN 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

M AR C K AU L 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margarita-ville Beach Hotel, 165 For t Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

SUPERHERO 5 p.m. Free Gallery Night concert. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

JAMES ADKINS 5:30 p.m. Free. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

I VAN O FF D U O 7-11 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margari-taville Beach Hotel, 165 For t Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

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

K YLE PARKER BAND 7 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

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

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

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

THE MODERN ELDORADOS 9 p.m. Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quar-ter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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

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

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

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

▼THEATRE & PERFORMANCE‘THE CURSE OF TRISTAN DE TUNA’ TROLLEY TOUR 6:30-8 p.m. Participants encouraged to wear pirate costumes. Pensacola Visi-tor Center, 1401 E. Gregory St. 417-7343 or piratetrolley.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS GALLERY NIGHT 5-9 p.m. Enjoy an evening of arts, wine and culture by touring downtown art galleries and businesses. Downtown Pensacola, Palafox. 434-5371 or downtownpen-sacola.com/gallerynight.

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

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FRIDAY FAMILY FLICK 7 p.m. Third Thursday through August. July’s movie is “Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules.” Bring blankets, lawn chairs, food and non-alcoholic beverages. Concessions available for purchase. Accommodations will be made for guests with disabilities. Commendencia Slip, between the Port of Pensacola and Plaza de Luna. 435-1695 or cityofpensacola.com.

‘LIGHT OF THE MOON TOUR’ AT PENSACOLA LIGHTHOUSE 7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Hear true stories of the blood-stained room and ghostly encounters at one of America’s most haunted lighthouses. Reservations required. Pensacola Light-house, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561 pensacolalighthouse.org.

EVENINGS IN OLDE SEVILLE SQUARE 7-9 p.m. Don Snowden Big Band with Holly Shelton. Plan to bring lawn chairs or a blanket for seating and enjoy top talent each week. Seville Square Park, between Alcaniz and Adams streets. 438-6505 or pensacolaheritage.org.

SATURDAY 7.16▼ARTART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 1-3 p.m. Bring your fa-vorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Sunflower on Red. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 5:30-7:30 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Tranquility. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼LIVE MUSICSECOND HAND SOUL 2 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

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

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


LIVE MUSIC 7 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

THE ROWDIES 8 p.m.-12 a.m. LandShark Landing, Mar-garitaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

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

THE MODERN ELDORADOS 9 p.m. Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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

CRYPTIC PRODUCTIONS LAUNCH PART Y 9 p.m. $10-$20. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

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

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

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

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

▼THEATRE & PERFORMANCE ‘THE PIED PIPER’ AT PLT 7:30 p.m. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittlethreatre.com.

▼OTHER EVENTSBAY VIEW PARK SPRING FLEA MARKET 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Vendors will be selling items such as art, jewelry, pottery, clothing, baked goods and more. Bayview Park, 2000 E. Lloyd St. 436-5190 orplaypensacola.com.

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

‘LIGHT OF THE MO ON TOUR’ AT PENSACOL A LIGHTHOUSE 7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Hear true stories of the blood-stained room and ghostly encounters at one of America’s most haunted lighthouses. Reservations required. Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561 or pensacolalight-house.org.

SALUTE TO THE TROOPS COMEDY JAM 8 p.m. Featuring Arnez J, Earth-quake, and Arie Spears. Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 432-0800 or pensacolaciviccenter.com.

SUNDAY 7.17▼LIVE MUSICCLARENCE BELL 11 a.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

ADAM HOLT 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach

Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

LEE M ELTO N 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margari-taville Beach Hotel, 165 For t Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

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TI M SPEN CER 5-9 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 For t Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margari-tavillehotel.com.

BALLYHOO 7 p.m. $8-$10. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

MITCH KIDD 7 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

▼THEATRE & PERFORMANCE‘THE PIED PIPER’ AT PLT 2:30 p.m. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittlethreatre.com.

▼OTHER EVENTSSOUNDS OF SUMMER AT THE BEACH 6-8 p.m. Marshal Johnson will perform. Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk, 400 Quietwa-ter Beach Road. 635-4803 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

MONDAY 7.18▼FOOD & DRINKVEGAN COOKING CLASS AT EOTL 6 p.m. First and third Mon-day of each month. Includes tapas plate, instructional lecture and demonstration, and Q&A. Reservations required. End of the Line Cafe, 610 E. Wright St. 429-0336 or eotlcafe.com.

▼LIVE MUSICJAZZ GUMBO FEATURING DR. JILL AND GARY SEX TET 6-8 p.m. $5-$10. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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

WALT FLETCHER 6-10 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

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

▼OTHER EVENTSBEACH BLANKET MOVIE NIGHT AT MARGARITAVILLE HOTEL 8 p.m. The July feature is “Hoot.” Bring chairs or blankets. No coolers or outside food or drinks allowed. Free. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

TUESDAY 7.19▼LECTURES & CLASSES‘SPANISH SETTLEMENT ON SANTA ROSA ISLAND: 17221752’ 6 p.m. Archeology Narrative Presentation. The program is free, but there is an $8 entrance fee to the fort. Fort Pickens, 1400 Fort Pickens Road. 934-2600 or nps.gov/guis.

▼LIVE MUSICWALT FLETCHER 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Mar-garitaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

M AR C K AU L 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 For t Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margari-tavillehotel.com.

BAN DS O N TH E B E ACH FE ATU R I N G CR O SSTO W N 7-9 p.m. The Gulf side Pavilion, 1 Via de Luna. 932-1500 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

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

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

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▼FOOD & DRINKLUNCH & LEARN AT DK 12 p.m. Join DK and a guest chef for an Independence Day-themed menu. $15. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com.

COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS AND COCK TAILS AT JACKSON’S 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. “Flavors of Greece.” Join Chef Irv Miller

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▼LECTURES & CLASSESGULF COAST ECONOMICS CLUB LUNCHEON 11 a.m. The speaker will be Dr. David Howden, the Chairman of the Department of Business and Social Sciences and Assistant Professor of Economics at St. Louis University, Madrid, Spain Campus. Free-$20, reservations required. New World Land-ing, 600 S. Palafox. 723-2423 or gulfcoasteconomicsclub.org.

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Thursday has made their way back to the Panhandle and will be taking the stage tonight, this time at Vinyl Music Hall alongside Colour Revolt. � e two bands are currently on tour

with Taking Back Sunday but are taking a timeout to grace Pensacola with their pres-ence on one of their o� nights. For tonight’s show they will be preceded by local acts Johnny Apple-Eyes and Scream Out Loud.

An entire decade a� er the release of “Full Collapse” and fresh o� an anniversary tour honoring that album, � ursday has re-cently released their sixth full-length album “No Devolución,” quite possibly their most daring and most heartfelt to date. With the release of this new album it is clear that � ursday has established a new sound for the band, a direction that has been gradually hinted at for some time now, most notably in “A City by the Light Divided.” As the title of the new album signi� es, this evolution is one of “no returns.”

� at’s right, the same band whose � rst official show was in a New Jersey basement is the same band that was credited with

mainstreaming emo and post-hardcore just after the turn of the century. Now this same band is delivering a much more melodic, atmospheric and experimental sound. Those who have followed Thurs-day for any length of time will find that although their sound has perhaps “grown up” or “settled down,” it is a far cry from being any less powerful or memorable.

IN was able to catch Geo� Rickly, lead vocalist/lyricist of � ursday for a few min-utes while getting amped for their show at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Rickly shared feelings of honor to be � nally playing at this particular venue, noting Aretha Franklin at the Fillmore to be a show he considers one of the best of all time. I had been very curious to hear what Rickly would have to say about this current tour lineup since the time it was announced.

IN: As far as this tour goes, it seems like three totally di� erent fan bases. What has the response been like?RICKLY: You have � ursday grounded in more of a weird underground hardcore. � e

Taking Back Sunday fan base is young, but they just love the music. Colour Revolt is much like something that is beautifully handmade. I didn’t know what to expect either but it has been a good reaction. � e crowd seems to enjoy all three bands, so it’s been great so far.

IN: You guys recorded the album pretty quickly, in record speed in fact. Was there even time for specific inspirations to filter in? RICKLY: It was more to the e� ect that we discussed what it sounded like a� er the fact. It is � attering to see what other people come up with to compare it to. It is inter-esting to hear what other people compare it to that we would have never thought of, especially touring abroad.

IN: Obviously the new album is very dif-ferent than what older fans have previ-ously identi� ed as � ursday. RICKLY: When it came to the new album, I had to get past feeling like we needed to bring in parts of old � ursday songs to make it sound the same. When I � nally stopped pushing this so hard and trusted the band, we were able to create the album we felt comfortable with. I love hardcore and post-hardcore, but that’s not � ursday anymore. It is still my shit though. It is why I formed United Nations.(United Nations is Rickly’s underground side project comprised of members from various other bands. � e group has managed to maintain a level of secrecy as far as involvement is concerned.)

IN: Have your feelings about the album changed now that it is completed and has been released?RICKLY: We all love the record. We just want people to understand it. It seems like they do. Some of our other albums de� nite-

ly took time to understand, but with this one it is immediate. And people are already cheering us to play the songs from it. � ey already know it.

IN: Pensacola is excited to have you guys back. Are you playing any other smaller shows?RICKLY: We are. We like to keep busy on the o� days. I started out doing basement shows even before � ursday existed. � is is our scene. We love the small town scene.

(Also, neither of us could believe � urs-day had not been back to Pensacola since 2004 and my, how things have changed, and my, how much younger we both were then.)

IN: I know you guys just came o� a “Full Collapse” anniversary tour, but can we expect any oldies sneaking into tonight’s line up? RICKLY: Of course. We can’t forget the past 12 years. It is still us. We are still proud of it. If we weren’t, we wouldn’t still be a band.

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THURSDAY AT VINYL MUSIC HALLWHAT: Thursday and Colour Revolt, featuring Johnny Apple-Eyes and Scream Out Loud WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 7 (Doors at 7 p.m.) WHERE: Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox COST: $14 in advance, $16 at the doorDETAILS: All ages, tickets available locally at Blues Angel Music, Revolver Records and online at ticketweb.com. For more information, visit vinylmusichall.com.


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TOP GUN: Todd Whitehurst may be the “father” of from 42 to 60 children, based on statistical probability that recognizes his vir-tuosity as a sperm donor, according to a June New York Post pro� le (though one website, Donor Sibling Registry, claims to have docu-mented 129 children sired by an unnamed seed demon, who is one of 92 highly produc-tive men with 10 or more). Whitehurst, who like the others, was selected based on his sperm’s pro� le and speed, donated weekly for about three years in the late 1980s (for $50 a session), and has been contacted so far by nine teenagers who sent him their photos a� er piecing together evidence identifying him (despite sperm banks’ promises of con-� dentiality). Whitehurst, acknowledging the resemblances to his “o� spring,” seems to � nd the relationships ful� lling, however limited they are. Said he, “I love Father’s Day.”

BRIGHT IDEAS New York scent artist Chris-topher Brosius had made his name with fra-grances recalling childhood (such as Clean Baby Butt, Green Bean and Baseball Glove), but felt it was time, according to an April report in New York magazine, to approach the next frontier—to make a perfume so exclusive that no one could smell it. By Bro-sius’ reasoning, the scent’s chemicals would provoke whatever reactions scents provoke in those exposed to it, but the actual scent would be undetectable to the nose; hence, no one would know why they were reacting as they were. By trial and error, he combined jasmine, sandalwood and natural amber, and scaled them down in power, yielding what he calls Where We Are � ere Is No Here. Said Brosius, “� e question, ‘What perfume are you wearing?’ should never arise.”

BLOW AGAINST THE EMPIRE: Bank of Amer-ica (BA) had the tables turned on it in June a� er the company wrongfully harassed an alleged mortgage sco� aw in Naples, Fla. BA had attempted to foreclose on homeowners Warren and Maureen Nyerges last year even though the couple had bought their house with cash—paid directly to BA. It took BA a year and a half to understand its mistake—that is, until the Nyergeses sued and won a judgment for expenses of $2,534, which BA promptly ignored. � e Nyergeses’ attorney obtained a seizure order, and two sheri� ’s deputies, with a moving truck, arrived at the local BA branch on June 3 to load $2,534 worth of furniture and computer equipment from the bank’s o� ces. A� er about an hour on the phone with higher-ups, the local BA manager issue a check for $2,534.

“BIG SNAKE’S” COMPANY TOWN China’s sleepy Zisiqiao Village in Zhejiang province is actually headquarters for the country’s revered snake industry, with 160 families raising about 3 million serpents a year, mostly to harvest livers and gall bladders for soup, wine, and other products consumed for their immunity-building properties. In a June Reuters dispatch, one farmer described the 25-year evolution of “Snake Town” from

a place where farmers simply threw males and females together for breeding to today’s sophisticated production facilities that sup-ply proper snake diets, research measures to enrich female fertility, and provide enhanced incubation conditions.

THE CONTINUING CRISIS Perhaps a kinder-gartner needs to have his dad wait with him and wave bye-bye as he steps onto the school bus in the morning, but Rain Price is a 10th-grader (in American Fork, Utah), and his dad, Dale Price, nevertheless waves from the bus stop every morning, right in front of Rain’s friends. Furthermore, according to a June report by KSL-TV in Salt Lake City, Dale makes it a point to be wearing a dif-ferent, “crazy” costume every morning (170 in all for the school year, including, once, a wedding dress).

FETISHES ON PARADE Toshihiko Mizuno, 55, was arrested in Tokyo in June a� er three girls, ages 9 and 10, reported that he had talked them into spitting for him so that he could record it on video, to assist with “re-search” he was doing on “saliva.” Police later discovered 26 videotapes, featuring about 400 young girls spitting. According to local media sources, Mizuno has had the obses-sion for 17 years, successfully getting at least 500 girls to spit, among the estimated 4,000 he propositioned.

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS Not Ready for Prime Time: (1) Eric Cogan, 33, was arrested in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in June a� er (accord-ing to police) presenting a holdup note to a teller at a TD Bank. To get to the teller, Cogan walked right by a sheri� ’s cruiser parked in front of the bank and a deputy in uniform seated inside the bank’s entrance. (2) In April, Matthew Hudleston, 33, pleaded guilty in Mobile, Ala., to robbing a Regions Bank, using a holdup note that mentioned a gun. He got away but was arrested a� er he returned a few minutes later to ask for the holdup note back.

UNDIGNIFIED DEATHS � e Good Lord Will-ing: (1) Self-described anarchist Luciano Pitronello Schu� eneger was hospitalized and placed in a medically induced coma a� er a bomb he was planning for a Banco Santander bank in Santiago, Chile, exploded prema-turely. He su� ered third-degree burns and lost both hands and his eyesight, a� er ac-cidentally tripping the bomb’s trigger before entering the bank. (2) Mr. Isabel Gutierrez, 53, died of a heart attack in Refugio County, Texas, in June, a� er taking a break during the act of raping a 77-year-old woman. He told his victim that he didn’t feel well, moved away from her, and stopped breathing.


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