Resident Community News, May 2016, Vol. 10, Issue 05

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BOUNDLESS GENEROSITY HONORED AT ANNUAL GALA
Founded in 1973 by Helen Lane, Jacqueline Holmes and the
late Ann Baker, the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville is
celebrating over 40 years of developing art and cultural programs
and partnerships. This year the Council will honor the founders
among 40 ICONS of Arts & Culture who have made a positive
impact on the creative landscape of Jacksonville. On this cover,
photographer Renee Parenteau’s vision perfectly captures the
celebrated 40 icons. Read more, page 11.
P H O T O S B Y R E N E E PA R E N T E A U
What’s Inside
• Roosevelt Boulevard Starbucks
approved to serve alcohol…page 5
• Funding approved for new Boone
Park playground…page 6
• Cummer makes difficult,
necessary decision…page 8
• Remembering neighborhood
notables…page 39
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Publishers’ Note
“Oh, Mom!” How often have you uttered that phrase in exasperation or heard it directed at you? Mothers can be a pain in the
neck until you grow up and have children of your own. That’s when you realize the irony in your mother’s prediction, “I hope
you grow up and have children just like you!”
On the flip side, moms teach us a lot. Whether it’s practical advice (always wear sunscreen) or ethical (if you have nothing
nice to say…), their wise words give us something to live by and to believe in—until we’re old enough to form our own beliefs.
Sometimes, without even realizing it, their voices become those inside our own heads, and their theories become those we
share with our own children or friends. This Mother’s Day, The Resident wants to acknowledge the mothers who gave us our
voices—and made us who we are today.
In honor of Mother’s Day, we asked readers for the best advice their mother ever gave them and this is what they had to say.
Believe in something, but don’t expect it to do life’s work for you.
Believe you are unique. Love yourself.
Smell flowers, marvel at creatures, plant trees, and recycle. Pass that reverence on.
Find something you are passionate about. Make a difference in your world.
Love someone unconditionally – a child, a spouse, a friend, a lonely stranger.
Nourish your soul – read, listen to music, study art, create your own masterpiece.
Broaden your world view. Welcome diversity into your circle. Practice tolerance out loud.
Take care of your body. Tone it, nourish it, and cherish it like the great instrument it is.
Search for truth – about the universe and beyond, and about yourself.
Live your life as if you believed in karma, assuming that what you put into the lives of others,
good or bad, will come back to you.
The winner of our Best Advice Mom Ever Gave contest was
Avondale resident Caitlin Harkins, who said:
The best piece of advice my mother gave me was “Be good, make good choices.”
This is something I still say to myself every day, and say to others almost as frequently. I remember her starting to say this
to me as a teenager, a time that I struggled to be my best. I would mimic her words to my friends as we recklessly encouraged
mischief.
It took until my mid-twenties to comprehend the phrase. I started working a job that I loved, lived on my own, and for the
first time I wasn’t wasting all of my time, and money, at the bar. I began to see change in myself and my life. Amazing changes.
Among those changes was financial stability, experiencing different activities, and new friends. Most exciting, my once crippling anxiety had all but disappeared. Those words my mother said “Be good, make good choices” always repeated in my inner
monologue. It meant something different now. I want to be good. I want to make good choices. I can clearly see the benefit to
good I invest in my life, and I keep working to always be my best.
My decision-making skills are not always perfect. Now, I take great care when making choices and remind myself that I must
be good and make good choices.
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Letter’s to the Editor
Dear Editor,
Dear Editor,
If you are reading the posts on St
Johns Park Next Door account then
you already know there is a lot interest aroused by their application for an
exception (#16-15) to serve beer and
wine at this location.
Beverly Avenue has become a de facto parking
But here is the real issue: Parking!
lot for Starbucks, according to residents.
See attached photo which demonstrates what happens all too often:
cars parked on both sides of Beverly Avenue, thus narrowing the street. But the
worst part of the parking issue is that Starbucks customers park on eastbound
Beverly (that is the curbside next to the store) all the way out to the outside northbound lane of US 17 (Roosevelt).
This means those trying to exit Beverly must poke their nose almost into traffic to
see who is northbound on 17.
Now there is a state law that mandates no parking 30 feet from a stop sign. Of
course the stop sign would be on the westbound lane of Beverly, but even so we
are still without a “no parking here to corner” sign at this location even though
apparently the law would allow it.
When we contacted Aaron Glick (staffer who is creating the staff report) at the
COJ planning commission this is what we learned about obtaining parking restrictions on the east bound lane. They will not spot-restrict at the critical point of contention (even with 75% of residents signing), they will only restrict the entire block!
That means the residents on Beverly who live east of Starbucks would not be able
to park in front of their homes. So we are probably stuck until someone is badly
hurt or killed and then COJ might find an exception to this strange rule – or they
will come and restrict the entire block!
I have written to Councilman [Jim] Love and Councilman [John] Crescimbeni
and so far have received no response.
Employees of Starbucks say their hands are tied unless corporate is involved, but I can
find no contact info on the Starbucks website.
If you want to catch the issue at its best, be there between 7-9 a.m.
Norman Young
4258 Beverly Ave.
I have just read the recent article in The Resident. I understand the paper has taken a
position on the issue, and that is fine. I would appreciate if quotes are not fabricated in my
name. The quote “We are willing to do anything to open this restaurant” is different and
misleading compared to what was actually said “But we are so passionate about the future
of our neighborhood, that the fight to replace a blighted building that has sat abandoned
for 11 years, that we are willing to do everything in our power to make it happen.” The
entire speech is attached and on public record if you would like to check. I think The
Resident is a great asset to our city and is enjoyed by many. I can deal with the papers bias
on this issue, I just ask for fair honest reporting, with actual quotes that were said.
Thanks,
Ted Stein, SDS Restaurant Group LLC
Correction and Clarification
After receiving Mr. Stein’s letter, The Resident reviewed the transcript of the March
22 City Council meeting and found Mr. Stein is, in fact, correct. An error was made
in regard to the dictation of the quote from a speech delivered during a public
hearing for The Roost, a restaurant which Stein and his partner, J.C. Demetree are
proposing for Oak Street.
The incorrect quote in the April Issue [page 8] stated: “We are so passionate
about the future of the neighborhood we are willing to do anything to open this
restaurant.” We regret the misquote.
At The Resident, we hold ourselves to the highest level of journalistic integrity and
maintain no position on any issue. We simply report the facts.
When seeking information and statements from both sides of an issue, we strive
to balance each story in a fair and consistent manner.
For the record, the developers and their counsel – in addition to the landlord/
property owner – have all declined to comment when contacted by The Resident
to gain a balanced perspective on this particular zoning issue. We will continue to
reach out to all parties and report the facts as they unfold.
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History unearthed in future dog park
Remnants of an original oyster shell carriage path have been uncovered during construction of the John
Gorrie Dog Park at Riverside Park. According to local historian, Dr. Wayne Wood, the large amount of shells
are most likely from the 1890s.
“A shell road originally ran diagonally through the park. Five spring-fed lakes were constructed (four of
these have now been filled in), and by the summer of 1894 the landscaping was completed, including a rose
garden,” said Wood, founder of Riverside Avondale Preservation. “In 1931 the carriage road that stretched
across the park had to be closed, because strolling ladies were often frightened by young men in their motor
cars who would speed past at “almost twenty miles an hour.’”
Everything is still on schedule with the construction of the new dog park, which is due for completion
at the end of May, according to Carmen Godwin, currently serving as RAP associate director. “The City is
working on a bid package for the fencing portion of the project, which will be installed once Hager’s contract
is complete and they have vacated the site,” she said.
Planning Commission approves
application for beer, wine
By Kate Hallock
Resident Community News
With no opposition, the Planning
Commission approved a zoning exception
application April 21 to allow Starbucks
Coffee at 4265 Roosevelt Blvd. to add beer
and wine to the coffee shop’s beverage menu.
The Planning Commission approval,
on recommendation by the Planning and
Development Department, is the final step
in the process to allow Starbucks to sell beer
and wine for on-premises consumption.
This approval was far less contentious than
a similar application approved Feb. 4, 2016
for Starbuck’s San Marco location, which
granted a waiver of minimum distance
requirements from a school or church.
There are six houses of worship within
1500 feet of the Westside Starbucks location,
including St. Matthew’s Catholic Church and
School, and The Point at St. Johns Park, according to the application. During the hearing, it was noted by Planning Department
staff that several other nearby businesses sell
alcoholic beverages, thus setting precedent.
Although The Resident made attempts
to contact Mim DeLorenzo, district
manager for Starbucks Coffee Company,
regarding the possibility the company
may apply for a similar exception for
the coffee shop on Riverside Avenue and
Margaret Street in 5 Points, DeLorenzo
did not respond with any comment.
Starbucks’ agent in Florida, Brian
Plewinski, said he had no knowledge
whether the 5 Points shop would fall in
line with others.
The Resident also reached out to a
Starbucks Coffee Company spokesperson,
asking if the Roosevelt location will undergo a remodel prior to beginning beer
and wine service, but had not received an
answer as of press time.
The application, filed March 28, 2016,
indicated the “proposed use will not have a
detrimental effect on vehicular or pedestrian traffic or parking conditions, and will
not result in the generation or creating
of traffic. The existing Starbucks size and
capacity will remain compliant and will
remain the same as previously approved.”
However, shortly after the Starbucks
located at 4265 Roosevelt Blvd. opened
in February 2015, congestion began to
occur on Roosevelt Boulevard as vehicles
lined up in the right lane waiting to enter
the drive-thru for their morning cup of
java. Additionally, residents on Beverly
Avenue began experiencing more traffic
and parking on the local street.
The Resident reported on the problem in
its April 2015 issue, noting the volume of
vehicles is too high for the small parking
lot to accommodate morning rush-hour
demand. While the business meets all zoning
requirements for a drive-thru restaurant and
exceeds the minimum number of parking
spaces by three (the total is 23), according to a
City Planning and Development Department
spokesperson last year, residents said, at the
time, traffic tie-ups create unsafe situations.
Starbucks burglarized
Sometime after closing on April 19 and before 4:30 a.m. April 20, the coffee shop
on Roosevelt Boulevard was broken into through the drive-thru window. Five cash
registers were stolen, however, there was no money in the registers. The report also
noted the burglary alarm was not activated. There is a security camera for the drivethru window, but no photos have been released by the Jacksonville Sheriff ’s Office,
according to the filed report.
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Bacardi donates $150,000 for St. Vincent’s
Family Medicine Residency Education Center
St. Vincent’s HealthCare, a ministry of
Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic
and nonprofit healthcare system, has
received a lead gift from Bacardi for
construction of the new Bacardi Family
Medicine Residency Education Center
at St. Vincent’s Riverside.
Family-owned Bacardi and its
Jacksonville-based Bacardi Bottling
Corporation, the sole bottling plant for
BACARDÍ® branded products in the
United States, has committed to donate
$150,000 for the project.
Founded in 1972, St. Vincent’s Family
Medicine Residency Program is a threeyear community-based residency that
provides education and training for 30
resident physicians annually. Residents
care for patients in a variety of settings,
including office visits at the Family
Medicine Center, at patients’ homes, on
St. Vincent’s Mobile Health Outreach
units, and in the hospital.
“This program has graduated more
than 300 skilled and compassionate
physicians since its inception. We
encourage these new doctors to stay in
our community after they graduate, and
this benefits our entire North Florida
community,” said Dr. David McInnes,
Program Director of the St. Vincent’s
Family Medicine Residency Program.
“This new center will allow us to
continue to recruit top medical school
graduates from across the country.”
The Bacardi Education Center will
occupy space at St. Vincent’s Riverside
and will consist of a conference room
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equipped with the latest technology, a
lounge and two separate sleeping rooms
for on-call residents. The new conference room will feature technology that
will allow team collaboration and
video-conferencing to enhance patient
care and medical education. The renovation is expected to be completed this fall.
“We are incredibly blessed to have the
support of Bacardi. The company has supported the Mission of St. Vincent’s for more
than 15 years,” said Jane R. Lanier, CFRE,
President & System Chief Development
Officer, St. Vincent’s Foundation. “The gift
from Bacardi will enable us to better serve
our community and the wonderful, dedicated residents in the St. Vincent’s Family
Medicine Residency Program.”
As part of its on-going commitment
to the advancement of the Jacksonville
community, Bacardi regularly supports
and contributes to local charities, arts,
sports, and culture. Some examples include Gabriel House of Care, American
Cancer Society, Farm Share (feeding the
less fortunate) and Dreams Come True,
to name a few.
“For more than 150 years, Bacardi has
committed to giving back to communities where our employees live and work.
Given that Jacksonville has been home
to the BACARDÍ rum bottling facility
for the past 44 years, we are very pleased
to provide financial support to St.
Vincent’s and to help create a state-ofthe art hospital education center,” said
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City Council approves
new Boone Park
playground equipment
The Explorer Dome has no prescribed climbing routes,
stretching the imagination as children figure out how
to get from one part of the structure to another.
By Kate A. Hallock
Resident Community News
Jacksonville City Council approved
the appropriation of $255,000 from three
sources for contribution towards the
installation of a new playscape in Boone
Park South (located at the corner of St.
Johns and Van Wert Avenues).
District 14 Councilman Jim Love allocated $90,000 from District 14 Bond Funds,
$75,000 will come from the Countywide
Parks - Upgrades/Maintenance Repairs
Account and $90,000 has been donated from
Friends of Jacksonville Parks.
“The news on the playground is great!”
said Kim Clontz, the Avondale resident
who spearheaded the fundraising effort
for the contribution from the nonprofit
Friends of Jacksonville Parks. “I would
like to extend a huge ‘thank you’ to all the
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donors who helped not only raise $90,000
but the extra $10,000 we need for reserves
if we run into any construction overages.”
The bill (2016-144) required to appropriate city funds to be used for the playground
was unanimously approved April 12 by City
Council members. The mayor signed the
bill, which is moving to procurement to
place the order for the playground equipment, according to Clontz.
It takes approximately 12 weeks to receive
the equipment. Demolition and installation
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Cummer board regretfully votes to demolish Women’s Club
Termite infestation
too costly to remove
By Kate A. Hallock
Resident Community News
Despite every effort to save an historic Riverside building, the board of
trustees of the Cummer Museum of Art
& Gardens made the difficult decision
in March to halt renovation of the old
Woman’s Club of Jacksonville building
and have it tagged for demolition.
Although the exterior is brick, the
wood trusses and walls were discovered in July 2015 to be infested with the
Formosan subterranean termite, which
is extremely difficult – and costly – to
exterminate. Despite spending the past
eight months with experts in pest control, engineering, architecture and entomology, the board of trustees concluded
it would take millions to remove the
termites with no guarantee of success.
“We spent north of a quarter of a million dollars on mitigation, which didn’t
work,” said Hope McMath, Cummer
Museum executive director. “We did an
in-depth, three-month lab study with
experts at Louisiana State University and
worked with an entomology team from
the University of Florida to find a protocol to deal with Formosan termites, so
we’re hovering around $300,000.”
The museum had initially raised $7
million to acquire the 13,264-square-foot
building in 2005 and make renovations
necessary to use it for community pro-
gramming and events. It had embarked
on exterior renovations and the first
stage of interior work prior to the 2008
economic downturn.
The building, designed by Mellen
Clark Greeley in 1927 in the style of
Ninah Cummer’s estate next door, was
added to the U.S. National Register of
Historic Places in 1992.
Ninah Cummer had donated the
land to the Women’s Club for the Tudor
Revival-style building, which served
as its headquarters until the Cummer
Museum acquired it in 2005.
Dr. Wayne Wood, historian and founder
of Riverside Avondale Preservation, had
the opportunity to tour the Women’s Club
building back in the 1970s with Greeley.
“It was one of the buildings of which he
was most proud; it was his favorite public
building and meant a lot to him to get
the commission to build it,” said Wood.
“It’s certainly tragic that a building like
this has to come down for this reason. No
one expected it, it was a total surprise as
it was a pristine building we expected to
have around for a long time.”
Six weeks prior to the discovery of the
termites by museum staff, the Women’s
Club building had been looked at
thoroughly by architects, engineers and
contractors in the process of resuming
renovations, but McMath said there
was a chance the bugs had not been in
the building very long before they were
found. “We found termite tubes in the
ceiling,” she said, “and immediately
brought in three termite companies.”
It is unknown at this time the schedule
and cost of demolition, but the funds will
come from a previous fundraising campaign for the building, which included
unrestricted funds.
“We’ve been so focused on trying
to save the building and eradicate the
termites we haven’t been able to focus
on demolition,” said McMath. “But we
will likely follow a protocol used in New
Orleans, which is specific to disposing of
wood infected with Formosan termites.”
“These termites are big,
they’re bad, and they are
numerous. This is a threat
to historic buildings in
Jacksonville.”
— Dr. Wayne Wood, Historian and founder of
Riverside Avondale Preservation
A joint statement issued by Keith
Holt, board chair for Riverside Avondale
Preservation, and Adrienne Burke, RAP
executive director, indicated RAP will be
involved with the Cummer’s request for
demolition but is taking no position on it.
The Cummer Museum is not located within the Riverside Avondale Overlay, but
McMath said they treat their partnership
and relationship with RAP as if it were.
“We look forward to learning more
about their research [on the termite infestation] and plan to coordinate with them
to share information with the community,”
Holt and Burke noted in their statement.
Although four oak trees on the property were also found to be infested with
the aggressive termites, the museum
received a clean bill of health, primarily
because there is no wood in its infrastructure unlike the Women’s Club
building, according to McMath.
“The Cummer was so diligent in seeking every possible remedy and sparing no
expenses to find a solution. It’s regrettable, but it has to be torn down to prevent
further infestation,” said Wood. “These
termites are big, they’re bad, and they
are numerous. This is a threat to historic
buildings in Jacksonville.”
Wood said RAP has plans to host
several neighborhood workshops to make
people aware of the danger. He said due
to the swarming pattern of the termite,
a three- to five-block area around the
Women’s Club and the Cummer will need
to be investigated for additional nests.
McMath said UF’s research found the
only way to deal with the voracious termites is through in-ground bait stations.
“Their protocol is very specific about
where to place them, how to monitor
them,” she said. “It is informing our new
practices for the whole campus.”
Eventually, the museum will rebuild
on that property, but would most likely
not consider constructing a replica of
the Women’s Club.
“We are committed to moving forward
with a space dedicated to community and
educational programming,” said McMath.
“It’s too early to talk about what it will
look like, but we want a building that will
work well with the Cummer campus and
in the community, be of Cummer quality,
and serve the purpose it’s meant to serve.”
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Artists chosen for two Murray Hill murals
Visitors to new
MOSH exhibit
take flight
By Allison Perna
Resident Community News
A new outdoor exhibit is taking root
at the Museum of Science and History
(MOSH) while its first visitors – butterflies – are taking flight.
A meadow complete with newly released butterflies, sustainable plantings
and irrigation practices on display is
just one feature of JEA HydroLogic, an
exhibit aimed at showing the importance
of smart landscaping when it comes to
water conservation.
Another highlight of the exhibit is
a 2,000-square-foot mural painted by
Riverside artist Shaun Thurston. The
mural includes details from a single drop
of water to the outer reaches of space.
“Shaun’s mural is visually striking, and his
art reinforces the interconnectivity of the
natural systems and the biodiversity we
stand to lose if we don’t conserve and preserve for future generations,” said Maria
Hane, executive director of MOSH.
With the inclusion of a bog garden and
a swale designed to manage water runoff,
the project presents visitors with ideas to
integrate in their own outdoor spaces.
Project partners JEA, JTA, Greenscape,
Savage Brothers Inc., Shaun Thurston,
A newly released butterfly enjoys the meadow
planted outside of MOSH as part of the JEA
HydroLogic exhibit. The living outdoor exhibit
encourages efficient water use for landscaping
home lawns and gardens.
Riverside artist Shaun Thurston in front of his
largest mural yet, a piece commissioned as part
of the MOSH's new exhibit, JEA HydroLogic.
Thurston said the mural took three weeks to
complete, and he planned to add finishing
touches after a ceremonial butterfly release on
April 23 in the exhibit’s butterfly meadow. Sunbelt and The Elements of MOSH,
a young professionals’ organization
which drives community interest and
support for the museum, hope the
sustainable practices used in the exhibit
will take root in the community. It’s a
living, educational display that demonstrates how using water responsibly can
be beautiful, fun, and smart, according to Paul McElroy, JEA CEO and
Managing Director.
Roman and Sutton Savage pose in front of a
large mural by Riverside artist Shaun Thurston at
MOSH's new outdoor exhibit, JEA HydroLogic.
The Murray Hill Preservation Association
(MHPA) announced the artists selected
for two of four sites for public murals.
The first location is a 32- by 16-foot
space on the side of Blue Moon Printing
and will be painted with a sunflower design by Brenda Kato. The second mural,
on the northern wall of the Murray Hill
Theater building, was designed by New
York mural artist Jon Burgerman and will
be painted by Lee High School art teacher
Anne Jacques and some of her students.
MHPA has plans for a larger third
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The MHPA is also looking for corporate
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Logue and former coach Debbie Millbern Powers
Roxanne Henkle with the 3D printer she is
lending to the Jacksonville Public Library.
Riverside resident sponsors
3D printer for library
Roxanne Henkle and her company,
Spazhouse LLC, are lending a $600
3D printer to the Jacksonville Public
Library, making it the third such printer
put into a technology rotation for the
JPL’s branch libraries. The other two
printers were sponsored by Friends of
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Henkle went to a symposium last
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being taught in school.”
In her role as president of Friends of
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the library and encourage use.
“The library is having to re-look at how
they bring up the numbers to get sponsorship from the state, so they are offering free tech services now,” said Henkle.
“That’s what drew me to do this, that all the
branches would have access,” she said. “I
did not do this just for the Willowbranch
Library, I did it for the overall system.”
Gamble Beardsley, one of three
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Debbie Millbern Powers, author of
“Meeting Her Match: The story of a Female
Athlete-Coach, Before and After Title IX,”
was one of two speakers hosted by the
Friends of the Willowbranch Library at its
March 30 Literary Affair to Remember.
“Libraries are the cornerstone of communities, and this is definitely a beautiful
cornerstone for yours,” said Powers, who
thanked co-chairs Elaine Starling and
Elaine Burnett for the invitation to speak.
Powers told the story of growing up
in the 1950s as a passionate athlete, for
whom the only approved outlet for her
desire to be involved in team sports was
to be a cheerleader. Fast forward to her
senior year at Indiana University, where
she was senior captain of the basketball
team in 1973. The team advanced to the
Final Four at one of the first women’s
national championships. Powers and her
teammates were finally recognized for
their groundbreaking achievement in
January 2014, when they finally received
their Final Four rings and a banner was
raised in their honor at their alma mater
in Bloomington, Indiana.
“Libraries are the cornerstone
of communities.”
— Debbie Powers, Author
“There are so many benefits of sports. We
know now that many of the CEO women
played sports,” said Powers, who lives in St.
Augustine. “I’m thrilled to know that little
girls in their little ponytails can run up and
down the soccer field, play golf, play basketball in any community in this country
and they don’t have anything close to the
uncomfortable climate I was subjected to.
They can be athletes in their own right.”
Local author Jordan Logue, who is currently writing his third historic detective
novel set in Jacksonville shortly after the
Great Fire of 1901, also spoke about his
process of research and story development.
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Willowbranch Creek remediation settlement withdrawn
Public Works seeks
larger project in
2016-2017 budget
By Kate A. Hallock
Resident Community News
After more than a year in negotiation
with the City of Jacksonville’s Regulatory
Compliance Department (RCD), the
Public Works Department – another City
entity – chose to pay a $36,160 penalty
and withdraw from a signed settlement.
This agreement would have entered
Public Works into a compliance plan with
the Jacksonville Energy Authority (JEA)
to jointly clean up Willow Branch Creek.
The proposed settlement between the
RCD as petitioner, and the respondents,
Public Works and the Jacksonville Energy
Authority (JEA), cited failure to utilize
adequate erosion and sediment control
devices, resulting in an unlawful dis-
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Originally priced at $247, engraved
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According to Kristi Lee Schatz, executive director of the nonprofit, 100 percent of the proceeds from the brick sales
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charge of other materials into surface
waters, exceeding water quality standards.
Public Works withdrew their agreement because it has submitted a $300,000
project in the City’s 2016-2017 Capital
Improvement Plan to remediate the
historic sedimentation in the creek from
Riverside Avenue to St. Johns Avenue.
JEA will contribute towards the removal
of 40 cubic yards of sediment as part of
the remediation effort when it occurs,
according to spokesperson Gerri Boyce.
Although the creek stretches from Sydney
Street to the St. Johns River, most of the concern by nearby residents is about the portion
of the creek from Riverside Avenue through
the Yacht Basin and out to the river.
Decades of natural sedimentation,
which routinely clogged the drainage
system, was compounded in 2013 when a
project to upgrade the Riverside Avenue
bridge over the creek went awry.
The environmental issue was the result
of two separate events in the summer of
2013. In June of that year, Public Works
and the bridge project contractor, the
Touring Company, were issued a Cease
and Desist Citation for the above noted
failure. A few weeks later, in early July,
a water main break on St. Johns Avenue
resulted in unwanted sedimentation in
Willow Branch Creek, for which the JEA
voluntarily agreed to remediate.
The bridge project was nearly complete in late 2014 when initial meetings
began between the City Contractors
Dispute Review Board (CCDRB) and
Touring Company, and resulted in
$110,360.70 compensation paid to the
contractor by the City.
Meanwhile, parallel meetings between
RCD, Public Works and the JEA were underway to resolve the erosion and sedimentation issue, and continued for more than a
year before the Public Works Department
announced at an April 11 Environmental
Protection Board meeting it would withdraw
from the settlement and pay the penalty.
Willowbranch Creek is proving to be somewhat of a money-pit for the City and its taxpayers. What was originally bid as a $337,000
project finally approached half a million
dollars, and will grow by $336,000-plus for
the penalty and sedimentation remediation.
After remediation, which is not yet
scheduled, a $1.3 million project is
slated for bulkhead replacement of
Willowbranch Creek from Sydney Street
to the St. Johns River. The construction
project, which was pushed out past 2020,
is described as demolition and replacement of the current bulkhead, removal of
exotic species from the banks, elimination
of eroding areas due to bulkhead failure,
and bringing all pedestrian crossings up
to current safety standards and in compliance with American Disabilities Act.
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Championship at Sawgrass, where guests will mingle and rub elbows with the award
recipients under the Benefactor Tent, overlooking the 17th green, beginning at 6 p.m.
After an unveiling of the 40 most influential arts and culture icons of Jacksonville,
performances and other cultural surprises are in store, in addition to live entertainment,
dancing and artistically-designed menu by Matthew Medure, and specialty cocktails.
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over 40 years ago, I would have never
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The 40 honorees, of which 32 hail from The Resident’s neighborhoods, include Carol
Alexander, JF Bryan IV, Shepard Bryan, Jr., John Bunker, Jane Condon, Jackie Cornelius,
John Delaney, John W. Donahoo, III, Jim Draper, Jennifer Johnson Duke, Cindy
Edelman, David Engdahl, Susan Greene, Steve Halverson, Preston Haskell, Jacqueline
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Terrance Patterson, Marcelle Polednik, Cinda Sherman, Jay Stein, Linda Stein, Mary
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Mosaic pipes leave downtown
park for Murray Hill
Main Library adds 3D
restroom models to assist
visually impaired patrons
While speaking with Dan O’Connor,
chair of the Mayor’s Disability Council, last
fall about the library’s involvement with
vision impaired services, Chris Eaton, librarian of the Talking Books/Special Needs
Library, was struck with an idea.
“They were talking about how sighted
people may not realize what a public
restroom experience is like for blind people,” said Chris Boivin, assistant director,
community relations. “The one example
was a woman in a restroom trying to figure out how the toilet flushes – handle up
high/ down low? Automatic flush? Push
plate? So it means feeling all around.”
Eaton and E-Library Specialist Luis
Terron decided to use the library’s 3D
printer and an open-source program
called Tinkercad to create a tactile model
of the restroom so vision-impaired people could feel the layout before they go in.
After 40 hours and four versions, Eaton
and Terron had a model for both the
men’s and women’s restrooms.
“They tested the biodegradable plastic
model at the 2016 North Florida Regional
Braille Challenge [in January] and got a
lot of good feedback,” said Boivin.
“Feedback has been positive,” said Eaton.
“During Braille Challenge one customer
commented it gave them greater confidence
when using an unfamiliar restroom.”
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Luis Terron with Chris Eaton, who holds a 3D model
for the men’s restroom.
Since the prototype, they have had two local 3D printing companies submit their ideas
for the models. Those are on the restrooms
in the Conference Center level now.
The librarians would like models to
be present as a mobility aid in all of the
library’s restrooms, but there are a few
things to consider, said Eaton. “Will the library be designing, printing and installing
the models or will we contract with a 3D
printing business? What will be the cost
of creating, installing and maintaining the
models? Will the visually impaired find
them helpful and increase the likelihood
that they visit our locations?” he said.
The Talking Books/Special Needs
Library celebrated its 40th anniversary
in 2015, the same year the Jacksonville
Public Library turned 110.
As part of an effort to spruce up
Murray Hill, Jason Tetlak sought some
“instant art” to display outside the
Murray Hill Library. He approached
RouxArt Studio owners Ken and Kate
Rouh, of Avondale, who said they had
two “street pipes” on temporary display
at Hemming Park. Since temporary art
is permitted only for up to 12 months,
the colorful mosaic displays were ready
to be moved. They found a new – again
temporary – home at the library.
Tetlak, who is on the board of the
Friends of Murray Hill Library, has a goal
to beautify Murray Hill through public
artwork. The Rouhs have the same goal
for all of Jacksonville. Their tile installa-
Ken and Kate Rouh, Judy Klein, member
of the Friends of Murray Hill Library board
and Guy Adkins, library manager
tions can be seen in unexpected places,
such as under the Main Street Bridge.
“What’s fun for me is each project
is different than the one before,” said
Kate Rouh. She uses donated material
as much as possible, often finding boxes
left anonymously on the stoop of her
studio on Edgewood Avenue.
“We received a huge donation of tiles
from Florida Design Works recently,”
said Ken Rouh. The golds, tans and
browns were perfect for the mosaic at
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with a legend that uses iconic language (simplified
shapes to represent actual objects) and braille
descriptions.
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restroom, made by the Forge, a 3D Printing Studio
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the heart of old Ortega and situated on a large
corner lot. Walk into an open floor plan with original
hardwood floors.
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4/3-2,788 sqft. SOLD by Elisabeth O’Steen. What a
beautiful, spacious home ready for new owners to
put their special touches! This four bedroom, three
bath home sits on a gorgeous lot at the corner of
Ortega Boulevard.
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Nelson Higgins. Adorable Riverside Brick Bungalow!
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Absolutely adorable bungalow with updated
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floors, clean white bath and huge master bedroom
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4384 ROMA BLVD
5/3/1-3,643 sqft. SOLD by Susan Tuohy. Wonderful
opportunity to live in this stately brick home built in
1996 offering 5 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths and situated
on a quiet cul-de-sac street. Great design with one
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Beloved pediatrician retires from Carithers Pediatric
School Head appointed to
education advisory board
Kevin Conklin
Dr. Annie Egan, Dr. Tom Connolly, Dr. Julie Baker, Dr. Bob Threlkel, Dr. Raoul Sanchez, Dr. Kim Dal Porto,
Dr. Wendy Sapolsky, Dr. Chanley Dudley, Dr. Jim Cheek and Dr. Audreae Shaw
need from the Sulzbacher Center instead of a
cocktail party or dinner with friends. Having
served on the board at the Sulzbacher Center
for many years, she understands the need
for families to get out and enjoy fresh air
in a stress-free environment.
She celebrated her retirement by giving
Craft Beer Fest draws
crowd for charity
Riverside Rotarians are riding high
after writing two large checks to area
nonprofits. Following the hugely successful craft beer festival on Feb. 27, the
group met at the Florida Yacht Club for a
morning membership meeting to present
checks to leaders of two organizations.
The big reveal was a $75,000 check
presented to Community PedsCare, in
support of pediatric programs on behalf of
Community Hospice of Northeast Florida.
The second, presented to Riverside Arts
Market, represented by Executive Director
Krysten Bennett, was for $5,000 to RAM
for their role in the project.
“I am proud of my fellow Riverside
Rotarians, as the hard work and effort that
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back. “Our group paid for the entire event,
covering the cost of catering and entertainment,” said Baker. She was thankful
for the longtime support of the Riverside
Presbyterian Church and School for their
contribution of the facilities and assistance
with the day’s events.
Kevin Conklin, Head of St. Mark’s
Episcopal Day School, has been
named the Independent School Representative for the Northeast Florida
Regional STEM2Hub Education
Advisory Board.
STEM2Hub is a not-for-profit entity solely dedicated to accelerating the
growth of STEM2 (science, technology, engineering math, and medicine)
initiatives in the Northeast Florida
region. It provides the essential, missing elements to accelerate quickly the
percent of Northeast Florida students
choosing STEM2 careers.
Conklin brings a wealth of knowledge and advisory to the program. At
St. Mark’s Episcopal Day School, he
led the implementation of the Next
Generation Science Standards curriculum and developed a very successful
competitive Robotics program, with a
team reaching the State Finals in 2015.
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Dr. Julie Baker has been a familiar face
to three generations of local families in
Jacksonville. From birth to college and
beyond, she’s been the caretaker and family
pediatrician for countless children and
their parents. It had become a common
occurrence as the years passed to begin
seeing patients she cared for years before
return with children of their own.
She joined the Carithers Pediatric Group
following her training at the University of
Alabama at Birmingham back in 1983. For
33 years, she worked alongside a group of
colleagues at the practice in Riverside and
she has enjoyed her work life.
“It has been a great professional family,”
she said, when asked about her experience with the group. Over the course of
the 70-plus years that the practice has
existed, there has been little turnover in
their staff of dedicated physicians.
According to Baker, many practices have
difficulty retaining talented physicians, but
that’s not the case with the Carithers Pediatric
Group. The practice was established in 1941
by husband and wife, Drs. Hugh and Connie
Carithers. The group continues to build on
its long tradition of providing excellent care
for children in Northeast Florida and has
provided outreach and support for many
nonprofits over the years.
Baker’s retirement party was unique, as
she chose to share the day with families in
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John Erstling, senior vice president of Community
Engagement & Philanthropy at Community
Hospice; festival co-chair Matt McLauchlin, Terry
Eason, director of Community PedsCare; festival
co-chair Chris Croft and with Teresa Risley,
Riverside Rotary Club president
went into such a successful festival has
provided us the opportunity to do more
good in our community,” said Teresa Risley,
president of the Rotary Club of Riverside.
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Business leaders named
for Gator Bowl Sports
chair, chair-elect
Six honored by
Girl Scouts for
accomplishments
Girl Scouts of Gateway Council CEO Mary
Anne Jacobs with honorees Cheryl Bryan,
Heather Duncan, Velma Monteiro-Tribble,
Debbie Buckland, Stephanie Cost and Vickie
Cavey, John Andrews, COO, Girl Scouts of
Gateway Council
Nearly 450 people attended the 27th
annual Women of Distinction signature fundraiser event at the Jacksonville
Marriott on April 7, honoring six women
for their professional accomplishments,
service to others and community impact.
The event, which moved from its former luncheon to an evening gala with entertainment, raised $130,000 to continue
the mission of building girls of courage,
confidence and character. Jan Lipsky was
chair for the event, which was founded
in 1990 by Martha Barrett and Teala
Johnson, longtime community activists.
The honorees included Debbie
Buckland, market president for Branch
Banking & Trust Company, Leadership
Jacksonville Class of 2009, Woman of
Influence Award 2006; Cheryl Bryan,
active volunteer and philanthropist,
and former educator at The Episcopal
School of Jacksonville, EVE Lifetime
Achievement Award 2012; Stephanie
Cost, First Lady of Jacksonville
University, board member for JU Career
Development Center, Ronald McDonald
House and the Cathedral Arts Project;
Vickie Cavey, director of strategy development and execution at JEA, Leadership
Jacksonville Class of 2007, Woman
of Influence Award 2007; Heather
Duncan, regional director of external
affairs for AT&T Florida, Woman of
Influence Award 2008, board member
of Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce;
and Velma Monteiro-Tribble, director of grants and programs at Florida
Blue Foundation, board member of the
Jacksonville Urban League, Women’s
Giving Alliance, Ritz Chamber Players.
Gator Bowl Sports announced its leadership for the upcoming year, naming David
Boree, president of W.W. Gay Mechanical
Contractor, Inc., to serve as the 2016
chairman of Gator Bowl Sports. Boree will
preside over all three Gator Bowl Sports
entities, the Jacksonville Sports Council,
TaxSlayer Bowl and JAXSPORTS Charities
David Long, president of Miller Electric
Company, will serve as chairman-elect.
Other officers include Rick Catlett, president/CEO of Gator Bowl Sports; Scott
McCaleb, vice president, Vulcan Materials
Company, will serve as secretary; Scott
Keith, regional president, BB&T, will serve
as treasurer, and Heather Duncan, regional
David Boree
David Long
director of external affairs for AT&T
Florida will become immediate past chair.
The Jacksonville Sports Council
(JAXSPORTS) focuses on generating
economic impact and growth through
professional, amateur and youth sports.
The TaxSlayer Bowl brings in more than
$14 million for the local economy as the
second longest running Jacksonville event.
JAXSPORTS Charities has also been invested in the community for over 70 years,
with a charitable focus on youth initiatives.
Four agents join Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices added four new realtors to its teams in Avondale
and San Marco. Amy Smith, who has four years of real estate experience, will work out of
the Avondale office, while Lita Choe will be a member of the San Marco group.
Also working in San Marco is Pamela Jackson, a graduate of the Watson School
of Real Estate, with experience in residential sales. Bill Fannin, who will work in the
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ILRC promotes Morris
to head of nonprofit
Tyler Lasher Morris, director of marketing
and development for the Independent Living
Resource Center (ILRC), has been named its
new executive director. The nonprofit organization, located at 2709 Art Museum Drive,
has empowered independence for people
with disabilities since 1978.
Morris, of Riverside, has worked with
people with disabilities for 12 years,
beginning as a special projects coordinator in Deaf and Hearing Services. He
Local lawyer certified in
Criminal Trial Law
Darcy Galnor, a lawyer with Kopelousos,
Bradley & Garrison (KBG), received
certification by the Florida Bar as an expert
in Criminal Trial Law, and is the only
board-certified female attorney in private-practice criminal defense in Northeast
Florida. Of the nearly 400 lawyers in Florida
that are board certified in Criminal Trial
Law, only 16 percent are women.
“To me, it’s not about gender. That
wasn’t something I was even aware of
when I applied last year,” said Galnor. “I
joined ILRC nearly
10 years ago as an
outreach specialist, moving into
marketing shortly
after, then added
development to
his role in 2011.
Morris received
a Service and
Tyler Lasher Morris
Leadership Award
from the City of
Jacksonville in 2014 in recognition and
appreciation for dedicated leadership as
chair of the Mayor’s Disability Council.
set a goal to become board-certified because I want
to challenge myself
and continue to
learn and grow as
a criminal defense
attorney.”
Galnor has also
practiced as an asDarcy Galnor
sistant state attorney and assistant
public defender. She holds a bachelor’s
degree from Ohio State University and
a juris doctorate from Florida Coastal
School of Law.
and Atlantic
Institute of
Jacksonville. She
is also a member
of Jacksonville
Women’s Network,
Women’s Giving
Alliance, and is a
mentor with City
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Brinton awarded
for fighting
billboard blight
The Keep Jacksonville Beautiful
(KJB) Commission celebrated its 33rd
anniversary on April 1 at City Hall with
the annual awards program honoring
volunteers and sponsors who support
community beautification, making
Jacksonville a cleaner, greener city.
Avondale attorney William Brinton,
of the law firm Rogers Towers, was
honored for his focus on the city’s
sign ordinances, advocating for the
removal of billboards. He received the
seventh annual Jake Godbold Award,
named for the first recipient in 2010,
Mayor Jake Godbold, for creating KJB
in 1983. Other recipients include former Mayor John Peyton, Anna Dooley
of Greenscape, Jimmy Orth with the
St. Johns Riverkeeper, Times-Union
columnist Ron Littlepage and District
14 Councilman Jim Love.
Perwaiz takes executive director position at nonprofit
Florida Nonprofit Alliance has hired
Riverside resident Sabeen Perwaiz as its
new Executive Director.
Perwaiz’ career has centered on empowering individuals through education at the
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, Vital
Voices and Pace Center for Girls. In 2013,
she moved to Cambodia to implement an
Early Childhood Education program with
Aide et Action and was instrumental in
increasing the number of preschools in the
rural provinces.
Perwaiz moved to Jacksonville in 2011
and volunteers as Executive Producer of
TEDxJacksonville. She is on the board
of GlobalJax, UNF’s Engineering School,
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Bill Brinton gave a wave to his grandson,
Luke Graham, at the annual Keep Jacksonville
Beautiful Awards on April 1.
Luke Brinton Graham accepted the Jake
Godbold Award for his grandfather, William
Brinton, at the annual Keep Jacksonville
Beautiful Awards on April 1.
Brinton’s seven-year-old grandson,
Luke Brinton Graham, accepted the
award – a framed C. Ford Riley print –
on his behalf, as Brinton was out of town.
“Under Mayor Curry’s leadership, and
with the expertise of Sam Mousa and
the passion of Denise Lee leading his
Blight Committee, I believe we will see
a renewal in the work that had begun in
the early 1980s under Mayor Godbold,”
said Brinton in prerecorded remarks.
“We all should assist Mayor Curry in the
development of cohesive and organized
neighborhoods. In fighting blight, the
organization of neighborhoods at the
grass roots level is a key.”
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Becky Carter, manager of Charles
& George’s Car Wash
University in 2010. Her husband, Travis,
manages the Orange Park car wash.
The OneBlood mobile donation center
also received 10 units from donors in
January, and is planning two more events,
July 1 and October 7, at the Roosevelt
Square Mall location of the car wash.
St. Mark’s Episcopal installs Murray as rector
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Local celebrities dance for the kids
Local business sponsors
quarterly blood drives
Sixteen eligible donors gave the “gift
of life” at the second of four planned
blood drives sponsored by Charles &
George’s Car Wash April 8. In return,
each donor received a coupon for a
free car wash, valued at $15.
“We wanted to give back to the
community and this was our way
of doing it,” said Becky Carter, who
worked at the car wash while she was
in high school. “OneBlood said it was
a very success event.”
Carter, the daughter of Charles Holt,
came back to manage the Ortega location after graduating from Florida State
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The Rev. Thomas Padraic Murray
was installed as St. Mark’s Episcopal
Church’s seventh rector. The rite of institution and induction was conducted
by The Right Rev. Samuel Howard,
Bishop of Florida, on April 12 at the
church. Murray has served as priestin-charge for less than a year, succeeding the former rector, Rev. Jon Coffey,
who retired February 2015.
Luxury spa holds grand opening
Seventh Wonder Holistic Spa, 4236 St. Johns Ave., threw open its doors to
more than 125 visitors at its April 9 grand opening. Guests enjoyed light hors
d’oeuvres and a tour of the spa, including the Pink Himalayan Salt Room. Owner
Falli Shah, with more than two decades in therapeutic massage, has been in business for herself for 14 years. For more information, call (904)381-8686 or visit
www.seventh-wonder.com.
Nine local celebrities, among them
Riverside residents Annie Tinker and
Melanie Cost, will pair with professional
dancers from A Social Affair Dance Studio
for the annual Dancing with the Stars benefit for the Jacksonville Children’s Chorus.
Although Tinker is a prenatal and postpartum fitness trainer who took ballet
and tap as a child and was a cheerleader
in school, she claims she’s not a dancer.
“I almost never dance for pleasure.
Before Dancing with the Stars practice
I had zero rhythm!” said Tinker, who
meets with her professional dance partner, Chris Hill, three to four times a week
for an hour prior to the June 4 benefit at
the Jacoby Symphony Hall.
Cost was part of her high school dance
team but said it was very different from
ballroom dancing. “I’m really enjoying
the mental focus and physical strength
that comes with learning the proper techniques for ballroom dances,” she said.
Wife of Jacksonville Jaguars’ long snapper, Carson Tinker, Annie was recruited
for the fundraiser through the Jaguars.
“I have always been interested in
getting involved with local charities and
organizations. The Jaguars wanted a
representative for DWTS to support the
Chorus and called me!” said Tinker.
Annie Tinker
Melanie Cost
Cost, who is director of financial and
media relations at CSX, is following in
the shoes of her mother, Stephanie Cost,
who placed second in the 2014 Dancing
with the Stars. “I was able to see how hard
she worked and how much fun she had
performing,” said Cost, who estimated
she will have practiced about 55 hours
with dance partner Samuel Penalba.
Other celebrities in the competition
are Deanna Brown, co-founder, Ullmann
Financial Group; Nancy Chartrand, chair
of The Chartrand Foundation; Keith
Copeland, software consultant and volunteer with Renaissance Jax; Jake Gordon,
CEO, Downtown Vision, Inc.; Jill Evans,
civic and philanthropic volunteer; Dane
Grey, president, Elite Parking Services of
America, and Charles McBurney, Florida
state representative.
New gallery opens in
Shoppes of Avondale
From priest to purveyor of fine art and
antiques, new Avondale resident Jacob
Danner has opened Anazao Galleries
in the Shoppes of Avondale. Danner, a
worldwide traveler and former consulting
curator for the Vatican Library, first moved
to Jacksonville in 1968. Deeply spiritual,
Danner was on a ministry track since the
age of 17 and, after seminary, served in the
Evangelical Episcopal Church until 2014.
His galleries contain artworks, sculptures,
glass, jewelry, manuscripts, antiques and a
fashion design showcase for budding designers, such as Alexandra Ni, of Riverside.
Anazao Galleries is located at 3568 St.
Jacob Danner
Johns Ave., where Danner is president
and curator. His treasures can also be seen
at www.anazao.com, but the full sensory
experience can only be found at his shop.
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Women’s Board to Celebrate 40th Art & Antiques Show
Nathan Miller, John Whitner and John Pisan
Art & Antiques Show co-chairs Anna Neal and Heather Moseley, with Women’s Board President, Grace
Sarber, and the Mussallems, James, Kristi, James Jr., Marie, and third show co-chair, Dearing Thoburn
It’s a big year for the Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital, as leaders hope the
milestone sets a high bar for fundraising. This year’s theme has already revealed a Warholesque design theme and plans are underway, but, they’ve yet to be revealed in full.
Thanks to the generous support of the Mussallem family, the reception at their gallery,
at 5801 Philips Highway, was made possible. Guests were in awe of the eclectic array of
museum quality fine art, antiques, objets d’art and oriental rugs in the gallery spaces. The
family, alongside sponsors, including John Whitner and John Pisan of Wells Fargo, were
on hand to illustrate their dedication to the mission of the children’s hospital.
Matthew’s delivers
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dining experience
It was a beautiful evening to celebrate a
precious asset in our community – children and families in need – in particular,
those served by CHS. The Children’s
Home Society has found a valued partner
in restaurateur Matthew Medure, who
has hosted the tasting soiree for almost
20 years at his restaurant in San Marco.
Not only does the staff work on a Sunday,
but Medure donates a private, in-home
dinner party for eight as an auction item.
The unique, flavorful occasion plays a
crucial role for the nonprofit by cultivating friendships and increasing donations,
while still providing a unique culinary
experience for patrons in attendance.
Over 125 guests joined CHS for the fundraiser held April 24 at Matthew’s, just off
the Square in San Marco.
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Celebrating the Cummer legacy at the 2016 Ball
It was a beautiful night to celebrate one of Jacksonville’s great visionaries,
as patrons were treated to a tribute to Ninah Cummer. Through the current
exhibit and display, “Conservation, Beautification, and a City Plan: Ninah
Cummer and the Establishment of Jacksonville Parks,” the mission of one
woman was illustrated throughout the evening. From artistic moments, to
culinary treats, and décor that drew inspiration from the exhibition in the
Millner Gallery – it was a fitting compliment to Cummer’s legacy.
With more than 350 patrons in attendance during the sold-out event,
including a record-breaking number of Artisan ticketholders [under age
42] it was an evening full of energy.
“The Cummer Ball is our most important fundraising event at the Cummer
Museum. It is a huge group effort, and I am in awe of the time, creativity,
and generous spirit of our Chairs, Honorary Chairs, volunteers, sponsors,
and staff,” said Executive Director Hope McMath. “It was a glorious evening
celebrating the very best of art, gardens, education, and community.”
Anne and Marc Mayo, Sheila and Graeme Harper, Chuck and Grace Brasington, Karen and Greg Montana
Casual evening for Catholic Charities gala
The Hyatt Regency Riverfront Hotel played host to
the 2016 Gala – picnic style – with a casual and sporting
affair. From Lynchburg Lemonade to games of horseshoes,
croquet, ladder golf, cornhole and Jenga, partygoers put on
their game face for the evening’s festivities.
With Michael Corrigan as Master of Ceremonies and
the Str8Up six-piece band rocking the party, the event
was full of old-fashioned fun. The event raises funds to
help fulfill the mission to provide services to anyone
in need, regardless of race or religion; to advocate
justice, human dignity and quality of life; and to call
all people to join in these efforts; thereby reflecting the
compassion of God in Christ.
2016 Cummer Ball Co-Chairs Heather Wingard,
Ann Evans and Emily Magevney
Father Luke McLoughlin
and Paul Chappano
Ted Alexander with David Wingard
Henry and Jennifer Brown with Susan and
Ray Walden, Robin and Madison Shelly
James and Lauren Weedon Hopkins with Jason and Anne Spencer
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Rick Morales, Drew and Lee Haramis with Tabitha and Rafael Caldera
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Strength in numbers,
strength in community
Nearly a century of community
service – 99 years – is a milestone for
a local nonprofit founded as United
Jewish Charities. Assisting people
in need with food and emergency
shelter has been the mission of what
is now Jewish Family & Community
Services (JFCS), since 1917.
Friends and benefactors gathered
at the Prime Osborn Convention
Center March 31 to celebrate the
mission at Heroes Among Us: Stronger
Together, co-chaired by Gayle Bailys
and Cathy Klein. Honorary chairs
Linda and David Stein were among
the speakers, which included Colleen
Rodriguez, executive director, and
guest speakers Chauncey Johnson
and Morris Bendit.
The annual fundraiser brought
in more than $100,000 to support
services for children, adults, seniors
and families regardless of race, color,
religion, national origin, sex, age, or
disability. (Photos by Larry Tallis)
Larry Appel and Dr. Michael Nussbaum
Sarah and Jensen Hande
Event co-chairs Gayle Bailys
and Cathy Klein
Kate Moorehead, Dean of the St. John’s Cathedral with Peter Kaplan and Ann Hicks
A big night to celebrate arts-enriched education
The Cathedral Arts Project paid tribute to Poppy and Rob Clements
this year and honored them with the prestigious 2016 Guardians of the
Arts award. Recognizing those in our community that support the funding
and advocacy for strong arts in education, outreach, and enrichment
programs were illustrated by the evening’s program.
The programs offered via Cathedral Arts Project help to bring the
arts to every child, by unleashing the true potential of the young creative
minds in our midst. By supplementing the shortfall in funds for public
education programming for the arts, the nonprofit expands the reach
of art-focused field trips and other outings, musical instruments and
instruction and countless other offerings.
Special thanks went out to the Honorary Chairs Linda and David Stein,
as well as a broad host committee who have made strong commitments
to the nonprofit. This year, Event Chair Beth Jennison was recognized
by Cathedral Arts Project President and CEO, The Reverend Kimberly
L. Hyatt, for her creativity. Hyatt wrote, “Beth’s steady leadership was
apparent in all areas from décor to fundraising. The creativity and
intentionality behind her efforts inspires us all.”
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Mutt March exceeds expectations in walkers, proceeds
Residents are passionate about their pets,
and especially daffy over their dogs. A record-breaking 600-plus walkers at the annual Mutt March raised over $110,000 for the
homeless animals at Jacksonville Humane
Society, exceeding the goal by more than 10
percent. With at least 2,500 visitors scoping
out 32 vendors, the Humane Society considers the March 5 festival at The Jacksonville
Landing one of its best.
“We are so thankful for each and every
person who helped make Mutt March a success. We can always count on the community of Jacksonville to support the animals,
and it was wonderful to see so many people
come together for such a fun event,” said
Denise Deisler, JHS executive director.
With an average annual cost of more
than $1,500 per dog and nearly $750 per
cat, the shelter needs all the support it
can get from the community and Mutt
March sponsors like Winn-Dixie (title
sponsor), North Florida Sales (Best in
Show Paw Partner) and many others.
Jacksonville Humane Society Board Member Lisé
Everly with her three-legged rescue Benny.
Auntie Lee looks after Scooter, a Welsh Corgi, who
at one time was afflicted with cancer. She’s now
clear and living 13 years cancer free.
Olivia Brooks and her companion Apollo, a
service dot with INCTA or International Canine
Training Academy.
Save the St. Johns River tour
celebrated at Low Country Boil
Rain didn’t affect the fun or the fundraising at the St. Johns
Riverkeeper Low Country Boil on the banks of the Ortega River.
The annual event held April 1 at Sadler Point Marina offered an
evening of live music from Firewater Tent Revival, craft beer
from Bold City Brewery and SweetWater Brewing Company,
local seafood from The Fisherman’s Dock, and fresh sausage and
veggies from Black Hog Farm.
Lori Langenheim, Justina Dacey, Jimmy Dacey
Members of the Rising Tide served as bartenders at the St. Johns Riverkeeper
Low Country Boil. From left, Nicole Spradley, Alicia Smith, Jonathan Addington,
Jackie Smith, Jessie Spradley, Silken McClain, Sarah Bowen and Richard Cotter
St. Johns Riverkeeper Lisa Rinaman and the River Tour Team
also shared adventures from their 13-day, 310-mile journey of the
St. Johns, documenting the significant threats facing it, raising
awareness about those threats, and gaining firsthand knowledge
to create a river restoration plan.
After departing from Sadler Point Marina on March 21 by van,
the advocates began at Blue Cypress Lake, the headwaters of the St.
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Le Macaron a scrumptious treat
for your mom, or your palate
When it comes to pampering your palate,
the right touch after a sumptuous meal is
a light gourmet dessert. With the opening
of its new bakery-café in the Shoppes of
Avondale, Le Macaron offers the discerning hostess – or guest – an array of sweet
gourmet treats, from Belgian chocolates,
meringues, madeleines, tartes (lemon, fruit,
chocolate), and croissants to its signature
macaron in more than a dozen flavors.
Fabrice Tedeschi and Tahar Chergui,
owners of the new Le Macaron in Avondale,
and at the Mall of the Avenues, came from
France two years ago. After running an Italian restaurant for 17 years in Lyon, France,
the businessmen came to America in search
of the dream and found it in Jacksonville.
The Frenchmen began their journey in
the Keys and drove up the East Coast looking for a location for the franchise. Despite
arriving in Jacksonville during a huge rain
storm, they knew this was the right place
for their new business, and their destiny.
“We liked the people here,” said Tedeschi. “We didn’t want to open in a tourist
destination because you only see those
customers once. Here, in Avondale, we
hope to get to know our customers and
build relationships. But enough about us,
let’s talk about macarons.”
Not to be confused with the American coconut counterpart, the macaroon,
Fabrice Tedeschi and Tahar Chergui
the delicate French macaron is typically
small, and handmade with almond powder and egg white. Two halves sandwich
a flavored ganache to complement the
flavor of the meringue-like cookies.
The gourmet cookie is gluten-free, has
no preservatives and no artificial colorings, so the vivid hues of blue, green,
orange, pink and yellow come from the
fruit of the same flavor. The bright blue
cassis-flavored macaron, for example, is
from the blackcurrant.
The experience you want to have with this
type of cookie is not to chew it and swallow,
but to savor it to allow the taste buds to
identify the flavor. “It is similar to allowing
cheese and red wine to come to room temperature before tasting,” said Tedeschi. “The
flavors need time to emerge.”
Speaking of flavors, he said the salted caramel is his bestseller, followed by raspberry,
vanilla and chocolate, but the true gourmand
will ask for the basil macaron, the rose lychee
raspberry, or perhaps the lavender or the
cassis. Whatever you select, all are delicate,
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jams or other quality ingredients.
Each macaron is about 80 calories,
one-third of the calories in a cupcake. The
complex confectionary creation, handmade in several stages, has to be handled
carefully. Made from genuine French recipes, the macaron’s size allows the customer
to taste outside his or her comfort zone by
choosing two or three different flavors.
The bakery-café also sells French pastries, meringues, nougats, Belgian chocolates and French gelato, which has less
fat and less air than ice cream, offering a
more intense flavor.
“A visit to Le Macaron is a treat,” said
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morning on the way to work, but you might
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Macaron, where you can enjoy a bowl of
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Visit the new pastry shop at Le Macaron, 3540 St. Johns Avenue, on the
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“Flowers for Tom”
to honor McCleery
Renderings by Jason Fort
Tom McCleery, late owner of Edge City,
was so well regarded in 5 Points friends
and business acquaintances are anteing up
for a permanent memorial which will honor McCleery through beauty and function.
Donations for bike racks called “Flowers
for Tom” will be solicited during the 5
Points Spring Fest held Saturday, May 21.
Depending on the amount raised, several
of the racks may be installed throughout
the 5 Points commercial area.
Contributions to the permanent remembrance can be made at Regions Bank, 1604
Margaret Street to the account “Tom’s Bike
Rack in 5 Points.”
Goodbye Hungry
Howie’s, hello
Chomp Chomp!
A street view of the construction progress at South Kitchen & Spirits on the corner of Park and
Dancy Streets.
Chomp Chomp co-owner Ian Chase
was spotted up on a ladder removing the
remnants of Hungry Howie’s sign at 4162
Herschel Street in Avondale in April.
Chase and his partner John Touchton
are closing the downtown restaurant early
in May and relocating the business to the
Fairfax area. Current plans for the 75-seat
restaurant are to be open for lunch and
dinner Tuesdays through Saturdays.
Late summer opening slated
for South Kitchen & Spirits
The contractor overseeing the construction of the new South Kitchen & Spirits
restaurant at 3638 Park St. is on schedule, according to Brian Siebenschuh, executive chef and managing partner. He and partner Jason Motley are planning for
an August 2016 opening. “It’s definitely interesting to see it continue to come together,” said
Siebenschuh. “Even with all the tools available today in terms of digital renderings, now that the walls are up and the roof is on, it’s gotten to the point where
you can stand in it and really get a feel for the space.” Siebenschuh said they are not planning a formal ribbon-cutting. “As everything starts to come together, we’ll do a few nights of soft opening test runs with
employees, friends and family, then just hang up the open sign and start pouring
drinks and serving food!” he said.
The restaurant will include outdoor patio seating. One side of the bar will open
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Five years after
sorrow, angel wings
spread comfort
By Peggy Harrell Jennings
Resident Community News
When Allison Brundick Haramis, 15,
died in a tragic car accident in 2009, no one
had inkling about the good that would come
from losing this joy-filled young woman.
Angels for Allison sprang from the
sorrow of this terrible event, and today
impacts many lives in North Florida.
Since its founding in 2010, the group
has helped provide funeral and other
expenses for over 165 families who have
suffered the loss of a child.
The nonprofit organization, officially
known as the Allison Brundick Haramis
Foundation, Inc., is a “living legacy of
her joyous spirit.”
Kimmy Little John-Clark is one of the
“angel Moms” who was helped when
her baby died after only 43 days. She
said, “Angels for Allison stepped in right
away and helped with my baby Chancz.
I rocked him to heaven.”
The organization works in partnership with Wolfson Children’s Hospital,
Community PedsCare, UF Health and
other organizations to identify those in
financial need. Through their community art project – painting metal
angels, which are created by hundreds
of volunteers then displayed and sold –
and through donations and the sale of
bright new products, the group is able
to help those in need.
On April 18 nearly 200 people gathered to raise a glass of champagne and
toast five years for the foundation and to
Allison’s memory for this living legacy.
Sabrie Edmonston, manager of regional outreach
and satellite centers, Wolfson Children’s Hospital
“It was wonderful to see how many
people walked through the studio and
see how much peace, joy and hope
they experienced,” remarked Executive
Director Carissa Hogan.
The studio at 4155 Oxford Ave. in
Ortega Village was bustling with people
all afternoon in an upbeat event hosted by
the Drew, Haramis and Brundick families.
“What a beautiful day to celebrate our
precious Allison’s life and this incredible
foundation,” said Drew Haramis, mother of
Allison. “My family and I are proud of all
that has been accomplished by Angels for
Allison and sincerely appreciate everyone
who has helped and volunteered for us.”
In celebration of its anniversary, the
foundation raised $5,000 to support
continued efforts to help those who experience the catastrophic event of losing
a child. Visit them at the studio or go to
www.AngelsforAllison.org to get involved
as an individual volunteer, a business
supporter, or to form a connection with
schools and other organizations.
Board members and family: Francy Robertson, Kathy Mabry, Carissa Hogan, Mary Lee Willetts,
Rosemary Robie, Sabrie Edmonton, Karla Newton, Robert Van Cleve, Jennifer Hannigan, Lee Haramis,
Drew Haramis, Susan Wood, Derick Brundick, Jan Brundick, Harrison Holmes, Allison Crutchfield, Liz
Holmes, Elizabeth Van Cleve, Sydney Gibbs, Lanier Drew, Betty Lu, Drew, Sarah Drew
Angels for Allison
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Gabriel House of Care celebrates
5th anniversary with Cuban flair
A Cuban flavor was in the air at the
TPC Clubhouse at Sawgrass Players Club
as more than 320 donors turned out to
celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Gabriel
House of Care.
Coordinating with the theme, An Evening
in Havana, women glittered in their tropical
best as men donned straw fedoras and
Panama hats, ready to dance the night away.
Speaking at the event were Valerie
Callahan, Executive Director of Gabriel
House of Care, Dr. Gianrico Farrugia,
CEO of Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Paul
Grainger, chairman of Christopher’s Circle
Young Professional Advisory Board, and
Beverley Beasley, chairman of the Gabriel
House Women’s Advisory Council.
Nancy Kennedy presented the 2016
Christopher Mark Gregory Angel of Hope
award to June Levin.
A spectacular silent auction lined tables
in the foyer outside the ballroom. Mike
Buresh, chief meteorologist with Action
News Jacksonville, played auctioneer at
the live auction.
Special guests at the affair were Jorge
Bacardi and his wife, Leslie, and Eric
and Grace Gregory with their sons, John
and Colin. Barcardi received a double-lung transplant at Mayo in March
2008, thanks to the organ donation of the
Gregorys’ son, Christopher Mark, who
suffered a fatal brain aneurism when he
was 19. Supremely grateful, Bacardi made
a leadership gift to the Mayo Clinic for the
Call for Murray Hill memories
The Murray Hill Preservation
Association is making plans to celebrate
the historic community’s 100th anniversary in July with the release of an update
to the History of Murray Hill.
“Although our history stretches back
a bit further, Murray Hill wasn’t offi-
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Blessed to serve
community
Worship services were cancelled
at the Murray Hill Baptist Church
on April 3. Instead of lifting holy
hands inside the sanctuary, members
plunged their hands into service projects around the community.
The entire church participated in projects on BLESS Day of Service, including
trash pick-up, gutter clearing, landscaping cleaning in the first commercial
block of Edgewood Avenue (near the
railroad track), baby clothing/items givea-way, landscaping at Ruth N. Upson
Elementary School, a worship service at
Florida Christian Apartments, and other
projects to benefit the community.
Dr. James and Maruchi Schumacher, Lep and Katie Adams, with Javier
and Mary Garcia-Bengochea, and Julie and Dan Rice
construction of a new hospitality house on
Mayo’s west campus. The house was named
Gabriel House, in honor of Christopher.
“Our goal tonight is exposure,” said
Callahan during the cocktail hour. “For us to
pack out the TPC Clubhouse is an accomplishment for a small new nonprofit that’s
only five years old. This annual fundraiser
is a tremendous way to get our brand out
and a way to make people more aware of the
work we do for our transplant and oncology
patients. The main thing is the collaborative
effort in the way the house was built. Mayo
Clinic had a vision, and Jorge and Leslie had
the major gift to build it.”
Gabriel House and Mayo Clinic Chaplin
Rev. Bruce Ford and his wife, Nancy
Join Us
on
sUnday
cially incorporated until July 5, 1916,”
said Jason Tetlak, MHPA secretary,
who is seeking stories and historic
photos. “Later, in 1925, citizens of
Murray Hill decided by a vote of 96 to
9 to join the City of Jacksonville.”
Email jason@tetlak.com no later
than June 1 if you would like to share
your memories of bygone days.
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Rowing club benefit
honors founders
Bridget “No Fear” Monahan
Whitecaps on river
make for rough regatta
Seven sailing clubs met for a weekend of rough racing at the 6th annual Cowford Cup, held at the Florida
Yacht Club. Young sailors came from
Tampa, Savannah, Daytona Beach, St.
Petersburg, St. Augustine, Lake Eustis
and Nova Scotia to compete in four
series, a total of 32 races April 15-17.
The Florida Yacht Club had 13 boys and
girls entered in the regatta. Jacob FiskerAnderson, of Julington Creek, placed first
and Allison Weinbecker, of St. Nicholas,
was second in the Laser 4.7 series, while
her brother, William, placed second in the
Optimist Series Red Division.
“Funny to hear these sweet little boys
yelling at each other at the mark!” said
Deb Fewell. “The best thing about racing
is they are best friends again as soon as
they get back to the dock!” After the regatta, Reedy Monahan and
Will Weinbecker traveled to San Francisco
to sail in the U.S. Team Trials during the
week of April 18.
When her daughters, Phoebe and
Poppy, were students at Stanton College
Preparatory High School, biology teacher
Tess Durant didn’t realize for the next 25
years her resume would include the title
Owner, Stanton River Bank Rowing.
At the time Stanton High School was
established as a magnet school, there
would be no sports, by design. “The only
team-oriented sports were the cheerleaders
for the Brain Brawl Team,” said Durant.
Never mind their job was to cheer on a
cerebral team, the Stanton cheerleaders did
win a national cheerleading competition.
Durant became involved in rowing when
her daughter, Phoebe Durant Shen, Class
of ’91, took a rowing class at Jacksonville
University, where, coincidentally, another
Stanton biology teacher had founded the
women’s rowing program in 1973. Steve
Hitchcock teamed up with Durant to form
Stanton River Bank Rowing and led the
rowers to many successful races on all
Stanton River Bank Rowing founders Tess Durant
and Steve Hitchcock, former biology teachers at
Stanton College Preparatory High School
levels. In 1995 they coached the crew to gold
in the Women’s Varsity Eight at the Florida
Scholastic State Championships, followed
the next month by a gold medal win at the
USRowing Nationals on the Olympic Course
at Lake Lanier, Gainesville, Georgia.
Durant and Hitchcock were guests of
honor at the April 9 “Affair in Avondale”
benefit for the rowing club at the home of
Mike Nolan and Marme Kopp. They now
serve as coach advisors to Chris Register,
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Inaugural kids’ duathlon
ends with family festival
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Five inducted into Honor Society
St. Matthew’s Catholic School inducted the newest members of its National Junior
Honor Society chapter on March 11. Abigail Wilson, Nigel Goldberg, Ian O’Brien,
Abigail O’Brien, and Ashlyn Barton are leaders around campus, at church, and in the
community. New members are invited to apply after the end of the first semester in
their 8th grade year. In order to be invited to apply, NJHS members must have maintained an 85 or above in all subjects in all quarters since the beginning of 6th grade
for a total of ten quarters.
More than 140 children from the
Jacksonville community took part in the
inaugural Daily’s Fit-4-Life Kids Duathlon
on April 9 at Riverside Presbyterian
Day School. Kristian Villano and Laura
Edgecombe were event co-chairs.
Juniors, ages 5 to 9, ran 0.75 miles,
biked three miles, then finished by running another quarter mile, while senior
competitors, ages 10 to 15, ran 1.5 miles,
biked six and finished with a 0.75-mile
run. Three run routes were established
along Riverside Avenue and May Street,
while the bicycle route began and ended
at RPDS, running along Oak Street to
Mallory Street. Winners received medals
in the form of zipper pulls to display on
jackets or backpacks.
After the races, a family-friendly festival
included snacks, face painting, inflatables,
free health screenings and more.
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Book characters parade at CDO
Dressing as their favorite book characters, children gathered on the lawn at CDO Avondale.
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favorite books to share with the classmates and culminated the fun event with a parade.
The preschool is planning to extend the school week next fall to five days a week.
“We are continuously searching for new, fun ways and opportunities to maximize
the growth potential within each child while successfully infusing and strengthening
the interpersonal and academic skills,” said Cindy Lawrence, director. “We have been
so successful at achieving this we are adding a ‘fun Friday’ program beginning in the
fall. Parents have been asking for five days [of programming], and now we will open
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Art Walk raises funds to
continue new tradition
Riverside Children’s Art
Center celebrates 10th
anniversary
A little over 10 years ago, former
Riverside Avenue Christian Church
member Suzanne Stout, now a minister
in Des Moines, Iowa, became concerned
about funding cuts for arts in the public
schools. Having led the youth drama
program at the church, Stout reached
out to The Community Foundation for a
community-development grant. Armed
with $50,000, Stout and other members
of the congregation canvassed teachers,
students, parents and community leaders
about ideas for the healthy development
of neighborhood children.
The result was the founding in 2006 of
the Riverside Children’s Art Center, which
celebrated its 10th anniversary on April 9
with a party at the church. All three levels
of the building were incorporated in the
affair, beginning with folk dancing and a
raffle on the first floor, melodies by youth
jazz musicians, a photo show and selfie
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Kelly Paterno, director of the Riverside Children’s
Art Center, and Rev. Suzanne Stout, who procured
a $50,000 research grant to develop the Art Center.
booth on the second floor, and finishing
on the third floor with a creative art experience and a drumming circle. Caterers
circled the building and art exhibits were
on each floor.
Former pastor Rev. Richard Hull
came back for the evening of arts, along
with other longtime members such as
Fred and Judy Woolsey, Bill and Susan
Andrews, Theresa Bennett Hill, Milton
Willford and Mary Moore.
Arts Center board members Susan Andrews, Tanya Bolden, and Bill Andrews, who has been a member of
the Riverside Avenue Christian Church for more than 60 years.
Timothy, Tadavia and Torren Huffman, with big sisters Timmia and Tallena
Six hundred pieces of art created by 371
students at Central Riverside Elementary
School were on display for the annual Art
Walk, attended by more than 250 proud
parents, grandparents and friends.
“One hundred percent of our student
body was represented in the student exhibit,” said Terry Woodlief, art teacher. “There
was a string performance by our violin
students from our Cathedral Arts Project.”
Highlight of the event was the Class
of 2016 self-portrait tile display, for
which funding was provided through
a PowerUP Jax grant, sponsored by the
Jacksonville Public Education Fund. The
69 self-portrait tiles, which include 60
students, eight teachers and the principal,
will be a permanent fixture in the school.
“We will continue the tradition of
having the fifth grade graduating class
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Founded on a mission of compassion, St. Vincent’s looks
forward after 100 years of successful medical service
By Kate A. Hallock
Resident Community News
Nearly 400 years have passed since an
aristocratic widow and a priest joined
forces for good in France, but their original
mission lives on worldwide. Now celebrating its 100th anniversary in Jacksonville, St.
Vincent’s HealthCare would not be where
it is today had it not been for the care and
fortitude of the Daughters of Charity, an
order established in 1633 by St. Vincent de
Paul and Ste. Louise de Marillac.
“From the beginning, St. Vincent’s
HealthCare was founded on a Mission of
compassion to provide care for those who
were in need. The spirit of the Daughters
of Charity is to discover the face of Christ
in those whom we serve, and we invite our
dedicated collaborators to do the same,” said
Sister Jean Rhoads, Daughter of Charity and
member of St. Vincent’s Board of Directors.
“Each person’s life is uplifted when you realize serving here is actually a ministry...that
what you do is making a lasting difference
in this challenging world. I think that’s the
reason the Mission at St. Vincent’s thrives!
My hope for St. Vincent’s HealthCare for
the next 100 years is that it remain deeply
committed to its Mission and respond with
vibrant creativity to the ever-changing
needs of our brothers and sisters,” she said.
Almost 20 years after the nuns first came
to Jacksonville to treat soldiers in a field
hospital during the Spanish American War,
they were asked to return in 1916 to take
over the DeSoto Sanitarium in Springfield.
They treated more than 600 patients during
their first year at what would eventually become St. Vincent’s, named after the French
priest St. Vincent de Paul.
“The Daughters of Charity hold a very
special place in my heart. These courageous foundresses of St. Vincent’s were
not only committed to helping the poor,
they lived amongst them in solidarity.
Their loving and visionary commitment
continues today, and it’s the very thing
that motivates me to serve with Ascension
and lead St. Vincent’s HealthCare,” said
Tom VanOsdol, Chief Operating Officer of
Clinically Integrated Systems of Care for
St. Vincent’s HealthCare. “We are the only
local health system that regularly seeks out
the poor to care for them. Our goal is for
all people to have access to a clinically excellent and compassionate medical home
and a trusted relationship with their provider – regardless of their ability to pay.”
The Daughters of Charity left St. Vincent’s
HealthCare two years ago to serve other
ministries within Ascension, but their legacy
lives on even as the torch was passed on
to other associates within the nonprofit.
“At St. Vincent’s, we live our Mission
every day. Our desire to serve our
friends and neighbors goes far beyond
the walls of our facilities and out into
the community through events like our
recent Medical Mission at Home. This
medical Mission gave us the opportunity to provide free healthcare to more
than 200 people in an area where these
services are needed the most, downtown Jacksonville, just a few blocks from
where the Daughters of Charity launched
St. Vincent’s 100 years ago,” said Tracie
Loftis, Chief Mission Integration Officer
for St. Vincent’s HealthCare. “Our Mobile
Health Outreach Ministry sends doctors-offices-on-wheels to both our urban
and rural communities to places such
as schools and migrant farm camps to
provide free care to those that might not
otherwise receive medical attention. I’m
blessed to work for an organization that is
committed to helping those most in need
in our community.”
It hasn’t been just all take, no give within
the community. The organization has relied
upon the time, energy and commitment
of many volunteers, and has been blessed
by financial gifts from many local philanthropists, enabling St. Vincent’s to expand
services and maintain medical excellence.
“For 100 years now, the Mission of
St. Vincent’s has been supported by our
friends in the community,” said Jane R.
Lanier, CFRE, President of the St. Vincent’s
Foundation, established in 1982. “These
individuals and businesses have generously given their time, treasure and talent
to ensure we can deliver on our promise
to care for those most in need. We are
blessed to have such committed partners.”
One such partner, First Coast Energy,
has enabled the Mobile HealthCare
Ministry to reach its own milestone. The
program began in 1991, taking fully staffed
doctors-offices-on-wheels to areas of the
community which lack medical services.
During its 2014-2015 fiscal year, the Mobile
HealthCare Ministry provided free services
to more than 17,000 adults and children.
“We are excited to celebrate St.
Vincent’s incredible 100 year milestone in
Jacksonville,” said Aubrey Edge, First Coast
Energy CEO. “Our longstanding partnership with the St. Vincent’s HealthCare
Foundation through the Mobile Healthcare
Ministry is a significant part of Daily’s commitment to Jacksonville. We are proud to be
an integral part of the community and honored to be able to help those who live right
here in our hometown. Congratulations and
thank you to all of our friends at St. Vincent’s
for how you have served, and will continue
to serve, our neighbors and neighborhoods
here in Northeast Florida.”
Another community partner, the
Shircliff Society, brings together a group
of young professionals to engage and
inspire developing community leaders
through the St. Vincent’s Foundation.
Started in 2011, the Shircliff Society was
named after Robert T. Shircliff, a tireless
supporter of the Mission as well as a generous philanthropic leader.
“Our Mission is to become advocates
for a compassionate and just society and
to improve the health of individuals and
communities through philanthropy and
volunteerism,” said Ashley Szczukowski,
Shircliff Society, St. Vincent’s Foundation.
“Jacksonville deserves the best leaders
and innovators, and we want to help
create them.”
Along with the other leaders currently serving on the 10-member Board of
Directors, Sidney S. Simmons, II, chairman,
credits the Mission for guidance and for the
healthcare system’s success 100 years later.
“We are really fortunate to have so many
good health systems in our community.
For me St Vincent’s has remained special
because of how its Mission continues to
guide it in all ways – from making major
strategy decisions to personal encounters
with associates,” said Simmons. “Balancing
high quality, innovative healthcare with
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Jacksonville pen women celebrate 90th anniversary
By Marcia Hodgson
Resident Community News
The Marabanong estate on Empire Point
was a fitting location for the Jacksonville
Branch of the National League of American
Pen Women to celebrate its 90th anniversary
April 9. Charter member Eliza M. Souvielle,
who served as the first vice president of the
newly formed Jacksonville chapter, lived
in the historic mansion in 1926, when the
Jacksonville branch was founded.
Souvielle’s spirit came to life through
a character portrayal by Fletcher Shipp
of Springfield, during the anniversary
festivities at the mansion April 9 in St.
Nicholas. In fact, Mayor Lenny Curry
commemorated April 9, 2016 as National
League of American Pen Women of
Jacksonville Anniversary Day with a
special proclamation, which was read by
Joanelle Mulrain of San Marco.
Comprised of writers, visual artists,
musicians and composers, poets, designers and painters, the Jacksonville Branch
of the National League of American Pen
Women (NLAPW) is a “supportive group
of professional women for professional
women,” said Francesca Tabor-Miolla,
membership chairman.
The written works of many local
members have been published in more
than 60 publications and include the
work of best-selling historic romance
novelist Taylor Caldwell, who joined the
Jacksonville branch in 1952, according to
branch membership documents.
The National League of American Pen
Women was born in 1897 when newspaper journalist Marian Longfellow
O’Donoghue asked two of her colleagues
to join her in forming a “progressive press
union” after she was denied membership
in the male-dominated National Press
Club in Washington, D.C. Known as “The
Dauntless Three,” the women soon saw the
ranks of their budding organization swell
to include 17 women writers, journalists,
novelists, poets, as well as an artist and a
teacher. Soon the requirement that applicants hold professional credentials and be
paid for their work became compulsory. By
Front: Pat Setser, Mimi Pearce and Jacksonville branch of the National League of American Pen Women President Linda Foley; back: Joe Ripley and Diantha YorkRipley, owners of the historic Marabanong mansion, Elaine Waidelich, two-time past president of the National League of American Pen Women, Fletcher Shipp,
Jan Atchley Bevan, Joanelle Mulrain and Susan Brandenburg.
1898, artists and composers were included
in the mix, and the organization boasted
more than 50 members from throughout
the United States.
NLAPW maintains its national headquarters in the Pen Arts Building in
Dupont Circle, Washington D.C. an edifice
that was originally built as the home of Sara
Adams Whittemore, a well-known opera
singer at the time. It also housed Robert
Todd Lincoln, eldest son of President
Abraham Lincoln, who lived in the residence with his family for more than a year.
By 1921, the NLAPW had expanded to
include 35 branches throughout the United
States. Over the years, several First Ladies
were awarded honorary memberships and
occasionally participated in League activities. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, was a prolific writer
and active member while in the White
House, according to League documents.
Jacksonville was the 31st branch of
NLAPW and was founded by Estelle
Thomas Steele in 1926. Prior to moving to Jacksonville, Steele had lived in
Washington, D.C. and served as publicity
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chairman for the national organization.
Including Souvielle, other charter members
of the Jacksonville branch were Marguerite
Gardner Fetters as president, Vira K.B.
Humphreys, secretary and historian, and
Juanita C. Burbridge, treasurer.
During the celebratory gathering April 9,
more than 50 members and guests toured the
Marabanong house and grounds, including
a large koi pond in the back of the residence.
Marabanong owners Joe Ripley and his wife,
Diantha York-Ripley, an artist, were on hand
to answer questions about the historic home,
which is listed in the United States National
Register of Historic Places. After the meeting,
the NLAPW Jacksonville branch intends
to present the Ripleys with a special plaque
commemorating the mansion’s listing on the
National Register, and 90th anniversary of
NLAPW’s Jacksonville branch.
The pen women also noshed on
scrumptious refreshments in the dining
room and enjoyed guitar music by Pen
Woman Lynn Curtin and a cello performance by Linda Minke. Past Jacksonville
Branch President Jan Atchley Bevan of
Murray Hill read selections of her poetry,
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several Pen Women members.
Two-time president of the NLAPW, Elaine
Waidelich was a special guest. Mary Atwood,
a photographer with a studio in the San
Marco area, was inducted into the League.
Emma Pan of Gainesville, who recently
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painting was on display in the National
Show in Washington, D.C. in April, she said.
Chairing the event were Tabor-Miolla and
Patricia Setser of Empire Point. Duncan
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display highlighting the Jacksonville branch’s
history. Susan D. Brandenburg of San Jose,
Maggie Fitzroy and Setser compiled a booklet detailing the group’s 90-year history.
Mary Ann Miller, Vicky Lennon and
Pamela Walker Hart served as hostesses
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Potted flowers were supplied by the
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Bryan Gowdy holding Lorenza; Graziana in front
of Lucrezia; Fabrizio; Barbara holding Fulvio
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RESIDENT C OMMUNIT Y NEWS
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Italian fluently.
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of her family, Barbara Gowdy
is a real-life Supermom.
Where she lives now: Gowdy lives with her family in
the historic St. Johns Quarter in a 1912 home, which
she is continually refurbishing and upgrading.
Barbara Gowdy’s pride and joy reflect her heritage. She
and her husband, Bryan, gave each of their five children
distinctly ethnic names. Although Gowdy is primary caregiver for five children, including Landon Middle School
seventh grader Fabrizio, 13; Lucrezia, 9, who is homeschooled; five-year-old Graziana, who attends Avondale
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(son) and Lorenza (daughter), she still carves out time for
competitive running, gardening, and serving in the military.
Where you may have seen her, but didn’t know it:
Finishing fifth in her age group in the 2015 Gate
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Why she can pull rank on you: She is a lieutenant
commander in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, having
served 20 years, eight of which were on active duty.
Why she could kick your butt: Gowdy attended
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Pastors set spiritual tone at Celebrity Chefs fundraiser
Marcia Hodgson
Resident Community News
By inviting a cadre of local pastors to
serve as celebrities during the annual
Celebrity Chefs fundraiser, the Salvation
Army’s Women’s Auxiliary offered up
“spiritual food” in addition to the tangible edible delights offered during its 30th
anniversary celebration March 31 at the
Prime Osborn Convention Center.
“Our 30th anniversary is a very special
event,” said Carol Hamilton of San Jose,
president of the women’s auxiliary, noting
the occasion was tied in with the 125th
anniversary of the Salvation Army in
Northeast Florida. “We wanted to partner
with the faith-based community by
having them be our celebrity chefs,” she
said, adding the qualities expressed by the
pastors and the help they give is inspiring
and blends well with the work done by
Salvation Army volunteers.
“We just wanted to bring it all together
since it is a monumental anniversary,”
Hamilton said. “It’s appropriate that we
wanted to broaden our horizons and do
something different than in previous years.
Usually our celebrity chefs are from the
arts, entertainment, sports or TV communities,” Hamilton said. “We wanted to give
the event a more spiritual tone.”
Serving tasty dishes behind the line
were Rev. Rodolfo Godinez, associate
pastor of San Jose Catholic Church;
Rev. Dr. Bruce Hedgepeth, pastor of
South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church
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Baptist Church; Rev. Eric Williams,
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Methodist Church; Rev. Jeff Arnold,
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Pastor Spike Hogan, lead pastor of
Chets Creek Church in Southside; Carol
Ragland, Director of Community Impact,
Christian Family Chapel in Mandarin;
Rev. Dr. Herb Reavis, senior pastor of
North Jacksonville Baptist Church and Lt.
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area commander and associate area commander of The Salvation Army.
At press time Salvation Army officials
were tallying up the proceeds, and hoped
to better their goal of $84,000, said Kelly
Belich, community relations coordinator
for The Salvation Army.
This year the funds will support the
Army’s child development center, funding scholarships for homeless children,
T-shirts for children in the summer day
camp program, staff development at the
EAC conference and after-school outreach at the Army’s Towers Center of
Retired Salvation Army Lt. Colonels Charles and
Shirley White, Father Rodolfo Godinez, Dr. Herb
Reavis, Jr., Rev. Dr. Bruce Hedgepeth, Rev. Jeff
Arnold, Carol Ragland, Rev. Dr. Gary Lee Webber,
Pastor Spike Hogan, Rev. Eric Williams, Deacon Dale
Tatum, Rev. Dr. Nicholas G. Louh, Salvation Army
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Sally Evans and her daughter, Allison Waters
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self-sufficiency, purchase Angel Tree bags
and stockings for the holiday assistance
program and provide clothing and toys
for Angel Tree bags as well as a television
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All bets were on the Zoo
Todd Boring and Kasey Wagner with Co-Chair Tiffany Massey and Harry Massey
Dr. Tirbod Fattahi and Julie Fattahi with Emily and Valdes Orlando
Awards event
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LGBT community
Jimmy Midyette accepting Harvey Milk Award
Members of the Jacksonville LGBT
community and their supporters, including At-Large City Councilman Tommy
Hazouri, gathered at WJCT Studios for
the Jacksonville LGBT Awards April 2.
The annual event presents nearly 50
awards to local individuals, organizations, nonprofits and businesses for their
continued efforts on behalf of the LGBT
community. Special honorees were Edith
Windsor Award: Nadine Smith; Larry
Kramer Award: Justin Bell; Harvey Milk
Award: Jimmy Midyette; Bayard Rustin
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Award: Hope McMath, and Sylvia Rivera
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Founder and publisher of cityXtra
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annual event to unite the community and
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The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
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The evening fundraiser drew patrons
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Students learn life skills to cha cha beat
By Peggy Harrell Jennings
Resident Community News
Special needs students from Ed White
High School’s Transitions class enjoyed
their first ballroom dance class with
smiles, laughter, hoots and claps.
Ranging in age from 18 to 22, the
students were on a community-based
instructional trip set up by teacher Mark
De Toro. The day trip to Murray Hill
included social dancing at Ballroom Bliss,
coffee grinding at Bold Bean and observing practical applications of their school
studies at Maple Street Biscuit Company.
“Our academies give students an
environment to gain confidence and
learn skills to work in the community so
they can have a productive life and live
independently,” explained Susan Smith,
ESE lead teacher.
De Toro set up the mini-tour to reinforce classroom learning and Glessner,
a Fairfax resident, was enthusiastic. “I
loved it. These kids are like a blank slate –
the dance class was like the first time you
have ice cream,” Glessner said. “It was fun
for us to see everything with fresh eyes.”
Glessner engaged the 40-plus students
with humor and taught a basic side step,
which is an integral part of many dance
combinations.
“I have some special needs as well, and
it’s great to be able to share (dance) with
Transitions class at Ballroom Bliss
these kids,” said Katie O’Brien, Glessner’s
demonstration partner for the event. The
couple demonstrated the East and West
Coast Swing, the waltz and the cha cha.
Smith explained physical movement is
especially important for this challenged
population. “They learned movement is
fun and are developing much-needed social skills to function in the community,”
John Glessner partners with Katie O’Brien in a waltz
she said. “They don’t need to sit in front
of the TV the rest of their lives. Dancing
taps into something they like to do.”
Glessner agreed. “Being able to use
social skills, manners, learn patterns of
movement – for the boys to learn to lead
or ask someone to dance – that is all part
of the learning experience of social interaction. It helps to build confidence.”
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Rupert Q. Bliss
July 11, 1930 – April 9, 2016
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— In Memoriam —
Willo Dean Hyde
November 28, 1933 – April 14, 2016
Willo Dean “Willie” Hyde
Dr. Rupert Bliss
By Kate A. Hallock
Resident Community News
Longtime Avondale resident and dentist, Rupert Q. Bliss, DDS, passed away
April 9, 2016, joining Mary Ann Chandler
Bliss, his wife of over 55 years, in eternity.
Dr. Bliss was born at Riverside Hospital
July 11, 1930. He attended The Bolles
School, and University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill for his undergraduate and
dental degrees. After serving in the Army
Medical Corps, Dr. Bliss followed in the
dental footsteps of his father, Dr. Homer A.
Bliss, and grandfather, Dr. James A. Rupert.
Well-known within his profession as
local dentist, Dr. Bliss was also an investigator for and member of the State Board
of Dentistry. He was respected for his
civic involvement as a founding member
and past president of the Rotary Club of
West Jacksonville, and as a volunteer at St.
Catherine Labouré Manor.
“He was a remarkable man and wellloved by those who knew him,” said Bob
Hyde, president, Rotary Club of West
Jacksonville. “Rupert Bliss was one of the
approximately 20 Jacksonville leaders
who gathered in June 1967 for the formal
creation of the Rotary Club of West
Jacksonville. He became a pillar of the club
for nearly 50 years, serving as president
in the late 1970s, and he remained active
in the club until quite recently. With his
lively intelligence, keen wit, rich sense of
humor and dedication to his fellow human
beings, Rupert was one of the most loved
and respected of all Westside Rotarians.
His memory has been and will be honored
by Westside Rotary as it moves into its
Golden Anniversary year. By any measure,
Rupert Bliss was a Rotarian’s Rotarian.”
Stewart “Stew” Irwin, a long-time
member of Westside Rotary, offered
some fond memories of Dr. Bliss, too.
“For many, many years Rupert assumed
the position of attendance chairman, to
ensure members were credited for making
each meeting. He always said it was the
best way to meet the newer club members
and have an opportunity to converse with
all as they arrived at the luncheons,” said
Irwin. “He was a good listener, caring and
sensitive when needed, and a wonderful
person to have for a friend.”
Dr. Bliss was recognized, too, for his
passion for gardening. Rosebushes line
the perimeters of his stately home on
Edgewood Avenue, where he also cared
for the plantings in the median from
Riverside to St. Johns Avenues. His plantings were regularly visited by gardeners
from around the city, and his expertise
sought out by many.
“I never really knew Rupert as a fellow
gardener, but he did grow the most beautiful red amaryllis around his house,” said
former Riverside resident Victoria RegisterFreeman. “I actually saw him more in the
early morning when I was out for a jog. He
would always trot by and yell something
cheerful. At Christmas, he would have bells
on his Santa hat.”
The Episcopal Church of the Good
Shepherd served as Dr. Bliss’s spiritual
home for over 50 years.
“It is a blessing to have met Dr. Bliss,
whose warm personality was simply
“faaaantastic” – his answer each time I
asked him how is he doing,” said Alina
Martinez, parish administrator. “Always
joking, always warm, Dr. Bliss had a way
of bringing along smiles when he walked
through the door, without even trying.
He will be missed by our congregation at
Good Shepherd, which he faithfully served
for so many years together with his lovely
wife, Mary Ann, and their children.”
Dr. Bliss leaves behind five children:
James Rupert Chandler Bliss (Jan);
Homer Austin Chandler Bliss (Cathryn);
Palmer Ann Chandler Ritchie (Joe);
Allison Quentin Chandler Bliss; and
Rebekah Theresa Chandler Duvall
(John); nine grandchildren, Matthew
Joyner; Jessica Jaworski(Jarrod); Lilly
C.D. Bliss; Lydia Bagwell; Austin Bliss;
MaryAnna M. Bliss; Grace Barrett
(Jonathan); Matilda Hannah Belle Bliss;
Elizabeth Ann Bliss Duvall, and six
great-grandchildren Jaden, Grayson,
Noah, Oakley, Austyn and Lena-Kate.
Memorials be made to The Episcopal
Church of the Good Shepherd 1100
Stockton St., Jacksonville, Florida 32204
in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Rupert Bliss.
By Kate A. Hallock
Resident Community News
An Avondale fashionista and legend in
Jacksonville’s retail landscape has been
laid to rest. Willo Dean “Willie” Hyde,
owner of Willie’s, a Children’s Shop in
Avondale, passed away April 14, 2016
after a brief illness.
Born in Morrilton, Arkansas on
November 28, 1933, Hyde, a member of
the Helena-West Helena [Arkansas] High
School marching band and a majorette,
and was a Phillips County, Arkansas
Rodeo Queen. She attended the University
of Arkansas, the University of Mississippi,
Memphis State and Jacksonville University,
majoring in accounting.
Hyde married Victor Hyde, Jr., in
1955, and they had three children, Whit
(Karen), Stan (Suzette) and Amy, all
residing in Jacksonville.
In 1968 Hyde began her career in the
children’s clothing business. After having
moved her shop to a few locations in
town – including the Village in Ortega
– she finally settled in Avondale, where
she established Willie’s for Kids and
continued to dress several generations of
children from the Jacksonville area and
beyond. These children eventually raised
their own kids, and have now returned
to dress their own for school, church,
vacations, and countless fashion shows
along the sidewalks in Avondale. It was
a tradition to congregate in front of the
shop for the annual spring and fall fashion shows, complete with sidewalk seating
and balloons, to celebrate the arrival of
spring fashions for the kids.
“It was a rite of passage to graduate
from elementary school with a dress from
Willie’s,” said Samantha Wyatt, owner of
Avondale Gift Boutique. “She kept track
of what she sold, who got what color, so
no two girls were dressed alike. Everyone
should have a Willie’s dress in their closet.”
Well known for her sense of style and
fashion, Hyde designed and produced
much of the clothing sold in her shop,
now owned and managed by her daughter, Amy Hyde. Hyde retired two years
ago, at the age of 80.
“My mom brought me to Willie’s to
shop for every special occasion and then
30 years later, I was able to shop with her
for my boys and nieces,” said Deb Fewell,
owner of the the former Cowford Traders
shop in Avondale. “She was such a dear,
lovely lady that welcomed everyone with
warmth and kindness. Her upbeat attitude, sincere warmth and southern style
cannot be matched. A true lady.” Another longtime Avondale business
owner, Hooshang Harvesf, Ph.D., was a
dear friend of Hyde. “I’ve known Willie
for a long, long time. I miss her,” he said.
“With Willie you didn’t have to guess.
What you saw is what you got. She had
principles and I respected her for it.”
A successful business woman, Hyde also
owned and managed several apartment
buildings in Riverside. “She was a pioneer
for small businesses and female owners, a
woman ahead of her time,” said Wyatt.
Sally Hardin, who grew up with Hyde’s
daughter, Amy, had similar memories.
“She let us know as young girls that
anything was possible as a mother and a
career woman,” said Hardin.
Hyde was a member of St. Vincent’s
Gray Ladies, Stokesia Garden Club,
Seminole Canoe Club, Ponte Vedra Inn
and Club, and the Avondale Merchants
Association, and served as Ortega School
PTA president and WJCT Auction Chair.
Hyde is survived by her husband,
three children, three granddaughters,
Whitley, Emily Walker, and Krystale, and
in Arkansas, three cousins, Jim, Delaine,
and Bob Morgan. She was laid to rest in
the family plot in Maple Hill Cemetery,
Helena, Arkansas.
Willie and Victor Hyde, daughter Amy in front of
Willie’s Children’s Shop
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MAY 2016
‘Dirt’ fisherman searches
for treasure among trash
By Peggy Harrell Jennings
Resident Community News
Methodist women
celebrate century of
community service
By Peggy Harrell Jennings
Resident Community News
For 100 years, the women’s ministry circles at Ortega United Methodist Church
(UMC) have helped improve the lives of
others in the community. They follow the
precepts of the United Methodist Women,
established 145 years ago in Boston with
eight members dedicated to raising money
for a missionary and doctor to aid women
in India. Currently the global membership
is over 800,000 women, including 64 at
Ortega UMC.
The overarching organization was
founded on the principles of being in
Christian fellowship with one another
and helping those in need. With a variety
of outreach programs, the local group is
striving to fulfill the mission’s motto of
“Faith, Hope and Love in Action.”
In the past year alone, the Ortegabased group donated to Family Promise,
Methodist Children’s Village, The Inn
It took 50 years, but Chip Kirkpatrick, a
former Boy Scout at Lakeshore Methodist
Church, finally found his uniform kerchief slide.
Kirkpatrick had lost it at his very first
Scout meeting in 1964. He found it five
decades later buried in four inches of mud
on the church grounds. He also found a
toy gun his wife, Grace, had played with as
a child on a local playground.
“You could say finding things is a passion
for our family,” said Kirkpatrick. “When we
were kids, my brother and I would compete
with our mother at finding the most sharks’
teeth at the beach. Then every year we went
to North Carolina to dig at Mason’s Mine
for sapphires. Now, health and weather
permitting, I’d love to hunt every day.”
After retiring from AT&T four years ago
the hunt was on. “I visited a friend who
had a metal detector and it was interesting,
so I got one,” he said. “Now I have nine.”
What started as a hobby, Kirkpatrick
laughingly admits, has become an obsession. “I used to be a big time fisherman;
now I’m a dirt fisherman. I love being outside, and I get lost in my own little world.
It’s sort of a Zen experience. I’ve always
been a bit of a history buff and finding
objects is fascinating to me.”
Kirkpatrick said he muses over each
object, wondering, who lost it? How long
did they look for it? Were they sad? What
was their life like?
His tackle box is no longer filled with
lures but with rings, tiny metal cars, keys
and key fobs, coins, necklaces, locks – and
each one with an untold story.
Officers of Ortega United Methodist Women:
Nancy Schwanbeck, president; Gail Atchley,
vice president; Sarah Lillard, secretary; Bootsie
Johnson, treasurer
Ministry and Ortega Playschool. Money
was raised by selling over 200 cans of
homemade vegetable soup prepared at
the canning kitchen.
Sometime around 1914, the Ortega
Methodist Women prepared food for
the builders of the original chapel and
sewed cheesecloth curtains for the
glassless windows.
At the 100th anniversary celebration
on April 11 in the new Boyd chapel,
Rev. Jason Knott compared the women’s
contributions to two midwives in the
Old Testament Book of Exodus, whose
actions contributed to Moses leading the
Israelites out of bondage in Egypt and
changing the course of history.
Pastor Knott challenged the women to
continue their efforts to deliver people
from poverty and oppression. “What legacy
will you have? How will the world community be different because of this organization? Will there be a difference because of
your existence?” he asked, challenging the
women to another century of service.
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His interest in history was piqued by
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“They are gone now,” he said. “But they
told the story many times of being saved
when they were little children by John
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Mostly he finds what he calls “can slaw,”
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lawn mowers. Being a former Boy Scout
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Recently he found three fishhooks
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“Everyone thinks their grounds are real
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A
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Providing essential and
innovative services and
care for individuals,
families, and communities
throughoutNortheast Florida
to prepare for and support
graceful aging.
ging True, the nonprofit that
enables home-based senior
independence in Northeast
Florida, has a philosophy counter to our
culture’s view that growing old is merely a
period of decline.
The agency has been a trailblazer in the
community by providing services that
allow the elderly to remain independent.
How appropriate then that the theme
for this year’s Older Americans Month is
“Blaze a Trail.”
Chosen for a month when flowers
boast a colorful trail of blossoms, the
Administration for Community Living
wants to change the image of aging from
simply wilting away to that of a perennial,
which blooms once again.
For 84-year-old Ralph Metzger,
a client of Aging True, having the
opportunity to remain independent is
about more than blossoming.
It is about freedom.
“I am grateful for the person who
comes here from Aging True,” explained
Metzger. “I had a taste of assisted living
when I was in rehab – no way, I want my
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Metzger, who has survived four bypass
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while battling prostate cancer, relies on
Aging True for light housekeeping and
three-times-a-week nurse visitations.
It has enabled Metzger to remain in his
own home, which is part of the mission of
the nonprofit that focuses on enhancing
the lives of the elderly.
By providing light housekeeping
services, respite care and assistance
with activities of daily living, clients of
Aging True are equipped with the tools
they need to retain home-based senior
independence.
The organization, known as the
Cathedral Foundation of Jacksonville,
has been in operation since 1962,
administering programs specifically
designed to help seniors age gracefully.
“We really try to look at the specific
obstacles facing seniors in our community
and find practical solutions that for our
clients, can make a world of difference,”
said Tourea Robinson, Director of
Development at Aging True. “We strive
to address not just the physical needs
of the elderly such as their meals and
home health care, but the life-enhancing
programs as well.”
These programs include support groups
for depression, anxiety or grief and loss
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medication and substance abuse.
Additionally, seniors who may be
struggling with a financial crisis benefit
from Aging True’s assistance with daily
money management. They even advocate
for clients in applying for eligible benefits.
Donors of Aging True provide
significant financial and operational
support so that the agency is able to
implement the necessary health, housing,
educational, nutritional and home care
programs.
Societies throughout history have
always held the elderly in great esteem
– relying on their wisdom, honoring the
lifetime of their experience and respecting
the contributions that haven’t ceased, but
like the garden, have merely evolved.
Thankfully, for Metzger and so many
other elderly in northeast Florida, Aging
True continues its trail blazing in weeding
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so that aging with dignity isn’t part of a
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Metzger said his parents taught him
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“Some people just say ‘well I am
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MAY 2016
By Julie Kerns Garmendia, Resident Community News
As a young
Lakeshore teen,
Doug Hutchins
never dreamed
that riding a bus
every day with
Jacksonville Mayor
John T. Alsop was
the beginning of
what would be
lifelong ties to city
Doug Hutchins
government.
Hutchins, 89,
may be the only person still living to have
had unique professional and personal
relationships with Florida governor Cecil
Farris Bryant and four of Jacksonville’s best
known mayors: John T. Alsop, W. Haydon
Burns, Hans Tanzler, Jr., and Jake Godbold.
“As a teenager, I rode the bus at 6:30
every morning from Lakeshore to my
part-time job at Winn & Lovett Grocery
Warehouse on Beaver Street, which later
became Winn Dixie,” Hutchins said. “When
the bus stopped at Herschel Street and San
Juan Avenue, Mayor Alsop got on and sat
beside me. We talked about everything.”
Because the mayor didn’t hold a driver’s
license or own a car, Hutchins got to know
him well during the early 1940s. Mayor
Alsop told Hutchins a church would be
built on Talbot Avenue at Herschel Street. A
few years later, after he returned home from
a hitch in the Navy, he discovered Avondale
United Methodist Church had been built
on that corner. It was a church that would
later become his spiritual home in 2005.
1953 Wedding
Born in Mississippi, Hutchins moved
to Jacksonville with his mother, LaBelle
“Belle” Wilson Hutchins after she divorced
his father, James M. Hutchins. Hutchins
was 13 when his mother moved him
and his siblings – Thomas Edwin “Tank”,
George, Dorothy Jane and LaMercedes – to
a home on Fremont Avenue.
In 1942, with World War II raging,
Hutchins decided to join the military. He
was only 16.
“I knew I wasn’t old enough, but
that didn’t stop me. I had my Wiggins,
Mississippi birth certificate dated May 23,
1925, but it was wrong. I was born in 1926,”
he said. “When I handed it to the recruiter
he just looked at me and didn’t say anything.
Doug entering the military in 1942
I worked as a machinist mate three years
in the Pacific and my last year in Okinawa.
They called us the Black Gang because we
were filthy with dirt from our work.”
After his discharge from the military,
Hutchins headed back to Robert E. Lee
High School, graduating in 1947.
Hutchins attended the University of
Florida for two years but left to work at
Seaboard Airline Railroad in Jacksonville.
He worked 16- to 18-hour days as a
locomotive engineer for 10 years, and is
a past local chairman of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers Union.
Hutchins was briefly married to
Genevieve Higgenbotham, a Jacksonville native from Wesconnett. They lived in Murray
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Doug Hutchins with four of his five grandchildren:
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Harold and
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Doug Hutchins between his daughters Denise
Fleming, Anne Gilbert-Rolfe; sons Doug Hutchins,
Jr. and Harold Hutchins
Hill and had a daughter, Anne, before
divorcing in 1950. Hutchins has a grandson
and great-granddaughter by Anne.
In 1953, Hutchins married Elaine Helton
at Woodlawn Baptist Church. They bought
a home on Ernest Street, then moved
to Cedar Hills before settling on Talbot
Avenue in 1963. The couple had three
children: Doug, Jr., Harold, and Denise.
Hutchins’ extended family includes four
grandchildren and two great-grandsons.
Elaine graduated from high school in
1939 and served in the U.S. Army Medical
Corps during WWII. She taught Sunday
School and Bible Studies for 35 years at
Avondale Baptist Church.
“We grew up attending Avondale Baptist.
Every Sunday evening the youth group,
about 30 kids, came over. My parents opened
our home to all our friends. It was a loving,
welcoming place. Mom usually made hot
dogs or pizza,” said Hutchins’ daughter,
Denise Fleming. “Our favorite games were
“Who Put Mustard on the Hot Dog,” or
playing Cork Ball in the street with a ball
made of corks and tape. My brothers, just
11 months apart, shared friends. Jack Milne
says he was at our house more than his own.”
Summer vacations were spent at the
family’s summer home on Silver Lake in
Keystone Heights, where the Hutchins
family enjoyed fishing on the lake, cleaning
and cooking their catch for dinner. They also
water-skied behind their 16-foot motorboat.
“The Flakes lived next door in Keystone
Heights. Their daughter Audrey was a little older than Doug Jr. She was a Cypress
Gardens water-skier who taught us all to
water-ski,” Hutchins said. Denise recalled
riding on the front of Audrey’s water-skis
when she was three years old.
Close to Gainesville, Hutchins also
often took in games at the University of
Florida, his alma mater.
When his sons joined Woodlawn
Baptist Boy Scout Troop 55, Hutchins
was Scoutmaster. When they liked golf,
Hutchins drove them to West Meadows
Golf Course early and picked them up late.
Despite Doug Jr.’s assertion that he’s a “retired golf bum,” both Hutchins brothers are
excellent golfers, according to their family.
“Doug Jr. practiced his golf swing in
our living room in front of a huge mirror
above the fireplace. Any time he hit furniture, mother saw every mark. Once while
practicing outside, he accidentally let go,
and his club ended up over on Edgewood
Avenue. True story,” Denise said.
The family also took cross country car
trips to national parks and monuments.
In 1962, they began vacationing in the
mountains of Sky Valley, Georgia.
In 1961 Hutchins was appointed
Jacksonville Constable by his old friend
Gov. Cecil Farris Bryant and was elected to
the position nine months later. Hutchins
was among the last to serve as Constable, a
police officer/investigative position, which
was eliminated in Florida in 1973.
In the late 1960s and early ‘70s, Hutchins’
son, Doug Jr., attended Robert E. Lee High
School. In fact, he had the same chemistry
teacher as his father, Dorothy Thomas.
“Mrs. Thomas taught both of us chemistry at Lee. She taught me in 1971, and
she still remembered teaching my dad
back in the Forties,” said Doug Jr.
Hutchins’ career and personal life merged
in 1973 when his sister, LaMercedes
Hutchins Woodard married then-Jacksonville Mayor Hans Tanzler. Hutchins laughs,
recalling his unofficial job title was the
“Mayor’s brother-in-law.”
From 1968 to 1980 Hutchins worked as a
division chief under Duval County Engineer
John Crosby. He selected sites and managed construction of five vehicle inspection
stations. In 1980 he served as HUD Division
Chief and then as City of Jacksonville
Division Chief of the motor pool until 1987.
Having served under four consecutive
mayors – W. Haydon Burns, Lou Ritter,
Hans Tanzler, and Jake Godbold, for
whom Hutchins was working when he
retired in 1987.
From the early 1960s until 2005, the
Hutchins owned a condo and built three
homes, but everything changed in 2005
when Elaine suffered a heart attack.
“We returned to Talbot Avenue and lived
with our son Doug Jr., across from our
original home, now owned by our younger
son Harold and his wife Debbie,” Hutchins
said. “In 2011, Elaine died of cancer at 88.”
Prior to Elaine’s death, the Hutchins
had been married for 58 years and shared
everything. Theirs was a love story still
evident in many ways. They loved flowers,
gardening together and their Faithful
Friends Sunday School Class. Elaine made
delicious mayhaw jelly, sewed and knitted
beautiful cable-knit sweaters for Hutchins,
which he still wears. The elegant labels he
ordered for her to put in her creations read,
“Handmade by Elaine Hutchins.” They provide memories, which her family cherishes.
On May 23, the man who “loves a party” will celebrate his 90th birthday with
family and friends. Being alive and in the
company of his loved ones is the greatest
gift of all, he said.
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