San Jose Country Club honors longstanding members, prepares for renovations
When Mig Hicklin reflects on her 72 years of membership at the San Jose Country Club, some of her fondest memories are of the early years of the club, when Saturday nights were spent dining and dancing the night away with her husband, William, and all their friends. At that time, the club consisted […]
Eagle Scout learns new game in building bocce court
When James Ranieri, 2018 president of the Italian American Club (IAC) in Mandarin, reached out to the North Florida Boy Scouts Council asking for a Scout to build a bocce ball court at his club, the timing was perfect for Mason Navidi of San Jose. Navidi, who has been a Boy Scout for 12 years, […]
Ortega River Club holds mortgage burning ceremony
The Ortega River Club, the second oldest private club in Jacksonville after the Florida Yacht Club, has nearly as many names as a cat has lives. Under its current identity, members celebrated a mortgage burning April 14 at the club on 4165 Lakeside Drive. Originally organized as the Germania Club in 1903, the certificate of […]
College prep students gain creative confidence through public art
Members of the James Weldon Johnson College Preparatory Middle School Public Art Club put their creativity on public display in two community mosaic murals produced by former Avondale residents Kate and Kenny Rouh, of RouxArt. The opportunity began in 2018 when their art teacher, Amanda Holloway, found a grant that would enable them to work […]
The Way We Were: The Larson Sisters
Sue Jordan of Riverside joked that she and the movie, “Gone with The Wind,” came out the same year – 1939. Although she was raised in Riverside, Sue was born in Miami. “My mother was a ‘Conch’ (born in Key West, Florida), and she had gone down to visit her family while Daddy was in […]
New Riverside-based Lung Institute is Florida’s largest in pulmonologists
St. Vincent’s HealthCare, now Ascension St. Vincent’s, took another great step in fighting lung disease by opening the St. Vincent’s Lung Institute. A dedication and an open house were held March 28 in the Betsy Lovett Center in the Dillon Building on Shircliff Way. The Lung, Sleep and Critical Care Center at St. Vincent’s originally […]
After four years, Lee High School ‘youth at-hope’ program still going strong
Four years ago, in school year 2015-2016, a young white female English teacher was tapped to develop a curriculum for a class in leadership, primarily for at-risk sophomore and junior males at Robert E. Lee High School. Together with Pastor Jay Harris of The Ville Church and Pastor Boyd Bettis of The District Church, who […]
Wiffle golf tournament challenges even best golfer
To ensure all residents have access to justice, the law office of Pajcic & Pajcic held its annual fundraiser to support Jacksonville Area Legal Aid (JALA), which offers civil legal support to those who cannot afford an attorney for matters ranging from fair housing to employment and much more. Challenging even the best duffer, the […]
