Cultural Council holds annual awards event at Glass Factory
[su_slider source=”media: 36775,36781,36780,36779,36778,36777,36776″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″] The Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville hosted its 41st Annual Arts Awards May 6 at the historic Glass Factory, built in 1936 by Henry Klutho, The awards event honored Christopher Lazzara (Robert Arleigh White Award for Advocacy); Riverside resident Mark McCombs (Art Innovator Award); Murray Hill resident Dustin Harewood […]
Things come up rosy for Pine Castle at 5th annual Derby Day event
[su_slider source=”media: 36761,36769,36768,36767,36766,36765,36764,36763,36759,36760″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″] The horse, Always Dreaming, was not the only winner on Kentucky Derby Day. Pine Castle raised $88,000 during the 5th Annual Run for the Roses Derby Day Soiree at Deerwood Country Club May 6. After sipping on mint juleps and looking over the silent auction items, donors placed their […]
Arts magnet school hosts Centennial Celebration
[su_slider source=”media: 36751,36756,36755,36754,36753″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″] [/su_slider] It was standing room only in the Fishweir Elementary School auditorium May 19 as alumni sat elbow to elbow with current students, faculty and supporters in celebration of the 100-year-old neighborhood school. After Principal Kimberly Dennis opened the program, a Mayoral Proclamation was delivered by Dr. Charles Moreland, […]
Boy Scouts retire old flag in Historic St. Nicholas Cemetery
It was out with the old and in with the new as members of Boy Scout Troop 106, which is sponsored by Assumption Catholic Church, gathered May 6 to retire the old American flag in Historic St. Nicholas Cemetery and replace it with a new flag, which had previously flown over the United States Capitol […]
Drama company puts new twist on old fairy tale
In an adaptation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, playwright Jeff Hess of Avondale takes the bears on a family vacation to the Caribbean, where they encounter “a pesky intruder, a trio of zealous designers, a capricious TV judge, and a bumbling animal researcher.” “It’s fairy tale meets reality TV – all G-rated, of course, […]
Miracle babies beat odds, now college bound
Born prematurely at 28 weeks the day before Thanksgiving in 1997, Ortega triplets Jake, Caroline and Robert Still graduated from The Episcopal School of Jacksonville last month having beaten the early odds of survival nearly 20 years ago. “They truly are our miracle babies, born on Nov. 26, 1997 at just over 2.5 lbs.,” said […]
The Way We Were: Ron and Diane Cohen
When Ronald Stuart Cohen was born at St. Vincent’s Hospital in 1946 the total bill for the delivery and five days’ stay for him and his mother, Rose Lena, was $70.20. His father, Benjamin, paid $50 then and $20.20 later. Ron still has the receipt. Ron grew up with his brother Martin on Belote Place […]
The Way We Were: Anis Ira Daley and Barney Daley
When Dr. Gordon H. Ira Sr., bought a parcel on the Black Creek in the 1950s, his daughter, Anis Ira Daley, an Ortega resident, never dreamed five generations of her family would still enjoy the rustic retreat more than 60 years later. Even compared to a hang-gliding trip in New Zealand and a fly-fishing trip […]
