Students’ creativity brings light to Wolfson patients
By Morgan McGovern and Erin Corbett During the Lenten season, the 7th graders at San Jose Catholic School were asked to come up with ideas for a project to give back to the community. Morgan came up with the idea of taking three strips of bandanas and braiding them together into a bracelet. She thought it […]
Summer’s here, surf’s up: Time for a beach safari
By Jessica Basham Therriault Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Not everyone has a green backyard with bushes and trees. Florida is a peninsula, with the longest coastline of all states in the continental United States. Most of Florida’s nearly 19 million residents live less than 60 miles from the Atlantic Ocean or the […]
Lobster season: Catch the family fun this season in the Keys
By Nathan and Ted Miller Everyone loves to eat fresh lobster tail, and there are several different ways in Florida to harvest your own. One way is to become a certified diver, and head out 30+ miles off the First Coast into 100+ feet of water. If you are bold enough, you can dive […]
Record-breaker: Bolles swimmer to represent Singapore in Olympics
Bolles student Joseph Schooling, a rising junior at the school’s San Jose campus, is now the youngest athlete ever to be named Singapore’s Sportsman of the Year. The competitive swimmer will also represent his country in swimming during the 2012 Summer Olympics. Final exams in Jacksonville, however, kept him from attending the ceremony in his […]
San Jose looks to defend swim league championship title
By Mike Bonts The annual River City Swim League (RCSL) Championships will be held July 26-29 at the Cecil Aquatic Center on Normandy Boulevard. The league is comprised of 18 teams with approximately 2,100 swimmers ranging in ages three to 18 — including many neighborhood swimmers who have been training daily this summer. San Jose Country Club has […]
Avondale resident named USTA Florida tennis volunteer of the month
Charlie Parker’s memories of junior tennis include father-son events, trips with other kids to weekend tournaments, and group tennis drills and games that ended with exhausted smiles and laughter. Now with a son and daughter, the elementary school physical education teacher is introducing his own children to the game through 10 and Under Tennis as […]
Around the Parks
By Mike Bonts On May 12, players, coaches and families of NOL (Navy-Ortega-Lakeshore) Little League stopped play and left the ball fields, stands and concessions to honor U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Dick Lee, who died in Afghanistan. Tommy Brooke, president of NOL, asked players, coaches and families to be part of a NAS Jacksonville tribute along […]
Ducks Unlimited holds sponsor ‘Steak and Skeet’
Ducks Unlimited held a shotgun social last month in St. Augustine and tallied 40 members and guests at the evening shoot, which included skeet shooting and a “cook your own” steak dinner at the gun club’s facilities. Organizers held the event to thank sponsors of the fall Ducks Unlimited event last October. Those in leadership […]
Sweet time for inaugural Speech and Hearing Center social
Members of the community gathered at Sweet Pete’s candy store in Springfield to participate in the Jacksonville Speech and Hearing Center’s first Young Professionals event. Attendees enjoyed an array of chocolate covered fondue treats and wine, while getting the chance to mingle and network with fellow professionals. The event also raised more than $150 for JSHC thanks to the participants. Sweet Pete’s donated a […]
