Two student editors at the University of North Florida's campus newspaper, the Spinnaker, have received awards for their work with the publication.

UNF senior Erik Tanner, Spinnaker photo editor, won first place for photojournalism in the 2010 Blank Slate Annual Design Contest for College Students. He's a Beaches resident. Spinnaker layout editor Dan Rosemund, a senior and Southside resident, earned third place in the magazine cover category. The Chicago Tribune judged the 11th annual contest, sponsored by a chapter of the Society for News Design at Michigan State University. Tanner's photo of a homeless person was one of the shots featured in the Spinnaker's "Photo of the Week" section, while Rosemund designed his cover entry, "Savior or Socialist?," to complement a story on President Barack Obama.

UNF's first student newspaper was started in January, 1974.

Former Atlantic Beach Mayor Don Wolfson and his cousin have proposed a settlement with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation over its civil claim they were involved in illegal land deals in Mayport.

The Wolfsons want the case finalized, agency spokeswoman Jenn Meale said last week.

"The Department of Business and Professional Regulation has received a signed settlement agreement," she said. "The settlement agreement will most likely be presented to the Florida Real Estate Commission at their meeting in August."

Until April, Don and Dennis Wolfson wanted to settle the agency's complaint that they violated state law by paying John Meserve, also a former Atlantic Beach mayor, who is not a licensed real estate broker, for four land deals in Mayport in 2005 and 2006. The Wolfsons then opted instead for a formal hearing, but as the hearing date approached in June, they re-entered settlement negotiations.

"I have no comment until the Real Estate Commission rules on the proposed settlement," Don Wolfson said last week.

The regulatory agency wanted civil penalties that could have included the maximum of up to $5,000 in fines against the Wolfsons, saying Meserve was an unlicensed agent for them. The Wolfsons also could have lost their real estate licenses as part of the maximum punishment.

Meale would not disclose details about the settlement proposal, but she said penalties are likely to be included, though maybe not the maximum.

The Real Estate Commission can accept the proposed settlement, making it binding, or add stipulations.

Meanwhile, Meserve still plans to take the civil complaint to a formal administrative hearing with an administrative law judge. His deadline for requesting a date expired Tuesday and the state assigned an administrative hearing for Monday, Oct. 4, and Tuesday, Oct. 5.

Meserve faces similar civil charges from the Department of Business and Professional Regulation as well as a third-degree felony charge of profiting on real estate transactions without a license, which the State Attorney's Office filed against him in January. When Meserve was charged, Gov. Charlie Crist suspended him from his Jacksonville City Council seat representing the Beaches.

Meserve has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charge and he is set for trial in Circuit Court on Monday, Sept. 20. Assistant State Attorney Rich Komando said this week that his office is "continuing in discovery" in preparation for Meserve's trial.

Meale said Meserve's criminal case could affect the civil claim.

"If there were a criminal proceeding that involved a subject of one of DBPR's cases and that person were found guilty of a crime, that verdict could be incorporated into our administrative case," Meale said.

While it is illegal for licensed brokers to share profits with unlicensed participants in land deals, the State Attorney's Office didn't charge the Wolfsons because the statute of limitations on those cases is one year. Meserve is being prosecuted because the criminal charge against him has a three-year statute of limitations, prosecutors said.

Drew Dixon can also be reached at (904) 249-4947, ext. 6313.

With evidence looming that creeks off the Intracoastal Waterway are polluted, the Beaches cities are gradually signing on to a state program to test the water and eventually clean it up.

And state officials plan to eventually begin testing tributaries in Ponte Vedra Beach and elsewhere in St. Johns County, to see if cleanups are necessary there.

The Atlantic Beach City Commission signed off last month on an agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to clean up two main creeks that snake through the city. The long-term DEP Basin Management Action Plan addresses fecal coliform pollution in 15 tributaries near the coast that flow into the Intracoastal and eventually the St. Johns River. The state will also study pollutants in other areas of the state over the next few years.

In Atlantic Beach, the tributaries include Sherman Creek, which runs through the City Hall complex, and the northern fork of Hopkins Creek, which runs mostly along Aquatic Drive.

The city will help by reviewing actions it has taken to address pollution in the waterways in the past decade and continuing to take water samples, said Atlantic Beach Public Works Director Rick Carper.

The results will be used to analyze where the greatest contributors to pollution in the creeks are coming from, such as septic tanks or leaking sewage systems, for example, said Carper. The sampling and monitoring work will cost the city about $4,000 a year.

Atlantic Beach is the latest Beaches city to join the effort. In May, the Jacksonville Beach City Council agreed to support the program to reduce fecal coliform bacteria in Hopkins Creek, which contains about three times as much of the bacteria as scientists say it should. The Jacksonville Beach area of Hopkins Creek is in the southern end of the waterway bordering Neptune Beach. The Neptune Beach City Council was scheduled to vote Monday on joining the plan.

Exposure to fecal bacteria can cause diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. Children and people with weak immune systems are at higher risk of danger from the bacteria. High levels of bacteria can also deplete the St. Johns River of oxygen as pollutants eventually run from the tributaries into that waterway.

With the Duval County work under way, preliminary information is being gathered about St. Johns County and Ponte Vedra Beach.

"They've not yet developed an action plan for those water bodies as they have in Duval," said Jodi Conway, spokeswoman for DEP's Northeast Florida district. "They're following a cycle approach that divides it up."

The Ponte Vedra Beach waterways are part of a planning area called the Tolomato River unit, which also encompasses the Intracoastal Waterway. But that's separate from the Duval County project.

"DEP scientists are doing water quality sampling in several of these [Ponte Vedra] waterways and creeks this year," said Conway. "We're currently out there doing sampling right now. The results of this sampling will be analyzed next year to determine if these water bodies need additional assistance under this program."

DEP has tentatively approved an allowable maximum of 400 parts of bacteria per 100 milliliters of water. Samples taken at four Hopkins Creek sites between January 2001 and June 2008 showed levels at three times that amount.

Sherman Creek, north of Wonderwood Drive, has also been polluted with high levels of fecal bacteria. The creek runs under Florida A1A toward Mayport Road and into a canal that wraps around Mayport Naval Station.

However, recent water samplings of Sherman Creek show bacteria concentrations well below the acceptable standard, Atlantic Beach City Manager Jim Hanson said.

Still, Carper said city staff will target specific areas for monitoring.

"Historic data says we still have to watch it," Carper said. "There are three separate branches that become Sherman Creek.

"We will be taking samples at the east and west entrances to Fleet Landing," said Carper, who said the monitoring should begin this fall. "Then we will be taking samples at Puckett Creek west of Mayport Road, which is a tributary to Sherman Creek. And we will be taking a sample at Hopkins Creek at the north side of Atlantic Boulevard."

Drew Dixon can also be reached at (904) 249-4947, ext. 6313.

Duval Audubon Society officials have begun riding in vehicles on parts of Huguenot Memorial Park that are closed to the public's cars and trucks.

For years, the conservation group has fought to permanently ban motorists from the popular area known as The Point, in hopes of protecting nesting waterfowl there.

But recently they discovered that walking to the tip of the oceanfront park north of the Beaches can be exhausting in the summer heat, and they recently got permission to drive there themselves.

The Point is temporarily closed for seasonal nesting at the park, the only place in Duval County where people can drive on the beach.

Duval Audubon Conservation Director Lesley Royce complained in an e-mail exchange July 1 with Huguenot Park Manager Chris Winterman about long walks in the closed areas. Audubon members assigned to survey shorebirds and waterfowl in the restricted area found that walking the beaches is difficult in the summer heat.

"The difficult part for us ‘regulars' is the no-driving in this area," Royce said in the e-mail exchange. "On days when the temps are in the 90s, it is tough walking this area."

Audubon volunteers survey nesting and migrating seabirds that frequent the northern area of The Point. Since it's frequented so often by the birds, it's closed during certain seasons. Audubon officials have argued it should be closed permanently to vehicle traffic to protect the water fowl.

Winterman agreed in the e-mail exchange Audubon should have vehicle access to the closed area, but in a marked official vehicle and with park staff driving the volunteers to the closed area for the surveys.

The Florida Open Beaches Foundation has criticized any plans to permanently close beaches to driving at the park, which gets as many as 5,000 vehicles on summer weekends and is popular among surfers, anglers and other beachgoers. Foundation attorney Tom Ingram said it's curious that Audubon now wants vehicle access.

"We were a bit surprised," Ingram said Tuesday. "But we understand that it is hot and it is a long distance involved to view the birds and enjoy the beach. Florida Open Beaches would simply seek the same type of access afforded to members of the Audubon Society."

Beach access advocates have fought environmental groups over Huguenot for about five years. In December, the Florida Acquisition and Restoration Council, a state agency that has the final say on the city's management plan, approved Jacksonville's plan. Jacksonville manages Huguenot Park, but the land is owned by the state and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Before the state signed off on the agreement, Audubon of Florida requested more stipulations, including a one-year progress report to review the effectiveness of Jacksonville's management plan for the park and the state ordered the city to come up with a proposal for some closings to vehicle access.

On June 21, both sides squared off in a public meeting to get input on the future of vehicle access to Huguenot's beaches.

During that meeting, Audubon of Florida staff researcher Monique Borboen said environmentalists want vehicles restricted in some, not all areas. "We're not preventing beach access, we're just asking for this car-free area," she said.

Royce said Wednesday that Audubon volunteers are not driving to the area, they're riding in vehicles driven by city staff.

"Even though they said that we can [drive] we're not because we're concerned with the perception of people that can't drive," said Royce. "The reason why we're out there doing the weekly survey is because the management plan requires the city to monitor regularly these birds and they don't have the staff to do it."

The broader point, Ingram said, is that Audubon officials have demonstrated that closing any portions of the Huguenot beach to driving reduces access.

"It underscores the point that we've been making all along; if you limit the amount of parking and if you make access increasingly difficult, fewer people will be able to enjoy the beach," Ingram said.

Royce said there's a difference between scientific study and recreational vehicle access.

"We are doing something to help the city," said Royce. "They [beach access advocates] are asking to go out and recreate. That's not what we are doing. We are doing a job for the city."

While Ingram said Audubon's vehicle access seems "inconsistent," he supports it.

"It [bird surveying] is a practical and reasonable use of the beach," Ingram said. "Other beachgoers have other things like coolers, umbrellas, beach chairs, surfboards and kite surfers. ... For those people to be able to enjoy the beach in a way they would like to enjoy it, having a vehicle is a practical necessity."

Drew Dixon can also be reached at (904) 249-4947, ext. 6313.

The former University of North Florida professor who was fired in March after he was charged with beating a contractor with a piece of lumber was sentenced in Duval County Court Thursday.

County Judge Roberto Arias issued a five-point sentence for Tayeb Giuma who was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge at his Queen's Harbour home Sept. 25 by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. A surveillance camera next door to Giuma's house recorded images of a man striking another man with a piece of lumber.

The former UNF engineering professor was sentenced to 12 months' probation with two days in jail which he has already served. Arias also ordered the 57-year-old Giuma to receive a psychological evaluation and recommended treatment.

It also stipulated he undergo anger-control counseling. Giuma has to pay the $635 in court costs and was ordered to have no contact with Dustin Brown, the contractor hit with the 8-foot piece of wood.

Arias withheld adjudication, meaning Giuma won't have a criminal record for the charges if he successfully completes probation.

The physical confrontation happened during an argument over a gazebo construction project in September at the gated community off Atlantic Boulevard. Brown was attacked during that argument and one of his co-workers called police.

After a protracted chain of disciplinary actions with the university that included being placed on administrative leave in November, Giuma was fired by UNF Provost and Vice President Mark Workman in March following a 160-page university investigation into the professor's conduct on and off campus.

Immediately following the termination, Giuma's labor attorney Mark Levine began a grievance process that bypassed the UNF internal procedures and sought binding arbitration. Levine said Friday that Giuma is "absolutely" seeking reinstatement as a faculty member at the university.

A binding arbitration hearing challenging Giuma's termination is set to begin in October.

Rome Ramirez at the age of 22 is now the lead singer of Sublime with Rome as the band is in the middle of a tour with a sold out show set for the St. Augustine Amphitheater Saturday, July 24. The band had to reform under the name Sublime with Rome instead of just Sublime after a brief legal tiff with the family of original lead singer Bradley Nowell, who died of a heroin overdose in May of 1996.

Ramirez joins the original Sublime band members Eric Wilson on bass and Bud Gaugh on drums. The two originals never really got to enjoy the huge success of Sublime as Nowell died just as the trio hit their stride in 1996 and their music became so influential with a blend of reggae, ska, punk, folk and hip-hop. About 17 million Sublime albums have been sold up to the point where the band reformed in 2009 and decided to take their show on a major tour across the United States into October.

The Times-Union caught up with Ramirez on the phone July 8 as he was travelling in Montana as part of the tour. Here are excerpts from the Q&A interview with Ramirez:

TU: You're in the throes of the tour right now. How's that been? You did some warm-up gigs last year. Do you feel that you're part of the band? How's that going for you in those terms?

Ramirez: "It couldn't be any better, man. I mean, we all get along like brothers. We got the tunes on lock and we're just having fun. Above any thing, dude, we're just having a (expletive) blast."

TU: You obviously know the whole story and that you're filling obviously big shoes. Is there any kind of extra pressure on you or has that just gone away? Is Bradley Nowell still somehow over this band?

Ramirez: "You know, there's always been pressure. I put pressure on myself doing good. But for the most part, I just try to do my best. If I feel like if I've done my best, I feel like I came out the winner, you know. People are always going to have flak to say about something. I understand that, I know how the world works. But if I just feel like I go up there and give it my best, I did all I had the power to do."

TU: Do you still maybe get nervous before each performance or is it more natural for you now?

Ramirez: "It all depends on the show. Sometimes, I let the nerves get the best of me and sometimes I don't. Sometimes, I'm not thinking of it like that. I'm just like, ‘Hey, I'm going to go up there and have some fun tonight,' and that's that."

TU: Why should people come out and see Sublime With Rome? Are you trying to catch the essence of the band or is it a new band? What is the blend that you're going for here and what can people expect when they come to see you?

Ramirez: "We call it Sublime With Rome because Sublime is Brad, Bud and Eric. Bradley passed away and that leaves Bud and Eric. I'm not Sublime. ... That's why it's Sublime With Rome because I'm with them."

TU: So why should people come to see you?

Ramirez: "We're having a good time, man. ... It's just guaranteed a good show. We're always digging up set lists from old Sublime to new Sublime. There are songs the guys only played a couple times. It's a trip, man, because some of the songs Brad, Bud and Eric never even played live before."

TU: So, you're playing some stuff that Brad wrote, but didn't perform, is that correct?

Ramirez: "Yes and no. Eric and Bud did a lot of writing, too. Eric wrote "Santeria." They were really like a collective group. Brad would have an idea and bring it in. It's kind of like how we're writing new songs today. It's really similar, actually even Bud told me that."

TU: Obviously Sublime had a big influence on you. But they formed before you were even born (in 1988). What's that like playing with a band that you obviously idolized for a while and now you're part of the band?

Ramirez: "Not only did I idolize them, but those guys were my favorite band. ... Now I get to play with them. That's a feeling, man, it's incomparable. It's like winning the lottery. You really have to be in that situation to understand how it feels. It's crazy. I'm excited every day. Is it destiny or is it luck? I've had this conversation a million times."

TU: There's been some talk about potential new material. Where's that stand? Are you concentrating on the tour right now or do you see an original album coming out next year?

Ramirez: "Yeah, you just nailed the schedule right on the head. That's exactly what the plan is. We're going to focus on this tour right now and then by the end of the summer we plan on getting into the studio and doing some demos. Then by November or December we plan on being in the studio and recording an actual album. Probably around February or March, we'd release the album. But again, this is just all talk that we've had and everything's subject to change."

TU: But you do see a Sublime With Rome album coming, is that accurate?

Ramirez: "That's happening, totally."

TU: When you're on tour and playing in concert, have you had any kind of negative experiences so far? Live in concert have you had any negative experiences or is that just all positive?

Ramirez: "Honestly, none that I can really think of. One time, somebody threw a bottle cap at my head and gave me a little nick on my forehead. I think I still have it, actually. ... That's the only negative thing I can think of.

"We hear about [criticism] through the Internet and stuff. But, you got to remember that we're playing sold out shows with thousands of kids just dancing and grooving and loving life and having a (expletive) good time. It's really hard to see the negatives through all that."

TU: So, if there is anything negative about this tour, it's not being relayed during the performances?

Ramirez: "No, the only thing negative I have seen in my life, and no one has told me in person, is probably the Internet. But you can find (expletive) anything on anything on the Internet."

TU: Sublime was steeped in the surf and skate culture, do you think that Sublime still has that big connection to the surf and skate culture? Is that still a conscious effort in the band?

Ramirez: "All of us still skate. The vibe is always going to be there. We're not going to put out an album that sounds like Smashing Pumpkins or anything because that's not what we do. The guys are good at reggae and punk rock and jazz. We don't really aim to please a certain genre. The guys always do what they want to do and play their tunes their way. If they want to do reggae and switch into punk rock, that's what they're known for. They still got it."

TU: When people come to see you, the band, they will see you up there instead of Bradley, obviously. What's different about you from Bradley and what are some of the similarities when they see you on stage?

Ramirez: "Well, from what I'm told, I sound a lot like Bradley. That will be the biggest similarity. I can do all the vocal stuff that he used to do. I guess what's different is that I'm brown, I'm a Mexican guy. (laughs) And I'm not addicted to any drugs."

TU: As you know, Bradley had substance abuse issues, it cost him his life. Does that weigh heavy on you? Do you keep that in your mind? He was into some very hard stuff. Are you cognizant of that on this tour? Is it hard to maybe resist temptation? What is your take on that whole thing?

Ramirez: "You know, dude, my pop's been hooked on drugs, basically all my whole life. I saw just how horrible it turned his life and his family, everything he had just got (expletive) flipped upside down. So, I'm easily a smart enough kind of guy to learn from the people around you. That's how I've always did my thing. I don't experiment with anything.

"I know how I am. If I go out there and do (expletive) ecstasy or heroin, I'm probably going to like it. I'm not going lie. It's in my genes. A lot of people did drugs in my family. But my whole thing is I just don't. I won't try it because I'm scared I'm going to like it. I don't even bother, man, I just let it be."

TU: Are you saying you're clean on tour?

Ramirez: "Yeah, totally. I mean, I smoke weed and I'll have some beers. But I don't do any other drugs, man."

TU: Is it a little intimidating being with those two guys up there on stage some times?

Ramirez: "No, not that it's intimidating. Sometimes, man, I'll just get the chills just looking at the guys, you know what I mean being on the stage. I'll turn around and look at Bud smiling and look at Eric just making no face at all because that's what Eric does. I'll just think to myself, ‘(Expletive) dude, I am just so lucky.'"

Drew Dixon can also be reached at (904) 249-4947, ext. 6313

The Florida Department of Transportation hosts a public information workshop from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, regarding a proposed project to improve Philips Highway from Business Park Boulevard to Baymeadows Road. The meeting will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton, 8520 Baymeadows Road.

Exhibits will show the project, which includes road milling and resurfacing, median modifications and closures, bicycle lanes, handicapped pedestrian improvements, and traffic signal and sign improvements. The project will also expand a left turn lane at Shad Road. Transportation authority staff will be on hand to answer questions at the free event.

For more information, call project manager Fae Ross at 1-800-749-2967.

A 27-year-old man who pleaded guilty to robbing a Jacksonville bank last year was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 12 years and seven months in prison.

James Zackary III was captured in Georgia 40 minutes after he and a getaway driver took $3,005 in the June 3, 2009, robbery of the San Marco branch of the Bank of America.

Zackary, who was released from an Ohio prison a month earlier on a robbery charge, went into the bank about 11:20 a.m. and handed a teller a garbage bag and a note saying he was armed. After getting the money, he was seen leaving in a red Chevrolet driven by his accomplice, Frederick Tavon Lightfoot, 29, of Ohio.

The men fled north on Interstate 95 and were stopped by a Kingsland, Ga., police officer at noon after running a stop sign at the foot of an interstate exit ramp. Both men were arrested following the stop.

Zackary pleaded guilty to the bank robbery charge in February. Lightfoot was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for his role in the robbery.

Southside residents awoke Wednesday and Thursday to find at least 19 car and truck windows smashed and thousands of dollars in electronics, jewelry and cash gone in four communities on or near the eastern end of Beach Boulevard.

Jacksonville police said some of the break-ins appear to be related.
One burglary tool — a screwdriver — was found at a scene in a parking lot at The Palms at 11000 block of Beach Boulevard, where five vehicles were broken into about 2:50 a.m. Wednesday.

The Palms was the first of four separate incidents. Police were alerted after a resident heard a noise and looked out to see a man trying to get into a vehicle. The woman yelled at her neighbors to wake up, and the man jumped into a white minivan and drove off with a laptop computer and GPS unit.

Five trucks were broken into between 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and 6:50 a.m. the next day in the 3000 block of Coastal View Lane, off San Pablo Parkway south of Beach. Three GPS units, an amplifier, two cell phones, some antibiotics and cash were stolen. And two more vehicles were broken into early Thursday at the Portside Trailer Park in the 14000 block of Beach.

Six more break-ins were uncovered about 4:50 a.m. Thursday when a woman found her car’s window smashed and an Apple iPod gone in the Wolf Creek condominiums in the 13000 block of Beach. The complex front gate was smashed and three more iPods, a GPS unit and money were stolen from five other vehicles.

A Georgia man has been charged with fatally stabbing a Jacksonville woman earlier this month after he responded to her advertisement on craigslist, police said today.

David Kelsey Sparre, 19, was arrested Saturday at a family member's home in Charleston, S.C., and charged with the July 12 slaying of Tiara Pool, 21, said Lt. Larry Schmitt, who leads the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office homicide unit.

Schmitt said Sparre answered a personal ad Pool placed on the website and the two met in Jacksonville July 8. Friends of Pool found her dead of multiple stab wounds in her Country Club Lakes apartment on Hodges Boulevard four days later.

Pool's car turned up missing and was later recovered where they met prior to going to her apartment, Schmitt said.

Police identified Sparre and his connection to Pool through her computer and cell phone records, Schmitt said. Investigators have also recovered what they believe is the murder weapon, Schmitt said.

Schmitt said Pool was married, but her husband is in the Navy and was out to sea at the time of her slaying.

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Bachelor of Arts
Anthropology: Brett Justin Anderson and Cara Kirby.
Art: William Turner Lotowycz, Sarah Beth Lovely, Kristine Hope Rodgers, Emily Sawyer, Brianna Nicole Scott, Samantha Frances Spaniak and Kathryn Healan Wedekind.
Criminal Justice: John James Atteo, Kelsey Joyce Bridgeman, Timothy John Bromley, Megan Cunningham, Ebony Monique Dickens, Sherma Valencia Francois, Jessica Garcia, Christopher Todd Givens, Natalie Mercedes Hall, Douglas Robert Holder, Kimberly Monique Hollis, Astin Hunt, Selmir Isic, Jeffrey Glester James, Travis Harrison Lee, Abbey McLester, Tamesha Lavon Mcroy, Courtney Lane Mowat, Jean Clauzel Polo, Nadine I. Robertson, Latrice Renee Robinson, Anna Rosenthal, Justin Tyler Rountree, Whitney Susan Shively, Michael Howard Singal, LaJoya Jenell Speights, Jacqueline Deanna Stallone, Catherine Beverly Thon, Jennifer Marie Ulmer, Lesley-Ann Nadia Vickerie, Jessica Faith Vitale, Amy Nicole Wells, Danielle Marie Wesley and Eric Christopher Wilson.
Economics: Alison Ruth Walker.
English: Lindsey Brooke App, Ronica Jhena Arntzen, Kaitlyn Marie Brower, Danielle Rachelle Creech, Angelita M. DeIrish, Anna Theresa Gil, Amber Leigh Linskey, Joshua Drew Predieri, Amanda Marie Scott, Ashley Raquel Sumner, Brian Michael Vickery and Ashley Marie Workman.
French Studies: Marie Allison Schuster and Roxane Jo Westover.
History: Nicolas Martinez, Susannah Mallard Mazer, Christopher David Mcbride, Brian Kevin Norman and Wesley Allen Thrift.
International Studies: Christopher Champneys Little, Marie Allison Schuster, Alison Ruth Walker and Roxane Jo Westover.
Mathematics: Richard Thomas Barfield.
Political Science: Brandon O. Alanis, Tonishea Michele Campbell, Marina Alexeyevna Flack, Jarrod Christopher Fowler, Christine Angela Akane Gordon, Carla Anne Heller, Christopher Roth Huband, Jacobo Ibarra, Christopher Allen Miller, Josiah Matthew Sonnenberg, Jesshelle Coahlisha Thomas, Brittany Elizabeth Wilkerson and James Robert Wilson.
Psychology: Emerson Eran Bookal, Wan-Ting Cheng, Jessica Ryan Cole, Philippa Meryl Dunne, Samantha Jo Dwinnell, Marie Therese Hoff, Christa Alyse Hollaway, Natalie Ann Hunter, Normandy Flore Julmiste, Jennifer Noel LaTreill, Abbey McLester, Brittany Danielle McNair, Toby Kyle McWilliams, Jennifer Megan Palmer, Lucrecia Joyce Powell, Samara Quintero, Kimberly Dawn Sess, Joelle Elizabeth Shehan, Crystal Shemwell, Laura Shenfeld, Christa Danielle Skelton, Lauren Michelle Thibodeaux, Christena Maria Twillie, Alvin Tagle Urbano, Lesley-Ann Nadia Vickerie, Jonathan M. Wahila and Belinda Meghan Wheeler.
Sociology: Keinnie Sidney Alicea, Kristin Bowie, Jasmine Nicole Byard, La Toya La Kaye Davis, Kristan Anne Faist, Clara Kathleen M. Hartman, Kir’StonShelia MarieCatherine King, Jessie Elisa Sanders and Cody Ray Spencer.
Spanish: Daniel Carcamo Connell and Jessica Lynne Torres.

Bachelor of Fine Arts
Fine Arts: Erica Haley Aponte, Joshua Joseph Balduf, Matthew James Culpepper, Zachary Fabian Fitchner, Holly Layne Halford, Kevin Cayce Mona, Meghan Audrey Nolan, Tyler Emerson Norman, Ashley Rae Stokes and Hayley Kathleen Zipperer.

Bachelor of Music
Music Performance: Jordan Paul Emilio Mixson.

Bachelor of Science
Biology: Serge Bou Mechrek, Miles Joseph Eckert, Erica Lucia Guerrido, Vy N. Le, Jessie Lynn Livingston, Jennifer Martinez, Daniel William Maxwell, Thomas Gerard Morale, William Joseph Seemer, Charlotte Anne Silverman, Brittany Nicole Speakman, Jessica Lynne Torres, Jon David Wells and Angela Lee’Queatta Williams.
Communication: Eric Dwight Adams Jr., Candice Nicole Ayers, Jamie Rebecca Bell, Scott William Brunetta, Kristen Gail Bryant, Robert Washington Carter, Raquel Castro, Erika Jean Chenette, Christopher Joseph Cobus, Beth Azalee Coulter, Steven Dereck Cunamay, Kristin Leigh Davis, Natasha Denise Davis, Deborah Anne Durkin, Brooke Elizabeth Galloway, Aleisha Garcia, Stephanie Nichole Green, Alexandra Richmond Grow, Ryan Eric Hahn, James Addison Hamilton, Adina Allison Harwell, Rebecca Katheryn Hector, Hayley Ashworth Isaacs, Luis Daniel Jara, Kathleen Amanda Manning, Betty B. Monk, Erin Elizabeth Murphy, Kimberly Elaine Nelson, Kathryn Danielle Nicol, Angela Rose Ninan, Brian Kevin Norman, Kaleigh Morgan Paige, Talia Breck Pauletti, Frederick J. Pecor, Stephanie Marie Pember, Emily Lynn Penkala, Julie Ann Pfaff, Robert Andrew Preston, Jonathan A. Sanders, Alexandra Cherie Schmidt, Courtney Elise Sousa, Christine Marie Speer, Brittany Nicole Taylor, Jordan Dallas West and Danielle Raquel Wise.
Mathematics: Zikesha Adanna Bellamy and Kevin Craft Myers.
Physics: Mary Catherine Gordon.
Psychology: Erjona Asllani, Arthur Huaithai Cheng, Victoria Ilana Davis, Ashley Jean Dees, Vanessa Ayalah Douze, Kendall Nicole Healey, Matthew Austin Mirgon, Milton Jerome Nedd, Michael Shaun Penuliar, Jessica Lindsey Read, Francesca Stephanie Restea, Jason Earl Smith, Matthew Taylor, Stacey Walston and Paulette Leticia Wurts.

Master of Science in Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice: Eileen Megias.

Master of Arts
English: Stephanie Jean Arnold and Ashley Christine Roling.
General Psychology: LeAnn Robin Anderson, Lindsay Nicole Fuzzell, Rachelle Evelyn Lennon, Hugo B. Morais, Corey Montel Pearson and Christopher Michael Stanzione.
History: Deanne Morgan Ashton, Justin Blaine Blanton, Amanda Jean Chapman Boczar and Herbert Joseph O’Shields.

Master of Public Administration
Public Administration: Michael Joseph Wessel.

Master of Science
Biology: Patricia Humphrey Brown and Christy Marie Foust.
Mathematical Science: Ian Michael Mouzon.

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Bachelor of Business Administration
Accounting: Krystal Ann Alford, Daniel Joseph Bailey, Asmira Jahic Cejvanovic, Joshua Adam Cornelius, Tabatha Kaymara Daniel, Christina Nicole Gordon, Nathan Richard Holden, Steven Michael Mcadoo, Joanne Reyes Miciano, Tony Morales, Jamie R. O’Rourke, Deep D. Patel, Gregory Maurice Reid, Stepan Igorevich Senchuk and Beaunard Yi.
Business Management: Nives Alijagic, Ronald Lee Boahn, Shannon Kay Boahn, Christopher Ryan Broussard, Bradley William Butler, Elisabeth Carol Cullen, Austin Grant Davis, Brittany Joiner Davis, Jennifer Renee Deas, Shea Daniel Dougherty, Chelsie Marie Fravel, Andrew Christopher Gardella, Zachary Daniel Germershausen, Jeffrey Giannone, Richard David Guadagnolo, Timothy Guididas, Danielle Latrece Henry, Darryl Anthony Hicks, Caitlin Marie Hidde, Christopher S. In, Bradford Allen John, Courtney Patrice Johnson, Timothy James Lauer, Bridget Lucas Legaspi, Bradley Steven Long, Justin M. Mann, Upham Seavey Meriwether, Claire Jeanell Miller, Carrie Ann Mobley, Joseph Daniel Moss, Elisabeth Delynn Mundy, Bryan T. O’Hare, Marisa Christina Perez, Meredith Virginia Phillips, Stacy Leigh Pohlman, Ashley Elizabeth Poston, Ryan Matthew Quarles, Lorena Quinones, Ashley Elaine Reddick, Brittany Roberson, Julie S. Rosa, Diego Alejandro Rosales, Patricia Ann Schmookler, Steven Scott Schrieber, Cynthia Scott Silas, Sean Collins Skakandy, Emily Nicole Smyth, Brian James Starkey, Melissa Leigh Templeton, Michael Andrew Tomlinson and Roland Wasembeck.
Economics: Kristine Harms, Phillip Vincent McBride, Orlando Eugene Pryor and Sean Michael Scott.
Finance: Paul Justin Altizer, Benjamin Lee Blankenship, Anthony D’Allegro, Shaun Calvin Greene, Neil Andrew Hemenway, Jordan Hunter Herring, Nathan Richard Holden, Matthew David Jones, Ashley Lucas Legaspi, Kristie Elizabeth McLelland, Elisabeth Delynn Mundy, Adis Nadarevic, Andrew Gordon Oyler, Steven Kyle Rounds, Walter Virgal Rybarczyk, Latoya Sharalle Smith, Germaine Antwan Sparkes, Gregory Michael Turner, Xavier Wyquime Walker and Loren White.
Financial Services: Adam Lee Bridegan, Dianne Davon Cuyler, Patrick Michael Gibala, Christina Nicole Gordon, Nicole Danielle Kornatz, Ashley Lucas Legaspi and Tyler Curtis McGugin.
International Business: Nicholas Alexander Bedard, Anzhelika Bouchard, Cherish Kelly, Cherie Clarissa Painter, Diego Alejandro Rosales, Jessica Maria Scott and Tri Vo.
Marketing: Scarlett Gray Abrahamson, Shaina Grace Aviles, Julia Cassatt Bailey, Daimary Batiz, Christopher Ryan Broussard, Jarrod Louis Farmer, Jennifer Whitney Harbin, Kristine Harms, Cherish Kelly, David Richard Letro, Christopher Alexander Lopez, Carrie Ann Mobley, Chase William Parker, Tracie Lynn Romasko, Jennifer R. Rosado, Stephen Edward Van De Water, Ashley Joy Wages, Whitney Nicole Yant and Danielle Lindsay Young.
Transportation and Logistics: Jason Daniel Angell, Julia Cassatt Bailey, Ervin Cuko, Timothy Guididas, Nurija Hamidovic, Phillip Vincent McBride, Rose Marie Mueller, Ryan Matthew Quarles, Kristin Nielsen Ratcliff, Matthew Glenn Robin and Justin Michael Rothstein.

Master of Accountancy
Accounting: Karissa Corbat Blasko, William P. Carroll Jr., Jennifer Michael Cavasino, Sean Edward Costigan, Jessie Lyn Mitchell, Rachel Lynn Perlmutter, Jane M. Soper, Joshua David Traband, Elizabeth Hendrix Turner and Kristy L. Wightman.

Master of Business Administration
General Business: Raymond Clifford DeLano, Matthew Aaron Everett, Charlene Marie Hadjis, Erich Anthony Hahn, Michael Christian Harden, Dustin Ray Johnson, Adam Farrell Kane, Gail Evelyn King, Brian Christopher Kosoy, John Anderson Langley, Grant Leeper, Adam Tucker Lemley, Deanna M. Lund, Michael Jacob Lutz, Jonathan C. MacArthur, Ashley Ann Marinella, Carrie Rena Marvin, Daniel McFadzean, Casie Marie O’Shaughnessey, Jorge Pinzon, Cary Worth Preston, Jason Scott Reigelsperger, Michael Paul Seeraj, Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Raquel Batista Sjomeling, Corey M. Taylor, Rachael Marie Velmer, Nicholas Ray Waibel, Eliza Alicja Wietrak and Jenna Merilee Yahyavi.

          College of Computing, Engineering and Construction

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering: Sean J. Doyle, Anthony Neil Holan, Justin Lee Komma, Rasem Adel Mourad and Pedro Sierra-Barrita.

Bachelor of Science
Building Construction: Kyle Thomas Boivin, Eric Anthony Canoura, Benjamin Joseph Cashen, Aaron D. Cavinder, Sean Michael Foster, Lauren Michelle Iglio, Michael Shane Layton, Daniel Ryan Mathia, Brian Daniel Mulvaney, Justin Stephen Nappy, Clayton DePass Pawley, Ryan Arthur Rodriguez, Ezekiel David Stewart and Braughton William Webb.
Civil Engineering: Scott Clayton Johnston, Alexander Scott Lazowick, Christopher Alvin Price, Matthew Fields Underwood and Dustin Lee Williams.
Computer and Information Sciences: William Robert Carle, Pierre M. Deronvil, Keith Bjorn Drummond, Kenneth S. Fees, Gary Ettor Fusani, Jason Green, Vincent Cole Guadalupe, David Allen Kleyla, Matthew Tyler Knudsen, Ronald Scott Perry, James Earl Purser, LaToya Monique Scott, Dado Ustovic and Eleshia Lanell Washington.
Mechanical Engineering: Justin Taylor Nolan and Francisco Rafael Torres Rivera.

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering: Garett D. Johnson.

          College of Education and Human Services

Bachelor of Arts in Education
Elementary Education: Erica A. Crawford.
Math Education: Brigit Anne Jensen.
Middle School Education: Branden Leon Adams.
Pre-Kindergarten/Primary Education: Pamela Denise Sutton.
Special Education: Amy Evelyn Joyner, Stephanie Louise Koehler and Leia Marie Todaro.

Bachelor of Science
Sport Management: Bryant Daniel Abramowitz, Matthew Jordan Allerding, Joshua Robert Baker, Munroe Clarke, Ryan Paul Currie, Joshua Michael Dunn, Rita Marie Hailey, Mary Christine Jones, Jeffrey Douglas Lail, Sean Casey O’Connell, Alexander James Pasquine, Steffan Mikael William Segui and Nicole Lynn Sheehan.

Doctor of Education
Educational Leadership: Deborah Kamm Larew.

Master of Education
Counselor Education: Tiffany Deann McClure.
Educational Leadership: Carolyn Ann Ayers, G. Lenora Brooker, Jennifer Pryor Halter, Beth Rose Hoffman, Candis Sharonda Lott, Holly Wendenland Petrilla, Inger Lucretia Pride, Shannon Marie Rose-Hamann, Temia C. Walker, Melissa Rae Warner and Betty Jane Wooten.
Elementary Education: Jennifer Yvonne Cunningham and Cheryl Redean Fink.
Secondary Education: Donald McEvoy Loop and Matthew Brian Shaw.
Special Education: Jennifer Jo Sparma Ancelin, Jessica Barrett Byrd, Emily Boyd Colee, Anisia Jade Dawes, Jessica Nicole Kaspar and Theresa Beryl Nichols.

          Brooks College of Health

Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Nursing: Dan Robert Ashdon, Jessica Naomi Baker, Angela Marie Bell, Ashley Bocher, Jessica Lee Chochoon, Matthew McMeekin Craig, Marisa Megan D’Elia, Melissa Kristian Marie Dougherty, Cheri A. Faurie, Ashley Rebecca Foyt, Amanda Lee Frisbie, Molly L. Hareid, Phillip Paul Holena, Rebecca Lois Holochwost, Melinda Lee Howard, Della Marie Hutchison, Belinda Popkin Johnston, Katelyn Michelle Joiner, Jena Leigh Joray, Marjani Claire Joseph, Whitney Brianna Karr, Heather Lea Kitterman, Sandy Bentley Klein, Jacqueline Renee Lacouture, Angelica Joyce Fernandez Leybag, Elizabeth Ann Ly, Karen Mancera, Lisa Reuter McCormick, Laura Drew McFadden, Elizabeth Ann McQueen, TaJonda L. Meadows, Richard H. Medina, Charlotte Lynn Meenaghan, Lauren Noel Mikell, Mallory Elizabeth Miller, Erica Mitchell, Amanda La’Nelle Mulqueen, Jessica Lynn Nelson, Billy Argus Nguyen, Linh The Nguyen, Megan Anne Olszewski, Ruth Elizabeth Parker, Rachel Trevett Rall, Jennifer Leeanne Rogers, Aundrea Manettii Russell, Christan Danielle Santos, Nena S. Saunders, Lauren Jade Schneider, Jekeva Lashunda Shelton, Madison Nicol Sloop, Michael J. Snyder, Amanda Michelle Steele, Kelly Marie Summers, Erica Jane Swindell, Kaci Danielle Thate, Laura Paige Watson, Denise Ramona Wilson and Justin Riggs Yarbrough.

Bachelor of Health Administration
Health Administration: Mark Edward Ferguson, Jennifer Sarah Greenbarg, Yvette Jeaneen Harries, Meaghan Elizabeth Holt, Rodneshia LaShay Jones, Milton Jerome Nedd, Jessica Leigh Pryor, Jessica Michelle Rozier, Daniel Robert Shaffer, Jeffrey Allen Thompson, Shawn Patrick Weiker, Lydia Summer White and Nancy Yuchi.

Bachelor of Science in Health
Health Science: Frank Leslie Allen, Victoria Leigh Atria-Forst, Samantha Jean Barnes, Capri Dawn Betancourt, Kathryn Page Binninger, Lauren Blankenship, Audra Jean Bowen, Jennifer Renee Cameron, Kathryn Sarah Cardona, David William Coe, Victor Bryan Calderon Cruz, Courtney Shantell Curry, Stephanie Christine Curtis, Rita Holland Duke, Kari Feick, Devyn Findley, Lauren Nichole Galas, Ricardo Eli Gomez, Felix Andres Guardiola, John Benjamin Hardy Jr., Mary Kathryn Hartman, Sara Kate Holland, Kanisha Latrece Johnson, Marah Justilien, Tia Carin Kerrigan, Brittany Rose Knadle, Caitlin Jeanette Kovacs, Jennifer Lee Kunath, Joshua Ryan Lucas, Joseph Alan Manning, Sherika Terasha McClendon, Elizabeth Rae McElroy, Michelle Leigh McGregor, Regis Brittany Mitchell, Katie Elizabeth Murphy, Erin Michele Obernier, Michael Christopher Panzo, Brittany Lynn Parris, Charles Ryan Parsons, Lauren Ashley Petit, Hank Anthony Pocopanni, Alexandrea Madalyn Polizzi, Chase Patrick Punzalan, Kelli Rose Riedy, Pamela Maria Rust, Katherine Serra Sicilia, Kavie Mischalle Sturch, Pamarthi Sumadhuri, Latoya Danielle Thompson, Stephanie Nicole Vallone, Melissa Margaret Van Rees, Erika Monique Walker, Ciara Bridjett Walton, Jimmie H. Womack and Jess Alexander Wright.

Master of Health Administration
Health Administration: Rachel Marie Barksdale, Shaun A. Bott, Christopher Lee Graham, Joseph Lai, Kathryn Eileen Lazzaro, Patricia Elizabeth Lotz and Samyukta G. Shetty.

Master of Public Health
Community Health: Maria Adela Bernarte Bautista, Akhil Dubey, Janessa Laraine Ellis, Jennifer Susan Jones, Mini Majumdar, ReShawndia Renae Mitchell, Varsha Himanshu Purandare, Catherine Ruth Sager, Julie Lynn Schafer, Courtney Anne Silvera and Juhi Soni.

Master of Science
Mental Health Counseling: Tracey Anne Jones-Morris.

Master of Science in Health
Health Science: George Cullen Tucker.

Master of Science in Nursing
Nursing: Teresa Jane Steele.

Saturday’s Farmers Markets:
* Baker County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Cornerstone Square parking lot, Macclenny. (904) 259-6433.
* Beaches Green Market, 2-5 p.m., Jarboe Park, Neptune Beach. www.beacheslocalfoodnetwork.org.
* Doctor’s Village Farmers Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. first Saturday of the month, 3635 Race Track Road, in Julington Creek. Includes arts and crafts, a meet and greet with area doctors, music and food. (904) 673-0326.
* Jacksonville Farmers Market, 6 a.m.-7 p.m., 1810 W. Beaver St. Fresh fruit and vegetables brought in daily from the farmers. Market open daily. (904) 354-2821 or www.jaxfarmersmarket.com.
* Riverside Arts Market, 10 a.m., 715 Riverside Ave. Includes farmer’s market, live entertainment and food vendors. (904) 389-2449 or www.riversideartsmarket.com.

Open house, 9-11 a.m. Saturdays, The Foundation Academy, 3675 San Pablo Road S. (904) 241-3515 or www.foundationacademy.com.

Saturday Morning Bookstore, book sale to benefit Friends of the Library, 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays, University Park branch library, 3435 University Blvd. N. (904) 633-7726 or www.fjpl.org.

History Comes Alive, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. fourth Saturday of the month, Fort Mose State Park, 15 Saratoga Blvd., St. Augustine. Includes living history demonstrations and volunteers in period dress. $4 per vehicle, $2 per pedestrian/bikers. (904) 823-2232.

Plant sale, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. second Saturday of the month, Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, off Florida A1A, Palm Coast. All proceeds benefit the park for enhancement of current and new facilities. Park entrance fee, $4 per vehicle, up to eight people; $3 motorcycles, single occupant vehicles $3; $1 bicycles/walk-ins. (386) 446-6780.

Choo Choo Club, 11 a.m. Saturdays, The Beaches Museum & History Center, 380 Pablo Ave., Jacksonville Beach. Includes hands-on projects, balloons, cookies and a train where kids can ring the bell. $2.50 a child, adults get in free. (904) 241-5657.

Guided ranger tours, 11 a.m. Saturdays, Fort Mose State Park, 15 Saratoga Blvd., St. Augustine. Free with park entrance fee. $2 per vehicle, $1 per pedestrian/cyclist. (904) 461-2033.

River City Dulcimers and Friends, 2-4 p.m. first and third Saturday of the month, St. Paul United Methodist Church, 8264 Lone Star Road, in the choir room. (904) 645-5930.

Crafts for Tweens and Teens, children ages 11-18, presented by the Arts in Motion Club teens, 3-4 p.m. Aug. 21, Ponte Vedra Beach branch library, 101 Library Blvd., Ponte Vedra Beach. Includes making useful items from duct tape. Snacks provided. Free. (904) 827-6950.

Changing of the Guard, 7 p.m. Saturdays, Government House, Plaza de la Constitucion, St. Augustine. The event is an elaborate drill by 1740s-era Spanish soldiers ending with a flash and boom as they fire their muskets to signal the city is secure for the night. (904) 825-1004 or www.plazaconcerts.com.

Mandarin Farmers Market, noon-4 p.m. Sundays, rain or shine, 10601 San Jose Blvd. Includes arts and crafts. www.mandarinfarmersmarket.com.

Pure Energy Cloggers, 5:30-7 p.m. Sundays, Art of Dance Studio, 11018-135 Old St. Augustine Road. (904) 655-1658.

Senior Center activities, Mondays-Fridays, Arlington Senior Center, 1078 Rogero Road. Educational topics, games, cards, pool puzzles and sing-a-longs available daily. (904) 723-6142.
* Monday — Movie, 9:30-11:30 a.m.; chair dance, 10-11 a.m.; lunch, 11:30 a.m.; Tai Chi, noon-1 p.m.
* Tuesday — Breakfast, 9-11 a.m.; Wii Games, 10-11 a.m.; computer class, 10-11 a.m.; lunch, 11:30 a.m.; Bingo, noon-1 p.m.
* Wednesday — Breakfast, 9-10 a.m.; crafts, 10-11 a.m.; chair dance, 10-11 a.m.; lunch, 11:30 a.m.; Tai Chi, noon-1 p.m.; line dancing, 1-2 p.m. ballroom dancing, 7-10 p.m.
* Thursday — Breakfast, 9-10 a.m.; Bible study, 10-11 a.m.; Country Store, 11 a.m.; lunch, 11:30 a.m.; Bingo, noon-1 p.m.
* Friday — Chair dance, 10-11 a.m.; Wii games, 10-11 a.m.; lunch, 11:30 a.m.; line dancing, 1-2 p.m.

Lunch, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, The Fleet Reserve Association Unit 290, 390 Mayport Road, Atlantic Beach. $3-$5. Call ahead for day’s menu. (904) 246-6855.

Boating Safety Program, presented by the Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 14-08, 6:45-9:15 p.m. Mondays, Stellar Building, 2900 Hartley Road. $20. (904) 721-1346 or go to a071408.uscgaux.info.

Fun at the Fleet: Bingo, 6-8 p.m. Mondays; Wings and Things, 5-8 p.m. Wednesdays; live music, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Wednesdays, $1.50-$5; The Fleet Reserve Association Unit 290, 390 Mayport Road, Atlantic Beach. (904) 246-6855  or www.fra290.org.

Dance, 7:30-10 p.m. Mondays, Senior Citizen Center, 414 Stowe Ave., Orange Park. Features a 3-piece band. $5. (904) 260-8061 or 768-0050.

Duval Soil and Water Conservation Board meeting, 6 p.m. second Tuesday of the month, City Hall, Committee Room B, 117 W. Duval St. www.duvalconservation.org.

Jacksonville Alumnae Panhellenic Association, 7 p.m. second Tuesday of the month, The Haskell Building, 111 Riverside Ave. www.jacksonvillepanhellenic.org.

Pilates Class, 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays, Guardian Lutheran Church, 4911 Losco Road. Bring a mat, stability ball and light weights. $5. (904) 476-7693.

Jacksonville Harmony Show Chorus accepting members, 7-10 p.m. Tuesdays, San Jose Church of Christ, 6233 San Jose Blvd. (904) 350-1609 or www.jaxharmony.com.

Ballroom Dance for seniors, 7:30-10 p.m. Tuesdays, Lane-Wiley Senior Center, 6710 Wiley Road. Includes a live band. $5. (904) 384-7457.

A.C. Moore Arts and Crafts for children 4 and older, 3-5 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 25, any A.C. Moore location. Includes age-appropriate take-home crafts. Free, while supplies last. Activities include: Aug. 11, Sculpey Bake Shop Clay Apple Surprise Pencil Topper; Aug. 18, Giddy Up Fuzzoodles Funky Creature; and Aug. 25, Alex Bottle Cap Bonanza. www.acmoore.com.

Art Walk, 5-9 p.m. first Wednesday of the month, downtown Jacksonville galleries, museums, cultural venues and restaurants. Free. www.dtjax.org.

The Republican Women's Club of Duval County, 11:30 a.m. second Thursday, San Jose Country Club. Reservations required. (904) 655-7471 or e-mail info@rwcdf.org.

Epilepsy parent support group, 6:30 p.m. second Thursday of the month, Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church, Room D-4, 4001 Hendricks Ave. Reservations, (904) 731-3752.

Art Walk, 5-9 p.m. first Friday of the month, San Sebastian Winery, 157 King St., St. Augustine. Includes the latest exhibits, music, entertainment and refreshments. (904) 829-0065 or www.artgalleriesofstaugustine.com.

Terry Parker High School Reunion and Golf Outing, 6 p.m. Aug. 6, Miller’s Ale House, 13560 Beach Blvd; registration 11 a.m., shotgun start noon Aug. 7, Queen’s Harbour Yacht and County Club, 1131 Queens Harbour Blvd. No reservation required. (904) 996-1144.

Jax Open Community Drum Circle, 8 p.m. Fridays, Unitarian Universalist Church, 7405 Arlington Expressway. Bring drums, percussion toys and dance shoes. (904) 859-0055.

Community Empowerment Expo, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Aug. 7, Main Library, 303 N. Laura St.  Includes children’s activities, workshops and informational booths for those just above the poverty line and persons with disabilities. Free. (904) 630-3426.

Grand Opening of Arlington Community Garden, 2 p.m. Aug. 7, Tree Hill Nature Center, 7152 Lone Star Road. Garden is a non-profit project of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville and Tree Hill Nature Center. Event includes a drum circle and other activities. Community members are invited to maintain organic plots at the garden ($60 a year). Participants will also be invited to gardening workshops and harvest potlucks for a nominal fee. Accepting applications for September gardening season. Grand opening admission is free. (904) 725-8133  or e-mail info@arlingtoncommunitygarden.org.

Robert Lee High School’s 60th class reunion, 11 a.m. Aug. 20, Florida Yacht Club, 5210 Yacht Club Road, in Ortega. All classes welcome. Luncheon $30. Mary Lee Goethe, 733-1807.

Forrest High School Class of 1970 40th year class reunion, Aug. 27-28, Hammock Beach Resort, Palm Coast. (904) 354-8201 or e-mail forrestrebels1970@yahoo.com.

Paxon Senior High School All 80s Reunion, Oct. 8-9. For information, call 318-6211, e-mail ejagfan@aol.com or go to the Facebook page at “Paxonsrhighschool all eighties reunion.”

Landon High School Class of 1960 50th Reunion, Oct. 8-10. For more information, call Linda Gartner Ginsburg, (904) 246-4061.

Haven Hospice Administrative Volunteers needed, training set to fit your schedule, Haven Hospice Administrative Office, 8301 Cypress Plaza Drive, Suite 119. To register, call Sandra Francis at (904) 733-9818.

Cancer Resource Center volunteers needed. Volunteers provide information about cancer resources, programs and services to cancer patients and their families. Training will be provided. (904) 391-3605 or e-mail suzanne.greer@cancer.org.

Mayo Clinic is seeking volunteers. Open to anyone over age 18. Flexible schedules available. (904) 956-0074 or e-mail volunteersmcj@mayo.edu.

The Jacksonville Children’s Chorus is scheduling training choir auditions for grades 1-5. Rehearsal sites in Orange Park, Mandarin, Westside, Northside and the Beaches. Need-based scholarships available. No fee to audition. (904) 353-1636 or www.jaxchildrenschorus.com.

Clothes needed for The Millions More Movement for its regular clothes give-aways. Take to 916 N. Myrtle Ave., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. Items can also be picked up. (904) 240-9133.

Medals needed, to be awarded to a courageous child at Wolfson Children’s Hospital, someone fighting breast cancer or someone facing a difficult challenge. Place medals in M4M collection boxes at all 1st Place Sports stores. www.medals4mettle.org or e-mail rose.bennett@medals4mettle.org.

First Coast No More Homeless Pets in desperate need of food. Take donations to the facility at 6817 Norwood Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32208 from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. Arrangements can be made for pick up of large donations. (904) 520-7903 or www.jaxpetfoodbank.org.

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Foul play is suspected in the death of a person whose body was found inside a Jacksonville house Sunday.

Rescue workers called to the house in the 4500 block of Spring park Road found the body, said homicide Sgt. Dan Janson of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

Police were called to the house about 6:55 p.m. Sunday. There was no sign of a breakin, Janson said.

A neighbor said a man in who was estimated to be in his 60s lived alone in the house and kept to himself. 

Military
Air Force Reserve Airman Kevin Frazier, son of Sharon Frazier of Arlington, has graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Frazier is a 2009 graduate of Frank H. Peterson High School.

Air Force Airman Victor Freeny II, son of Taylor Odom of Arlington and Victor Freeny Sr. of Orange Park, has graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Freeny is a 2008 graduate of Fleming Island High School.

Air Force Airman Darius Bullock, son of Cathy and Fredrick Otto of Arlington, has graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Bullock is a 2008 graduate of Englewood High School.

Navy Seaman Apprentice Datra Edmond, daughter of Carla Edmond of Arlington and Foster Turner of Atlanta, has completed basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. Edmond is a 2008 graduate of Sandalwood High School.

Army Reserve Pvt. Kelvin Blanton Jr., son of Deborah Brown of Arlington and Kelvin Blanton of Millington, Tenn., has graduated from basic training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Blanton is a 2009 graduate of Lee High SchooL.

Academic
Bryan Burnett has been awarded a $4,000 scholarship from the Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund. Burnett is a graduate of Central Florida Community and is attending the University of North Florida, studying criminal justice. A total of 47 statewide students were awarded the scholarships due to financial need and a show of determination to achieve their goals. They must also be dependents or descendants of Florida workers who were injured or killed in the course and scope of their employment of an individual primarily engaged in the administration of the Florida Workers’ Compensation Law.

Millicent Austin of the Westside has received a bachelor’s degree from Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Shawn Wigg of the Southside has received a master’s degree in business administration from Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Seven students from Grace Lutheran School have been selected for publication in a national poetry magazine. Cameron Deary, Mackenzi Hey, Bailey Matthews, Natalie Rodgers, Austin Veazey, all graduates of the seventh grade; and Lauren Fox and Adam Young, both graduates of the eighth grade; were featured in the spring edition of Creative Communication: A Celebration for Today’s Writers.

Send questions on this column to cindy.holifield@jacksonville.com.

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Jacksonville police said a small explosion in a Southside neighborhood Friday afternoon made a loud noise but caused no injuries or property damage.

Police were called to the 13700 block of Shady Woods Street about 3 p.m. after neighbors reported a loud noise that sounded like an explosion. Upon arriving police said it appears a group of neighborhood kids mixed some chemicals together and caused the explosion.

Sgt. James Carney with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said police don't think anyone was being targeted.

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The Jacksonville Transportation Authority is adding an Orange Park lot to its Jacksonville Jaguars stadium shuttle service.

The new lot is located at 450 Park Avenue behind the Wachovia Bank. People can park their car at this location and take a shuttle to Jaguars games.

The shuttle operates two hours before a game and one hour after. The cost of riding to a game is $12 for a single game, or you can purchase a season pass for $96. Tickets can be purchased by going to www.jtafla.com or by calling (904) 630-3100.

Season passes will be available at the Orange Park lot during pre-season games. During the regular season only single game tickets can be purchased at the lot.

JTA's shuttle service also includes two downtown lots at the Kings Avenue Parking Garage and the Prime Osborn Convention Center. It costs $7 to ride to the games from these lots, and a season pass is $56.

The three existing suburban lots, which cost the same as the Orange Park lot, are at Little League (Wingate) Park in Jacksonville Beach, San Jose Boulevard at Marbon Road in Mandarin and Philips Highway at Butler Boulevard on the Southside.

A 34-year-old man was arrested Thursday on a charge of cultivation of marijuana after plants were found growing in a Southside Jacksonville home, and another home in Jacksonville Beach, according to police.

John Daniel Schramm II, of the 12800 block of Wiregrass Lane, was booked into the Duval County jail at 7:30 p.m., and released on bond the next afternoon, according to jail records.

Police said detectives received a tip in early August that marijuana was being grown in a home on Wiregrass Lane, and went to the home at 3:20 p.m. Thursday. The resident allowed a search, and more than 200 marijuana plants were found growing inside, police said. Police said they learned of a second home in the 60 block of Oakwood Road in Jacksonville Beach, and a search turned up 37 more plants growing inside.

A 24-year-old Southside Jacksonville man was attacked and cut up with a broken beer bottle early Monday outside his apartment in the Montecito complex at 5800 S. Barnes Road.

But after the attack was witnessed by two neighbors, a 23-year-old resident of the same apartment was arrested on a charge of aggravated battery, police said.

Modesto Antonio Mendez was booked into the Duval County jail on $100,000 bail at 4 a.m., police said.

Edwin Medina-Pineda told officers he was asleep at 1:55 a.m. when his roommate woke him up, yelling at him to leave, police said. Medina-Pineda refused to leave because he pays rent, but was punched several times by his roommate.

The victim ran outside and his attacker followed, shattering a beer bottle on the steps and cutting him on his stomach and chest. Medina-Pineda grabbed the man and tackled him to the ground and was cut again on his hands as he screamed for help and ran away.

Neighbors called police, who found the man and arrested him.

The body of a Jacksonville man whose remains were found after a foul odor was reported on Spring Park Road was likely a hit and run victim, Jacksonville police said today.

The body of Al Robins, 63, of the 3600 block of Stanley Street, was found in the 2500 block of Spring Park about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. An autopsy and traffic homicide investigation shows Robins was likely hit by a vehicle and thrown from the road. The vehicle may have left the road and hit Robins, whose identity was released today.

Robins was not carrying identification and was identified using fingerprints.

The case is being investigated as a hit and run.

Anyone with any information about this traffic fatality is asked to contact the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500 or by email at mailto:JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org blocked::mailto:JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org mailto:JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org blocked::mailto:JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org mailto:JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org blocked::mailto:JS" href="mailto:JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org">JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org. To remain anonymous and receive a possible reward, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS or email them at mailto:rewards@fccrimestoppers.com blocked::mailto:rewards@fccrimestoppers.com mailto:rewards@fccrimestoppers.com blocked::mailto:rewards@fccrimestoppers.com mailto:rewards@fccrimestoppers.com blocked::mailto:re" href="mailto:rewards@fccrimestoppers.com">rewards@fccrimestoppers.com.