Cummer celebrates the Orient with Japanese party
Japanese culture was the focus of the first in a series of three themed dinner parties in 2019 to benefit The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens. “Artful Umami” was held Jan. 10 at the Riverside-based museum, where its new director, Adam Levine, was on hand to greet patrons and supporters. A private art tour […]
Bowtie Ball a ‘casual affair to remember’
The Shircliff Society, a group of young professionals who support the mission of St. Vincent’s Foundation, held its 2nd annual Bowtie Ball Jan. 26 in an elegantly casual setting at Manifest Distilling. Gentlemen sporting bowties added to the spirit of the event which raised funds to purchase three Novii Wireless Fetal Monitoring Patch Systems for […]
Nonprofit celebrates 40 years of caring, compassion
Although the idea of hospice is centuries old, the first modern hospice in the United States wasn’t established until 1974. Shortly thereafter, the beginning of what is now called Community Hospice & Palliative Care came in 1978 when Rev. Paul Brenner formed Friends of Hospice. Now, 40 years later, the nonprofit is far-reaching in its […]
Call for Volunteers for the USGA Women’s Four-Ball Championship
The Timuquana Country Club, 4028 Timuquana Road, is hosting the USGA Women’s Four-Ball Championship and looking for volunteers for this prestigious event. Sign-up is now open to volunteer for the USGA Women’s Amateur Four-Ball, April 24 through May 1, 2019. This national Four-Ball Championship will be hosted at Timuquana Country Club. This is an incredible […]
Fishweir students make holidays better for rural community
With the idea of “children helping children,” students from Fishweir Elementary School collect canned goods to donate to Grace United Methodist Church in Lawtey, which provides weekend food boxes for 25 children in 10 families at Lawtey Community Elementary School through a program called Feed My Sheep. Fishweir Elementary also has a semi-annual tradition of […]
The Way We Were: John Allen, Sr. and John Corse
Loon Lake and The Pier are, as the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti wrote, “Pictures of a Gone World.” But to anyone over the age of 80 who grew up in Ortega or Venetia those terms spark happy memories of youthful fun. John Allen, Sr., 94, recalls when the Timuquana Bridge was made out of wood, the […]
Ancestors give Scout reasons for Eagle project
Granada resident Karsen Newman had more than one special reason for choosing to rejuvenate a local park as his Eagle Scout project. “I have grown up going to Granada Park my entire life, spending lots of time playing and enjoying it,” said Newman, a senior at Bishop Kenny High School and member of Boy Scout […]
The Way We Were: Bill and Sue Rust
Music and medicine were early influences in the lives of Bill and Sue Rust. Growing up in different times and places, Bill in Brooklyn, New York, and Sue in West Carrollton, Ohio, both performed in their high school concert bands and both entered the medical field as adults. Bill, who was a concertmaster in high […]
