Supporting thousands with hearing and speech disorders
Beach casual/Hawaiian was the attire of choice as patrons supported the Jacksonville Speech and Hearing Center during its FinFest 2015: Return to the River May 30 at Timuquana Country Club. Last year, the nonprofit agency helped almost 5,300 people with speech and hearing disorders in Northeast Florida through professional speech and audiology therapies. More than […]
McGala raises $300,000 for Ronald McDonald House
The future rooftop garden at the Ronald McDonald House in San Marco was the inspiration for the 21st Annual McGala: An Evening in the Garden on May 30 at the Sawgrass Marriott. More than $300,000 was raised at the event, which benefitted the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville. Partygoers from all over the city […]
Special needs adults join fun at All Saints Episcopal VBS
It was the first year that All Saint’s Episcopal Church has included both children and special needs adults in its Vacation Bible School program and things worked out “as smooth as butter,” said Hillary Citrano of San Jose, director of Christian Formation and Children in Need at the church. During the third week of June, […]
Track athlete sets, achieves lofty goals
Attending six schools in 12 years might be enough to throw any teen off his game. For Connor Vaughan, it just made him more determined. By the end of his sophomore year at Paxon School for Advanced Studies where he played soccer, it became obvious that Vaughan was more interested in focusing his self-discipline and […]
Local teens on board with crewing
What used to be considered a sport associated with only Ivy League schools, has been increasing in popularity with many local teens, some of whom are earning top state and regional rankings for crewing, more commonly referred to as rowing. The easy access to Jacksonville’s waterways has helped to make crewing an emerging sport for […]
Shellie Norris Hines
It never occurred to Shellie Hines of Beauclerc that she was forging a path for other women when she graduated from Jones Business College and accepted a job at Florida National Bank in the 1950s. It was a rarity then for women to build an executive trust management career in Jacksonville’s banking and financial industries. […]
John & Louise Adams Ropp
Long-time Avondale residents John and Louis Ropp have a lot to celebrate this year. On July 28, the couple will celebrate John’s 90th birthday followed by their 54th wedding anniversary in September. Questions about the Ropps’ early courtship brings heartfelt laughter from Louise. John patiently shakes his head and looks skyward, well aware of what’s […]
No longer rare, Lyme disease hits home twice
Treatment regimen can make the difference It was bad enough that Mary Appleton Jaycox contracted Lyme disease. Then, her husband William got it too while she was battling a recurrence of the tick-borne disease. Jaycox contracted Lyme disease 17 years ago – along with Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis and Rickettsia, which causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever – […]
Long affiliation with Baptist pays off for San Marco resident
When Baptist Medical Center first approached Betty Benfield in 2006 about selling her home in San Marco, she would have none of it. She and her husband had bought their two-bedroom, one-bath bungalow at 937 Dante Place for $10,500 in August of 1962. It was the house where their daughter Betsy grew up. It was […]
