Brain Brawl championship won by Junior ROTC team
Bishop Kenny High School’s Navy Junior ROTC recently won the national “Brain Brawl” championship – for the second time. The team of Alec Sharpe, Anton Whiteford, Rafael Murphy, Weston Miller and Jacob Pewitt competed in astronomy, navigation, naval history and oceanography. Last year, the team placed second at the championships. During the inaugural year in […]
Students flying high with Starbase F 15
Sixth grade students of San Jose Catholic School attended a three-day workshop in April in affiliation with the Starbase Program, which engages students through inquiry-based curriculum and hands-on learning. The students studied Newton’s Laws, Bernoulli’s Principle, nanotechnology, navigation, mapping, and rocket building and launching. They were also captivated by engineering, as they used the computer […]
Disability coordinator makes life more user-friendly
By Caren Burmeister Resident Community News One in seven people in Jacksonville has a disability and every one of them should have access to the city’s vibrant civic life, said Beth Meyer, the city’s coordinator of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Sometimes it’s the little things – the things many of us take for granted […]
Richard Lipsey
By Julie Kerns Garmendia Resident Community News Richard Lipsey,75, a nine-year volunteer for the Salvation Army, gets just as excited about bell ringing for donations at Christmas as he does working on the advisory board and committees to guide the organization. The Ortega resident and his wife Cecilia, also a longtime SA volunteer, board and […]
Ila Rae Merten
By Victoria Register-Freeman Resident Community News Ila Rae Merten is a transplant into the Historic District, not a native plant. Still, her almost half a century residence in the District gives her deep struck roots. Arriving in Jacksonville from Okeechobee in the early ‘70s, Merten was unaware of the Riverside area. “I chose Arlington […]
New Junior Anglers Division at 6th annual Clay Roberts Inshore Slam
Fast becoming a tradition for the fishing community on Father’s Day weekend, the 6th Annual Clay Roberts Memorial Inshore Slam Fishing Tournament at Beach Marine, 2315 Beach Blvd., is scheduled for June 15. Several hundred people are expected to attend this year’s tournament, making it one of the premier tournaments of the season. “We had […]
Bootlegger’s Ball has crowd a-shimmyin’ and a-shakin’
Flappers and their gents were out for a night of Twenty-two Skidoo and Chattanooga Choo-choo in celebration of the Roarin’ Twenties. The hush-hush location for the 2nd annual speakeasy party, sponsored by Riverside Avondale Preservation, was none other than Worsham Hall at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Food from Biscottis, Black Sheep and Salty […]
Fans of horse racing and Pine Castle enjoy their Derby Day Soiree
Mint juleps were flowing and other traditional Derby Day fare was on the menu as patrons partied for a purpose at Pine Castle’s inaugural Run for the Roses Soiree on May 4. The Timuquana Country Club was the venue for the Bonnets & Bow Ties Contest, judged by Ortega’s own Doug Milne, among other celebrity […]
St. Mark’s Episcopal a big winner at Kentucky Derby fundraiser
Watching the 139th Running of the Kentucky Derby was but a momentary pause in a fun-filled evening on the St. Mark’s Episcopal Day School campus on May 4. Over 230 supporters enjoyed a Derby-themed dinner while bidding on hundreds of fabulous silent auction prizes. According to Nikki Glynn, event chair, “It was such fun chairing […]
