Being a Chef at Food Games

Cooking especially baking might be one of you favorite hobbies however; you might find this hard to do if you are not gifted with talent to cook and may be quite afraid to experiment with glaze and cream. If you want to learn cooking and yet would want the privilege to do it...

Not A Black Face in the House: An Evening with Writer Rick Bragg.

Jacksonville, AL.  Original reporting, opinion, commentary, and even some facts... by Will Bevis. I am not the kind of person who would cross the street to see a famous person. The last writer I went to see was Truman Capote, and he bored me to death and I...

Ean Evans of Lynyrd Skynyrd passes away

Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist, Ean Evans, has died after a long battle with cancer. Evans was only 48 when he passed away on May 6, 2009. Evans joined the famed Southern rock band after Leon Wilkeson, the band's former bassist passed away in 2001. "The message on the band's website...

Government becoming too powerfull?!! Updated July 2009

Below is my post from March of 2009: Some of you might say " they all ready are,...Have you heard of the IRS?!!" Yes, I remember the senate hearings several years ago where mothers and fathers were telling stories of how the IRS agents broke down their home doors in the...

Parents Sue School District Over A Song

Parents have inititated a lawsuit against the St. Johns County School Board over a song titled: "In God We Still Trust". The lawsuit states that children are having beliefs forced upon them and that it is a violation of the separation of church and state. While the song has...

Wild otter checks itself into the Jacksonville zoo

" By Roger Bull Story updated at 5:12 AM on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009 BRUCE LIPSKY/The Times-Union Staff at the Jacksonville Zoo release a...

cruise ship takes away public access to river

Once again the public stands to lose more waterfront to cruiseship terminals and lose access to the historial river of the st. johns. In effect Jaxport along with the cruise industry demand a security zone accross...

public trust joins Mayport to fight cruise terminal and pollution

The Village of Mayport is an historic, quaint fishing village. Scholars believe Jean Ribault landed here in 1562, two years before the establishment of Ft. Caroline which predates both St. Augustine and Jamestown.  Mayport has existed as a shrimping and fishing village...

Jaxport and city fail to honor public access to river

The city's idea and Jaxports balance is obviously very different to that of thousands of signatures collected along with Mayport residents who oppose the cruise terminal development in the village, I like to point out some of the more obvious flaws in their arguement. The...

Hotelling ships to check out of Jacksonville port

On a typical day, 15 oceangoing ships arrive at Jacksonville area terminals.At their berths loading, unloading or waiting for cargo, these ships continue to run some of their engines, in some cases burning the same extremely high sulfur fuel they use on the open sea....

How Clean Is Our Air in Jacksonville Fla?

While heredity, lifestyle and personal habits determine alot about a person’s health, more and more research reveals that human health is also determined by one’s surrounding environment. Consider the following facts about air pollution in Jacksonville Florida: The...

Is one of our national treasures soon to be trashed

Can we stop our country's historic Village of Mayport from being paved over?  The City Council of Jacksonville, Florida, may be about to destroy our nation's FIRST settlement seeking religious freedom, and...

Pearl Harbor cited as a reason to move carrier from Norfolk

"67 years ago on December 7, 1941, the US Navy fleet at Pearl Harbor was attacked. On that infamous day, the three Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers were not in port. That tragedy is cited as...

PERFECT TEN FOR TENNESSEE TITANS

" Kerry Collins threw three second-half touchdowns to help the Tennessee Titans remain unbeaten with victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Collins completed 13-of-23 passes for 230 yards as the Titans (10-0)...

More Lake Okeechobee releases to start Tuesday

Just keeping everyone up to date as Lake Okeechobee continues to dump east and west upsetting coastal residences and environmentalist.   "By Ed Killer (Contact) Sunday, September 14, 2008 TROPICAL FARMS...

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