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A FAMILY AFFAIR AT THE FLORIDA FORUM During the reception Carolyn and Clancy Houston, Mary Love Strum, Katie and Whitfield Athey gathered to toast the final installment of the 2022-23 speaker series. The final celebrity guest in the celebrated event series is one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020 and 2021, a gold medalist and advocate for women’s rights. SEE PAGE 22
Students across all four Bolles campuses gathered on Jan. 5 for a special Founders’ Day convocation, commemorating the school’s establishment 90 years ago, on Jan. 5, 1933. The convocation featured videos highlighting Bolles’ rich history and the enthusiasm surrounding the school’s 90th birthday. Students also shared brief histories of their respective campuses, and lower school students recited poems about why they love attending Bolles. Faculty and staff distributed bracelets to lower school students that read, “Happy 90th Birthday, Bolles,” while upper and middle school students enjoyed Founders’ Day cupcakes.
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On Thursday, Jan. 26 at Aspire Church in the heart of San Marco, volunteers from the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary were putting their tastebuds to work as they sampled tidbits of delicious creations. Decisions made during this evening of fellowship help to formulate the menu for the annual Celebrity Chefs Tasting Luncheon and Silent Auction, which is slated for Thursday, March 23 at the Prime Osborn Convention Center. Items present at the auction range from artwork to collectibles, jewelry, dinners, spa treatments, sports memorabilia, weekend getaways, rounds of golf, designer accessories, to name a few that will enhance the seasonal Spring luncheon.
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The Duval County Republican Executive Committee (REC), which serves as the governing body of the Duval County Republican Party, unanimously approved a resolution calling for the creation of a statewide grand jury to investigate the failed attempt to sell JEA. The resolution describes the attempted sale of JEA as “potentially one of the greatest schemes to defraud [Jacksonville] taxpayers in the history of our city” and calls on the right of Duval citizens to know the details surrounding the culpability of those involved in the sale. Approved through emergency consideration at its Jan. 16 meeting, the resolution will be sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis, asking him to petition the Florida Supreme Court to impanel the statewide grand jury to investigate “potential violations of Florida law” and the “actions of those public officials, private individuals, and business entities who intentionally misled the citizens of Duval County regarding the proposed sale of JEA, who concealed material facts regarding the proposed sale, or who attempted to improperly influence the valuation process and the Invitation to Negotiate.” “It’s perfectly defensible to say ‘Gee, we want to do a valuation process and figure out what JEA is worth to the city as an asset’, but the way this evolved over time, especially when the conversation began with this notion that JEA was in a death spiral, clearly indicates there was an intention to deceive the voters of Duval County. That’s not good,” said Robin Lumb, REC committee member and former chair. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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