• Brad Glass has been named president of The Auchter Company. Other officers include Tom Butler, executive vice president; Jeff Glass, senior vice president; E.J. “Sonny” Moody, senior vice president; Marv Grieve, senior vice president; Jack Belt, vice president; Harry Elmore, vice president; Dave Auchter, vice president; Daniel Pardue, CFO/secretary/treasurer, and Donna Low, controller.
• As part of a 300-unit expansion plan, Firehouse Subs has closed a deal on 81 new stores in Orlando, Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater. The first restaurant will open in approximately four months in Lake Mary.
• Underwater explorer Dr. Robert Ballard will tour Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital Tuesday before giving a lecture at the Florida Theatre at 7 p.m. Ballard’s underwater adventures include discovering the Titanic, Lusitania and Bismarck shipwrecks and participating in the first manned exploration of the Mid-Ocean Ridge. He is in town as part of the Florida Forum series.
• The FCCJ Artist Series will host a performance of “The Sleeping Beauty” by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet April 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the T-U Center. For ticket information, call 632-3373.
• The Florida Theatre is hosting “Porgy and Bess” March 28 at 8 p.m. For ticket information, call 355-2787.
• The Institute of Government at the University of North Florida is hosting a seminar, The Decline of Civic Involvement in America: Real of Imagined, April 10 from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the University Center. Dr. Sherry Magill, executive director of the Jesse Ball duPont Fund, is the speaker. The program is free and open to the public. For information, call 620-2844.
• Grammy Award-winner Eddie Palmieri is scheduled to perform at UNF April 4 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Great American Jazz Series. Tickets are $25, $8 for students. For information, call 620-2878.
• City Council president Matt Carlucci and Duval County School Board chairman Jimmie Johnson are hosting a Call to Action Breakfast for Public Education March 27 at 7:30 a.m. at the Schultz Center. For information, call 630-2794.
• Operation New Hope and the City’s Housing Services Division will host a seminar on How to Buy a House in Springfield Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Institutional Church. For information, call 354-4673.
• The Northeast Florida Regional Planning Council has moved into its new office at 6850 Belfort Oaks Place near St. Luke’s Hospital. The new phone number is 279-0880.
• Clemson president James F. Barker is the speaker at Monday’s Meninak Club meeting at the Radisson.