• There will be only 99 residential units in one of the developments at One Shipyard Place instead of the originally planned 100 units. Reason: one buyer wants some extra space and asked if the wall separating two of the condominiums could be removed.
• New face at The Law Firm of Humphries & Oberdier, P.A. Brena V. Bodenhammer joined the firm as an associate.
• Don Maciejewski of the law firm of Zisser, Robison, Brown, Nowlis and Maciejewski, P.A. has been appointed chair of the Aviation Law Certification Committee of The Florida Bar. The committee evaluates and tests attorneys who apply for board certification in aviation law.
• Jacksonville University has promoted Dave Farrady to associate athletic director for finance. Wife Jenny started a new job recently, too. She’s the executive assistant to City Council member Sharon Copeland.
• Horses, and police officers on horseback, certainly add to the bucolic charm of a downtown that likes to keep its roosters handy. But several patrons leaving the Adam’s Mark Hotel Friday were treated to a view of the St. Johns River, palm fronds waving in a light breeze and . . . evidence that horses had passed by, and recently. Officers normally carry scoopers for just such an occasion but apparently weren’t aware there had been an “incident.”
• At the City Council’s urging, the Duval County School Board may honor former superintendent Ish Brant by naming a school after him. Brant, who died last January at the age of 96, was also instrumental in the establishment of Florida Junior College, which is now Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
• Two local college football officials were helping NFL refs in Friday night’s scrimmage. John Drayton, who lives in Jacksonville and works for the Florida Department of Transportation, and Orange Park insurance exec Brian McCready were on the field. They both will work this year in the MEAC, the conference which inclues Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman.
• Council members have been invited to “An Elected Officials Guide to Investing Public Funds.” The event is sponsored by the Florida League of Cities Department of Financial Services.