• Jail guards have new uniforms — dark blue instead of light blue — matching those of the regular police force. It will save money, as they can get in with the department’s bulk buying.
• Foley & Lardner has added attorney Jonathan Oliff (right). He’s been with a downstate firm.
• Actor John Travolta did his last film here (“Basic”), and the next one will be in the Tampa area.
• Alltel Stadium’s end zone expansion will be ready for the opening game on Aug. 15 and you’ll see more improvements next year, when they’ll renovate the Clubs on both sides.
• Construction at the Riverside YMCA gives men a workout even before they get to the locker room. Their locker room is being renovated so now they have to go up a flight of stairs, walk through a breezeway, and then down another flight to reach the rarely-used auxiliary dressing facility.
• Rep. Dick Kravitz is one of 12 legislators honored by the Florida Association of Counties for “working to resolve critical issues affecting counties.”
• Ponte Vedra Club assistant manager David Mariotti has been elected president of the local club managers’ association.
• You’re too late if you want Gator Bowl game club seats from the box office. Sold out, but board members might have a few extras.
• You’re also running out of time for the area’s best peanut butter pie. The sisters who runs the Sisters Tea Room in Orange Park are trying to sell out after over 30 years.
• Looks like former Jag first-round choice Tony Boselli is down to his last try. He’s rehabbed his latest shoulder surgery, we hear, well enough to get ready for the Houston Texans training camp opener later this month. He hasn’t played since the Texans took him in the expansion draft over two years ago.
• The Omni has a lovers’ special. They even will include heart-shaped pancakes on the room service breakfast.
• She’s only been Jacksonville’s first lady for a week but Dr. Kathryn Peyton is already receiving requests for public appearances. The Volunteers in Medicine Clinic has requested Peyton cut the ribbon at their Jacksonville clinic’s Sept. 12 opening. The East Duval Street clinic is designed to provide primary care, including prescription drugs, free of charge to poverty-level workers.
• The Jacksonville Symphony has two new board members, Dori Walton and Ruth “Rusty” Pierce. Previously, Walton was the director at ING Barings, Latin America Investment Banking. Pierce worked for Vistakon, Clairol in New York City and Gillette in Boston.