� State Rep. Jennifer Carroll is recovering from a recent auto accident. Carroll was returning from a speaking engagement in Tampa when she swerved to avoid hitting another car, which caused her to crash into some trees. She has some scratches to the inside of her eye and has it bandaged. Her doctors say a full recovery is expected.
� The UPS Store on Hogan Street across from the Ed Ball Building is scheduled to open today.
� Look for a lot of weather talk next week at the Adam�s Mark Hotel. The National Weather Association convention will be in town, and more than 300 weather types are expected.
� Attorney Sarah Bohr has an interesting hobby � ballroom dancing. She was strutting her stuff at a competition last week at the Adam�s Mark.
� Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver are donating $100,000 to daniel, now that the state�s oldest child-serving agency has met the challenge the Weavers had set. The Weavers pledged $100,000 last November, provided the agency first raise $200,000 from the community. The organization actually exceeded the goal by $20,000. The pledge and the challenge match will be used to create the Weaver Family Foundation Endowment Fund at daniel, to which others may contribute.
� The search has begun for a new dean at Florida Coastal School of Law. A search committee has been appointed and expects to have a list of names to the Board of Governors by early January. The law school has also hired Korn/Ferry International, a premier executive search firm.
� Sandy Argroves, director of Comfort Keepers, recently joined the Mayor�s Special Events Advisory Council for the aged. You may remember Sandy from her days in the marketing department at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens.
� Lisa Rowe, director of communications for the Better Jacksonville Plan, has been chosen as the director for the 2004 Jacksonville Film Festival. In its second year, the festival will once again be held downtown. Show dates are May 7-16.
� The award-winning interior designer firm of Sisler-Williams is kaput. Co-owners Rita Williams and Judith Sisler have gone separate ways.
� Miami Dolphin fans made their presence known inside Alltel Stadium during Sunday�s game, and according to car rental companies at the airport, they were having an impact there, too. Several companies ran out of cars over the weekend, citing the game as the reason.