• The McGuireWoods law firm in the Bank of America tower is doing some renovating. About 16,000 square feet will be remodeled at a cost of $380,000.
• The Barnett Bank Alumni Association’s reunion for former employees is set for Nov. 15 from 4-8 p.m. at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club. About 250 former bank employees attended last year’s reunion. For details, call 353-5611, Ext. 110 or 273-9955.
• A note on a Monroe Street parking meter bore the following message: “meter broken, please do not ticket because I can’t get anymore.”
• Debra Davis, the new executive assistant to Clerk of the Courts Jim Fuller, has an unusual hobby. She breeds cavaliers, little dogs that look similar to cocker spaniels. Davis says they’re “the new dog of the millennium.”
• After the City signed over the Landing to Toney Sleiman, Mayor John Peyton presented Sleiman with a ceremonial pen. “Do I get to keep this?” asked Sleiman. “I’ve never got anything from the City before.” Sleiman also promised some changes beyond what’s been reported. “There’s some stuff you’ll see that we aren’t telling anybody about,” said Sleiman.
• Mayor Peyton will soon have more in common with Tom Cruise than just his height. The Florida National Guard will be strapping Peyton into one of its F-15 fighter jets Oct. 2. The 45-minute flight will include a max-performance afterburner takeoff and supersonic flight.
• Actress Jennifer O’Neill will be in town Oct. 28 to speak at the First Coast Women’s Services banquet.
• The Devil Descending a Staircase, an evening of performance art, music, visual art, spoken word poetry and brooding theater, is scheduled for Friday at 9th and Main Street in Springfield. The masquerade is designed to have a dark carnival atmosphere with jugglers, vulgar clowns and pyromaniacs. Tickets are $5 and limited to 150 people. A costume and invitation is required for entry.