• Here’s an idea City Council might want to consider to help promote downtown nightlife. As part of plan to introduce suburban residents to the local music scene, the Denver City Council has approved a plan that will have live bands who are performing at downtown nightclubs play at televised Council meetings.
• City Council member Art Shad was so impressed with local historian James B. Crooks’ book, “Jacksonville: The Consolidation Story, from Civil Rights to the Jaguars,” he distributed copies to all the other Council members.
• This year’s Willie Gary Football Classic has been scheduled for Sept. 11 to commemorate the terrorist attacks of 2001 and to honor Jacksonville’s current service men and women.
• City Council member Jerry Holland set up a meeting between Comcast Cable representatives and Judge John Marshall Meisburg to discuss the availability wholesome programming. Meisburg wants Comcast to offer a separate “family-friendly” channel package. Comcast vice president Doug McMillan said he’s looking forward to the meeting, but suggested that parents’ best option to protect their kids was to use parental control features available on most television sets and cable boxes.
• Supermodel Rachel Hunter will be in town Sunday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at The Beauty Bar in Neptune Beach. Hunter’s a spokesperson for Classified Cosmetics, which is sponsoring the visit.
• The Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association’s next luncheon is April 7 at River City Brewing Co. A judicial panel will discuss how to get attorney fees in civil and family matters. RSVP by Friday to Heather Collins at 355-2233 or [email protected].
• Harold Fine, owner of three stores at The Landing including Miami Connection and Discount Pro-Wear, said he would like to open a fourth, which would sell a large variety of baseball caps not available at any of his other stores.
• Jason Teal, Shannon Scheffer and Lee Carlin, attorneys in the General Counsel’s Office, have been asked by the University of Florida to teach various legal courses to code enforcement officers. The school said having local attorneys teach the classes would alleviate the need to transfer those students to other locations as far away as Orlando and Tallahassee.