• The Jacksonville Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) will hold its monthly meeting July 13 at Holland & Knight, 50 N. Laura St., Suite 3900. The guest speaker will be Bob McKenzie, president of McKenzie HR. He’ll discuss absenteeism and flexible work schedules. For details, call Angie Coker at 353-2000.
• William Koch, managing partner of the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, is the new chair of Junior Achievement. The group also has two new board members, Cindy Delaparte of First Bank of Jacksonville and Carla Marlier of WJCT.
• City attorney Cindy Laquidara said Small and Disadvantaged Business legislation may be getting close to reaching a final draft. One of the final pieces of the puzzle, she said, is what the net worth of potential businesses should be. “There’s been a lot of intelligent debate, but it’s a difficult decision to have to make,” she said. “People keep saying we should look at federal and state models, but I’m not so sure they even know what’s correct.”
• Art and Soul at the Women’s Center of Jacksonville opens a new exhibition, Images of the Divine, July 15 from 6-8 p.m.
• daniel will hold its “Bike to School” Motorcycle Ride and school supply drive Aug. 7. The ride will begin at Venus Swimwear, 11711 Marco Beach Drive (East Park Business Park) and end at Buffalo’s Southwest Cafe. Registration begins at 9 a.m.; kick stands up at 11. For registration info, call Mary Jury at 296-1055.
• The next Hemming Park Lecture Series is scheduled for July 15 at 7 p.m. at the Jacksonville Museun of Modern Art. Didi Dunphy, sculptor and professor of art at the University of Georgia, is the speaker.
• Civil engineering firm PBS&J received the Stevie Award for Best Human Resources Organization at the 2004 American Business Awards in New York City. The awards are presented to companies for their “outstanding leadership, innovation, perseverance, creativity, teamwork and integrity in one or more of 40 categories.”
• Former Baptist Health System CEO Bill Mason is now fulltime in his second career. He was the interim head of the FCCJ Foundation; they’re dropped the “interim.”