• The next big political fundraiser will a be week from Friday when Mike Langton has a party for U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson at his home. You’re invited for a “suggested contribution” of $500, though they also want you to know that you can give up to $4,200.
• Farewell to The Twisted Martini’s marketing associate Ali Willis. She is leaving next week to move back to Ohio.
• The near-100 degree temperature made Monday morning’s Jaguars practice difficult enough, but it was worse as several big garbage containers outside the practice field had not been emptied and were upwind of the field.
• We’re losing our top man with Coca-Cola. Dean McKillip is being transferred to Atlanta.
• This week’s Workspace focuses on Erik Hart, president of the Florida Theatre. For more, see page 3.
• Looks like the pro basketball Orlando Magic will have their training camp here again at UNF.
• After the Jaguars spent the weekend winning their preseason debut, the Rotary Club caught a full-blown case of football fever for its Monday meeting with featured speaker Paul Vance, the team’s general counsel. The meeting opened with a “How ‘bout them Jags?” cheer, and members were warned to snap up remaining tickets to a planned Rotary outing to watch the team. “Now that the team’s undefeated, the tickets could go up in price,” warned member Sean Mulholland.
• Speaking of Vance, he was asked for his thoughts on controversial player agent Drew Rosenhaus, who has recently grabbed headlines as one of his most high profile clients, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens, angles for a new contract. The Jaguars have eight players represented by Rosenhaus, including running back Fred Taylor, and Vance said he has a positive working relationship with the agent. “Drew’s very competent and hardworking, and in the end, he wants to make a deal,” said Vance.
• A time capsule found at Brewster Hospital, the city’s first African-American hospital, will be opened Wednesday. During the brief ceremony near Shands Hospital on West 8th Street, the contents will be put on display.
• Best of luck to Theresa O’Donnell Price, the City’s chief of special events. She’ll be traveling to Atlanta next week as a finalist for a 2005 Events Solutions Spotlight Award. Price, a longtime City employee, is up for the Organization Planner of the Year Award.