• The start of Monday’s meeting of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville was delayed for 30 minutes. Reason: the meeting was moved to the Radisson but many members showed up at the Omni, anyway.
• A 34-year-old Jacksonville woman is in love with famed playwright Arthur Miller, who’s 55 years older. Artist Agnes Barley, daughter of Jacksonville architect John Barley and granddaughter of physician Frank McCall, has been living with Miller for two years and a wedding may be forthcoming. Miller may be famous for his plays, which include “Death of a Salesman” and “The Crucible,” but he’s probably better known for one of his ex-wives: the late Marilyn Monroe.
• The Arena entertainment for Super Bowl week should be announced soon and the card includes country singer Josh Gracin on Friday night. We hear that Dwight Yoakam and Lynyrd Skynyrd also will appear.
• Something good for Jacksonville has come out of the hurricanes. The Ruritans, a national civic service organization, had scheduled their annual convention for Daytona Beach but the hotel there suffered too much damage, so they moved it to the Adam’s Mark here. About 1,400 are expected starting Jan. 22 and they’ll be here a week.
• Associated Florida Architects, Inc., a design firm out of Gainesville, has moved to Jacksonville. Its new office is located in the renovated Klutho building in Springfield. Architect Robert Taylor said his firm was one of the first to move into the Klutho since it reopened.
• A new political group, the North Florida Chapter of the Florida Progressive Democrats Caucus, is sponsoring what they call the “UNaugural Ball” at the Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum on Saturday from 8 p.m. until midnight. Bill Graessle and Patt Sher are leading the effort.
• Ever think of Sam Kouvaris as an historian? Seems he is, and he’ll address the historical society on Jan. 27 about Jacksonville’s football history.
• The Gator Bowl honors its thousand or so volunteers with a reception Saturday evening.