• Dr. Steven Wallace, president of Florida Community College at Jacksonville, has been nominated to serve as chair of the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce in 2007. If approved by the Chamber’s 2005 Board of Directors at its October meeting, Wallace will begin his duties as chair-elect in January 2006. The remainder of the Chamber’s 2006 Board of Directors will be announced later in the year.
• The Cathedral Arts Project appointed new members to its board of directors. Martha Barrett, of Bank of America, retired rear admiral Kevin Delaney, Holly Murphy of Fidelity National Financial, Jane Lester of the Bedell Firm and Judy Root of Wachovia are the new members. The CAP provides after-school arts programs for underpriveleged children.
• Correction to a City Note from Monday regarding sales of the new high-rise condos on the Southbank. The Peninsula is the only project currently selling condos. Sales at The Strand haven’t started yet.
• The Oct. 28 hockey game between the Jacksonville Barracudas and the Columbus Cottonmouths will have a distinct Florida-Georgia look. The Barracudas will don orange and blue while Columbus will be decked out in red and black. The Florida-Georgia football game is the next day.
• Tropical Storm Ophelia is creating issues for the Jacksonville Suns, who are scheduled to open the first round of the Southern League playoffs with games at home against the Birmingham Barons tonight and Friday. Suns assistant general manager Kirk Goodman said if the games here get washed out — and the weather is supposed to be pretty bad for a few days — the two teams will pack up and head back to Birmingham, perhaps for the entire best-of-five-games series.
• Two Jacksonville Landing restaurants are expanding. Benny’s Steak and Seafood and The Twisted Martini are both in talks to open sister stores near Interstate 95 and SR 210. Construction on both projects should begin this fall.
• Speaking of the Landing, owner Toney Sleiman was spotted in the audience during back-to-back ImprovJacksonville performances last weekend. That’s interesting news considering that we hear the comedy troupe may be looking for a new home.
• Things don’t look good for Circa 46, the upscale men’s clothing store on Bay Street. The doors haven’t been open in nearly three weeks and items have been pulled from a few shelves.
• Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Walter Taylor has been named the recipient of the Women’s Tennis Association’s Dr. Irving Click Award. The award is given annually by the WTA to honor a physician who provided outstanding service throughout the course of a WTA event. Taylor is a sports medicine physician and has served as tournament physician for the Bausch & Lomb tournament at Amelia Island the past seven years.