• Club seats sales for this Jaguar season may be creeping along but the skyboxes are about gone. Fewer than five remain, we hear, and there are contracts pending on three of those.
• One advantage of a River Club membership is the reciprocal agreements elsewhere. They have partners in 39 states and 12 foreign countries.
• Our courthouse isn’t the only building in this area with cost problems. Daytona Beach is trying to expand its arena and needs to find the $8 million difference between the budget and the bids.
• New at this week’s Amelia Island tennis tournament: an outdoor cafe with a view of one of the courts.
• NFL draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. says the Jaguars will take UCLA tight end Marcedes Lewis with the 28th pick in the upcoming draft. Lewis caught 58 passes last year for 741 yards and 10 touchdowns.
• Speaking of the Jags, start planning your football schedule. Word is the team’s full schedule comes out Thursday.
• Should local election dates move to match up with the state ones? Former interim Supervisor of Elections Bill Scheu doesn’t think so. “I firmly believe it should stay the same,” said Scheu. “The local issues are going to be submerged by the larger issues.” The combined election dates could potentially save the local elections office money, but Scheu said, “Sometimes you have to pay for good government.”
• This week’s workspace features Jacksonville Bar Association President Alan Pickert. See page 3 for more.
• Mayor John Peyton has been invited by Boston and New York City mayors Thomas Menino and Michael Bloomberg, respectively, to attend the April 25 “Urban Summit to Eliminate Illegal Guns and Gun Crime” conference in the Big Apple.
• St. Vincent’s will hold a grand opening ceremony for its Mary Virginia Terry Cancer Center April 28 at 3:30 p.m. There’ll be a blessing, ribbon cutting and reception. Invite only.
• HabiJax plans to build another 19 homes by the end of the year to meet the goal of 34 they set last summer when HabiJax, through the Jacksonville Housing Commission, received funding to build the new homes in urban areas that have been targeted for revitalization. HabiJax started the program in 1988 and has since built more than 1,350 homes all over Jacksonville.