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• The memorial service for Fran Coker will be Saturday at the Coker home. The family has asked, in lieu of flowers, that donations be made to the mayor’s Rally Jacksonville! fund.

• Sunny Caribbee in Neptune Beach plans to open Cruzan Rum Bar upstairs soon. The bar suffered major damage in a fire several months ago.

• Speaking of opening soon, we hear the only thing holding up the opening of the Gold’s Gym is an inspection by the fire marshal. It may have happened Thursday.

• Speaking of the Super Bowl, Mayor John Peyton’s communications chief, Susie Wiles, is picking Pittsburgh to beat Seattle, 21-14. Wiles would know a thing or two about pro football. Her father is long-time NFL broadcaster Pat Summerall.

• The zoo is hosting the film premiere of “The River Runs North: The Journey of America’s First River” Feb. 25 from 4-7 p.m. The movie is being put on by the St. Johns River Alliance.

• This year’s Greater Jacksonville Prayer Breakfast is March 21 at the Hyatt at 7:15 a.m.

• A couple of locals may become millionaires. Julie Tribett of Middleburg and Shannon Lewis of Ponte Vedra will both be contestants on the syndicated version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” The shows will air next week.

 

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