• Near disaster Wednesday at the intersection of Bay and Main. Seems a car was coming down the Main Street Bridge the wrong way. A wreck was averted but the biggest question was, how did that happen?
• Westside church Evangel Temple Assembly of God has weighed in against the return of the Navy to Cecil Field. Pastor Cecil Wiggins asked Mayor John Peyton in a letter to continue to block a Navy master jet base that Gov. Jeb Bush and the Pentagon have slated for the Westside industrial park. “We love the Navy, and had a wonderful relationship for years. They took that away from us without asking us what we thought,” wrote Wiggins. “The Navy should live with its decision.”
• Jammed in among the threats of lawsuits against City bus drivers and helpful suggestions from taxpayers, the mayor’s mail occasionally produces something interesting. One package from a downtown resident included the program from the 1978 launching ceremony of the Jacksonville SSN699, a Navy submarine named for the River City. The program was sent by retired Navy man Patrick Foster, who served at the Groton, Conn. submarine base that hosted the ceremony. The program notes Jacksonville’s 1968 switch to a consolidated government and reads “It (Jacksonville) is also large in spirit and enthusiasm.” Ironically, the 360-ton, 6,900-ton Jacksonville is a Los Angeles-class vessel.
• Correction from a City Note Tuesday. WorkSource is not closing its offices but will no longer use services through Arbor Education & Training, a private contractor, effective this week, said Vice President of communications for WorkSource Candace Moody. The 90 employees who were paid through Arbor will now move to WorkSource’s payroll, she said. They will not lose their jobs.
• Axia Public Relations was recently recognized for its work on behalf of the Rotary Club of Fernandina Beach Scholarship Fund, Inc. The award came at the 80th anniversary of the club last month.