• The Southside Business Men’s Club has decided that the health of the St. Johns River is its top priority and has passed a resolution urging the JEA, the St. Johns Water Management District, the state legislature and the citizens of Jacksonville to support legislation associated with protecting the river.
• Jaguars owners Wayne and Delores Weaver have agreed to a 50 percent match of all donations to the MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation. The Weaver donation does have a limit of $50,000.
• Speaking of the Jags, the team will relaunch the Cool Catmobile this summer and there’s a new addition — the Schwan’s “Jag Crunch” ice cream. The Catmobile will be in communities all over town this summer giving away ice cream, stickers and ‘06 schedules.
• The Paw Prints project by the Chamber of Commerce’s Downtown Council is still in its preliminary stages and there is already a sponsor. LandMar contributed $500 for paw prints to be repainted on Bay Street leading fans to Alltel Stadium. The prints will be painted Florida Department of Transportation yellow Aug. 5.
• Apologies to attorney Heath Brockwell for misspelling his name in a cutline Monday.
• Downtown Vision Inc.’s Jazz in June is coming up. Every Saturday night in June, visitors to Downtown can hear live jazz music and take a one hour historic and environment tour of the St. Johns River.
• More from DVI: Terry Lorince will give a downtown update to the Jacksonville chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants Wednesday. The meeting is at I-Hop on Baymeadows at 7:30 p.m.
• Good news for Bailey’s Powerhouse members. The slab has been poured for the new gym in Atlantic Beach, which will open late this year.
• Mayor John Peyton will host a Memorial Day ceremony Monday at 10 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Wall between the baseball park and Alltel Stadium.
• The Jacksonville Film Festival officially wrapped up Sunday. Honors went to: “Chalk” (audience award-winning film), “What Remains” (best documentary), “Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot” (best short) and “Move-Ova-4-Supa-Nova” (best student film). Todd Robinson, director of “Lonely Hearts,” took away the Cine Tortuga award for achievement in film.
• Didn’t the Cine Tortuga (translation: “film turtle”) used to be the Tortuga Verde (“green turtle”)? Yes, it did. The award has a new title. Jean Tait, executive director of the festival, said the original title was supposed to be a funny take on the Cannes Film Festival’s Golden Palm award. “But nobody got the joke,” she said. “This makes more sense because that’s what our logo is: a film turtle.” The award was shaped like a turtle in years past, when actors Bill Murray and Graham Greene received it. Now, it looks like a big glass bowl with turtle image on it. The reason? World-renowned artist Jono Lukas decides what the award will look like from year-to-year. “We pretty much let him do whatever he wants,” said Tait.