• The total price isn’t known but it’s going to be big — construction is starting on a Westside home which will have $940,000 in windows alone.
• Former Bolles football star Riley Skinner is now the starting quarterback at Wake Forest and he carries two of the area’s biggest names to Winston-Salem. He’s part of the giant Skinner clan that developed much of the Southside and the other side of the family is the Rileys, as in Clayton Riley.
• Two of our credit unions are merging. First Florida (it used to be the Government Employees C.U.) and Seaboard (that used to be the railroad’s name) are filing papers and hope to be together at year’s end.
• Hidden Hills Country Club turns 40 this weekend. If you’ve been around a long time, you’ll recall that it started as an all-male club and that one of its founding members was famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
• The Jaguars again have their “Honor Rows” for kids in the community and this year there are 47 agencies participating. But what about the two Monday night games, which don’t end until past midnight? No kids at those; the staff members from the agencies will get the tickets.
• The Voluntary Bar Liaison Committee of The Florida Bar and the Jacksonville Bar Association are combining to host a reception for Florida’s Appellate Court justices and judges. It’s Monday from 6-8 p.m. at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club. A glance at the list of sponsors indicates virtually every good-sized firm in the area is participating in some capacity.
• Even if you don’t have a ticket to Sunday’s sold-out Jaguars game against the Dallas Cowboys game, the public is invited to watch the live airing of “FOX NFL Sunday” in the Pepsi Plaza at the south end of Alltel Stadium. Rehearsals will begin at 11 a.m. and the show will air live from noon-1 p.m. Parking will be available in Lot X for $10 from 10 a.m.-noon.
• Speaking of Sunday’s game, the Bud Zone will open at 1 p.m. Sunday for fans with tickets to the game who want to watch the early NFL games on TV at the stadium. From 1-3 p.m., you can watch the games on 50 plasma screens while drinking $2 draft beers and eating $3 hot dogs.