• The inaugural Beaches “Second Tuesday” Art Walk will be held Tuesday from 5-9 p.m. In addition to The Dolphin Works and Cook Fine Art, other venues will include The Ritz Bar, Fionn McCool’s, Tento Churrascaria, Lynch’s Irish Pub, European Street Cafe and Casa Marina. For information, visit www.jaxbeachesartwalk.org.
• St. Vincent’s HealthCare’s Family Medicine Center will host “Read and Romp Jacksonville” to promote early literacy Sept. 15 from 1-4 p.m. at 2627 Riverside Ave. Designed for families with children age eight and younger, the free event will include story-themed activities. Guests will include Jacksonville Suns mascot Southpaw, Clifford the Dog and Kitty the Clown. For information, call 308-7969.
• The Jacksonville Aviation Authority has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration to be part of a six-month program that will improve safety by developing new requirements for air-side operations at commercial airports. Jacksonville International Airport is among 25 facilities that will participate in the Safety Management System study and submit recommendations to the FAA. Six million passengers travel through JIA each year.
• At a ceremony at 10 a.m. today Capt. John C. Scorby Jr. will take over command of Naval Air Station Jacksonville from Capt. Ernest Dobson Jr., who assumed command in 2004. During the change of command, City of Jacksonville Director of Military Affairs and Veterans Services Dan McCarthy, on behalf of Mayor John Peyton, will present the Key to the City to Capt. Dobson in recognition of his partnership with the City and service to its people.
• Melissa Gross-Arnold, Brenna Durden, Terry Lewis and John Fumero, shareholder of Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A., will present at this year’s Environmental and Land Use Law Annual Update. The event is Aug. 23-25 in Amelia Island. The sessions focus on substantive legal, regulatory, legislative and policy updates concerning the practice of environmental and land use law.
• Edward Waters College football media day is at 10:45 a.m. Aug. 18. Media day for the team will be hed at EWC Adams/Jenkins Sports Complex. For more information contact Henry Smith at 470-8045.
• The 15th annual Taste the Music and Dance is from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Aetna Building. Patti Haze from FM-105 is the emcee. Tickets are $50 and $60 at the door. For more information or to purhcase tickets please call 355-4700.
• Brian Kelly a reporter with Ch. 4 is leaving the station at the end of this month to fight in the WWE. Ch. 4 Anchor Bruce Hamilton made the announcement on Friday morning’s news.
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