• Lee Tae-sik, the Korean Ambassador to the United States, will be here Nov. 15 as the guest speaker at this year’s World Affairs Council of Jacksonville Ambassador’s Circle Dinner. The event is at the Jacksonville Port Authority’s Cruise Terminal and includes a reception and dinner. The event isn’t cheap. The least expensive ticket runs $125 and event sponsorship is $20,000. Lee will also get a key to the city.
• Meade Instruments Corp. is donating 20 telescopes from Meade Instruments Corp. to the Math, Science and Pre-Engineering Magnet Program at Andrew A. Robinson Elementary School on West 12th Street. Council member Glorious Johnson and School Board Member Brenda Priestly Jackson will join Carl Moore from the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society (NEFAS) for the presentation Friday at the school. NEFAS is a group of more than 100 local amateur astronomers that has distributed 7,000 discontinued Meade telescopes to schools, scouts, parks and other organizations both in Northeast Florida and worldwide.
• The Jacksonville Historical Society has a special program planned for its next meeting when character actress Betty Jean Steinshouer will perform her one-woman show “Voice of the Everglades: Marjory Stoneman Douglas.” Douglas is known as the “matriarch of Miami” and in 1947 published “Everglades: River of Grass” about the restoration of South Florida’s wetlands. The meeting and performance will begin at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 at Old St. Andrews Church, 317 A. Philip Randolph Blvd. Admission and parking are free. For information, call 665-0064.
• Plaza III The Steakhouse will support the Sulzbacher Center, a local non-profit agency that provides transition programs for the area’s homeless, by donating proceeds from dinner checks collected from 4:30 p.m. to closing Thursday evening. Plaza III was also one of several companies that took part in the Sulzbacher Center’s recent “Transformations” fundraising event at the Florida Theatre by donating steak and dessert to attendees. For reservations, call 598-0234 or e-mail [email protected].
• The population of vagrants in Downtown may be increasing, according to officials at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. At a recent Downtown meeting, officers said new vagrants are coming to Jacksonville to take advantage of the services provided by the city and social service groups. “They are being encouraged to come to bum-friendly Jacksonville,” one officer said.
• The law firm of Gray Robinson is hosting an invite-only event Oct. 25 for their Florida/Georgia cleats and cocktails reception. The event is from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at their office.
• The Jacksonville Community Council Inc. (JCCI) Infant Mortality study will begin meeting Oct. 18. Meetings will be held every Thursday from Noon-1:30 p.m. at JCCI, 2434 Atlantic Blvd. For more information call 396-3052.
“The architectural profession gave the public 50 years of modern architecture and the public’s response has been 10 years of the greatest wave of historical preservation in the history of man.”
– George E. Hartman, architect