• The Clerk of Courts is opening a satellite office in the Ed Ball Building, 214 N. Hogan St. Room 216 to better serve their customers. The new office will do everything that the Recording department in the courthouse and the Beaches office does. The satellite office opened Monday.
• The second annual Gary Pajcic Professionalism Seminar is from 1-5 p.m. Thursday at the Duval County Courthouse, Courtroom A. This is a free seminar and reception. Attorneys will receive 4.5 general hours and 4.5 ethics hours. The reception will be held at the Hyatt at 5 p.m. RSVP to Hugh Cotney 356-0162 or email him at [email protected].
• Theatre Jacksonville will open its 88th season Friday with “Moon Over the Brewery.” The show will run through Nov. 17. “Moon Over the Brewery” takes place in a Pennsylvania mining town. The show is written by Bruce Graham and Theatre Jacksonville’s Marketing Director Staci Cobb is making her directing debut. She has appeared in many of the theatre’s past shows including “Enchanted April” and “Seussical the Musical.” For more information or to make reservations, please call Tracy Olin at 396-4425 or visit www.theatrejax.com.
• The Jacksonville Symphony’s Young Professional Group, OPUS, will hold a kick-off party to celebrate the upcoming season from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at Mark’s on Bay Street. The event is free for OPUS members, and $5 for non-members.
• A new exhibit of paintings by Princess Simpson Rashid opens Friday at the Karpeles Manuscript Museum at 101 W. 1st. St. A reception will be held at 6 p.m. and the exhibit will be on display through Nov. 30, Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sundays noon-4 p.m. For information, call 356-2992 or visit the artist’s Web site: www.theswordandbrush.com.
• Commercial construction contractor Breaking Ground, Inc. is celebrating its 10th anniversary Friday at Fogle Fine Art & Accessories from 4-7 p.m. Mary Tappouni started the nine-employee company in 1997.
• Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ) has been authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to become one of 23 air traffic control training centers in the nation. FCCJ plans to initiate the program at the Cecil South Aviation Center of Excellence in fall 2008. It is estimated that with more than 13,000 air traffic controllers reaching retirement age in the next decade, a critical shortage of qualified personnel will soon exist. Entry-level air traffic controllers earn about $50,000 a year with the prospect of earning as much as $100,000 in five years.
• University of Florida Law student Josh Spoont’s name was misspelled in Monday’s story about the Halsey-Kimbrell Moot Court competition.
• Saturday is Clean Air Day at the Museum of Science and History hosted by the museum and the City of Jacksonville’s Environmental Protection Board. The event from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the museum is free.
“There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world.”
– Jean Baudrillard, French semiologist.