• Attorneys Kenneth Anderson and James Stevens have moved their office. The law firm of Anderson & Stevens is now on Hartley Road.
• Family Support Services, Guardian Ad Litem and the Department of Children & Families will honor its judicial partners during a reception Thursday at the Hyatt. It’s from 5-6:30 p.m. Those who attend are asked to bring a new unwrapped toy or gift card for a local foster child.
• A swearing in will lead to a resignation. W.C. Gentry will be sworn in as a member of the School Board tomorrow and he will step down from his position as chair of the board of directors for the Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership. Gentry felt the position conflicted with his responsibilities as a School Board member. The Schultz Center is a training institution for teachers and principals.
• The Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission received 18 applications for the seat that will be vacated by Justice Harry Lee Anstead in January. Circuit Court Judge Waddell Wallace and Florida Solicitor General Scott Makar, former Jacksonville Assistant General Counsel, both applied for seats recently filled by Justices Charles Canady and Ricky Polston and are among the candidates being considered. Wallace was one of three finalists for former Justice Kenneth Bell’s seat in October. The commission will meet with candidates Dec 8-9 and choose 3-6 candidates for Gov. Charlie Crist to choose from.
• Jacksonville attorney T.A. “Tad” Delegal, III was recently selected by his peers for “The Best Lawyers in America 2009” in the practice of labor and employment law.
• Eight lawyers from Rogers Towers were voted by their peers to be part of The Best Lawyers in America 2009 referral guide. The guide features 150 lawyers from the Jacksonville area alone. For more information or to see who made the list, visit www.bestlawyers.com.
• Attorney Stephen Moore, Jr., with Smith Hulsey & Busey, has been appointed vice president of membership for the Hispanic Bar Association (HBA) of Northeast Florida.
• At Thursday’s meeting of the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission, Deputy Executive Director Paul Crawford filled in for JEDC Executive Director Ron Barton who was in Seattle on the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce’s annual Leadership Trip. Crawford said all those lines painted on Laura Street are the remnants of the survey for the improvement project that will stretch from the landing to Hemming Plaza. Construction is on schedule to begin in Oct. 2009, he added.
• Attorney John Jolly has resigned from the Taxation, Revenue and Utilization of Expenditures Commission effective Nov. 9. Jolly, a partner at Miller Skinner & Jolly and formerly of the Office of General Counsel, cited “previous commitments.”
• The ladies of the Junior League were busy all weekend at the Main Library. They were decorating for their annual “Festival of Trees” and while the official opening isn’t until Nov. 24, you can see more than a dozen decorated trees beginning today.
• The Board of Directors of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville has welcomed three new members: Holly Tyrrell, a financial advisor at Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, community volunteer Meg Kuchar and Jim Dalton, president and CEO of The Dalton Agency. Kuchar has also been selected to chair the annual McGala which will be held May 2, 2009.
• The top leadership of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce — Chair Ron Autrey and Chair-elect Mike Hightower — are hosting a holiday social that will honor the past and present Chamber board of directors of the Chamber for 2008 and 2009. The invite-only affair is Dec. 10 at the home of Autrey and wife Hilah.
• Downtown Vision, Inc. is hosting a blood drive Friday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Hemming Plaza. The Blood Alliance supply is critically low on blood type O-negative and needs more O-positive, A-negative and A-positive. Walk-ins will be welcome, or an appointment can be made by calling Michelle Brooks at 634-0303, ext. 230.