• The JTA is known for operating with extended hours for special events, but this week that concept was taken to a new level. Monday morning at 11 a.m. a city bus was traveling down Hogan Street displaying the sign, “Jaguars Shuttle.”
• Edgewater Treasures’ months-long liquidation sale at the Landing will soon come to an end. By the middle of October, whatever gifts and collectibles inventory is left will be removed in order for the space to be transformed into a beverage-sales area for the Florida-Georgia game.
• Up and running: The new 1st Place Sports location at 2016 San Marco Blvd. near San Marco Square. The running superstore is open Monday–Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
• The Florida Theatre will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of its 1983 reopening on Oct. 1 from 5–8 p.m. The celebration will take part with October’s ArtWalk and feature prize giveaways, historical pictures and drink specials.
• There’s a lot to celebrate over at Legal Art Works, Inc. For example, there’s a new face there. As of a week ago, Illona Agapova is the new administrative director. Agapova speaks three languages and is a graduate of the University of North Florida. The company was also featured on CNN’s Web site and in a two-page article in Fortune Magazine.
• Correction: In Friday’s Daily Record, it was reported that Carter Bryan was chairing the Jacksonville Community Council Inc. upcoming 2008–09 “Financing Jacksonville’s Future” study. J.F. Bryan IV is chairing the study.
• Adam Hollingsworth, Mayor John Peyton’s chief of staff, has been invited by Troy University to participate in a symposium and conference in early November in Destin on public policy. No word on if he’ll attend. Troy, in case you’re wondering, is in Troy, Ala., but the school has campuses all over the country, including nine in Florida.
• City Council member Glorious Johnson has drafted a resolution to honor Jacksonville Fire & Rescue Division Chief Charles Moreland, the recipient of the 2008 Marylin Crook EMS Pioneer Award from the Florida Bureau of Emergency Services. In 2006, he was appointed chair of the Florida Emergency Medical Services Traffic and Reporting System’s (EMSTAR) Data Committee and given the task of coordinating the collection of patient care and outcome information from more than 260 EMS providers. The committee’s work is credited with making EMSTAR a national model for developing benchmarks and best practices for pre-hospital emergency care.
• Downtown Vision, Inc. in cooperation with the Blood Alliance is sponsoring their third blood donation drive Sept. 26 at the Hemming Plaza Market from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Walk-ins will be welcome or schedule an appointment by calling 634-0303 ext. 230. A photo ID is required for donation. Every eight minutes, someone in North Florida needs a blood transfusion and anyone 17 years of age or older, in good health and weighing at least 110 pounds can donate blood every 56 days.