• Hungry? For its 30th anniversary, Woody’s Bar-B-Q will host its second annual spareribs eating contest at 13 of its restaurants. It starts at noon July 24. Founders Woody Mills and Yolanda Mills-Mawman, along with Jaxson de Ville, will greet customers at the original location at 1638 University Blvd. at Atlantic and University boulevards.
• Diane Raines, chief nursing officer at Baptist Health, graduated from the Johnson & Johnson - Wharton Fellows Program in Management for Nurse Executives at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
• Know a child who loves to sing? The Jacksonville Children’s Chorus is holding auditions July 13 and 15 for students from first grade through high school. There’s no fee to audition and need-based scholarships are available. Call 353-1636 or e-mail [email protected]
• The “Slave Trade and Abolition” exhibit is on display at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum through the end of August. The paintings of Solomon Dixon also are being exhibited. A reception for Dixon is planned 5:30-8 p.m. Friday.
• The trees along Hogan Street under the Skyway tracks are being helped with hydration. Last week, the City installed “Gator Bags” around the bases of the trees and the Downtown Ambassadors have taken over watering duties. “We’re already seeing new green growth,” said Ambassador Program Manager Gary Butler.
• Correction: Lyndsay Rossman’s name was misspelled in a story in Tuesday’s Daily Record. The editor apologizes.
• The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers will hold its annual Bowling for Rhinos event July 23 to benefit three rhino sanctuaries in Africa and Indonesia. Visit www.jacksonvillezoo.org for information.
• Girls Incorporated of Jacksonville is working with girls ages 6 to 18 throughout the summer to improve their economic literacy. For information, contact Juanita Forman at [email protected] or call 731-9933.
• The Jacksonville Human Rights Commission has space available for its Study Circles program to discuss race relations. For information, call 630-8073 or visit www.coj.net and check the Human Rights Commission web page.
• The rest and relaxation of a holiday weekend wasn’t fully enjoyed by the City’s Information Technology Department. City Chief Information Officer Kevin Holzendorf reported Tuesday that the department had contained a computer virus that was first detected on Friday. “This virus is classified as a nuisance type rather than a malicious one. By that I mean that at no time was any City, citizen or employee information contained on a PC at risk of being compromised, corrupted, or shared outside of the City’s computer network. Further, the virus was unable to damage or disable any City PC,” Holzendorf stated in an update.