• Former Gov. Jeb Bush is scheduled to be honored Oct. 22 by the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Duval County. It’s noon-2 p.m. at The University Club. The Duval County Republican Executive Committee emailed a save-the-date notice.
• JEA Media Relations Coordinator Gerri Boyce might be hard to find next week. She will travel to La Esperanza, Honduras, as part of a 14-person team from Church of the Redeemer. The group will spend a week building a chicken coop for an orphanage so the children can have fresh eggs.
• The City Ethics Commission plans two meetings Aug. 29. The 4 p.m. meeting is a joint one of its transparency and open government subcommittees to talk about texting policies at City meetings. The commission’s monthly meeting is at 5 p.m. Both are at the Don Davis Room in City Hall and open to the public.
• Gas prices are up more than $1 a gallon in Jacksonville from a year ago. The average price of $3.63 a gallon this morning for unleaded is the same as Wednesday, according to Jacksonvillegasprices.com., but up 3 cents from a week ago and 12 cents from a month ago.
• Ed Burr was reappointed Wednesday to the Jacksonville Transportation Authority by Gov. Rick Scott. Burr, a real estate developer, was reappointed to a term that began Wednesday and ends May 31, 2015. The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate.
• Susan Verbeck was named the senior vice president of lending for Community First Credit Union of Florida. Formerly vice president of lending, Verbeck will oversee all mortgage lending, consumer lending and business lending in addition to collections, centralized loan fulfillment and mortgage sales. She will also be responsible for several new programs, including a dealer direct and preferred Realtor program.
• Sales of existing single-family homes and condos fell slightly in the Jacksonville area in June from June 2010, reported the Florida Realtors. Single-family sales by Realtors fell 3 percent from 1,500 to 1,452, while the median sales price fell 4 percent from $147,500 to $141,100. Condo sales dropped 9 percent, from 234 to 214, while the median sales price rose 6 percent to $82,500 from $77,600.