• Bob Graham, a former two-term Florida governor and an 18-year U.S. senator, will sign copies of his book, “Keys to the Kingdom,” from noon-1:45 p.m. Thursday at the Main Library. Book sales begin at 11 a.m. Proceeds will benefit the Jacksonville Public Library. The book, at $25.99 and published June 7 by Vanguard Press, is a political thriller that explores an international conspiracy linking the Saudi Kingdom to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Graham, a Democrat, served as governor from 1979-86 and as senator from 1987-2005. He led the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, serving as a member of the CIA External Advisory Board, and as chair of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism.
• Speaking of the library, fans who like to buy books at the Fairgrounds twice a year with Friends of Jacksonville Public Library book sales have another chance to shop. The Book Warehouse Sale is planned Friday-Sunday at the Book Warehouse at the University Park Library. For more information, email Harry Reagan at [email protected].
• Lisa Campbell, a CPA with Patrick & Robinson CPAs, joined the board of directors of the Hubbard House domestic violence shelter. She has more than 20 years of experience in professional accounting and tax services. Campbell moved to Jacksonville in 2008 and is active with the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce Professional Women’s Council and the Jacksonville Women’s Business Center
• St. Vincent’s HealthCare will break ground at 10 a.m. Thursday for an ambulatory pavilion and hospital in Orange Park at Blanding Boulevard and Branan Field. Hospital planning, programming and design plans are in final development and are being submitted to regulatory authorities toward final completion of the Clay County hospital by the fall of 2013.
• Time to hunt for sharks’ teeth. Starting soon and led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, an almost 6-mile stretch of beach along Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach and Atlantic Beach will undergo renourishment. Starting Saturday or soon after, the estimated 60-day project will take place in two parts. Most of Neptune Beach is not within the project limits because it didn’t show much erosion. Work will be 24/7 and the beach will remain open outside the work area.