One thing that you could do to help you locate them is by searching on the internet. This place can list many different companies for you. You might find that some of them are going to have a web site that could provide you with more information about the company.

Another thing that you can do is look in the local phone directory. The phone directory is going to list the companies that are going to be near your home. That way you will know that this company is going to service your home as well.

You might want to consider talking to your friends or family members that have had this work done recently. If they have had these types of repairs done recently they might share with you who they used. You could also find out what kind of quality they do.

You might want to consider watching the television commercials because some people are going to advertise this service. These commercials while usually not the most entertaining do give you some sound advice on what companies are near you. Then you could jot down the information on them and contact them to see if they could help with your needs.

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The sector employs one out of six Jacksonville area residents and represents billions of dollars in economic impact a year, experts say. The group is intended to raise the industry’s profile further and encourage more interaction between public and private health endeavors, said Health Council president Travis Webb.

“People don’t think of Jacksonville as a destination for health care when we have so much to offer,” he said, citing the Mayo Clinic and University of Florida Proton Therapy Lab.

Board members of the council include representatives of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Baptist Health, Crucial Care and We Care.

Jeremy Cox/The Times-Union

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Yesterday, Crist picked up an endorsement from Al Lawson, a prominent African-American state senator who has served in the legislature since the early 1980s.

At the same time, the Crist camp released an internal poll that showed him with a slight edge over Marco Rubio, with Kendrick Meek, the Democrat in the race, trailing well behind.

But his campaign strategy could hurt efforts to hold onto some independent and Republican voters, according to Politico.com.

If Crist’s camp starts to see Democrats corralling around Meek after an advertising blitz, some Republicans suspect he may attempt to cut a deal with Democratic leaders in Washington, who are desperate to put a GOP seat in play in a tough midterm cycle.

But that risky move would also shred the independent mantra Crist has been trumpeting since he left the GOP this spring and hand Rubio’s camp another piece of evidence with which to lambaste Crist as a political opportunist.

 

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Lt. L.J. Gayle said police were called about 4 a.m. to the Ethios club in the 2100 block of Phoenix Avenue. He said police do not know what circumstances led to the shooting but do know there was some kind of dispute by the club.

All of the victims were taken to Shands Jacksonville hospital by civilians. Three people were shot in their legs, and two suffered gunshot wounds to their chests. Gayle added that while all five did not suffer life-threatening injuries, the status of one of the victims who was shot in the chest may change to life-threatening.

A woman told police she was at the club when the shooting happened, Gayle said, but she had gone to the 800 block of Franklin Street. The woman suffered an injury to the shoulder, but the lieutenant said she was not taken to the hospital and that he does not know if her injury is a gunshot wound.

Police do not have information regarding the suspect or suspects, and a detective will speak with the woman.

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Following morning events commemorating the city’s founding, Galeone will celebrate Mass at 11 a.m. at the outdoor rustic altar near the water’s edge at Mission Nombre de Dios, 27 Ocean Ave. 

At about 11:45 a.m., the casket of Pedro Menendez de Aviles, the city’s founder, will be moved from the Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche to the new Mission Nombre de Dios  Museum. The altar, mission and museum are at the same address.

All events are free and open to the public.

The museum was designed by Jacksonville architect Erik Kasper. It features four sections: an exhibits gallery; a reception area; a meeting room; and a grand hallway. The meeting room offers audio/visual capability and can seat 70 people.

The facility will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. After Labor Day, admission will be $2 per person, $4 per family and $20 per busload. Call (904) 824-2809  or e-mail shrine@missionandshrine.org  for more information.

Congregations offer ‘Financial Peace’ course

Four Jacksonville congregations will begin offering Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University program in September.

The 13-week Bible-based financial literacy training covers topics ranging from debt reduction to paying for college.

The congregations beginning the course this month are:

- First Coast Baptist Church, 7587 Blanding Blvd., Jacksonville, at 5 p.m. Sept. 12. Call (904) 309-5876  for more information.

- First Baptist Church of Mandarin, 3990 Loretto Road, Jacksonville, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 16. Call (904)268-2422. 

- Geneva Presbyterian Church, 1755 Florida 13, Switzerland, at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 15. Call (904) 287-4865. 

- University Boulevard Nazarene Church, 3930 University Blvd. S., at 5 p.m. Sept. 12. Contact Martha Stephens at (904) 737-4755 for more information. 

Fruit Cove Baptist hosts women’s conference

Fruit Cove Baptist Church will host a “Big Girl, Big God” women’s conference from 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 17 and from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 18.

The conference will feature Christian singer and two-time Dove Award winner Babbie Mason.  The speaker will be author and teacher Jan Silvious.

Tickets are available by calling Gwen May at the church office at (904) 287-0996 or gwen@fruitcove.com. Visit www.fruitcove.com for more information about the church, located at 501 Florida 13.

Grace Church sponsors ‘Pearls of Wisdom’

A women’s conference covering everything from sexuality to grief Sept. 16-18 at Grace Church of Avondale.

The speakers at “Pearls of Wisdom” will include Judith MacNutt, president and co-founder of Christian Healing Ministries, psychiatrist Susan Stanford-Rue, and author and former Miss America coordinator Sandra LeSourd.

Topics include mood disorders, mothering, living single, the power of forgiveness, identity crisis and abortion and miscarriage.

Registration and cost information is available at christianhealingmin.org or by calling (904) 765-3332. The church is at 3519 Herschel St.

jeff.brumley@jacksonville.com, (904) 359-4310

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The Savannah Republican has introduced legislation that would let service members younger than 21 drink beer and wine at post restaurants and clubs.

People as young as 18 may enlist but now must be 21 or older to consume alcoholic beverages on post.

Kingston said he’s thought about the matter as he’s stood on the tarmac of Hunter Army Airfield as soldiers prepared to deploy for combat.

“There they are in their rucksacks,” he said. “And they’re going off to operate Abrams tanks and Black Hawk helicopters and squeeze the triggers on their M-4 rifles.

“We tell them they’re responsible enough to do that and risk their lives, but not responsible enough to have a beer with their steak on post. I think that’s an insult.”

He said most people acknowledge many people under 21 drink even though it’s illegal in most states.

“Society tends to wink at what we know is going on,” he said. “I want us to address the issue responsibly when it comes to our military personnel.”

He said he tried to tack a similar measure onto a measure that authorizes military programs earlier this year, but wasn’t allowed to.

Kingston’s bill applies only to situations where beer or wine is intended for immediate consumption. It would not let personnel buy it at post stores and take it to drink somewhere else.

Kingston spokesman Chris Crawford estimated that, as of March, about 28,000 of the military personnel deployed to Iraq were under 21.

The legislation was introduced and referred to the House Armed Services Committee on July 29, just before Congress recessed. It’s due to reconvene later this month.

So far, Kingston has only one co-sponsor for his proposal, Gene Taylor, D-Miss.

“But we expect that number to increase once we’re back in session,” Crawford said.

Kingston can expect support from Chatham County’s other congressman, John Barrow, D-Savannah.

“I agree with Jack,” Barrow said. “I think if soldiers are old enough to fight alongside their fellow soldiers, they’re old enough to have a beer with their fellow soldiers.”

Barrow’s GOP opponent, Ray McKinney, is also on board.

“It only makes sense that people who are willing to die for their country should be able to have a beer or glass of wine on base, especially in time of war,” McKinney said.

But the bill faces a potential roadblock in Joe Wilson, R-S.C. Wilson is the top-ranking GOP member the Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

“Although I normally see eye to eye with Congressman Kingston,” Wilson said, “I oppose this particular piece of legislation. My concern is that lowering the drinking age for active-duty service members could lead to alcohol abuse.”

Kingston said he respects Wilson’s views but he hopes Wilson will at least help the legislation be considered.

“If people are solidly against it, fine,” Kingston said. “But I really want a debate on it. Let’s bring it to the House floor. I think it’s a proper subject of debate.

“I think we owe it to the people who are helping create our freedom to have a mature discussion about theirs.”

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Local kid. Played his high school ball in St. Augustine. Did a little bit of everything in Gainesville, creating a thick scrapbook full of memories, then moved on to even bigger things.

No, this isn’t another Tim Tebow story.

Long before Tebow was born – long before Tebow’s parents were born – the Jacksonville Journal ran a photo of this local kid. The caption said:

St. Augustine has never provided any superior football material for the University of Florida eleven than it sent to Gainesville in the person of Bobby Johnson.

That was 1939, the start of Johnson’s junior season at UF. And if you think it was impressive that Tebow could pass and run his way to a Heisman Trophy and the NFL draft, consider what Bob Johnson did at UF and beyond.

He was a tailback. But he didn’t just carry the football. He kicked it and returned it. He led the Gators in yards and scoring his sophomore season. And his best sport, or at least the one that led to talk about him becoming a pro player, was baseball.

But after he graduated in 1941, he didn’t go into a draft. He joined the Marine Corps and became part of “The Fighting Corsairs,” a squadron that in World War II shot down 137 enemy aircraft, fourth most in Marine Corps aviation history.

“Flying and the Gators,” said Shirley Johnson, his wife of 55 years. “Those are his first loves. It’s a tie.”

Bob Johnson turned 91 last month. He and Shirley live in south Jacksonville Beach. And one of their neighbors, Cyndi Briggs, suggested we do a story about Johnson, partly because he’s such a fascinating man and partly because he’s the oldest living Gator football player.

After spending some time at the Johnsons’ house, I can confirm the first part of that. He is fascinating. The second part is harder to confirm. Norm Carlson, UF assistant athletic director and historian, says he hesitates to call anyone the oldest living player, for fear that the second you make such a statement you’re bound to hear from someone older.

So put it this way: Bob Johnson certainly is one of the oldest living Gator football players.

When he greets me at his front door, the first thing I think is he looks great for 91. The second is that he looks small to be a former Gator player. And when he extends his hand, he makes a quip about how I shouldn’t be intimidated by his size.

As a college freshman, he was 5-foot-6 and 160 pounds. And 70 years later, that hasn’t changed much. The game, of course, has. When he played, offensive linemen weighed less than 200 pounds. And, yes, they all wore leather helmets.

“This was my face mask,” he says, tapping his nose.

He shows me a scrapbook full of brittle, yellowed newspaper clippings. His mother kept it for him. Some of the clips are from his days playing for St. Augustine Ketterlinus. Many are from his days at UF.

A victory over undefeated Boston College. An Atlanta Journal sports section that previewed the start of one college football season and featured photos of three Southern stars, including one Bobby Johnson. A headline from one of the local papers that said, “Johnson Draws Most of Cheers of Gators Fans.”

When I pointed to that last one, Johnson said: “I had a good roommate. He got the crowd chanting, ‘We want Johnson! We want Johnson!’ “

Maybe so. But when they got Johnson, the story says he delivered.

Most of the cheers were for Bobby Johnson, a hard-driving little back who never seemed to stop trying. Even with three or four Sewanee players hanging (on) to him, Johnson would wriggle forward for a few more yards.

His sophomore season turned out to be his best. There was a coaching change and, he says, the new coach wanted bigger running backs. So it’s safe to say that some other kids who came out of St. Augustine, including one named Tebow, might have become slightly more famous during their UF careers.

Johnson tells the story of signing an autograph for someone a few years ago – and adds with a laugh that he wanted to keep the autograph because it was the only one he’s ever signed.

But he certainly created his share of memories. And not just in the Marine Corps. After retiring from the military, he spent more than 20 years as a social studies teacher and athletic director at Landon Junior High.

“People still stop him in public and thank him,” said Briggs, his neighbor. “He’s a wonderful role model for my two sons. You’ll never hear him or Shirley say anything negative about anybody.”

OK, maybe there is some gentle ribbing of a Georgia fan.

After all, he is still a Gator. Until a few years ago, he and Shirley went to all the Gator home games. But 70 years after his final game at UF, he has slowed down a bit. So on Saturday, they’ll be watching at home.

Another college football season is here. And Bobby Johnson is ready for it.

“When the national championship game ends, I always have a letdown,” he said. “I need football.”

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Farren M. Carter, 24, was northbound in the inside lane about 7:35 p.m. when she lost control for an unknown reason, the report said. Carter tried to swerve back onto the road from the median but failed to regain control of the Honda Accord. The car began to rotate clockwise as it traveled across both northbound lanes, eventually going down the embankment and flipping over before coming to rest on its roof.

Carter was taken to Shands Jacksonville hospital but died, the Highway Patrol said.

The two Jacksonville children with Carter, 6-year-old Jody Price and 4-year-old Jaden Thomas, were also taken to Shands Jacksonville hospital. They did not suffer serious injuries.

The children were wearing their seat belts while Carter did not have hers on, the FHP said.

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- Use extra caution and obey manatee speed zone signs as the aquatic mammals move throughout Florida’s estuaries and rivers. That means staying in marked channels, wearing polarized sunglasses to improve visibility below the water surface and obeying posted boat-speed zones.

Use poles, paddles or trolling motors near manatees to protect them from harm. And be aware that FWC law enforcement officers will be looking for speed-zone violations because 58 manatees have died in Florida so far this year from watercraft strikes.

- The commission also warns boaters not to drink or take drugs and drive a boat, or they risk hurting themselves or others on the crowded waterways this weekend. Marine officers will be out in force looking for impaired boaters, and anyone caught operating a boat under the influence with someone under 18 is on board faces enhanced penalties.

If boaters see a manatee dead or in distress, or drunken or impaired boaters, report both to the FWC’s Wildlife Alert Hotline at (888) 404-3922.

Most offices closed for Labor Day observance

Most non-emergency Northeast Florida government offices will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day.

Only Express Mail will be delivered. There will be no regular home delivery. Jacksonville Transportation Authority buses will operate on a normal Sunday schedule.

Financial markets, banks and credit unions will be closed Monday.

St. Johns, Baker and Putnam County libraries will be closed Saturday-Monday. Public libraries in Duval County will be closed Sunday and Monday and Nassau and Clay County libraries will be closed Monday.

The Jacksonville zoo, the Museum of Science and History and the Maritime Museum will be open Monday.

Labor Day is the final day the 33 outdoor city pools will be open. The hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

There will be regular solid-waste collection, yard waste and recycling in Duval County and most outlying areas Monday. Appliances will not be collected in Duval County and the Household Hazardous Waste Facility will be closed Monday.

Orange Park will reschedule Monday’s trash collection for Tuesday. Monday’s Orange Park recycling will be picked up Sept. 13.

If you plan to visit a government office not listed here, call ahead.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY

Drainage work put off due to traffic concerns

The state has postponed planned drainage improvements on St. Augustine’s King Street between U.S. 1 and Malaga Street, which were set to begin Tuesday.

The $577,000 Florida Department of Transportation project will be delayed until January after concern that it could impact traffic and pedestrian movement during the holiday season, and the current hurricane season could prolong the project. An ongoing sidewalk project on West Castillo Drive also may have caused traffic impacts.

The King Street project will replace the old drainage system between the King Street Bridge over the San Sebastian River and Malaga Street beginning Monday, Jan. 10. It will take about three months barring weather or findings of historical significance.

For more information, visit www.nflroads.com/goto/king.

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In its 19th annual comparison of states, the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation pegged Georgia’s roadways at ninth best in 2008, the year in which it had the most recent data. The nonprofit think tank gave Georgia the same overall rank in 2007.

South Carolina came in at sixth that year. First place went to North Dakota.

For the latest comparison, Georgia ranked first in the quality of its interstate highways, urban and rural roads, although it fell to just 31st in terms of urban interstate congestion and fatalities.

In terms of 2008 spending, Georgia ranked in the bottom fourth or so in the four ways the study looked as disbursements. That was the same year that financial, management and accounting problems were coming to light at the Department of Transportation. Those problems eventually led to a deficit that halted new projects, the replacement of the commissioner and top financial official and a legislative overhaul.

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