Rediscover Jacksonville: Big Eli Ferris Wheel serving generations
Dominic Genetti, dominic.genetti@hearst.com
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Dominic Genetti
You can’t tell by looking at it, but the Ferris wheel in Jacksonville’s Community Park is more than 100 years old.
It has entertained citizens for generations connecting them in a special way to their grandparents and great-grandparents, and all the great memories of days gone by.
“This used to be out in Nichols Park,” David Fisher, a member of the Jacksonville Rotary Club, said. The Rotary Club has owned and operated the wheel since the late-1950s. “I can remember riding it when I was a little kid. We would go out there and have a family reunion picnic, and me and all the cousins would get herded over to the Ferris wheel. I think it was a nickel to ride at that time.”
California schools could be facing the largest number of teacher retirements ever, but factors like enrollment drops should take the sting out of it. Story from @CalMatters.
Earlier this year, the California State Teachers Retirement System issued an ominous statement: teacher retirements in California are projected to hit nearly record-breaking heights in 2021.
The statement, which came in the form of a February blog post, said that the numbers will be almost as bad as the year after the Great Recession when more than 16,000 teachers retired.
While short term effects are being felt in some areas, in many school districts the tsunami of retirements is barely registering as a ripple. While interviews with administrators, teachers, and union leaders do not paint a rosy picture of the situation, neither is it expected to be crippling.
By MediaiteJun 1st, 2021, 12:24 pm
It has been about 57 years since the United States of America was shocked to the core by the news that the 35th President,
John F. Kennedy, had been assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The event marred November 22, 1963 as a day of infamy for the nation. It was only two days later that Americans were shocked again when the president’s killer was killed himself and it was all caught on live TV.
Jack Ruby, a nightclub owner with ties to the criminal underworld, was among the crowd that gathered at Dallas Police Headquarters when
Lee Harvey Oswald was set to be transported to a more secure facility. As Oswald was being escorted through the corridor where the crowd was assembled, Ruby stepped out in front with a concealed weapon and fatally shot the accused presidential assassin.