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Ira has covered Florida State for more than 15 years and college football for more than 25 years. He is a former sports editor and columnist at the Tallahassee Democrat and other outlets.
Even after an extremely challenging year marred by COVID-19 and unprecedented economic strain, Florida State University President John Thrasher still insists this is the best job he s ever held.
Which, of course, is saying a great deal when you consider he has been an officer in the U.S. Army, a successful attorney and lobbyist, a Florida state senator and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
But as rewarding as these past seven years have been with highlights that include helping FSU earn recognition as one of the nation s top 20 public universities and presiding over a successful $1 billion fundraising campaign Thrasher appears to have little reservation about his decision to retire before the start of the 2021-22 academic year.
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce Membership Celebration
The Jacksonville-Onslow Chamber of Commerce’s 77th annual Membership Meeting was recently held honoring local and well-deserved award recipients: 2020 Hospitality Person of the Year, Shannon Paiva of Extended Stay America. 2020 Coastal Carolina Community College Civic Honoree, Dr. Richard Woodruff, Jacksonville City Manager. 2020 Marine Chevrolet Cadillac Woman of the Year, April Clark. 2020 Sanders Ford Inc. Golden Eagle Man of the Year, David Heatherly, President of Coastal Carolina Community College.
UA president’s list
The following area students were recently named to the president’s list at the University of Alabama for fall 2020 semester: Arriyanna Brooks of Jacksonville and Katherine Lassiter of Newport.
The series of 350 special Minors were resplendent in lilac paintwork
On the 22nd of December 1960, the Morris Minor became the UK’s first car to sell one million units. To celebrate this momentous day, the British Motor Corporation (BMC) commissioned the nation’s first limited-edition model. 1 MHU, owned by Mike Alford, is the actual chassis number 1,000,000 and is resplendent in its ivory leather upholstery and black carpeting. Not to mention its eye-catching lilac paint scheme.
In the early 1960s, many Britons regarded such a colour scheme as bold, if not downright outrageous. The likes of the Ford Zodiac Mk2 and the Vauxhall Cresta PA might have indulged in such flamboyance, but the Minor was the epitome of all that was decent and sober.