Flagler helps present classic “Route 66” episode filmed at the Ponce
Jun 3rd
Visitors will be able to get their kicks on “Route 66” as Flagler College and the City of St. Augustine screen an episode of the classic 1960s TV series on June 6.
The 1964 episode “This is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You,” which was filmed in St. Augustine and Flagler College’s Hotel Ponce de Leon, will be shown at 7 p.m. at the Plaza De La Constitución.
In addition, locals who were used as extras in the episode are being asked to come to the screening to be recognized.
The free event is being presented as part of the City of St. Augustine’s Concerts in the Plaza series and will feature music by Lis and Lon Williamson with Rick Kuncicky before the showing.
The Plaza De La Constitución is at Cathedral and King Street in St. Augustine. For more info, call Laura Stevenson Dumas, Director of College Relations at Flagler College, at 904-819-6205 or the St. Augustine Public Affairs Department at 904-825-1004.
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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 24 majors, 29 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost; tuition is $23,690, including room and board. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for the historic beauty of its campus. The main building is Ponce de Leon Hall, built in 1887 as a luxury resort by Henry Flagler, who co-founded the Standard Oil Company with John D. Rockefeller. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.
Source: Flagler College
Jaguar Foundation gives community a summer of free swimming
Jun 3rd
Surprise announcement made at new pool’s opening
What was planned as a free day of swimming as part of the grand opening for St. Augustine’s Willie Galimore Center Community Pool 
last Friday turned into a whole summer of free swimming with a surprise gift from the Jaguar Foundation.
Mark Lamping, Jacksonville Jaguars President, and Peter Racine, Jaguars Foundation President, participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, May 24 for the new Galimore Community Pool in Lincolnville as a show of support for the center’s new pool. The Willie Galimore Center is named for the St. Augustine native and Chicago Bears running back Willie Galimore, an NFL Star in the late 50’s and early 60’s.
When invited to offer remarks by St. Augustine City Manager John Regan, Lamping made a surprise announcement that the Jaguars Foundation would underwrite general swimming entrance fees for the entire summer. The city had planned to charge $1 for children and $2 for adults. Additionally, Lamping announced that the foundation would donate additional funds allowing the pool to extend its hours of operation.
First opened a quarter century ago, the pool was originally operated as part of the St. Johns County Parks and Recreation Department, but in 2009, faced with increasing demands, St. Johns County closed the pool. Last year, using funds provided by St. Johns County, the city removed the old pool and replaced it in just five months of construction. The new pool, which will be open through Labor Day, is operated by the St. Augustine Family YMCA.
Source: City of St. Augustine
AART, in the spirit of Hunter Thompson, goes to the Woody CreekTavern and the H.T. museum
Jun 1st
If there ever was a road tripper, it was Hunter Thompson. In the spirit of discovery and nostalgia, AART visits the main haunts of this icon of a man who pushed the limits of sanity and made us laugh while doing it.
