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October 5, 2001
Local businesswoman Joyce Pecci,
owner of Jolo Salon in Orange Park and curator of The Find, a San Marco
art gallery, is going public with her fight against multiple sclerosis.
Pecci, wife of Design Factory President
Louis Pecci, aims to raise $1,500 for the Northeast Florida Chapter of
the Multiple Sclerosis Society via a cut-a-thon Oct. 7, offering $10 haircuts.
The agency will split proceeds between
research and treatment funds for patients who don't have insurance.
"My medication runs $1,300 a month,"
Pecci said. "I'm really lucky that I have insurance, but there's a lot
of people that don't have insurance."
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic,
often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms can include
numbness in the limbs, paralysis, loss of eyesight, depression and fatigue.
Doctors diagnosed Pecci in March after she lost vision in her left eye
for eight weeks. She since has regained full sight, but lost hearing in
her right ear permanently.
"It's a lifestyle change," Pecci
said, citing daily injections, medications and diet changes.
One in 1,200 Floridians have multiple
sclerosis, said Sabrah Marvin, community outreach manager for the Northeast
Florida Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. "On the First Coast
alone, there are about 1,200 people."
Pecci already has raised more than
$500, including a $250 donation from Hertz Rent A Car and promotional products
from Paul Mitchell Systems.
Mural adds historical view to Regency's
$10M Galley
The mural provides a panoramic, historical
view of Northeast Florida. Highlights include Spanish explorer Ponce De
Leon's search for the Fountain of Youth, a jaguar climbing an oak tree,
former Florida Gov. Napoleon Broward's tugboat, and several area bridges
and Downtown buildings.
Chicago artist Thomas Melvin and
his team created the mural.
Marketing Manager Joseph Scott calls
the Galley "a heavily themed eating experience."
Scott compares the Galley to the
City Walk at Orlando's Universal Studios.
The Galley opened to the public Oct.
1 and mall officials plan a grand opening celebration Oct. 11.
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Regency Square Mall this week debuted
its $10 million renovation of the Galley Food Court. The project's focal
point is a 200- by 12-foot canvas and 108- by 32-foot stained glass mural,
installed last week.