WHAT:  First Wednesday Art Walk, Making Music

WHERE: Downtown Jacksonville galleries and museums, as well as cultural venues, restaurants and businesses.

WHEN: Wednesday, June 1, 2011   5-9 p.m. Rain or Shine

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Harry Docteur is a video installer, a gadget geek and never would have considered the NOOK color until we gave him one to test.

"I had to reformat this a couple of times; once I got it right the way I wanted to, then it was actually easy," he said.

It was easy to use and easy to like, he said.

"Once I registered with Barnes & Noble, it provided me with these extra books to read," said Docteur.

The NOOK Color is first an e-reader, but it also has been updated and now it will do much more.

"I just surfed the web and saw what other people did with the NOOK, so I just followed their steps and personalized it the way I want to," he added.

Now his e-reader is a gaming machine, and he uses it to send e-mails and surf the web. "When I found out its potential, I was more interested in it," he said.

On Wednesday, May 18, 2011, the Duval County Public School Board began making recommendations to Superintendent Ed Pratt-Dannals for the 2011-2012 budget. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association understands the school board is working with the best intentions and is in an unfortunate financial situation.

However, the American Heart Association is concerned increasing the class size in art, music, and PE would greatly reduce the quality of instruction.  In addition, it is possible afterschool sports and activities might be reduced or even eliminated and without afterschool transportation many students with working parents would be unable to participate. Students in the lowest family income brackets would be disproportionately impacted and we know these families are often vulnerable to both high rates of obesity and high dropout rates.