Erika Wilhite Published: March 29, 2006 From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 11, the Surfers for the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (SCFSM) will host a concert, raffle and free Subway lunch in the pavilion at PJC’s Pensacola campus. Jasmine Flannery, the president of Pensacola Beach’s SCFSM chapter, said that she organized...
Year: <span>2009</span>
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