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COASTFEST 2007 brings together over 80 interactive environmental, educational and resource organizations from around the southeast. COASTFEST is a family-oriented environmental festival where participants learn about
Department of Natural Resources/Coastal Regional Headquarters in Brunswick at One Conservation Way on Highway 17 South (just north of the Sidney Lanier bridge)
For more information call DNR/CRD at (912) 264-7218 or visit the website.
The 19th annual El Pescado Billfish Tournament will take place at Camachee Cove Yacht Harbor, 3070 Harbor Drive, St. Augustine. There is $130,000 in cash prizes, based on a 30-boat field. Call (904) 642-0210 for more information.
The annual fall tradition The Hay Days in St. Marys begins on October 13th in downtown. Scarecrows will be displayed in the downtown area during Hay Days, October 13 – November 3, 2007
Build-A-Scarecrow
Oct 13, 10 AM – Orange Hall
You can even come out and build your own scarecrow to take home or put on display downtown! Bring out your whole gang for some creative fall fun. When you register, you will receive a “Scarecrow Kit†for $20 (in advance $25 at door, if available) that will contain everything you need to build your own.
Registration is encouraged – this activity is limited to the first 50 participants. Call 912-882-8111 to register.
Scarecrow Stroll
Tuesday Oct 16, 5 PM – 7 PM
Come out and see the downtown transformed with the magic of fall colors with pumpkins, scarecrows, hay bales and mums. Enjoy “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown†at our first Screens on the Green at Orange Hall. Costumes encouraged! Call 912-882-8111 for more information.
Nancy Verde Barr, executive chef and close friend of Julia Child for more than 20 years, will sign copies of her newly released book, “Backstage with Julia: My Years With Julia Child.” This event is sponsored by St. Peter’s Episcopal Church,Tickets: $40 per person. RSVP by check to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 3 W. Ridge Road, Savannah, GA 31411.
The event takes place at noon Oct. 15, Hyatt Regency Hotel, 2 W. Bay St Reservations due Oct. 10. Proceeds will help fund the startup for the church’s new cookbook, “Manna from Savannah.” Call 598-9630 or 598-0342.
The hunt is on – for local fossils. cockycarguy wrestle While the kids search for fossils, inspect the collections of local fossil experts and learn what the bones can tell us about the animals that lived here long ago. Enjoy interacting with author Andrea Weathers, and illustrator, Bob Thames, of Hermy the Hermit Crab Goes Shrimping. Both will be on hand to sign copies of this exciting new story which will delight and educate young readers as Hermy navigates the net to the deck of a local shrimp boat while viewing the Charleston harbor. For more information, call (843) 577-FISH (3474) or visit scaquarium.org.