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**JULY SPECIAL - JULY SPECIAL** -Beachside Cottages starting at just $665/Week- Lots Of Warm Weather Events To Enjoy On The Forgotten Coast by Ed Tiley It used to be that late spring and into the summer the only organized events our visitors could look forward to were the various 4th of July celebrations. No more. In recent years the spring and summer calendar has filled out nicely. Nowadays there are any number of fun things to do and day trips to take. If you have kids with you, one of the best day trips around is a short jaunt over to Panacea just across the Ochlockonee River in Wakulla County to the Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory and Aquarium. It's a perfect day trip for those rainy days that keep the kids off the beach. The lab does two things really well. One they collect lots of different creatures and ship them off to colleges, aquariums, and medical research laboratories all over the country. Second, the part you're interested in, is that they have a nice educational center featuring all kinds of exhibits and touch tanks that will enthrall the kids. Oh, and the grownups will have a good time too! They're open seven days a week. Check them out at www.gulfspecimen.org or call them at (850) 984-5297.
Take a cooler full of prized mullet and let folks put a little altitude for distance under them before you cook them up and make a great smoked dip. Contestants come to the line get a good grip (usually with a nice coating of beach sand) and take a fling quite often with hilarious results. A $10 donation gets you a tee shirt and two mullet tosses. There are categories for men, women and children, and even a freeform division where folks build strange contraptions for flinging fish. They have to be strange because fire and explosion are against the rules. Sign-up starts 9:30-ish at the Blue Parrot deck and there will be lots of fun and prizes, not to mention flying fish that sometimes land in spectators laps! For more information call the Parrot at 850 927-2987. As always there will be lots of food (the Lion's Club serves up a great scallop plate), activities for the kids, a great art show, and a ton and a half of great entertainment. The Gulf County Chamber sells frozen scallops for you to take home, and a great weekend is virtually guaranteed. For more information call the Chamber at 850 227-1223. See? Didn't I tell you you'd have no trouble keeping yourself occupied! Enjoy! Summer Event Schedule 11th Annual St. George Island Sizzler 5 Kilometer/1 Mile June 27, 2009 5:00 PM - 9:00 PMBegins on West 1st Street St. George Island A Gulf Winds Track Club Grand Prix event. A Benefit for the Franklin County Humane Society. Race day registration begins at 5:00 pm on West 1st Street, St. George Island Florida. $20 includes single t shirt / $15 no shirt. Unique Awards for Age group winners Post Race Party & Awards Presentation at Harry A's. For more information contact Hobson Fulmer by email hobson@fairpoint.net or call 850-509-2191/850-670-8306. Independence Day Parade and Ice Cream Social July 3, 2009 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Downtown Apalachicola Come join in the parade and decorate yourself, your bicycle or your golf cart and enjoy and old fashioned ice cream social after. July 4th Parade July 4, 2009 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Center of St. George Island Anyone can enter a float, vehicle or themselves in this parade. Starts mid-morning at the center of St. George Island. For more information call (850) 927-7744. Wild & Scenic Film Festival - 2009 August 29, 2009 to September 5, 2009 Once again the Apalachicola Riverkeeper will host the Wild and Scenic Film Festival On Tour. This year we are working with the Apalachicola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, Gulf County Tourist Development Council (Port St. Joe), Tupelo Theater (Wewahitchka), FSU Coastal & Marine Laboratory (Turkey Point) to bring the festival to venues across the Forgotten Coast and up the Apalachicola. We will post the schedule, venues, and films in the coming months. If you would like to sponsor a venue or volunteer to plan and put it together, give us a call at (850) 653-8936
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The Veterans Memorial Plaza is home to the only replica of the famous Three Servicemen Statue that is also a part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC. To have both the wall and the statue together is sure to be a moving experience for anyone who remembers the turbulent and troubled times our country went through in that era. To get more information about this important exhibit call 850 653-6044 or visit 
Saturday June 13 you'll want to stock up on sunblock and head out to the beach in front of the Blue Parrot for fun and flying fins as the Parrot hosts the St. George Island Annual SGI Mullet Toss. Yes, you heard me, the mullet toss. 