Week in Wakulla: Feb. 23-March 1

Government Meetings

Monday, February 27
• WAKULLA COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE will hold a public meeting at 1 p.m. in the Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners Administration Conference Room.
• WAKULLA COUNTY RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. at the library. 
 

Clubs, Groups, Regular Meetings

Thursday, February 23
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets at 7 p.m. at the Panacea Women’s Club on Otter Lake Road, Panacea. For more information call 524-9103.
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS will meet at 8 p.m. at the Station House, 3106 Shadeville Highway. Call (850) 544-0719 for more information.
• BINGO will be held at the VFW Post on Arran Road from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• COASTAL OPTIMIST CLUB will meet at noon at Posey’s Steam Room in Panacea.
• FAMILY TO FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP will meet at 6 p.m. at the NAMI Wakulla office.
• ROTARY CLUB meets at the senior center at noon.
• WAKULLA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum is located at 24 High Drive, Crawfordville.
• BINGO will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at La Cantina Grille in Panacea to benefit Florida Wild Mammal Association.
• NAMI FAMILY TO FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP will meet at 6 p.m. at the NAMI Wakulla office, 2140-C Crawfordville Highway. This group is for family members and friends of people diagnosed with mental illnesses and is free of charge.
• FREE AARP TAX-AIDE for low to moderate income taxpayers will be offered at the library from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. at the library. The public is encouraged to attend. 
• LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS will meet at 7 p.m. at the library. Henry “Buddy”  Wells, supervisor of elections, will be speaking at the meeting. In addition, the Wakulla League has invited Marilyn Wills, former Florida League President, and long-time Leon County member Gaynell Waldo to help explore the implications of the new voting laws, and the dates of the races and the times for early voting which have changed this year.

Friday, February 24
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets at 8 p.m. at 54 Ochlockonee Street in Crawfordville. Call (850) 545-1853 for more information.
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets at noon at 54 Ochlockonee Street in Crawfordville. Call (850) 545-1853 for more information.
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS will meet at 8 p.m. at the Station House, 3106 Shadeville Highway. Call (850) 544-0719 for more information.
 • FRIDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB meets at the public library from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS meets at St. Teresa’s Episcopal Church in Medart from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
• PICKIN’ ‘N’ GRINNIN’ JAM SESSION will be held at the senior center from 10 a.m. to noon. (Also on Tuesdays)
• WAKULLA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum is located at 24 High Drive, Crawfordville.
• QUILTERS GUILD OF WAKULLA COUNTY will meet at 9:30 a.m. at the library. Join them for the fun of quilting. Quilters of all skill levels are invited to partake in community projects, personal work and informative workshops, as well as field trips. Contact Anne Lopez at 294-0832.

Saturday, February 25
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets at 5:30 p.m. at Mission by the Sea Church on Alligator Drive in Alligator Point. Call (850) 545-1853 for more information.
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS will meet at 8 p.m. at the Station House, 3106 Shadeville Highway. Call (850) 544-0719 for more information.
• NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets at 3128 Crawfordville Highway at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 224-2321.
• FREE AARP TAX-AIDE will be available for low and moderate income taxpayers at the library from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 26
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets at 6 p.m. at 54 Ochlockonee Street in Crawfordville.  For more information call (850) 545-1853.

Monday, February 27
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets at 7 p.m. at the Panacea Women’s Club on Otter Lake Road, Panacea.
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS FOR WOMEN will meet at 6 p.m. at 54 Ochlockonee Street in Crawfordville.  For more information call (850) 545-1853.
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS will meet at 6 p.m. at the Station House, 3106 Shadeville Highway. Call (850) 544-0719 for more information.
• LINE DANCING will be held at the senior center at 1:30 p.m.
• RESPITE CARE is offered by The Alzheimer’s Project of Wakulla at Lake Ellen Baptist Church from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Bring your loved one to be cared for. Lunch will be provided. There is no cost. The church is located at 4495 Crawfordville Highway. Call Pat Ashley for more information at (850) 984-5277.
• YOGA CLASSES with Tamara will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Senior Citizens Center. This is a gentle restorative class focusing on the breath to build flexibility, restore balance with a mind/body approach.

Tuesday, February 28
• ALANON meets at 54 Ochlockonee Street in Crawfordville at noon.
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS will meet at 6 p.m. at the Station House, 3106 Shadeville Highway. Call (850) 544-0719 for more information.
• BOOK BUNCH meets in the children’s room at the public library at 10:30 a.m.
• NAMI CONNECTION will meet from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the NAMI Wakulla office. This group is for people diagnosed with a mental illness.
• VFW LADIES AUXILIARY BINGO will be held at the VFW Post on Arran Road from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• CRAWFORDVILLE LION’S CLUB will meet at Beef O’Brady’s at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, February 29
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets at Ochlockonee Bay UMC on Surf Road at noon.
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS will meet at 8 p.m. at the Station House, 3106 Shadeville Highway. Call (850) 544-0719 for more information.
• BOOK BABIES, storytime with activities for toddlers, will be held at the public library at 10:30 a.m.
• BRAIN GYM CLASS will be held at the senior center at 10:30 a.m.
• KNITTING GROUP meets at the public library from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. For information, call 491-1684.
• LINE DANCING will be held at the senior center at 2 p.m.
• NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS will meet at 6:30 p.m. at 2140-C Crawfordville Highway. Call 224-2321 for more information.
• BEADING CLASSES with Tamara will be held at 12:45 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center. Choose from glass and stone beads to create your masterpiece. There is a $3 to $5 fee for the materials.
• KNITTING CLUB will meet at 4 p.m. at the public library. Anyone interested in the art of knitting are encouraged to attend.
• FREE AARP TAX-AIDE for low and moderate income taxpayers will be offered at the Senior Center from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 1
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets at 7 p.m. at the Panacea Women’s Club on Otter Lake Road, Panacea. For more information call 524-9103.
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS will meet at 8 p.m. at the Station House, 3106 Shadeville Highway. Call (850) 544-0719 for more information.
• BINGO will be held at the VFW Post on Arran Road from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• COASTAL OPTIMIST CLUB will meet at noon at Posey’s Steam Room in Panacea.
• FAMILY TO FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP will meet at 6 p.m. at the NAMI Wakulla office.
• ROTARY CLUB meets at the senior center at noon.
• BINGO will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at La Cantina Grille in Panacea to benefit Florida Wild Mammal Association. 
• WAKULLA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum is located at 24 High Drive, Crawfordville.
• FREE AARP TAX-AIDE for low to moderate income taxpayers will be offered at the library from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Special Events

Friday, February 24
• WALK TO DEFEAT ALS will be held at 6 p.m. in downtown Tallahassee, 228 S. Adams Street. People will gather to join the fight to find a cure for a deadly illness. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Wheelchair-bound patients along with their families and friends will make a 2-mile trek in The Walk to Defeat ALS. Interested walkers should call 888-257-1717, ext. 115 or register online at www.WalktoDefeatALS.org. Registration also begins at 4:30 p.m. the day of the race.
• FIFTH ANNUAL STONE AGE AND PRIMITIVE ARTS FESTIVAL will be held at the Ochlockonee River State Park from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the festival is $4 per vehicle. Guests will gather insight into how early man lived and worked; participate in demonstrations of flint knapping, projectile point fashioning, deer hide brain tanning, bone, wood, and antler carving; and observe bow and arrow construction, basket weaving and early pottery. Competitions in Atlatl throwing and primitive archery are scheduled. For more information, please visit www.knapfest.com. The festival will continue on Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday, February 25
• INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING SHORTCOURSE, hosted by the Apalachee Beekeepers Association, will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Leon County Extension Office. Individual registration with lunch is $50; $35 for ABA members, $25, 14 years and younger when accompanied by an adult attendee. Rotating, hands-on group sessions will include: Hive Assembly, Nutrition, Foraging, Bee Health, Open Hives Demonstration, Tools & Safety, Management, Pests and Integrated Pest Management. For more information, contact Lisa Lazarus at 294-3372.
• STONE AGE AND PRIMITIVE ARTS FESTIVAL will be held at the Ochlockonee River State Park from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the festival is $4 per vehicle (up to eight occupants). There will be an auction. For more information, please visit www.knapfest.com.
• DAY OF DIALOGUE ON MINORITY HEALTH will be held at Riversprings Middle School from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. This free event is held annually to promote community health in Leon, Gadsden, Wakulla and Jefferson counties. This event will provide assistance to residents by education and promoting the importance of a health lifestyle. For more information, contact Kenny Manning at 545-5982 or email kmann5_2008@yahoo.com.
• ANNUAL WAKULLA COUNTY YOUTH FAIR ASSOCIATION SWINE SHOW will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wakulla County Livestock Pavilion, Cedar Avenue in Crawfordville. The show will begin at 9 a.m., with a barbecue lunch at noon. The awards ceremony will be at 1 p.m. The annual Greased Pig Scramble will be held before the awards. For more information, contact P. J. Piland at ppiland@comcast.net or 509-3263.
• SOPCHOPPY OPRY will feature Wayne Martin and his Country Gold Band at 7 p.m., along with special guest Billy Rader. Sopchoppy Opry is performed at the historic Sopchoppy High School Auditorium. Tickets are $15. Call (850) 962-3711 for tickets and information.
• SONGWRITERS RICK OTT AND MIMI HEARN will perform at Posh Java at 8 p.m. For reservations call (850) 962-1010 or email poshjava@gmail.com. Tickets are $10.
 
Sunday, February 26
• STONE AGE AND PRIMITIVE ARTS FESTIVAL will be held at the Ochlockonee River State Park from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the festival is $4 per vehicle. For more information, please visit www.knapfest.com.

Monday, February 27
• NAMI WAKULLA will hold its monthly meeting on recovery services at 6:30 p.m. at the Crawfordville Woman’s Club, 64 Ochlockonee Street. Members of NAMI Connection, along with mental health professionals, will be on hand to discuss support group successes, who is eligible for recovery support groups, how meetings are conducted, and ways to encourage people with a diagnosis to take that difficult step to attend. For more information, visit namiwakulla.org, or call 926-1033.

Tuesday, February 28
• AARP DRIVER SAFETY CLASS will be held at the library from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. This program is for seniors 50 years and older. It is a classroom setting and no driving is done. The program discusses how age related physical changes can effect the way seniors drive. The cost for AARP members is $12 Non members $14 . Seniors can register by calling 926-4605. The classes are also April 24, June 26, Aug. 28 and Oct. 23.

Wednesday, February 29
•  PUBLIC FORUM will be held at 7 p.m. at Wakulla Springs Lodge on Tallahassee Community College and its future in Wakulla County. The guest speaker will be Dr. Jim Murdaugh, president of TCC.

Thursday, March 1
• ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS will be held at 5:30 p.m. at Wakulla High School starting with a silent auction. At 6:30 p.m., the performances begin with singing from the elementary students, followed by musical performances and skits  from Wakulla Middle, Riversprings Middle, and Wakulla High Schools. Tickets may be purchased at the door and prices are $2 for students and $5 for adults. All proceeds benefit lucky Wakulla High seniors for scholarships in the Arts.
• FREE LECTURE on the Natural Bridge Campaign, then and now, will be presented by Dr. William Lees, executive director of the Florida Archaeology Network, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the TCC Wakulla Center.

Friday, March 2
• 35TH ANNUAL BATTLE OF NATURAL BRIDGE RE-ENACTMENT will be held today, Saturday and Sunday at Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park, 7502 Natural Bridge Road, Tallahassee. There will be multiple stations set up around the state park with living historians giving 19th century demonstrations. Contact the Natural Bridge State Park at (850) 922-6007.

Saturday, March 3
• 35TH ANNUAL BATTLE OF NATURAL BRIDGE RE-ENACTMENT will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the state park. Guests will mingle with civil war reenactors and observe a Confederate-Union skirmish in the afternoon, cavalry demonstrations, artillery shows and a 19th century medical demonstration in the afternoon direct following the skirmish. 19th century sutlers and food vendors will be present. Please feel free to contact the Natural Bridge State Park for more information at (850) 922-6007 ,The CSO will accept donations of $3.00 per person for adults and $1.00 for children under the age of six.

Sunday, March 4
• OPENING CEREMONIES AND DEDICATION of the 35th annual re-enactment of the Battle of Natural Bridge will be held, followed by a full-scale reenactment of the Battle of Natural Bridge at 2:30 p.m. 19th century sutlers and food vendors will be present. Please feel free to contact the Natural Bridge State Park for more information at (850) 922-6007 ,The CSO will accept donations of $3.00 per person for adults and $1.00 for children under the age of six.
• FIRST SUNDAY AT THE REFUGE will present “The Fungus Amongus: Mushroom Basics” by Bill Petty, master gardner, naturalist, author and past president of the Sarracenia chapter of the Native Plant Society at 2 p.m. He  will discuss mushroom shapes, ecology, nutrients, and relationships between fungi and other organisms. A brief mushroom hunt will follow.  The presentation will be held in the “Nature’s Classroom” of the Environmental Education Center  at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. Call 850.925-6121 for additional information or visit http://www.fws.gov/saintmarks/ 
 
Saturday, March 10
• SECOND ANNUAL LOW COUNTRY BOIL will be held at 3Y Ranch in Crawfordville from 6 to 10 p.m. The event will feature a Low Country Boil dinner, and live music by JB’s Zydeco Zoo.  For tickets contact the Chamber office (850) 926-1848.
• PUBLIC TALK ON “From Google Earth to Google Embryo: Exploring the Spheres We Grow From” will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory, 222 Clark Drive, Panacea. Dick and Natalie Gordon are new scientist volunteers who 
are establishing our Embryogenesis Center. Admission is free, membership encouraged. Contact Richard Gordon at 984-5297 or by email DickGordonCan@gmail.com.
• FOURTH ANNUAL JESUS RIVER FESTIVAL will be held at Sopchoppy City Park from noon until dark. Additional information can be found at jesusriverfest.com
 
Thursday, March 15
• FREE LECTURE on “Adventures in Northwest Florida Archaeology “ by Dr. Nancy White, Professor of Archaeology at the University of South Florida, will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at TCC Wakulla Center. The free lecture is hosted by the Florida Public Archaeology Network, University of West Florida and the Tallahassee Community College Wakulla Center. This lecture series is free and open to everyone.
• RIVERSPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL THEATRE TROUP will present “Next Victim, Please” at 7 p.m. This is a tongue-in-cheek murder mystery. Admission is free, but donations are graciously accepted. The concession will be open prior to the show and at intermission.

Saturday, March 17
• ST. PATRICK’S DAY FESTIVAL AND PARADE will be held at Hudson Park by the Crawfordville Lions Club. The parade will line up at 9:30 a.m. and start promptly at 10 a.m.

Thursday, March 22
• FREE LECTURE SERIES on “USS Narcissus and Florida’s Underwater Archaeological Preserves” by Franklin Price, Underwater Archaeologist, Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research; and “Florida’s Panhandle Shipwreck Trail:  Dive into the Emerald Coast” by Lindsay Smith, Underwater Archaeologist, Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research, will be held at TCC Wakulla Center at 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact FPAN Outreach Coordinator, Barbara Hines, RPA, at bhines@uwf.edu or at (850) 877-2206.

Saturday, March 24
• FIFTH ANNUAL MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY will be held by VolunteerWakulla from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hudson Park. There will be booth set up for services offered in the county, as well as places to volunteer. There will also be free food and door prizes every 30 minutes after 11 a.m. For more information, call 745-0060 or visit www.volunteerwakulla.org.

Saturday, April 28
• JAM 4 CAMP will be held by Wakulla County 4-H from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Hudson Park. This is the day to sign up for Camp Cherry Lake and day camps that will be offered through 4-H. There will be a free concert, as well as vendors. For more information, contact Sherri Kraeft at 926-3931 or sjkraeft@ufl.edu.