Beach briefs

By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published September 4, 2002

St. Pete Beach plans ceremony on Saturday

A ceremony to remember the Sept. 11 attack victims and to honor the men and women who dedicate their lives to public safety will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the courtyard area of the Dolphin Village Shopping Center, 4615 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach.

Mayor Ward Friszolowski will honor police, fire and emergency personnel of St. Pete Beach and recognize the police officer, firefighter and emergency medical technician of the year. Seating is limited, attendees are welcome to bring their own chairs. For more information, call (407) 539-5529.

Join Beaches chamber for show and auction

The Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce will sponsor its annual Trade Show and Mini-Auction from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17.

The event will take place this year at the Treasure Island Community Center at 1 Park Place, near 106th Avenue at Gulf Boulevard.

More than 40 vendors will take part in the event, which will include sample dishes from favorite local restaurants. The event is open to the public, and two tickets for the Nov. 3 Tampa Bay Buccanneers game will be awarded as prizes.

Exhibitors, sign up now for fall festival

Applications are now available for artists and crafters who would like to participate in the Beach Art Center's 24th annual Fall Festival. Spaces are available until all slots are filled. The deadline is Nov. 1.

The festival combines visual arts with holiday crafts, a pancake breakfast, a bake sale, children's activities, live music, food and drink, a classic car show and Chalk Walk 2002.

The festival is Nov. 18 at Kolb Park in Indian Rocks Beach. The Beach Art Center is next to Indian Rocks Beach City Hall.

To receive an application, call 596-4331.

Check out audiobooks for road trip fun

There's a new selection of audiobooks at the St. Pete Beach Library just in time for those long road trips. A rotating collection of about 250-300 new audiobook titles are available each quarter. The audiobooks are popular works -- mostly fiction, a few biographies -- with almost all among the bestsellers.

A variety of books on compact disks are being included with the cassettes.

The St. Pete Beach Library is at 365 73rd Ave. For more information about its collections and programs, call 363-9238 or visit its Web site at www.tblc.org/spb.

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