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Guided hikes at Honeymoon Island

By TIMES WIRES
Published January 7, 2007

DUNEDIN

The Florida Park Service offers ranger-guided walks of Honeymoon Island at 11 a.m. Saturdays through March.

The island is home to wildlife that includes ospreys, great horned owls and gopher tortoises. Walkers should dress for the weather and might want to bring binoculars and a field guide. Meet the ranger at the head of the nature trail.

The guided hike is free, though park visitors have to pay the regular park entrance fee of $5 per carload from two to eight people, $3 for one person in a car and $1 per person for walkers or cyclists.

If you need assistance to participate fully, call Honeymoon Island State Park at 469-5942.

The park is about 6 miles west of U.S. 19, on Curlew Road. For more information, visit www.floridastateparks.org.

Group wedding is set for Feb. 14

Pinellas Clerk of Circuit Court Ken Burke will perform a group wedding ceremony in the main courthouse courtyard at 2 p.m. on Feb. 14.

The group ceremony will be a first, and the usual $30 fee to perform the marriage is waived for couples choosing to wed in the special ceremony. (Standard marriage license fees will still apply.)

To participate, sign up at any clerk's office by Feb. 7. Marriage licenses must be applied for by Feb. 9 to take part. Along with the group ceremony, individual ceremonies still will be conducted first-come, first-served in the clerk's offices. Standard marriage license fees and ceremony fees will apply.

For more information, call 464-4876 or visit the clerk's Web site at www.pinellasclerk.org.

[Last modified January 6, 2007, 22:30:49]