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Loop the Lake 5K Run/Walk slated for Sept. 18

Lace up your running shoes and get set to run or walk around historic Lake  DeFuniak Loop the Lake 5K Run/Walk and 1 mile Fun Run on will be held Sept. 18 from 7 – 10 a.m. The event is a fundraiser for the 2010 American Heart Association Heart Walk, will be scored by RunItByUs, Atlanta, Ga., using Bar Code Bibbs technology. This year marks the fourth year of the race. In 2009, slightly more than 300 runners and walkers...

Learn about native snakes at Topsail Aug. 19

Native snakes of Florida program offers fascinating facts Thursday, Aug. 19 – 1:30 p.m. Come and join the park for a presentation of native snakes. Learn the differences between venomous and non-venomous snakes and how they help the environment. Park at the Day-Use area off Hwy 30A and take a short hike to the clubhouse. All programs require a $6.00 entry admission per vehicle into the park. Location: Topsail Hill Preserve State Park on Scenic Road 30A in Santa Rosa...

Clean Coast Music and Art Fest at HarborWalk Aug. 22

A benefit event in Destin for the Northwest Florida coast to clean, restore and protect HarborWalk Village is hosting the Clean Coast Music & Art Fest on Sunday, August 22, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The Clean Coast Music & Art Fest will give everyone the ability to help organizations that have been impacted by the oil spill, while spending a great day with family and friends overlooking the oil-free beaches of the Gulf. Clean Coast will be a...

Santa Rosa Beach Centennial Celebration Sept. 11 -12

Enjoy a weekend of history, live music food dancing, arts and crafts Come and enjoy a fun celebration at Gulf Place Sept. 11-12 as the community of Santa Rosa Beach celebrates 100 years. Local community members have organized a two day celebration filled live music, food, dancing, history, art and crafts and much more. Local historians Chick Huettel and Brenda Rees will share their knowledge and history of life in the community of Santa Rosa Beach over the last century...

Have breakfast with a ranger at Topsail Aug. 14

Learn about park life at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park Location: Topsail Hill Preserve State Park on Scenic Road 30A, Santa Rosa Beach Saturday, Aug. 14 – 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Come and join the Rangers of Topsail Hill and ask them all the questions you can think of about park life. To cover the cost of food please bring $4, which goes to Friends of Topsail Hill Preserve State Park to enhance the park, or bring your own...

41st annual Wausau Possum Festival August 7

Head over to downtown Wausau  in Washington County for some possum fun! Events include parade and possum auction, arts and crafts and live bluegrass and gospel music all afternoon. Be sure to try some possum stew, it is surprisingly good. Share in the laughs when local politicians and celebrities bid against each other for the rights to a live possum … really. In addition, try a sample of a variety of unique southern foods. The most popular treat, being, well...