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Open Enrollment for State of Florida employees and retirees ends next Friday
Make changes today to your benefits for 2010. You have until 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, October 9. Learn more at http://www.myflorida.com/mybenefits/Health/Medical_Plans/Annual_Enrollment2010.htm.
Living Green Tip – Have your pasta and eat it, too!
Use less water to cook pasta and save energy and time. You can get away with boiling a pound of pasta with only 1.5 quarts of water, rather than the back-of-the-box recommended four to six quarts. Be sure to stir more to make sure it cooks evenly.
According to IdealBite.com, heating pasta and water together from the start (instead of waiting for the water to boil first) saves six minutes … depending how much pasta you eat in a year, that adds up to some serious time-savings!
If all Americans use less water and put the pasta in the pot from the beginning, we could save 500,000 barrels of oil per year (energy used to boil the billion pounds of pasta we make each year).
Source: www.IdealBite.com
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Low-cost, No-cost Family-friendly Tallahassee Events
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Dance Classes
Friday, 5:30-7 p.m.
$5 per class; learn to release and express yourself in fluid motions, partner and solo styles.
Flow-Motion Dance Studio, 1018 S. Monroe St.
(850) 241-6748
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Dance Classes
Friday, 6-7:30 p.m.
$10; performance-oriented dance instruction. Learn improvisation and storytelling through movement, acrobatic and swing style. Not for the faint of heart. Build flexibility, strength and agility.
Center for Creative Release, 122 E. Third Avenue
(850) 241-6748
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Intermediate Modern Dance Class
Friday, 6:30-8 p.m.
$12 (five for $50); focuses on developing body-mind awareness by working with breath, gravity and space to dance with joy and ease to music from all over the world.
The Edge Dance Studio, 1184-D Capital Circle N.E.
(850) 224-6369 or beatricecor@earthlink.net
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First Friday Gallery Hop
Friday, 6-9 p.m.
The shuttle is not running this month.
www.firstfridaytallahassee.com or (850) 224-2500
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Downtown Nights
Friday, 5-8 p.m.
Free; Downtown Thomasville
Thomasville, Georgia
(229) 227-7020
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Agave/Succulent Workshop
Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to noon
Free; learn how agaves and succulents add diversity to your garden with Jill Williams.
North Florida Research and Education Center, 155 Research Road, Quincy
(850) 663-2280
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Blessing of the Animals
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Free; pet owners, animal lovers and furry, feathered or other animal friends invited. Photos available for purchase.
Mission San Luis; 2021 W. Mission Road
(850) 487-3655
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Low-Cost Rabies Vaccination Clinic
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
$5 per animal; bring cats in carriers and dogs on leashes. Download paperwork to complete before you arrive: www.talgov.com/animals/news.cfm
LeVern F. Payne Community Center, 450 W. Fourth Avenue
(850) 891-2950
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Experience Asia 2009
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free; foor, arts and crafts for sale.
Downtown Tallahassee, Bloxham and Lewis parks, Park Avenue & Monroe Street
(850) 339-2699
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Fifth Annual Tallahassee All Car Club Picnic Show & Shine
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free; bring a stuffed animal to donate.
Tallahassee Automobile Museum, 6800 Mahan Drive
(850) 942-0137
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Downtown Marketplace
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (new hours!)
Live music, fresh produce, fine arts and crafts, food and fun
www.tallahasseedowntown.com
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Tallahassee Farmer’s Market
Saturday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Fresh, locally grown produce
The Pavilion @ Market Square
turkeyhill@earthlink.net
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Planetarium Show
Saturday, 10 a.m.
Free; review the October sky over Tallahassee
Challenger Learning Center, 200 South Duval Street
(850) 241-3610
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Guest Artist Recital
Saturday, 2 p.m.
Free; Norman Spivey, baritone.
Lindsay Recital Hall, 112 N. Copeland Street
(850) 644-4774
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Beginning Middle Eastern Dance Classes
Saturday, 10-11:30 a.m.
$10; gives students a basis in upper-body flexibility, hip movements, synchronized hand and arm movements, and spinal strengthening.
In Step Studio, 2609 Glover Road—Glover Road is 3 miles south of the intersection of Capitol Circle and Crawfordville Road | it runs between Wakulla Springs Road (SR 61) and Crawfordville Highway (US 319)
(850) 421-5151
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West African Drum and Dance and Afrobics
Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
$5 per lesson; African Caribbean Dance Theater is moving its classes and practice sessions from Palmer Monroe Community Center to the Center for Creative Release.
Center for Creative Release, 122 E. Third Ave.
(850) 559-2885
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Zumba
Saturday, 9-10 a.m.
Sunday, 1-2 p.m.
$30 for six classes (that’s $5 each!); combination of Latin music, fitness and fun.
Forestmeadows Parks and Recreation, 4750 N. Meridian Road
(850) 559-0165 or (850) 556-5022
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Game Tally Public Boardgaming
Saturday, 11 a.m. til close
Free; Game Tally is an open organization for game players of all ages. Meets weekly to promote and offer public opportunities to learn new games and make friends in a relaxed, fun environment. Board games, (Euro, strategy, and wargames), card games, (collectible and classic) and other gaming activities (RPGs, Clix, etc). Bring a friend!!!
Zaxby's, 640 W. Tennessee St., front area of restaurant.
(850) 891-4941
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Migration Mysteries
Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon
$4 members, $8 non-members, children half-price; learn about bird and butterfly migration.
Birdsong Nature Center, 2106 Meridian Rd., Thomasville, GA
(229) 377-4408
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Puzzled by Bulbs?
Saturday, 9-11 a.m.
Free with park admission of $4 for one person, $6 for up to eight per vehicle; program on growing blubs in the garden.
Maclay Gardens State Park, 3540 Thomasville Road
(850) 487-4556
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Sopchoppy River Hike
Saturday, 9-10 a.m.
Free; easy five-mile hike on the Florida National Scenic Trail along the Sopchoppy River at Apalachicola National Forest, Medart.
Limit 15 people.
(850) 926-9476
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State of the Youth
Saturday, 2-6 p.m.
Free; community panel discussion.
Jack L. McLean Community Road, 700 Paul Russell Road
(850) 891-1819
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Stress Reduction Workshop
Saturday, 3-9 p.m.
Free, donations welcome; easy mindfulness techniques to use daily to reduce stress and worry; bring pencil and paper.
Leon County Public Library, Program Room B, 200 W. Park Avenue
(850) 487-2665
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Third Annual Bay Day
Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free admission; suggested $10 donation for guided boat tours and $10 per plate for shrimp boil
St. Joseph Bay State Buffer Preserve, 3915 County Road 30A, Port St. Joe
(850) 229-1787 or www.stjosephbaypreserves.org
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Havana Merchants Shrimp Boil & Auction
Saturday, 5 p.m.
$8 dinner ticket; shrimp boil and auction of antique and modern treasures
Kellum’s Furniture, 104 N. Main St., Havana
(850) 539-1544
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2009 Mighty Mullet Maritime Festival
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
$3 for adults, free for children 12 and younger; proceeds benefit Big Bend Maritime Center
Woolley Park in Panacea
www.mightymullet.com
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Book Signing
Sunday, 3-5 p.m.
Free; author Dorothy Coe
Dorothy B. Oven Park, 3205 Thomasville Road
(850) 891-3915
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Bug Round-up for Kids
Sunday, 2-4 p.m.
Free with paid park admssion of $4 for one person, $6 for up to eight per vehicle; hike and hunt for insects followed by identification and information about them.
Maclay Gardens State Park, Recreation Area, 3540 Thomasville Road
(850) 487-4556
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Project Strength
Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Trunk show $5 for adults, free for children 12 and younger; Fashion show tickets $10; benefit for Refuge House with “Color Me Strong” art exhibit, education, trunk show, live music and more.
Magnolai Park Shopping Center Courtyard, 111 S. Magnolia Drive
(850) 322-2173
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Irish Dance Classes
Sunday, 3-4 p.m.
$10 a class/$40 a month; Learn basic steps of Irish dance; four classes.
Killearn Performing Arts, 4500 W. Shannon Lakes #20
David Jones at (850) 443-7512 for details.
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Downtown GetDown
Oct. 9 - theme TBA, Drew Tillman band
Oct. 30 - Trick-or-Treat Night theme, Black Sheep band
Nov. 20 - Winter Wonderland theme, Crooked Shooz band
All from 6-10 p.m.
Free to attend; vendors sell food, live music and more!
Adams Street Commons
www.uwbb.org or (850) 487-8087
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2nd annual Forgotten Coast Black Bear Festival
Saturday, October 17, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Features live music, presentations by bear experts and even guided tours into Tate's Hell State Forest to observe bear habitat up close and personal. This year's festival will again feature the area's most famous bear expert - Adam Warwick, the 33-year -old wildlife biologist who saved a drugged, drowning 375-pound black bear in Alligator Harbor last year. The photo and story of the rescue hit the news wires and internet blogs worldwide. Warwick and other bear experts will be leading short treks into Tate's Hell on Saturday to show hikers what bear habitat looks like and to talk about how bears and people can peacefully co-exist.
Carrabelle City Complex, 1001 Grey Avenue
www.blackbearfestival.com or contact Lesley Cox at (850) 697-5555
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Oyster Spat Festival
Oct. 9-10
St. George Island
www.oysterspat.com or (850) 927-5039
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Young Writers Guild of the Big Bend Meeting
2nd Saturday of each month, 2-4 p.m.
Free; Tallahassee Writers Association in conjunction with high school teachers and Barnes & Noble present the talents of teenage writers as they present their written works. Open to all high-school age students interested in writing.
Barnes & Noble, 2415 North Monroe Street
Call Marci Elliott, 383-0578, or e-mail Marci2elliott@aol.com for more information
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St. Marks NWR Photo Club Meeting
Third Saturday of every month, 9 a.m. to noon
Monthly meeting of interested wildlife/outdoors photographers of all skill levels. Some meetings are held at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge; others are field trips led by Refuge volunteers.
(850) 925-6121 to verify activities each month.
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge Education and Visitor Center, 1255 Lighthouse Road, St. Marks
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Dinner & A Movie
MariBella Cafe
Special menu with a movie $17.95 - reservations required; 8 p.m.
Saturday: "The Devil Wears Prada"
2915 Kerry Forest Parkway
(850) 668-6333 www.maribellacafe.com
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Port St. Joe and area have lots planned for this fall. Check it out on this Web site.
http://www.visitgulf.com/calendar.cfm
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Everyday
Black Bean (with adult purchase)
Saturday
Sonny’s
Village Inn
Steak and Shake (with $9 adult purchase)
Cabos
Sunday
Qdoba
Applebee’s (99 cents)
Steak and Shake (with $9 adult purchase)
Barnacle Bills
Monday
Famous Dave’s (after 5 p.m.)
Po Boys
Village Pizza
Mo’s Southwest Grill (after 3 p.m.)
Papa D's Diner (after 3 p.m.) 3350 Mahan Drive, across from Costco
Tuesday
Famous Dave’s (after 5 p.m.)
Beef O Brady’s
Bianca Pizza
Morelia (99 cents)
Chick-fil-A
Pizza Hut (dine in only 5:30-8 p.m.)
Cabell’s American Bar and Grill
Papa D's Diner (after 3 p.m.) 3350 Mahan Drive, across from Costco
Wednesday
Qdoba
Los Amigos
Papa D's Diner (after 3 p.m.) 3350 Mahan Drive, across from Costco
| | Check out www.restaurants.com to purchase dining certificates at discount prices.
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