Crescent Beach Shooting

MEDIA RELEASE

29 May 2009

The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office along with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is continuing the investigation into the officer involved shooting that occurred last (Thursday) night. The subject, identified as Jackie Byron Beasley, 55, 274 Gracy St., was pronounced dead at Flagler Hospital.

Deputies responded to the 200 block of Gracy St. (off Middleton Ave.) in Crescent Beach at 8:45 p.m. Witnesses observed a male subject, walking on Middleton Ave., who was allegedly intoxicated, acting irrationally and was brandishing a handgun. The initial responding deputies arrived and confirmed that the subject was holding a handgun near his residence and that additional deputies were requested for backup. Additional deputies responded as well as two officers with the St. Augustine Beach Police Department.

The subject refused to drop the handgun and pointed it at the responding officers. Three law enforcement officers fired at the subject striking him multiple times. He was treated at the scene and was transported to Flagler Hospital by County Rescue Personnel where he later died.

The three officers involved in the shooting were identified as Sheriff's Deputies Steven Fischer and Shawn Emert and St. Augustine Beach Police Officer M. Todd Smith. They were placed on administrative leave by their agencies pending the investigation.

F.D.L.E. responded with investigators and Crime Scene Technicians and are continuing the investigation.

Note from President

I'm writing this newsletter in the evening of my first day back from a Caribbean Cruise on Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas. All I can say is WOW!!!!! The Freedom is currently the largest cruise ship in the world. It is 14 stories high and can hold 4,000 passengers and 2,000 crew. Yes….even with the swine flu scare, we decided to risk it and take the trip. (That gives you an idea of how stressed we were!). Needles to say, Ron and I, stepped up to the plate (literally) and ate our share of all the goodies offered on the ship. Did you know ice cream is free!!!! Even though I was on my cruise……my thoughts were with TBPOA. (If you believe that, I have some stocks and bonds I would like to sell you!.)

Word has it that the TBPOA annual garage sale was another success. Thanks to Barb Warman for getting this all set up and thanks to the many volunteers who participated. We can't have these events without volunteers and participants!! I'll let everyone know how much money was made for TBPOA at the June, 7th community meeting.

OUR NEXT EVENT!!!! The Annual Clean-up Day is on Saturday, 5/30/09. As a reminder, you must have your dues paid to participate OR you can pay your dues at the dumpster sight. Remember, the dumpster will be on Majorca near Costenaro. Please check our website: www.treasurebeachflorida.com, if you need to review the list of items that are NOT acceptable. The list is in last month's newsletter.

Hopefully, you will get this newsletter just before Memorial Day Weekend. I hope everyone has a safe and happy weekend. Don't forget to say a prayer for the men and women (and their families at home) currently serving in the Armed Forces. Their unselfish dedication and courage to defend our country makes me very proud to be an American. AND OF COURSE…….DON'T FORGET TO THANK A VETERAN. Without their courage and sacrifices we would not enjoy the freedoms we have today. We also would not be speaking English……………Whether you support the war or not, please support our Troops! If any of you happen to know how the troops were treated when they returned from Vietnam, you know what I'm talking about.

By now, I hope many of you have had a chance to check out our new website. The web address is: www.treasurebeachflorida.com. Our new web-designer is Karen Carter of Basque Road. Karen and Doug Berndt worked together to put create the website and to include the different sections you can browse through. They have both done a great job. Thanks to Karen for being patient with the board. Actually, thanks to both of them for being patient with me! Trying to explain to me how to create a website that would be a great communication tool for our community is like trying to explain to me how to put a transmission in my car. Please, please check out the website! I think you will be impressed. There will soon be an e-mail address for me so any questions, comments or suggestions can be sent to me and I will send them out to the board members!

THERE IS MORE COMING! I just can't tell you what it is yet. We want it to be a surprise! I really, really think you will like it!!!!!!

I hope I haven't forgotten anything. Remember, I was in a hot tub a lot so my brain is smaller than usual! (No comments, please.)

Sincerely,

Paula Murphy

In June we celebrate our Fathers

Last month we celebrated Mothers. This month we recognize and honor our Fathers.

The idea for an official Father’s Day celebration came to a married daughter, seated in a church in Spokane, Washington, attentive to a Sunday sermon on Mother’s Day in 1910-two years after the first Mother’s Day observance in West Virginia.

The daughter was Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd. During the sermon, which extolled maternal sacrifices made for children, Mrs. Dodd realized that in her own family it had been her father, William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran, who had sacrificed-raising herself and five sons alone, following the early death of his wife in childbirth. For Mrs. Dodd, the hardships her father had endured on their eastern Washington farm called to mind the unsung feats of fathers everywhere.

Her proposed local Father’s Day celebration received strong support from the town’s ministers and members of the Spokane YMCA. The date suggested for the festivities, June 5, Mrs. Dodd’s father’s birthdays were three weeks away-had to be moved back to the nineteenth when ministers claimed they need extra time to prepare sermons on such a new subject as Father.
Newspapers across the country, already endorsing the need for a national Mother’s Day, carried stories about the unique Spokane observance. Interest in Father’s Day increased. Among the first notables to support Mrs. Dodd’s idea nationally was the orator and political leader William Jennings Bryan, who also backed Mother’s Day. Believing that fathers must not be slighted, he wrote to Mrs. Dodd, "too much emphasis cannot be placed upon the relation between parent and child."

Father’s Day, however, was not so quickly accepted as Mother’s Day. Members of the all-male Congress felt that a move to proclaim the day official might be interpreted as a self-congratulatory pat on the back.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson and his family personally observed the day. And in 1924, President Calvin Coolidge recommended that states, if they wished, should hold their own Father’s Day observances. He wrote to the nation’s governors that "the widespread observance of this occasion is calculated to establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children, and also to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations."
Many people attempted to secure official recognition for Father’s Day. One of the most notable efforts was made in 1957, by Senator Margaret Chase Smith, who wrote forcefully to Congress that "Either we honor both our parents, mother and father, or let us desist from honoring either one. But to single out just one of our two parents and omit the other is the most grievous insult imaginable."

Eventually, in 1972-sixty-two years after it was proposed-Father’s Day was permanently established by President Richard Nixon. Historians seeking an ancient precedent for an official Father’s Day observance have come up with only one: The Romans, every February, honored fathers-but only those deceased.

In America today, Father’s Day is the fifth-largest card-sending occasion, with about 85 million greeting cards exchanged.


Father’s Family Name
~ Anonymous ~

You got it from your father
It was all he had to give
So it’s yours to use and cherish
For as long as you may live

If you lost the watch he gave you
It can always be replaced;
But a black mark on your name
Can never be erased

It was clean the day you took it
And a worthy name to bear
When he got it from his father
There was no dishonor there

So make sure you guard it wisely
After all is said and done
You’ll be glad the name is spotless
When you give it to your son

When I was:
Four years old: My daddy can do anything.

Five years old: My daddy knows a whole lot.

Six years old: My dad is smarter than your dad.

Eight years old: My dad doesn't know exactly everything.

Ten years old: In the olden days, when my dad grew up, things were sure different.

Twelve years old: Oh, well, naturally, Dad doesn't know anything about that. He is too old to remember his childhood.

Fourteen years old: Don't pay any attention to my dad. He is so old-fashioned.

Twenty-one years old: Him? My Lord, he's hopelessly out of date.

Twenty-five years old: Dad knows about it, but then he should, because he has been around so long.

Thirty years old: Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks. After all, he's had a lot of experience.

Thirty-five years old: I'm not doing a single thing until I talk to Dad.

Forty years old: I wonder how Dad would have handled it. He was so wise.

Fifty years old: I'd give anything if Dad were here now so I could talk this over with him. Too bad I didn't appreciate how smart he was. I could have learned a lot from him.

Writer Unknown

Father’s Day Quote Selection (source: http://www.verses4cards.co.uk/fathers-day-quotes.html)

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong. -Charles Wadsworth

It is a wise father that knows his own child. -William Shakespeare

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. -Sigmund Freud

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. - Mark Twain

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. -Anne Sexton
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. Proverb

To be a successful father there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years. Ernest Hemingway

A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work fifteen and sixteen hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple eloquence of his example. Mario Cuomo

If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.

Bill Cosby

Growing Old - Some Words of Wisdom

The following are words of wisdom collected from emails. When I checked verification of an author on the internet, the Great Truths appeared on a number of websites. However, there is no indication of a particular author.

Great Truths about Growing Old:
1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you’re down there.
4) You’re getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
5) It’s frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
6) Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.

I also have no idea when the following was written or by whom. The one version that I received by email was called SUCCESS. I did find a different version on http://www.anvari.org/ called:

CIRCLE OF LIFE
At birth, success…… is breathing

At age 4, success…… is not peeing in your pants

At age 12, success…… is having friends

At age 16, success…… is having a driver's license

At age 20, success…… is having sex

At age 35, success.…... is having money

At age 50, success…… is having money

At age 60, success…… is having sex

At age 70, success…… is having a driver's license

At age 75, success…… is having friends

At age 80, success…… is not peeing in your pants

At age 90, success…… is breathing

The following poem was printed in a newspaper many years ago as Author Unknown.




Might’s Well Laugh….
(Dedicated to all of us who are getting “that way”!)

Just a line to say I’m living,
That I’m not among the dead,
Though I’m getting more forgetful
And more mixed up in my head.

For sometimes I can’t remember,
When I stand at foot of stair,
If I must go up for something,
Or I’ve just come down from there.

And before the frig so often,
My poor mind is filled with doubt,
Have I just put food away, or
Have I come to take some out?

With my night cap on my head,
I don’t know if I’m retiring
Or just getting out of bed.

So, if it’s my turn to write you,
There’s no need in getting sore,
I may think that I have written,
And don’t want to be a bore.

So, remember I do love you,
And wish that you were here,
But now it’s nearly mail time,
So I must say, “Goodbye Dear”.

There I stood beside the mailbox
With a face so very red,
Instead of mailing you my letter,
I opened it instead!

~~ Author Unknown ~~

Community News June 2009

These past few months have been a great time for spring cleaning, repairing/replacing items, or just starting new projects around the house. In early May when I first wrote this article for the Community Journal, I said the weather has been delightful but we could always use a little more rain. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for!

The Music by the Sea, outdoor concert series, presented by the St. Johns County Pier Pavilion by the St. Augustine Beach Civic Association, opened their new season on Wednesday, May 13th. Every Wednesday now through September, the concerts will feature local musicians in performances from 7 to 9 p.m. A different restaurant will be featured each week. Concertgoers may also bring a picnic dinner and beverages, and because seating is limited, lawn chairs or blankets are recommended for comfortable seating. For information and full concert schedule, go to http://www.thewednesdayconcert.com/ or call 540-8797.

Some of our neighbors were spotted in the St. Augustine Record when the Tale Tellers of St. Augustine went to Florida Storytelling Camp at Lake Yale.

Did any of you enjoy EPIC’s 13th Annual Taste of St Augustine and Blues Music Festival held at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre on Sunday, April 26? Weather was delightful. Had no trouble parking. Twenty-three (23) restaurants participated and offered a wide variety of food for sampling. For example, shrimp & grits, pan-seared mahi mahi, baby back ribs, garlic fries, reuben sandwiches, sweet tea, and assorted desserts. The next Taste of the Beach in the middle of May should be equally as impressive and I hope that you get a chance to enjoy this event.

Pictures of the storm

This is kids with their skimmer boards on Costanero Rd.

CVS Robbery

ST JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF - MEDIA RELEASE

18 May 2009

Detectives with the Sheriff’s Office Robbery/Homicide Section are seeking a suspect in connection with an armed robbery of a S.R. A1A business (C.V.S. Pharmacy, 1920 A1A South) early last Tuesday morning.

The 27-year old female clerk stated that the suspect came into the store at 3:20 a.m. While holding a gun he demanded all of the money from the cash register. An undetermined amount of cash was given to the suspect who then fled the store in an unknown direction.

The suspect was described as a white or Hispanic male in his early to mid 20’s, 5’3” tall, 120 pounds with black hair, brown eyes, long dark blue jean shorts, a plain black t-shirt and a black ball cap with white and black designs. He was also wearing a white and black bandana over his face.

Anyone with any information concerning the identity of this subject is asked to contact Detective Kevin Roberts at the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office at 824-8304. You can also remain anonymous and possibly be eligible for a cash reward by calling the information into CrimeStoppers of North Florida at 1-(888)227-TIPS (8477).

The Passing of a Child

Good evening Residents

On Thursday morning a young child 9 months old died peacefully in his bed at home. His name is Kyler Rusk Randal. Kyler was 9 months old and passed away in his sleep on Thursday morning.

His Grandmother is Paula Murphy (our President of TBPOA). Paula and her husband Ron are in utter shock as this email is being sent. Young Kyler's father is Paula's son Todd.

Anyone wishing to send a sympathy card can mail same to Paula and Ron Murphy at 254 Basque Road in Treasure Beach.

Arrangements have been made with - St.Johns Family Funeral Home at 385 State Route 207.

The family will receive callers at the funeral home on Sunday, May 17th at 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. There will be a service at the funeral home on Monday at 11 a.m. ; afterward, those attending can drive to Evergreen Cemetery in St Augustine at 505 N. Rodriguez St.

Paula has said that there is a section apart from the other grave sites named "The Garden of Angels" dedicated to young children interred there. Paula and the family has asked that in lieu of flowers that you all may want to consider sending a check for the construction of a monument for the "Angels Garden". I am told that it may take a little while to have the monument constructed because of the cost running between $ 5,000 and $ 6,000. Paula's information on where to send your donation was not quite clear ,however, the particulars should be in the Record (obituary) on Saturday( tomorrow).

Charlie Novak

Friday May 15,2009

UPDATE: 05-18-09 From the St. Augustine Record:

In lieu of flowers, donations in the memory of Kyler Rusk Randel for the erection of a monument in the Garden of Angels at Evergreen Cemetery can be sent to Evergreen Cemetery, P.O. Box 707, St. Augustine, FL 32084.

Survivors: His parents, Heather Randel and Todd Rusk, sister Alexa Randel, maternal grandparents John and Debi Randel, and paternal grandparents Ron and Paula Murphy, all of St. Augustine; paternal grandfather David Rusk, maternal great grandparents Larry and Maria Schineller, maternal great grandmother Lois Butler; and many aunts, including Traci, Jessica, Terri London, Kelly, Carey, Sherri, Allan, Ted, Jon, Justin, and Josh, and many other cousins and great aunts and uncles.

Treasure Beach has Fresh Water!

This past month the Treasure Beach streets are buzzing with backhoes and pickup trucks. Contractors installing the new water lines are now placing new grass over old dig sites.

Since last month the county official spoke to me about all these changes and pointed out something we all need to know (SO, listen up residents)...

Once a line has been changed out, even just the small fittings on your water lines, the best way to clear your home line is to run your garden hose from an outside spigot.

Doing this will help keep the heavy debris from getting caught up in your filters or any other plumbing in your home. So, if any changes are made to your lines, always try to remember to clean out your lines by running a few minutes of water with your garden hose. Your grass will enjoy the extra drink anyway.

Just this past week the contractors switched us officially on to the new "blue" plastic lines at our meter and again, I had to run my garden hose for a few minutes to clean out dirt and air trapped from the changes. On an important note, we didn't get any warning about this from the contractors or the country reps driving around. Seems this last hook up was without a tag notice, so you'll need to keep an eye on this one. Next time you come home from work or a trip to town check your water line out front and if the famous blue hose is gone, then clean out your system before turning on taps in the house. This alone will help keep your water clear from dirt or small stones, sand etc from getting stuck inside your plumbing.

Just in case someone is wondering about the pressure, well the last reading we got at our main valve here was 80PSI. That is a lot of pressure, but this presents no changes from our past water PSI, so we all should be fine there. IF for some reason your PSI was low in the past, I would keep an eye on your home plumbing system for any chance of a leak.

On another issue, if your have say timers that run outside sprinklers, you might want these shut down. Several problems could occur if your water is shut down for any length of time, and this could damage the hot water heater. Again this would only happen if your system was drained to very low levels before the element in say an electric hot water heater might burn up. The best way to avoid this problem is simply locate the breaker if your water is shut off and turn the breaker off until work crews have your water back on. This might seem like a bit over the top, but again this would only happen if your water was allowed to drain from the home via a automatic sprinkler system for example. In general a normal home with just the water shut off for a few hours should not threaten your hot water tank. But, please keep it in mind.

Ok, now about that new sod or grass we all seem to be getting. I have notice the contractors have watered it days after putting it down. Within county regulations we can water it daily until its stable enough to hold its own. Apparently "new grass" is exempt from the watering laws so don't feel like a criminal. Its ok to water the sod each day to help get it growing in your front lawn. I cannot offer any information about chemicals to feed the new grass, so that will be your own call. Personally we appear to be fine with the new sod and its taking well with just water that I have put on it every other day for an hour. My own home has a built in well pump so we don't actually use city water out front or back for most of the time.

On a side note this month, I'm seeing loose cats and dogs again ! This problem seems to be an unending failure to get home owners to understand our leash laws. What is even less the poorest excuse is "well back in my old neighborhood we could let them run free ". Enough said about this one, but next month we might just have to go over this topic again.

L.A. Panchuk ( Author: The Devil's Magnet )

Reporter for X zone radio

Treasure Beach

I hearby release any and all copyrights on this article and offer it for public publishing to the Coastal Newspaper for their use in any way they deem or edit.

LP

Community News May 2009

March was a good month to start planting a garden. Even a small 4’ x 8’ x 8” garden box size provides enough space to plant peas, carrots, radishes, lettuce, onions, a couple of tomato plants and a pepper plant. You might even be able to utilize some space on your patio or along your fence to grow some vegetables.

Flagler Health Care Foundation, Inc. and Pedro Menendez High School proudly presented The Diamonds in concert on March 8^th at the Pedro Menendez High School Performing Arts Center. The Diamonds performed hits from the 50s and 60s. This might provide you a vision of the type of audience that appreciated these “oldies,” but goodies. It was fun reminiscing with songs like “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?”, “The Stroll”, “In My Room”, “Splish Splash”, “Church Bells May Ring”, “Unchained Melody”, and “Little Darlin”. Two hours of wonderful entertainment!

The Treasure Beach Lunch Bunch met at Corky Bell’s Restaurant in East Palatka on March 11^th.

For some of us, it was our very first visit. Lucky for us, a business meeting ended just in time for us to be given a private room for lunch. Everyone who attended seemed to enjoy their food selection and the location. Some of us even took the opportunity to stop at County Line on the way back to TB to pick up some fresh fruits and vegetables.

Perhaps you enjoyed “A Walk Back in Time” at the Florida Agricultural Museum on March 21^st or 22^nd. The weather was perfect. The trail began at a Timucuan village, and covered a Spanish settlement, a British outpost, a free black from Fort Mose, a Cow Camp, a Moonshiners’ campsite, and the Clark Farm. Each stop along the way represented a different period of time in Florida. Re-enactors kept true to the period and provided tales of historic events.

On March 30^th, Gypsy Cab, in support of St. Johns Cultural Council, presented a dinner and movie. Both dinner and movie were excellent. “Play the Game” was a “hoot” with Andy Griffith, Doris Roberts and Liz Sheridan. A young ladies man, David teaches his dating tricks to his lonely, widowed grandfather (played by Andy Griffith), and plays his best mind games to meet the woman of his dreams. As David’s games begin to fail him, Grandpa quickly transforms into the Don Juan of the nursing home. Slowly, the teacher becomes the student, and it’s up to Grandpa to teach David that the best way to win the game of love is not to play the tame at all. Look for future monthly offerings. This is an event that you might want to consider.

By the time this May edition comes out, the Lunch Bunch will have met again on April 8th. This time in downtown St. Augustine at the Gallery Café on King Street. Whether you have been in Treasure Beach for a long time, or new to the neighborhood, the Lunch Bunch is a great opportunity to meet with old friends, neighbors, or to welcome newcomers to our community. We will also have had a TBPOA community meeting on April 7^th at Beacher’s Lodge. This meeting is a Pot Luck Dinner, and I’m sure there will be plenty of good cooking to be shared by all attendees. Don’t forget to check out www.treasurebeachflorida.com to keep up with current activities.

In May we celebrate Mothers

In April we celebrated Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter. In the month of May we celebrate mothers…...

"M" is for the million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,

Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.

~By Howard Johnson~

YOUR MOTHER IS ALWAYS WITH YOU...

Your mother is always with you...

She's the whisper of the leaves
as you walk down the street.

She's the smell of bleach
in your freshly laundered socks.

She's the cool hand on your brow
when you're not well.

Your mother lives inside your laughter.
She's crystallized in every tear drop.

She's the place you came from,
your first home...
She's the map you follow
with every step that you take.

She's your first love
and your first heartbreak...
and nothing on earth can separate you.

Not time, Not space...
Not even death...
will ever separate you
from your mother...

You carry her inside of you...

~Author Unknown~

MY MOTHER KEPT A GARDEN

My Mother kept a garden,
a garden of the heart,
She planted all the good things
that gave my life its start.

She turned me to the sunshine
and encouraged me to dream,
Fostering and nurturing
the seeds of self-esteem...

And when the winds and rain came,
she protected me enough-
But not too much because she knew
I'd need to stand up strong and tough.

Her constant good example
always taught me right from wrong-
Markers for my pathway
that will last a lifetime long.

I am my Mother's garden.
I am her legacy-
And I hope today she feels the love
reflected back from me

~Author unknown~

SAYINGS AND QUOTES

"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers."
~Jewish proverb~

"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother."
~By Lin Yutang~

"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness."
~By Honore' de Balzac (1799-1850) ~

"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom."
~By Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) ~

"Youth fades; love droops,
the leaves of friendship fall;
A mother's secret hope outlives them all."
~By Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) ~

"The joys of motherhood are never fully experienced
until the children are in bed."
~~Author Unknown.~~

More Florida Fun Facts

Here are some more Florida Fun Facts (source: www.great-florida-vacations.com/florida-fun-facts.html)

Did you know?

1. Canaveral (as in Cape Canaveral) means “place of reeds or cane.” If you’ve ever been in the Cape back country, you can appreciate the name.
2. Hialeah means “pretty prairie.”
3. Loxahatchee means “river of turtles.”
4. Miami means (variously) “all beavers,” “all friends,” “cry of the crane” and “people who live on the peninsula” and “very large.” The name sure does get around! In this case, it’s thought to derive from Mayaimi, referring to the very large nearby Lake Okeechobee.
5. Ocala means “heavily clouded.”

20 Good Things that Happens to You as You Get Older

Following is a condensed version of Annie Gottleib’s “20 Good Things that Happens to You as You Get Older” which was reprinted with permission from McCall’s magazine by the New York Times Company and appeared in the Orlando Regional Medical Center’s Fall 1991 Quarterly Publication for the Community.

1. You get smarter.

Sigmund Freud published his first great work, The Interpretation of Dreams, at age 44; Henry Kissinger was appointed secretary of state at 50; Rachel Carson completed her classic on environmental damage, Silent Spring, at 55. According to the experts, there was only one thing unusual about these people. They kept using their brains.

2. Your mental health improves.

Studies show that our psychological defense mechanisms – ways of coping with difficult feelings – become healthier as we grow older. When young, we protect ourselves from such feelings with strategies such as denial and impulsive acting-out. In later years, we rely far more on constructive defenses like humor, altruism and creativity.

3. You feel freer sexually.

As with mental activity, sexuality feeds on itself. Those who are sexually active are most likely to stay active into their older years. Often they become more open to the affectionate, tender, sensual aspects of lovemaking. A couple’s sex life may also heighten dramatically after their children grow up and leave home.

4. You take charge of your health.

Our lifestyle choices, as much as our genes, determine how fast we age. Problems we used to associate with age can now be forestalled, even avoided, because we’re in better health. After all, a fit, healthy 25-year old body is a gift most of us take for granted. A fit, healthy 50-or 70-year-old body reflects a conscious decision we can take pride in.

5. You feel your power.

People in their middle and later years are at the height of their professional effectiveness. Freed from other responsibilities, they can focus on work, acquiring new skills and developing new interests.

These years are “the age of competence,” says psychoanalyst Elizabeth L. Auchincloss, MD, “when people get a great deal of satisfaction and security out of realizing they have something to offer others.”

6. You become more yourself.

As Candice Bergen said succinctly in her autobiography, Knock Wood: “It takes a long time to become a person.” The older you get, the more unique you become, says psychologist Matti Gershenfeld. “You become clearer and clearer about what you think, what you like and don’t like. You know who you are. And as a grace note to that:

7. You find your personal style.

In older persons, a confident sense of style replaces the fad-following tendencies of the young. Nobody needs to tell you how to dress, what to drive or how to live. You know what’s best for you.

8. You’re allowed to please yourself.

One of the greatest liberations of growing older is that you no longer have any masters – real or imaginary. As life frees you from full-time service to others’ needs, a shift in the psyche frees you from their opinions. Perhaps because of this new way of being in touch with ourselves, our relationships improve, too.

9. Love deepens.

Studies of marriages later in life find that they’re more fulfilling than during earlier stages. Couples who have been married a long time are more likely to stay married, and good marriages get better. Why? “Experience in loving,” says Phillip L. Berman, author of The Courage to Grow Old. “They’ve figured out what isn’t love and what is. They’ve moved beyond the merely physical.”

10. Love widens.

One of the things we fear about growing older is increasing isolation. But we have the ability to keep that from happening. With effort, people can form satisfying new relationships and nurture old ones, so that later life is rich with friendships, professional relationships and extended family.

11. Curiosity Increases.

Most of us believe curiosity is the province of the young. “I think it’s just the opposite,” says Auchincloss. “One of the advantages of later life is the ability to really see people as individuals, and to wonder about them.”

12. You may become a grandparent.

“There’s a new zest for living with a new generation, and a greater sense of connection with the cycle of life,” says Gershenfeld. Being a grandparent usually brings all the joys of children without the responsibility -- and sometimes pain -- of parenting.

13. Your altruism increases.

In a recent national poll, 84% of Americans agreed that “at middle age, a person becomes more compassionate to the needs of others,” including strangers and the disadvantaged. A psychological study in Michigan showed that the older people were, the more likely they were to respond to an appeal for charitable donations.

14. Stress diminishes.

“To a large degree, what’s stressful is change,” says Auchincloss. Beginning in middle age, she says, “there’s a general decrease in stressful life events, such as moving and changing jobs. And there are fewer dramatic biological changes.” Even more important, she adds, “it’s been shown that when rating the same events, middle-aged and older people find them less stressful than younger people do.”

15. You toughen up.

Experience brings a certain amount of strength over the years. Once you’ve survived a number of life’s curve balls, you’re better able to face those yet to come. Psychologically, you’re tougher.

16. You mellow out.

Experts say that older people are less likely to be disturbed by petty annoyances such as a traffic jam or a slow, crowded elevator.

Actually, a physical change in the brain may contribute to this mellowing process. Scientists have been studying a cluster of cells that could be called the brain’s “alarm system.” Around age 40, this system starts to diminish, just as many adults are experiencing fewer nervous, fretting impulses.

17. You feel free.

If the joy of mid-life is competence, a new joy dawns with the approach of 60: freedom. Behavior is no longer ruled by a multitude of roles. Power, status and responsibility become less important, and many at this age become “learners” again, seeking new horizons without the pressure of grades or other inhibitors.

18. Motivation increases.

Psychologists assert that while older people are freer to spend time as they wish, they’re also aware they have less of it. A new appreciation of time may result, with greater discrimination in choosing how to spend it.

There’s also the motivation to accomplish certain goals while you can, which may bring its own rewards: studies show that a passionate, absorbing interest can extend your life.

19. Gratitude deepens.

It’s easy for younger people to take things such as life and good health for granted. In later years, you’ve probably experienced a number of setbacks to heighten your appreciation for the “good things” you once accepted without a thought.

20. Your spirit comes alive.

While physical abilities may become limited with age, your spiritual side expands. This may involve a deepening of religious faith, a sense of philosophical wonder, or the development of a richer interior life. In any case, surveys consistently indicate that those in their 50’s and 60’s say they’re happier than people in their 20’s say they are.

Source: Gottleib, Annie, “20 Good Things that Happens to You as You Get Older.” Condensed and reprinted with permission from McCall’s magazine, © 1991 by the New York Times Company and appeared in the Orlando Regional Medical Center’s Fall 1991 Quarterly Publication for the Community.

Treasure Beach Annual Yard Sale

Our annual yard sale is 3 days away.....May 9 This a good way for us to add $$$$ to our small treasury. If you have nice, usable, unwanted items to donate to the sale you may leave them on the driveway at 230 Hildago Road during the week before the sale (May 4 - May 9) Or bring them to the sale site (corner of Costanero & Treasure Beach Rd.) at 8:a.m. May 9. All unsold items may be reclaimed at the sale site after the sale. All unclaimed or unsold items will be donated to charity. Home baked items may be donated also....on the day of the sale, at the sale site.

Things To Do

Happenings in and around St Augustine, St. John's County and Northeast Florida Below are some events that I have found that might be of interest. Two references that provide information on upcoming events are COMPASS, published by the St. Augustine Record and the website, www.getaway4florida.org. If interested in attending any of these events, recommend you double check websites or phone numbers for information. St. Augustine residents with a valid ID get free admission to several historic attractions, including The Fountain of Youth (829-3168), The Government House museum (825-5079), the Colonial Spanish Quarter Museum (825-6830) and The Lightner Museum (824-2874). For information, call the phone numbers listed. Check it out! Last Saturday of each Month through Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 – Jacksonville Pipes & Drums – website: www.culhanesirishpub.com – Phone: 904-249-9595 A 10 piece band, the brilliant "Jacksonville Pipes & Drums" perform the last Saturday of each month. If you like Celtic, Irish and Scottish music, you must not miss this fun event. Bring the kids. All ages welcome. Location: Culhane's Irish Pub and Restaurant, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 Time: 7:30 p.m. Admission: Free Friday, Apr. 17 – Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 – Coral Reel Adventure at the World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theatre – Website: http://www.wgv.com Explore the undersea on the six story-high IMAX screen at the World Golf Hall of Fame. This film follows the real-life expedition of ocean explorers and underwater film makers through the islands and sun-drenched waters of the South Pacific to document the health and beauty of coral reefs. From the dazzling underwater seascapes of Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the mysterious deep ocean corals of Fiji to the azure skies above Tahiti and shark-filled canyons off isolated Rangiroa, the film takes viewers on an adventure deep below the ocean's surface to visit flourishing reefs and their inhabitants. Location: World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theatre, Exit 323 off I-95 Saturday, Apr. 18 – Saturday, May 2, 2009 – World Golf Hall of Fame Putting Championship – Local Phone: 904-940-4118 Put your putt to the challenge when the World Golf Hall of Fame at World Golf Village hosts its sixth-annual Putting Championship on the Hall of Fame's 18-hole, natural-grass putting course. Open to all amateur golfers in northeast Florida, the championship will continue for three weekends with the top 16 finalists competing on May 2 for the title of "World Golf Hall of Fame Putting Champion" and the opportunity to win more than $10,000 in prizes. Participants should register in advance. Day-of registrants will be subject to availability. Location: World Golf Village, Exit 323 off I-95 Thursday, Apr. 23 – Sunday, Apr. 26, 2009 – 7th Annual Florida's Birding & Fotofest – Local Phone: 904-829-1711, Other Phone: 800-418-7529 – Website: http://getaway4nature.com Mark your calendars for the 2009 Florida's Birding & FotoFest! This year's event is headquartered at the Guana Environmental Education Center located in South Ponte Vedra Beach. It offers more in-the-field photography workshops led by nationally recognized speakers, digital darkroom programs, portfolio reviews and much more! Discover the region's phenomenal bird life and the abundant natural habitats that sustain them with bird walks and boat, kayak trips to undisturbed areas. Location: GTM Research Reserve Environmental Education Center Friday, Apr. 24 – Saturday, Apr. 25, 2009 – Murray Bros. Caddyshack Charity Golf Tournament – Website: http://www.wgv.com Look forward to "A Good Time for a Great Cause" when the ninth-annual charity golf tournament returns with all the Murray brothers and their celebrity friends to benefit The Guardian Catholic Schools. The event will kick off Thursday with a pairings party and silent auction at Murray Bros. Caddyshack Restaurant at World Golf Village and continue Friday with the charity golf tournament, an awards ceremony and post party. The tournament will consist of morning and afternoon flights on both of World Golf Village's championship golf courses, Slammer & Squire and King & Bear. Location: World Golf Village, Exit 323 off I-95 Friday, Apr. 24, 2009 – The Beach Boys in Concert – St. Augustine Amphitheatre – Local Phone: 904-471-1965 – Website: http://www.staugamphitheatre.com Enjoy a live performance by America's first "best rock band", the Beach Boys, at St. Augustine's Amphitheatre. The group has had thirty-six U.S. Top 40 hits (the most of any U.S. rock band) and fifty-six Hot 100 hits, including four number one singles. Rolling Stone magazine listed The Beach Boys as one of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". According to Billboard, in terms of singles and album sales, The Beach Boys are the No. 1 selling American band of all time. Location: 1340 A1A South, St. Augustine, FL Time: Gates open at 6:30 P.M. and the show begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission: Visit www.ticketmaster.com for ticket prices Saturday, Apr. 25, 2009 – Uptown Saturday Night – Local Phone: 904-824-3152 Experience a favorite end-of-the-month event -- the galleries, antique stores and unique shops between Ripley's Museum and the Mission of Nombre de Dios in St. Augustine's Uptown San Marco Shopping District remain open during this special evening. Meet-the-artists, book signings, live music, refreshments and other events contribute to the party-like atmosphere – plus, great food provided by the St. Augustine Independent Restaurant Association. The Mission of Nombre de Dios provides FREE PARKING for the event. The event is sponsored by the San Marco Avenue Merchants Association. Location: San Marco Avenue Time: 5 to 9 p.m. Admission: Free Sunday, Apr. 26, 2009 – Out of Bounds Gallery Show – Local Phone: 904-824-2310 – Website: http://www.staaa.org Explore St. Augustine Art Association's showing of open media works that pushes the boundaries of ideas, concepts and materials and are unusual or out of the ordinary. Location: St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, 22 Marine Street, St. Augustine, FL Time: 2 to 5 p.m. Admission: Free Sunday, Apr. 26, 2009 – A Taste of St. Augustine & The Birth of the Blues Music Festival – St. Augustine Amphitheatre – Local Phone: 904-829-3295 – Website: http://www.epiccommunityservices.org Savor the unique tastes of St. Augustine during this flavorful event that showcases more than 30 area restaurant's signature dishes accompanied by live blues musical performances. All the fun takes place at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, which will be transformed into a culinary marketplace offering the participating restaurant's "signature tastes" as well as cookbooks, cooking equipment and other specialty food items. Throughout the afternoon and evening restaurants are judged for the "best of" 'upscale dining', 'ethnic tastes', 'family dining', 'desserts', and 'The People's Choice Award'. Location: 1340 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine, FL Admission: Admission to the Taste of St. Augustine is $3 and taste tickets are $1 each with restaurants charging between 1 and 5 tickets per taste. Sunday, Apr. 26, 2009 – Bella Voce Cabaret – Emma Concerts – Local Phone: 904-797- 2800 – Website: http://emmaconcerts.com Enjoy a cast of professional vocal artists who perform musical classics ranging from Neapolitan songs to opera arias to standards of Broadway hits, all in cabaret style. Bella Voce is an entertainment experience like no other! Location: Flagler College Auditorium Time: 2 p.m. Admission: Free Sunday, April 26, 2009 – Castillo de San Marcos – Local Phone: 904-829-6506 – Website: http://www.nps.gov.casa Come experience a re-creation of the territorial period of Florida history concentrating on the Second Seminole War years (1835-1842). Living history displays of U.S. Army, militia, civilian frontier life and Seminole Indian culture will be represented with displays and demonstrations of 19th century weapons will take place at the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine. Location: Avenida Menendez, St. Augustine, FL Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: $6 for adults and Free to children 15 and under Sunday, April 26 – Saturday, May 23, 2009 – A Breath of Springtime Collage Exhibit – Local Phone: 904-826-4116 – Website: http://www.stjohnsculture.com Enjoy this exciting exhibit by the Society of Collage Artists at the Art Advocate. The collage artist works on display offers the viewer a new visual art medium for the twentieth century. Location: Art Advocate Gallery, 76B San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine Hours: Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission: Free Friday, May 1, 2009 – James Taylor – St. Augustine Amphitheatre – Local Phone: 904- 471-1965 – Website: http://www.staugamphitheatre.com When people use the term "singer/songwriter" in praise or in criticism, they're often thinking of James Taylor. In the early '70's, when he appeared with his introspective songs, acoustic guitar, and calm, understated singing style, he mirrored a generation's emotional exhaustion after tumultuous times. Location: 1340 A1A South, St. Augustine, FL Time: Gates open at 6:30 p.m. and show begins at 8:00 p.m. Admission: Visit www.ticketmaster.com for ticket prices Friday, May 1 – Saturday, May 2, 2009 – First Coast Opera: Romanza: Songs of Love – St Johns County Agricultural Center – Local Phone: 904-417-5555 – Website: http://www.firstcoastopera.com Celebrate music with a loved one with an evening of favorite love songs, from opera arias to twentieth century standards. Romanza will feature a talented cast of professional singers, along with a full chorus, ballroom dancing and more, including time for the audience to dance. Roses, champagne and other romantic temptations will be available. There will also be a silent auction of romantic gift baskets and other items fitting the theme of the event. Location: 3125 Agricultural Center Drive, St Augustine, FL Directions: Just west of I-95 off of State Road 16 Hours: 8 p.m. Admission: $17 in advance, $20 at the door Friday, May 1 – Sunday, May 3, 2009 – 14th Annual Gamble Rogers Festival – St. Johns County Fairgrounds – Local Phone: 904-794-4163 – Website: http://gamblefest.com Enjoy the very best in folk music at this annual three-day celebration of the music, stories and dance that made Gamble Rogers famous. There will be six stages of continuous acts and a special Saturday night performances include Gatorbone; Willy Caflin "Sorry is as Sorry Does – Gamble Rogers tribute; Jesse Winchester; and Missy Raines and the New Hip. Location: St. Johns County Fairgrounds, Elkton, FL 32033 Admission: Friday night admission is $25. An all-day and night Saturday pass is $40. A dayonly Saturday pass (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) is $25 and a Saturday evening pass is $25. Admission for Sunday (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) is $25. A full weekend pass is $60 in advance and $75 at the door. Children under 12 are free with a paid adult (excluding Saturday night's performance, when admission for children is $10). Check website for more complete information. Friday, May 1 – Sunday, May 31, 2009 – Free Lesson Month at World Golf Village – Local Phone: 904-940-6088 – Website: http://www.wgv.com Take advantage of free golf lessons by the working pros at World Golf Village King and Bear and Slammer and Squire golf courses through the month of May. Participating professional instructors will offer free, 10-minute lessons from participating throughout the month. Free Lesson Month is ideal for a variety of golfers, giving beginners an easy and casual program for a quick introduction to the game and offering avid golfers professional instruction on fine-tuning their game. Location: World Golf Village, Exit 323 off I-95 Saturday, May 2, 2009 – Changing of Flags at Castillo de San Marcos – Local Phone: 904- 829-6506 – Website: www.nps.gov/casa Step back in time at this re-creation of the Change of Flags ceremony that formally transferred Florida from Spanish to English rule at the end of the French and Indian Wars. Re-enactors dressed in both British and Spanish uniforms of the period will recreate the formal ceremony. Presentations and demonstrations of period military equipment and arms, and the 18th century soldier's experience will be involved. Location: Castillo de San Marcos – located on St. Augustine Bayfront Hours: 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Admission: $6 for adults and Free to children 15 and under Saturday, May 2, 2009 – Living History Day at Fort Matanzas – Local Phone: 904-471- 0116 – Website: http://www.nps.gov/foma Take the National Park Service's ferry to Rattlesnake Island and experience daily military life at Fort Matanzas – the 18th century Spanish fort that guarded the southern approach to St. Augustine. From 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., authentically clad reenactors will demonstrate Spanish muskets and cannons at the fort. Location: Fort Matanzas National Monument – located on A1A at the south end of Anastasia Island approximately 15 miles south of St. Augustine. Hours: 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Admission: Free Sunday, May 3 – Saturday, May 30, 2009 – St. Augustine Art Association Spring Member Show – Local Phone: 904-824-2310 – Website: http://www.staaa.org Enjoy the works of the many talented members of the St. Augustine Art Association. The show includes works of all subjects and media. The St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, located at 22 Marine Street in St. Augustine is open 12 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 2 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. The Opening Reception takes place from 2 to 5 p.m. on May 3. Location: 22 Marine Street, St. Augustine, FL Hours: 12 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 2 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. The Opening Reception takes place from 2 to 5 p.m. on May 3. Admission: Free Monday, May 4, 2009 – Kings of Leon & The Walkmen – St. Augustine Amphitheatre – Local Phone: 904-471-1965 – Website: http://www.staugamphitheatre.com Since the entrée into the rock world in 2003, Kings of Leon have received a stunning amount of accolades from the media around the globe. The band's fabled story and mysterious, authentic and infectious brand of rock remains fascinating to the music cognoscenti. The NY Times said "the band occupies real estate somewhere between William Faulkner and the Allman Brothers, and its members have a Waltons-gone-bad back story. Location: 1340 A1A South, St. Augustine, FL Time: Gates open at 6:30 P.M. and the show begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission: Visit www.ticketmaster.com for ticket prices Monday, May 4 – Sunday, May 10, 2009 – The Players Championship – Local Phone: 904- 285-PUTT, Toll Free U.S.: 800-741-3161 – Website: http://PGATour.com Come see your favorite golf pro play on the famous and newly-renovated Stadium Course at TPC at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. THE PLAYERS Championship is recognized by PGA TOUR members as "their" championship tournament. It is one of the most coveted titles in professional golf and features the strongest field. Previous winners of THE PLAYERS Championship include Sergio Garcia – 2008, Phil Mickelson – 2007, Stephen Ames – 2006, Fred Funk – 2005, Davis Love III – 2003 and several of golf's other greatest players since 1974. Location: TPC, Sawgrass – Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 Wednesday, May 6 – Monday, May 18, 2009 – Nina and Pinta – Website: http://www.thenina.com Step aboard two of Columbus' ships when detailed replicas of the Nina and Pinta dock at the St. Augustine City Marina. This Nina was built by hand just as was the 15th century original. The larger Pinta is a detailed replica of the caravel that sailed with Columbus on his discovery of the New World. Location: St. Augustine Municipal Marina Hours: Both ships daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for self-guided walking tours. Admission: $7 for adults; $6 for seniors and $5 for children. A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will go to the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum. Wednesday, May 6, 2009 – Sunset/Full Moon River Cruise – Cap's Restaurant – Local Phone: 904-819-8190 Take a cruise on an old fishing boat on the Intracoastal Waterway for a spectacular view of the sunset and moon rise from the water. Cap's on the Water provides this tour during the full moon of each month. Location: Departs from Cap's Restaurant, 4325 Myrtle Street, St. Augustine, FL Directions: approximately 5 miles north of Vilano Beach, off A1A Hours: Departs promptly at 7 p.m. Admission: Tickets are $10 per person. Tickets go on sale at 5:30 p.m. and are available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Friday, May 8 – Saturday, May 9, 2009 – Ancient City Crawfish Boil – Other Phone: 800- 745-3000 – Website: http://www.ancientcitycrawfishboil.com Spice things up with a weekend filled with hot music and tasty crawdads in St. Augustine. Thousands of pounds of crawfish and musical performances by 3 Doors Down, Snoop Dogg, G. Love and Hinder plus Flyleaf, Candlebox, Saving Abel, Corey Smith, buzzing newcomer K'Naan and many others will make this inaugural event one to remember. The fun all takes place at Francis Field, located behind the St. Augustine Downtown Historic Parking Facility. Advance general admission tickets are only $29.50 per day and $49.50 for a weekend pass. Advance VIP tickets, which include free crawfish, private restrooms and beverage stations and a private, raised viewing deck are $75 per day or $140 for a weekend pass. For more information, visit www.ancientcitycrawfishboil.com Location: Francis Field, Castillo Drive, St. Augustine, FL Directions: Behind St. Augustine Historic Downtown Parking Facility Admission: Advance general admission tickets are only $29.50 per day and $49.50 for a weekend pass. Available through www.Ticketmaster.com Friday, May 8 – Sunday, May 31, 2009 – Limelight Theatre: The Tempest – Local Phone: 904-825-1164 – Website: http://www.limelight-theatre.org Experience a Shakespeare production in St. Augustine. This classic romance mixes magic, betrayal, attempted murder, fairies and monsters on a castaway island. Location: Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Road, St. Augustine, FL Hours: Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Admission: $25 Adults, $22 Seniors and $20 for students and military Friday, May 8, 2009 – St. Augustine Community Orchestra – Local Phone: 904-471-3026 – Website: http://saco-fl.awardspace.com Enjoy a free performance "The American West". This final season performance by some of St. Augustine's finest musicians. Location: Lightner Museum, 25 Granada Street, St. Augustine, FL Hours: 8 p.m. Admission: Free Friday, May 8, 2009 – Sunset/Moonrise Tour – St. Augustine Lighthouse – Local Phone: 904-829-0745 Be a guest of the St. Augustine Lighthouse and enjoy viewing the sunset and moonrise from the most unique perspective in all of St. Augustine! This special event includes a champagne toast, provided by San Sebastian Winery, atop the tower and an informative overview of the history of the St. Augustine Light Station. Location: St. Augustine Lighthouse, 81 Lighthouse Avenue, St. Augustine, FL Hours: 7:30 to 9 p.m. – Reservations required Admission: $25 for non-museum members and $20 for members Saturday, May 9, 2009 – St. Augustine Cool Jazz Music Series – Flagler College Auditorium – Website: http://www.sanmarproductions.com Productions of St. Augustine will host a cool jazz music series through the summer. The first concert in the series will feature vocalist and guitarist Steve Oliver with special guest the Blake Gaines Quartet. Location: 14 Granada Street, St. Augustine, FL Time: 7:30 p.m. Admission: $35 per person, general admission. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 – Music By the Sea Concert – Local Phone: 904-347-8007 – Website: http://www.staugbchcivicassoc.com Bring your chair and enjoy a live musical performance by St. Augustine High School Jazz Ambassadors. Location: St. Augustine Beach Pier Pavilion on A1A Beach Blvd. Hours: 7 to 9 p.m. Admission: Free and feature dinners from Café Eleven are available for under $10 Friday, May 15, 2009 – Night Owl Cinema Series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone – Local Phone: 904-471-1965 – Website: http://StAugAmphitheatre.com Enjoy a night with the family in the open air while watching the movie on the big screen at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, Florida's newest outdoor arts and cultural venue. Location: St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A South, St. Augustine, FL 32080 Hours: 8 p.m. Admission: Free Saturday, May 16, 2009 – 25th Annual Car Show – Local Phone: 904-461-9111 – Website: http://local.aaca.org/ancientcity/ Rev up your day at the 25th Annual Ancient City Auto Club Annual Antique and Collector Car Show. More than 100 antique cars and trucks will be on exhibit. Location: Francis Field, located west of St. Augustine Historic Downtown Parking Facility on Castillo Drive & U.S. 1 North Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: Free – Auto Registration is $20 per vehicle Saturday, May 16, 2009 – Changing of the Guards - Local Phone: 904-829-6506 – Website: www.nps.gov/casa Experience living history as park rangers & volunteers re-create the 18th century Spanish Changing of the Guards ceremony that took place each day at the St Augustine City Gates during the period of military hostilities between colonial Spain and Britain in America. Location: Castillo de San Marcos and City Gate, Avenida Menendez, St. Augustine, FL Admission: Event is free- admission to Castillo is $6 adults and children 15 and under are free Saturday, May 16, 2009 – Junkanoo Festival – Local Phone: 904-312-1194 – Website: http://www.junkanoofest.com Be a part of St. Augustine's celebration of their Abaco, Bahamas ties during an authentic Junkanoo Parade and Island Musical Festival. The history of Abaco and St. Augustine is an exciting story of Loyal British families leaving St. Augustine in 1783 when England ceded St. Augustine back to the Spanish. Descendants of the original British Loyalists will be participating in the festivities. The Plaza de la Constitucion will be alive with exciting island music- including the Bahamian band De Lions of Jah. There will also be plenty of dancing, Abaco crafts and food from 1 to 7 p.m. At 2:30 p.m. join in the Junkanoo parade from the Plaza heading north on St. George Street. Location: Plaza de La Constitucion Hours: 1 to 7 p.m. Music and Market, 2:30 p.m. Parade Admission: Free Saturday, May 16, 2009 – Montoya Brower Beaches Fine Art Triathlon Series – Local Phone: 904-247-6570 – Website: http://www.altavistasports.com/events.html Run, bike or swim in support of the arts during this 23rd Annual Triathlon at Ponte Vedra Beach to support community physical fitness, the arts and educational outreach. This event is one in a series of event s that take place at Mickler Landing in Ponte Vedra Beach. Other dates include June 13 and July 11. Location: Mickler Landing, Beach Park Off A1A, Mickler Boulevard, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Saturday, May 16 – Sunday, May 17, 2009 – Sawgrass Art Festival – Local Phone: 904- 509-9234 – Website: http://sawgrassvillagepvg.com/events.htm Enjoy a day at Sawgrass attending a juried art show featuring works of some of the finest artists in the south. This year the event will include family fun-filled activities and top quality artists. Bring the whole family to view and purchase wonderful artwork, enjoy various entertainment exhibits, visit the Kids Kreation Korner with craft work and face painting and view a special exhibit of locally-produced student art. Location: Sawgrass Village, 1100 Sawgrass Village Drive, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Directions: Off A1A and PGA Boulevard Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: Free Saturday, May 16, 2009 – Tenth Annual Concours D'Elegance – Website: http://www.ridingintohistory.org Join in the annual celebration of vintage motorcycles as the Atlantic Beach Vintage Motorcycle Club presents the 10th-annual "Riding into History: Concours d'Elegance" at World Golf Village. Hundreds of antique, vintage, custom-designed, and racing bikes, including the legendary motorcycles of Germany, are on display. The event also features motorcycle dealers, vendors, food, and entertainment. Location: World Golf Village, International Golf Parkway, St. Augustine, FL, Exit 323 off I-95 Admission: $10 per person donation to the Buddy Check 12 breast cancer charity Sunday, May 17, 2009 – St. Augustine Community Chorus Masterworks Concert – Local Phone: 904-829-9859 – Website: http://www.staugustinecommunitychorus.org Enjoy the annual Masterworks Concert, A German Requiem by JOHANNES BRAHMS, preformed by St. Augustine Community Chorus. Location: Ancient City Baptist Church Hours: 3:30 p.m. Admission: Free Sunday, May 17, 2009 – Taste of the Beach – Local Phone: 904-347-8007 – Website: http:// www.staugbchcivicassoc.com Take a nibble from the signature dishes for the finest restaurants in St. Augustine Beach at this annual 'taste-fest". The crowd and judges get to pick the coveted "Best of the Beach" restaurant at the end of the evening. Performing artist Kenya will entertain the crowd with an interactive performance with a variety of musical instruments. Admission is free and taste tickets sell for $1 each. Sample the signature dishes of more than 20 of the beaches restaurants. Location: St. Augustine Beach Pier Park, A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, FL Hours: Noon to 6 p.m. Admission: Free – Taste tickets sell for $1 each Monday, May 18 – Sunday, May 24, 2009 – Florida's First Coast Art Festival – Local Phone: 352-273-0501 – Website: http://floridasfirstcoastartsfestival.com Come experience multiple performances of quality theatre, musical and visual arts in a series of musical production performances. This University of Florida College of Fine Arts, School of Theatre and Dance will be presenting four different productions throughout the week as well as showcasing award-winning sculpture on the grounds of the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. Experience a theatrical production of Jane Austin's romantic masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, 7 p.m. on Friday and 5 p.m. on Sunday. On Thursday at 8 p.m. relax and enjoy a Night at the Opera, featuring outstanding performances from some of the most popular operas of all time and on Friday at 7 p.m. The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra will perform a special American Pops musical presentation. Then laugh till your heart's content while witnessing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, a hilarious, fast-paced, Monty Python-type romp through Shakespeare's plays at 8 p.m. on Tuesday and 7 p.m. on Sunday. Location: St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A South in St. Augustine. Admission: $20 - $25 Wednesday, May 20, 2009 – Music By the Sea Concert – Local Phone: 904-347-8007 – Website: http://www.staugbchcivicassoc.com Bring your chair and enjoy a live musical performance by Jimmy Parrish & the Ocean Waves Band. Location: St. Augustine Beach Pier Pavilion on A1A Beach Blvd. Hours: 7 to 9 p.m. Admission: Free and feature dinners from FA Café are available for under $10 Saturday, May 23, 2009 – Changing of the Guards - Local Phone: 904-829-6506 – Website: www.nps.gov/casa Experience living history as park rangers & volunteers re-create the 18th century Spanish Changing of the Guards ceremony that took place each day at the St Augustine City Gates during the period of military hostilities between colonial Spain and Britain in America. Location: Castillo de San Marcos and City Gate, Avenida Menendez, St. Augustine, FL Admission: Event is free- admission to Castillo is $6 adults and children 15 and under are free Saturday, May 23, 2009 – Fort Matanzas Nature Explorations – Local Phone: 904-461- 0116 – Website: http://www.nps.gov/foma Be a part of this National Parks Service Nature Series at Fort Matanzas National Monument. These ranger-led walks are part of a series of excursions, each exploring a different habitat or ecosystem at Fort Matanzas. Location: Fort Matanzas National Monument, located on A1A at the sound end of Anastasia Island approximately 15 miles south of St. Augustine. Hours: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Admission: Free Monday, May 25, 2009 – Memorial Day Summer Concerts in the Plaza – Local Phone: 904-825-1004 – Website: http://www.plazaconcerts.com Enjoy a return to those warm summer evenings of yesteryear when the bandstand in the plaza was where everyone gathered to enjoy music. This exciting performance by the St. Augustine Jazz Society takes place in St. Augustine's historic Plaza de la Constitucion. Get comfortable by bringing a lawn chair or blanket. Location: Plaza de La Constitucion, Cathedral Place, St. Augustine, FL Hours: 1 to 5 p.m. Admission: Free Wednesday, May 27, 2009 – Music By the Sea Concert – Local Phone: 904-347-8007 – Website: http://www.staugbchcivicassoc.com Bring your chair and enjoy a live musical performance by the Navy Jazz Ensemble. Location: St. Augustine Beach Pier Pavilion on A1A Beach Blvd. Hours: 7 to 9 p.m. Admission: Free and feature dinners from Amici's Restaurant are available for under $10 Saturday, May 30, 2009 – Bob Hope Postage Stamp Unveiling – World Golf Hall of Fame – Website: http://www.wgv.com Witness an historic presentation when The United States Postal Service will hold a second-day stamp unveiling honoring Bob Hope at the World Golf Hall of Fame. The unveiling ceremony will feature special speakers, the official stamp unveiling by USPS representatives and a birthday cake for Hope, whose 106th birthday would have been May 29, 2009. The ceremony will be free and open to the public and attendees will have the opportunity to purchase commemorative cachets with the newly released stamp on site. All attending guests to the event can enjoy the special exhibit, "Bob Hope: Shanks for the Memory," complimentary in the World Golf Hall of Fame until noon. Location: World Golf Hall of Fame, Exit 323 off I-95 Hours: 10 a.m. to Noon Admission: Free Saturday, May 30, 2009 – Changing of the Guards - Local Phone: 904-829-6506 – Website: www.nps.gov/casa Experience living history as park rangers & volunteers re-create the 18th century Spanish Changing of the Guards ceremony that took place each day at the St Augustine City Gates during the period of military hostilities between colonial Spain and Britain in America. Location: Castillo de San Marcos and City Gate, Avenida Menendez and Orange Street, St. Augustine, FL Admission: Event is free- admission to Castillo is $6 adults and children 15 and under are free Saturday, May 30, 2009 – Nature Workshop at St. Augustine Lighthouse – Local Phone: 904-829-0745 – Website: http://www.staugustinelighthouse.com Come learn basic identification of Florida spiders on an exploration of the woods around the Lighthouse. Gail Compton, Nature and Natural History Educator for the Lighthouse will lead this group on this exploration for spiders from 9 to 11 a.m. Location: St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum, 81 Lighthouse Avenue, St. Augustine, FL Hours: 9 to 11 a.m. Admission: Workshop is Free, and regular admission is required to climb the Lighthouse and visit the Museum. Saturday, May 30, 2009 – Uptown Saturday Night – Local Phone: 904-824-3152 Experience a favorite end-of-the-month event -- Uptown Saturday Night! From 5 to 9 p.m., the galleries, antique stores and unique shops between Ripley's Museum and the Mission of Nombre de Dios in St. Augustine's Uptown San Marco Shopping District remain open during this special evening. Meet-the-artists, book signings, live music, refreshments and other events contribute to the party-like atmosphere – plus, great food provided by the St. Augustine Independent Restaurant Association. The Mission of Nombre de Dios provides FREE PARKING for the event. The event is sponsored by the San Marco Avenue Merchants Association. Location: San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine, FL 32084 Hours: 5 to 9 p.m. Admission: Free