NORTH FLORIDA FOCUS SEPTEMBER 13-14, 2006, PAGE 3C ^miss (? f00 Participants register now! Dec. 5-9 Great Florida Cattle Drive of Ought 6 Florida Agricultural Museum presents "Great Florida Cattle Drive of Ought 6" Tuesday-Saturday, Dec. 5-9 beginning just south of Kissimmee and end at the.new Silver Spurs Arena in Kenansville; Note: Friday, Dec. 9, trails end celebration for participants and the public at Silver Spurs Arena in Kenans- ville; Info/participant registration: 352-429-0100, www.florida- cattledrive.com. Volunteer now! Nov. 4-5 Volunteers needed for 25th Annual Down- town Festival & Art Show City of Gainesville's Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs needs volunteers for its 25th Annual Down- town Festival & Art Show to be held Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 4- 5 in Gainesville; Info/to volunteer: Linda Piper, 352-334-5064 or www.gvlculturalaffairs.org . Today! Sept. 13 Early Learning Coalition board meeting Early Learning Coalition of Florida's Gateway, Inc. will hold. a board meeting at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 13 in the Colum- bia County School Board Of- fice, S.O.S. Building, Room 130, Lake City. Info: Heidi f Moore, 386-752-9770. | Thursday Sept. 14 SHS Band Boosters' fall meeting SHS Band Boosters will meet for its fall meeting at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 14 at Suwannee High School in the band room locate behind the auditorium. Thursday Sept. 14 United Way will hold family fair United Way of Suwannee Valle\ \% ill hold a family fair withl dinner, entertainment and kidrac~tivtiefisbeginning at . 5:30 p.m, Thursday. Sept. 14 at LCCC's Pine Square: Cost: $10 adults and children; Note: RSVP with payment by Thurs- day, Sept. 7; Info: 386-752- 5604. Thursday Sept. 14 Music from around the world NFCC Artist Series present s Caribbean Sound Steel Drum and World Music Ensemble at 7 p.m.. Thursday Sept. 14 at Van H Priest Auditorium, NFCC campus, Madison. Info/tickets: 850-973-1653. ArtistSeries@nfcc.edu. Thursday Sept. 14 Meeting on opening non-profit alterna- tive K-12 school Marianne St. Clair will host a meeting for ideas and input for opening non-profit K-12 al- ternative school from 6:30-8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 14, at Suwannee River Regional Li- brary, 1848 US 129 South, Live Oak; Cost: free; Info: 386-364-5322. Friday Sept. 15 Dinner with Art Smith FSU will host a fund-raising dinner and reception with celebrity chef Art Smith from 6-9 p.m., Friday, Sept. 15 at. FSU Alumni Center, 1030 W. Tennessee Street, Tallahassee; Cost: $100 per person; Note: All proceeds going to the Ash- by Stiff Scholarship Fund. Info: Rebecca Bonfanti, 850- 645-7162 or rbonfanti@cob.fsu.edu; Friday Deadline Sept. 15 2006 Florida Butter- fly Festival photog- raphy contest The 2006 Florida Butterfly Festival photography contest rules are now available on-line. The entry fee is $10 per photo; cash prizes for top five winners. Other winning entries and honorable mentions will be included in a 2008 calendar and displayed at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville during the 2006 festival Oct. 14-15. Entry dead- line is Friday. Sept 15. Complete rules and an entry form are available at www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflyfest/photo_contest.htm. Info: 352- 846-2000, ext. 200 or visit www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflyfest/. Register now! Deadline Sept. 15 Florida Farm Bureau's Annual-Meeting set for Oct. 11- 13 The deadline for early registration and hotel reservations is Friday, Sept. 15 for the Florida Farm Bureau Federation's 60th Annual Meeting scheduled Oct. 11-13 at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort in Daytona Beach. Early registration is $89; after Sept. 15 registration is,$99. Hotel reservations are made by calling the hotel directly at 386-254-8200. Room rates are $119 per night. Register for the conference by submitting a registration form, available on-line at http://www.FloridaFannBureau.org Info: Rachel Kudelko at 352-378-8100, ext. 1030. Friday-Saturday Sept. 15-16 2006 Ladies Retreat Florida Advent Christian Conference, Women's Home and Foreign Missions will sponsor its 2006 Ladies Retreat Friday- Saturday, Sept. 15-16 at Camp Suwannee, Advent Christian Village, Dowling Park. Keynote speaker will be Pam Buchanan. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. on Friday with first session beginning at 7 p.m. and sessions from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. on Saturday. All ladies are invited to attend. Cost: $12-includes retreat and meals. Each lady is responsible for arranging per- sonal lodging. Info: 386-658-5333". Saturday Sept. 16 Fall migration bird count in, Suwannee County Florida Ornithological Society will hold its fall migration bird count Saturday, Sept. 16 in Suwannee County. Count your own back yard! Info: Jack Wilson, 386-963-5023, jinjack@all- tel.net or www.fosbirds.org. Saturday Sept. 16 Military retirement seminar A military retirement seminar will be held from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Sept., 16 at the Officers' Club, Naval Air Sta- SEE SUWANNEE, PAGE 4C NO PAYMENTS UNTIL.JANUI]ARY!