BEACHES Friend of the Beaches Award nomination

Beaches Watch is seeking nominations by 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, for its annual Friend of the Beaches Award. Nominations may be submitted to info@beacheswatch.com or mailed to Beaches Watch Inc., P.O. Box 50311, Jacksonville Beach, Fl . 32240. For more, beacheswatch.com.

BEACHES Ritz Chamber Players concert

The Ritz Chamber Players will perform 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, at the Beaches Chapel at Beaches Museum and History Park, 381 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville Beach. For more, beachesmuseum.org.

CLAY Junior high students wins county spelling bee

Wilkinson Junior High School eighth grader Joshua Brown, 14, won the Clay County Spelling Bee with the word roughhewn in the 18th round. Brown and all area county bee winners compete on Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Florida Times-Union Regional Spelling Bee at the Jacksonville Main Public Library. The winner advances to Mays Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

CLAY Celebrate Clay nominations

The Paul E. and Klare N. Reinhold Foundation Inc. is accepting applications through Friday, Feb. 6, for the 2015 Celebrate Clay awards, recognizing individuals and organizations for their community service. For more, reinhold.net.

FERNANDINA BEACH City commission holds Wednesday workshop

The City Commission holds a workshop from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the Fernandina Beach Golf Course Clubhouse, 2800 Bill Melton Road. The workshop will include a year in review report from the city manager, a presentation on the citys proposed accounting software upgrade and a goal setting exercise. The public is invited.

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