community

golf team try outs
Creekside High School will have the boys and girls Golf Team Try outs the week of Aug. 19. All interested students must contact Coach LaVercombe by Aug. 1 via e-mail at elliott.golf@gmail.com. Summer Golf Camp for Creekside High School boys and girls is Aug. 11-15 at South Hampton. Discount will be available for Creekside students. E-mail Coach LaVercombe to sign up. Boys golf coach is Elliott M. LaVercombe and girls golf coach is Michael Chancellor, chancem@stjohns.k12.fl.us.

st. johns travel team
The St. Johns Travel Team Wildcats are still looking for football players and cheerleaders. The cut off date has been extended to July 7 for the invitation for 12-14 year old to attend the free summer camp. Practice location is Palencia, 6-8 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. For more information call (904) 292-1571 ext. 439 or visit www.stjohnstravelball.com.

old fashion camp
July 6, 10:30 a.m. come and enjoy an Old Fashioned Camp Meeting and Church Picnic! We will have just one service on that Sunday with great praise music and a chance to call out requests for your favorite hymns. After a fun time of worship, we will share a picnic together with hot dogs and drinks and invite you to bring your favorite picnic side dish to share. Most of the chairs will be moved from the center of the sanctuary, so you can bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on. (There will be chairs available for those who prefer them). This will be a fantastic opportunity to all come together at the same time as a church family! River of Life, United Methodist Church, 2600 Race Track Road, St. Johns. (904) 230-2955.

new park in durbin crossing
A new 35-acre park system is now open to the public at Durbin Crossing, in the northwest corner of beautiful St. Johns County. Durbin Crossing Park features recreational areas, including baseball and multipurpose fields, and plenty of leisure space for visitors to enjoy the natural beauty of the park. Veterans Park, which is located on the northwest side of the community, has numerous soccer fields, a skate park and the first dog park in the area. The Creeks Athletic Association, hosts all Creeks Lacrosse and Julington Creeks baseball educational camps, practices, games and tournaments at the recreational fields at the new parks. Community activities, like the Creeks Art & Musical Festival, also attract a wide-range of visitors from both St. John’s and Duval Counties. Located off of St. Johns Parkway or County Road 2209.

st. johns travel team
The St. Johns Travel Team Wildcats are still looking for football players and cheerleaders. The cut off date has been extended to July 7 for the invitation for 12-14 year old to attend the free summer camp. Practice location is Palencia, 6-8 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. For more information call (904) 292-1571 ext. 439 or visit www.stjohnstravelball.com.

golf team try outs
Creeside High School will have the boys and girls Golf Team Try outs the week of Aug. 19. All interested students must contact Coach LaVercombe by Aug. 1 via email at elliott.golf@gmail.com. Summer Golf Camp for Creekside High School boys and girls is Aug. 11-15 at South Hampton. Discount will be available for Creekside students. E-mail Coach LaVercombe to sign up. Boys golf coach is Elliott M. LaVercombe and girls golf coach is Michael Chancellor, chancem@stjohns.k12.fl.us.

graduates appointed to service academies

U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., announced this week he was appointing three northwest St. Johns County high school graduates to the United States service academies. The appointees are:

book donations
Today, 9:30 a.m. to noon, donate books at the Bartram Trail Branch Library. Donated books will go to needy families through Habitat for Humanity, soldiers serving in Iraq and to monthly book sales to help raise money for the library. All donations are tax deductible. Also join us for the book sale sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Located at 60 Davis Pond Blvd., Fruit Cove. Friends of the Library is a non-profit group of volunteers dedicated to supporting the library and its efforts to serve the community. For more information, contact Louann at (904) 287-4218.

vaccinations
Rising 7th grade students must have the DPT booster prior to beginning the 2008-2009 school year. Schools have received several questions regarding the required vaccinations for middle grade students. For more information about immunizations go to www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/depts/health/Immunization.

summer junior golf clinic
June 16 through Aug. 7, The Champions Club at Julington Creek offers an eight week junior golf program. One hour session on a selected day Monday through Thursday. Each week introduces the players to a new fundamental; putting, chipping and pitching, iron play, driver and fairway metal, course etiquette, bunker play and review. Tournament at the end of the sessions and an award ceremony. The goal is to introduce the fundamentals of the game of golf to young players, along with life goals of honesty, character, integrity and etiquette that are associated with the game. Cost is $150. For more information call (904) 287-4653.

vacation bible school
June 22-27, 6:15 to 8:45 p.m. the River of Life United Methodist Church will hold vacation bible school. The program, Power Lab by Group Publishing, is open to all children three years old (toilet trained) through rising 5th grade for the school year 2008-2009. Cost is $10 per child or $20 per family. Contact the office at (904) 230-2955 or visit www.RiverOfLifeUMC.com. Located at 2600 Race Track Road, St. Johns.

free concert
June 21, 7 to 9 p.m. the Christian Band Redemption will perform at Mandarin Lutheran Church. Concert is open to all. Bring a friend. Free will offering. Located at 11900 San Jose Blvd. (904) 268-4591.

passages
July 28 and 29, a two day orientation program that prepares the new middle school girl for the middle school experience, positively changing nervousness to self confidence. Your daughter does not have to be a Girl Scout to attend, but does have to be enrolled as a student for Fruit Cove Middle School for the 2008-2009 school year. Cost is $35. Contact Kerry Hale at 5hale@comcast.net for more information.

language exploration enrichment camp
June 23 through July 3, The Language Exploration Enrichment holds a camp at Durbin Creek Elementary School. Camp includes Spanish lesson, materials, crafts, games, cynch bag, t-shirt, field trip and mini theater show. Fee is $245. Come be a Star! For more information contact (904) 657-1918 or e-mail LEEStjohns@aol.com.

drug discount cards
June 9, the county will introduce a discount card program to help consumers cope with the high price of prescription drugs. The county has signed a contract to make free prescription drug discount cards available under a program sponsored by the National Association of Counties (NACo) that offers average savings of 20 percent off the retail price of commonly prescribed drugs.
The cards may be used by all county residents, regardless of age, income, or existing health coverage. An estimated 90 percent of the county’s pharmacies will accept the NACo card, and a national network of more than 59,000 participating retail pharmacies also will honor it. For more information contact (904) 209-0549.