ISLAND HAPPENINGS

    In addition to headline events like the Shrimp Festival and the Bausch & Lomb Championships, Amelia Island has several more happenings during the spring.

   A Home & Garden Tour to benefit Micah's Place will be held on April 3 and 4. The event will include a tour of four private homes on Amelia Island Plantation, a picnic lunch on the porch of the new Spa and  Shops and discounts up to 20% at selected Plantation shops. All proceeds will benefit Micah's Place, which is being developed as a shelter for victims of domestic violence in Nassau County. Tickets may be purchased at Summer Beach Golf Club, Alexander's book store, Front & Centre and other locations TBA. Please call 277-0876 or 277-1155 for more information.

The cover of the new  Woman's Club cookbook.
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     There is a new local cookbook available on Amelia Island. The Woman's Club of Fernandina Beach has just released a cookbook containing an array of recipes contributed by club members. It is bound in a handsome vinyl cover and features original artwork by local artist Diana Tyson on the covers and on the eight section dividers found inside the book. Also included is historical information about Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island and the Woman's Club.
   The cookbooks are $18, plus $3.50 for S & H. To order, please call 261-6088 or 261-4783, or stop by the Woman's Club at 201 Jean Lafitte Ave.

   More book news ... The Nassau County Writer's and Poets Society will be publishing a new book this summer. They are soliciting submissions for this book from area writers. The subject of the new book, Amelia...I Hear The Whisper, is Amelia Island and its effect, impression, or emotional feeling it gives you as a writer or poet. Deadline for submissions is April 1. For details, send a SASE to: NCWP, 994 Blackmon Road, Yulee, FL, 32097.

The Beachside Motel on South Fletcher Avenue
celebrates its 25th anniversary this May.
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    Finally, the month of May marks the 25th anniversary of the Beachside Motel, a family-owned tradition since 1977. Amelia Island natives Joy and Jerry Kight are second generation owners. The Beachside Motel was built on land originally purchased by Jerry's father (who built a hotel across the street in the 1950's). In this era of large-scale vacation resorts, the Beachside's personalized customer service helps them stand apart. Over 80 percent of their business is from repeat customers, some of whom stayed at the Beachside Motel during its opening year. For more information on the anniversary celebration, please call 261-4236.