Sarasota News Leader
December 13, 2013
Page 83
UPCOMING SANDY CLAWS BEACH RUN OFFERS FUN FOR ALL
The 37th annual Sandy Claws Beach Run
sponsored by the Sarasota County Parks
and Recreation Department is scheduled for
Saturday, Dec. 14, at Siesta Key Public Beach,
county staff is reminding the public.
and return a registration form available at any
county recreation center, library or government building, the release adds.
Awards will be presented to the first- through
sixth-place finishers in each age group, the
release continues. First- through third-place
finishers will receive trophies, and fourththrough sixth-place finishers will receive
ribbons.
Same-day registration is $30 for the 5K race
and $20 for the fun run. Race-day registration
will open at 7 a.m., a news release notes. The
fun run will begin at 8 a.m., with the 5K race
starting at 8:20 a.m. The event, sanctioned and All registered 5K participants will be entered
co-sponsored by the Manasota Track Club, into a raffle drawing for great prizes, the
will use MyLaps bib timing, the release notes. release points out.
Those interested in participating may prereg- For more information, call the Sarasota Call
ister online at www.scgov.net or complete Center at 861-5000 or visit www.scgov.net.
PUBLIC INVITED TO TIME CAPSULE CELEBRATION ON DEC. 14
Community members are invited to join in
Sarasota County's Viva Florida 500 Time
Capsule interment celebration Saturday,
Dec. 14, at 10 a.m. at Historic Spanish Point,
located at 337 No. Tamiami Trail in Osprey,
the county has announced.
donated at each of the nine county libraries,
including Osprey Library at Historic Spanish
Point, the release points out.
The keynote speaker will be long-time
Sarasota County resident Delilah Wallenda
Troffer, "an internationally acclaimed aerial
The Sarasota County Libraries and Historical performer," the release continues.
Resources departments, along with the
"We are thrilled that Delilah agreed to speak at
county's Historical Commission, which are
this event," said Lorrie Muldowney, Sarasota
partners in the time capsule project, are hostCounty Historical Resources Department
ing the event, a news release says. The project
manager, in the release. "The Wallenda famis part of the Florida Department of State's
ily is not only a huge part of Sarasota County
Viva Florida 500 campaign, which celebrates
history; they have helped make history in our
the 500th anniversary of the discovery of
community."
Florida by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce De
Leon in 1513, the release notes.
Following the celebration, the public is invited
to go on guided tours of Historic Spanish
The time capsule includes a variety of memPoint. Those tours will begin at 11:30 a.m.
orabilia from contemporary Sarasota County,
the release adds. Among the items that will be For more information, visit www.scgov.net
encapsulated until 2071 is a Florida panther's or contact the Sarasota County Call Center at
paw in plaster of Paris. Many of the items were 861-5000.
