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Tuesday, Oct. 16, is the deadline for work to be delivered to the Cedar Key Arts Center on Second Street for its upcoming show. The open media show will be the first community wide event of the season. Any media is accepted and prizes will be awarded.

There will be a Fall Festival in the Park brought to you by some of the Cedar Key area churches and businesses on Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 4-7 p.m. Fun in the form of candy, games, prizes and food (hot dogs, drinks and chips) will be provided. Costumes are not required for children to attend the event, but, if worn, they should not be scary nor should they be suggestive.

By A.B. Sidibe

Special to the Beacon

CEDAR KEY — It is written large on the faces of the hard-scrabble oystermen and women.

Their skin deeply browned and creased from years, days and hours of exposure to the unrelenting and lingering Florida sun.

The Levy County tourism director has learned that marketing money from BP is available to promote tourism and Florida fresh seafood and she is going after it despite a short deadline.