Help decorate downtown Dunedin this season

DUNEDIN

This season, help decorate downtown

The Dunedin Parks & Recreation Department and the Downtown Dunedin Merchants Association are inviting businesses, nonprofits and local organizations to be part of "Operation: Twinkle," a lamppost decorating contest. Official lamppost adopters will be responsible for decorating a pole of their choice downtown. Each pole will be judged by "celebrity judges" from the arts organizations, and winners will be chosen in several categories. The best overall will receive a trophy. Applications are available at Gregory's Salon, 351 Main St.; the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, 301 Main St.; and the Dunedin Community Center, 1920 Pinehurst Road. Call Alicia Castricone at (727) 298-3265 or e-mail anunez@dunedinfl.net.

Elks Lodge hosts free-throw contest

The Dunedin/Clearwater Elks Lodge 1525 will host its annual Free Throw Shooting Contest starting at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center, 550 Laura Lane. Invited to participate are boys and girls ages 8 to 13 who are students from elementary or middle schools in the Clearwater, Dunedin and Palm Harbor areas and have won at their school's or recreation center's elimination contest. Students from these schools who didn't win earlier contests may register at the Recreation Center the day of the shoot. Students from other parts of Pinellas County will be able to participate by contacting the Elks Lodge closest to their schools. Proof of age is required. There will be an awards luncheon at the lodge immediately after the contest. Call Chuck Rulison at (727) 709-0184.

Clearwater

Carwash helps mom on dialysis

A charity carwash and Florida Blood Services bloodmobile event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Countryside Lifestyle Family Fitness, 2591 State Road 580. The events will benefit Cheryl Micallef, mother of two, who is on dialysis and in need of a kidney transplant. Proceeds will help with medical bills and medication expenses. For details, call (727) 251-7114.

Clearwater

Evening featuring author Huse is full

Bookworms take note: "An Evening With the Author featuring Andrew Huse" scheduled for today at the Clearwater Main Library has sold out. But you can still raise money for the Clearwater Library Foundation by ordering his book, The Columbia Restaurant: Celebrating a Century of History, Culture, and Cuisine, through the GFWC Clearwater Community Woman's Club by Nov. 30. Cost: $40 a copy. Call (727) 791-9439.