BEACHES Gulliford to speak at Beaches Watch

Jacksonville City Councilman Bill Gulliford will be the guest speaker at the Beaches Watch meeting, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, at the Beaches Branch Library, 600 3rd St., Neptune Beach. For more, beacheswatch.com.

BEACHES 40th Winter Beach Run

The 40th annual Winter Beach Run will be noon Saturday, Jan. 31 at the Sea Walk Pavilion, 1st Street North and 1st Avenue North, Jacksonville Beach. For more, 1stplacesports.com

CLAY Character education expert to speak

St. Johns Country Day School, 3100 Doctors Lake Drive, Orange Park, will host Hal Urban, an internationally known teacher and lecturer, about character education at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, at its Pace Lecture Hall. For more, (904) 264-9572.

CLAY Local high school in London parade

The Fleming Island High School band is in London, England, for the New Years Day Parade. The parade can be seen on BBC.

FERNANDINA BEACH Audubon honors local couple

Audubon Florida gave the Guy Bradley Award to Patrick and Doris Leary of Fernandina Beach during the 2014 Audubon Assembly in Stuart. The award is given to someone who makes extraordinary contributions to the conservation of Floridas birdlife, named for Audubon Warden Guy Bradley, killed by poachers while protecting nesting wading birds in the Everglades in 1905. The Learys are experts in surveying shorebirds under field conditions, and they have assembled datasets on rare and declining coastal birds. Patrick Leary said they are humbled and honored that Audubon acknowledged their efforts.

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