Don Bachardy and Robert Phillips will headline the 9th annual meeting of the Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers set for April 20 and 21 at University of South Alabama-Baldwin Campus. The conference will also feature 70 other novelists, short story writers, poets, screenwriters and nonfiction writers from 40 universities. The conference is open to the public. The 6th Semi-Annual Showcase of the Kickin Cane Dancers is April 25 in the Bryant High School Auditorium. For more information, call 431-8630.
Admission is free and open to the public, and all ages are welcome.
The Semmes Heritage Park day is May 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. across from Semmes Middle School on Wulff and Nursery Roads. Activities include family tours of restored school and chapel, food, children s games, cake sale, live entertainment and much more. All funds raised will benefit the facilities continued operation. The 2001 Animal Rescue Run is May 5 at 8 a.m. at the Daphne Satellite Fire Station. Dr. Monty Graham , senior marine scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, is looking for volunteers to participate in a 12-month program monitoring jellyfish along waterways of coastal Alabama and Mississippi.