Saturday, November 7, 2009

MARATHON

Skydivers here for weekend

The skies over Marathon were filled with parachutes on Friday, and will be so again today and Sunday.

That's because about 100 skydivers from the group Skydive Sebastian set up shop Friday at the Florida Keys Marathon Airport to conduct jumps all day Friday, today and Sunday.

Amanda Ownens, with Skydive Sebastian, said the jumping crews are starting about 8 a.m. each morning, and concluding at sunset.

The event was brought back to Marathon after a two-year hiatus.

KEY WEST

Fish fry dinner for charity

The local chapter of Team in Training will host a fish fry starting at 6 p.m. today at Dante's, 951 Caroline St., to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Tickets are $20 at the door. The fish fry dinner includes salad, black beans and rice, pasta salad and fresh Alaskan halibut caught by a local fisherman on a recent trip to Alaska. A silent auction, 50/50 raffle and live music also will be offered. All proceeds benefit the society, which funds research and helps those diagnosed with leukemia or lymphoma, including several families in the Florida Keys.

ISLAMORADA

Annual Corvette show today

Corvette aficionados can find decades' worth of examples of the American sports car at the 16th annual Corvettes in Paradise show today at Holiday Isle Resort, Mile Marker 84, oceanside.

David McLellan is scheduled to be a special guest at the show. McLellan was Corvette's second chief engineer, serving from 1975 until his retirement in 1992. Registration starts at 8 a.m., judging at 11:30 a.m. and awards will be given out at 4:30 p.m. There also will be a 50/50 drawing and raffle. Some of the proceeds will go toward scholarships for Keys students pursuing an automotive education. For more information, go to http://www.flkeyscorvetteclub.com.