5 Things to Know This Weekend

Coastal Cleanup: There is a Tampa Bay International Coastal Cleanup tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 17 at 9 a.m. at the Gulfport Beach. Volunteers should meet just west of the Gulfport Casino Ballroom. For more information call 533-0402. There is another cleanup scheduled for October 15, 2011, at Clam Bayou at 9 a.m.

Volunteers Needed: So49 is recruiting volunteers for the upcoming 4^th Annual Tangerine Blues Fest! Volunteers will receive an orientation before the September 24^th event and opportunities include, but are not limited to; entrance monitoring, parking, beer truck and ticket booth.  This year promises to be bigger and better than last year and will again benefit All Children’s Hospital of St. Pete. Volunteer opportunities will be in a variety of areas so get your spot now! Contact Walt Dill at so49web@aol.com or you can call him at 727-515-4941.

How Are You Spending Your Weekend?: If you're looking for things to do in and near Gulfport, check out our calendar on Gulfport Patch. We've also put together a grab and go list of events in "GET OUT: Weekend Events Preview".

9 Chickens Positive For Virus: Pinellas County Mosquito Control has confirmed five additional sentinel chickens have tested positive for St. Louis encephalitis which brings the total to nine sentinel chickens that tested positive for the virus. The sentinel chickens that were confirmed positive were kept at the North County Maintenance Yard in Palm Harbor (2), Sawgrass Lake Park in St. Petersburg (1), Walsingham Park in Seminole (3), the Oldsmar Sewage Treatment Plan in Oldsmar (2) and the Keller Water Treatment Facility in Tarpon Springs (1). For more information, check out the Pinellas County Government's website.

Weekend Forecast: Saturday we have a 20% chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. Otherwise, mostly sunny with a high near 90. Expect an east northeast wind around 8 mph. Tonight, a 20% chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy with a low around 78. An east northeast wind around 11 mph. Sunday, we have a 30% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny with a high near 90. East northeast wind between 8 and 11 mph. Sunday night, a 20% chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy with a low around 76. An east northeast wind between 13 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.