Port Neches Park has been a busy place this week as organizers of the seventh annual Port Neches RiverFest prepare to get festivities underway. On Wednesday, vendors were setting up food booths and rides for the carnival were being erected.

This is Earth Week, and two Florida theme parks are introducing "green" supplies in some restaurants and lounges.

From fireworks to fabulous food, there's lots to do to celebrate the start of 2009. Plan a great night out and party till dawn, or sit down to a sumptuous, multi-course meal with your friends and family, or mix it up with cultural events.

There are still plenty of ways to celebrate a company's good work -- a ritual that may be even more important as your group prepares to enter what may be a bumpy new year.

Saturday's Ocean to Ocean Beach Bash will be going on from opening at 2 p.m. to closing at 11. All activities are family-oriented at the Gateway Park, near the Ocean-to-Ocean Bridge in downtown Yuma. Admission is $5 per person - children younger than 6 a