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Lemon Bay Conservancy tags first tarpon at park

27 January 2012 Marcy Shortuse

On Saturday, Jan. 21 volunteers and scientsts from Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida Fish and Wildlife and other organizations gathered at Wildflower Preserve to see what kinds of wildlife are emerging at the newly-created conservation area.

Sein nets hauled in the ponds and creeks, caught fish such as warmouth, sunfish, bluegill, mosquitofish and snook .

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Speaker changed for February 1 Garden Club meeting, speaker Nancy Clark dies unexpectedly

27 January 2012 Marcy Shortuse

Nancy Clarke, a speaker who had been slated to speak at the February meeting of the Boca Grande Garden Club, died January 14 at a hospital in Richmond, Va. She was 66.

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Boca Grande’s Lew Hastings gives invocation, leads Pledge at Ft. Myers Gingrich event

27 January 2012 Marcy Shortuse

Lee County Republican Party leaders contacted Boca Grande Chamber Director Lew Hastings Tuesday morning, Jan. 24, with a big request. They asked if he could come down to Fort Myers that afternoon and lead the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance just prior to Newt Gingrich’s speech in front of approximately 1,500 people.

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Art Alliance to host Andrew Wyeth lecture, Camera Club show

27 January 2012 Marcy Shortuse

The Boca Grande Camera Club will present their third “Photography as Art” Show at the Boca Grande Art Alliance on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 28 and 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The opening reception will be tonight, Friday, Jan. 27 from 5 to 7 p.m.

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And the big winner of the 30-day toll pass is ...

27 January 2012 Marcy Shortuse

The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority has announced the winner of the 30-day toll pass that stemmed from the Wilbur-Smith toll survey last month. The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority has announced the winner of the 30-day toll pass that stemmed from the Wilbur-Smith toll survey last month.