This date in the Boca Beacon: Beach Club razed

FIVE YEARS AGO

Hope for Haitians and Food for the Poor wrapped up their fundraising for the year, exceeding their goal.

TEN YEARS AGO

The Boca Grande Art Center was full of children’s feet as The Island School held its critically acclaimed Art Exhibit.

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

Lee County “iguana tax” panel members voted to end their relationship with the United States Department of Agriculture and hire a private trapping firm.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

A fire damaged two homes in Boca Bay and destroyed a third, a loss of over $1.5 million.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO 

The Florida Bureau of Marine Enforcement increased its presence in the Boca Grande Pass during tarpon season to enforce the tarpon tag law.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

The Third Annual Fingers O’Bannon Memorial Invitational Snook Tournament was held at Cabbage Key raising $25,000 for the Florida Gulf Coast University.

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

Charlotte County’s Board of Commissioners voted to approve a county-wide recycling program that would include Gasparilla Island.

FORTY YEARS AGO

The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club was razed to be replaced with a bath house, tennis pavilion, dining pavilion, a great room, an open lounge and a caretaker’s quarters.

FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

An American Express commercial was shot on Cayo Costa. The commercial was to be shown in Quebec, in French.