Author: Marcy Shortuse

Waymarking: It’s all about the hunt

June 24, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY TONYA BRAMLAGE – Looking for adventure? Waymarking is an interactive, creative, and fun way to adventure and explore new places. A waymark is a physical location anywhere on the planet marked...

OBITUARY: Joe Anderson

June 24, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Obituaries

Joe (Joseph) Anderson, husband of Yvonne Anderson, CEO of the Boca Grande Club, died on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Joe died very peacefully at the Hospice house with Yvonne and his daughter, Stella, by...

Too close for comfort with a hammerhead shark

June 24, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Recently a Boca Grande hammerhead made the news in our area for creating a scene on a local beach. Yes, we said “on” the beach, not “near” the beach. That’s because this particular...

Bombenger named as 2021 recipient of Jay Joiner belt buckle

According to Capt. Waylon Mills, president of the Boca Grande Fishing Guides Association, Capt. Chad Bombenger will receive the 2021 Jay Joiner Memorial Belt Buckle. Bombenger had seven releases this...

Lemon Bay Golf Club, giving kids ‘A Better Shot’

BY T MICHELE WALKER – When looking for a quality camp for children, there are certain tell-tale signs that you’ve found the right place. For example, when you walk in while the campers are on...

Summer is here! Here are five tips to make it a healthy one

BY THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – Sunday, June 20, marked the official start to summer for all of us that live north of the equator. The June solstice is when Earth arrives at the point in its...

The healing power of music therapy in correlation with brain health

BY T MICHELE WALKER – Science is finally catching up with what musicians have known since the dawn of time. Singing heals and is beneficial for our emotional, physical, and cognitive well-being. Ruth...

PROFILE: RAY AND ILIENE CORCORAN

June 22, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Profiles

BY T MICHELE WALKER – If you’re one of the lucky ones, you meet the love of your life and you just know that they’re the “one.” Ray Corcoran is one of the lucky ones. He met his wife at the young...

Flyin Hawaiian team takes first and more for $50,600 prize in 2021 World’s Richest

Congratulations to the team on the Flyin Hawaiian for winning first place and $50,600 in the 2021 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament! They got the first place money, plus the cash prizes...

GIKC releases slim, but fun was big!

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The skies were gray and the bite was sporadic in the 2021 Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament, held on the afternoon of Saturday, June 5, but the Riley Irrigation...