Author: Sheila Evans

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Effie Joiner

Author George Bernard Shaw famously claimed youth was wasted on the young. Apparently, he never met Effie Joiner, because she is not wasting a moment of her youth. Effie is not yet 27 but is putting...

Bayou bridge might be gone by the end of the year, GIWA says

July 13, 2023
Sheila Evans
News

The Gasparilla Island Water Association’s “Bayou Bridge” will be dismantled by the first of the year – and maybe sooner, according to GIWA Executive Director Ron Bolton. The low bridge is on 7th Street,...

‘Bully Patrol’ author talks about the latest books in the series

July 13, 2023
Sheila Evans
Community, News

Kathy Auman has a fan club. The members are mostly young children, but many are also the parents of these children. For those who are not familiar with Kathy and what the fan club is all about,...

Second Honor Flight scheduled for October of this year

July 13, 2023
Sheila Evans
News

Southwest Florida Honor Flight (SWFL) has just announced it is hosting a second Honor Flight this year. The first one was in May (and included Boca Beacon publisher Dusty Hopkins), and this next one...

If only love was enough … Suncoast helps newborn pups who lost their mama

June 29, 2023
Sheila Evans
Community

The call went out last week. Suncoast Humane Society was in desperate need of people who could foster newborn, fragile puppies. The mother of these puppies came to Suncoast in desperate need. She was...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT – Firefighter Stephen Collison

June 29, 2023
Sheila Evans
News, Profiles

Firefighter Stephen Collison is still pinching himself, hoping his job at the Boca Grande Fire Department is not a cruel joke. He was hired on April 1, so he’s pretty sure by now it’s no April Fool’s...

Saying goodbye to Father Carosella won’t be easy

Fr. Jerome Carosella has been the pastor of Boca Grande’s Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church for more than half of the time he has been a priest. He was ordained 60 years ago and has been pastor on...

Local couple with island ties asks for assistance as cancer makes their tough times even worse

June 22, 2023
Sheila Evans
News

Rick Andersen is a local master carpenter and author of two children’s books. His creativity is being put to the test now, though, as he tries to build a path to the future. Rick was diagnosed with...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Rev. Daphne Johnson

June 22, 2023
Sheila Evans
Profiles

There is a new face, a new style, but an old soul coming to the Lighthouse United Methodist congregation in Boca Grande. The Reverend Daphne Johnson has been named the new pastor, following the year-long...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Paul and Renata Rozmus

June 8, 2023
Sheila Evans
Profiles

If you happen to be in Boca Grande in the daytime on a Monday or Wednesday, you may be intrigued by the playful or plaintive sound of a lone flute wafting on the air currents. It is not your imagination....