Author: Sheila Evans

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Boca Bay’s new community manager, Emma Doras

June 6, 2024
Sheila Evans
Profiles

Emma Doras has only been at the Boca Bay Associations for about three weeks, but she brings good experience and a love for Boca Grande with her as the new community association manager and general...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Teejay Alderdice, From Canada glaciers to Coral Creek

He’s a little tired of talking about himself, but Teejay Alderdice agreed to do it one more time for a Boca Beacon profile. He has just completed a long and intensive application process to become...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Ana Maria Eyrich, Family Ministry at Lighthouse United

May 23, 2024
Sheila Evans
Profiles

If a church wanted to show the ideal family to represent what they want its family-centered ministry to look like, they could not have done a better job than the Lighthouse United Methodist Church...

Bridge election registration deadline approaches

May 20, 2024
Sheila Evans
Community, News

Running for a local office on Gasparilla Island is sometimes more complicated than one might expect. Because there are two counties on the island, if an elected board, like the Gasparilla Island Bridge...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Urbanist & rebuilder of the Nation’s Capital

Boca Grande is very close to being a perfect community. That’s the personal and professional opinion of Oliver T. Carr, who has owned a home in Boca Grande for 20 years, and has been developing homes,...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: 24/7 local bait anchored off Three Sisters

There is a synergy between what Nelson Smith Groome IV does and what the fisherpeople of Boca Grande do. One would have a hard time surviving without the other. They certainly would not be as successful...

Youth leader celebrated at Lighthouse United

Kathy Peters led the Lighthouse United Methodist congregation in honoring and encouraging this year’s high school and fifth grade graduates, as well as providing personal Bibles for the third graders...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Attorney, author and Southern storyteller

April 25, 2024
Sheila Evans
Profiles

Jo Hackl, building grit Jo and Bob Hackl love Boca Grande and appreciate the sense of “intellectual curiosity” and “generosity” they feel when on the island. They enjoy the movies at the Community...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Haiti deserves a break

April 19, 2024
Sheila Evans
Profiles

Ben and Louise Scott are not preachers; they are business people. Ben was a very successful owner of multiple franchises with McDonald’s Restaurants until his retirement in 2001. They know who has...

Earth Day features Bass Labs talk, events in Cedar Point

Earth Day is Monday, April 22 this year. This year’s theme is “Planet vs. Plastics,” which casts a spotlight on the issue of plastic pollution. Organizers are calling for a 60-percent reduction in...