There is a new face at the Boca Grande Health Clinic. Say “hello” to the new registered nurse, Lindsay Dalton. Nurse Lindsay has been a part of the clinic staff for about a month and is excited to…
There is a special place in Susan McKenzie’s heart for second-graders. She loves teaching all elementary grades, but second-graders have a “special wonderment” about them. “There is an excitement to…
When you walk into Gretchen Hughes’ kindergarten room at The Island School, you will know you are in a magical place. There is nothing ordinary about this entrance into formal education. Gretchen wa…
Kelly’s spent a lifetime working with kids, and their lives are better for it
Kelly Carpenter has no children of her own, yet she has hundreds. She is the new director of the Boca Grande Prescho…
Sheila Evans knew Boca Grande as the premier swimming beach in the area, and she made a point to bring visitors to see the sand, the lighthouse and the beautiful turquoise waters whenever she could…
Ken Burnette wants to die in Boca Grande – but not for a good long time. He and his wife, Barbara, have fallen in love with Boca Grande and want to live in this town, on this island, until the…
July 1 marks a starting point in the liturgical year for those in the United Methodist tradition. Not coincidentally, it is also common for new Methodist pastors to begin their service on the first…
Responsibility is something Ken Fortney learned from a young age … and has never shirked from. He will be 97 next month and he is still working. Ken is that wise golfer you see in The Gasparilla I…
Elaine Williams probably woke up around 1:30 a.m. this morning, but, unlike a week or so ago, today she could roll over and go back to sleep. Elaine is now retired. Her role as the iconic newspaper…
By Emerson Wickwire
Emerson Wickwire and his wife Barbara have been Boca Grande residents for more than 25 years. These are his thoughts about what it has been like to watch the changes that have…
