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The Boca Grande Art Center is looking for volunteers for the Home Tour. All volunteers receive a 50 percent discount and can attend the tour. Volunteers will be divided into two shifts. It’s a four-hour tour, so the Art Center asks that volunteers arrive at the home prepared to be a docent for two hours. Then they will hand their duties off to the second shift.
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From the time she was a young girl, Deborah “Debby” Hahn always knew she wanted to be a nurse. After earning her nursing degree from the Hawkeye Institute in Waterloo, Iowa, Debby joined the ranks of America’s nurses in a time when women were fighting for equal rights, anti-war sentiments were high, and the Beatles […]
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To the Editor: The Boca Grande Camera Club is excited to bring back The “Photography As Art” Show at the Boca Grande Art Center featuring a record-breaking 22 exhibitors! The public is invited to attend an Opening Wine Reception on Friday, March 4 from 5-7 p.m., followed by exhibit hours on Saturday, March 5, and […]
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To the Editor: On Friday, March 18, A Better Shot Golf Foundation will hold its First Annual Auction. This event will take place the evening before the Better Shot Golf Tournament scheduled for Saturday, March the 19 at Lemon Bay Golf Club. The evening will feature a thrilling performance by Dan Boever, nationally renowned golf […]
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To the Editor: Carroll Swayze and John Mitchell thank all who supported our first annual Grande Art Show held at the Club House of Boca Grande North. Your attendance at the opening reception was overwhelming. Your continued support on Saturday and Sunday has provided a donation to “Kids Needs of Englewood.” We both […]
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There’s a familiar quote, “If you want to get something done, ask a busy person.” Mary Anne Hooker is one of those busy people who knows how to get things done.
“I had a houseguest here last week who I love her to death, but she’s one of those people that likes to put on pajamas and watch a movie. She loves to sit around in her bathrobe in the morning and drink coffee. I don’t even have a bathrobe,” laughed Mary Anne.
Mary Anne’s morning routine is active and bathrobe-free.
“I get up in the morning. I walk my dogs, and I get busy. I like staying busy. It’s important to me.”
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The Literature Forum’s February session featured an animated discussion of Isabel Allende’s “A Long Petal of the Sea,” with presenter Simonetta Balzer providing an excellent analysis of both the book and the author.
The Forum’s upcoming meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 3 in the Houghton Room of the Community Center.
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If you find a sick or injured animal or bird on the island we have a new contact to call. Gina Marie Thomsen works with Friends of Pelicans and has agreed to take over procurement and transport of these birds and animals. She is also the new point of contact person at Peace River Wildlife. […]
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We’ve always heard that it’s better to own than to rent, but now you can also own where you store your vehicles, too. If you’ve recently been to the car show that is held on the first Saturday of each month in Englewood, you might have seen or spoken with Mitch Mesenberg of Michael Saunders Realty in the parking lot of Vino Loco. Cars and motorcycles are two of Mitch’s personal hobbies, and this location is a perfect place to talk to other fellow collectors and enthusiasts.
It was his excitement about vehicles that led him to his current listing 7205 Gasparilla Road, the location where Gasparilla Hideaway Luxury Garage Condos are under construction. The property owner had the vision and approached Mitch some years ago with questions about his homes4chrome.com website.
Mitch said he’s getting the most interest from individuals who have “more cars than space.” According to Mitch, “It is really fun when you’re able to combine your hobby with your work.”
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Plexiglass has gotten a lot more use in the last two years than ever before thanks to COVID, but now you see more and more of it being discarded. Local artist Gail Cleveland found some pieces that were headed to the dump and took advantage of a true artistic – and recyclable – moment. Using an old art form with a new twist, she is painting with acrylic on the polymer sheets … and saving the universe and the environment a little bit of grief as well.