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■ STAFF REPORT More than $230,000 was awarded this week to 20 local nonprofit organizations through the 2018 Community Grant Program of the Boca Grande Woman’s Club. The announcement was made following the Club’s annual meeting on April 2. In addition to the community grants, the Club provided scholarships for 55 students, totaling more than […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Barrier Island Parks Society Board of Directors discussed the 2018 Giving Challenge at their monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 4. The 2018 Giving Challenge is presented by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, with giving strengthened by The Patterson Foundation. The Patterson Foundation will be matching all donations of up […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Friends of Boca Grande Community Center announce that applications for the Dee Wheeler Children’s Fund Scholarships for Lee County Summer Camp are now being accepted. You can obtain an application from the Friends office at the Community Center or by emailing D.J. Keisling at djkeisling@friendsofbocagrande.org. The deadline for submitting the application and […]
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A Celebration of Life for Freddy M. Futch, who died on February 13, 2018, will be held this Saturday, April 7 at 1 p.m. at the Crowninshield Community House on Banyan Street. Freddy was born on January 10, 1933 on Gasparilla Island, the sixth child of Rayford “Sug” Futch and Pearl Lowe Futch. His early […]
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It was a crazy day at Boca Grande Marina on Wednesday, April 4 as deputies were called there at 2 p.m. to stop a boat theft in progress. In the end, they found a stolen car as well. According to Lee County Sheriff’s Office reports island deputies were called to the marina, located on Harbor […]
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■BY SUE ERWIN The Live Poets’ Society of Boca Grande will present the fourth “Poetry in the Garden” event on Friday, April 13 at 4 p.m. at the Johann Fust Community Library. The biennial events have been happening since 2012. The gathering is being organized by Alice Gorman and Lyndsay Major. Eleven artists will present […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The annual meeting for members of the Boca Grande Historical Society, Inc. has been called for Thursday, April 19. It will convene at 4:30 p.m. in the Woman’s Club Room at the Boca Grande Community Center. Agenda: Call to order Minutes of the last annual meeting Financial report President’s report Membership report […]
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■BY SUE ERWIN Boots Tolsdorf gave a presentation on James Browning Wyeth’s art at the Boca Grande Community Center on Tuesday, April 3. “I’m here to share the feelings and emotions Jamie had for his work,” she said. Wyeth was born in 1946 and grew up on his family’s farm in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Known […]
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■ The Local Color Art Show was held at Whidden’s Marina on Saturday, March 31 and included artists Beth and Melissa Perkins, Carroll Swayze, Rich Fizer, Patti Middleton, Daniel Godwin, Melissa Steyer, Elayne Sears, William Tod and Stuart Hoeckel. Photos by Marcy
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■ STAFF REPORT Karen Larsen’s enthusiastic presentation of “Dancing at the Rascal Fair” was enjoyed by a responsive group at the Literature Forum March meeting. The Forum’s upcoming gathering on Thursday, April 12 will feature longtime presenter Davis Hammond leading a discussion of “Loving,” by English novelist Henry Green. Set during World War II in […]