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To the Editor: With manufacturers reporting an exponential increase in telescope sales nationwide, The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature is offering a special workshop to help new astronomers – or even those who need a refresher course – an opportunity to get to know their own scopes. Experts from The Bishop, which offers the […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – There’s a lot that can be said about the year 2020, and while we try not to dwell on bad news, not much of it was good. The best way to sum it up was like this: In January, Australia caught on fire. I don’t even know if that fire was […]
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BY THOMAS J ERVIN, MD – We have somehow made it to the final week of 2020. Humorously it can be said that we can all look back at the first year of the pandemic, with usually accurate 20/20 vision. As we all move into 2021, there is time to consider New Year’s resolutions. This […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – There are few things in Tonya Bramlage’s world that interest her that she hasn’t dove into wholeheartedly. From cooking to nature studies to healthy living, she isn’t one to wait for a class to take or a mentor to follow. Her own words say it best: “I was DIY-ing before it […]
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BY MARK DRISCOLL, CEO OF THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – We are excited to announce the launch of Boca Grande Health Clinic’s newly designed website, bghc.org/. Our goal with this new website is to provide our patients and visitors with an easier way to learn about our team (bghc.org/about/staff/) and our services (bghc.org/about/clinic-services/), and […]
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BY THE GASPARILLA ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION – The Gasparilla Island Water Association’s annual membership meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the Boca Grande Community Center, with three nominations on the floor for executive directorship. Bill Caldwell, III, a current director on GIWA’s board is up for re-election.Another current director,Tom […]
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STAFF REPORT – The history of Boca Grande is full of stories. Some of them are charming, some funny, some outrageous. David Futch has included many of them in his upcoming memoir/history about Boca Grande to be published soon. Prior to that, though, on Tuesday, Jan.19 he’ll be giving the Boca Grande Historical Society a […]
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Dorcas Taylor Amos; bright spirit to those she met, wife, mother, grandmother, died peacefully on December 22, 2020 in Sarasota. She is survived by her husband of 63 yrs., Donald Amos; their children; Ford Amos, of Sarasota and Donna (Robert) Engstrom of Natural Bridge, N.Y.; and grandchildren Unni Amos, Ford Engstrom, Arik Engstrom, and Shannon […]
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On Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 William “Bill” W. Deupree, Jr. passed peacefully surrounded by family in Boca Grande. He lived a full life as a hard-working executive followed by a passionate pursuit of hobbies including hunting and travel. Born July 14, 1941 in Memphis, TN, Bill attended Memphis University School with a robust extracurricular education […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE- For Dr. Richard Novak, a “vacation” in the time of COVID-19 is a bit of an oxymoron, yet he is giving it a try this week at one of his favorite places, Little Gasparilla Island. He heads the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Illinois-Chicago and has led HIV clinical […]