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To the Editor: This is your VIP invitation to the Boca Grande Scramble Golf Tournament, scheduled for Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 at The Gasparilla Golf Club in Boca Grande. As in past years, this is the major fundraiser for the Boca Grande Chamber Scholarship Fund and The Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce. Your involvement in […]
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The Barrier Island Parks Society will host The Lightkeeper’s Open, a Gasparilla Island Lighthouse charity golf outing, on Monday, Oct. 17 at The Gasparilla Inn Golf Course. Registration will begin at 11 a.m., and a 50/50 putting contest will be held at noon. Shotgun start of the tournament will be at 12:30 p.m. The tournament […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Precinct 18 at the Boca Grande Community Center logged approximately 70 voters in on August 30 primary. Many of them, it appears, were Rubio and Benacquisto supporters. In the Republican United States Senatorial race, Lee County island residents cast 48 votes for Marco Rubio, 3 for Carlos Beruff, 3 for Dwight […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association volunteers are reporting damage left from Tropical Storm Hermine, as well as several more incidents regarding predators interfering with sea turtle nests and hatchlings recently. According to one patroller, as of Thursday afternoon, Sept. 1, there were only 22 nests left. About 19 of those were […]
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■ STAFF REPORT A golf cart bench seat and four golf cart chargers were stolen from a place of business in the 1300 block of East Railroad Avenue sometime in the last few weeks. On Friday, Aug. 26 a Lee County Deputy spoke with the complainant at the location, who stated that the carts and […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE On June 19 of this year, Billy Pfannkuch’s life changed dramatically as he and his best friend, Dylan Gonzalez, were involved in a very serious boating accident in the waters near Eldred’s Marina. While Billy was seriously injured, Dylan’s injuries were extreme, and he passed away. To honor Dylan’s memory, Billy […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN There is a new face at The Island School this year, and she’ll be providing an important resource for students and their families this school year. , the new school counselor at the school, was born in Merton, Wisconsin. After graduating from high school, she attended the University of Wisconsin in […]
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Carolyn Smith Frederick died peacefully on August 30, while at her summer home of many years on Walloon Lake in Northern Michigan. She was born in Indianapolis, IN. in 1928 to Dr. David L. Smith and Harriet Badger Smith. She was predeceased by her sister, Marcia Knowles. She is survived by her husband of sixty-seven […]
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■ BY LEW AUSTIN HASTINGS – Water. Water is the giver of life. Mni Wiconi in Lakota. Without water life ends. So it should be no surprise that one community has chosen to defend their water as they would defend their lives and in the process has attracted others to join them in solidarity. That […]
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If you’re interested in hitting the links at the Gasparilla Inn & Club’s Pete Dye-designed golf course, this is your VIP invitation to the Boca Grande Scramble Golf Tournament, scheduled for Monday, Oct. 10. Last year the tournament was sold out, so now is the time to get your team registered. As in past years, this […]