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■ BY SUE ERWIN This year’s Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament was an extra-special one, with 41 boats releasing 33 tarpon and $22,960 in prize money given to three winning teams. The artwork to commemorate Ladies Day was very special as well. Created by artist Brendan Coudal, the rendering portrays […]
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Anglers asked to please stow their gear, secure their vessels in light of large number of marine thefts in our area ■ STAFF REPORT Because of recent thefts of fishing tackle around the island, both the Charlotte and Lee County Sheriff’s Offices are asking anglers and captains to make sure they remove gear from their […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Persistent and adventurous is a perfect description for Capt. Parker O’Bannon. He is a sixth-generation Floridian born in Fort Myers and raised in Boca Grande. He is an only child, and he follows in the footsteps of 100 years of notable O’Bannon guides spanning four generations, who have hunted and fished all over […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Lee County Planning approached the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board at their monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 8 with three projects on the agenda, but one stood out as a point of contention and spurred conversation that lasted well over an hour. Coincidentally, it was also one of the first home […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The 145th Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs shocked many fans who watched the race when judges ruled that Maximum Security was disqualified, but one of our local horses that ran still did well. Despite a late scare from island resident William Farish’s thoroughbred Code of Honor, Maximum Security crossed […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Lauren Hanrahan once taught kindergarten at The Island School. Now she teaches third grade at Englewood Elementary School. She has a three-year-old daughter and a 7-month-old son, and she recently returned to school after maternity leave, but she also received some serious news from the doctor at that time. Lauren was […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The annual Lemon Bay Touchdown Club Golf Tournament is planned for Saturday, May 18 at the Rotonda Golf & Country Club Hills course. This tournament will be a four-person scramble. The shotgun start will be at 8:30 a.m., and the cost is $75 per player. To register, contact Holly Haynes at (941) […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Tricia Heaton describes herself as a needlepointing, party throwing, traveling bookworm. An eternal optimist who sees beauty in everything, she almost always has a camera in hand. Both her paternal grandmother and her mother were needlepointers, and she enthusiastically learned to stitch by the time she was six. “As a teenager I […]
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Holding the hand of his wife, Joseph Henry Head Jr. passed away peacefully at home on April 24, 2019 at the age of 87. Joe Head served in the U.S. Army and was a graduate of The Taft School, Yale University and Harvard Law School. He reached the pinnacle of his profession as a legal […]
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Thomas Meskell Hauser, 78, of Boca Grande and Dellwood, Minn., passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on April 24, 2019. Tom was born in Saint Paul, Minn. on August 6, 1940. He graduated from St. Paul Academy in 1959 and later a received a bachelor’s degree in business and psychology from the University of Minnesota. After […]