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BY JACK SHORT The following is an ongoing recollection of a recent mission trip to Cuba made by the Boca Grande United Methodist Church. This is part two. The six missionaries on the trip led by Dan Christopherson and including Pastor Brian Brightly had a few different goals, one of which was to deliver the […]
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BY JACK SHORT Lemon Bay Conservancy and Boca Grande Charities, Inc, recently announced a joint effort to help some local middle and high school students prepare for biological research and field work. BGC, which runs the annual Gasparilla Island Kids’ Classic youth tarpon fishing tournament and which has, for four years, been a voice for […]
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BY JACK SHORT The most recent development in the ongoing dispute between the Boca Grande Isles Property Owners’ Association and 5F, the corporation that owns the submerged plats surrounding the Isles, may have signaled the end of the case with a reported contingent settlement. Charles Ross, esq., a certified circuit civil court mediator, filed a […]
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BY JACK SHORT The Barrier Island Parks Society has formally undertaken the Range Light restoration, though the preparatory process goes back several years. At their meeting on Wednesday, March 11, board member Jim Grant read portions of letters from Donald Forgione, director of the Florida Park Service and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, to […]
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BY JACK SHORT Representatives of 111 Damfiwill, LLC., presented plans to the public on Tuesday, March 10, to renovate the shop at 360 Park Ave. and build a restaurant next door, at 354 Park Ave., and to provide off site parking at 421 Palm Ave. because of limited space near the proposed restaurant. Because the […]
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Larry D. Umlauf, Fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, died on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 at the age of 87. Preceded in death by his father, Lige D. Umlauf; his mother, Cleo O. Umlauf; and son, Shane D. Umlauf. Survived by his wife, Ellen C. Umlauf and son Corge (Sarah) Umlauf. Larry will […]
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Janet Eustis Butts (“Jill”), formerly from Wellesley, East Falmouth and Boca Grande, passed away peacefully on February 19, 2015 at the age of 89 at Foxhill Village, Westwood, Mass. She was the daughter of Ruth Homer Eustis and Grant Blessing Eustis. She was born on December 5, 1925 in Newton, Mass. and was the loving […]
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Patti was born on December 3, 1944 in Binghamton, N.Y. to Julia and Patsy Scarano. She had three siblings – Anthony (Janet), Thomas (Margaret) and the late Elizabeth Scarano. Patricia Strauss, 70, died peacefully at home on February 6, 2015. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Ira Strauss, the love of her […]
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Francis (Frank) Kernan, Jr. died peacefully on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family and dog. He also resided in Bedford, N.Y. and Fishers Island, N.Y. He is survived by his wife, Katherine (Cassie) Sheffield Kernan, to whom he was married for 46 years; his son, Francis Joshua Kernan (Elizabeth); his […]
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SAVE THE TARPON – For almost a decade, the Professional Tarpon Tournament Series used a snagging device, misleadingly characterized as a “jig,” to capture large breeding females in Boca Grande Pass. More fish and more chaos, meant more revenue for their TV reality show. Tournament participants would gaff and drag the fish to a scale […]