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Surprises are a happy part of Debby Houck’s world. She loves doing things just a little out of the ordinary. Debby and her husband Rich recently surprised a new acquaintance by explaining that when the glow of a vacation wears off, but you still have time in your dream location, it is probably time to […]
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BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE The weather has been great the last two weeks and the fish are on the move in the back country. We are starting to see the snook come back in numbers along with some quality size fish being caught on white bait. Along with the snook, the redfish have been biting, […]
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BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR No, this is not a political conversation, I am talking about my flies for snook and redfish. With the clear water and clear skies, the fish have been easy to spot but hard to feed. Over the past few weeks, I have had the opportunity to fly fish with some great […]
Written by Delores Savas on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
“The problem is that bears are smart and humans aren’t. We’ll move into a remote area and leave a bag of dog food on our front porch and then panic when we see a bear helping himself.” William Bruce W. Cameron, author and humorist. Many readers of fairy tales must remember the tale of Goldilocks, […]
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BY HARRY KALAJIAN As a dog owner, sooner or later you will opt for some obedience classes. Owners must realize professional dog trainers are not magicians, they just know the proper steps needed according to your dogs character and temperament. They also know what method and tools will be necessary for the training. Each dog […]
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To the Editor: The Boca Grande Preschool’s annual Beach Ball was held pool side on Monday night at The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club. It was a magical night and a big success thanks to the generosity of the Boca Grande community. Each year we ask for Island donors and friends to give what you can […]
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To the Editor: We want to thank the two men in their boat “Lucky 13”, whose names we did not catch and who helped us enormously last Friday evening. We had house guests visiting, Hal and Marion. Hal was diagnosed with ALS a few years ago and has no use of his arms, and limited […]
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To the Editor: I read the brief excerpt and felt that the author left out some important points regarding the creation of the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority. In my 47 years as resident of Charlotte County, I visited the small quaint fishing village with the phosphate train, hundreds of times, years before all the new development. […]
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To the Editor: I want to express my sincere gratitude to everyone in Boca Grande for embracing the Art Festival recently. Art On Park Avenue was very successful and I appreciate being able to bring my artist friends to the island for such a prestigious event. I want to thank the downtown businesses especially for […]
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The COVID pandemic was a terrible thing, but it had some incredibly good and unexpected impacts in some people’s lives. Rebecca Cleveland is one of those lucky people. It was when she discovered she really was an artist. Rebecca is the daughter of a celebrated artist, Gail Cleveland. She is the granddaughter of another acclaimed […]