MONDAY EVENT MASHUP: SCFD celebrates 25 years

Did you get lost on news this weekend? Check in every Monday for the Monday Event mashup to catch up on the hottest action from the weekend.

+ Lakewood Ranch Main Street was closed Friday, Oct. 4, while a DJ played Top 40 songs for local kids to dance while parents socialized.

+ St. Armands Key Lutheran Church welcomed cats, dogs and even a hedgehog during its animal blessing event Saturday, Oct. 5.

+ Kids met search and rescue dogs and police horses while touring Sarasota County Fire Department’s Station 5 Saturday, Oct. 5m during a celebration of the department’s 25 year anniversary.

+  Roughly 100 attendees joined Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center at J.D. Hamel Park for Stepping Out Against Domestic Violence Saturday, Oct. 5.

+  Siesta Key Chapel parishioners gathered Sunday, Oct. 6, for World Communion Sunday and mission fair.