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	<title><![CDATA[Gullett student wins speech contest]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Gullett Elementary School student Hailey Wahlers took home top honors May 11, after placing first in the Tropicana District Speech Contest.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Girl Scouts give cookies a new cause]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Local Daisy Scouts from Troop 180 are helping Feeding Empty Little Tummies feed homeless school children in the area.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Dancing group to host fundraiser]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Members of KC and the Sunshine Dancers, a group of Manatee County dancers ages 8 to 20, will show off their dancing skills in jazz, hip-hop and contemporary dance from 7 to 9 p.m. May 28, as the group holds a show titled "Breaking Ground."]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Mini Mustangs learn building skills]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Students in Lakewood Ranch High School's Mini Mustangs pre-kindergarten program learned valuable construction and agricultural skills recently, while also making something special for their mothers.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Book Club bolsters Mother's Day treat]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Members of the D.E.A.R.S. book club helped celebrate Mother's Day at the Windsor of Lakewood Ranch.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Sarasota Ballet visits McNeal]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Students at the Sarasota Ballet School brought the ballet May 9, to McNeal Elementary School.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Ranch rallies against cancer]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[East County residents will rally to fight cancer Saturday, May 18, as the American Cancer Society hosts its annual Lakewood Ranch Relay for Life event at the Lakewood Ranch YMCA.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/east-county/Short-Stack/0515201327021/Ranch-rallies-against-cancer</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Barista pours on fun for daughters]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[State Road 70 Starbucks barista and East County resident Cyndee Vanderford showed her daughters the world of lattes and mochas for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day April 25.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Troop plants Freedom's courtyard]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Girls in Girl Scouts Junior Troop 181, at Freedom Elementary School, recently earned their Bronze Award by researching and planting the back of the school’s courtyard.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Main Street restaurant serves up patriotism]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[One local eatery is hoping to bring platefuls of community support to military troops overseas.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Exchange programs seeks host families]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Education First, a non-profit student-exchange company, will be bringing 50 teenage students from France and Spain to the East County and surrounding area this summer and needs host families for the program.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/east-county/Short-Stack/0515201327017/Exchange-programs-seeks-host-families</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[East County photographer on display]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[University Park resident Polly Curran is highlighting the beauty of nature one photo at a time.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[McNeal playwrights recognized]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Six students from McNeal Elementary School recently earned special recognition during the 2013 Young Playwright Festival sponsored by Florida Studio Theater.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Autism school celebrates moms]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Beyond the Spectrum, a day school and therapy center for children with autism and other disabilities, celebrated the school's mothers May 3, with a special Mother's Day Breakfast at the Tara Golf & Country Club.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/east-county/Short-Stack/0508201326886/Autism-school-celebrates-moms</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Imagine students hold food drive]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Children in the K-Kids and Builders Club programs at Imagine School in Lakewood Ranch recently rallied with a spring food drive for the local Salvation Army. In total, students collected 127 items for the cause.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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