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	<title><![CDATA[Hat's off to Dee Pelton, volunteers]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Dee Pelton held a luncheon that will be tough to top.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Youth sailors descend on City Island]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Approximately 250 people hit the water Saturday, April 20 through Sunday, April 21, for Sailfest. The regatta, Sarasota Youth Sailing's biggest fundraiser of the year, included four classes of competition — Optimus, 420, Laser and Multi-hull — and a barbecue feast.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Book club sunsets for the season]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The Sunset Beach Book Club, in its 10th year, ended this season with a luncheon and discussion of the book “Gone Girl,” by Gillian Flynn, April 18, at Lazy Lobster. Discussion moderator was Ricki Carroll. Together, the group read five books this season.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Two top turtles head to Mote camp]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Longboat Key Turtle Watch awarded scholarships to Anna Maria Elementary School students Grace Garza and Maggie Carter for a week of summer camp at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Bostonians get hooked on Longboat]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Pamela Hodges and her children, Nicole and Jonathan Eskew, recently visited Longboat Key from Boston for the first time and are already looking forward to a return visit.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Early birds catch the turtle nest]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Sanctuary condominium General Manager Sheila Connell and maintenance supervisor Fred Boessel were out on the beach at 5 a.m. April 30, to ensure the property's lights weren't visible from the beach.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Workmans welcome another great-grandchild]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Feb. 28, Vicki Workman "Miss Vicki" awaited an exciting phone call as she offered Publix customers samples of sheet cake.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Mar Vista shows its spirit with totem pole]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub lost a few palm trees during a freeze earlier this year, so artist Jeff Chouinard, aka Surf Soul Tiki, helped the restaurant carve a replacement. He replaced the trunks of two trees by carving two totem poles.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[April 24: the end of two eras]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Sports Page owner Kenny Barr got a history refresher last week when he read the "Longboat Lore" item about Shenkel's restaurant, which his mother, Edith Barr Dunn, owned, closing April 24, 1994.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[St. Mary installs its new officers]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The Women's Guild of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church installed new officers April 16, at its final monthly meeting of the season.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Turtles get early start on season]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The first loggerhead turtle nest of the season was found today, April 30 — one day before the official start of nesting season — and reported to Mote Marine Laboratory.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Chapel lets them eat cake]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The Longboat Island Chapel's board of directors threw an appreciation party Tuesday, April 16, for Lord's Warehouse volunteers that included a sweet treat: a thank-you cake decorated with white frosting, spring flowers and the message, "Thank you Lord’s Warehouse volunteers."]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Clean out your closet for SPARCC]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Your Prada shoes are so last year … but oh so perfect to donate to Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center's (SPARCC) Reverse Trunk Show 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the Longboat Key Club Harbourside Dining Room.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Our-Town/0424201326611/Clean-out-your-closet-for-SPARCC</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Life's a beach for Beachplace residents]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[We get lots of photos of sunsets.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Our-Town/0424201326610/Lifes-a-beach-for-Beachplace-residents</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Library books unused campaign contributions]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Longboat Key closed the books on election season last month, but campaign contributions recently added up for the Longboat Library.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Our-Town/0424201326609/Library-books-unused-campaign-contributions</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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