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	<title><![CDATA[Jolly good fellow]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Just as Observer advertising representative Bob Lewis loves to garden, he also cultivates relationships with all of his co-workers and clients.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Going for the gold]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Sisters Francesca and Elizabeth Martel returned victorious Monday, May 20, after a weekend at the Special Olympics of Florida State Summer Games, in Orlando.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Culinary roots]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Trevor Kunk is the chef de cuisine at Blue Hill in New York City’s Greenwich Village, which the James Beard Foundation just named "most outstanding restaurant."]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Bright lights]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Sarasota native and resident Bri Oliva made her TV debut May 7, on the "Rachael Ray Show." Oliva was selected to participate in a segment called "Hidden Dangers on the Playground."]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Key to the city]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[More than 100 community members and leaders, friends and family surprised Paul Thorpe, one of the founding members of the Downtown Association of Sarasota, April 25, at The Gator Club, to show their appreciation and celebrate the strides he’s made for Sarasota over the past four decades.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Clean sweep]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Roughly 38 volunteers picked up trash Saturday, April 27, on Siesta Key Beach, as part of Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Children at Work]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Many children took part in the 20th annual Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day Thursday, April 25.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Green thumbs]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[St. Boniface Preschool has teamed up with the Florida Farm to School program to teach children from where their food comes.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Hearts of gold]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The Shamrock Pub donated $7,100 to the YMCA Youth Shelter April 1.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Super senior]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The Sarasota Senior Softball Association awarded Regis McCurry the Fred Frank Achievement Award Wednesday, March 27, at the association's annual awards luncheon, at Der Dutchman.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Slice-of-the-City/0404201326142/Super-senior</link> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Philanthropic queen to retire]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Sarasota resident Dr. Dede Howard was crowned Miss Florida Classic March 4, at the Miss U.S. of America Pageant.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Recognized]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Scott presented Sarasota resident Korinne Kaliher with the fourth annual Idelio Valdes Leadership Award, March 7, during Developmental Disabilities Awareness Day, in Tallahassee, for promoting disability awareness throughout the community.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Slice-of-the-City/0314201325644/Recognized</link> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Flash mob]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The Sarasota Orchestra surprised passengers at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport with an impromptu musical flash mob Monday, Jan. 21, to entertain and demonstrate Sarasota Orchestra's energy.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Hitting hope]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Special Olympics of Florida Athletes got to spend a day in the life of a Boston Red Sox baseball player Saturday, Feb. 16, as part of the CVS Caremark All Kids Can Baseball Camp, at the Red Sox's spring training facility in Fort Myers.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Going green]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Sarasota County will present Siesta Key Hardware with a Green Business Partner Certificate Tuesday, Feb. 12, to acknowledge the store's environmentally friendly business practices]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate> 
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