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PHOTO GALLERY: Siesta Key Condo Council Lighting Contest Awards


  • By Nick Friedman
  • | 5:00 a.m. January 18, 2012
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PHOTO GALLERY: Siesta Key Condo Council Lighting Contest Awards
Don Giquinto and Ina Savage accept the first-place award on behalf of Siesta Dunes.
Don Giquinto and Ina Savage accept the first-place award on behalf of Siesta Dunes.
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Walt Olson
Nora Patterson, Helen Clifford and Veronika Bajtalova
Nora Patterson, Helen Clifford and Veronika Bajtalova
Nora Patterson, Helen Clifford and Ralph Bouma
Nora Patterson, Helen Clifford and Ralph Bouma
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Nora Patterson, Helen Clifford and Ralph Wuest
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