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Jon Luke Beck, Buck Schott, Shane Rice and Brent Mirikitani celebrate Ten Oaks’ victory in the USPA Wayne Brown Finals March 3. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 6, 2013
Buck Schott leads Ten Oaks to win

Buck Schott scored four goals, including one in the sixth chukker, to lead Ten Oaks to a 9-8 victory over Tito's in the USPA Wayne Brown Finals, sponsored by Bright House Networks and Bay News 9, March 3.

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  • March 6, 2013
SIDELINES

ODA rolls past DeSoto County; Pirates win back-to-back games; Thunder LAX posts win; Youth Baseball Day upcoming

  • East County
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Myles Straw has had 9 hits in three games this past week.
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 6, 2013
JUST THE STATS

147 - The number of yards of Rudi Floyd's hole-in-one on the No. 11 of Waterlefe Golf Club March 2.

  • East County
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  • Jen Blanco
  • March 6, 2013
Athlete of the Week: Desmond Lindsay

Desmond Lindsay hit his fifth home run of the season to lead The Out-of-Door Academy to a 12-3 victory over DeSoto County Feb. 28.

  • East County
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Gordon Kuhn is a certified fraud analyst, Vietnam War veteran and author. He likes to write at Bob Evans restaurant on State Road 70.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • March 6, 2013
Your Neighbor: Gordon Kuhn

Through a varied career - first in the 1st Marine Brigade in the Vietnam War, then as a janitor, with bouts as a ditch digger, cemetery lot salesman, accountant and teacher - Lakewood Ranch author Gordon Kuhn, 67, has always had a love for words.

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Over two weeks and 160 hours, Gregory Marra made a clay sculpture of Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in American military history. The two didn’t know each other.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • March 6, 2013
Local artist memorializes fallen sniper

Gregory Marra, an East County sculptor, made a life-size clay image of Chris Kyle, a United States Navy SEAL who was killed Feb. 2, and delivered it to the sniper's home state of Texas.

  • East County
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Ashley Krueger sits between her parents, Cindi Krueger and Pat Myers. Ashley Krueger is fighting T-cell lymphoma and is awaiting a bone marrow transplant. Photo by Nick Friedman
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • March 6, 2013
SMA student battles cancer, maintains positive attitude

Ashley Krueger, 18, has battled rare forms of bone cancer for two years. A fundraiser at Fit2Run will help pay for a bone marrow transplant.

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Courtesy photo
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  • Jen Blanco
  • March 6, 2013
Player of the Year: Erika Tymrak

University of Florida midfielder Erika Tymrak was named the 2012 SEC Offensive Player of the Year. The Lakewood Ranch resident will begin playing professional soccer for Kansas City in the new NWSL League.

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This home in Lake Club, which has three bedrooms, four baths, one half-bath, a pool and 3,834 square feet of living area, sold for $1,217,000. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 6, 2013
A home in Lake Club sells for $1,217,000

A home in Lake Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. ARH Models LLC sold the home at 16018 Topsail Terrace to Stephen Switlyk, of Longboat Key, for $1,217,000.

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Wagner Realty adds business brokerage specialists
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  • March 6, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Wagner Realty adds business brokerage specialists; Chamber survey shows economic upswing; Ranch builder continues Booker High School renovation

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East County resident Edie Abate submitted this photo of sunset taken through her sunglasses at Bradenton Beach.
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 6, 2013
Weather Photo: Made in the shades

East County resident Edie Abate submitted this photo of sunset taken through her sunglasses at Bradenton Beach.

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  • March 5, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner

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Sarasota deputies arrest woman after car chase. Learn more about it in today's headlines!
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • March 5, 2013
March 5: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Sarasota deputies arrest woman after car chase; Sarasota County Commission approves road closure; Manatee Schools names its Educator of the Year tomorrow; Lakewood Ranch remembers longtime manager

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The event begins at 7 p.m. at the new Manatee Technical Institute located on State Road 70 East.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 5, 2013
Manatee Schools names its Educator of the Year tomorrow

The Manatee County Schools Educator of the Year and Support Employee of the Year will be named tomorrow night when the district hosts the EdVantage Education Awards.

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    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 5, 2013
Texas Roadhouse chain to open restaurant in Lakewood Ranch

The Texas Roadhouse restaurant has leased a buildiong near the new Walmart Supercenter in Lakewood Ranch and will open its new site in May.

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