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Gavin Klein, teacher Andrea Gonzalez and Rebekah Spiegelman enjoyed their trip to Guatemala.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 4, 2012
Students spend spring break in Guatemala

Wakeland students Gavin Klein and Rebekah Spiegelman visited students attending Wakeland's sister school, Chiquic Elementary.

  • East County
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Jen Blanco
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  • Jen Blanco
  • April 4, 2012
Horseshoe Cove residents share smarts at Braden River

When Braden River High School teacher Susan Busby reached out to nearby Horseshoe Cove to recruit volunteer tutors, more than 20 residents offered to donate their time.

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Walmart Manager Glen Goodfellow is excited to welcome customers to the chain’s newest East County location.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 4, 2012
Walmart preps for opening

The East County's newest Walmart store, located on Ranch Lake Boulevard, will officially opens its doors April 11.

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Lakewood Ranch resident Ken Chamberlin has spoken to 10 Titanic survivors throughout his research.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 4, 2012
Tales from the Titanic

Lakewood Ranch resident Ken Chamberlin will give an informative presentation on the Titanic during Sarasota Baptist Church's "A Night on the Titanic" April 13.

  • East County
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Katina Frierson and a team of other professionals left March 26 for a monthlong vocational exchange in Korea.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 4, 2012
Lakewood Ranch Rotary sponsors exchange traveler

Katina Frierson, who works at Family Home Health Services, will spend a month in South Korea through the Group Study Exchange program of Rotary International.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2012
News Briefs

SMART hosts grand opening; Premier Sotheby's opens Ranch office; Tara Elementary wins $4,000 grant

  • East County
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Lakewood Ranch senior TJ Bridges and Bashaw Elementary kindergartner McKenzie Goodman share a laugh while working on a monkey puppet.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 4, 2012
Seniors share stories, time with Bashaw students

Nearly 200 Lakewood Ranch High seniors shared the gift of literacy with students at Bashaw Elementary during the 20th annual Winnie the Pooh and Shakespeare, Too March 23.

  • East County
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Lynne Dowd founded Cleaning Butlers International in 2009. A franchise-based cleaning service firm, it had $1.1 million in 2011 revenues, up 47% from $750,000 in 2010. Photo by Rod Millington.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • April 4, 2012
Clean Up: Sweep Success

The term recession-resistant has a penchant to lean toward hyperbole. But one Ranch firm really found resiliency in an industry - office space - that certainly hasn't resisted the recession.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • April 4, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • April 4, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

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  • April 4, 2012
Letters to the Editor

April Fools sent us a lot of letters to the editor. Enjoy them all!

  • East County
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    By
  • Michael Eng
  • April 4, 2012
Observed: Spoofs prove power of the pen

When I sat down next to Preston Olinger at last week's Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch meeting, he didn't look happy.

  • East County
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  • By Bob Salyers
  • April 4, 2012
Love is in the air out east

'Love is in the Air' is a 1977 disco song by John Paul Young, and that silly song was all I could think of on my last Photo-Boat outing on the Manatee River. On Fridays and Saturdays during the wild bird-breeding season, I run a charter service aboard the Photo-Boat for photographers in Manatee County.

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Brooks Norton says the pain disappears when he is on the mound.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 4, 2012
Braden River High pitcher defies odds

After suffering from vertical talus his entire life, Braden River High junior Brooks Norton learned how to pitch rather than foregoing his baseball career.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 4, 2012
Comment: Mustangs runners continue to dominate

Every so often, a team comes along that continues to impress us with their talent, toughness and tenacity.

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