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  • December 31, 2013
Make the Observer a world traveler, too

Are you planning a trip in the new year? Make sure to take your East County Observer along!

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  • December 31, 2013
Share your best holiday moments

We will run a photo collage of New Year's celebrations in our Jan. 9 issue, so send any pictures you snapped, as well as a description - time, date, place and names of individuals photographed - to [email protected].

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Joseph Schneider
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 31, 2013
Ranch youth earns scholarship

GreyHawk Landing resident Joseph Schneider, a junior at Saint Stephen's Episcopal School, has been named the first-place winner in the Voice of Democracy Essay Contest hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

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Janet Brooks, Serenoa
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  • December 31, 2013
Setting the scene

The top weather photos of 2013.

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Photo by Cliff Roles
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  • December 31, 2013
Occasions: Anniversaries

To see your own wedding, engagement, anniversary and birth annoucements in the East County Observer, send your information to [email protected].

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Olivia Ione Carlson
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 31, 2013
Occasions: Births

To see your own wedding, engagement, anniversary and birth annoucements in the East County Observer, send your information to [email protected].

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Savanah Doyle, right
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  • December 31, 2013
Occasions: Sweet 16: Savanah Doyle

To see your own wedding, engagement, anniversary and birth annoucements in the East County Observer, send your information to [email protected].

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  • December 24, 2013
Captured moments

Share pictures of your special holiday moments with the East County Observer by emailing them to [email protected].

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  • December 24, 2013
Puppy love

Like many residents in Lakewood Ranch, residents in the Legends Walk neighborhood of the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club love dogs.

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Courtesy photo. Pre-kindergarten student Asylyn Collins and her teacher, Sonya Matson, have a great time creating T-shirts.
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  • December 24, 2013
T-shirt time

Students in Sonya Matson's and Sharon Pantuso's pre-kindergarten classes at Braden River Elementary became creative, busy little elves Dec. 12, as they decorated T-shirts for the holidays.

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  • December 24, 2013
Present party

Legendary ESPN Commentator Dick Vitale and his wife, Lorraine, and their family hosted their annual Boys & Girls Club Holiday Party Dec. 16, at the Vitale home, in Lakewood Ranch.

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  • December 24, 2013
Santa's helpers

Realtor Shari Norwick wasted no time, after hearing about efforts to enlist community memberes as 'Santa's Helpers' and fulfilling wish lists for children at Everyday Blessings Inc. Foster Care.

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  • December 24, 2013
Holiday wish lists

East County leaders and residents unwrap their wishes for 2014.

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  • December 24, 2013
Dear Santa

Students at East County schools have been busy the last few weeks as they prepare their Christmas wish lists for Santa Claus. Here is a sampling of letters students shared with the East County Observer.

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Riley Huennerkopf submitted this sunset photo, taken in Lakewood Ranch.
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  • December 24, 2013
Weather: East County

Riley Huennerkopf submitted this sunset photo, taken in Lakewood Ranch.

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