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  • February 22, 2018
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, March 1

A look at our favorite events taking place this week.

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Diego Figueiredo, winner of several competitions including the Montreux Jazz Festival, is coming in from Brazil for the festival. Courtesy photo
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  • Niki Kottmann
  • February 22, 2018
Jazz Club of Sarasota attracts international musicians for annual jazz festival

The 38th Annual Sarasota Jazz Festival aims to show how the genre creates a universal language through music.

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    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • February 22, 2018
Lakewood Ranch basketball, down a starter, falls in regional quarterfinals

The Mustangs lost to Riverdale High in overtime.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 22, 2018
Bashaw sons, moms dance night away

Mothers, sons celebrate season of love.

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    By
  • Ryan Butler
  • February 22, 2018
Demonstrators rally for gun control

More than 200 people lined Bayfront Drive to demand action for more significant gun control in the wake of the Parkland shootings.

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It's easy to declutter. Get rid of your stuff.
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  • Jess McIntyre
  • February 22, 2018
Clutter Got You Down? Purge, Don’t Protest

You can fake spring-cleaning by just giving away your stuff.

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A free-form 40-foot pool complete with spa and two waterfalls provides a great place for swimming laps and playing with the grandkids.
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  • Robert Plunket
  • February 22, 2018
Dream Fulfilled

This home has all the luxury touches a buyer expects from The Lake Club. But it’s the details of its design that truly surprise and delight.

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Jon Taleff and Britney Guertin get drinks on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 22, 2018
Young And Looking For Love

What’s it like to be a single young professional in Lakewood Ranch? We found two local millennials and bombarded them with personal questions.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 22, 2018
St. Mary swings into golf tournament

The Men's Club hosted its annual golf tournament Feb. 22 at The Resort at Longboat Key Club.

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Author Kat Hughes takes in instructions from Scott Lancaster, who’s been involved with the sport for 31 years.
    By
  • Kat Wingert
  • February 22, 2018
Back in the Saddle

Knowing how to ride a horse is one thing, but playing polo is an entirely different animal.

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Cheryl Scheid tears up old asparagus roots along with members of the Lakewood Ranch Garden Club.
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • February 22, 2018
The Little Garden That Could

Lakewood Ranch’s community garden survived hurricane flooding and a bitter cold snap. We tiptoed through the marigolds to see which plants came out on top.

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Mote President and CEO Michael Crosby and Staples Area Vice President John Rash
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  • Katie Johns
  • February 22, 2018
Staples rolls out Mote's new break room

In November, Mote was selected as the winner of the Ultimate Breakroom contest sponsored by Staples.

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The polo match will start at 1 p.m. during the Ponies for Pups fundraiser.
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 22, 2018
Calendar — spring 2018

All the fun that's to be had in and around Lakewood Ranch

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Deb Kehoe and Kathi Skelton started the local effort for Homes for Our Troops.
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  • Eric Snider
  • February 22, 2018
Women on a Mission

Wounded veterans call East County do-gooders Kathi Skelton and Deb Kehoe fundraising ‘machines.’

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Nancy Johnson says her most difficult family heirloom to track down belonged to her father. “I didn’t know the Johnson family photo album existed until my father died at 91 years old,” Johnson says.
    By
  • Eric Snider
  • February 22, 2018
Digging for Treasure

Nancy Johnson has spent most of her retirement with one foot in the past — and she couldn’t be happier about it.

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