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Bob Bowling, pictured with football players Justin Ross, Jimiah Albritton and Davion Banks, is the only athletic director Braden River High has ever known since it opened its doors in 2005. Photo by Jen Blanco
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  • Jen Blanco
  • September 3, 2014
Lasting Legacy

After 41 years as a coach, teacher and mentor, Braden River High Athletic Director Bob Bowling officially retired from his post Aug. 29.

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Courtesy photo Dan Miller
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  • Jen Blanco
  • September 3, 2014
Football Friday

The Observer recaps the first week of football season.

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The group of retired U.S. military officials met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, bottom right, and other Israeli officials. Courtesy photos
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • September 3, 2014
LBK resident meets Israeli prime minister

Rear Adm. Steve Branham and his wife, Susan Phillips, recently traveled to Israel with a group of military retirees.

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Michael Koscec submitted this photo of a heron standing on a groin on Longboat Key. The supermoon is faded in the background.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Michael Koscec submitted this photo of a heron standing on a groin on Longboat Key. The supermoon is faded in the background.

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Lakewood Ranch High junior Riley Bohan began lifting her freshman year after a good friend talked her into the sport. Photo by Jen Blanco
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  • Jen Blanco
  • September 3, 2014
Going for Gold

Lakewood Ranch High junior Riley Bohan won three gold medals at the USA Weightlifting National Youth Championships earlier this summer.

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'I like to tell stories,' Sherry Derrenberger says of why she wants to be sit-down comedian. 'I like people to laugh.' Photo by Pam Eubanks
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 3, 2014
Derrenberger doesn't let MS get her down

Sherry Derrenberger wanted to be a standup comic but had to alter her dream slightly.

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The Modena has 4,228 square feet of space, four bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 3, 2014
Business Briefs

Homebuilder sets new roof for pricing; Orchid nursery to host open house; Community Haven expands Haven Industries program

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Kelly Gannon submitted this photo, taken in Lakewood Ranch.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2014
Weather: East County

Kelly Gannon submitted this photo, taken in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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"Every time I go away and I think I'm not going to come back, when I round the marina and see the bayfront, I feel like I'm home," Su Byron says.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 3, 2014
Su Byron: Mark Her Words

Su Byron, the pixie-cut bohemian arts leader and freelance writer responsible for everyone else's stories, says her own story isn't worth telling. She's wrong.

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Aarts
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • September 3, 2014
Cedars Tennis Resort mourns the loss of tennis director

Cedars Tennis Resort Tennis Director Jeff Aarts died of a heart attack last month. He was 59.

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The Rev. Norman and Joan Pritchard. File photo
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 3, 2014
Christ Church names new pastor

The Rev. Norman Pritchard will lead the nine-year-old congregation after 18 years at a Michigan church. He takes the pulpit Nov. 30.

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The Pilates Body studio with two reformers in the left foreground and Gyrokinesis equipment on the right. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • September 3, 2014
Pilates offers proven health benefits

Although interest in Pilates has burgeoned, it is clearly more than a fad.

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This is the first gun turn-in since April 2011. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has received 380 firearms from gun turn-ins.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • September 3, 2014
Sheriff's Office to hold gun turn-in

Two hundred thirty-two firearms were reported stolen last year, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.

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Courtesy photo
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  • Robin Hartill
  • September 3, 2014
Real Estate Reports

Beach Residences unit sells for full $3.7 million asking price; SAR, MAR consider merger

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