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Meet this week's athlete, Hallie Schiffman
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 25, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Hallie Schiffman

If Hallie Schiffman could sail seven days a week, she would. The 11-year-old's father, Mark, works at Sarasota Sailing Squadron as the maintenance technician, and she has grown up around boats.

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71 — Highest percentage game for the week of Jan. 3, by Barbara Raphael and Isabella Wagner for all four bridge games in the Longboat Key Duplicate Bridge Club and Merrill Duplicate Bridge Club.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2012
JUST THE STATS

12:59:21 - The finish time for first place West Florida Performance Handicap Racing Fleet Non-Spinnaker boat Necessary Evil, skippered by Dave Olson, in the Snowbird Regatta.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2012
Bridge Bites: Wake-up call

On defense, when leading a suit, we follow certain conventions such as 'top of a sequence' or 'fourth best,' all the better to help partner figure out our holding in the suit.

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Laurie Adams submitted this sunset photo, taken on Holmes Beach.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Laurie Adams submitted this sunset photo, taken on Anna Maria Island.

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"Bello is like a naughty kid with a license to be what he is," Nock says of his clownish alter ego. "He's not childish, but he's child-like, and he loves making people laugh."
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 25, 2012
Bello Nock: A Jolly Good Bello

Bello Nock is not afraid of heights or breaking stereotypes. The Circus Sarasota headliner shares the secrets to his success. Here's a hint: It takes hairspray and nerve.

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Rabbi Brenner Glickman. Courtesy photo.
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 25, 2012
Scene & Heard

Rabbi takes comedy shtick to Burns Court; Restaurant adds magic to its melting pot; Writer publishes addicting novel; It takes a village to raise a Jewish library

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    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 25, 2012
Music Review: The Royal Philharmonic and Pinchas Zukerman

The Sarasota Concert Association recently presented the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Van Wezel in a program of favorites by Beethoven and Sir Edward Elgar conducted and played by Pinchas Zukerman.

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    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • January 25, 2012
Film Review: 'Shame'

If they had an Oscar for most courageous performance by an actor, Michael Fassbender would have two in his possession.

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Johan Kobborg
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 25, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS: Royal Ballet star brings his fancy footwork to Sarasota

In his native Europe, Johan Kobborg is a ballet superstar.

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Jim Weaver directed last season's musical play about the life of Cab Calloway at the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe. The production was a new work written by local playwright Larry Parr.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 25, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: The right direction

Jim Weaver isn't afraid to relinquish control. The director of the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's 'A Raisin in the Sun' explains why he loves calling the shots and eventually letting go.

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Four of Nancy's 28 employees: Nate Seel, Brittany Henson, Chelsea Meredith and Chris Pratt
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • January 25, 2012
EDIBLES: Nancy's Bar-B-Q: worth the wait

Can a Jewish girl from Cleveland find true happiness making North Carolina-style barbecue in Florida? For Nancy Krohngold, the answer is a resounding "yes," and her peculiar confluence of circumstances is making a lot of other people happy as well.

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Neoregelias are great for landscaping and are treasured for their colorful foliage.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 25, 2012
Home & Garden: Blossoming interest

When it came to creating the ultimate garden and landscape around his house, Dennis Rees started out as just an observer. Aside from hiring R. Anderson Co. and Grant's Gardens to transform his backyard - then in horrible condition with several barren spaces - into a lush and green paradise, he hadn't much interest in the process.

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Engaged couple, Kathryn Naomi Baga and Eric Jordan Fried.
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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 25, 2012
Occasions

Read this week's featured engagements and weddings.

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Caragh Bella Cogan
  • By Loren Mayo and Molly Schechter
  • January 25, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

Belle of the ball; Long time coming; Big names and big words ...; Tidbits

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  • By John Ewing
  • January 24, 2012
Last Weekend In Sarasota: The Bridge, Monsters and Beertopia

Last Weekend In Sarasota: The Bridge, Monsters and Beertopia

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