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  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 8, 2011
Cuts will not affect East County

Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker cut 54 positions. The cuts should not disrupt county programs, he said.

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  • News
Fourth- and fifth-grade students at Willis Elementary School showed off their artistic talents May 26, as they presented their animated films during the Gecko Film Festival 2011.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
News Briefs

Willis art students walk red carpet for film debuts; Foreclosed restaurant space burglarized; Scott appoints three to SCF Board; and LECOM breaks ground on dental school.

  • East County
  • News
Juliet Ferguson plays with her adopted sister, Mercy, during the celebration for Ugandan children and their adoptive families June 4 at Greenbrook Adventure Park.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 8, 2011
Bayside families celebrate Ugandan adoptions

Bayside's Bridge a Life ministry welcomed Ugandan children and their adoptive families with a special picnic June 4.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
OUR VIEW: Sheriff's request questionable

Manatee County Commissioners have their hands full again creating a balanced budget in the fifth year of declining revenues from falling property values and a struggling economy.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Immigration reform protest in Tallahassee last month. Note use of "anti-immigrant" when the issue is "illegal immigrant," and the use of children.
  • By Rod Thomson
  • June 8, 2011
MY VIEW: Needed: immigration principles

Immigration reform frustratingly died in the Florida Legislature last month. What is so difficult about making everyone play by the same rules?

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  • By Gary Berns
  • June 8, 2011
Delay incorporation vote

As chairman of the Friends of Lakewood Ranch, I write to respond to your editorial entitled, "Too soon for petitions."

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

McNeal article a smear campaign

  • East County
  • Opinion
This home in Country Club of Lakewood Ranch sold for $1.3 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 8, 2011
Lakewood Ranch home sells for $1.3 million

Thomas and Una Kohl, trustees, sold the home at 7211 Pasadena Glen to Timothy and Michelle Lea, Lakewood Ranch, for $1.3 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Kareem Lewis, 13, hit his first grand slam in the first game of the Manatee County Cup. He finished the tournament with four home runs.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2011
Little Leaguer swings for the fence

Braden River Little Leaguer Kareem Lewis hit four homeruns, including a grand slam, for A/C Warehouse in the Majors Division of the Manatee County Cup.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2011
Thunder remember former pitcher

The Out-of-Door Academy renamed its baseball field the Taylor Emmons Memorial Field in honor of the 2009 graduate who was killed in an accident in December 2010.

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  • Schools
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2011
So long senior standouts

It's the time of year when I bid farewell to another group of talented athletes who have made the past year, and in some cases, the past four years, nothing short of memorable.

  • East County
  • Sports
Ean Eichelbaum
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ean Eichelbaum

Eleven-year-old Ean Eichelbaum hit a double and a triple and scored a pair of runs, helping lead Braden River Little League's Extra Innings to an 8-0 victory over Buffalo Creek Little League's Twin Rivers.

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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2011
Community Sports

See the Observer's community sports scores.

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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2011
SPORTS BRIEFS

SPORTS BRIEFS

  • East County
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Sarasota Crew athletes
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2011
Just the Stats 6.09.11

See the Observer's by-the-numbers breakdown of the week in East County sports.

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