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Tim Field
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  • Robin Hartill
  • June 15, 2011
Real estate reports

Timothy Field elected to ITNSarasota board

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Mackenzie Goda achieved Level 9 status on trampoline after a knee injury kept her out of the sport for a year.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 15, 2011
COMEBACK KID

In March 2010, 13-year-old Mackenzie Goda tore her ACL, MCL, meniscus and patella tendon and dislocated and fractured a piece of her tibia. Exactly one year later, she was back competing.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Impact Elite sixth-grade basketball team won six straight games to win the Boys USSSA State Championship June 11-12.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 15, 2011
Impact Elite wins state championship

The Impact Elite sixth-grade basketball team maintained a perfect 19-0 record heading into the state tournament June 11-12 in Ft. Lauderdale.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 15, 2011
Escape artist

You probably know Jorge Blanco for his smiling yellow sculptures along Tamiami Trail. But back in his hometown of Caracas, Venezuela, Blanco is famous for his poetic caricature, 'The Castaway.'

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 15, 2011
Temps, not calendar, signify summertime

I'm not quite sure who came up with the notion that the first official day of summer is June 21, but clearly they didn't live in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 15, 2011
Scene & Heard

Launch party chalks the lines for street fest; Booker Middle principal wins state arts leadership award; Jazz juvies to liven up Glenridge

  • Arts + Culture
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 15, 2011
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 06.16.11

East County readers respond to news and opinions in previous editions.

  • East County
  • Opinion
The Suncoast Storm 98 team defeated its sister team Suncoast 97 4-3 to win the championship of the 14s division.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 15, 2011
Suncoast Storm teams win championships

The Suncoast Storm 98 and 02 teams both won championships during the Suncoast Tournament June 4-5 at Lakewood Ranch Park.

  • East County
  • Sports
Photos by Loren Mayo Larissa Carroll and Fuzion Dance Artist Jahrel Thompson rehearse for the Gulf Coast Ballet’s upcoming show, “A Divine Divertissement.”
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 15, 2011
Final fling

June 19 marks Larissa Carroll's closing performance with the Gulf Coast Ballet.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 15, 2011
Coaches leave East County schools

Four coaches at Lakewood Ranch, The Out-of-Door Academy and Braden River have all resigned over the past six months.

  • East County
  • Sports
Carmen Baskind and Marty Warren
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • June 15, 2011
Carmen Baskind: 'The Hungry Realtor'

It would not be unfair to say that Carmen Baskind cut her teeth on pasta.

  • Arts + Culture
Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams star in Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris.”
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • June 15, 2011
Film Review: 'Midnight in Paris'

One need not have majored in literature to love Woody Allen's 'Midnight in Paris,' but it couldn't hurt.

  • Arts + Culture
Nan-Cheng Chen
    By
  • June LeBell
  • June 15, 2011
Music Review: Overview of the Sarasota Music Festival

It's not easy. Putting together a music festival must be one of the hardest jobs there is, because you're not only trying to please an audience, you're also trying to teach students.

  • Arts + Culture
Eva Rey takes a book everywhere she goes.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 15, 2011
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Eva Rey

Eva Rey was selected as Lakewood Ranch Town Hall's new executive director. Learn more about her in our candid Q&A.

  • East County
  • News
"I do believe in leading by example, showing respect and building relationships," Lakewood Ranch Town Hall's new Executive Director Eva Rey said.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 15, 2011
Lakewood Ranch IDA selects new director

The Villages' Eva Rey will join the Town Hall administrative team - likely in July.

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