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  • June 11, 2009
Capture the 'Spirit of America' in The Observer's photo contest

Submissions are still being accepted for The Observer's 'Spirit of America' photo contest on YourObserver.com.

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  • June 11, 2009
Camp instills leadership, sportsmanship and integrity

Children living in the Newtown community got to attend a weeklong basketball camp with former Indiana Pacer, Haywoode Workman, June 1 through June 5.

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  • June 11, 2009
Sarasota welcomes downtown craft fair

The sixth annual Downtown Sarasota Craft Fair May 30 and May 31 offered serene fireplace displays, unusual ceramic statues and a variety of artwork.

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  • June 11, 2009
Siesta Key gazebo marks end of project

A new gazebo in the Siesta Key Village is the icing on the cake of its village beautification project, which began in 2000.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • June 11, 2009
College graduates: Where are they now?

Career-placement experts agree that the job hunt is up to the individual, however, many recent graduates are doing everything they can to land post-collegiate jobs and are still unemployed.

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  • June 11, 2009
Cops' Corner 06.11.09

The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

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  • June 11, 2009
Burglars target Mill Creek cars

According to Manatee County Sheriff's Office reports, unknown suspect(s) targeted four cars from the 200-400 blocks of 133 St. E. sometime between 8 p.m., June 9, and 6 a.m., June 10.

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  • June 11, 2009
Nolan student designs print ad

Nolan Middle School Technology Student Association student Collin Wampler earned a cool paycheck for the ad he designed for Schindel Orthodontics.

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  • June 11, 2009
Hospital makes room for 2-ton baby

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center knocked out windows to bring the new Philips Intera 1.5 Tesla MRI in through the sidewall.

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  • June 11, 2009
NJHS students donate backpacks

Braden River Middle School National Junior Honor Society students showed a lot of love during their fourth-quarter service project.

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  • By Pam McTeer
  • June 11, 2009
Timekeeper

Resident Joe Fanelli has spent most of his lifetime repairing and restoring antique and vintage clocks.

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  • June 11, 2009
Beltran-Moreno guilty of kidnapping

Vicente Beltran-Moreno was convicted of armed kidnapping June 4 for the February 2007 abduction of Parrish teenager Clay Moore, now 15.

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  • By Pam McTeer
  • June 11, 2009
Big Olaf scoops up Main Street spot

Founders Dennis and Nancy Yoder will come out of retirement to open the space formerly occupied by Bruster's Real Ice Cream.

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  • By Pam McTeer
  • June 11, 2009
Harvest welcomes pastoral intern

Juana Jordan, a student from Candler School of Theology at Emory University, is interning at Harvest United Methodist Church this summer.

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  • By Pam McTeer
  • June 11, 2009
Knitters plan public performance

Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club resident Sally Waldo and friend Valerie Strange are organizing a local World Wide Knit in Public Day June 13.

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