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Katie Hendrick
April 26, 2013

PHOTO GALLERY: SPARCC Designer Donation Party

The ladies of SPARCC, the Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center, hosted a designer donation party Thursday, April 25, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort's Harbourside Dining Room. Saks Fifth Avenue stylists gave makeup demonstrations for the women who donated items for SPARCC's fall sale to benefit outreach programs for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

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Katie Hendrick
April 25, 2013

PHOTO GALLERY: Bird Key Yacht Club Style Show

The ladies of Bird Key Yacht Club enjoyed a luncheon and style show THursday, April 25. Members dined on shrimp kabobs and watched her peers model fashions from Dreamweavers. Les Ciseaux provided hair and make up styling.

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Observer Staff
April 24, 2013

Chapel lets them eat cake

The Longboat Island Chapel's board of directors threw an appreciation party Tuesday, April 16, for Lord's Warehouse volunteers that included a sweet treat: a thank-you cake decorated with white frosting, spring flowers and the message, "Thank you Lord's Warehouse volunteers."

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Observer Staff
April 24, 2013

Clean out your closet for SPARCC

Your Prada shoes are so last year ... but oh so perfect to donate to Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center's (SPARCC) Reverse Trunk Show 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the Longboat Key Club Harbourside Dining Room.

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Observer Staff
April 24, 2013

Life's a beach for Beachplace residents

We get lots of photos of sunsets.

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Observer Staff
April 24, 2013

Library books unused campaign contributions

Longboat Key closed the books on election season last month, but campaign contributions recently added up for the Longboat Library.

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By Robin Hartill and Alex Mahadevan
April 24, 2013

Turtles swim the globe before returning home

A loggerhead that hatches on local beaches might swim thousands of miles before returning to nest at the place where it hatched.

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Robin Hartill
April 24, 2013

Fleetwood: voice for Colony rehab model

In the past year, Blake Fleetwood has disagreed with the majority of the Colony's board by arguing against a teardown and rebuild of the shuttered resort.

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Katie Hendrick
April 24, 2013

Local artists purchase Terry's Framing and Art Supplies

Robbie Ball and his fiancee, Emily Shaw, plan to carry on the legacy of Longboat Key framer Terry Petesch, who died last year.

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Robin Hartill
April 24, 2013

Lore: Longboaters got last taste of Shenkel's

On April 24, 1994, a Longboat Key institution served its final meal.

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Katie Hendrick
April 24, 2013

Your Neighbor: Arnie Malasky

It started with a smiling, doe-eyed stuffed beaver Arnie Malasky spotted on a business trip to Denver, which he thought would make a perfect gift for his then-girlfriend, Ronnie.