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  • February 22, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Colony interests to give status update; Budget module now available; Bullock recommends three engineering firms

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 22, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Dean Eisner devotes his time to education, business, recreation and the community.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • February 22, 2012
Neighbors: Dean Eisner

This retired businessman takes on a new job helping area students.

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The Condrick home incorporates a peacock theme. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • February 22, 2012
Garden Club hosts annual home and garden tour

HGTV has nothing on the Longboat Key Garden Club's 36th annual Home and Garden Tour. On Saturday, March 3, tour-goers will see expertly decorated homes with unique furniture pieces, private art collections and stunning views.

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Rummage Sale Chairwoman Mary Elizabeth Carey welcomed Steve Bigelow, who was first in line at last year’s rummage sale at St. Mary. File photo.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • February 22, 2012
Shoppers rush to the Key for annual rummage sale

It's that time of year again when people scramble to Stella Maris Activity Hall at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church for the Royal Rummage Sale. It's a day when not only the parishioners rejoice, but bargain shoppers join in.

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Jean and Ron Schwied stand in their kitchen in front of a map of the route they will be taking. Their home is rented out, and they are ready to take off.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • February 22, 2012
Longboat Key couple sets sail around the eastern U.S.

It will take approximately 10 months for the Schwieds to sail The Great Loop around the eastern U.S.

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Unit 23 at 7155 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for for $275,000. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 22, 2012
Key Towers South condo sells for $340,000

Genevieve Simpson, of Albuquerque, N.M., sold her Unit 8-G condominium at Key Towers South, 1750 Benjamin Franklin Drive, to Richard and Kathryn Poulsen, of Watertown, N.Y., for $340,000.

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Basic training on the Gyrotonic pulley tower: This "arch and curl" move is based on the modern dance contraction. It stretches and strengthens the torso.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • February 22, 2012
Aerobic Grandma: The circular route to flexibility

A couple of decades ago, something fell to the floor in a professional colleague's office, and when I reached down to retrieve it, she said, "Well, at least one of us can still pick up something from the floor."

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If you know someone who should be featured as an Athlete of the Week, please call or send the suggestion to Mallory Gnaegy at 366-3468, Ext. 360 or mgnaegy@yourobserver.com.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • February 22, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Sherry Fideler

Sherry Fideler has always been active. When she took an aerobics class with her sister, she realized it combined two of her favorite things - dance and aerobics.

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    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • February 22, 2012
JUST THE STATS

148 - Score of overall champions Evan and Jaclyn Fletcher and Marion and Irene Pye at the Couples Member/Guest 2012 Golf Tournament Friday, Feb. 17, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

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Stan Singer submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 22, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Stan Singer submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.

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Keith Fitzgerald
  • By Rod Thomson
  • February 22, 2012
Candidate Fitzgerald: Can he teach and run?

New College professor Keith Fitzgerald's candidacy for Congress has raised questions among administrators and trustees about his ability to maintain his teaching duties.

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Elise Lee, Meagan Sanchez, Isabella Sanchez, Amy Lee and a Ferrari Stroller
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • February 21, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Exotic Car Festival

Aston Martin's, Bugattis, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Rolls Royce, Bentleys and the people fortunate enough to own the prime real-estate filled St. Armands Circle Park on Saturday, Feb. 18. And the traffic cramming St. Armands for the Exotic Car Festival was a car show all of its own. It was the 11th year the festival has taken place, and was just one event of an entire weekend of events benefiting the Child Protection Center.

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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • February 21, 2012
FEB. 21: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota, and Siesta Key.

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Marie and Incoming Commodore Bob Hunter and Carlene and outgoing Commodore Bob Baime
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • February 21, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Bird Key Yacht Club Change of Watch

It was a good year for Commodore Bob Baime, as he oversaw the remodeling of the Bird Key Yacht Club. As of Saturday, Feb. 18, new Commodore Bob Hunter has taken over the watch. A dinner and ceremony celebrated the outgoing and incoming officers and commodores. And just like the tide, out with the old and in with the new.

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