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Bonnie Schneider, middle, brought her visiting daughter-in-law, Norma, and son, Chris, to see the measuring of the cotton plant.
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  • July 20, 2011
Casa del Mar plants seed of excitement on the Key

Bonnie Schneider, of Pelican Harbor, has attended the Casa del Mar cotton plant measuring ceremony for the Guinness World Book of Records two times in the past, and this year brought her visiting son, Chris, daughter-in-law, Norma, and grandson, Sean, to the July 15 ceremony.

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  • July 20, 2011
Longboat Key Club and Resort is 'en vogue'

The Longboat Key Club and Resort is in Vogue - literally. The Key Club was chosen as the place for a Vogue magazine photo shoot July 11, which took place at both the Tennis Gardens at the Longboat Key Club and on the beach at sunset.

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  • July 20, 2011
Just another day at the beach on Longboat Key

On Saturday, July 16, staff photographer Rachel O'Hara spent the day on Longboat Key photographing spectacular summer scenes.

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  • July 20, 2011
News Briefs

Longboat receives water award from U.S. EPA DeLynn collection earns ASM accreditation

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • July 20, 2011
The Castaway

This week's Castaway cartoon.

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  • July 20, 2011
Cops Corner

'Extreme Couponing': The Longboat Key edition 3:40 p.m. - 6700 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive. Suspicious Circumstance. A man told police that two daily newspapers delivered to a box near his condominium no longer come with extra clip-out coupons and told police he believes that someone has been stealing the coupons and leaving the newspapers inside. The man credited the possible theft to a recent TV series glamorizing the use of coupons.

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Unit B-704 at the Sanctuary, 535 Sanctuary Drive, sold for $1,075,000.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 20, 2011
Sanctuary unit sells for $1,075,000

Steven and Susan Freedman, of Lutz, sold Unit B-704 at 535 Sanctuary Drive in Unit IV of the 186-unit Sanctuary to Melvyn and Eleanor Glickman, 585 Sanctuary Drive, for $1,075,000. Built in 1990, the 2,590-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. It last sold for $1,425,000 in June 2003.

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  • By Donna Swan
  • July 20, 2011
Deal Us In: Too much duck

When this hand was dealt at a local duplicate game, a number of pairs ended up in the three notrump contract. Some Wests elected to lead the Jack of diamonds.

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Debbie Snow submitted this sunset photo, taken on Anna Maria Island.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 20, 2011
Weekly Winner: Waiting Patiently

Debbie Snow submitted this sunset photo, taken on Anna Maria Island.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 19, 2011
OBITUARY: Shirley Jean Schneider-Behrendt

Shirley Jean Schneider-Behrendt, 82, was a Longboat Key resident.

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Volunteers excavate loggerhead turtle nests by digging out and counting eggs.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 19, 2011
Two turtle nests scheduled for excavation

The public is invited to the opening of two turtle nests that have recently hatched on Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 19, 2011
Obituary: Shirley Jean Schneider-Behrendt

Shirley Jean Schneider-Behrendt, 82, of Longboat Key, died July 14.

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  • July 18, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Longboat Observer archives.

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Ruth DeLynn, in October 2007, speaks at the dedication of the Ruth DeLynn Cetacean Osteological Collection.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 18, 2011
DeLynn collection earns ASM accreditation

The honor recognizes the scientific value of the bone collection.

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Mark Huber and George Rauch pose in the kitchen while they cooked the 35 fish they caught for the Saturday, July 16 Christ Church and Spanish Main fish fry.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 16, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Fish Fry

Members of Christ Church and residents of Spanish Main had a fish fry Saturday, July 16 at Spanish Main.

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