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Ozanda Gray, vocalist
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  • Dora Walters
  • January 26, 2011
Jazz concert starts off on right note

An interactive concert Jan. 26 opened the Longboat Key Center for the Arts' "Sounds of Music" concert series with an enthusiastic crowd. Vocalist Ozanda Gray got the audience singing along with him with "Ain't Misbehavin.'" Bass player John Lamb got lots of audience participation with "Bye, Bye, Blackbird." And a piano solo by Michael Royal drew tons of applause, as did Scott Blum's drum solo.

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Judy Felts
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  • Dora Walters
  • January 26, 2011
Seaplace hosts worldly night of fun

Seaplace condominium mixed Italian pizza with a dash of Irish music and created a fun evening for all. Ninety-plus Seaplace residents gathered at sunset Jan. 26 in the clubhouse for an informal pizza party that featured music by the Irish duo Patsy and Magella.

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Mary Lou Johnson, Jayne Weiss, Chris Meyers, Margaret Wallae and Lynn Walters couldn't resist sporting these T-shirts.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 26, 2011
Game on!

Longboat Key Club hosted its annual Game Day featuring gin, mahjongg, canasta and scrabble, to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

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    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 26, 2011
Key Club rides new wave at entrance

Malcolm Robertson's "Wave2Me" sculpture, which was on display last year at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, was installed Jan. 19, at the entrance to the Key Club's Islandside Resort.

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  • Maria Amodio
  • January 26, 2011
Tennis Center puts its best foot forward

The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center is stepping up to help others. Resident Linda Adrian is working with the Tennis Center to collect gently-used shoes through Feb. 28 for Soles4Souls, an international charity that provides shoes to people around the world who are victims of disasters or live in extreme poverty.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2011
TBI members cruise into new year

A group of 18 Temple Beth Israel started the new year by setting sail. They enjoyed a five-night mini cruise to Key West and the Bahamas.

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Lynn Wallace Roodbergen, Linda Swain, Charmaine Engelsman-Robins and Pola Sommers
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2011
Who let the dogs out?

Linda Swain, of Longboat Key and Toronto, hosted the first fundraiser for the new group, Unchain My Heart of Sarasota Inc., Sunday, Jan. 23, at Harry's Continental Kitchens.

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Sarasota contractor Fred Derr, stands beside a 17-step soil cement-step revetment project he built on Casey Key.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 26, 2011
Steps to a new solution

Sarasota contractor Fred Derr thinks the town of Longboat Key should consider a beach alternative that has worked on three separate portions of Casey Key.

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    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • January 26, 2011
Concert series will engage audiences

The Longboat Key Center for Arts' 2011 concert series kicks off Wednesday, Jan. 26.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 26, 2011
Persson: Courts not needed

Town attorney David Persson believes the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort can re-open without requiring owners have use of the 12 tennis courts in the middle of the property.

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Longboat Key residents on the north end of Longboat Key saw beach equipment arrive last week in preparation for a north-end beach-restoration project scheduled for February.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 26, 2011
Town begins sand speech

Town officials and beach engineers told Key residents Saturday why a $16 million beach project next year is necessary.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 26, 2011
Commission approves town's beach pitch

The Town Commission also decided not to change a sea-turtle ordinance prohibiting overnight beach furniture.

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Deputy Chief Sandi Drake, left, leads her team of firefighters in conducting a simulated response to a person who fell off a rood.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2011
News Briefs

Commission agrees to postpone impasse hearing; Firefighters conduct training exercise at Publix; North end beach project delayed until February

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Officer Shawn Nagell has been with the Longboat Key Police Department since 2003.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 26, 2011
Police officer answers call of duty

Officer Shawn Nagell is the 2010 Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Police Officer of the Year.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2011
Cops Corner

Classic Cops Jan. 15, 1984 2:30 p.m. - A pair of prescription glasses were found.

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