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Mallory Gnaegy
August 14, 2012

PHOTO GALLERY: SYC's Black and White ball

The black and white ball at Sarasota Yacht club on Saturday, Aug. 11 was classy - or as classy as 'evening casual' can be. Some guests wore suit jackets, button downs and cummerbunds with shorts and high socks. Other couples dressed the better half in eveningwear and the worse half in casual.

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Mallory Gnaegy
August 14, 2012

PHOTO GALLERY: Soltis anniversary

Jesse and Ann Soltis met in church 50 years ago. For their 50th anniversary, their four sons and eight grandchildren threw a party for them. On Saturday, Aug. 11 the family and a few close friends from as far as Texas filled the Villa Di Lancia clubhouse to celebrate. Rev. Pick from St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church renewed the couple's vows. The Soltis' anniversary is Aug. 18 and they were married in 1962. The couple met at St. Helen Parish in Chicago. Jesse waited outside of the church after confession for Ann. He introduced himself, they got a milkshake and the rest is history.

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Eddie Kirsch
August 13, 2012

Aug. 13: 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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Mallory Gnaegy
August 13, 2012

PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Bay Watch Scallop Search

The Fifth Annual Sarasota Bay Watch Scallop Search took place Saturday, Aug. 11 launching from Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub. Over 100 volunteers decked in snorkel gear took boats out at various locations around the bay to search for scallops.

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Mallory Gnaegy
August 12, 2012

PHOTO GALLERY: Root beer floats at the fire station

Town Hall of Longboat Key's Trish Granger and Lisa Silvertooth hosted the first root beer float Friday on Aug. 10. They brought root beer float makings to the north end fire station and hosted a short get-together for Longboat Key firemen and policemen. Non-duty police officers joined the firemen where the typically hard-working servicemen took a load off and got their floats on. It was a relaxing fifteen minutes of fun jokes and root beer floats. The Town Hall employees even hand-delivered the makings for the on-duty servicemen that couldn't leave their posts. They plan to host these special fun Fridays every week.

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Mallory Gnaegy
August 12, 2012

PHOTO GALLERY: LBK Chamber Lunch and Learn

LBK Chamber members and guests took business under the big top for a networking luncheon hosted at John and Mable Ringling's Circus Museum Thursday, Aug. 2. The group toured the history of circus then had lunch in the museum beside old ticketing wagons and animal cages.