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Northside Christian’s Kayla Church, No. 11, and Sarasota Christian’s Danielle Buncik, No. 6, both run for the ball.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 16, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Christian v. Northside Christian

Sarasota Christian played Northside Christian during the girls soccer quarterfinals Tuesday, Jan. 15, at The Out-of-Academy. Sarasota Christian beat Northside Christian 3-1. Sarasota Christian will advance to the district semifinals and face-off against top-seed St. Stephen's.

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  • January 16, 2013
River Club resident moderates panel

River Club resident and retired broadcaster Fulton Lewis moderated a panel discussion for the Broadcasters Club of Florida Friday, Jan. 11, at Sara Bay Country Club.

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  • January 16, 2013
Production team announces grants

Salt & Light Productions, a Lakewood Ranch-based, award-winning project of the Center for Faith and Freedom, has awarded cost-sharing grants for the production of multi-media presentations for the following organizations and agencies: Amazing Love Healing Ministries, Fairy Tail Endings, Family Network on Disabilities of Manatee/Sarasota, National Association of Professional Agents and New Vision for Independence.

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  • January 16, 2013
Mario Andretti headlines opening

Race Car legend Mario Andretti is coming to town.

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  • January 16, 2013
Palm-Aire Country Club members spread holiday cheer

Members of the Palm-Aire Country Club's 9 and 18-hole men's and women's golf associations, along with other club members, collected nearly 300 toys throughout the holiday season to donate to Toys for Tots.

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  • January 16, 2013
Dessert auction raises $1,200

East County ladies were the leaders of a "sweet" fundraiser held in December for Temple Emanu-El Religious School.

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  • January 16, 2013
ODA graduate makes Dean's List

GreyHawk Landing's Marina Kyte, a 2012 graduate of The Out-of-Door Academy, has made the Dean's List for the fall semester at High Point University in High Point, N.C.

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  • January 16, 2013
Academy collecting items for fundraiser

The Sea of Strengths Academy is collecting gently-used household items from Jan. 22 to Jan. 25, to be auctioned to raise money for teacher training.

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Joanie Cohen and Janet Rogers
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  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 15, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Key Niners Luncheon

The Longboat Key Club Women's Golf Association welcomed new members of its "Key Niners" group with a luncheon Tuesday, Jan. 15, at the club's Islandside dining room.

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Peggy Williams, Francie Hall, Eunice Nelle, Karen Hastings and Liz Smith.
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • January 15, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Siesta Key Presbyterian Women learn nutritious knowledge

The Siesta Key Presbyterian Women met on Tuesday, Jan. 15 at the fellowship hall to eat lunch and listen to a guest speaker. Clinical Dietician Laura McLeroy of Sarasota Memorial Hospital spoke to women about how to better take care of their bodies. Fifty-seven people attended. 'It's a new year so people are focusing on their health,' said Moderator Maria Wattleworth.

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"The foot traffic (in St. Armands) is just perfect for conversations, as I make my way around on The Kindness Bicycle," Votruba wrote on his blog, http://www.onemillionactsofkindness.com.
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  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 15, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: The Kindness Bus

Bob Votruba, of Cleveland, Ohio, is intent on stamping out violence, bullying and adolescent suicide. To promote a message of hope, he's driving the kindness bus, a school bus painted with messages of love and peace, 9,000 miles around the U.S. The bus arrived in St. Armands Circle Thursday, Jan. 10.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • January 15, 2013
December Ultimate Sports Fan of the Month

Vicki LaChance submitted this photo titled Ray Jay - Here We Come!

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  • January 15, 2013
Sun Coast Senior Men's Tennis League in full swing

The Sun Coast Senior Men's Tennis League is in the midst of its 31st season with more than 1600 players from 30 tennis clubs in Sarasota and Manatee Counties.

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Passerine, which means songbird, performs as Lisamichelle Lemurian sways to the music with her daughter Trinity.
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • January 14, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Save Our Seabirds Country Music Fundraiser

Save Our Seabirds hosted a country music fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 12 at the Cock & Bull Pub to benefit the organization. Country music singer June Webb and Event Chairman John Hyatt came to the organization with the idea.

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Rona and Hy Polakoff serve up cabbage soup.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • January 14, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Temple Sinai Jewish Food Festival

Temple Sinai hosted its annual Jewish Food Festival Sunday, Jan. 13. Attendees sampled food from dozens of booths, which included traditional Jewish recipes. 'My recipe was passed down to me from my mother,' said Alan Fishbein. 'Back in those days, nobody measured, so it took me a few tries to get it down.' After sampling the many dishes, guests also had an opportunity to view local art and peruse the temple's used book sale.

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