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Today, Jack Warren spends his time painting celebrities. Warren's work can be purchased at the Siesta Key Hardware store.
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • December 27, 2012
Illustrations of the past

A white-haired Jack Warren sits comfortably on the patio in front of his studio at his Siesta Key home.

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Stacy White, Crescent Beach
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  • December 27, 2012
2012 Best of weather photos: Pelican Press

Looking back through our archives of weather photos in 2012, picking our best submissions was a near impossible task. You, our readers, submitted some of the most spectacular sunset and sunrise photos we have ever received!

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  • December 26, 2012
Kiddie Academy hosts holiday breakfast

Kiddie Academy welcomes more than 230 people to its Family Holiday Appreciation Breakfast Dec. 8.

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  • December 26, 2012
Bashaw students learn through dance

Zumba instructor Sandra Aguirre taught Bashaw Elementary School students Latin dance from Mexico Dec. 12, at the school.

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  • December 26, 2012
BRHS students honor veterans

Students at Braden River High School have continued their Christmas tradition of honoring servicemen and women.

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Freddie and Dick Baribault. Courtesy photo.
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  • December 26, 2012
Westchester celebrates holidays

Westchester residents celebrated the holidays Dec. 4 following the condominium's annual meeting.

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Minnie Mouse poses with Juan Luis Torres II
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 26, 2012
Standout siblings climb ranks

Longboat Key Club & Resort banquet chef Juan Luis Torres and his wife, Lisa, have exciting family news to share.

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Maggie Plasencia and George Ceshker
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 26, 2012
Secur-All lights up the office

Too bad we didn't offer a prize for "Best Office" in our "Light Up the Keys" contest, because Secur-all Insurance would have made our list.

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    By
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  • December 26, 2012
Owners seek missing cat

Have you seen Boomer?

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Morton Hellwig, Beer Can Island
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  • December 26, 2012
2012 Best of weather photos: Longboat Key

Looking back through our archives of weather photos in 2012, picking our best submissions was a near impossible task.

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McKenzie Chadwell submitted this sunset photo, taken at on Lido Key.
    By
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  • December 26, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

McKenzie Chadwell submitted this sunset photo, taken at on Lido Key.

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Marian Kessler
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • December 26, 2012
Season of Sharing: Marian Kessler

Kessler, a Plymouth Harbor resident, has been donating to Season of Sharing since shortly after the campaign's inception.

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  • December 26, 2012
Obituary: Walter Kellis

Walter Kellis, of Sarasota, formerly of New York City, died Dec. 15. He was 97.

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Jerry Pujol with his wife, Carolyn, who taught him how to run. Pujol also showed off his gold medal from the Senior Games State Championships.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • December 26, 2012
Going the distance

Jerry Pujol learned to run late in life. The 80-year-old recently qualified for the National Senior Games.

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Audrey Grace Moore
    By
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  • December 26, 2012
East County Births

The East County Observer would like to congratulate all the parents who celebrated recently the births of their new bundles of joy.

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