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  • May 3, 2012
Observer Team Spotlight

Meet this week's Observer Team Spotlight, Andrew Tucker.

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  • May 3, 2012
JUST THE STATS

3 - The number of Booker High School track and field seniors who competed for the final time in their high school careers at the 2A state meet last week. Breanna Browning, Ezra Robinson and Cherlinda Polynice all will graduate this year.

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Gabriel Angelo submitted this sunset photo, taken at Island Park in Sarasota.
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  • May 3, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Gabriel Angelo submitted this sunset photo, taken at Island Park in Sarasota.

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  • May 3, 2012
Blase is not passe

What do Lou Gehrig, Al Capone and Franklin Delano Roosevelt have in common?

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One of the Sarasota Scullers' Boys 8+ teams bring their boat in after a race, Saturday, April 28, at Nathan Benderson Park.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • May 2, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: FSRA Sweep Championships

The FSRA Sweep Championships took place Saturday, April 28, and Sunday, April 29, at Nathan Benderson Park.

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Casey's Jet has had six winning pictures and is Tappan's favorite horse.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 2, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Joyce Tappan

Joyce Tappan is a horse enthusiast. Read more about her our candid "Five Things."

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Timothy L. Parker II is taking five Advanced Placement courses — calculus, chemistry, literature, government and Spanish.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Tim Parker

Timothy L. Parker II is one of 800 African-American students nationwide to earn the National Achievement Scholarship. Read more about him in our candid "Five Things."

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  • May 2, 2012
Public Tennis Center team qualifies for championship

The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center's 3.0 Senior Women's Team completed the fall 2011 and winter 2012 season in first place, which qualified the team for the USTA State Championship in Daytona.

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  • May 2, 2012
Last chance to submit applications

The Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for its annual Small Business, Rookie Small Business and Non-Profit Business of the Year Awards.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2012
Sawyer gets close look at a snook

On Saturday, Sawyer Welch Michel caught a 28-inch snook off the bridge located on Harbourside Drive near the Winding Oaks subdivision.

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  • May 2, 2012
Linger Lodge to host festival

Bluegrass fans take note: Linger Lodge will host its first Braden River Bluegrass Festival from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. May 5, at the restaurant, 7205 85th St. Court E.

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  • May 2, 2012
VFW announces contest winners

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 12055 members named three students from Haile Middle School as winners of this year's "Patriots Pen" essay contest April 14.

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  • May 2, 2012
Tara swings big for children

Members of the Tara Golf & Country Club celebrated their 17th year helping children with life-threatening illnesses.

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Beverly sits on her nest. Photos courtesy Lou Newman and David Novak.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 2, 2012
Swan life on Longboat Key called into focus

Vicki the swan has been to Save Our Seabirds twice in one month; her survival is now in question. Friday, April 20, swan keeper David Novak took Vicki in for her second visit.

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Joyce Tappan loves cheering on her thoroughbreds at stakes races.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 2, 2012
Neighbors: Joyce Tappan

Joyce Tappan doesn't just horse around - she has 48 winning pictures.

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