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High Five Moments of the Week

The top five sports moments of the week.

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Booker running back Jamal Benson scored a pair of touchdowns on runs of 23 and 5 yards.
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  • September 4, 2014
Football Friday

The Observer recaps the week in football.

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  • September 4, 2014
Sidelines

Lady Thunder volleyball opens the season with a win; ODA swings past Southeast; Sarasota youth sailors post top finishes

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  • September 4, 2014
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

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DeForest
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  • September 4, 2014
Your Neighbor | Tim DeForest

Tim DeForest is a self-proclaimed comic book geek. His Hidden Lake Village condo houses roughly 400 comic books and action figures dating back to his childhood, including the first comic he ever owned.

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Lisa Greenberg submitted this sunset photo, taken in Palmer Ranch.
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  • September 4, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

Lisa Greenberg submitted this sunset photo, taken in Palmer Ranch.

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TALL TALE. Laura Coyle of All Faiths Food Bank brought her Sarasota Observer to the Feeding America Conference in Chicago.
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It's Read Everywhere

Headed on a great vacation? Make sure to take your Observer along! Visit YourObserver.com/itsreadeverywhere to submit your entries. One winner will receive two travel certificates, good for travel from SRQ Airport.

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Casey Schick, Terry Miller, Lori Denny and Maria Pugliese
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  • September 3, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: East Meets West VI Regional Business Expo

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce and the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance hosted the 6th annual East Meets West Regional Business Expo Wednesday, Sept. 3, at Robarts Arena.

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FAMILY FUN. Nuris Fanning and Karmen McGill brought their Observer along while attending the graduation ceremony for McGill’s daughter, Megan (not pictured), from Florida State University in Tallahassee.
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It's Read Everywhere

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CRUISE NEWS. Nancy and Geoffrey Vavra read their East County Observer in front of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia. The couple enjoyed the stop as part of a 25-day Baltic cruise.
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CRUISE NEWS. Leslie and Tom Cail enjoy reading their Longboat Observer on a recent cruise from St. Petersburg, Russia, to Moscow.
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It's Read Everywhere

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Blown transformer leads to outages

Lightning caused a transformer to blow late Saturday night, leading to power outages the next morning for several businesses at the Centre Shops of Longboat Key.

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Ed Chiles starts the Ice Bucket Challenge.
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  • September 3, 2014
Chiles Group takes ice challenge

Staff at two Chiles Restaurant Group eateries recently participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that's gone viral in recent weeks.

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Michael Koscec submitted this photo of a heron standing on a groin on Longboat Key. The supermoon is faded in the background.
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  • September 3, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Michael Koscec submitted this photo of a heron standing on a groin on Longboat Key. The supermoon is faded in the background.

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'I like to tell stories,' Sherry Derrenberger says of why she wants to be sit-down comedian. 'I like people to laugh.' Photo by Pam Eubanks
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  • September 3, 2014
Derrenberger doesn't let MS get her down

Sherry Derrenberger wanted to be a standup comic but had to alter her dream slightly.

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