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Kevin Swan
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  • October 3, 2013
Optimistic outlook

Sarasota resident Kevin Swan was honored with the Stephen Heywood Patients Today Award Oct. 3, at the ALS Therapy Development Institute's ninth annual Leadership Summit in Cambridge, Mass., for his involvement within the ALS community.

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Natalia Cava with her husband, Felipe. Courtesy photo
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2013
Fit at 50

YMCA fitness trainer and Peruvian aerobics champion Felipe Cava celebrated his 50th birthday Sunday, Sept. 29, at Blase Cafe.

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2013
NEWS BRIEFS

Condo owner abandons DID expansion efforts

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Karin Murphy is the director of the city’s new Urban Design Studio, based out of the Federal Building.
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  • David Conway
  • October 3, 2013
Designing Woman: Karin Murphy

Karin Murphy, director of Sarasota's Urban Design Studio, has returned to the city to help finish a job she started - and to leave a positive mark for future generations.

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1986
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 3, 2013
Montessori Method: NewGate International Montessori Academy

Thirty years ago, a teacher and her husband had a vision for a small countryside school. Since then, NewGate International Montessori Academy has grown into an internationally recognized lab school.

  • Sarasota
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Marlon Mack is this week's standout player
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2013
SIDELINES

Riverview Rams race to second-place finish; Sarasota Christian sweeps PCCC; Cardinal Mooney suffers lopsided loss; Orioles Fall Instructional League wraps up

  • Sarasota
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Aiko Anderson demonstrates calligraphy painting on T-shirts. She imprints a leaf onto the shirt to make a floral design.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 3, 2013
Friendship through flowers

Colorful flowers sit in a bucket as members of the Sarasota Chapter No. 115 of Ikebana International participate in a mawari-ike ikebana arrangement.

  • Sarasota
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Nancy Stavin submitted this sunset photo, taken from Palm Avenue.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2013
Observer Weather: Sarasota

Nancy Stavin submitted this sunset photo, taken from Palm Avenue.

  • Sarasota
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More than 40 vendors offer produce and plants from local growers and producers.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 2, 2013
Phillippi Farmhouse Market re-opens

Phillippi Farmhouse Market, 5500 S. Tamiami Trail, will be open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays through April.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 2, 2013
Season opens for Gulf Red Snapper

Fisherman can now try their hand at catching red snapper in state and federal waters.

  • Sarasota
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Kathy Bixler’s Stamper’s Cove opens Saturday, Oct. 5.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • October 2, 2013
DOING BUSINESS: Stamper's Cove

The story of Stamper's Cove, a new craft store in Lakewood Ranch, is best told through the two black tables tucked deep inside it.

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Stacy White submitted this sunset photo, taken in Greenbrook after an evening rainfall.
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  • October 2, 2013
Weather photo: East County

Do you love taking photos? We want your best photos of sunrises, sunsets, rainbows, etc. Submit your local weather photos for a chance to have your photo published in the paper! See all of the winning photos each week by visiting The Observer's Facebook page.

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Dominic Arthur Goodin
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 2, 2013
East County Births

The East County Observer will publish birth announcements the last issue of each month. To have your listing included, please email your information to Managing Editor Pam Eubanks, [email protected].

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The first of the six cygnets that The Regal Swan Foundation captured on Sunday, Sept. 29.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 2, 2013
Swan effort takes flight

Over the weekend, David Novak took steps toward his vision of controlling the swan population on Longboat Key with one same-sex swan pair per territory.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 2, 2013
Aging in Paradise hires new executive director

Donna Dunio will become the first paid employee of the Longboat Island Chapel organization that was created in 2010 to help seniors and their families.

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