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  • June 6, 2013
Cycling group honors fallen

Cyclists in the Village Idiots Cycling Club set their wheels spinning May 15 along the streets of Lakewood Ranch, as they remembered cyclists who have been injured or killed while riding.

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  • June 6, 2013
Local youth makes thoughtful donation

Grayson Almeter is making a "cluck" for the homeless.

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  • June 6, 2013
Women's Club visits Asolo Rep

Members and guests of the Lakewood Ranch Women's Club got a first-hand look at the life of a play May 15, when they spent the day at the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

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  • June 6, 2013
Haile students give history lesson

Two seventh-graders at Haile Middle School will represent Manatee County this weekend.

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  • June 6, 2013
Top Truitt

The Board of Directors of Leadership Florida, the president of the Florida Chamber of Commerce and four Florida Leadership graduates nominated Sarasota's Pam Truitt, of Truitt Consulting, for a position on the board of directors.

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  • June 6, 2013
First catch

Landon Forde, 8, of Sarasota, caught his first tarpon Saturday, June 1, during the 83rd annual Sarasota Sportfishing Anglers Club Tarpon Tournament.

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Peter van Roekens picks up trash in the Village.
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  • June 6, 2013
It takes a Village

The Siesta Key Association and the Siesta Key Village Association invited residents to clean up the Key Saturday, June 1, for the Adopt-a-Road Pickup.

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Tiffany Briggs, of Manatee Sarasota Eye Clinic, with Beverly Jordan, of Amerovent, and Jennifer Posey-Toller, of Ad-VANCE
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 6, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance Networking Social

Members of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance ushered welcomed the summer season June 5, during a "Summer Beach Blast" themed networking social.

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Kyle Guay, 13, paints a bench by the basketball court. His design incorporated a player spinning a basketball. Kyle won honorable mention and a $25 gift card to Michaels for art supplies.
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • June 6, 2013
SSAS and neighbors revamp park benches

Gillespie Park Neighborhood Association and Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences join forces to enliven the benches in Gillespie Park.

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Michelle Kapreilian has been involved with Forty Carrots Family Center since 2001.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • June 6, 2013
Forty Carrots welcomes new executive director

After 12 years of involvement, Michelle Kapreilian began her role as executive director of Forty Carrots Family Center Monday, June 3.

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Hurricane Agnes, June, 1972
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • June 6, 2013
Moments in time

A Mercedes might have been better-suited as a swamp buggy after high winds and rain caused flooding on much of Siesta Key after Hurricane Agnes, in June 1972.

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Jacob Amontree spruced up the landscaping near the entrance to Siesta Key Chapel for his Eagle Scout community service project.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • June 6, 2013
Riverview junior soars toward Eagle Scout rank

Seventeen-year-old Jacob Amontree recently completed his community service project at Siesta Key Chapel. The project puts him one step closer to obtaining Eagle Scout status.

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Sarasota resident Rachel Bowman, former college swimmer and Masters water polo player, joined the Sarasota YMCA Sharks Masters Swim Team in 2007.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • June 6, 2013
Masterful Shark: Rachel Bowman

Sarasota resident and volunteer coordinator Rachel Bowman has been tasked with making sure 500 volunteers are in place while also attempting to swim four events during the 2013 Pan-American Masters Championship.

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  • June 6, 2013
SIDELINES

Lady Sailor signs with the Falcons; Fleet Feet Sports hires a fit specialist; Extra Innings plans indoor summer camps; Totally Tennis to hold summer fundraiser

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Steve Wilberding comes from one of the oldest New York families. His first ancestors in the New World helped lay down the brick work of Wall Street.
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • June 6, 2013
YOUR NEIGHBOR: Steve Wilberding

Steve Wilberding has lived in places most people only read about in travel magazines. His 30-year career in international investment banking with Merrill Lynch has taken him and his family to London, Japan, India, Russia and Saudi Arabia, just to name a few.

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