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  • February 25, 2010
OUR VIEW: Public education fatally flawed

American culture apparently has embedded the idea, irrevocably, that the education of our children is an obligation of the State.

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  • February 25, 2010
Letters to the Editor 02.25.10

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Sarasota Observer, 1517 State Street, Sarasota, 34236. The Sarasota Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author's street address and phone number are given. The editor reserves the right to condense letters.

  • Sarasota
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  • Loren Mayo
  • February 25, 2010
New Gate student clearly has a way with words

Tenth-grader Savannah Hillebrand will compete in the Poetry Out Loud state competition next month in Tallahassee.

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  • February 25, 2010
SSAS launches Web site for Haiti relief effort

Starting this week, David Carr, art director for Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences, will announce to students a fundraising Web site to help Haiti's earthquake victims.

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  • February 25, 2010
Business Observer 02.25.10

Award-winning full-service hair-and-nail salon Sassy Hair held a ribbon cutting Feb. 18 at its Siesta Key location, 209 Beach Road. The event was held during a Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce business-card exchange event co-hosted by Foxy Lady of Siesta Key.

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  • February 25, 2010
Cops Corner 02.25.10

The complainant sold a man a riding lawnmower. The man stopped making payments on the lawnmower. The complainant asked the sheriff's office for help, and deputies discovered that the man hadn't lived at his listed address since October.

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  • February 25, 2010
Casey Key home sells for $950,000

Thurston and Shirley Monson, of Kittery, Maine, sold their home at 4000 Casey Key Road to Mario and Lisa DePinto, of Nokomis, for $950,000.

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  • Robin Roy
  • February 25, 2010
Rumors swirl over drop in arrests

When the number of police department arrests fell 53% for the month of January as compared to last year, it left many inside and outside the force wondering why.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • February 25, 2010
Broomstick battle

Mother-and-daughter Laura Zalkin and Alex Zalkin challenged one another to a good witch/bad witch duel out on the dance floor at Temple Emanu-El's Purim Masquerade Ball Saturday, Feb. 20, at the temple. For the story and more photos, see page 11.

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  • February 25, 2010
SSAS launches Web site for Haiti relief effort

Starting this week, David Carr, art director for Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences, will announce to students a fundraising Web site to help Haiti's earthquake victims.

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  • Robin Roy
  • February 24, 2010
Charges of racism, sexism hit city job search

As commissioners ready to hire a new city auditor and clerk Thursday, some community members question why they haven't already awarded the job to the interim city auditor and clerk, who is a black woman.

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  • February 24, 2010
Filmmakers complete 'Payton's Song'

A documentary on the East County's beloved Payton Wright, a 5-year-old who died of brain cancer, may be featured in this year's Sarasota Film Festival.

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  • February 23, 2010
Red-light runner injured in crash

Officers say she was not paying attention to the road before hitting another car in front of the Sarasota Police Department and Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.

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  • February 22, 2010
Gun exchange yields more than 100 weapons

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office exchanges gift cards for guns to get firearms out of homes and off the streets.

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  • February 19, 2010
Giant rat looms over commission hearing

A group suing the county over its spring-training negotiations speaks before a public workshop that the county attorney advised as a "legal strategy." The group's leader said: "We smell a rat."

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