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James Kangas shares a picture of a young version of himself outside a B-17 turret. Kangas wore a wired full-body electric suit and gloves to fight off below-zero temperatures in the turret.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • January 30, 2013
Memorable experience: James Kangas

James Kangas, an 87-year-old World War II 8th Air Force veteran and former ball turret gunner, relived his time in the belly of a B-17 at the Wings of Freedom Tour.

  • East County
  • News
Schroeder-Manatee Ranch President and CEO Rex Jensen shows off the Lakewood Ranch Tampa Bay Lightning jersey he received from Lightning Vice President and General Manager Steve Yzerman, during a Jan. 25 press conference.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 30, 2013
SMR, Tampa Lightning announce partnership

Both organizations intend to expand their reaches through the new deal.

  • East County
  • News
Cyndi Seamon and David Novak gently rescued Vickie in April to take her to Save Our Seabirds. Photos courtesy of Cynthia Schneider.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 30, 2013
Vickie the swan unlikely to head home due to ongoing illness

The Bay Isles swan's ongoing illness means that her new residence will likely be the Save Our Seabirds facility.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 30, 2013
Red-tide concentrations remain low

The town hasn't received reports of fish kills since a cleanup effort a week-and-a-half ago on Key beaches.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Rev. Dr. Vincent Carroll started Jan. 13 as senior minister of the Longboat Island Chapel. "Every day of work has been better than the last," he said.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 30, 2013
The Rev. Dr. Vincent Carroll to lead Longboat Island Chapel

New role marks his 45th year in the ministry.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2013
Our View: The key to Longboat's future

At the conclusion Jan. 24 of the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee and Longboat Key Revitalization Task Force public forum on the future of the Key, longtime PIC board member Beverly Shapiro said to us: "Now, you tell me how anyone can say PIC isn't relevant."

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • January 30, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Longboat voters are too intelligent to allow commission to continue as is; James Madison is out there! Two gentlemen fit the mold; Let's treat our Comprehensive Plan as we would a constitution

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
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Courtesy photo
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 30, 2013
Lore: Bye, bye birdie: Peacock kidnapped

An unknown man snatched a peacock from the Village neighborhood in 1988. The suspect remains at-large.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Stephanie Cole, a first-year LECOM dental student, works with Dr. Francis M. Curd to fit Ken Murry, a Tropicana fork lifter, for a new set of dentures.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • January 30, 2013
LECOM students provide free dentures to low-income patients

The school's inaugural class gets its first hands-on experience in a new patient clinic.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Singer/songwriter Mindy Simmons will perform at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 2. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 30, 2013
East County to celebrate arts

Lakewood Ranch Main Street will host the sixth annual Ovation event Feb. 2.

  • East County
  • News
Legacy Golf Course, built by Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, has seen an uptick in activity recently. After its lender assumed control in 2009, Och-Ziff Capital Management, the new buyer, can spend money on improvements to the course.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • January 30, 2013
Legacy Golf Course sold

A subsidiary of Och-Ziff Management, a New York-based hedge fund, bought the course for about $3 million.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 30, 2013
Growth management: 'Southwest County Focus'

Manatee County planning officials are evaluating how development occurs in the community and how to best ensure growth pays for the infrastructure improvements - water, sewer and other services - that come along with it.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2013
Manatee County Administrator gets pay raise, new contract

A new five-year contract intended to delay the retirement of Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker would give him a $34,720.20 annual raise.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2013
ArtisTree's judges narrow list of Design & Dine finalists to three

The Design & Dine contest team is busy choosing three finalists - out of almost 50 entries ­- for a $10,000 backyard makeover. Now, ArtisTree needs your help to narrow it down to one winner.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Lakewood Ranch defender Jason Ferguson battles Manatee High’s Carlos Reyes and Johnny Salgado for possession.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 30, 2013
Return to Glory: Lakewood Ranch High boys soccer

The Lakewood Ranch High boys soccer team captured its first district title in four years with a 2-1 victory over Manatee in the Class 4A-District 11 championship.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch assistant coach Jim Wojcicki congratulates goalkeeper Alex Latham on her 14th shutout of the season.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 30, 2013
Dominate 'D': Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer defeats Venice

The Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer team defeated Venice 1-0 in the Class 4A-Region 3 semifinals Jan. 26. The Lady Mustangs traveled to Plant City for the regional finals Jan. 29.

  • East County
  • Sports
Matt McFall
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 30, 2013
Athlete of the Week: Matt McFall

Braden River High senior Matt McFall completed his first marathon, the Walt Disney World Marathon, Jan. 13.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2013
JUST THE STATS

9 - The number of 3-pointers Emily Bulfin sank to set a new Lakewood Ranch school record Jan. 25.

  • East County
  • Sports
Joe Wayne Barry, of Tito's, was named MVP of the game. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 30, 2013
Tito's edges past Ten Oaks

Tito's defeated Ten Oaks 16-15 in the Premier Sotheby's Cup Jan. 27.

  • East County
  • Sports
Miracle League of Manasota baseball player Seth Morano enjoyed spending time with the Baltimore Orioles players. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 30, 2013
Orioles tee off for charity

The Baltimore Orioles will host their third annual Birdland Golf Classic Feb. 20, at the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Miracle League of Manasota.

  • East County
  • Sports
Braden River Elementary School second-graders Nish Patel, Derick Cooper, Ashlynn Poznanski and Britlee Yant worked in teams to make art with fruits and vegetables.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 30, 2013
Play with your food

The cafeteria at Willis Elementary School buzzed with excitement Jan. 25, as children carrying trays piled high with fruits and veggies rushed to their tables.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2013
SIDELINES

FHSAA announces football districts; Emily Bulfin sets new basketball record; Trevon Young's double-double leads Pirates; Lakewood Mustangs fall to Cardinal Mooney Cougars

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 30, 2013
Pirate inks scholarship

Five months ago, doctors told Dylan Lee he wouldn't be able to take the baseball field this spring.

  • East County
  • Sports
Junior Miss Manatee County Fair Sarah Adams stands by her cow/calf pair, Bella and Olivia. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 30, 2013
East County student relishes time as queen

Junior Miss Manatee County Fair Sarah Adams also showed livestock in the 2013 fair.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Leslie Hogle's favorite picture of her late husband, Al, and her, features them enjoying a vacation together.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 30, 2013
Citizen of the Year: Albert 'Al' Hogle

The late Longboat Key Police Chief Albert F. 'Al' Hogle will receive the 2012 Citizen of the Year award posthumously at the Kiwanis Foundation's Valentine's Ball.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Along with a bevy of academic opportunities, the Longboat Key Education Center offers mind-body classes, such as yoga. Katie Hendrick
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 30, 2013
New classes start in February at LBK Education Center

For 24 years, the Longboat Key Education Center has satisfied locals' curiosities on topics ranging from movies to modern Hebrew poetry. And this year will be no different.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Euphemia Haye chef/proprietor Raymond Arpke prepares a Belgian endive salad for the first course of the Jan. 25 Forks & Corks Lesson Luncheon. Photo by Robin Hartill.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 30, 2013
Euphemia Haye launches lesson luncheon series

Euphemia Haye's annual "Lesson Luncheon" series opener, "Forks & Corks," taught participants to make three traditional French dishes and then pair them with wine.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This home at 208 N. Polk Drive has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,085 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.65 million. Photo by Katie Hendrick.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 30, 2013
Home in John Ringling Estates sells for $1.65 million

A home in John Ringling Estates tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Nigel Mould and Nathalie Randanee De Vazeille, of Sarasota, sold their home at 208 N. Polk Drive to Christopher Banner and Katherine Huelster, of Longboat Key, for $1.65 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Cheryl Loeffler
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 30, 2013
Real Estate Reports

Loeffler is the top-producing Premier Sotheby's associate in 2012; The top 10 Realtors in total volume in '12 according to Sarasota-Manatee MLS; Premier Sotheby's reports 35% growth in 2012

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mary Lou Morris submitted this sunrise photo, taken on Bradenton Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2013
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Mary Lou Morris submitted this sunrise photo, taken on Bradenton Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Nick Galliger submitted this photo of a clam digger on Manatee Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2013
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Nick Galliger submitted this photo of a clam digger on Manatee Beach.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
This home in Country Club East of Lakewood Ranch, which has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,564 square feet of living area, sold for $653,000. Photo by Josh Siegel.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 30, 2013
Home in Country Club East sells for $653,000

A home in Country Club East of Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate. SP1 Inc. sold the home at 7046 Kingsmill Court to Robert Klutts and Vicki Klutts, trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, for $653,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Tara Poulton
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Sod service company expands to landscaping market; Neal marketing specialist speaks at builders show; Water management district welcomes program manager; Janie Albertson joins Ted Todd Insurance Agency

  • East County
  • News
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