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Rachel Amanda was born & raised in Richmond, Virginia. She loves the beach and designs her own swimwear, which can be seen at akfitswimwear.com She has been to Siesta Key several times and absolutely loves it!
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Rachel, 25, is from Cincinnati, Ohio. She attends college in Ohio and is majoring in sustainable horticulture. She is currently working doing floral design. Rachel has traveled all around, but this is her first time here. She said Siesta Key Beach is the most beautiful beach she’s ever seen, and will definitely be back!
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Emergency (General)................................................................911 Emergency Animal Clinic....................................... 941-929-1818 Fishing & Hunting Licenses................................... 941-362-9888 FPL – Florida Power & Light.................................. 941-917-0708 FPL – Outage Report............................................1-800-468-8243 Marriage License Bureau........................................ 941-362-4066 Poison Info Center................................................1-800-282-3171 Sarasota / Bradenton Intl. Airport........................ 941-359-2770 Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT).................. 941-316-1234 Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce........................ 941-349-3800 Sheriff / non-emergency........................................ 941- 861-1601 Waste Management................................................. 941-924-1254
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Wait For it...” When news broke of a Colorado hiker killing a mountain lion with his bare hands after the cat attacked him on a remote trail recently, I wondered aloud to my wife how long it would take before PETA weighed in on the subject. Well, we now know: it took almost a week to formulate this brief statement: “This is a tragic story. It had to be terrifying for the man and the mountain lion, ending in the death of the animal that called that land home.” Tragic story? Only if you live in a Disney movie...or are a member of PETA. I saw it as heroic. Wonder how the press release would have read if the hiker had been the loser here. But what am I thinking? There wouldn’t have been one.
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Cell Phones in Sarasota Elementary Schools? I was surprised by something I read during the course of the recent Sarasota School Board debate over cell phones in county classrooms. It came in an anecdote from board chairwoman Jane Goodwin in which she recounts a recent visit to a fifth grade classroom where she saw students using their phones at their desks. I had no idea kids that young were so equipped, but after a bit of research I found that many kids get their first phones by the age of eight...which made me consider several other trends that I think intersect here: Toys-‘R-Us is out-of Business. Toy makers like American Girl and Mattel are facing hard times. It appears phones and other video devices have supplanted traditional forms of ‘play.’ This can’t be good... More reading and I come across a piece by Nellie Bowles in The New York Times that ran under this
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• HARBOUR TOWNE YACHT CLUB - Easy walking distance to Siesta Beach with a private deeded boat dock with lift and water views! Two bedroom, two bath with large glassed lanai overlooking marina. One car garage. MLS# A4422616, $569,000.00 Key Solutions Real Estate Group, Sheri & Bob Ruiz Bob: 941-544-3299 or Sheri: 941-400-4186. • SOMERSET COVE - Minutes to Siesta Beach and Village. 2757 luxury square feet. 4 bedrooms, 3 ½ baths with den, bonus space, elevator, 2 car garage , deeded 35’ dock with 20k lift. Gated community with resort pool. MLS # A4425546 $849,000. Key Solutions Real Estate Group, Sheri & Bob Ruiz Bob: 941-544-3299 or Sheri: 941-400-4186. • SIESTA COVE - Stunning enclave just minutes to Siesta Beach & Village. Totally and beautifully renovated 3+2 1/2 with 2 car garage. Amazing outdoor living with multiple balconies, decks and patio. Fenced. Huge lawn for play or pool. MLS #A4426343 $749,000. Key Solutions Real Estate Group, Sheri & Bob Ruiz Bob: 941-544-3299 or Sheri: 941-4004186. • TRULY FABULOUS 2/2 WITH PRIVATE BEACH ACCESS. Completely renovated TOP FLOOR END UNIT with exquisite finishes and furnishings the unit is being sold, turnkey. The open floor plan with SOARING CEILINGS features a huge living room with views of the ICW and Bay. This is truly a must-see. 6285 MIDNIGHT PASS RD, #307, SARASOTA, FL 34242, MLS#A4410196, $725,000, Key Solutions Real Estate, 941- 894-1255. • ENJOY STUNNING SUNRISES AND SUNSETS from this lovely two bedroom, two bath PENTHOUSE condo at the southernmost end of Siesta Key. If you seek incomparable views look no further - wake to awe-inspiring sunrises over Neville Preserve on Little Sarasota Bay and marvel at the spectacular sunsets over the Gulf of Mexico. 9393 MIDNIGHT PASS RD, #P2, SARASOTA, FL 34242, MLS# A4406101, $569,000, Key Solutions Real Estate, 941- 894-1255. • GORGEOUS WATER VIEWS Deeded BOAT SLIP (boat up to 45’ length) come with this TURNKEY FURNISHED 3/3 townhouse that shows like a model home. This rarely available unit features TWO FULL MASTER SUITES, loft/ media area, and oversized guest bedroom the list goes on. 1215 DOCKSIDE PL, #204, SARASOTA, FL 34242, MLS#A4215997, $899,000, Key Solutions Real Estate, 941- 894-1255. • YEAR ROUND SUNSETS! This 10th-floor unit is perfectly positioned to enjoy gorgeous beachfront views! A very spacious, light, bright, clean and cared-for condo with a split floor plan and walk-in closets. The hurricane impact sliding doors (replaced 2018) lead from the living room and bedrooms to the huge screened lanai. Furniture is negotiable. 6300 MIDNIGHT PASS RD, #1009, SARASOTA, FL 34242 MLS# A4425862 , $1,080,000, Key Solutions Real Estate, 941894-1255.
headline: “CONSIDER THE SOURCE: In Silicon Valley, Tech-Connected Parents Shield their kids from smartphones.” Here is the lead paragraph: “The people who are closest to a thing are often the most wary of it. Technologists know how phones really work, and many have decided they don’t want their children anywhere near them.” But do as I say, not as I do? We all know kids learn most fully from what they see the adults around them do, so what kind of an example are tech obsessed parents setting for their offspring? Some upwardly mobile techie parents - perhaps with that in mind - are even opting for ‘pencil and paper’ private schools where traditional forms of education, sans screens, are the rule. The whole question makes me see the Apple logo in a new light. Quote of the Day... “The urge to save humanity is almost always the false face of the urge to rule it.” - H.L. MENKEN “Decisions, Decisions...” “Go to jail or jump in the lake, Go to jail or jump in the lake, Go to jail or jump in the lake,” That’s what it came down to for Richard Garay of Nokomis last month as police attempted to arrest him on outstanding warrants. He chose the lake. Only problem: Garay couldn’t swim. And so the police had to jump in and rescue him. When asked why he chose to jump in the lake he gave the obvious answer: “I didn’t want to go to jail.”
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