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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 40, NO. 2
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Photographer captures award
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2017
‘Genuinely caring’
Family and friends remember Zota victims. SEE PAGE 4
Local photographer Mary Lou Johnson won second place in the Selby Scene category of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 37th annual Juried Photography Exhibition. Johnson photographed a scene re-created as part of the Marc Chagall, Flowers, and the French Riviera: The Color of Dreams exhibit that was on display at Selby. It turns out that Johnson has photographed the same scene in person during her travels to France.
SOLAR SPECTACLE
David and Susan Gorin
Longboater makes RV history Longboat Key resident David Gorin was inducted into the National RV and Manufactured Housing Hall of Fame earlier this month in Elkhart, Ind. A plaque in the hall explains that its mission is to honor leaders who are instrumental in the growth of the industry. Gorin was one of 10 people inducted in this year’s class. Gorin helped establish the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds as a voice of the North American campground industry. He was the association’s chief executive from 1987 to 2001.
TURTLE TRACKS WEEK OF AUG. 13-19: Nests False Crawls
2017 2016 1 4 1 3
TOTAL, AS OF AUG. 19: 2017 2016 Nests 1,252 1,158 False Crawls 1,161 1,577 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory Data for Longboat Key
Katie Johns
Carol and Bob Erker gaze up at the solar eclipse Aug. 21 at Ken Thompson Park.
Church group gathers for sky’s big show. SEE PAGE 14
‘More lanes, more traffic’ Sarasota Commission OKs traffic idea supported by barrier island leaders. SEE PAGE 3
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