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VOLUME 39, NO. 35
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They’re on their way! Longboat prepares for turtle-nesting season with a new batch of rules (for us, not them). PAGE 3A
Stars, stripes, smiles Operation Kindness honors the military. SEE PAGE 1B
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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2017
YOUR TOWN
Courtesy photos
Cygnets just days away Resident Longboat Key swans Susie and Sully are nesting on the Harbourside Golf Course, a sure sign of spring. Baby swans, or cygnets, hatch about 35 days after the beginning of incubation, usually around the first of May. Last year, the pair cared for three eggs but after bad weather flooded the nest several times, there were no hatchlings, David Novak, Longboat Key’s unofficial swan keeper, shared.
Jo and Stan Rutstein
‘Jo’s Place’
Jo Rutstein served on the Children First Board of Directors from 2009-14, but her impact is still being felt. Recently, the organization hung a sign reading “Jo’s Place” near its new playground. It recognizes her help in securing a grant to fund the new playground from the Rotary Club of Sarasota, of which Rutstein is a member.
Can you stop summer hunger? Katie Johns
Marcia Gutridge and Joanne Forch attended Operation Kindness on April 6 at the Harbourside Ballroom of the Longboat Key Club.
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No open-andshut solution
Here are the week’s donation totals for All Faiths Food Bank’s Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which runs through May 15. To donate, visit allfaithsfoodbank.org. GOAL: $650,000 MATCHING CHALLENGE
4-foot-10 condo resident feels higher handle on new front entry is no laughing matter. SEE PAGE 9A
AMOUNT RAISED TO DATE: $102,000 John McGuire