Spooked Again team takes first place in World's Richest, Blaze and Sitarah teams take second and third Friday, 24 May 2013 22:26 Capt. Steve Ahlers and his team aboard Spooked Again took home the first place winnings in the 2013 World's Richest Tarpon Tournament, held by the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce. Read the Full Story

World's Richest, Kids Classic, Art Festival and street party schedule of events Friday, 24 May 2013 13:06
Schedule of events for the World's Richest Tarpon Tournament, Gasparilla Island Kids Classic, Boca Grande Invitational Art Festival, and street party ... Read the Full Story

Happy Graduation to Abigail, Dafne, Luke and Jake, TIS 2013! Friday, 24 May 2013 10:19 BY MARCY SHORTUSE - Four tassels were turned on Thursday, May 23, as Luke Crosser, Dafne Garcia, Abigail Turner and Jake Van Atten graduated from fifth grade and from The Island School. Prior to their commencement ceremony the four, with the help of others, did a “dramatic statues” and chant performance. Afterward, the third, fourth and fifth graders all participated in a song called “Flip Flop,” written and produced by TIS music teacher Diana Donlon. Read the Full Story

FWC releases findings in Bull Bay accident Friday, 24 May 2013 10:17 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has completed its report on the two-boat accident in Bull Bay on April 12, and the FWC is holding both Jesse Smith and Capt. Steve Ahlers at fault. Smith, of Port Charlotte, was travelling southwest in a gray 18’ open motorboat. He turned to the south to enter a blind, narrow passage between two mangrove islands when he spotted Ahlers’ yellow boat heading in the opposite direction. Ahlers, of Boca Grande, was traveling northwest towards the same passage, with three passengers on board his 20-foot yellow boat. Read the Full Story

Boca Grande, Sweet Pea highlighted in June Vogue magazine shoot Friday, 24 May 2013 10:09 Boca Grande has been the location for an awful lot of photo shoots, so many we usually don’t report on them. But, a couple of months ago a very high-profile fashion magazine – Vogue, to be exact – turned up in town with an interesting model. Her name is Dree Hemingway, and she is the great-granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway. Read the Full Story

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Insurance seminar to cover enclosure ins and outs with the experts

03 February 2012 Marcy Shortuse

BY LIZA STROUT - Do you own an elevated home? Is the ground floor enclosed? When was your house built? What is a flow vent? What does any of this have to do with flood insurance?

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Famous Dutch designer 'wows' Garden Club crowd on Wednesday

03 February 2012 Marcy Shortuse

Els Teunissen, a Dutch floral designer known as the “designer’s designer,” wowed an overflow crowd at the Boca Grande Garden Club meeting on Wednesday, February 1.

She shared a slide presentation highlighting her career, giving a glimpse of the famous people she has designed for as well as her incredible talent and versatility, and demonstrated her skills on stage by creating some amazing arrangements that were auctioned off at the tea after the meeting.

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Boca Buddies mourns passing of one of their own

03 February 2012 Marcy Shortuse

Above are one of the pictures from Jack Scott's memorial service, taken by his Boca Buddies on the beach at Sea Oats on January 5, 2012.

According to many within the Boca Buddies family, Jack was the main person who brought together this group of friends, which includes over 20 couples from 16 states. This group has always been inclusive, not exclusive, and each year they welcome new friends. Through the years they have bonded, and many have traveled across the country to celebrate weddings and birthdays. In 2011 some members of the group gathered in Princeton, Il. to honor Jack, who passed away several weeks after leaving Boca Grande.

Jack has always been our main organizer and cheerleader. Jack and his wife Nancy, who passed away several years ago, had been coming to Boca Grande for well over 20 years. How many of us have been friends for that long. - Ann Howard

We love you and miss you, Jack. You were one in a million. - From your northern Illinois buddy, Marcy, and from Karen.

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Profile: Patty Seidensticker

03 February 2012 Marcy Shortuse

BY LIZA STROUT - Asanas. Pranayama. Savasamas. You don’t need to know the definitions of these Sanskrit words that are associated with yoga to enjoy the benefits of the ancient art.

Patty Seidensticker is a long-time practitioner and newly-minted instructor of yoga, who came to the practice of yoga as a warm-up routine to use before she hit the slopes to go skiing or hiking in the mountains of Colorado. She is also a life coach and business owner.

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Guest Editorial: Waiting for the Outrage

03 February 2012 Marcy Shortuse

BY L. JENKINS - I would like to thank The Friends of Boca Grande for hosting the Film Forum at the Boca Grande Community Center on January 20 that discussed the public education system.

The 2010 film, Waiting For Superman, and the 2011 film, American Teacher, were truly "something worth talking about."