To the Editor:

We are all so quick to complain and not realize the wonderful things we have in Boca Grande.

Yesterday I experienced firsthand just how great our fire department and EMS services are. We are very lucky to have people who care and give great service to us.

Let’s all see the greatness of Boca and it’s people and services.

Evelyn Darna
Boca Grande

To the Editor:

I was a traditional tarpon fishing guide in Boca Grande Pass for 26 years. In my prime I boated somewhere around 500 tarpon a year and on good years well over 600. In all those years I rarely caught a tarpon anywhere but in the mouth from the inside out with my Mustad 7690 5/0 J hooks. By rarely I mean once or twice a year. It was my belief and the belief of the master who taught me that those one or two fish had thrown the hook when they jumped and the hook landed somewhere else on the tarpon.

To the Editor:

As an elementary school teacher for more than 28 years, I have always told my students to follow their hearts in doing what is right for a cause. The awareness that my tarpon slaughter movie has created for the tarpon of Boca Grande is one of my proudest moments and a testimony for all those who have walked through my classroom door. The photos taken that day tell the real truth, because the camera doesn’t lie.

It took Capt. Shane Sovan a little while to realize that he was not cut out to be a college student. He was three months into his first year at Manatee Community College when it came to him.

“I’m not a sit inside kind of person,” said Shane. “I want to be outside, doing something.”