BY LIZA STROUT - When you grow up on a small island, you know everyone your own age. When you are the daughter of the island cop, you know everyone at the station. So when Island School teacher Theresa Caccavale first saw Patrick O’Connor, she was curious.

“It was Fire Prevention Week at The Island School, and we were out with the kids, looking at the fire trucks and watching the demonstrations,” said Theresa. “There was this firefighter who I had never met. He was my age. And I had no idea who he was.”

“It was October 13, 2009,” said Patrick with a grin.

The Boca Grande Historical Society Museum, located at 170 Park Ave. on the corner of Park Avenue and Banyan Street will be closed for vacation the week of May 28.  
The museum will re-open to the public on Monday, June 4. Hours are weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, closed on Thursdays and weekends during the summer.  
Stop in and browse their timeline of Gasparilla Island and related Charlotte Harbor history, or browse the gift shop and watch DVD’s featuring the history of Boca Grande. 964-1600.

Congratulations to the winners of the Gasparilla Island Kids Classic!

First place was won by Team Gasparilla Outfitters on the Boca Blue with Capt. Sandy Melvin with two releases.

The results are in, and with a total of 49 tarpon confirmed caught.

The guys on Team Tracy Lynn with Capt. Willie Mills have won the 2012 World's Richest Tarpon Tournament with five tarpon caught and released.