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SunCoast Blood Bank to give free movie tickets to donors around Thanksgiving Sarasota, FL- Sam Woolf, local singer-songwriter, donated his time to help SunCoast Blood Bank (SCBB) during the busy holiday months by taping a public service announcement for television. Sam and SCBB are asking blood and platelet donors to help keep the inventory of […]
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One of the Best Restaurants In Sarasota!
Clayton Thompson was kind enough to give me some of his time so I could find out more about this most interesting restaurateur. My experience eating at Clayton’s Siesta Grille had been so consistently delicious and the ambience and staff a total pleasure, that I wanted to know his secret: He told me what part of his formula for success is: Be a “presence” on the premises; meet and greet your customers and
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“Squiggy was one of the oldest Sarasota Bay Dolphins. One of the oldest dolphins in Sarasota Bay died June 7 after ingesting fishing gear. This loss serves as a reminder to protect marine life while enjoying our coastal waters and beaches over the July 4 holiday weekend and year ’round. The 58-year-old female dolphin nicknamed […]
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This story is a reprint from the New York Post Article of July 1, 2014, by Max Gross. View The Entire Story And Videos Here…. Twenty-five years ago this Saturday, “Seinfeld” debuted on NBC. It didn’t do particularly well at first, but it slowly began gathering viewers and then — yada yada yada — it […]
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On Memorial Day we remember our fallen soldiers. There are many stories written about this holiday…..important stories. I choose to share a bit of humor today. It has to do with too much thinking going on, Walmart and their very clean restrooms. There are lots of folks who choose not to shop at Walmart. A […]
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If you’ve had the pleasure of knowing Vivian Kehrer, you know, right off the bat, that she is a person with great wisdom, and like the rest of us, has had some sadness and loss in her life. She takes that experience and uses it to help herself and others by maintaining a local chapter […]
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The Blue Rooster. 1525 4th Street, Sarasota FL. Price: $5.00 per person. 6-9pm. This year’s event is to benefit The Compassionate Friends, the charity famous for supporting families that have lost a child with their annual worldwide holiday candle lighting. $5 Admission goes 100% to The Compassionate Friends. Buy a George Worthmore CD (Live At […]
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This story is about a very special lady in our community who has been described as a “fairy Godmother who helps dreams come true.“ Judy Alexander is a treasure in our community. In 1997, Judy and Dee Webber founded Every Child Inc. They realized that there were many children who were unable to start school […]
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Urgent care facilities were created in hopes of reserving the emergency room for those with life-threatening illnesses or injuries. The National Medical Network says that walk-in facilities or urgent care facilities are “medical facilities where ambulatory can walk in without an appointment and receive non-emergent care.” Bingo! I woke up stuffed up again, almost 6 […]
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With the Holiday season just behind us and the popularity of social networking, I gained a great insight to the “Family Perspective” or more importantly the coming of age of the Baby Boomers. Look around at the holiday pictures posted. It’s no longer the Norman Rockwell painting of years gone by but a brighter picture […]
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What a year it’s been. In Part One of this article I covered about a half dozen of the events and news making stories of 2013, such as the Boston Marathon Bombing, the unsteady and continual disappointment of Obamacare, and the official welcoming into the Vatican of the new Pope, Pope Francis, the 266th Pope. […]