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Little fishies and crabs entertain people waiting for flights at Sarasota Bradenton Airport.

 

 

 

Football players from SouthEastern University mix their feet in the sand and a half dozen footballs in the air at Siesta Key Beach Friday evening after the rains.

 

Sarasota County's Florida House is getting a makeover to bring it up to date with the latest energy and environmental retrofits.

 

Storms late Saturday over the Gulf spurned some water spouts. Lifeguards quickly called swimmers out of the water. Temps dropped 20 degrees as the storm blew through.

 

How cool are these trolley busses around town that take you to the beach:)

 

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The old Darby Buick was demolished on U.S. 41 in Sarasota and a lot of new construction is taking place. Could it be a new car dealership? We wouldn't think so. We'll ask our FB friends and let you know.

* Work continues on the new $99 million Sarasota County Technical Institute buildings and renovations.
 

  • SCTI is accredited or approved by 13 program-specific bodies, the Commission of the Council on Occupational Education (COE), and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
  • SCTI offers classes 7 days a week, 50 weeks a year.
  • Tuition is free to high school students. (Annually, approximately 650 high school students attend SCTI on a half-day basis.)
  • There were more than 10,750 unduplicated enrollments in the SCTI high school, adult, apprenticeship, continuing workforce education, and continuing education technical and academic programs last year.
  • SCTI high school and adult students won 27 gold, 18 silver, and 12 bronze medals at the state SkillsUSA competition where students demonstrate occupational and leadership skills. More than 30 students represented SCTI and the State of Florida at the national SkillsUSA competition in Kansas City in June 2009.
  • Forty-seven SCTI students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society, an honor organization for students who achieve outstanding success in technical education for the highest standards of citizenship, leadership. workmanship, scholarship, honesty, and individual responsibility.

 

 

Sarasota County started to get serious about flooding issues in the early 90's. These retainer ponds hold some water but are useless against severe thunderstorms with over an inch of rain.

 

* Sarasota school enrollment drops by 500 students as expected by the district. Sarasota H.S. took the biggest hit with a loss of 200 students. Educators think it is due to the economy and people moving to other areas for a job. Manatee schools on the other end gained 400 students. Go figure?

 

Big Al's goes down the tube but activity there may indicate someone new is taking over or Big Al will give it a new name? In this town anything is possible:)

 

It looks like this pickup lost in who ever it tried to take on. We just hope no one was injured.

 


You can tell the snowbirds aren't back yet. The handicapped spaces are still empty.

 

The first of about 10 Round Abouts to be installed in Sarasota. This one was just completed at Five Points in Downtown Sarasota. Our first experience with this one was a man on a cell phone stopping mid way through the circle....grrrrrr.

 

 

Marathon on the S. Trail still leads our area with the lowest gas prices by around 10 cents a gallon.

 

City of Sarasota to get half the garbage pickup but better recycle service.

 

 

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Deputy Paul Ceransky provides a new bike helmet to a Venice Garden Elementary student. One of 70 helmets given out by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Dept on Friday to those who didn't have one. Bravo SCSO! photo: scso

 

We received a letter from a reader reminding us that Florida is one of 15 or so states that has not adopted the ERA for women. It is a startling and disgraceful omission. You can read the letter on our Women's page at http://www.ourtownsarasota.
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Janet Marie Smith, the woman behind the new Ed Smith Stadium that is taking place. She built stadiums built for the 1996 Olympics, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Soxs, and the Baltimore Orioles.

 

 

 

* Manatee County bumbling over who to hire for Port Manatee Director. If they could only look back and see what it looks like from the outside. A previous Director of the Port was literally caught with his pants down years ago on the Port grounds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Photo: Sunny Seabrook/Venice: Waterspouts in Venice Wednesday made for quite a show by Sharky's. Over 8 inches of rain in five days so far. The Florida Aquifer is very grateful:)

 


A brilliant sunset the other night at Siesta Key Beach had the parking lots over half full. It looked like everyone was trying to catch a last slice of summer. 

 


A full moon this week over Sarasota makes it much brighter overnight. Watch for OurTown's Howling at the Moon event.

 

We had pizza from Ricos Gulf Gate pizzeria delivered to Siesta Key. It was deliciousssssssssssssssss.

 

 

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Sarasota news, resources and real time weather  Sarasota metro area business news clips in 




calendar format. A directory of Sarasota metro area's churches.   Commentary on issues facing the Sarasota area and 




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Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice area singles, covering from Tampa to Naples 





Singles. Read the most current medical studies and find 


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Bradenton, Venice area, as well as the State of Florida. Find out what cultural venues there are in the 



Sarasota area. Thinking of moving to Florida, find out what the 



demographics are of the Sarasota and Bradetnon area. Read the views on our local area by people who live 





here. Read about local Sarasota women. View our complete web site directory for the 



Sarasota area. 7 day weather forecasts for our area and current 



weather conditons for Sarasota. Zip codes for the Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice area. View local law enforcment and fire department 



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