LONGBOAT
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DECEMBER
Observer
2017
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Longboat Key’s weekly newspaper since 1978
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2017
YOUR TOWN
Board OKs zoning amendment, but more votes are to come. PAGE 3A
SHADES OF YULE Top: Clarice Schetter and Alma Cockerham Above: Cindy Kuehnel and Anne Summers
Brunching through the holidays Longboat Island Chapel rang in the holidays Dec. 3 with its annual brunch. Following the Sunday morning worship service, congregants gathered in Shook Fellowship Hall, where they enjoyed a classic brunch buffet complete with an omelette station. In addition to each person receiving an individually wrapped Ferrero Roche chocolate, there were three cakes for everyone to choose from for dessert.
Katie Johns
Andi Munzer, Debbie Rand, Kathy Bernstein and Peggy Costello dressed in their holiday best Dec. 12 at Harbourside Golf Course for the annual Frosty Frolic that brings the Longboat Key Club’s Women’s Golf Association and the Key Niners together.
Women’s golf groups tee up a Frosty Frolic for the holidays. SEE PAGE 4B A+E
IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS The holidays are magical. Except when they’re not. SEE PAGE 4A Kids grill the Jolly Old Elf. SEE PAGE 10A
Communicating through art.. INSIDE
Pam Eubanks
Courtesy photo
Lynn and Gary Coffin
Country Club Shores resident showcases artwork
Country Club Shores resident Lynn Coffin held an art opening for her work Dec. 6 at Bird Key Yacht Club. The multimedia portrait exhibit is in the Bird Key Yacht Club foyer and features 23 original pieces. Coffin explains that the show encompasses her work from 1978 to present day. The portraits are of strangers, celebrities, her children and a neighbor.