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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 40, NO. 32
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THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018
IT’S ZUNZ IN CLOSE CALL North end commissioner edges newcomer Langley. PAGE 3A
Katie Johns
Doris and Aaron Cushman
70 years of wedded bliss On March 7, 1948, Aaron and Doris Cushman said I do. The part-time Grand Bay residents met at the University of Illinois after Aaron served as a pilot in World War II. In 1950, Aaron was recalled for duty and the family moved to Texas, where Doris stayed with their three kids. Eventually, the family moved to Highland Park, Ill. The Cushmans have nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Seventy years later, the Cushmans share a secret to their success. “I believe a successful marriage is give and take,” Doris Cushman said. “You have to be willing to put your husband or partner first and he has to be the same way. He has to put his wife first, and it blends into a beautiful marriage.”
FLIPPIN’ OUT Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast hits the spot for scholarships. SEE PAGE 2B
Katie Johns
Susan Phillips and Phyllis Black serve pancakes March 17 at the Kiwanis Club’s annual Pancake Breakfast at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church.
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Clark and Greta get acclimated to their new home.
Love birds After discovering one of the swans at the Links on Longboat was incorrectly gender tested, it was decided that Greta and the newly renamed Clark would succeed Sully and Susie as Longboat Key’s mating pair. On March 14, on a second attempt to move them, the pair was moved to the Harbourside Golf Course. Since their move, the two have been getting acclimated to their new home and meeting neighbors Phil and Tut. It’s expected that Greta and Clark will remain the mating pair, despite the two other mating pairs. David Novak, the Longboat Key swan keeper, predicts the chances of cygnets this year is 50-50.
St. Regis gets a green light Years-long discussion ends with 6-1 vote, but lots remains to be settled. SEE PAGE 4A
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Digging in at Greer Police crack down at popular beach. SEE PAGE 6A
Bret Hauff
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An evening of color. INSIDE