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Operation Kindness
PAGE 12B FREE • THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2019
VOLUME 41, NO. 39
YOUR TOWN
Will Ringling return? Commissioners say letting the college get away was a mistake. Now they want to repair the relationship to get the arts center plan back on track. SEE PAGE 2A
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Emma Moneuse graduated from Manatee High School last year.
Calling all 2019 grads! Before you walk across that stage and get your diploma, The Longboat Observer wants to raise a hat, or rather a graduation cap, to you. Do you know or are you a soon-to-be high school or college graduate who lives on Bird, Lido, St. Armands or Longboat keys? If so, send an email to Managing Editor Eric Garwood at egarwood@yourobserver.com to be included in our special graduation package. Submissions must be made by May 27.
Turtle Tracks LONGBOAT April 28-May 4 2019 2018 Nests 5 1 False Crawls 1 0
MOMS REMEMBER Courtesy photo
Mary Lou Johnson with granddaughter Lucy
Raising kids can be an amazing, frustrating, hilarious and heart-breaking job. Mothers and grandmothers share their stories. SEE PAGE 1B
Total as of May 4 2019 2018 Nests 6 1 False Crawls 1 0
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Source: Mote Marine Laboratory
Forks & Corks shines INSIDE
Can you stop summer hunger? Here are the week’s donation totals for All Faiths Food Bank’s Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which runs through May 15. To donate, visit allfaithsfoodbank.org. Eric Garwood
Goal: $1.4 million matching challenge Amount raised to date: $1,284,268
A car carrier loads a Longboat Key winter resident’s vehicle for a ride back north.
See ya, snowbirds Another successful season wraps. SEE PAGE 3A