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Health Matters OCTOBER 2019
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
GET TESTED now Many maladies can be treated if detected do early. But how often you need to get screened to catch them?
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PICTURE OF HEALTH Keep fit at any age with the right routine.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2019
Y gets in shape YCMA centers restart with high hopes, new outlook. SEE PAGE 3
CAT MAGIC Costumes and ‘Harry Potter’ took center stage at stadium. PAGE 17
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Tabs for souls Temple Sinai seventh graders are collecting pull tabs from aluminum drink cans as part of a project meant to display the enormity and tragedy of the Holocaust. Seven years ago, the students launched Tabs for Souls with a goal of collecting 6 million to equal the number who lost their lives from about 1938 to 1945. So far, they have collected nearly 1.5 million aluminum tabs, equal to the number of Jewish children who died in World War II. The temple is discussing the best way to store and display the collection as it grows. The school is accepting pull-tab donations of any size at its campus, 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Road.
Whitney Elfstrom
Chelsea Raymond and Kara-lyn Lagasse took Halloween to heart last weekend at Ed Smith Stadium’s Spooktacular.
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A play for Payne
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Market finds pets a home This little doggy went to market … and found a home. In fact, two dogs and two kittens found homes at the Phillippi Farmhouse Market on Oct. 16 thanks to the Humane Society of Sarasota County. Every two weeks, from October through May, the no-kill shelter partners with the market to cover the adoption fees for the first three animals adopted. The Humane Society of Sarasota will return to the market Oct. 30.
Skate-park users ask city to take over, cut fees. SEE PAGE 4 David Conway
Brendan Stowers rides a scooter at Payne Skate Park.
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