SIESTA KEY
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Leo’s humans say thanks. PAGE 1B
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 49, NO. 36
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Maintaining momentum
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THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019
YOUR TOWN
Rendering courtesy The Bay Sarasota
Bay leaders balance patience with progress. SEE PAGE 3A Courtesy photo
Erick Reynoso-Placencia helped at Save Our Seabirds.
GREEN FOR A DAY Berry Fest’s final day landed on St. Patrick’s holiday. PAGE 4B
Alternative Spring Break Spring break isn’t always all about the beach. Booker High School student Erick ReynosoPlacencia this week helped organize the Boys and Girls Clubs Alternative Spring Break around Sarasota County. “I wouldn’t be doing anything productive if I was just hanging out at home,” said Reynoso-Placencia. “At least I’m doing something for my community.” More than 50 students signed up to join him.
Amelia Hanks
Carlin, Savannah May and Courtney Petrin enjoyed Berry Fest, which ran March 2-17 at Fruitville Grove.
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Villagers in Alatip in MadingJuer, Tonj, South Sudan with a well funded by Sarasota Military Academy Prep cadets.
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Students help African village
Samantha Chaney
The station on Apex Road is currently composed of a large white tent and metal portable.
Art groups celebrate milestones. INSIDE
Time for a makeover 3 fire stations next in line to shine. SEE PAGE 4A
Cadets at the Sarasota Military Academy’s middle school recently pitched in to help a village in South Sudan build a well. While they didn’t travel there, the SMA Prep Interact Club annual service project raised $5,000 to fund it. Led by SMA-Capt. Jennifer Neff, SMA-Maj. Carol Pelletier and SMA-Capt. Jane Clancy, the SMA Prep Interact Club is an extracurricular activity supported by the Sarasota Southside Rotary Club. Currently, 40 cadets are involved in the SMA Prep Interact Club.