SIESTA KEY
Observer
Health Matters JUNE 2018
Observer
INSIDE Before deciding when, where and how to play ul this summer, be mindf of that thing that drew us all to the Suncoast. PROTECT YOURSELF A few easy steps can save misery.
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THE GREAT OUTDOORS Get fit and have fun this summer.
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PICTURE OF HEALTH Like the sun? Pay attention to your skin.
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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 48, NO. 49
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Approved, not settled
Kayleigh Omang
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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018
YOUR TOWN
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A group of residents is threatening legal action over the city’s handling of certain project notifications.
6-year-old, mom want to find, help homeless woman
STOP warns of lawsuit
On Caleb McCaffery’s sixth birthday, he said he wanted to help a homeless woman he saw on his way to school. The woman named Victoria told Caleb and his mom, Tara, she wanted to rebuild her life. They asked her what she needed and collected supplies in the community. But when they went to see her again, she couldn’t be found. They are working with the Salvation Army to find her. “It’s just part of who he is,” Tara said of her son.
City’s notification rules for builders at heart of issue. SEE PAGE 5
The state has granted a permit for renourishing Lido Key with sand from Big Pass, but Siesta Key residents remain opposed.
DAVID CONWAY DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR
C
ity Manager Tom Barwin has spent years urging Siesta Key residents to drop their opposition to the city’s plans to renourish Lido Key with sand dredged from Big Pass. For years, those efforts have been unsuccessful. Siesta residents maintain the project could harm their island and create more severe wave action in the waters between the two keys. They’ve consistently cast doubts on any studies designed to provide assurance that the dredging will not be problematic.
Heart attack patient thanks first responder
SEE DREDGE, PAGE 3 File photo
A+E 30 years of laughs. INSIDE
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A St. Louis woman visiting Siesta Key in 2017 is close to the anniversary of her heart attack and wants to thank a first responder she doesn’t know. Donna Andres said she downplayed her symptoms last July but knew something was wrong. “I was saved by a stranger, and I don’t know who to thank but I think of this lifechanging event every day.’’ Andres said she was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital for immediate surgery and was back on the beach four days later.
Turtle Tracks AS OF JUNE 16 TOTAL NESTS: 2018 2017 Lido Beach 27 35 Siesta Key 118 199 Casey Key 288 543
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Hundreds of runners and walkers gathered June 16 on Siesta Key Beach for The Great Father’s Day 5K Race.
Families hit the beach for Fathers Day 5K. SEE PAGE 22
TOTAL FALSE CRAWLS: 2018 2017 Lido Beach 32 48 Siesta Key 56 186 Casey Key 374 565 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory