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Englewood Bank-Cape Haze branch teller Marie Azzara and manager Charlene Dorio collect shoes for the Kids' Needs Shoe Drive.

June 18th, 2013 at 9:45 pm

Englewood Bank-Cape Haze branch teller Marie Azzara and manager Charlene Dorio collect shoes for the Kids' Needs Shoe Drive.

Engle­wood Bank-Cape Haze branch teller Marie Azzara and man­ager Char­lene Dorio col­lect shoes for the Kids’ Needs Shoe Drive.

Sub­mit­ted by Kids’ Needs

ENGLEWOOD – Englewood-area chil­dren are still suf­fer­ing from tough eco­nomic times and Kids’ Needs is work­ing hard to help.

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Suncoast Humane Society Pet of the Week: Barney

Barney

Bar­ney

ENGLEWOOD – Bar­ney, a 3-year-old, 68-pound Labrador Retriever mix, is the Sun­coast Humane Soci­ety Pet of the Week.

Bar­ney enjoys play­ing and romp­ing around with peo­ple of all ages. He is a real peo­ple dog who loves every­one. Bar­ney gets along with other dogs and enjoys play­ing with them. He loves going for car rides to the dog park. Chas­ing toys and chew­ing rawhides are just a cou­ple of his favorites.

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Rotonda Golf Results

Mon­day Night Scramble

51 golfers; prize pot worth $510

First Place

First Place

First Place: $260

Dave Boehm

Vin­ney

Jimmy Mors­es­sis

Den­nis Wynn

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Motorcyclist killed in Gasparilla Road crash

A Gardens of Gulf Cove man was killed in a Monday night crash.

A Gar­dens of Gulf Cove man was killed in a Mon­day night crash.

ENGLEWOOD – A Gar­dens of Gulf Cove motor­cy­clist is dead fol­low­ing a Mon­day night crash in South Gulf Cove.

George Souza, 64, was rid­ing his Harley-Davidson south on Gas­par­illa Road about 8:56 p.m. Mon­day when he col­lided with a Toy­ota 4 Run­ner dri­ven by Joshua Wayne Sharpe, 27, of Engle­wood, accord­ing to a Florida High­way Patrol report. Souza was taken to Engle­wood Com­mu­nity Hos­pi­tal where he was pro­nounced dead.

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Despite Sandy’s damage, many coastal residents unprepared for hurricanes

Been there, done that? All it takes is one monster storm  to change everything. Be prepared.

Been there, done that? All it takes is one mon­ster storm to change every­thing. Be prepared.

Sub­mit­ted by Amer­i­can Red Cross

ENGLEWOOD – A new sur­vey shows nearly two in three res­i­dents along the Gulf Coast are con­cerned that they are in harm’s way from a hur­ri­cane or flood, the high­est con­cern among four coastal regions in the country.

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2 kitties for the price of one at Suncoast Humane Society

Take home Elvis and Gilligan for the price of one cat.

Take home Elvis and Gilli­gan for the price of one cat.

ENGLEWOOD – June is National Adopt a Shel­ter Cat Month. Sun­coast Humane Soci­ety is cel­e­brat­ing the month, along with its on-going $100,000 pet adop­tion chal­lenge, by offer­ing a 2-for-1 adop­tion spe­cial on all cats and kittens.

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Englewood Bank collecting items for troops

Sub­mit­ted by Engle­wood Bank & Trust

ENGLEWOOD – Engle­wood Bank & Trust will serve as col­lec­tion points for food, snacks and toi­letries to ben­e­fit U.S. troops sta­tioned over­seas through­out the rest of June and July.

The col­lected items will be deliv­ered to the Engle­wood Rotary to box and mail to U.S. ser­vice personnel.

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Fitness center offers open house, grand opening

Plenty of equipment to choose from at Body Shaping fitness.

Plenty of equip­ment to choose from at Body Shap­ing fitness.

ENGLEWOODOK, so Body Shap­ing Fit­ness has been open for about six months. Englewood’s newest health club will hold its offi­cial Open House and Grand Open­ing cel­e­bra­tion from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 29.

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