Suncoast Humane Society Pet of the Week: Barney

Story by Mark Chapman on June 18th, 2013 at 9:27 pm,
with photos by Photos by Ingrid Simke

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

Story by Mark Chapman on June 18th, 2013 at 8:59 pm

Mon­day Night Scramble

51 golfers; prize pot worth $510

First Place

First Place: $260

Dave Boehm

Vin­ney

Jimmy Mors­es­sis

Den­nis Wynn

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Motorcyclist killed in Gasparilla Road crash

Story by Mark Chapman on June 18th, 2013 at 11:12 am

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

Story by Mark Chapman on June 18th, 2013 at 10:23 am

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

Story by Mark Chapman on June 18th, 2013 at 1:19 am,
with photos by Suncoast Humane Society

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

Story by Mark Chapman on June 16th, 2013 at 5:34 pm

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

Story by Mark Chapman on June 16th, 2013 at 5:22 pm,
with photos by Body Shaping Fitness

Plenty of equip­ment to choose from at Body Shap­ing fitness.

ENGLEWOOD – OK, 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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