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Playhouse opener, ‘Trying,’ runs through Sept. 19

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 by Mark Chapman ,
with photos by Rob Davis

Judge Bid­dle, played by Ron Bupp, is stunned as Sarah Schorr, played by Kim Fisack­erly, chal­lenges his long-held and cher­ished beliefs.

Sub­mit­ted by Lemon Bay Playhouse

Lemon Bay Play­house uses the drama “Try­ing,” writ­ten by Joanna McClel­land Glass and directed by Richard Blan­chard, to begin its new season.

This touch­ing char­ac­ter study is based on the true story of the playwright’s expe­ri­ences from 1967 to 1968 as the sec­re­tary of Judge Fran­cis Bid­dle, who had been Attor­ney Gen­eral under Franklin Roo­sevelt and the Chief Amer­i­can Judge of the Inter­na­tional Mil­i­tary Tri­bunal at the Nurem­berg Tri­als. Ron Bupp, a vet­eran actor of more than 50 years, fills the role of Judge Biddle.

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County plans public workshop for J.M. Berlin/Rotary Skate Park

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 by Mark Chapman

With no one on site to super­vise, many of the rules are flouted.

Sub­mit­ted by Char­lotte County Com­mu­nity Services

The Char­lotte County Board of County Com­mis­sion­ers and the Com­mu­nity Ser­vices Depart­ment will hold a pub­lic work­shop at 6 p.m. Wednes­day, Sept. 1, at the Oys­ter Creek Regional Park Pic­nic Pavilion.

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For Installment 9 of ‘The Price of Crabs,’ go to the Leisure section

Monday, August 30th, 2010 by Mark Chapman

Long­time Engle­wood res­i­dent Car­olyn Siemon-Schoner has authored “The White Sale,” “Tinker’s Creek” and “Bemused” for the Akasha Lit­er­ary Mag­a­zine;  “The Aspara­gus Years” for the Man­a­toui Lit­er­ary Mag­a­zine; and  “A Col­lec­tion of Poems.” She cur­rently con­tributes reg­u­larly to Engle­wood Edge.

“The Price of Crabs” is a novel of a sleepy fish­ing vil­lage where a man shows up and cat­a­pults the place into the 21st cen­tury. The places exist; the peo­ple are a fig­ment of the author’s imag­i­na­tion and do not resem­ble any per­son liv­ing or dead.

This story may not be appro­pri­ate for young read­ers (lan­guage, adult situations).

Each Mon­day, another install­ment will run in our Leisure sec­tion. All install­ments will remain online, so if you miss one, you can catch up. The first install­ment ran July 5. This week is Install­ment 9.

Manasota Key Overlay Code meeting time changed

Monday, August 30th, 2010 by Mark Chapman

Sub­mit­ted by Char­lotte County Growth Man­age­ment Dept.

A pub­lic meet­ing planned to dis­cuss revi­sions to the Man­a­sota Key Over­lay Code will begin at 6 p.m. today, an hour ear­lier than pre­vi­ously scheduled.

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Habitat ReSale store to hold sale

Sunday, August 29th, 2010 by Mark Chapman

The Char­lotte County Habi­tat for Human­ity ReSale Stores will hold a Labor Day sale from Sept. 6–11.

Teach­ers show school ID and receive 20 per­cent off the total pur­chase. Every­one else receives 15 per­cent off lights and light fixtures.

There will be red, green and orange dot spe­cials for fur­ther savings.

The Engle­wood ReSale store is at 3949 S. McCall Road in East Englewood.

Sign up now for Pioneer Days fishing tourney

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 by Mark Chapman ,
with photos by courtesy Lemon Bay Historical Society

The fish­ing pier at the Tom Adams Bridge has been packed in the past for the Fish-A-Thon.

Sub­mit­ted by Pio­neer Days Committee

Haul out the rods and reels — an Engle­wood Pio­neer Days tra­di­tion returns this year. Chil­dren 12 and younger can par­tic­i­pate in the Michael O’Donnell Memo­r­ial Fish-A-Thon.

Chair­woman Cathy Red­man believes strongly that every child should have a chance to learn to love fish­ing as her late son, Michael, did. Older fish­er­men from across the com­mu­nity are pitch­ing in to make this a great time for the younger ones.

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Divorce support group and seminar planned at church

Saturday, August 21st, 2010 by Mark Chapman

Engle­wood United Methodist Church will offer a divorce sup­port group from Sept. 9 through Dec. 9.

Sub­mit­ted by Engle­wood United Methodist Church

Dr. Con­nie Ellis will facil­i­tate a Divorce Care pro­gram start­ing in Sep­tem­ber at the Engle­wood United Methodist Church.

Divorce Care is a weekly sup­port group and sem­i­nar con­ducted by peo­ple who under­stand what par­tic­i­pants are expe­ri­enc­ing. Atten­dees will  learn how to deal with the pain of the past and look for­ward to rebuild­ing their lives. Each ses­sion is self-contained, so, although peo­ple are encour­age  to attend every week, they are wel­come to start any week.

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Golf tournament to support Sarasota County PAL

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 by Mark Chapman

Sub­mit­ted by Sara­sota County Sheriff’s Office

Reg­is­tra­tion is open for the Police Ath­letic League of Sara­sota County’s annual golf tournament.

The event will be held at Her­itage Oaks Golf Course in Sara­sota on Fri­day, Sept. 10, with a shot­gun start at 1 p.m. Reg­is­tra­tion is $100 per per­son and includes a round of golf, cart fees, lunch and the awards banquet.

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