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Mother’s Day Craft at Tringali on May 1

Thursday, April 25th, 2013 by Mark Chapman

ENGLEWOOD – Mother’s Day is on the way – May 12 – and you can get a jump on mak­ing it spe­cial at a craft event from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednes­day, May 1, in the gym meet­ing room at the Tringali Recre­ation Center.

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Tennessee man trying to reconnect with old friend

Saturday, March 2nd, 2013 by Mark Chapman

To the Editor,

Please, please help me find my best friend. He grew up in Engle­wood. His name is James Marple; he had a sis­ter named Lau­ren. He may be going by Jimmy or Jim now. He would be 58 or 59 years old. He grad­u­ated from Char­lotte County High in 1974. He went through the Rin­gling Bros. clown school and got on with Clyde Beatty. I’ve scoured the Inter­net to no avail but can’t locate him. I just want to know if he’s OK.

Please help me.

Billy Fisher

Readyville, Ten­nessee

(Editor’s note: If you have any infor­ma­tion, please send it to editor@englewoodedge.com and we will pass it along)

Some thoughts on the national gun debate

Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 by Mark Chapman

To the Editor:

I need to get this off my mind so bear with me.

With all of the new shoot­ings and vio­lence, I am very con­cerned. New laws would only apply to the law abid­ing per­son. Do you really think that crim­i­nals would obey?

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Increased red tide levels detected on Sarasota Co. beaches

Friday, December 28th, 2012 by Mark Chapman

From Sara­sota Co. website

SARASOTA COUNTY – Recent beach water sam­ples col­lected by the Sara­sota County Health Depart­ment and ana­lyzed by Mote Marine Lab­o­ra­tory for the algae red tide (Kare­nia bre­vis) show a marked increase over test results from last week. Higher lev­els of Kare­nia bre­vis were found at south­ern Sara­sota County beaches, with the high­est increases reported from Tur­tle Beach south­ward to Blind Pass Beach, which includes the Paw Park at South Bro­hard Beach in Venice.

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Foundation thanks Back to School supporters

Monday, August 6th, 2012 by Mark Chapman

Dear Edi­tor:

As pres­i­dent of the Char­lotte Local Edu­ca­tion Foun­da­tion (CLEF), I would like to take a moment and thank all those asso­ci­ated with the “BACK TO SCHOOL” event which took place on Sat­ur­day July 28 at the Char­lotte County Cul­tural Cen­ter. This was the 12th annual Event of this kind and from 2000-07 the School Dis­trict put it on but due to bud­get cuts in 2008 the Cul­tural Cen­ter took it over and has hosted ever since. We are pleased to part­ner with them for the sec­ond year.

We had so many that gave anony­mously and then the many local com­pa­nies which gave of back­packs, crayons, paper, pen­cils, chalk and other var­i­ous items to help those teach­ers and stu­dents need­ing these sup­plies for this school year. Every lit­tle bit helps in this time of so many in need and teach­ers whom often take from their own pocket to edu­cate and enrich our children.

We would def­i­nitely like to thank the fol­low­ing who showed up and vol­un­teered at the event: Cul­tural Cen­ter staff, GFWC Women’s Club, Sun­Trust, CLEF Board Mem­bers, school board mem­ber, Lee Swift, and Char­lotte County Pub­lic School staff.

Also, this event saw many of the com­mu­nity assets par­tic­i­pate and pro­vide ‘in kind’ ser­vices. They were: Dr. Matt Defillips from Coastal Chi­ro­prac­tic for Free Spinal Screen­ings; Char­lotte County Health Depart­ment for free appoint­ments for phys­i­cals; Dr. David Klein for free eye screen­ings; Winn-Dixie & Shauna Lee Lange for free face paint­ing; Hair by Shawn & Co. for free hair­cuts, man­i­cures and massages.

We must also thank those Char­lotte County Sher­iff Reserve Offi­cers for keep­ing us safe at the event and school: Cap­tain Stan Oleckna, Deputy Justin Mac­Don­ald, Lt. Steve Cum­mings, Deputy Beth Pardal, and Deputy Michael Lonesky.

It was phe­nom­e­nal to also see the many anony­mous givers and vol­un­teers who didn’t leave names or identification-we thank you.

I know the kids may not be excited about school start­ing next week but at least more will have their needed sup­plies. By the way, look for the CLEF Adult Spelling Bee con­test com­ing up in Oct 20, 2012 or the Schol­ar­ship 5K Run/Walk Dec 8th. Thanks again.

Christo­pher D. Beers, P.E., P.S.M.

Branch Man­ager

John­son Engi­neer­ing, Inc.

18501 Mur­dock Cir­cle, Suite 404

Port Char­lotte, FL 33948

Office: 941−625−9919

Cell: 941−628−0635

Fax: 941−625−3269

Email: CBeers@johnsoneng.com

www.JohnsonEngineering.com

Back to School Festival a success

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 by Mark Chapman

To the editor:

Thank you so much for your cov­er­age of our Back to School Fes­ti­val part­ner­ing with the Cul­tural Cen­ter on July 28. Because of the press cov­er­age we had excel­lent com­mu­nity sup­port and won­der­ful vol­un­teers the day of the event. Over 1,000 stu­dents were helped. We espe­cially thank our major sponsors:

Ajax Build­ing Corporation

B & I Contractors

Burnt Store Isles

Cen­tu­ryLink

Char­lotte County Com­puter Group

Char­lotte County Tax Col­lec­tor, Vickie Potts

Char­lotte State Bank and Trust

Dr. David Klein

Kiwa­nis Club of Punta Gorda

Mosaic Fer­til­izer, LLC

Niel­son Company

Patri­cia Scott, DDS, PA

Pub­lix Super­mar­ket Char­i­ties, Inc.

Viet­nam Brotherhood

Wal­ter and San­dra Pitts

A big thank you to all the schools, ven­dors, donors, and vol­un­teers who made this day spe­cial for so many fam­i­lies. Many donors gave at drop off loca­tions around the com­mu­nity and may not be named because we do not know who you are.

The quote of the day from a stu­dent was: ” This is bet­ter than Walmart”.

Mary Fred Clem­mons, Exec­u­tive Director

Char­lotte Local Edu­ca­tion Foundation

Englewood man charged with illegal dumping

Friday, July 27th, 2012 by Mark Chapman ,
with photos by courtesy CCSO

Ken­neth J. Passino

An Engle­wood East man was arrested Thurs­day and charged with felony lit­ter law vio­la­tions after being caught in the act by a Char­lotte County deputy, accord­ing to a Char­lotte County Sheriff’s Office press release.

Accord­ing to the release, the deputy saw Ken­neth James Passino, 28, 7173 Coven­try Ter­race, start­ing to dump a trailer load of oak limbs along an Engle­wood East road at 10 a.m. Thursday.

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Opinion: Fee for strays is a bad idea

Monday, July 2nd, 2012 by Mark Chapman

Sub­mit­ted by Sun­coast Ani­mal Hospital

Char­lotte County’s recent announce­ment regard­ing a $65 charge to pick up a stray cat is plac­ing a huge bur­den on the pub­lic and on Sun­coast Humane Soci­ety. It could, in fact, force the non‐profit orga­ni­za­tion to recon­sider its “open admis­sions” status.

Fol­low­ing the changes in the county’s ordinance/policies, a memo from the ani­mal con­trol divi­sion was received by man­age­ment of Sun­coast Humane Soci­ety. The memo states that, effec­tive June 25, the county will require a $65 fee (per cat) to impound stray cats from Sun­coast Humane Society.

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