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The Internet Edition- Vol. 1 Issue 29

Tarpon Poem Leads to Boca Grande Historical Treasure

By Jim Tucker

Serendipity Lane, Boca Grande -- Isn't it great when you ask a simple question and the answer leads to one pleasant discovery after another?

A poem, an ode to tarpon fishing, published June 18, 1949 in the Boca Grande Journal, Boca Grande's first newspaper, prompted us to ask if anyone might know the poet's identity.

The poem resonated as I was thumbing through the collected Boca Grande Journal looking for something to tie some historical notes into the World's Richest Tarpon Tournament story; and, it is a nice bit of writing with a humorous finishing couplet. The poem ran in the July 8 edition of the Banner.

A Nice Surprise

Jan Wilhelm called and suggested the poet might be Don Blanding, a notable writer and repeat fishing client of Jan’s father, Harold Wilhelm. Harold had used the poem as part of his

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Index...
Trees planted......pg 3

Ron Hart.............pg 6

Alligator.............pg 7

National crisis....pg 8

Carly Hart..........pg 9

Suicide Simon...pg 12

Discovery.........pg 14

 

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The Worlds Richest Tarpon Tournament

Gasparilla Island (Port Boca Grande) Lighthouse


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Tina M. Marrelli Named Editor-in-Chief of "Home Healthcare Nurse"
By Linda Fudala-Tucker

Boca Grande's own, Tina Marrelli-Glass has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Philadelphia-based "Home Healthcare Nurse" journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), a leading international publisher for physicians, nurses, specialized clinicians, and students.

A regular contributor to the Boca Banner, Marrelli-Glass has written on such topics as tuberculosis, cancer, insect bites, and other health-related topics in a format to connect readers to valuable informational resources. Her other published works have been for the health care professional.

Under the name of Tina M. Marrelli she has written numerous home care and hospice management and operations

 textbooks including the "Handbook of Home Health Standards" and "Documentation Guidelines for Reimbursement,"

"The Hospice and Palliative Care Handbook," "Nurse Managers Survival Guide," and many more.

"Little Red Book"

Reviewer Joan C. Murphy, EdD, MS, RN, NP (Utica College of Syracuse University) gives the fourth edition of "Handbook of Home Health Standards" four stars. "Throughout the editions, the purpose has remained constant: to provide information and tools for new and experienced home care nurses and other clinicians to better the quality, documentation and reimbursement 

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Boca Grande Firefighter Helps Man Back from the Brink

Sedona, Arizona -- Firefighter George Flores and his wife Nancy were enjoying a "magical time" on their vacation in Arizona. They were experiencing the multicolored desert vistas from atop a mesa when they noticed a commotion.

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George Flores


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