MyaKay Bartman
JERSEY SHORE The Jersey Shore Lions’ Club Citizen of the Month for April is MyaKay Hope Bartman, daughter of Melinda and Rod Bartman of Jersey Shore.
MyaKay’s activities include Debate Team, Prom committee, one year; Field Hockey, Relay for Life, Science Olympiad, Cross Country, FBLA, Key Club and Renaissance Club, two years; Chorus, three years, and track, four years.
MyaKay has served as the Track and Field team captain during her 9th and 10th grade years, the Cross Country team captain during her senior year, and she is also the president of the Renaissance Club.
Outside of school, MyaKay is involved with the Transform Jersey Shore Program, Stone Farmhouse Cafe, Gamble Farm Inn/Park Pizza, Waltz Creamery, and her Church Outreach Program.
AUBREY SECHRIST
JERSEY SHORE The Jersey Shore Lions’ Club Citizen of the Month for May is Aubrey Blanche Sechrist, daughter of Tiffany and Mark Sechrist of Cogan Station.
Aubrey’s activities include the following: National Honor Society, Cross Country, one year; National English Honor Society, three years; soccer, track and field, Outdoor Club, Key Club, four years.
Aubrey has served as the captain of the varsity girls’ soccer team during her senior year of high school.
Outside of school, Aubrey is involved with volunteering as a travel referee for soccer games. She has helped to teach vacation Bible school, helped to paint the pawprints outside of the high school building, and helped with setting up and running fundraisers with the Key Club. She also works part-time at the Gamble Farm Inn.
Alice Mannette
Pratt Tribune
The Gamble family are once again winners. For the past 11 years, at least one member of this Greensburg family has won the National Sorghum Producers Yield Contest.
Kim and Ki Gamble, along with their adult children, Kasey Gamble and Katelynn Alderrfer, work hard planting and growing their crops on their 10,000-acre farm. Ki Gamble, a fourth-generation farmer, said growing sorghum or, as he calls it, milo is just what the family does.
The national winners of the sorghum contest were recently released, and this year s national winners included Kim and Kasey. Although there might be a different name on the winner s slots, the four family members farm alongside one another, putting their heads together when growing their crops.
Valentine’s Day is nearly here and that means it’s time to make sure that special someone in your life will be very happy on Feb. 14 – which, if we must remind you, is this coming Sunday. To help, we compiled our annual list of great romantic restaurants in Sarasota and Manatee counties, with the focus this year on places with premium outdoor seating. And as we continue to contend with the coronavirus pandemic, we mention a few restaurants that also specialize in to-go offerings.
Keep in mind, though, that most of these restaurants offer takeout and/or curbside pickup. Simply call ahead. And if you’re dining in, reservations are highly recommended at the majority of these places. These 21 great romantic restaurants can be found from Anna Maria Island to downtown Sarasota to Venice, with locations ranging from fine dining to more casual places featuring amazing sunset views.