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Sarasota News Leader March 15, 2013 Page 89 Siesta Seen Shay also pointed out that Mark Smith, past SKVA president and past chairman of the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce, collects all the bags of "treasures" from the volunteers: "the bag man," Shay said. American Cleanup™ is our country's largest annual cleanup, beautification and community improvement program." Keep Sarasota County Beautiful is sponsoring the local cleanup effort for Sarasota County on Saturday, April 27, from 8 a.m. until noon, he added. "Yes, the bag man," Smith agreed. Shay was quick to extend a gracious thanks to Kouvatsos; her husband, Tom; and the staff of Village Café. The restaurant serves free breakfasts to all the Adopt-A-Road volunteers, but Shay — like van Roekens before him — always suggests heavy tipping. The Siesta Key Village Association is reminding everyone about the annual Easter Egg Hunt and other festivities on March 30 at Beach Access 5. Contributed image "The Siesta Key Association is proud to partner with the County for this noble effort," he continued. "We intend to put together a platoon of volunteers to clean the Siesta Key beachfront as well as Beach Accesses 2-11." The first 1,000 volunteers who register will On a related note: During the March SKA receive T-shirts from KSCB, trash bags and meeting, Shay said he would have more inforgloves, he noted. mation soon about the April 27 Great American Cleanup. ST. PADDY'S DAY He emailed me this week with the following With spring break fully under way on the Key, news: the Daiquiri Deck Raw Bar is marking St. Pat"Established by Keep America Beautiful Inc., rick's Day — Sunday, March 17 — with a Pub the nation's premier litter prevention and edu- Crawl. Drink specials will be available from 10 cation organization, in partnership with state p.m. until closing. For more details, check out and local affiliates such as ours, the Great the Daiquiri Deck website. %