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It was a beautiful day for the inaugural 2016 Argus Sporting Clays Shoot!  20 teams competed at beautiful Knight's Trail Park on a perfect shooting day to compete for fun.  We enjoyed a mouthwatering BBQ lunch provided by Gecko's and had raffle prizes supplied by The...

The oddity of congressional redistricting, through years of party-line battles, was on full display in Sarasota recently when U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Okeechobee, spoke to a room full of business leaders. Rooney is now the congressman for the southern half of Sarasota...

The Argus Foundation (ArgusFoundation.org), a nonprofit organization dedicated to joining business leaders from diverse industries and leveraging their talents and experience to benefit the community, hosted its 32nd annual meeting with guest speaker U.S. Rep. Tom...

SARASOTA — U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney visited Sarasota County on Thursday for the first time since state courts revised Florida's congressional district boundaries, including much of this area in the territory the Okeechobee Republican currently represents. The...

Business and community leaders gathered for the 32nd annual meeting for The Argus Foundation on Thursday, Jan. 21 at The Francis. During the luncheon the outgoing President Joe Hembree handed over the reins to Rod Hershberger. He will serve as the president for a...

Back in 2011, I was privileged to hear a wonderful speaker as he made the rounds, speaking to several area organizations about consolidation. At the time, we were at some our highest levels of unemployment in the recession, governments were forced to cut services and...

More than 300 guests attended the Argus Foundation 2015 Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Hyatt Regency in Sarasota to honor the Rev. Don Roberts and, posthumously, T. Mabry Carlton Jr. A dedicated community activist and advocate, Roberts led Goodwill Manasota as its...