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Find out morePhotography by Rebecca Baxter April 2, 2018
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Glen Henrich, Lucy Hernandez
Shirley Brown, Jim Shirley, Hillary Steele
Jeanette Williams, Kay Rosaire, Nancy Nallin
Richard Czina
Veronica Brady, Mollie Cardamone
Keith Monda, Howard and Janice Tibbals, Sharron Pryse
The Rev. Everett Walk, Harriet Stieff
Henriette Van Eck, Patti Schaffer
Bill Kleber, Georgia Salaverri
Vaughn Simon, Garth and Susan Hess
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Pam Baker, Howard and Precilla Rosenthal
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Tibbals has spent years working on the circus model, on view at Tibbals Education Center, Ringling Museum. The luncheon was presented by the Historical Society of Sarasota County.
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