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🌱 Sand masters return to Siesta Beach for the Crystal Classic

Siesta Key, Florida Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good morning Siesta Key! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Sand masters return to Siesta Beach for the Crystal Classic
  • Florida's latest hurricane claims tally comes with a Milton comparison
  • How wartime aviation reshaped Venice and reached Siesta Key’s waters

Also on today's calendar: Laughs On Longboat Comedy Night and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 81 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Thursday: A passing morning shower, temps: high: 80, low: 69.
  • Friday: Some sun; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 74 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sand, sculptors and a hands-on challenge: Siesta Key Crystal Classic returns (mysuncoast.com) — Twenty master sand sculptors will transform Siesta Beach during the Crystal Classic, Nov. 13–16, with Saturday's illuminated sculptures on view until 9 p.m. Visitors can leave the car behind and take the free Breeze 77 trolley, which stops at the beach and runs daily until 10 p.m.
   

• Insured losses from Isaias reach $735 Million (observerlocalnews.com) — Florida regulators put potential insured losses attributed to Hurricane Isaias at $735 million, with most of the 68,000 claims coming from the western Panhandle. For comparison, the report lists $5.6 billion in losses from Hurricane Milton, which made landfall near Siesta Key in October 2024.
   

• When Army Air Force came to Venice (tncontentexchange.com) — Venice’s World War II airbase trained more than 20,000 men, with a crash boat rescue unit covering coastal waters north to Midnight Pass at Siesta Key. The base expanded from ground-support training to combat pilot instruction, then closed after the war, leaving runways that became part of Venice’s municipal airport.
   

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  • Sarasota County to host annual state-of-tourism summit Nov. 19 (mysuncoast.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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