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Arts and Entertainment: "Images of Cedar Key" Exhibit Opens at Arts Center
September 7th, 2003

Arts and Entertainment: Florida Artists at the Atlanta Folk Fest
August 22nd, 2003

Arts and Entertainment: The World Without - The Spirit Within Captured by Artist Connie Nelson
July 21st, 2003

Arts and Entertainment: Arts Center Dance Classes a Big Hit
June 28th, 2003

Arts and Entertainment: Memories and Reflections - A Daughter`s Perspective (The Artist Ken Strange)
May 17th, 2003

Arts and Entertainment: Levy County Genealogy Society Meeting
May 15th, 2003

Arts and Entertainment: A Sense of Place - Classic Cracker Architecture
May 5th, 2003

Arts and Entertainment: Artistry Times Three
May 4th, 2003

Arts and Entertainment: C.K. Dog of the Week
April 23rd, 2003

Arts and Entertainment: Arts Center Exhibit Continues Through March
March 11th, 2003

Arts and Entertainment: Capturing Light and Rainbows - the Art of Don Joyce
March 6th, 2003

Arts and Entertainment: Arts Center Gala
March 2nd, 2003

Arts and Entertainment: Visiting Artist Teaches at Art Center
February 19th, 2003

Arts and Entertainment: Feeling Adventurous?
January 20th, 2003

Arts and Entertainment: Cedar Key Arts Center Presents Memorial Exhibit
January 5th, 2003

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Where’s Bo? A Happy Sad Story

Where’s Bo? A Happy Sad Story

ANNOUNCEMENT

If you`ve visited Island Arts across from the Post Office on Second Street in the past two weeks you`ve probably asked "Where`s Bo?" If you don`t know who Bo is, then let me tell you, you missed meeting the coolest shop cat in Cedar Key.

Bo, short for Bojangles, came to Island Arts about six months ago and quickly became a main attraction at the shop. Whether he was sleeping in a $98 ceramic bowl in the front window or, lounging between glasswork and sculptures on the first pedestal you see as you walk into the shop, Bo got attention and generated predictable comments and questions like: Is he real? Does the cat come with the bowl? OMG - he`s breathing! Almost everyone fell instantly in love with him.

We never knew where he came from, but it was clear he was not your typical Cedar Key stray because he really liked people and their attention. Never did he flinch when a visitor would just have to pet him, wakening him for the umpteenth time that day from a snooze. He was always appreciative and gentle and we even have wondered if he is the reason our sales have increased lately. What a guy!

Each morning when one of us came to open the shop, he would greet us and then walk to the door and put his paws on each side of the keyhole to show us where to put the key. Then he`d waltz right in and stand by while we completed our "opening routine" which, of course, included feeding him. Every afternoon, we`d have to shoo him out, but he never seemed to mind except when it was really cold. But what`s most impressive is that a couple of times when we accidently left him in, he politely turned over the trash can and carefully "took care of his business" on a little pile of trash that he would mound up so that he wouldn`t make a mess in the shop (TRUE STORY).

So, what happened to Bo? The Happy Sad Story is that on Monday, April 9th, Phillip Campbell sat down on one of the benches in front of the shop while his wife went into the bank. Moments later, Bo proceeded to jump up into his lap, which was not his routine, and after checking out a scarred pad on one of Bo`s feet, Phillip knew he had found his lost cat, Jack. When Shirlene came out of the bank tears filled her eyes as joy filled her heart. It was a happy reunion and a sad goodbye.

We miss you Bo. Come visit if you can... but next time tell your family where you are going.

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