LAURA EL-TANTAWY

ENCOUNTERS

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Seven-year-old Ashley Jamison, wintering in Boca Grande from Pittsburgh, attends an Easter luncheon and tea party held at The Johann Fust Community Library in Boca Grande, 1040 Gasparilla Rd., on Thursday, April 8, 2004. The event brought together grandmothers, mothers and their daughters who were asked to wear hats of their choosing, such as the flower decorated bonnet Jamison is wearing.
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
Gustavo Cervantos, left, and Israel Rico, of Mariachi Juvenil, warm up backstage prior to their performance at Englewood Elementary School on Friday, Oct. 22, 2004.
   
     
  
   
  
"Why am I here?" asks Paul Dunning, 92, as tears trickle down his cheek with the memory of old friends and family members, all of which have passed away. Battling invasive bone, prostate and colon cancer, doctors have warned him he has three to six months to live."