SUN PHOTO BY JENNIFER BRUNO

Marcio Figueroa, left, and Aleksey Klintsevich fight during the Florida Golden Gloves Championships at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County.

SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN

Helena Lucas of Great Britain is a boat length ahead of Damien Seguin of France at the first leg of their race. Seguin, however, would retake the lead twice to win the race Sunday in the 2012 Worlds.

SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN, gmartin@sun-herald.com

Three-time world champion Theirry Schmitter of the Netherlands, left, talks to a Dutch media crew after finishing ninth in his final race Sunday.

SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN, gmartin@sun-herald.com

Helena Lucas of Great Britain, far left, gets the jump on her fleet at the start of Sunday's race on Charlotte Harbor.

SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN

Niko Salomaa of Finland, center, heels over during Sunday's race on Charlotte Harbor.

SUN PHOTOS BY GREG MARTIN, gmartin@sun-herald.com

Niko Salomaa of Finland, lower right, races on a port tack in a duel with Mark LeBlanc of the U.S., who is on a starboard tack in the final 2.4mR race of the 2012 Worlds championship on Charlotte Harbor Sunday.

SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN

Damien Seguin of France crosses the finish line in first place on Charlotte Harbor Sunday.

SUN PHOTO BY DONNELL BATES
Students from Charlotte County middle and high schools submitted their essays for the MLK Breakfast Essay Contest. Pictured here are first-place winners, from left, Murdock Middle School seventh-grader Michaela Etheart and Port Charlotte High School 10th-grader Loquessnie Orleus, being introduced by Anika Langaine, a senior at PCHS, as master of ceremonies James Abraham looks on. Not pictured are second-place winners, PCHS sophomore Logan Cook and Murdock Middle eighth-grader Destiny Boggs.

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Speaker Dr. Martha Bireda, executive director of the Blanchard House Museum.

SUN PHOTO BY DONNELL BATES
Guest keynote speaker Dr. Anthony Dixon, president of the Florida African-American Heritage Preservation Network.