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City scrutinizes streetcar desire The city has hired an engineer to conduct a $70,000 feasibility study, which is the first step in a lengthy process.
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A a painting of the gift shop by Ginger Mermin, past board member of the Historical Society.
+ Historical Society gift shop reopens Sarasota history buffs celebrated the grand reopening of the Historical Society of Sarasota County’s gift shop Friday, Oct. 5. The reopening was marked with a wineand-cheese reception on the back porch of the BidwellWood House. The gift shop features one-of-a-kind works of art, crafts and books from more than 75 local artisans. Proceeds from the gift shop help support the Historical Society, but 70% of the sales go directly to the artisans.
Does Sarasota desire a streetcar? That is the question city planners, elected officials and residents will be talking about next month. The city has hired an engineer to conduct a $70,000 feasibility study, which is the first step in a lengthy process. And a public workshop is scheduled for midNovember to collect community input on the possibility of a downtown circulator —whether it would be a rubber-tire circulator, such as a bus-type trolley, or a fixed-track streetcar. Streetcars are the more expensive option, costing $25 million to $50 million for each mile of the track.
Tampa’s streetcar network cost a total of $61 million. But advocates say a streetcar in Sarasota would be much more inviting for residents and tourists to ride than a trolley or bus.
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“A streetcar is sexy,” said Forrest Shaw, owner of Pastry Art downtown and co-organizer of the grassroots Sarasota Streetcar Ini-
tiative. “It is not the same as getting on a bus.” Part of the allure of streetcars is their heritage. At the turn-of-thecentury, streetcars fueled growth in many cities. Part of the draw is the permanence and predictability of a streetcar, advocates say. Proponents, who helped bring streetcars to cities such as Tampa and Kenosha, Wis., say they are an investment that steer revitalization and economic growth to the commercial and residential districts along their tracks. Mayor Suzanne Atwell said she is a supporter of a long-planned proposal to bring a “circulator” downtown, but she is not sure whether a bus-type trolley or a fixed-track streetcar would work best.
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Lex Sayre, No. 15, was one of many Riverview players sporting pink socks to show support for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
+ Real men wear pink Friday night’s Riverview homecoming game was not only about school spirit but served as the school’s salute to breast-cancer awareness. Students in the crowd wore pink, and the cheerleaders used pink pom-poms in honor of breast-cancer awareness month. All the Riverview football players wore pink socks. Some even had the breast-cancer ribbon design on them. Also, more than 60 Kiltie Band members performed at the Riverview homecoming game. The Kiltie alumni performed four songs during pre-game and during the half-time show.
Tampa recently completed an expansion to its downtown streetcar system. The Tampa streetcar system is a 2.7-mile line.
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Ringling Walmart receives support The Sarasota Planning Board is scheduled to vote on the 97,000-square-foot store Nov. 14. Although two neighborhood associations approve of the project, some opposition remains. A proposed Walmart Supercenter in the Ringling Shopping Center will appear before the Sarasota Planning Board Nov. 14 for a vote. Although some opposition re-
mains, neighborhood leaders in the two neighborhoods closest to the project say they are OK with the supercenter and that it is probably the only viable option in the current economic climate.
Many neighbors were swayed in favor of the new store, because Wal-Mart Stores Inc. listened to the neighborhood concerns, they said. Alta Vista Neighborhood Association President Can-
dy Spaulding said the new store will be convenient for residents, especially those who are retired, to shop for groceries and other
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STREETCAR / FROM PAGE 1A “It will depend, quite frankly, on community buy-in,” Atwell said. But Atwell noted that during a recent mobility-planning survey, 75% of respondents said they favor multi-modal transportation coming to the city, especially downtown. “Can you imagine? How wonderful it would be to go downtown to the Palm Avenue parking structure and get on a circulator and go to the Van Wezel or FST,” Atwell said. “Imagine how that would redefine how we get about.” Any possibility of a streetcar project that could cost upward of $50 million would hinge on federal funding. “The operative word is ‘federal funding,’” Atwell said. Michael English, urban planner with Tindale-Oliver & Associates, Inc., has been working on Sarasota’s circulator feasibility study. He expects the study to be completed in early November. English said that cities that have built a streetcar system typically get about 90% of the project funded with federal grants. “The federal transit administration likes them,” said English, who was also involved in bringing a streetcar system to Tampa and serves as vice president of the Tampa Historic Streetcar Board of Directors. But Sarasota would be competing for a limited number of federal grants available against other cities that are moving ahead with streetcars. The feasibility study will outline three possible routes for streetcar tracks, including one that would run west to east through downtown. Each route is between 1.5 to 2 miles long and could be constructed in separate phases, English said.
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By the numbers 2.7 – miles of streetcar line in Tampa’s Historic Streetcar system 61 – total cost of Tampa’s streetcar network (in millions) 10 – streetcar system expansion planned in Kenosha, Wis. (in millions) 3 – possible routes that will be considered for downtown Sarasota transportation officials can come up with a business plan to operate the streetcar for at least 20 years. If city commissioners do move ahead with a streetcar, the next step would be a more in-depth study before applying for federal grants. Although larger cities, such as Portland, Ore., often build streetcar systems, it could be possible for a city of Sarasota’s size to bring in a streetcar system, English said. “I think it is certainly possible,” said the urban planner. “We haven’t finished the study yet, but at the end of the day, the City Commission, city staff and the community will have to weigh the cost and benefits and make a decision whether they want to move forward.” Although the capital costs are more expensive for the fixed-track streetcar, the operating costs, depending on hours of operation, are comparable between a streetcar and a bus-type trolley. The city has to figure out if a streetcar is what would best serve the community. “Sarasota is a city that plays above its weight,” English said. “It’s not a huge city. But it has a vibrant downtown and a lot of tourist attractions and more than 4 million visitors a year. I think if the city’s goal is to really encourage more business in the downtown area and more redevelopment and more people working downtown, perhaps a streetcar system would make sense. And that is the decision the city has to make. It really is a risk-return conversation.” Shaw is enthusiastic about the potential.
He notes the modern streetcar still has the ability to attract workers, vacationers and residents and can draw in businesses and residential development along the track route. “In every case where a modern streetcar was built, millions and even billions followed in economic development,” Shaw said. Shaw cites statistics that show how development investments grow in cities after they built a streetcar including: $150 million in development investment in Kenosha, Wis.; $1 billion in development investment in Tampa; $200 million in development investment in Little Rock, Ark.; and $2.3 billion in development investment in Portland, Ore. The data, from 2006, is from various studies, including calculations of new planned development located three blocks or less from the streetcar in Tampa at that time. Shaw said a streetcar in Sarasota would connect downtowners to the recently constructed Palm Avenue parking garage and the proposed parking garage on State Street, while working in sync with the planned roundabouts to connect downtown and the bayfront. “We have this incredible downtown and bayfront that are not connected,” Shaw said.
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At 99,000 residents, Kenosha, Wis., is slightly more populated than Sarasota. In 2000, the city put in its streetcar to help spur redevelopment where a Chrysler plant closed along Lake Michigan. Kenosha completed that project using existing tracks and vintage 1952 cars (for the cost of shipping from Canada), and now the city is planning a $10 million expansion of the streetcar line. “(The streetcars) have proved to be a good signature for us,” said Mayor Keith Bosman, who served as a council member when the streetcars were approved. “It is a nice attraction for downtown.” For the expansion, Kenosha received an $8 million federal grant, and the city has
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to contribute about $2 million to the project. Currently, the streetcars run from Lake Michigan to the metro station in downtown Kenosha. “It’s a two-mile loop that goes east to west,” Bosman said. “We are proposing a two-mile loop (expansion) that goes north to south. That will connect the whole downtown.” In Kenosha, ridership decreases in the winter months — with the exception of Christmas and Halloween. “That’s a problem Sarasota won’t have,” Bosman said. Just north of Sarasota, Tampa’s historic streetcars — which are operated by a three-way partnership between the city, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) and a nonprofit — run along a 2.7-mile line serving restaurants and bars in Ybor City, the Channel District, including the Port of Tampa and Channelside Bay Plaza and downtown Tampa. That streetcar system recently underwent a one-third mile expansion that extended the streetcar further north into Tampa’s downtown. The expansion opened last year. On Oct. 20, the Tampa streetcar system will celebrate its 10th anniversary. Since 2009, ridership has decreased slightly every year, and county transportation officials are conducting a survey to try to find out why ridership has been declining. Despite the decrease in ridership, there has been a regional positive impact, said Marcia Mejia, public information officer for HART. “There has been $1.2 billion in private investment along the line since 2005,” said Mejia. Streetcars existed in Tampa from the late 1800s until they rolled to a stop in 1946, just after World War II, when the automobiles became more mainstream. It was a grassroots group that pushed for a modern streetcar line, which opened in 2002. “The streetcars are historic replicas of the first streetcar system,” Mejia said.
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by Roger Drouin | City Editor
Red tide bloom slowly moves north Water samples analyzed this week show that a red tide bloom, which was detected off Southwest Florida has moved further north into Sarasota County. Medium to high levels of Karenia brevis, the organism that causes Florida’s red tide, were discovered off southern Sarasota County, as far north as Casey Key, while low levels were detected further north in the county. Satellite images show the bloom stretches from northern Lee County to Sarasota County, said Hayley Rutger, public relations coordinator for Mote Marine Laboratory. The bloom began in Charlotte County and has been slowly moving north. Dead fish and some respiratory irritation among beachgoers has impacted the southern county beaches, from Blind Pass, the most southern beach in Sarasota County, to as far north as Casey Key, said George Tatge, parks and recreation manager with Sarasota County. Beachgoers have reported respiratory irritation at Manasota Beach, Venice Beach, Venice North Jetty and Casey Key. At those beaches, lifeguards have noticed “a slight smell and red tint in the water,” Tatge said. Currents in the Gulf of Mexico and wind directions will determine the future movement of the bloom. The bloom appears to be intensifying, and it will probably remain offshore Sarasota County for some time, said Tom Higginbotham, environmental health administrator with the Sarasota County Health Department. “The data shows that it is creeping north,” Higginbotham said. While levels north of Casey Key were low as of Wednesday,
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St. Armands merchants are concerned that parking citations will interfere with business as peak season quickly approaches.
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Dead fish began washing up on Casey Key beach this week. Sarasota County Parks and Recreation has been cleaning up the fish that wash onshore. Oct. 10, and effects were not present on Siesta Key or Lido Beach, Higginbotham said, “It wouldn’t be surprising to see those levels increase.” Although not in the immediate forecast, a cold front would bring northerly winds that could keep the bloom from continuing north. “That’s what we hope for, a nice crisp cold front to come through,” Tatge said. Mote scientists are continuing to collect water samples, working with the county health department. Mote has also deployed its autonomous underwater vehicle, nicknamed “Waldo,” that can test for red tide under the Gulf of Mexico’s surface and determine which direction currents are moving. As of Wednesday, lifeguards
on Siesta had not observed the indications of red tide that were present south of Casey Key. In total, 7 tons of fish and debris was removed from South Sarasota County beaches Friday through Monday. “For the most part, the fish we are picking up are small, pinfish or some fish a foot long or so,” Tatge said. “Someone did find a 14-inch snook. Chances are that was a red-tide mortality. For the most part, though, it’s small pinfish.” According to Mote, K. brevis kills fish by producing a potent toxin that affects the central nervous system of the fish. The toxin can also affect birds, mammals and other marine animals.
Wave action can break open K. brevis cells and release these toxins into the air, leading to respiratory irritation. People with underlying chronic respiratory problems, such as asthma, should avoid red tide areas, especially when winds are blowing toxins on or near shore. “People who live close to the beach or on the beach will have to keep their windows closed and air conditioning on,” Higginbotham said. “That seems to lessen the effects.” Higginbotham also suggested not bringing dogs to Brohart dog beach in Venice. “Dogs like to clean themselves and lick themselves, and ingesting the toxin can make them sick,” the health administrator said.
by Alex Mahadevan | News Editor
City of Sarasota shrinks signage plan Public Works staff is still optimistic it can pare $507,000 from a wayfinding proposal without changing sign designs. Sarasota city commissioners have directed staff to slash 40% from a $1.26 million plan to add hundreds of new signs around the city. That’s still the goal, said Public Works Project Manager Bill Nichols, but some of the cuts will come from competitive bidding. And state regulations could add between $80,000 and $120,000. “In the current economic climate, businesses are hungry, and they’re all looking for work,” Nichols said in a phone interview. “That helps our situation.” Also, the cost forecasts are dated and will likely fall in future analyses, Nichols said. The City Commission met for a special workshop Oct. 9, to hear an update on the wayfinding plan and give staff further direction. Commissioners Terry Turner and Shannon Snyder argued for
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The city of Sarasota’s wayfinding project includes signs indicating the arrival at a destination of interest, such as this rendering of a sign planned for the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex. ways to reduce costs, including deleting some of the larger signage. Commissioners had asked staff to look at sign features that were more general, to increase the number options for construction materials. That included asking the designer to change the pro-
posed look, which Nichols did not approve based on talks with the Florida Department of Transportation. The state agency tries to coordinate uniform application across municipalities while evaluating wayfinding projects, he explained. “We want a good quality
sign,” Nichols said about the signs that would enhance local architecture along with direct vehicle and foot traffic. Commissioner Terry Turner criticized large vertical “gateway signs,” which serve to welcome vehicles to the city of Sarasota. When city staff returns with an update in 90 days, the current proposed number of seven gateway signs might fall. Eighteen pedestrian kiosks in the signage plan may shrink to 12, and staff will wait to move forward with 71 pedestrian directional signs, which Nichols said could spur worries about too many signs. Despite the ability to use cheaper sign bases, the city could be stuck using double the amount on the 40 proposed signs Nichols said. FDOT identified some of the 292 signs that needed bigger font and, hence, another post to secure them. At a cost of about $2,500 per sign, that adds $100,000 to the plan.
The clock is ticking on St. Armands Circle’s parking woes. Complaints about parking tickets mounted throughout the summer, but as peak season looms, merchants are worried that restrictions could cause them to lose business. “It’s become a tsunami of complaints, and it’s a real problem,” said Eric Seace, owner of Planet and president of the St. Armands Circle Association, at the Tuesday, Oct. 9, St. Armands Business Improvement District (BID) Board of Directors meeting. At the center of concerns during Tuesday’s meeting were enforcement hours, which increased to 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. six days a week from the previous 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday that was in effect until March, when the Sarasota City Commission voted to bag downtown Sarasota parking meters and make parking enforcement uniform throughout the city. The increase extends the three-hour limit on parking into evening hours, when many Circle patrons are having dinner. Circle Association officials and BID directors said Tuesday that they’ve seen more tickets issued to vehicles that have been moved to another area to avoid the restrictions. “We have now limited our shopping and dining to three hours on the Circle,” Seace said. Sarasota Parking Manager Mark Lyons, who was not present at Tuesday’s BID meeting, told the Longboat Observer that drivers city-wide must move their cars by more than a block to comply with the city’s parking ordinance. Circle merchants have said that they frequently hear from irate customers who have been ticketed. The merchants have asked for more flexibility in enforcement. Circle Association Executive Director Diana Corrigan expressed a growing sense of urgency Tuesday. “People are coming back, then you have Thanksgiving and Christmas,” Corrigan said. “Right after that is season. We’re running out of time.” Circle officials will discuss their concerns during a city Parking Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 24. BID Chairman Marty Rappaport said that one set of rules doesn’t work across the entire city. Sarasota City Commissioner Terry Turner, who attended the meeting, suggested that those who are concerned make their case to the City Commission. Those in attendance at the BID meeting also had concerns about additional restrictions put in place around the residential area of Monroe Drive just south of the Circle’s southwest quadrant. Lyons, along with Mayor Suzanne Atwell, met with the Circle Association Board in August to address parking concerns. Later in August, the city added signage that warns motorists to park within designated spaces. Lyons said that citations on the Circle decreased following the installation of warning signs. But during the meeting, Corrigan discussed Lyons’ figures, saying that mid-August “the faucet shuts off” on St. Armands Circle, meaning fewer cars to generate tickets.
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+ Group makes strides in helping homeless A pilot program in Sarasota has helped 22 homeless people find work. The program, called Street Teams, is a joint project of The Salvation Army and the city of Sarasota. Thus far, 22 out of 33 people in the pilot program have found employment, said Tom Maxa, supervisor of the program. Workers are assigned to the Public Works Department for the mornings, and develop soft skills and employment skills in the afternoon.
+ Dine Downtown continues this week A new culinary and cultural adventure has hit downtown Sarasota. The first Dine Downtown Celebration showcasea a variety of downtown Sarasota restaurants featuring a “pick two for $22” menu, according to a press release from the Downtown Sarasota Alliance. During Dine Downtown, until Oct. 14, residents and vacationers can visit as many participating establishments as they want. For a list of participating restaurants and their menus, visit DDsrq. com.
+ Parking amnesty program extended The city’s parking citation amnesty program will continue through October to encourage payment of parking citations at least 90 days past due. To be eligible, your parking ticket must be at least 90 days past due, and the city of Sarasota will forgive the $15 late fee. Payments must be received by Oct. 31. Since the program started in August,
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nearly 200 past due parking tickets were paid, generating almost $10,000 in revenue. For more information about the program, call 954-7057.
+ City seeks economic development coordinator The city of Sarasota, the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Improvement District are reviewing candidates for the position of downtown economic development coordinator for Sarasota. The position is funded by the organizational consortium. Job postings for this position state that the public-private partnership seeks “qualified candidates to develop and implement strategies to promote the economic vitality of downtown Sarasota.” For more information and to apply, email vhillerich@sarasotachamber.com.
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Police chief candidates meet with public After City Manager Tom Barwin narrowed the list of police chief candidates from 13 to five, the city scheduled a meet-and-greet for the public Friday, Oct. 5, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Candidates Gregory Anderson, Bernadette DiPino, Salvatore Ruggiero, Mark Teunis and Tonya Vincent met with members of the public, who also enjoyed light appetizers. Regina Barton with Dorothy and Richard Klenke
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Pioneers unite at annual picnic Suzette Jennings Blue and Chuck Rice, who wore his old Sarasota High School baseball cap to the Pioneer Day Picnic
The Rotary Club of Sarasota held its 38th Pioneer Day Picnic Sunday, Oct. 7, at Robarts Arena. To be considered a pioneer, attendees must have lived in Sarasota for 50 years or more. More than 600 people attended the picnic, which included a lunch made up of some of Sarasota’s favorites including black-eyed peas, coleslaw and swamp cabbage.
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Fundraiser to benefit Wounded Warrior Project Inspired by the story of two wounded veterans, Ken Chester will host Veterans Appreciation Day to honor servicemen and women. If you go Veterans Appreciation Day — takes place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at Chester’s Reef, 6523 Gateway Ave. Call 9224066. all veterans, so he came up with Veterans Appreciation Day. “This will allow Sarasota to stand up and cheer for its veterans,” said Chester. “This is about trying to give a big ‘thank you’ from all of us to all of those who have served over the years. Some of them have never been appropriately given thanks by us, who’ve reaped the benefits.” This Saturday, Oct. 13, Chester will host Veterans Appreciation Day in front of Chester’s Reef in Gulf Gate. The event will have a block-party feel, featuring live music, food and raffle prizes donated by local businesses. All proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit the Wounded Warriors project, which provides programs to honor and assist veterans who’ve been injured in the line of duty. “People have really stepped up to help donate things,” said Chester. “I’m overwhelmed. My hope is that our veterans will walk away from this realizing how appreciated they really are.”
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Despite some neighborhood support, opposition remains. A social-media movement has organized against the Ringling Plaza Walmart. has 630 followers, and opponents have even created T-shirts that read: “No to Walmart in Ringling Plaza.” State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota graduate Bryan Hadley is part of the social media opposition. He said he doesn’t like the idea of a big box store, such as Walmart, being built on property so close to downtown and Payne Park. Hadley would like to see a project that fits more into the city’s architecture, with either a Mediterranean appearance or something that fits the Sarasota School of Architecture influence. “(The Walmart) will be the same generalized box they build everywhere else but with minor tweaks to its facade and slightly shrunk,” Hadley said. Myron Nickle, president of the Gardens of Ringling Park, said most of his neighbors approve of the project because the corporation has been willing to work with surrounding neighborhoods. He agrees with Spaulding that the Walmart might be the best the neighborhood can expect to replace the abandoned Publix and mostly
shuttered storefronts. A few businesses remain open. However, Nickle’s perfectworld concept for that area would be a mixed-use project with a grocery anchor, retail and maybe some café space. “We would like to see something different than a Walmart, but we would like something other than an abandoned plaza there,” he said. Nickle’s ideal concept is similar to a proposal that was floated a few years ago before it met vocal opposition. Nickle and other Gardens of Ringling residents advocated for that mixed-use project, although other nearby residents spoke out against it. “It was a neat project,” Nickle said. That project’s fate was tied closely to a separate, nearby project, developer Ron Burks’ School Avenue condo project that a group of residents, led by Alta Vista neighborhood leaders, fought against for three years. Ultimately, Burks decided against building the project, even though he eventually won approval from the city. Nickle thinks both the mixeduse project and Burks’ development were missed opportunities for his neighborhood. But he remains hopeful that the area can still become one of the most desirable neighborhoods in the city. “It is close enough to the park and downtown,” Nickle said. “It is just a wonderful neighborhood nestled in.” The Walmart at Ringling Avenue is likely to become a reality because of two factors — the supercenter meets the city’s zoning codes, and it is approximately the same size as the current Ringling Plaza building. The planning board casts the final vote, unless the City Commission appeals that decision.
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Three months ago, Ken Chester was working in his Gulf Gate bar, Chester’s Reef, when two men came in for a drink. One of the men had prosthetic legs and was pushing the other man in a wheelchair. After talking with them, Chester discovered that both men had been injured in Iraq, and the man in the wheelchair was unable to be fitted for prosthetics. “I told them, ‘Well your money’s no good here. Let me buy you a drink,’” he said. “It was a very small thing I could do to show my appreciation, but I wished I could do more.” The man with the prosthetics explained to Chester that, in fact, he could offer further help. The man in the wheelchair was facing major expenses to remodel his house to make it handicapped accessible, and he hoped Chester would be interested in organizing a fundraiser. Chester agreed, but, unfortunately, he never heard back from either of the men. “By that time I was hooked on the idea of helping,” he said. “I also realized that we spend a lot of time talking about the soldiers today, as we should, but some of soldiers of yesterday seem to have gotten lost in the shuffle — especially Vietnam vets.” Chester wanted to organize an event in which the community could express its appreciation for
items without having to travel far. As part of the application process, the corporation agreed to move the 97,000-square-foot store 50 feet closer to Ringling Avenue, thus moving the building away from the south property line, where several homes would abut the new store. Additional trees and greenspace were also added to the plans for the project’s southern edge. “They didn’t move it as much as we wanted, but they did listen to us,” Spaulding said. Spaulding said her dream project for that location wouldn’t have been a Walmart. “I’d love to see an arts shop and Ma-and-Pa shops,” Spaulding said. “Unfortunately, in this economy, no one has the money to do something like that, and if they do they aren’t looking at our little plaza.” In late spring, Spaulding sent out an email asking residents what they thought about the supercenter, and out of about 15 emails, 13 were in support of the project. In addition to convenience, residents said they wanted to see something built and that any new jobs would be good in an area where some residents have been out of work for some time. Spaulding said she was pleasantly surprised when she heard during one of the meetings with corporate representatives that the average non-manager Walmart employee makes slightly more than $12 an hour. A group that opposes the Walmart project has been using social media to get its message out in the last few weeks leading up to the Planning Board vote. A Facebook page, “Boycott Walmart in the Ringling Plaza,”
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Amendments 1, 3, 5, 8, 12 When we began this process of analyzing the 11 proposed state constitution amendments two weeks ago, we noted a preference that is probably true with most voters: Leave the constitution alone! Quit junking it up with special exceptions and favors to special groups. Would that state lawmakers would heed that call. But it is what it is. Voters once again are faced with too many amendments, some of them eye- and brain-numbing in their language — but also full of potentially important consequences. The commentary that follows is intended to enlighten on what’s behind the oftenconfusing wording. At the same time, we’ll repeat: The litmus test for us hinges on one question: Will the amendment increase individual freedom? If it does, vote yes. If not, vote no. If it limits government, it will increase freedom. If it reduces taxation, it will increase freedom.
Amendment 1
Health care services Proposing an amendment to the state constitution to prohibit laws or rules from compelling any person or employer to purchase, obtain, or otherwise provide for health care coverage; permit a person or an employer to purchase lawful health care services directly from a health care provider; permit a health care provider to accept direct payment from a person or an employer for lawful health care services; exempt persons, employers, and health care providers from penalties and taxes for paying directly or accepting direct payment for lawful health care services; and prohibit laws or rules from abolishing the private market for health care coverage of any lawful health care service. Specifies that the amendment does not affect which health care services a health care provider is required to perform or provide; affect which health care services are permitted by law; prohibit care provided pursuant to general law relating to workers’ compensation; affect laws or rules in effect as of March 1, 2010; affect the terms or conditions of any health care system to the extent that those terms and conditions do not have the effect of punishing a person or an employer for paying directly for lawful health care services or a health care provider for accepting direct payment from a person or an employer for lawful health care services; or affect any general law passed by two-thirds vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature, passed after the effective date of the amendment, provided such law states with specificity the public necessity justifying the exceptions from the provisions of the amendment. The amendment expressly provides that it may not be construed to prohibit negotiated provisions in insurance contracts, network agreements, or other provider agreements contractually limiting co-payments, coinsurance, deductibles, or other patient charges. Clearly this is the Legislature’s revolt against Obamacare. Unfortunately, it’s a moot point. Even if Florida voters overwhelmingly adopt this amendment, it will be for naught. Reason: Federal law pre-empts and takes precedence over state law, thanks to the supremacy clause (Article VI, Section 2). State lawmakers knew this when they voted to put it on the ballot. They didn’t know the Supreme Court would rule that Obamacare was a constitutional “tax,” but they knew whatever Washington adopted, it would supersede state law. So why even put it on the ballot? As one lawmaker told us, “It’s the Legislature’s strong statement that we opposed Obamacare.” It’s sending a message. Well, let’s send a message to Tallahassee, too. While we generally oppose cluttering Florida’s constitution with goofy, unnecessary amendments, Amendment 1 delivers a forceful message of freedom. Look at it this way: It also will prevent our own Legislature from adopting a state version of Obamacare. Recommendation: Yes
Amendment 3
State government revenue limitation. This proposed amendment to the state constitution replaces the existing state revenue limitation based on Florida personal income growth with a new state revenue limitation based on inflation and population changes. Under the amendment, state revenues, as defined in the amendment, collected in excess of the revenue limitation must be deposited into the budget stabilization fund until the fund reaches its maximum balance, and thereafter shall be used for the support and maintenance of public schools by reducing the minimum financial effort required from school districts for participation in a state-funded education finance program, or, if the minimum financial effort is no longer required, returned to the taxpayers. The Legislature may increase the state revenue limitation through a bill approved by a super majority vote of each house of the Legislature. The Legislature may also submit a proposed increase in the state revenue limitation to the voters. The Legislature must implement this proposed amendment by general law. The amendment will take effect upon approval by the electors and will first apply to the 2014-2015 state fiscal year. In 1994, Florida voters approved an amendment that limited state spending to grow no faster than personal incomes. It was a good intention. But it was worthless. It did little to cap state spending. Amendment 3 proposes a different — and better — measurement to cap the growth in annual state spending: It cannot exceed the combined growth of inflation and population growth. And while many liberal intellectuals hate these kinds of restrictions, Amendment 3 has a few other nice features. If Florida’s economy is so strong that it produces tax revenue that exceeds the state-spending limit, that excess cash must go in one of three places: a rainy-day fund; Florida schools; or back to taxpayers. There is no need to go into great depth on the pros and cons and formulae for this amendment. Suffice it to say: Anything that puts a handcuff on lawmakers’ ability to spend is a boost for freedom. Recommendation: Yes.
AMENDMENT 5
State courts Proposing a revision of Article V of the state constitution relating to the judiciary. The state constitution authorizes the Supreme Court to adopt rules for the practice and procedure in all courts. The constitution further provides that a rule of court may be repealed by a general law enacted by a two-thirds vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature. This proposed constitutional revision eliminates the requirement that a general law repealing a court rule pass by a twothirds vote of each house, thereby providing that the Legislature may repeal a rule of court by a general law approved by a majority vote of each house of the Legislature that expresses the policy behind the repeal. The court could re-adopt the rule in conformity with the public policy expressed by the Legislature, but if the Legislature determines that a rule has been re-adopted and repeals the re-adopted rule, this proposed revision prohibits the court from further re-adopting the repealed rule without the Legislature’s prior approval. Under current law, rules of the judicial nominating commissions and the Judicial Qualifications Commission may be repealed by general law enacted by a majority vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature. Under this proposed revision,
a vote to repeal those rules is changed to repeal by general law enacted by a majority vote of the legislators present. Under current law, the governor appoints a justice of the Supreme Court from a list of nominees provided by a judicial nominating commission, and appointments by the governor are not subject to confirmation. This revision requires Senate confirmation of a Supreme Court justice before the appointee can take office. If the Senate votes not to confirm the appointment, the judicial nominating commission must reconvene and may not renominate any person whose prior appointment to fill the same vacancy was not confirmed by the Senate. For the purpose of confirmation, the Senate may meet at any time. If the Senate fails to vote on the appointment of a justice within 90 days, the justice will be deemed confirmed and will take office. The Judicial Qualifications Commission is an independent commission created by the state constitution to investigate and prosecute before the Florida Supreme Court alleged misconduct by a justice or judge. Currently under the constitution, commission proceedings are confidential until formal charges are filed by the investigative panel of the commission. Once formal charges are filed, the formal charges and all further proceedings of the commission are public. Currently, the constitution authorizes the House of Representatives to impeach a justice or judge. Further, the Speaker of the House of Representatives may request, and the Judicial Qualifications Commission must make available, all information in the commission’s possession for use in deciding whether to impeach a justice or judge. This proposed revision requires the commission to make all of its files available to the Speaker of the House of Representatives but provides that such files would remain confidential during any investigation by the House of Representatives and until such information is used in the pursuit of an impeachment of a justice or judge. This revision also removes the power of the governor to request files of the Judicial Qualifications Commission to conform to a prior constitutional change. This revision also makes technical and clarifying additions and deletions relating to the selection of chief judges of a circuit and relating to the Judicial Qualifications Commission and makes other nonsubstantive conforming and technical changes in the judicial article of the constitution. Here’s a good bet: This amendment will be resoundingly defeated — even though voters should approve it. The sheer length and complexity of it guarantee its defeat. Nonetheless, we’ll try to simplify it, so you at least know on what you’re voting. First, background: This amendment is a second attempt, led by House Speaker Dean Cannon. Irked by the Florida Supreme Court’s denial in 2010 of putting what is now Amendment 1 (the antiObamacare amendment) on the 2010 ballot, among others, Cannon and other lawmakers felt the High Court’s majority had crossed the line — into lawmaking and not just interpreting the law. The lawmakers were right. Thus, Amendment 5. Its title probably would be more accurate if it were called the “Back at You!” Amendment. There are three parts: 1) Rulemaking 2) The confirmation of state Supreme Court justices 3) Sharing files of alleged judicial misconduct with the Florida House. • Rulemaking: State lawmakers involved in crafting this amendment are usually most passionate about this portion. They explain it this way: As the law and constitution now stand, Florida’s Supreme Court not only has the power to rule over disputes in the courtroom, it has almost unlimited authority to make the rules on how the state courts operate. Lawmakers say there
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are too few checks on the court. Amendment 5 proposes to rein in the High Court’s rulemaking powers and give the Legislature almost the same powers as Congress has over the federal courts’ rulemaking. Rather than require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to repeal a Supreme Court rule on how the courts operate, as is now required, Amendment 5 would reduce that threshold to only a majority in the Senate and House. This is good; it will place more of a limit on the High Court’s power — a better check than now exists. • Senate approval for Supreme Court justice appointees. Current law allows Florida’s governor to appoint Supreme Court justices. Amendment 5 proposes to adopt the federal system — to require Senate confirmation of Supreme Court justices. This would not be new to Florida. From 1868 to 1885, the state constitution required Senate confirmation. But in 1976, Florida voters decided to let the governor only appoint the justices. Some voters may be reluctant to requiring Senate approval of High Court justices because of the judicial “Borking” that occurs with the U.S. Supreme Court selections. But American government is all about checks and balances. What’s more, given some of the High Court selections we have seen over the past 30 years, Floridians should welcome the vetting by governors and the Senate. • Judicial investigation file sharing. Florida Bar members don’t like the idea of handing over to the speaker of the House investigative files on alleged judicial misconduct — at least not until the misconduct is confirmed. That’s the way the law is now. This amendment, however, would give the speaker access to investigative files prior to any formal charges being filed rather than after the charges are filed. This material would be required to remain confidential, but at least it would allow the House of Representatives to know if the judicial investigators, under the Judicial Qualifications Commission, are covering up meritorious complaints. You’ll hear opponents of Amendment 5 say it will allow legislators to meddle in state court affairs. Our view is it will add more checks, balances and limits on what has become an overly “legislative” and activist Florida court. Recommendation: Yes.
AMENDMENT 8
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affiliated colleges and universities attended by students who receive Bright Futures scholarships. Catholic St. Leo University north of Tampa for years has educated Florida college kids eligible for state funds but who have been unable to get into one of the state universities because they’re overcrowded. Does that constitute “aiding” a church? Of course not; it’s aiding the student. What about all those ex-soldiers who have used their GI Bill funds to attend Catholic universities. Is that aiding the church? Of course not. If the state provides funding for exinmates to attend a faith-based drug rehabilitation center that is improving lives and helping them avoid recidivism, is that “aiding” a sectarian institution? Of course not. It’s aiding the ex-inmate and aiding society — and it’s doing so as a peaceful, mutually beneficial, fair exchange of fee for service. The intent is not to aid the institution; it’s to provide aid to the recipients. To be sure, tax dollars should not subsidize or fund religious organizations for their benefit. Amendment 8, however, would bring enlightement and common sense to the often misinterpreted separation between church and state. Recommendation: Yes.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS Yes: Amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 No: Amendment 6 establishment of religion or prohibiting or penalizing the free exercise thereof. Religious freedom shall not justify practices inconsistent with public morals, peace, or safety. Except to the extent required by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, neither the government nor any agent of the government may deny to any individual or entity the benefits of any program, funding or other support on the basis of religious identity or belief. Like Amendment 6 (the abortionfunding amendment), this one is a high-voltage wire. It touches that ultrasensitive subject of church and state and whether tax dollars can be used for services provided by faith-based organizations. The crux of this amendment are the final 33 words, starting with “neither the government nor any agent of the government may deny…” That final phrase is intended to replace the last sentence of Article 1, Section 3 of the Florida Constitution, which reads: “No revenue of the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof shall ever be taken from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution.” Amendment 8 proposes the opposite, reversing a mandate that has stood in Florida’s constitution since 1885. Anti-school-voucher groups, including Florida’s teacher unions, are vigorously opposing this amendment. Their argument follows the strict dogma of the separation between church and state and their job-protection stance that it’s wrong to let students purchase a private-school education with vouchers that equal what would be spent on those students in public schools. Likewise, they oppose tax dollars being used on services provided by church-based homeless shelters, soup kitchens, substance-abuse programs, hospitals and similar organizations. But here’s news for these opponents: There already are existing federal and state programs involving the use of public funds for scholarships, enabling students to attend church-operated schools ranging from the voluntary pre-kindergarten program to church-
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AMENDMENT 12
Appointment of student body president to board of governors of the state university system. Proposing an amendment to the state constitution to replace the president of the Florida Student Association with the chair of the council of state university student body presidents as the student member of the Board of Governors of the State University System and to require that the Board of Governors organize such council of state university student body presidents. What, you may rightly ask, is this doing on the ballot as part of the state constitution? This amendment wouldn’t be on the ballot were it not for the provision in the constitution creating a Board of Governors to oversee the state’s university system and requiring one of those BOG members to be the president of the Florida Student Association (FSA). Be that as it may, it’s on the ballot. The amendment proposes to change the university system’s student representative on the BOG from the president of the Florida Student Association to the chair of a council of
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state university student body presidents. What’s the difference? The Florida Student Association currently is a not-for-profit advocacy and research group that consists of the student body presidents and their staffs from all of the state universities — except Florida State University. While FSA presumably represents all university students’ interests, you can say it’s akin to being the students’ version of AARP. Over the years, FSU has declined to pay the dues to join the FSA because of disputes over the way the organization has operated. The amendment would allow FSU’s student body president to be among the council of student body presidents, and thus, eligible to serve on the Board of Governors. This seems like much ado about inside baseball and petty politics at the university level. But it makes sense that, if all university students are to have a representative voice on the Board of Governors, all universities should be included. That representation should not hinge on whether you’re a dues-paying member to a lobbying group. It almost sounds like union rules. Recommendation: Yes.
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Providing timetable for proposed charter amendment referendum; effective date of voter-approved amendments. Shall subsection 7.1 be amended providing: (a) referendum for Charter amendments proposed by citizen initiative, County Commission, Legislature held at next general election rather than within 60 days after filing, provided amendment filed with County Commission 120 days before election, (b) referendum for amendments proposed by Charter Review Board held at next general election, rather than next countywide election, provided proposed amendment filed with County Commission 120 days before election; (c) amendments effective upon certification of election results. There are no hidden agendas behind this amendment. It just makes sense. It will save Sarasota County taxpayers the $450,000 cost of conducting special charter-amendment elections, allowing the county to place such amendments on the ballots of the next closest general election. Recommendation: Yes. Next week: City of Sarasota charter amendments and candidate recommendations.
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JOY RIDE 6:45 p.m. — 1900 block of Main Street. Petit Theft. A man left his bike chained to a bike stand while he saw a movie. After the movie, he went to eat dinner, and when he returned, the bike was missing. The man told police he spoke to someone who saw a white male with blonde hair and dirty jeans ride off on the bike. The officer checked the area with negative results.
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3:00 p.m. — 2100 block of Sixth Street. Burglary of a Vehicle. A woman left her car unlocked, and when she returned she discovered that her purse was stolen. The woman told police she was only reporting the crime, which happened two days earlier, because her bank told her she should report
5:00 p.m. — 1400 block of First Street. Dispute. Officers were called to a grocery store for a disturbance. A man told officers he was sitting down, having a beer, when a second man sat down next to him. The second man started saying things to him and calling him a Mexican. The two men have
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YOU’VE OVERSTAYED YOUR WELCOME 11:00 a.m. — 2000 block of Eighth Street. Patrol Request. A property owner reported that she has been having a problem, for several weeks, with squatters on her property. The owner told police that she had cleaned the property and tried to secure it, but the squatters returned. The owner requested police patrols of the property.
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The Sarasota Republican Club held its regular meeting Friday, Oct. 5, at the Sarasota Yacht Club. Guests enjoyed socializing and drinks before the meeting commenced. Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara
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Hundreds of music fans gathered under the banyan trees for the first performance of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ fall music series, GartenFest, Sunday, Oct. 7. Guests listened to ’60s tunes from the six-piece band, Yesterdayze, while spending time with friends and eating lunch provided by Local Catering. Concerts will take place every Sunday through October. For a schedule of performances visit selby.org.
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FRIDAY, OCT. 12 Strider World Championship and Sarasota Kids Fest — takes place at the Sarasota BMX Track, 1590 N.Tuttle Ave. Strider racers ages 2 through 5 will compete in the annual racing event. This year’s festivities will also include on-site entertainment by the Radio Disney Road Crew. Entry fee is $25. Visit www.StriderWorldChampionship.com.
SATURDAY, OCT. 13 Sarasota County Master Gardeners Plant Sale — takes place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bee Ridge Park, 4430 S. Lockwood Ridge Road. Native and non-native plants will be available for sale, including edibles, trees, shrubs, vines, succulents, houseplants and many exotics. For the first time, this year’s event includes a new boutique featuring handmade garden décor by the Master Gardeners. Purchases may be made by cash or check. Free. Call 861-5000.
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MONDAY, OCT. 15 Women’s Leadership Council Luncheon — takes place at 11:30 a.m. at the Ritz-Carlton Beach Club, 1111 Ritz-Carlton Drive. This luncheon will feature keynote speaker Nancy Markle. Cost is $35, or $50 for patrons, which includes two raffle tickets and recognition. Call 366-3911.
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Rams take on Hurricanes in homecoming game The Riverview Rams played the Palm Harbor University Hurricanes during Riverview’s homecoming game Friday, Oct. 5, at the Ram Bowl. The evening included the presentation of the homecoming court, performances by current Kilties and alumni and a homecoming float parade. The final score of the game was Palm Harbor University 35, Riverview 9.
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The National Art Honor Society’s float won first place Friday, Oct. 5, at the homecoming parade.
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CROSS-COUNTRY Oct. 13 • Booker, ODA, Riverview, Sarasota and Sarasota Christian at Manasota Track Club Invitational at McIntosh Middle School (8 a.m.)
FOOTBALL Oct. 12 • Booker vs. LaBelle (7:30 p.m.)* • Cardinal Mooney vs. St. Petersburg Catholic (7 p.m.) • ODA vs. Imagine School of Naples (7 p.m.) • Riverview at Southeast (7:30 p.m.) • Sarasota at East Lake (7:30 p.m.)
GOLF (BOYS) Oct. 11 • ODA at Cardinal Mooney (3:30 p.m.) Oct. 15 • Sarasota Christian in Class 1A-District 16 Tournament at Bradenton Country Club (9 a.m.) • Sarasota in Class 2A-District 13 Tournament at The Founders Club (8 a.m.) Jen Blanco
Senior Haley Preininger has been an integral part of ODA volleyball team’s success this season. Now she hopes to lead the Lady Thunder to their first district title since 2007.
The Out-of-Door Academy team-and-floor captain Haley Preininger has learned individual accolades only carry you so far. The senior setter hopes the Lady Thunder’s newfound toughness will carry them to a district championship. LAKEWOOD RANCH — Out-of-Door Academy senior Haley Preininger craved the glory that came with being a hitter. She felt a sense of accomplishment watching her stats and accolades pile up, knowing she was an integral part of the Lady Thunder’s offensive production. It wasn’t until one of her former JV coaches moved her from a hitter to a setter in middle school that Preininger learned that contribution is more than just the number of tallies next to your name on the stat sheet. The adjustment was difficult for Preininger at first, but over the last four years she’s learned to value the position. “When I was younger, I kind of wanted the gratification,” Preininger says. “Now my team knows I’m contrib-
uting and I know I’m contributing. That’s all that really matters. You can’t play as an individual. The position teaches you how to play (as a team). I can’t do that much as an individual.” Preininger began playing volleyball in sixth grade. She played intramural volleyball before deciding to join the Suncoast Volleyball Club. Preininger played for Suncoast until her freshman year but she decided to take a break from club volleyball her freshman and sophomore years. She continued to play for ODA, during that time and returned to Suncoast Volleyball Club last season. Preininger joined ODA’s volleyball team in seventh grade. She played JV for three years before moving up to varsity her sophomore
year. This season, Preininger is both a team and floor captain for the Lady Thunder and has helped ODA maintain a competitive spirit every time the team steps out onto the court. “Haley has not only adopted the competitive attitude that I have been stressing since day one, but she has also been instrumental in encouraging her teammates to do the same. … We appreciate all that Haley brings to the team that can’t be tallied on the stat sheet,” coach Craig Wolfe says. During her first season at ODA, Preininger watched the Lady Thunder capture their second district title. Now five years later, Preininger and the rest of the senior class want to add another district title to the championship banner that
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VOLLEYBALL Oct. 11 • Sarasota Christian at Sarasota (6 p.m. JV; 7 p.m. V — senior night) • Booker at Lemon Bay (7 p.m.) • Riverview at Palm Harbor University (6 p.m.) • Cardinal Mooney at Lakewood Ranch (7 p.m.) Oct. 12 • ODA at Mustang Invitational at Northside Christian (9 a.m.) Oct. 15 • ODA at Shorecrest Prep (7 p.m.) • Sarasota at Cardinal Mooney (5 p.m. F; 6 p.m. JV; 7 p.m. V) Oct. 16 • ODA at Sarasota Christian (7 p.m.) • Booker at Riverview (6 p.m.) • Sarasota at Lakewood Ranch (5 p.m. F; 6 p.m. JV; 7 p.m. V) Oct. 17 • Riverview at Sarasota (5 p.m. F; 6 p.m. JV; 7 p.m. V — pink game)
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Booker High School junior running back Marlon Mack has been playing football for five years. After the Tornadoes clinched their first win, Mack talks about his strategy for the rest of the season.
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How long have you been playing football? I started in sixth grade. My dad took me to the field. What do you remember about your first game? I was playing tight end. I had to block. I think I had one catch. I was nervous about contact, but after my first hit, I got over that.
The number of points the Booker High football team scored against Lake Placid in its first win of the season Oct. 5.
The place in which Sarasota High cross-country runner Courtland Bernard finished at the Land O’Lakes Gator Invitational Oct. 6.
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The number of rushing touchdowns the Sarasota High football team allowed in its Class 7A-District 10 opener against Venice Oct. 5.
When did you start playing running back? When I moved to Sarasota from Miami. Before, I played wide receiver and tight end. I had to learn new things, like the routes and the holes, so that was the hardest part.
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Sarasota Christian’s Charles Wang shot a 35 Tuesday, Oct. 9, at Bent Tree County Club. Sarasota Christian took first place with a total score of 153, followed closely by St. Stephen’s with a combined score of 156, and Sarasota Military Academy with 197.
O Booker earned its first win of the season last Friday.What was the key to the win? We just went out there and did our jobs and had no turnovers. We work together pretty well, but sometimes we mess up.
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What are you working on to improve your game? Sometimes I struggle with holding on to the ball, but I’m working on that.
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The number of kills Genevieve Rowe and Lauren Hochstetler combined for in the Sarasota High volleyball team’s 3-1 victory over Palmetto Oct. 8.
Who inspires you? Adrian Foster and Adrian Peterson. My dad, too. He tells me to play hard every week. What do you do to get pumped up before games? I like to listen to music. I usually listen to hip-hop.
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+ Lady Thunder outlast the Lady Cougars The Out-of-Door Academy volleyball team held on to defeat district rival Cardinal Mooney 3-2 in its Think Pink match Oct. 4. The Lady Thunder beat the Lady Cougars 25-15, 15-25, 23-25, 25-21, 16-14. Haley Preininger paced the Lady Thunder with 26 assists, 22 digs and five blocks. Lauren Maxey had 15 kills and Natalie Buffett added 14 kills. Gabriella Costa finished with 13 kills and six blocks. Despite the loss, Hanna McMahon had 33 digs for Cardinal Mooney. Keri McMahon had 12 kills and nine digs. Lexi Barbour finished with 20 assists.
+ Tornadoes record first win The Booker High football team recorded its first win of the season with a 57-27 victory over Lake Placid in Class 4A-District 6 action Oct. 5. Quarterback Alex Riddle threw a pair of touchdowns, and running back Marlon Mack scored two touchdowns as well.
+ Sarasota tops Palmetto The Sarasota High volleyball team defeated Palmetto 3-1 Oct. 8. Genevieve Rowe had 18 kills, two blocks and two aces as the Lady Sailors cruised to a 25-21, 25-12, 17-25, 25-16 victory. Lauren Hochstetler had 14 kills and six aces. Jackie Morgensen added five kills. The Lady Sailors host Sarasota Christian tonight for Senior Night.
+ Sarasota boys sail to cross-country championship The Sarasota High boys cross-country team scored 32 points to win the Land O’Lakes Gator Invitational Oct. 6. Courtland Bernard paced the Sailors,
finishing first in 16:29. Teammate Zackery Summerall finished second in 16:35 followed by Ian Hull (sixth, 17:02), Adam Bradtmueller (10th, 17:17) and Brandon Drumm (14th, 17:40). The Sarasota girls team scored 120 points to finish second behind Palm Harbor University (104). Angelina Grebe finished second in 19:57 to pace the way for the Lady Sailors.
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+ Cougars, Rams and Sailors all fall short in district action The Cardinal Mooney High football team fell to Lakeland Christian 20-17 in its Class 3A-District 6 opener Oct. 8. Quarterback Reese Vita scored a 1-yard touchdown in the first quarter. Blake Young hit a 19-yard field goal in the third quarter and Demardre Patterson added a 59-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter for the Cougars final score of the game. Riverview fell to Palm Harbor University 35-9 in its Homecoming Game Oct. 5. It was the Class 8A-District 7 opener for both schools. Karan Higdon scored on the Riverview’s opening possession on a 22-yard run for the Rams lone touchdown of the night. Mitchell Howard added a 27-yard field goal for the Rams. Sarasota fell to Venice 48-12 in the Class 7A-District 10 opener for both teams. Hunter Dewitt connected with Shawn Bane Jr. for a 62-yard touchdown and Bane Jr. later threw a 22-yard pass to Eugene Ash for the Sailors final touchdown of the game.
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+ Sailors swing past Pirates The Sarasota High boys golf team shot a combined 155 to defeat Braden River (167) Oct. 8. Jacques Celestino shot a 36 to earn medalist honors.
Sarasota Military Academy’s Stephen Waskom, 16, takes a shot from a sand trap Tuesday, Oct. 9, at Bent Tree County Club.
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at New College Five-bedroom Indian Beach OCT–DEC 2012 By Adam Hughes | Research Editor
home sells for $3.2 million The following residential real-estate transactions took place between Sept. 24 and Sept. 28. A home in Indian Beach tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Comerica Bank sold the home at 3731 Indian Beach Place to John and Shelly Corey, of Bentleyville, Ohio, for $3.2 million. Built in 2006, it has five bedrooms, five-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 6,073 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $710,300 in 2011.
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OCT 12, EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC WORKSHOP: The Great Learning Paragraph 7, 1 pm, 5313 Bay Shore Rd., FREE NOV 16, ARTIST CONVERSATION with New College composers and Prof. Stephen Miles, 3:30 pm, 5313 Bay Shore Rd., FREE
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NOV 17, PERFORMANCE BY THE JACK QUARTET, Then and Now: Music of New College Graduates, 8 pm, 5313 Bay Shore Rd., Tickets $15; $5 for non-NCF students; free for NCF faculty, staff and students.
Tower Residences
William Wallace III, of Washington, D.C., sold his Unit 704 condominium at 35 Watergate Drive to Robert Bradbury, of Sarasota, for $1.3 million. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,985 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,127,500 in 2004.
NOV 20, EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC WORKSHOP, 1 pm, 5313 Bay Shore Rd., FREE
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CAREER SEMINAR
Paul and Martha Baetz, trustees, of Scottsdale, Ariz., sold the home at 1529 Eastbrook Drive to Hedric and Gretchen Rhodes, of Sarasota, for $1 million. Built in 1969, it has three bedrooms, two-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,771 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $925,000 in 2010.
OCT 27, INTERNATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR, 8:30 am–4 pm, 5845 General Dougher Pl., Tickets $10 students (college, grades 11–12) $25 all others, contact bhicks@ncf.edu
FILM SCREENING
OCT 29, A SMALL ACT, 6 pm, and Q&A with Chris Mburu (asmallact.com), 5313 Bay Shore Rd., FREE OCT 23, AN ANALYSIS OF THE 2012 ELECTIONS, panel discussion, New Topics New College, 5:30 pm, 5313 Bay Shore Rd., Tickets $15
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Carol Butera, of Sarasota, sold her home at 1663 Laurel St. to Madden Florida Properties LLC for $425,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,494 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $451,300 in 2005.
NOV 8, WHAT MAKES A GREAT BEACH? with Dr. Stephen Leatherman (aka Dr. Beach), New Topics New College, 5:30 pm, 5313 Bay Shore Rd., Tickets $15
Sarasota Bay Club
Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 603 condominium at 1301 N. Tamiami Trail to
NOV 14, VOICES FROM NATIVE FLORIDA, archaeology lecture, 6 pm, 5313 Bay Shore Rd., FREE
Natalie Forman, of Sarasota, for $420,000. Built in 2000, it has one bedroom, oneand-a-half baths and 1,161 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $340,000 in 2001.
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India Sixth LLC sold the Unit 101 condominium at 800 N. Tamiami Trail to Constantine Giviskos, of Mantoloking, N.J., for $450,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,594 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $759,000 in 2007.
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Unit 704 at Tower Residences, 35 Watergate Drive, sold for $1.3 million.
Betty Whittinghill, of Sarasota, sold her Unit 8-F condominium at 1111 N. Gulfstream Ave. to John and Patricia Bendik, of Sarasota, for $405,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,577 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $320,000 in 2001. Robert Drake and Kathleen Drake, trustees, sold the Unit 4 condominium at 4943 N. Kestral Parkway to Myra Rakoff, of Sarasota, for $255,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,570 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $130,000 in 1982.
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DEC 4, COURTING PRESCRIPTION PAIN MEDICATION: FOR BETTER OR WORSE?, 5:30 pm, 5313 Bay Shore Rd., Tickets $15
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NOV 1, 34TH ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND CLAMBAKE, a fun picnic on the bayfront to raise funds for New College, 6:30–10 pm, 351 College Dr., Tickets $150
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DEC 1, VOICES OF FUZIÓN CONCERT, 7:30 pm, Black Box Theater, $10 suggested donation
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DEC 1, 2012 SARASOTA/MANATEE AIDS WALK, 8 am, 5845 General Dougher Pl., register to walk at trinitycharities.org
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PALMER RANCH Huntington Pointe
Hildegard Volpp sold her home at 8870 Huntington Pointe Drive to Adam and Idil Greenberg, of Sarasota, for $295,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,359 square feet of living area.
Turtle Rock
John and Beverly Cunningham sold their home at 8191 Nice Way to William Doody, trustee, of Sarasota, for $285,000. Built in 1998, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,220 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $217,500 in 2000.
Isles of Sarasota
Lisa Sullivan, trustee, of St. Petersburg, sold the home at 11636 Garessio Lane to Robert Mazzone, of Sarasota, for $259,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,534 square
1 mile north of Siesta Key Village off Ocean Blvd. 349-1166
Duane and Cecelia Emshoff, of Sarasota, sold their home at 6372 Woodbirch Place to E. Ralph and E.M. Ana Tirabassi, of Sarasota, for $250,000. Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,424 square feet of living area.
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Richard and Ann Owens sold their Unit 2504 condominium at 4467 Cinnamon Drive to Deborah Schaub, trustee, of Sarasota, for $203,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,554 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $300,000 in 2005.
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Boyd and Susan Ferris, of Hebron, Ohio, sold their home at 1290 Flying Bridge Lane to Stephen and Sarah Soboleski, of Sarasota, for $279,300. Built in 1976, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,901 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $317,000 in 2003.
TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest city of Sarasota and Sarasota County building permits issued by Sarasota County and city of Sarasota for the week of Sept. 24 through Sept. 28, in order of dollar amounts.
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BUSINESSOBSERVER + Clickbooth celebrates 10 years of business Clickbooth, the subsidiary of the Sarasotabased IntegraClick, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. The celebration culminated with a carnival-themed party, complete with rides, games, an employee dunk tank and prizes for employees, friends and family of Clickbooth. The online marketing company was established in 2002 and has more than 100 employees.
+ 24-hour vet clinic adds Jacovino to staff Critical Care and Veterinary Specialists of Sarasota has added Dr. Joe Jacovino to the medical staff of its 24-hour emergency vet-
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erinary clinic and intensive care unit. Jacovino joined CCVSS in September, following completion of a rotating smallanimal medical and surgery internship in Greensboro, N.C. He received his doctorate of veterinary medicine from Western University of Health Sciences in Los Angeles and earned a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology from the University of Tampa.
+ Children’s World earns national recognition Sarasota-based independent retailer Children’s World and Children’s World Uniform Supply has been named the 2012 national runner-up for the nationwide Independent Small Business of The Year Award, which honors the best locally-owned businesses in the nation. The award, which
is sponsored by Independent We Stand, was given based on criteria such as customer service and supporting the local community. The business, which opened in 1964, provides school, work and sport uniforms, as well as promotional products, custom embroidery and toys and games for families.
tions, we are thrilled to have Dwayne taking the helm and look forward to his insight and experience to guide us through our food and beverage program’s exciting evolution.”
+ Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota appoints executive chef
Grapevine Communications announced that it has added two design professionals to its full-time staff. Michael Cronin, the firm’s new senior art director, is an alumnus of Ringling College of Art and Design. He has worked as a graphic designer, art director and visual communicator for small and large advertising and design firms. Matt Sheils, Grapevine’s new webmaster, has an extensive background in web and graphic design, photography and videography.
The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota has announced the appointment of Dwayne Edwards as its new executive chef. Edwards brings a breadth of culinary and hospitality experience to the position, with more than a decade of experience in the United States. According to the resort’s general manager, Brad Jencks, “With so many exciting things in store for the Ritz-Carlton’s culinary opera-
+ Grapevine Communications expands design staff
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Record Temps. High Low 95 (1959) 58 (1984) 95 (1923) 52 (1929) 93 (1959) 56 (1929) 95 (1989) 57 (1913) 94 (1973) 54 (1932) 97 (1973) 52 (1987) 94 (1919) 54 (2000)
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Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was detected this week in multiple samples collected alongshore of Sarasota County, ranging from background to medium concentrations.
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Jerry Sparkman emerges from the back of his office at his downtown architectural firm, Sweet Sparkman Architecture, holding a baseball-sized chunk of unpolished quartz crystal. The stone, which he bought from a street-side vendor, holds a special significance to the local architect: The vendor dug it out of the Appalachian Mountains in eastern Tennessee, which Sparkman also knew happened to be the origin of Siesta Key’s nearly pure quartz sand. Hailing from Tennessee, himself, Sparkman says it was an easy sell. “I never used to think about the origins of materials,” he says. “The sand we sit on came from those mountains millions of years ago. It fascinates me. I realized that I’ve been walking around for 45 years taking that kind of thing for granted.” Sparkman’s new interest in the origins of materials was piqued while working with his business partner, Todd Sweet, and six Ringling College of Art and Design students on a collaborative architectural exhibit in Venice, Italy, which incorporated two tons of Siesta Key sand. The exhibit, aptly titled, “Origins,” is currently on display at the 13th Venice Biennale of Architecture, where both established and young architects and designers are invited to showcase their work. Sparkman’s vision for “Origins” was to construct a space in which
Jerry Sparkman is a local architect who fused his creative spirit with his day-job in a recent collaborative architectural exhibit in Italy.
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Jerry Sparkman incorporated two tons of Siesta Key sand in his recent collaborative architectural exhibit, “Origins.” guests could experience a representation of his own origins as an architect. The exhibit consists of a large room, in which Siesta Key sand is re-circulated like a waterfall, raining down from the ceiling and collecting in a small mound before spilling between the floorboards and starting the process over again. Behind the “waterfall” sits a wall of nearly 800 glass bricks, crafted by the Ringling students, from Siesta sand.
“I wanted it to be very experiential,” says Sparkman. “It was quite a unique notion to take our Siesta Key sand; ship it 5,000 miles across the ocean to Italy and shine Venetian light on it.”
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Architecture is more than blueprints, drafts and drawing boards to Sparkman. It’s not the cut-anddry profession it’s often made out to be, he says, existing purely out
of the need to create space for people. Sparkman sees architecture as akin to art, and, for him, it provides a rousing creative outlet. “Throughout the whole process of design, there’s a sense of discovery,” he says. “When you’re challenged with a design, you’re driven by your own curiosity. It’s a self-perpetuating thing. I like the opportunity to click on the right side of my brain; it’s invigorating.” Sparkman’s passion for cre-
ativity isn’t surprising. Always fascinated by art, and drawing in particular, much of his childhood Sparkman spent in art classrooms. After high school, the Tennessee native moved west to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music, before following in his father’s footsteps in the field of architecture. Having grown up drawing in his father’s drafting room, Sparkman says his familiarity with the process made the career choice a natural one. After a year in California, he moved backed to his home state to get an undergraduate degree in architecture and eventually earned his master’s in drafting from the University of Virginia. For the past 11 years, Sparkman has called Sarasota home, and he says he draws a lot of inspiration from the city’s Sarasota School of Architecture-era buildings. “When I moved here, I saw a really interesting body of work from the ’50s and ’60s,” he says. “So, I was inspired by the culture, and the town had a good vibe and great people.” He and business partner, Todd Sweet, have worked together since 2004, and their work has earned them international design industry recognition.
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A rendering of the “Origins” exhibit as it appeared in Biennale. meyer, who invited them to participate in this year’s Biennale, the two were convinced they’d been contacted by mistake. “We thought it was bogus,” Sparkman says with a laugh. “We joked that it was like those emails you get from a Nigerian prince; all they need is our routing number!” But, there was no mistake. Rietmeyer, the curator of the event, had seen the awardwinning Casey Key guesthouse designed by Sparkman and Sweet and felt the two would be a perfect fit for the Biennale. The theme of this year’s event was “Common Ground,” and its goal was to display the shared experiences of architects. After a few weeks of deliberation, Sparkman and Sweet decided that the exhibition was something they’d like to participate in, but they didn’t want to merely display their completed architectural works. “We wanted to make an exhibit about what inspires us,” says Sparkman. “Our work often has us working along the
coast, and we wanted to look at the ground that we put our projects on and incorporate that in some way.” After some brainstorming, they landed on the sand concept, and Sparkman saw an opportunity to involve students from Ringling, so he called Ringling President Larry Thompson to pitch the idea. Thompson loved it, and soon, Sparkman and Sweet were working alongside six students in the fine-arts, sculpture, action-design and management programs. “The students were great,” says Sparkman. “They inevitably influenced and shaped the exhibit. They had a big hand in making it more of a conceptual display.” After receiving permission from county commissioners to borrow the sand, Sparkman and the students went out to the beach, equipped with 60 five-gallon buckets and began digging. From there, the buckets were sealed, put through customs and shipped to Venice. Partnering with Ringling,
which underwrote half of the expenses, and with sponsorships from the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Visit Sarasota and the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, Sparkman, Sweet and the students began preliminary work, developing mock-ups as artists in residence at the Conservation Foundation’s Bay Preserve. The group traveled to Venice a week before the exhibit’s August opening to construct their home away from home. Of the nearly 60 exhibits, only a handful of architects chose to pursue a conceptual exhibit, and Sparkman says the slice of Siesta Key was well-received by patrons. “It kind of set the tone for the whole Biennale,” he says. “It became sort of a gathering place. The adults were a little apprehensive, but the kids got it. They knew to get in there and interact with the sand.” Sparkman says “Origins” will be returned to Sarasota at the end of Biennale in late November, and he hopes to find a place to display it locally, with the possibility of drawing some national attention and a tour around the country. Sparkman says the whole process was a great learning experience in fusing art and architecture, and he hopes to find ways to combine the two fields in the future. “It really made me rethink what architecture is about,” he says. “Working with the students and the overlap in disciplines helped me explore what it could be. I’d like to explore other opportunities to do that.”
Music // Sarasota Orchestra: Innovations — ‘Once Upon a Time’ Once upon a time there was a regional orchestra filled with an international array of talented musicians, many of them young, all of them exceptional. One day, a young princely conductor named Dirk Meyer created a program on a new series of “Innovations” concerts devoted to musical fairy tales: The Prelude to Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel,” a couple of sections from Tchaikovsky’s “Sleeping Beauty,” “The Enchanted Garden” from Ravel’s enchanting setting of “Mother Goose,” the lullaby and finale from Stravinsky’s “The Firebird” and the bewitching Suite from Prokofiev’s “Cinderella” ballet. Rrrrip ... What’s so innovative about this program? Yes, it’s all truly great music, and it’s a cleverly balanced musical concept based on fairy tales. What made it brilliantly innovative was the way Meyer put it together with multimedia and live performances. That’s innovation — and that’s brilliant. So was the idea of inviting a group of social networkers, who, seated in one or two of the rear boxes (so their smartphone tweets wouldn’t distract the rest of us), were urged to tweet and blog during the performance. (Their reports of this concert were around the world and back before we even got our car home!) But, is innovation enough to make a concert good? It helps, because it gives the concert a freshness and definition that sets it apart, enlightens and refreshens. Best of all, the
orchestra and Prince Dirk performed beautifully. The Humperdinck Prelude —which opens with the famous “Evening Prayer” sung later by Hansel and Gretel as they’re surrounded by 14 angels keeping watch — was given a slow but sonorous sound that resonated beautifully through the gorgeous acoustics of the Opera House. (Oh, would that the Van Wezel had that sound … ) The accompanying pantomime of Hansel and Gretel (Vincent Pearson and Leah Henry), The Witch (Carrie Mills) and the Father (Brent Pearson) was sweet but innocuous. “Sleeping Beauty” had a glorious bite in the orchestra while we all read, silently, the story, told on charming slides projected above the orchestra that seemed to be clipped from the very book of fairy tales my father read to me before kissing me goodnight. Ravel’s short, but enchanting, bit of “Mother Goose” swirled with orchestral color and brilliant lighting effects, and concert master Daniel Jordan absolutely swept me away with his gorgeous solo. But Stravinsky’s “Firebird” would have done better on its own than with the selected photographs by Brian Braun that seemed musically unrelated. Finally, Robert Turoff —playing it straight as a 1950s radio reader with his beautifully mellifluous baritone —held us in thrall with his reading of “Cinderella” while the orchestra and conductor set him magnificently to Prokofiev’s music. This is the kind of innovation that enhances already great music, and, looking at the audience of kiddies and grandparents, it’s also serving to open this wonderful world to new listeners. — June LeBell
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that night, but typically performs for students from sixth grade to 12th grade. There are two casts, The Sound and The Fury, of thirdyear students in the FSU/Asolo Conservatory that will tour schools to bring a 60-minute version as part of the Asolo Rep Education and Outreach program. Last year’s performance of “Hamlet Redux” reached 12,000 students. But the students won’t get to experience bagpipers playing as the show ends, like the Cook Theatre audience did.
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More bang for Backstage at The Players Last year was the inaugural Backstage at The Players season. It’s a series of edgier contemporary productions in the backstage studio that seats up to 60 people. This year, the productions have been extended to two weeks and the number of performances have been doubled. The series kicks off Oct. 11 with the comedy “Zombietown: A Documentary Play,” directed by Linda MacCluggage. Also slated for this season is “Kimberly Akimbo,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Davidy Lindsay-Abaire. It’s a twisted comedy about a teenager aging five times faster
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That old Scottish play The old wive’s tale remains true: Don’t say “Macbeth” in the theater. For the two Asolo Repertory Theatre casts of “Macbeth,” it leads to a pandemic of sickness, broken toes and bangs and bruises, all in a matter of 48 hours. This is just one bit of knowledge the audience picked up during the discussion portion of the program Oct. 4, following The Sound cast’s performance of Shakespeare’s bloodiest piece. The group performed “Macbeth” for the public
Charlie Barnett is hot, and it’s not just his looks; he’s playing a firefighter on TV. The man who grew up on stages around Sarasota is coming to the big screen at 10 p.m. Wednesday in the drama “Chicago Fire” on NBC. He’s cast alongside Jesse Spencer, of “House,” and David Eigenberg, of “Sex and the City,” and his parents couldn’t be more proud. “We’re very happy for him. He worked hard for it,” says his mother, Sarasota resident Danee Barnett. His mother, father, Bob, and sis-
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Conductor and composer Daniel Moe was the music director of Key Chorale until 2006, when he retired. The group pays tribute to the late Moe in the Key Chorale “Vast Voyages” season opener in “The Living Legacy of Daniel Moe” at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 4, at The Church of the Palms, 3224 Bee Ridge Road. Call 921-4845.
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Hearing loops are ‘music to one’s ears’ for opera-lover by Mallory Gnaegy | A&E Editor Sarasota Opera Guild member and founding member of the National Hearing Loss Association Barbara Chertok can’t wait to reclaim her usual spot: row D at the Sarasota Opera House. Although she looks forward to each new season, the anticipation of this season is a little different, because it’s the first after the installation of a hearing loop system, a technology that wirelessly transfers magnetic signals to hearing aids. After losing her hearing overnight while studying operatic voice, Chertok, 77, has helped give a voice to the needs of the hearing impaired. She advocates hearing assistance on a daily basis, and she’s proud to say that more than 50 places in Sarasota now offer hearing loop systems. Chertok grew up in a poor family outside of Boston. Although her father could not afford to attend the opera, he still exposed his family to its powerful sound. He played two opera records every day: “Lakemé” and “Lucia di Lammermoor.” “He used to try to sing like a female opera singer,” Chertok laughs. “That’s how I grew up with opera,” she says. “It became my first love and it’s still my love.” Her favorite opera is “Lucia di Lammermoor.” As a teenager, Chertok loved singing as much as she did listening. She studied operatic voice for $2 a lesson. Chertok took music lessons at the Boston Conservatory of Music
and then at the New England Conservatory of Music. Eventually, an employment agency led her to a job in advertising. But she continued to sing in the little free time she had. After a 21-year-old Chertok went to lunch with two of her female coworkers on a sunny day in May 1957, her life changed. “I was walking back to the office after lunch, and all of the sudden, my balance gave out and I couldn’t walk,” she says. The hearing in her left ear went out, and a week later, the hearing in her right ear was gone, as well. When she went to renowned specialist and Harvard neurologist, Dr. Derek Denny-Brown, he told her she had nothing to worry about and that she’d get her hearing back in two to eight weeks. But Denny-Brown was wrong. He had misdiagnosed her with the herpes virus. It was 35 years later when a doctor at Johns Hopkins discovered the real cause of her hearing loss — she had Cogan’s syndrome, a rheumatic disease. “If (I had been correctly diagnosed) today, they would have given me massive doses of prednisone, which would have helped me maintain some of the hearing,” she says. But that wasn’t the case, and Chertok became accustomed to her hearing loss. “I danced all those years without hearing the music,” she says. “If I was dancing with someone who couldn’t keep the beat, I’d get it from (other dancers) on the floor.” She’d pick out the winners of operatic vocal competitions with her
Looped theaters in Sarasota Asolo Repertory Theatre (Cook) Banyan Theatre Company Burns Court Cinemas (screens 1 and 3) Florida Studio Theatre (Keating) Florida Studio Theatre (Gompertz) The Glenridge Performing Arts Center Holley Hall (Sarasota Orchestra) Neel Performing Arts Center (main) Neel Performing Arts Center (Howard) Sarasota Opera House The Players Theatre Van Wezel For a complete list of looped locations in Sarasota and Manatee counties, visit the Hearing Loss Association of Sarasota online at hlas.org. Click on the “Advocacy” tab, then “Let’s Loop SRQ” to find out how hearing loops work and how to use your T-coil.
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Barbara Chertok sits in her usual seat in row D at Sarasota Opera House. This season’s newly installed hearing loop means she won’t need any additional equipment to hear the music she calls her main love in life. eyes. She’d watch the symphony on television and could hear the music in her mind. Her late husband, Benson, had to ask Chertok on a date through her mother because Chertok couldn’t hear him on the phone. “I kept singing in the bathroom, in the shower, in my car — but I wouldn’t let anyone hear me,” she says. At that time, Chertok had a hearing aid but had to practically sit on top of a musician to hear a beat of music.
“If I was in a room of 100 people and everyone was talking, I didn’t hear them. I could close my eyes and I would be alone,” she says. Chertok received her first cochlear implant in 1997. When asked about what it was like hearing opera again for the first time following that implant, she has no words. She got her second cochlear implant 11 years later. A vocal Chertok was the driving force behind the installation of an infrared system at the Sarasota Opera House a few years ago. Some
people don’t like using infrared systems because it requires additional equipment: a receiver with a neck lanyard. But hearing loops only require the flick of a switch on a hearing aid with a T-coil. Chertok continues to work on promoting hearing loops to both the hearing impaired and businesses. “Everywhere I go, I speak to the managers about hearing assistance. I’ve been doing this for years,” she says. She likes to keep people in the loop.
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Taste description: The Fruita’ Picante’ is shaken, chilled and served in a martini glass. It offers the fall colors Sarasota lacks. It’s made with passion fruit puree, and its medium-bodied, smooth texture accentuates the subtle spicy quality of the liqueur. Although it smells peppery, it is not overbearing in “kick.” What you get is a smoked-fruit flavor with a peppery aftertaste. It’ll have you booking a trip to Santa Fe, N.M., before you finish the drink.
Ingredients: El Mayor Silver, Monin habañero-flavored syrup, Cointreau and cucumber
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Taste description: This refreshing margarita is served on the rocks with a salted rim. But don’t expect any sour in this drink, because it’s more mojito-like with a smooth quality and color. This popular drink is perfect for the Indian summer days during the fall months on the Gulf Coast. Its cool cucumber balances the habañero syrup, which gives it a sweet light flavor with just a hint of spice. This luxurious margarita brings pleasant thoughts of afternoons lounging poolside — while friends up North slave away raking leaves.
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Taste Description: This drink tastes like how one would imagine breaking the law feels and — luckily — double jeopardy allows you to have more than one. Fresh pineapple, mint and jalapeño are muddled with rum and a splash of pineapple juice; lime juice is added to the top. The libation is a perfect balance of the strongest flavors — mint and jalapeño. But the fruity pineapple takes out some of the sting and replaces it with a little tang. This cocktail has got a big kick, so if you don’t want to risk it, have them make it sans the jalapeño.
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Ingredients: Wódka (vodka), simple syrup, cilantro, jalapeño and grapefruit juice Taste description: This drink is a bartender favorite and perfect for those who revel in the taste of cilantro. Smooth vodka and grapefruit juice are added to house-prepared, simple syrup muddled with cilantro and jalapeño. This cocktail has a big cilantro smell and a predominantly cilantro flavor with plenty of spice and subtle notes of grapefruit. It’s a great pick to unwind after a warm day lounging at the beach. Best paired with: Crispy oyster flamenco; $8.95
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Your favorites when you want ‘Lively’ I
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t’s dinnertime. Maybe it’s been a “blah day.” Maybe your biorhythms are off. (Remember biorhythms?) Maybe you just feel like you need a little oomph. For whatever reason, you want some energy in your restaurant choice. The question for this month’s “favorites” discussion was: “Where do you go for dinner when you want to be someplace with lots of energy? ... maybe even a little noise ... food that's on the scintillating side ... in other words, ‘lively.’”
For lively, I like The Table because it is so bright and on the water, and in winter, you can sit outside around a fire pit. The food is pretty, tasty, good and healthy. I like Mattison’s on 41 because it is one of the few places that you can dance to live music … and Michael’s On East because it is “home folks.”
Eat Here wins handsdown. Runners-up include Selva Grill and Darwin’s on 4th. State Street Eating House is on the list if you're looking for a small party ... it just doesn't have room for a big, lively group.
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Hands-down, Owen's Fish Camp is not only one of my favorite restaurants but definitely my top pick when I am in the mood for some hustle-and-bustle and the crinkling sound of the fish camp basket paper. As soon as you walk in the door, there’s a burst of energy not often found in restaurants. I have lived on Cape Cod for most of my life, so it definitely brings me back. My two favorite menu items are the mussels appetizer served over pasta and the fish camp basket.
Here are two of our favorites in the lively category: The Cottage, in Siesta Key Village, for tuna tiradito (tuna sushi with watermelon), skirt steak with plantains and, of course, crispy calamari. There is music most evenings in the garden in the back and people-watching outside on the front porch or inside at high tables. Next door is Blu Que Island Grill, which is good for barbecued ribs, brisket and burgers with truly exceptional blue cheese coleslaw. On weekends, the pulled-pork barbecue comes right from their own roasted pig. They offer music on weekends beginning at lunch and during the evenings.
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My choice would be Libby’s for reasons from owner Stephen Seidensticker’s welcoming charm to the diverse, adventuresome cuisine that ranges from comfort food to truffle fries. I always end up with the meatloaf, but the menu is always changing. It’s a pleasurable, outdoor dining scene someplace other than Main Street. Nothing compares with the people-watching during Ladies Night on Thursdays. I grew up at Studio 54 in New York in the late ’70s and “loved the nightlife,” but watching (just watching) the flotsam and jetsam at Libby’s on Thursday nights is incomparable! No 54 but — from the sidelines — quite a show!
I like going to Mattison's City Grille because of all of the downtown places to eat; it’s outside but has cover. There’s live music, but you can still carry on a conversation and meet with a group of people. The food is great; I love Paul and his staff! I probably eat there once a month. I don’t think that there’s a particular dish I always go there for … let’s just say that everything they do at Mattison’s is great!
IF YOU GO Blu Que Island Grill 149 Avenida Messina, Siesta Key 346-0738 Darwin’s on 4th 1525 Fourth St., Sarasota 343-2165 Eat Here 1888 Main St., Sarasota 365-8700 Libby’s 1917 S. Osprey Ave., Sarasota 487-7300 Mattison’s City Grille 1 N. Lemon Ave., Sarasota 330-0440 Mattison’s 41 7275 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota 921-3400 Michael’s On East 1212 S. East Ave., Sarasota 366-0007 Owen’s Fish Camp 516 Burns Court, Sarasota 951-6936 Selva Grill 1345 Main St., Sarasota 362-4427 State Street Eating House 1533 State St., Sarasota 951-1533 The Cottage 153 Avenida Messina, Siesta Key 312-9300 The Table Restaurant Creekside 5365 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota 921-9465
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// Cooking for a Catholic Cause// Saturday, Oct. 6, at Michael’s On East
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Tim Beach, Co-Chairwoman Terri Klauber and Haven Beach
The Rev. Fausto Stampiglia blows out his birthday candles, while Phil Mancini assists with holding the cake.
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// BLACK TIE: ANNOUNCEMENTS
OCCASIONS: Anna Fondren Griffin & Daniel Taliaferro Watts (aka Fondren & Danny Watts)
HOW THEY MET: Danny and Fondren first met at Florida State University, where they both attended college. They began their relationship as friends and remained that way for several years. Fondren transferred to Florida Atlantic University as Danny graduated, and Danny accepted a job in Switzerland for nearly two years. Just after he returned, the two coincidentally arrived at the same Gasparilla party in Tampa; and the rest, as they say, is history.
“The Clift has a beautiful space located on their top floor that they call the Spanish Suite,” Fondren says. “It has two areas, one with an oak-paneled room set with a beautiful fireplace that offered the perfect location for the ceremony and then our dinner, while the other room is an enclosed terrace draped in white with skyline views. This was where we held our cocktail reception and dancing.” The wedding parties entered as Fondren stood back with her father, until David Gray’s “This Year’s Love” began to play from a three-piece classical ensemble. “It is a song everyone should hear,” Fondren says. “It is a deeply moving piece, even without the words, and once we heard the first notes begin to play, we knew it was our cue to enter.” The groomsmen and bridesmaids flanked the walls of the room, leaving just Danny and Fondren standing together at the center of the room with the officiant. Once they became husband and wife, they exited to an instrumental version of The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love.”
BACKGROUND: Both Fondren and Danny grew up on Siesta Key. Danny graduated from high school at St. Stephens Episcopal School, in Bradenton; Fondren attended and graduated from the Out-of-Door Academy. INTERESTS: Their interests consist of spending time with each other and their two dogs, Toby and Chloe. They love cooking at home, entertaining friends and family, going to the movies, mountain biking, traveling and exploring new cities and places together. THE PROPOSAL: The life-changing moment happened Feb. 25 — four years (and nine days) after their first official date. It was a Friday night, and Fondren and Danny were having dinner at one of their favorite south Tampa restaurants, Ocean Prime. THE WEDDING: The wedding and reception took place at Clift Hotel, a historic hotel just steps from Union Square, in San Francisco
THE RECEPTION: “Our reception, much like our ceremony, was extremely magical and special,” Fondren says. “The Spanish Suite is adorned with large chandeliers and draped in a lush, muted aubergine color, creating a very dramatic and romantic space even without the addition of florals and extra decor. Two of the main design themes in our wedding were ombre (a gradient of colors) and chevron (a zig-zag
print used in Missoni). We were able to incorporate these two elements in both our flowers and our cake.” Guests enjoyed seared scallops, halibut and filet mignon for their entrees while listening to music from the 1950s by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Ella Fitzgerald. The evening carried on with laughter provided by friends and family members who stood up to give speeches about moments they shared with both Danny and Fondren. BRIDE-AND-GROOM’S FIRST DANCE: “We didn’t have an official “first dance” per-se,” Fondren says. “After dinner and the cake-cutting, we moved back to the terrace, which became enveloped in a purple cloud of light for a
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HONEYMOON: After their wedding, the couple wanted to stay in the area. They rented a car and drove to Napa Valley for three nights, followed by two nights relaxing down on the coast, in Half Moon Bay, before flying back home. FUN FACTS: Everyone in the wed-
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blacktie tales
by Loren Mayo Black Tie Editor
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days by taking a troupe of girlfriends to lunch Aug. 18, at The Bijou Café. The birthday gals were actually born June 18 — never mind what years. Guests included Gloria Moss, Lee Peterson and Dolly Jacobs-Reis. Owner JP Knaggs and his staff fussed over all the ladies.
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Tidbits … Father knows best ... Cooking for a Catholic Cause Co-Chairwoman Terri Klauber was attempting to sneak from the courtyard at Michael’s On East to the restaurant’s bar to grab a drink (apparently this is much faster when the ballroom is full of 300 thirsty guests), when she was called back for a photo with her co-chairs inside the ballroom. A few minutes later, a priest whom she’d never met handed her a glass of champagne, wished her well and darted off to mingle with guests … What’s the score? ... It’s no secret that the black-tie season coincides with football season, and men will do anything to keep up with stats of their favorite teams. Chris Gurchiek, husband of Cooking for a Catholic Cause Co-Chairwoman Connie Gurchiek, was seen constantly checking his phone for the latest football scores. Jody Young, husband of St. Martha Catholic School Principal Siobhan Young (who is currently on maternity leave),
was watching the play-by-play videos on his phone … Fun facts from the event … “If you don’t know the people at your tables, you’re going to know them by the end of the night,” said Rebecca Blitz, director of development and marketing for St. Martha. “And,” added Phil Mancini, “You’re going to know if they can cook! … ” Birthday boy … The Rev. Fausto Stampiglia celebrated what is rumored to be his 77th birthday during the event … Five-second rule … To find out who dropped what while cooking, visit YourObserver.com for some entertaining video footage ... Friends forever … Judy Nimz and Phyllis Keyser were photographed together at the Flip Flops & Fashion luncheon and announced while posing that they’ve been friends for 35 years …
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Lee Peterson, Jewel Ash, Janet Hunter, Gloria Moss and Dolly Jacobs-Reis
Oops, we forgot two! Happy, happy birthday, birthday! Dolled up in party hats, Jewel Ash and Janet Hunter celebrated their shared birth-
Kimberly Manooshian is branching out her friend-and-networking circles by attending more community events, such as Children First’s Flip Flops & Fashion luncheon. When she picked up her nametag — which should have contained her full name of 18 letters — at the event, held Friday at Sharky’s on the Pier, her last name was left off. “My last name was too long,” Manooshian said. “I’m now on a first-name basis with the organizers — I’ve finally arrived.”
Irony of ironies … The man who makes audio-visual things happen at virtually all of Sarasota’s big benefits threw a party of his own Aug. 19, at his home-away-from-home, Michael’s On East. Tech Director Brent Greeno celebrated his 40th birthday with more than 100 friends at a “time warp cocktail party.” It was delightful to learn from his self-proclaimed “eulogy” (really, Brent — 40 isn’t even old!) that his life’s work has included wait staff, bartender, restaurant manager, automobile mechanic and more, before Steve Moyers, who owns Sights & Sounds AV, recruited him. Virtually everybody who is anybody in Sarasota event production was there, including Janet and John Hunter, Johnette Cappadona, Jeremy Lisitza, the fearsome foursome of Veronica (and Jay) Brady, Susan Jones, Chris (and Dr. Ken) Pfahler and Sally Schule; Paul and Jennifer Grondahl, Steve Patmagrian, Tracey McCammack, Phil and Kim Mancini, Angie Stringer, Emily Walsh, photographer Peter Acker and girlfriend Laurel Streeter (in Cindy Lauper garb), Carolyn Michel and Howard Millman, Steven Sieg, Sarah Lansky and
Black Tie Affair CANDance When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 Where: Michael’s On East. Tickets: $200; Call: 366-0461 Jackie Rogers and Penny Hill will once again co-chair Sarasota’s version of “Dancing with the Stars” in the Community Aids Network’s CANDance competition, which will be produced again by former United States ballroom champion Stephen Sieg. But this year’s venue is new; the location has switched from the Chelsea Center to Michael’s On East, upping the max number of guests from 200 to 300. Word on the street is that contestant Phil King has already purchased four tables for the event. First-ever CAN Director of Development Scott George, who is responsible for recruiting King as a dancer, is going all out to make sure the event is going to rock. Mindy Rohan. The irony: When Brent got on stage to speak, the mic didn’t work. But, of course, there was a backup immediately at hand.
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