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City commissioners get acquainted with their new veto power. PAGE 3A

Apartments to offer affordable downtown living. PAGE 2A

OUR TOWN + More than meets the eye No, you’re not seeing double — this week’s issue of The Observer includes a magic-eye puzzle. If done properly, the text on this page will reveal a 3D image. To see the image, hold the paper up to your nose, focus your eyes as if they were looking past the picture and let your eye muscles relax. Slowly take the picture away from your face while keeping your eyes relaxed and stare at the page for two minutes to see the hidden picture. Submit your findings to rdonahue@yourobserver.com for a chance to win a prize.

+ New eatery causes diner confusion A new restaurant has caused hungry diners some pains since opening last week. Eat There, located in the Gulf Gate area, is a casual, American/Japanese/Cajun fusion restaurant, which locals say they want to try — but don’t know if they should. “Am I supposed to ‘eat here’ at Eat There, or ‘eat there’ at Eat Here?” asked one confused customer, referencing an established Sarasota restaurant of a similar name. The man was spotted circling Eat There’s building before finally peering into a window. Even though a waitress motioned for him to come in, he finally gave up and decided to hit a fast-food drive-thru on his way home.

+ Take a whiff and smell us anew! Following numerous calls from readers who reported the ink on our newspaper smelled so bad they had to keep the paper in the garage for a few days before picking it up to read, we’ve taken action. Starting this week, we’ve started using a new ink that comes in a variety of smells — cotton candy, licorice, bubble gum and even peppermint. Send your feedback about to rdonahue@yourobserver. com.

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by Mallory Gnaegy | A&E Editor

Professional mime group proclaims ‘silence is golden’ The Golden Apple Dinner Theatre will now be known as Silence is Golden Theatre, a non-profit professional mime school and performance venue. Two new proprietors have signed a lease for the space located at 25 N. Pineapple Ave. They wish to remain silent partners for the time being. The owners named an artistic director, 47-year-old Calme Tromper, who has more than 25 years of experience teaching and performing. Tromper moved in 1992 SILENCE IS from Paris to FlorGOLDEN ida, and has been living in Fort Myers since. “I’ve known Sarasota to have a reputation as a fine-arts city,” he says. “I think this art (form), will do well here, and I’m looking forward to giving it a voice — well, kind of.” The venue will host silent movies; weekly “sound off” mime recital performances; and larger-scale professional performances, “Quiet Time,” which will take place the first Friday of every month. The new partners hope to earn a reputation as the place to go for a quiet night out. “There’s a stigma associated with miming,” Tromper says. “Some people believe any ignoramus can paint his face white and trap himself inside a box, but there’s a proper and

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Silence is Golden Theatre, the non-profit educational and performing-mime group, plans to open in early November.

Turoffs donate 40 years of costumes to the homeless / PAGE 4A classical method to it.” Individual and group instruction in the art form that dates back to the 1700s will be offered to patrons of all ages once the theater’s doors open. Class topics for both introductory and expert levels range from dance and improvisa-

tion to character development in both abstract and literal miming. One class, called Mime Rhyme Time, calls for two performers, each miming something that rhymes with whatever the other person mimed. Tromper hopes the venue will eventually host master class workshops with famous mimes, but has nothing contracted yet. “There’s a lot of renovation that needs to take place first,” Tromper says. “A lot.”

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by Nick Friedman | Community Editor

Adult bookstore has city turning pages Following a 3-2 vote last month, which denied a 98,000-square-foot Walmart Supercenter in the Ringling Shopping Center, city commissioners are now considering a proposal for a new tenant: Hardbound, a fast-growing Tampa Bay adultbookstore chain. The X-rated bookstore, whose flagship location in Ybor City, Tampa, boasts more than 2 million books, saw a spike in business after the release of the novel, “Fifty Shades of Grey.” With the growing popularity of the novel and demand for others like it, Hardbound’s CEO says

he’s been looking to expand. “Sarasota was the next logical step,” he said. “We’ve kind of reached our peak in the Tampa Bay area, and after some research, we decided the market here is exactly what we’re looking for.” According to a Hardbound spokesperson, the chain is considering relocating its headquarters to the new Ringling Shopping Center location. “After the commissioners voted against Walmart, the location kind of just fell into our laps,” said a company executive. “We think the location is big enough

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that we could rebrand Sarasota as our home.” Much of the Walmart debate centered on a stipulation in the city’s zoning code that forbids certain types of commercial use

in the shopping center — specifically department stores. According to the city’s zoning code, a department store is

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by Roger Drouin | City Editor

Density change clears the way for coffin apartments The small units will range from 20 to 75 square feet. After weeks of debate, a big change in density caps clears the way for much smaller housing units downtown. On Monday, March 25, the City Commission approved the increase in downtown density from a maximum of 50 residential units per acre to 400 units, along with a maximum 20-story building height. Recently formed grassroots Citizen Residents Unite for New Community Housing (CRUNCH) backed the move. According to CRUNCH’s founder, the goal is to incentivize developers to build closet apartments that young professionals, including restaurant staff, DJs and journalists, can afford. The apartments will range from 20 to 75 square feet, and will be modeled after Toyko’s innovative “coffin apartments.” “There will finally be obtainable apartments for us young professionals,” a downtown bartender said after Monday’s vote. City commissioners said they hope the change will encourage developers to build lots of the cozy, centrally-located apartment cells as the economy begins to recover. At least one Sarasota developer already plans to take advantage of the density increase. He said his company’s “Get your own tiny slice of paradise” marketing campaign could even attract young professionals from Tampa and Naples. The chic, modern “Un Petit Sota” apartments will start at $750 a month and feature a toilet and sink and miniature clothes iron. Larger units will include porthole windows; and dogs under 4 pounds will be permitted. The developer said the units will average 50 square feet. And what they lack in size, the apartments will make up for in location, the developer said. As of press time, the location

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was undisclosed. “Most Sarasota apartments are 2,500 square feet with 10-foot ceilings he said. “We believe our professionals want something different. They want less clutter, smaller living spaces and the ability to see downtown right outside their porthole window, well, some of the tenants, anyway.” A spokesperson for CRUNCH said Monday’s City Commission decision was a big change that will led the way for “smaller living.” Representatives from two nearby cities contacted CRUNCH Tuesday, March 26, because they were interested in finding out more about Sarasota’s major density shift. “This is not just a Toyko trend,” the CRUNCH spokesperson said. The spokesperson said they also heard from at least a dozen residents interested in when they could sign up for a cozier apartment in the heart of the city. An architect who works on Main Street was one of those residents.

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NEWSBRIEFS + Awards continue to role in for Siesta Key beach World-renowned parking-lot architect Dr. Richard L. Anderson, known in the planning community as “Dr. Asphalt,” named the Siesta Key Public Beach parking lot the best in the United States March 22. The lot beat out the “Daffy Duck” parking lot at Walt Disney World, and the lot at Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on Anderson’s annual list. Staff from Visit Sarasota County submitted a close-up shot of the asphalt at the beach parking lot. “The asphalt is a perfect shade of black, and from the description in the application, parking is efficient. Plus, Sarasota County’s ban on saving parking spaces is a major plus,” Anderson wrote in his list.

+ Algae tax causes a ‘stink’ from community members Sarasota County commissioners delayed a conversation about plans to combat red tide during a March 20 special meeting, citing concerns about funding the estimated $5.3 million project. Sarasota Tactical Initiative to Nix Karenia Brevis (STINK), a controversial plan to employ experimental technology to collect and kill the bacteria that causes red tide, hit a roadblock when more than 100 Siesta Key residents protested a tax to fund the program. County staff recommended a special taxing district, Siesta Key Residential Algae Tax for Capital-fund Help (SKRATCH), to pay for Robotic Hoarding Orbs Operated from Mobile Beach Antennas (RHOOMBA). The company that created the 5-foot-tall spherical robots is currently facing an envi-

+ Tightrope walker’s career hits new heights Nik Wallenda started his new job March 25. The city hired Wallenda in February because he “can walk the walk.” City officials asked the famed tightrope walker to join the city’s building, planning and neighborhood services department as a facilities planner and final inspector. He will test the durability of new projects by walking to the building from a nearby building via high wire. “Just this morning he was highwiring across the parking garage to the other side of Palm Avenue,” said a city official. Wallenda said his day job as a planner and inspector will keep him on his toes and help him prepare for future televised stunts. ronmental lawsuit after one of its machines sucked a family of sea turtles into its collection tank. “We want Sarasota County to stay on the cutting edge of red-tide elimination,” said a scientist with the county. “That may mean big capital expenses and taking a few chances.”

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by Alex Mahadevan | News Editor

Parking-on-the-beach to take effect in June Sarasota County staff mulls options to solve the ongoing issue of a lack of parking on Siesta Key. Tires will soon replace toes in the quartz sand of Siesta Key Beach. Sarasota County commissioners voted March 19, to spend roughly $110,000 to hire a consultant to solve parking issues on Siesta Key public beach. The consultant will implement a staff-recommended plan to create a paid-parking area on the beach by June 1, according to staff emails. County officials noted the anonymity of the consultant was to ensure a thorough planning process without intrusion from the business or residential community. “I’ve found beach parking can become politicized,” said the consultant during an interview. “You would think sea turtles have their own personal lobbyists.” The county has begun the permitting process to widen beach access No. 7, which would accommodate traffic from Ocean Boulevard and Beach Road to the proposed on-the-beach parking lot seaward of the Terrace Condominium Complex. County staff estimates that aspect of the project would cost $55,000. “Environmental permitting is a long process,” said a Sarasota County Traffic Engineering and Operations staff member. “This way, when the consultant fine -tunes beach parking, construction can

Parking rules Initial regulations for the parking lot on Siesta Key public beach include: • Beachgoers are required to feed the meter every 30 minutes. • Vehicles are required to back into the lot (see photo below). • 100 spaces are designated for electric cars. • 40 spaces are designated for carpool vehicles. • Hood tanning is prohibited. • No parking within 3 feet of sea-turtle nests. • Turtle-friendly headlights are required during nesting season.

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Seasonal parking passes would allow an additional 500 cars to park the beach at one time.

begin immediately.” The consultant and county staff will discuss how to regulate the proposed lot, which would accommodate 250 vehicles. The lot would also come with up to 20 charging stations for electric vehicles. “I always encourage communities to stay green-minded,” the consultant said. Construction of environmentally

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Sarasota County drew inspiration from beaches on the east coast of Florida with a proposal to allow parking on Siesta Key public beach.

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friendly fencing around the lot would cost about $120,000, and an additional $40,000 would pay for cameras to discourage vehicle break-ins. Parking meters, disguised in the shape of palm trees and surfboards, are one alternative to regulate the lot and pay for the bond that would be required for construction, the consultant said. Another would be a seasonal parkingon-the beach permit pass that could range from $1,000 to $3,000 per season. Siesta businesses could be assigned a special taxing district, similarly to what was done to build the municipal parking lot in Siesta Key Village, the county staff member said. Northeastern communities, such as Cape Cod, Mass., and the Outer Banks islands in North Carolina, allow driving on the beach. In Florida, Daytona Beach is the most notable city that allows driving and parking on the beach. Volusia County restricts parking to certain areas on Daytona Beach to protect dune vegetation and wildlife and encourages drivers to park perpendicular to the

shoreline, according to the municipality’s website. Sarasota County would have to shut the parking lot down during sea-turtle nesting season, the consultant said. And the current proposal includes turtle-friendly LED lighting and arrows pointed toward viable nesting areas to direct disoriented mothers-to-be. “The parking plan is sensitive to sea turtles,” the consultant said. “But, I’ll have to work in some features to protect shore birds — price-dependent, of course.” It could take up to three months for the consultant to finish evaluating the options for Siesta beach parking. Staff had considered connecting a parking garage on the mainland with a monorail system, or using easements to build one public parking space at every residential property on Siesta. “I don’t want to say those ideas are crazy,” the consultant said. “But, wasn’t crazy about them.”

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by Roger Drouin | City Editor

Veto measure receives unanimous approval In a unanimous vote Monday, city commissioners approved a new form of city governance that will be the first of its kind in Florida. Starting next month, City Hall will be run by a five-commissioner, mayor-less form of government, with each commissioner wielding alternating veto powers. Under the approved proposal, outlined in a 22-page amendment to the City Charter, each commissioner has unlimited authority to veto any item of slated business or any topic added to the agenda — so long as he or she is seated in the “veto seat.” According to the charter amendment, whichever commissioner can obtain the dais veto seat at the City Commission meeting would have “veto powers for the duration of the meeting.” Altough the measure stunned some in attendance at Monday’s City Commission meeting, it was backed by an unlikely, but vocal, coalition of both controlgrowth groups and developers. “I really think this might work. We’ll just balance each other out,” said one controlgrowth advocate.

A downtown and pro-development advocate who had been pushing for a strong-mayor form of government over the past few years said he would settle for the compromise. “If we can’t get a tough mayor, the nextbest thing is five elected officials who can act tough when sitting in the veto seat,” the advocate said after the meeting. The measure left those who closely watch City Hall politics speculating who would be able to race to the veto seat first at the upcoming April 1 City Commission meeting. The Sarasota Observer talked with commissioners after the meeting about their strategies for obtaining the veto seat. Although they wouldn’t speak on the record, due to revealing their plans to other commissioners, tactics include: Bringing a sleeping bag to sleep in front of City Hall to make sure they are the first one in the commission chambers on meeting days; bringing a cooler with a days’ worth of food so snack and dinner breaks are unnecessary; and not drinking water for three

The big question is who will win the race to the veto seat during each meeting. days prior to a meeting. In a brief interview with the Sarasota Observer, one commissioner alluded to a 1917 filibuster speech by Wisconsin Sen. Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follette.

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“I’ll hold that seat until somebody forces me down — or until I really, really have to use the restroom,” the commissioner said.

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Oh, how we hope you made it to this page. Happy April Fools’ Day! To be clear: Every story that appears on this page and pages 1-3 are not true. They were written in the hopes of adding some chuckle to your weekly read. They all are part of the Sarasota Observer’s annual April Fools’ edition.

SILENCE / FROM PAGE 1A The group plans to transform the kitchen area into a classroom space, install soundproof insulation along the perimeters, build a 15-foot bar and install a sound booth. Tromper is especially excited for the state-of-the-art wireless sound system using Dolby Atmos, which delivers sound from above, rather than left and right, like it has in traditional theaters. He wants to make sure all body movements on stage are amplified as much as possible. Instead of clapping at the end of performances, which can reach a high volume, Silence is Golden is recommending the audience snap in appreciation. Renovation will begin immediately upon city approval of construction permits. A launch party will take place at noon, Monday, April 1, at Five Points Park for punch, cookies and a special performance. “We want to welcome Sarasotans in our own way,” Tromper says. “So, we’re flying Troupe de Dramatique in from Paris to perform. Everyone is invited.” Don’t expect him to say hello, but he’ll be sure to give you a wave or handshake. A tentative opening is planned in time for season in November. Tromper hopes to celebrate the opening with a stripes and beret gala and silent auction as a way to kick off funds for the nonprofit education program.

Turoffs donate 40 years of costumes to THE homeless and Panhandlers Owners of The Golden Apple Dinner Theatre for 42 years, Robert and Roberta Turoff, are relieved their year of stress is over; although they also feel it’s bittersweet that The Golden Apple Dinner Theatre is closing its doors. Earlier in March, the landlord locked out the Golden Apple’s three new partners, which took over the establishment from the Turoffs in January. “The most difficult part was moving out the 40 years of costumes,” Robert Turoff says. “In fact, it took us four days to move the female costumes alone.” The Turoffs opted to host a costume sale, but it barely rid them of 5% of their huge stock of costumes. “We had this idea to donate them,” he says. “And a friend of ours suggested, ‘Why not give them to the homeless?’” The Turoffs donated four 7-foot-by-7-foot storage pods full of costumes to the city of Sarasota, and the clothes were distributed to the homeless last week. Some city officials say they believe the move brings a new aesthetic to the city streets, but others suggest it’s in poor taste. The controversial issue will be discussed at the 6 p.m. April 1, at the City Commission Meeting.

“a store of 15,000 or more square feet of gross floor area selling a wide variety of retail goods arranged in general departments.” Because the bookstore only contains a single department, it fits within the shopping center’s specified guidelines. “I agree with residents who were against Walmart — downtown Sarasota is no place for a big box department store,” said a Hardbound spokesperson. “Hardbound only has one, albeit giant, department.” Now that the new tenant fits within the city zoning code, some Alta Vista residents are more open to the idea. “I was completely against having a Walmart so close to my home and to the downtown area,” said one resident. “This area is zoned for neighborhood use. This seems like a much better fit — a bookstore has much more of a neighborhood feel.” The planning board, in a unanimous vote, has approved the bookstore’s siteplan application, and city commissioners will vote on final approval April 1.

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by Roger Drouin | City Editor

Murky History

High levels of lead are encapsulated in the Hudson bayou’s sediment. More than 60,000 cubic yards would have to be dredged to remove the toxic metal. + Paw-ta-graph During Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church’s St. Patrick’s and St. Joseph’s Day party, Ruth Kolarsick approached Observer photographer Rachel O’Hara to talk about the Observer’s coverage of the church’s Blessing of the Animals in September. Kolarsick was thrilled when the issue of the Observer came out the following week and her dog, Chase, was gracing the front page. Kolarsick was so excited, she collected as many copies of the paper as she could and had her golden retriever autograph them with his pawprint for her family, friends and neighbors.

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The inset photo shows Hudson Bayou in the 1920s, before much of the nearby home development. The above shows the bayou now. Courtesy photos

Temple Emanu-El Religious School kindergartners Sasha Drapkin and Jada Gorn snack on their frosted matzah creations.

+ Matzah fun The Temple Emanu-El Religious School prepared for the Jewish festival of Passover Sunday, March 24, with art, study and cooking stations that focused on the holiday. Children researched Passover terms and recited them in a theater format. They also recited the four questions the youngest child traditionally chants during the Seder meal. After the presentation, children rotated through different activity stations where they colored stained glass and made haroset, a traditional dish of apples, nuts, cinnamon and wine.

The waterway at the heart of one of Sarasota’s most affluent neighborhoods looks exactly like how a million-dollar view should look — scenic and serene. But Hudson Bayou, the body of water where 1,700 acres of downtown stormwater runoff drains, has a murky history. The bayou, which is currently classified as an imperiled waterway, has been tainted with trash and nutrients, which scientists who study red tide, such as Dr. Bruce Neill, president of the Sanibel chapter of START, have recently linked to red-tide blooms. In January, the latest in a series of sewage spills plagued the bayou, and thousands of gallons of raw sewage leaked from Lift Station 7 into the water. Algal blooms have created a thick tainted muck on the

bayour floor. Even a fuel spill at the county jail a mile away in 2000 killed some of the mangrove leaves that line the bayou. But, a toxic metal as shallow as 4 inches underneath the surface of the bayou floor is the most mysterious and troubling form of pollution for some residents and area environmental scientists. Levels of lead above the state threshold for human contact were first detected in 1992 and are said to be encapsulated below the bayou’s sediment floor. “Hudson Bayou suffers the indignities of many years of urban runoff,” said Rob Patten, a former Sarasota county ecologist who has lived in the Hudson Bayou neighborhood for 36 years. “And it all goes into Sarasota Bay.” Sediment testing the Sarasota

Bay Estuary Program funded and Mote Marine Laboratory conducted in 1992 found levels of the toxic metal that were “very high” compared to national levels found in waterways. But, at the time, not enough data was available to determine if the lead was harmful to fish, shrimp or humans who might swim in the water. Subsequent testing in 2001 revealed that more than half of the sediment samples exceeded the levels for “Marine Sediments Probable Effect Limit” — or the threshold above which adverse effects are expected to occur frequently in the marine ecosystem. “We don’t swim, don’t walk on the bottom, don’t fish those waters,” said Susan Chapman, a longtime Hudson Bayou resident. “It’s a continuing concern for those of us who know about

it.” A multimillion-dollar project to dredge some of the lead from the bayou’s sandy bottom is stalled due to a lack of funding. After the 2001 study, county biologists concluded the lead was not increasing and, in some cases, was getting buried deeper under the floor of the bayou, said Theresa Connor, a former stormwater planning supervisor with Sarasota County. Residents have been told the lead isn’t in the water. “They told us it shouldn’t be disturbed,” Chapman said, “that it is stable.”

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These days, residents wonder what future effect, if any, the lead has on those who kayak,

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Seventeen-hundred acres of downtown stormwater drains into the bayou. tlement paid as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill. The 2002 study estimated 62,000 cubic yards of sediment would have to be dredged from the bayou to remove the lead. Further testing would be needed before such a project was undertaken to make sure the greatest amount of toxins are removed. In the meantime, the county and city have been working on improving bayou water quality. A $1.4 million county project is slated to filter the polluted runoff that flows into the bayou. A con-

tractor was chosen last month for the project that could take nine months to complete once started. The project would filter nutrients and other pollutants in rainwater runfoff. The city has also been working on a $12.5 million lift station project. As part of that project, a new lift station is being built in Luke Wood Park to replace a lift station at 935 Pomelo Ave. The Pomelo lift station is aging and has a history of malfunctions and sewer spills, including a 570,000-gallon spill seven years ago into Hudson Bayou.

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voting members of Congress, consider the following: a.. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right, and it is broke. b. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right, and it is broke. c. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right, and it is broke. d. The War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to “the poor,” and they only want more. e. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right, and they are broke. f. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right, and it is broke. g. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a $24 billion budget, and we import more oil than ever. You had 32 years to get it right, and it is an abysmal failure. You have FAILED in every “government service” you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars. And you want Americans to believe you can be trusted with a government-run health-care system? “We the people” have made a Big Mistake. We elected these people. (Especially, Vice Mayor Willie Shaw and City Commissioners Shannon Snyder and Terry Turner!)

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Ridding the bayou of the lead could cost anywhere from $6 million to upward of $10 million. Ryan said he thinks a cleanup would be a worthwhile improvement. “It’s a good candidate for a cleanup,” said David Shafer, an environmental consultant and co-director of the Science and Environmental Council (SEC) of Sarasota County. “We’re trying to raise some social and political capital to get that project put onto a priority list,” Shafer said. One option is to secure funding through the BP oil spill RESTORE Act. That is a long shot, because so many projects are in line for funding through a potential set-

Big Mistake

Did you know: 1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart every hour of every day. 2. This works out to $34,880 profit every minute! 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from Jan. 1 to St. Patrick’s Day than Target sells all year. 4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot, Kroger, Target, Sears, Costco and K-Mart combined. 5. Wal-Mart employs 2 million people, is the world’s largest private employer and most of its employees speak English. 6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world. 7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and it accomplished this in only 15 years. 8. During this period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy. 9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any store in the world. 10. Wal-Mart has about 3,900 stores in the U.S., of which 1,906 are super centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago. 11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth’s population is about 6.5 billion.) 12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart. You may think I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy. To President Obama and all 535

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The 2001 study showed the high levels of lead persisted. Lead was found at an average depth of 2 feet below the bottom of the bayou. “In general, the presence of lead in the bayou is much more prominent than originally implied,” the 2001 study concluded. The highest concentrations of lead were three times above the state standard set for human exposure to lead in the ground; however, the samples taken in Luke Wood Park, a park near the bayou in the Hudson Bayou neighborhood, were below the state threshold. A sliver of good news was that the highest quantities of lead were well below the surface, and the amount of the toxic metal did not seem to be increasing over time, Connor said. “There is no indication that

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there is ongoing lead discharge,” Connor said in an interview with the Sarasota Observer March 25. Because lead doesn’t go away, the most accurate way of looking at the results from 2001 was to say the environment was encapsulating the lead, Connor said. And no lead was found in the water, itself. The lead also seemed to be contained to the bayou. “It’s not like we have an industry pumping pollutants out like in an urban place or a place with big industrial (uses),” Ryan said. But questions remain. For Patten, one big unknown is what will happen if the lead is left under the bayou. “There is no way lead is a good thing,” Patten said. “But is that lead being re-suspended?” In 2001, even as the bayou showed signs the lead wasn’t increasing, scientists were worried about the impact of the toxic metal on oysters and critters such as shrimp that live in the benthic community where water and murky bottom meet, Connor said.

swim or fish the bayou. “We don’t know the publichealth implications,” Chapman said. “It has not been defined. It has been minimized.” Although the exact impact on health has not been determined, another murkier, unsolved mystery remains how the lead got into the bayou. The Hudson Bayou sediment samples tested in 1992 stood out for their “very high” lead levels, said Kellie Dixon, a scientist at Mote Marine Laboratory who collected and tested the samples. Specifically, the amount of lead in four locations of the bayou were higher than any other waterway in the city, including nearby Whitaker Bayou, which also receives stormwater runoff from the downtown drainage basin. “It was high in comparison to a national dataset,” said Dixon said. It has, however, proven difficult to pinpoint the source of the lead discharge. John Ryan, environmental supervisor at Sarasota County, spearheaded an effort in the 1990s to try to do so. “At one time, I was burning to find that (information),” Ryan said. Finding a possible source of the lead pollution would mean local governments could seek financial help from an industry or company to fund a cleanup project. “We went in every pipe, trying to find a responsible party,” Ryan said. “The evidence was not there to say it came from one tributary or one source.” Hudson Bayou residents and area scientists have heard a wide range of what Chapman calls “common street-knowledge” hunches. One possible source included

the old Herald-Tribune printing press on Orange Avenue in Burns Square that bordered a canal flowing into the bayou. At the time, linotype printing machines used lead as a component. The newspaper was located on Orange Avenue from 1925 until the mid1950s, said Jeff LaHurd, historian at Sarasota County History Center. An old machine shop. — where acetone and lead were used during the process to rebuild engines — is another possible contributor that has been discussed. “In the old days there were not a lot of regulations,” Patten said. Lead runoff from lead-based fuel and chipped lead-based paint that was formerly used on boats are other possibilities, Patten said. No one source, however, has ever been pinpointed. “There wasn’t any clear smoking gun,” Dixon said.

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GWIZ remains closed, seeks more Siesta Key funding for upgrades and expansion Association by Alex Mahadevan | News Editor

The science center began a fundraising campaign in September to raise money for repairs due to damage from Tropical Storm Debby and to begin a renovation.

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GWIZ got some heavy rain, like the rest of Sarasota during Tropical Storm Debby in June. The older, flat roof didn’t hold up well, though, and the 33,000-square-foot non-profit science center suffered significant damage. “We had rain pouring in everywhere,” said Jennifer Hold, director of education at GWIZ. The water damage from the storm caused mold inside the science center, which closed in September for renovations. GWIZ began a two-pronged fundraising campaign the same day the building closed to both raise funds to make the necessary repairs and begin a complete renovation designed to better meet the needs of the community. “Even though the water damage to the building from Tropical Storm Debby was unfortunate, it actually ended up being a good thing, because it was the catalyst that started the center on its much needed journey toward (the project) GWIZ 2.0,” Hold said. Before Debby, the upgrade had been a long-term project, but after the building was damaged, GWIZ officials decided to push up the project schedule. “This was a project we were going to do down the road,” Hold said. “When the storm came, we saw it as a blessing. Now we thought, ‘we might as well do everything.’” Hold said the storm left the building, which previously housed the old Selby Library, in a state of disrepair. Mold was discovered, and the

County Administrator Randall Reid and Sheriff Tom Knight were among the attendees at its annual breakfast meeting.

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The city’s only science center has been closed since September with no current date for reopening. building was so poorly insulated that electric bills ran as high as $14,000 a month. The nonprofit, which moved to the former library building in 2000, is the only science center in Sarasota. Thus far, the science center has raised enough funding to make the building repairs, estimated to cost $300,000. An individual donor, the Johnson Family Foundation, contributed $150,000. In addition, about 18% of the funding for the $1.2 million expansion has been collected, Hold said. According to Hold, another $300,000 is needed before GWIZ can begin the repairs and start the first phase of the renovation project. The new GWIZ will be com-

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pletely different, designed to open “a whole new door of exploration,” Hold said. In fact, GWIZ officials are actually saying it shouldn’t be called a museum. “People think ‘museum’ and they think ‘stagnant’ — not things they can touch and interact with,” Hold said. The non-profit science center’s expansion will feature modernized, interactive exhibits. One interactive video-game exhibit, called “Dinosaur,” will put children in the middle of a survival adventure against the elements of the time and other dinosaurs, which other children control in the interactive game. “They will sit down and try

HOW TO HELP: Community members interested in donating to help fund the renovations can visit GWIZ.org.

to survive until the end of the cretaceous period,” Hold said. The renovations will break the center into 10 zones, with themes including geography, dinosaurs, outer space, the Gulf Coast, science and math. The remodel will largely focus on meeting STEM education, or Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, initiatives. Within each zone, visitors will find modernized versions of exhibits, which will now be referred to as AIDEs, which stands for Adventure, Imagine, Discover and Explore. GWIZ expects to incorporate more than 120 of these AIDEs into the new museum, and they will include a variety of interactive displays. The 3,000 current members will get an expanded membership because of the length of time the center was closed. During the past few months, Hold has been doing outreach at schools for educational programs. “They get educational programs that coincide with what they are studying,” Hold said. One program includes “Stuffee,” a 7-foot-tall doll, that is used to show students how food affects their digestive system and health. A completion date for when the center will re-open is a moving target, Hold said. Hold said she has been answering lots of calls and responding to emails from people asking, “When will you re-open?” The earliest the updated GWIZ will open will be October.

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Lido residents could partner with county to remove Australian pines Sarasota County has undertaken similar partnerships in which residents contribute one-to-one matching funds. An ongoing project to remove invasive Australian pines from Lido Key could get a financial boost soon as the result of a possible partnership between Sarasota County and The Beach Residences at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota. The partnership is in the preliminary phase, said Gary Erickson, president of the board of directors at The Beach Residences. “We’ve started a discussion with the county,” Erickson said. If residents decide to partner with the county, the county would manage a contractor who would remove some of the invasive pines from South Lido Park and plant native shade trees, such as buttonwood, red cedar trees and cabbage palms, said George Tatge, project manager with Sarasota County Parks and Recreation. Residents at the nearby condo, which borders the park, would contribute funding to pay for all or part of the project. The county has undertaken similar partnerships — sometimes matching contributions from residents. “One of the last projects we did, the neighbors provided $10,000 and we matched $10,000,” Tatge said.

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During that project, a wall of Australian pines was removed on South Lido along Big Pass. These rapidly growing trees overtake native vegetation, such as mangroves, by producing a dense leaf litter beneath them. Also, with such a shallow root system, Australian pine trees tend to uproot and topple during high winds. Branches also become brittle after a freeze and can readily fall. Erickson, who has lived at the Beach Residences part-time since 2006 and fulltime since 2010, said he would like to see as many of the pines removed as possible

and replaced with trees “that won’t hurt the mangroves.” “There are some individual residents (at The Beach Residences) who are interested in and are willing, perhaps, to provide some funding to assist the county,” Erickson said. The condo’s board of directors has not approved the possible partnership. In addition to returning native vegetation to the area, the removal of the Australian pines is often supported by residents because it also can clear water views because the pines are taller than many native trees. The project along Big Pass, for example, significantly opened the water views to nearby residents, Tatge said. Erickson noted, however, some residents on Lido don’t want to see the Australian pines go because of the shade they provide. “John Ringling brought them over in the early part of the last century,” Tatge said, “as a windbreak or a landscape tree.” Last spring, the county removed the invasive pines from Ted Sperling Park at South Lido Beach and planted thousands of sapling trees, including some red cedar and slash pine trees. The young trees “are starting to come around,” Tatge said.

Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson addressed members of the Siesta Key Association for the 14th time during the group’s annual breakfast meeting March 23. Her speech, which members have come to refer to as “the state of the Key,” covered island issues, as well as countywide happenings. Attendees gave Patterson a standing ovation before she handed the mic to Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid. Patterson and Reid discussed pending changes to Sarasota 2050, a longterm planning document aimed at encouraging specific types of development east of I-75. Both encouraged Siesta residents to get involved in community discussions of the plan’s future, despite distance from possible developments. Opponents of changing the plan to spur development have said proposed amendments would remove environmental regulations and harm natural habitats. “Please make sure they don’t kill the golden goose,” Patterson said. She is the only current member of the Sarasota County Commission who was serving while the plan was enacted. Patterson also announced a capital project on Turtle Beach that includes a new gazebo, picnic tables and a kayak launch. Construction of those improvements will cost about $500,000, she said. “They won’t be huge changes, but (the park) will be improved,” Patterson said. Siesta Key Association President Catherine Luckner announced the organization’s board of directors would remain unchanged in 2013, and she praised members for using their personal expertise to help solve community problems. Bob Luckner and Ron Flynn are assisting the county’s emergency management staff in implementing a new communication system and solving budget issues, and Peter van Roekens patrols area inlets to make intricate measures of depth. That played into Reid’s initiative to involve the aging and retired community in policy and planning decisions. He networked with SKA board member Deet Jonker, a retired executive for ABC-TV, and cited the population of former CEOs, COOS and other executives as a valuable resource to the government. Luckner concluded the meeting with a fitting poem by George Bernard Shaw: “This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. “I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and, as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. “I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no ‘brief candle’ for me. It is a sort of splendid torch, which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”

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+ SMH unveils new Courtyard Tower lobby Sarasota Memorial Hospital staff and donors got a first look at the newly completed lobby of the new Courtyard Tower Friday, March 22. The lobby is part of the hospital’s $186 million improvement project, which broke ground in December 2010. The Courtyard Tower is a nine-story addition to the hospital, which is intended to replace the hospital’s oldest wings and incorporate the latest medical technology to improve patient comfort. During the opening party, key players and donors to the project explored the new lobby and courtyard area, and a ribbon-cutting team, including David Verinder, Gwen MacKenzie, Margaret Wise, Alexandra Quarles and Patricia Riley, unveiled the lobby’s ENVISION donor wall. The wall, which is comprised of colorful glass tablets, recognizes the 94 donors who have contributed more than $5.7 million to name 178 rooms or areas in the Courtyard Tower, over the last three years. “We’re excited to have a new front entrance to the hospital,” said Verinder, chief operating officer. “It brings all of the campus improvements to light for our patients and for the community. It’s a visible step in the project coming to fruition.” The tower’s upper floors will be unveiled during a grand-opening ceremony in November. Once completed, the Courtyard Tower will serve as the final component of a larger, $250 million campus-improvement plan for the hospital, which, over the last five years, has already included a new central energy plant, completed in 2009, and a vertical surgery expansion/central sterile area, which was completed in 2011. Library System, the Sarasota County Commission, Sarasota County schools and Ringling College of Art and Design, will judge entries, which will be accepted through April 20.

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Now, has reincorporated Sarasota Condominium Owners Inc., which has been inactive since 1989. The group held its first meeting beginning at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, at Lido Beach Resort. Candidates in the Sarasota City Commission runoff election spoke to the group. Attendees also heard amendments to the Condominium Act the Florida Legislature is considering. Lobeck currently serves as interim director of the organization.

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neighborhood leader and slow-growth advocate Chapman. In a press release sent Tuesday, March 26, both Holland and Lumpkin said they believed a dual endorsement — combined with a get-out-the-vote effort — would make a difference in the election. “One of the things I’ve learned in my 30 years of civic engagement is the value of teamwork,” Holland said. “And Suzanne Atwell is an experienced and essential team player. Holland added, “After debating our way through 12 public forums, I’ve grown to admire Richard Dorfman’s ‘can do’ attitude and robust perspective on the issues.” Lumpkin said he is ready to pitch in with the campaign effort of both Atwell and Dorfman. “Their combined experience and positive outlook will serve our city well,” Lumpkin said. “I’m rested and ready to throw my support behind the two candidates I feel are best suited to lead Sarasota: Suzanne Atwell and Richard Dorfman.” Atwell supporters pointed out the double endorsement was an unusual display of bi-partisan unity for Holland, a Democrat, and Lumpkin, a Republican. “Although city elections are non-partisan, party politics can play a role in the process at times,” read the press release sent Tuesday.

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Looking for things to do? Concierges list their top picks These hotel concierges on Longboat Key and in Sarasota list their top recommendations for the area. Gloria Schroeder

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Gloria Schroeder traveled the world with Regent Seven Seas cruise line before becoming the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s concierge. Originally from Washington, she has lived in Sarasota for nearly 14 years. Here, she shares the top-10 destinations she recommends to Key Club guests. • John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota.

I recommend the Ringling Museum due to the history of the circus and the beautiful setting. The exhibits are always changing, but the original home, the Cà d’Zan Mansion and the circus mansion are the top-three attractions. • Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota. If you love plants — flowers and orchids, in particular — it’s a must. • Mote Marine Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, City Island. I always recommend the aquarium for children. They have eco-boat tours, which are wonderful. They have exhibits that are hands-on, so you get to see how they help injured animals. Sarasota Jungle Gardens, 3701 Bay Shore 

Road, Sarasota. They have a petting zoo, and it’s a botanical garden, as well. They have lots of colorful birds.

• Smugglers Cove Adventure Golf, 3815 N. Tamiami Trail,

Susan Ford was recently promoted to the newly established position of concierge at the Lido Beach Resort. Originally from Boston, she moved approximately five years ago to the Sarasota area to be closer to her parents. Prior to working at the Lido Beach Resort, she led tours throughout the world with Group Voyagers. Here are her top picks close to home.

Sarasota. It’s a miniature golf course, but there are also live alligators that you get to feed. • G.WIZ: The Science Museum, 1001 Blvd. of the Arts, Sarasota. They get to use their creativity because it’s handson, and it’s great for children and adults. (Editor’s note: G.WIZ is currently closed for renovations.) • Sarasota’s cultural attractions: I always recommend that people check out the cultural attractions during season: the local theaters, the Sarasota Opera and the Sarasota Orchestra. • St. Armands Circle: You can browse and go in and out of boutiques and have a wonderful ice cream at Ben & Jerry’s or Kilwin’s.

• Mote Marine Aquarium, 1600 Ken

Thompson Parkway. It’s good for all ages, and it has the sea lion exhibit until the middle of April.

• John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art,

5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota. I always recommend that people visit the circus museum. It’s not really a part of our overall culture, so it’s really like looking into a window of Sarasota history. • Lido Kayak Tours — Almost Heaven Kayak Adventures has tours twice a day (launching from the north entrance of South Lido Park). We’ve had really good luck with sightings of manatees and dolphins this year. • Big Cat Habitat, 7101 Palmer Blvd., Sarasota — The guides are incredibly knowledgeable. It’s like having a very large private view of big cats. • Treeumph! Adventure Course, 21805 State Road 70 E., Bradenton — The motto is “The ground is overrated.” It has things such as zip-lines and wobbly bridges. It’s a great way for people to enjoy themselves outdoors in Florida.

• Kayaking through the Lido mangroves: We always recom-

mend the bay and Gulf guided nature tour, where you cruise through canopy mangrove tunnels and lagoons. It makes for an ideal kayak adventure. • Spring training at Ed Smith Stadium, 2700 12th St., Sarasota: Baltimore Orioles spring training runs through Saturday, March 30, at the newly renovated stadium.

• Paddleboarding — Sarasota Paddleboard

Co. delivers paddleboards and gives everybody a 15-minute miniature lesson. The whole family can enjoy it for $60. • Bicycling — Siesta Bike and Kayak delivers bicycles to the Lido Beach Resort that you can rent for a week for $45. I have them bike around St. Armands, as far as they can go on Lido, on Longboat and to Sarasota. • Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 S. Palm

Ave., Sarasota — The docents are wonderful, and the setting is beautiful. We always encourage people to see the view of the bay.  Day trip to Anna Maria Island — Check out the

public beaches, and go to the Sandbar, 100 Spring Ave., Anna Maria. There are so many pelicans and birds. You can eat your lunch and have a beer and still sink your tows in the sand. • Check out the local architecture: Take a drive through Towles Court, Burns Court and Main Street.

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Originally from Delray Beach, Julia Allerdyce became part of the Hotel Indigo team three years ago. Recently engaged, there’s no doubt she and her fiancé have personally scoped out the following top-10 destinations she recommends to Hotel Indigo guests. • Downtown bike tour — It’s wonderful

yummy food and great shopping. I never leave the Circle without picking up some mango sorbet from ScoopDaddys.

to take in all the historic neighborhoods and the art galleries. Stop in to see the Sigrid Olsen Art Gallery on Pineapple Avenue. It’s a great spot to find whimsical art and ceramics. Also, don’t forget to look for the Tube Dudes along Main Street. • Mote Marine Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway.— Go on a Thursday so you can get a tour of the Seahorse Conservation Lab, or take in a Coastal Observation Tour. It is awesome. • Full Moon Yoga — Takes place on Siesta Key beach during full moons. Be sure to bring a towel. Location is beach access No. 7 at Beach Road and Calle de Siesta. It is so relaxing to do yoga with the full moon above!

• The Old Salty Dog (next door to Mote Marine), 1601 Ken Thompson Parkway —

Have a foot-long, beer-battered, deep-fried hot dog with an ice-cold beer and watch the boats pass. The famous footlong was featured on the “Man V. Food” TV show. • John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota. —

Go when Ringling in Bloom is happening (springtime). The flowers are absolutely amazing. If you can’t get to the Ringling in the spring, anytime of the year there is beautiful art and wonderful exhibits. 

Sarasota has the best entertainment, and there is always something happening. The West Coast Black Theatre Troupe is one of my favorites, and there are shows during peak and offseason. The Florida Studio Theatre has the improv fest in the summer, and there are dozens of other options. I love the Sarasota Opera, but buy your tickets in advance because it sells out quickly.

• Take a walking tour of the Rosemary District — There are fabu-

lous restaurants and shops. I love Derek’s for dinner. There is always a fun blend of flavors on the menu, and he uses local products. Be sure to order a bottle of wine — the selection is fantastic. • Siesta Key Drum Circle — Sundays at sundown. It is such an amusing and eclectic way to round out a fun weekend. It’s not just drums. There are also belly dancers, fire dancers and hula-hoopers. It is hard to take it all in at once, so be sure to go at least twice. • St. armands Circle — Head there for

Take in a show —

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March 16 JOY RIDE 9 p.m. — 1300 block of Charlotte Avenue. Motor Vehicle Theft. A woman asked to borrow her roommate’s car to pick up a friend. The roommate awoke in the morning to discover her vehicle and the woman had not returned. The roommate contacted the woman, who said she would bring the car back in 20 minutes, but she never showed up with the 2000 Mazda. The woman was also driving with a revoked license.

March 17 TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH 12:42 a.m. — 300 block of Ringling Boulevard. Noise Violation. An officer observed the patio door open at a bar. The officer performed a meter reading at the property line, and the reading exceeded the city ordinance. The officer provided a copy of the 20-4 noise ordinance and issued a verbal warning to the bar owner. The bar owner posted an employee by the door to keep it closed as patrons walked in and out. The bar was entered into a noise-warning file.

POPPIN’ BOTTLES 2:02 a.m. — 1400 block of Main Street. Disturbance. A vacationer from Minnesota told police a woman hit her in the back of the head with a bottle of alcohol in the VIP area of a nightclub. The woman thought the vacationer had sprayed her with Champagne from an opened bottle. A police officer was unable to find any injuries to the vacationer’s head. The officer requested video surveillance to see if anything was caught on video.

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Corner March 18 ALL KEYED UP 1 p.m. — 3800 block of Osprey Avenue. Criminal Mischief. An employee was leaving work and found the left side of her silver Saturn had been keyed. An officer took photos of the damaged car.

March 18 BAD WOMAN 12:45 a.m. — 1500 block of Main Street. Unclassified. A resident reported an unknown woman on Main Street kicked a dog in the stomach. The woman was also yelling at customers.

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE 10:43 p.m. — 1100 block of Central Avenue. Recovered Stolen Vehicle. Officers responded to a burglary call and noticed a stolen green Hyundai pull into a parking garage. Officers had the car towed to the police department to be processed for evidence. The car had been reported stolen twice over the past six months.

March 19 SHADY ACTIVITY 5 p.m. — 600 block of East Avenue. Loitering. A resident came to the police department to report narcotics activity at a home. Prostitutes also frequent the home, according to the resident.

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Perhaps it was providential that the stomping on Jesus incident at Florida Atlantic University surfaced this week — the holiest week of the year for Christians and Jews. It was a vivid reminder that Jesus’ passion, persecution and crucifixion 2000 years ago was not just a historical event that we commemorate this week. It continues today. It is especially shameful, although not surprising, that it goes on in a Florida public university. We say not surprising, knowing, of course, how extraordinarily secular and disdainful our universities have become toward God, our nation’s Judeo-Christian traditions and religion. Kudos to FAU student Ryan Rotela, who, like Sts. Paul, Timothy, the apostles and so many others before him, stood up to the attacks on Jesus and his faith. Gov. Rick Scott applauded the young man’s courage and called him. “I told him that it took great conviction and bravery to stand up and say what he was asked to do was wrong and went against what he believed in,” Scott said in a news release. Later, in a letter to State University System Chancellor Frank Brogan, Scott wrote: “As we enter the week memoralizing the events of Christ’s passion, this incident gave me great concern over the lessons we are teaching our students … The professor’s lesson was offensive, and even intolerant, to Christians and those of all faiths who deserve to be respected as Americans entitled to religious freedom. “Our public higher educational institutions are designed to shape the minds of Florida’s future leaders. We should provide educational leadership that is respectful of religious freedom of all people. Florida’s parents and students deserve nothing less.” This incident at FAU is evidence once again that public education — schools subsidized with tax dollars — is a failed system. Look what it fosters and protects. Sure, even in private schools there are teachers who present bizarre ideas and brainwashing. There is at least one bad apple in most bags. But when consumers have control over how their money is spent to educate their children, and those decisions are not left to the state, the likelihood of “Jesus stompings” diminishes greatly. The marketplace filters out the likelihood that there will indeed be a bad apple in your school bag. As you prepare to celebrate Christ’s resurrection this Easter Sunday — which is the opening to a new life after death in fulfillment of the Scriptures, or as you have completed your celebration of the Passover — the deliverance of the Israelites out of the Egyptian bonds of slavery and death to a life nurtured with God — let the “Jesus stomping” remind us to remember also Christ’s famous words at the last supper: Said Thomas the apostle: “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the

TO EARN A DEGREE IN FAU’s INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS From the Florida Atlantic University course book: The IC Sequence helps students become competent, reflective communicators in personal, public and business settings. As the United States becomes increasingly diverse, organizations and companies nationwide are changing the way they operate and do business to address the needs of a multicultural society. Faculty and courses guide students in studying the implications of intercultural communication (communication between persons who have differing cultural, beliefs, values and ways of behaving) from domestic and international perspectives, and provide knowledge, motivation, and skills in preparation for advanced study, for becoming analytical, effective, and efficient communicators in a culturally diverse society … 12 Credits Disciplinary Core • Intercultural Communication • Communication, Gender and Language • Minorities and the Media • American Multicultural Discourse • Ethnicity and Communication 6 Credits Critical/Analytical • Organizational Communication • Communication and U.S. Cult Studies • Political Communication • Nonverbal Comm. in a Diverse Society • Peace, Conflict & Oral Communication • Women and Film • Media, Society, and Technology • International Communication • Gender and Television • Small Group Processess • Leadership and Communication • Persuasion and Propaganda • Rhetoric of Social Protest 3 Credits Performance • Conflict and Communication • Communication Internship • Corporate Communication • Storytelling • News and News Reporting • Public and Community Relations • Interpersonal Communication • Public Speaking • Argumentation and Debate 9 Credits Interdisciplinary • Class, Gender, and Race in America • Religion in America • African Am Lit 1895 to Present • U.S. Latino/a Literature • American-Indian Literature • Jewish-American Literature • Asian-American Literature • Gender and Culture • Social Anthropology • Comparative Gender Politics • Comp Pol of Ethnic Conflict • Jazz in American Society • Race and Ethnic Relations • Gender and Society • Gender, Power, and Relationships • Men, Women, and Work • Class, Status, and Power • Human Sexuality and Soc Change • Sociology of Aging and Dying • Sex, Myth, Power and Popular Culture • Women, Violence, and Resistance • Sex and Gender in American Culture

THE CASTAWAY by Jorge Blanco

Father except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father.”

+ Multiculturalism run amok

The “Jesus stomping” incident at Florida Atlantic University prompted us to explore. What else are they teaching in Intercultural Communications? Take a look (see box on left.)

+ Roundabout we go

It looks like a fait accompli. That Sarasota city commissioners and roundabout ringmaster Rod Warner are going to be living the dream — 10 roundabouts eventually on U.S. 41 from University Parkway through downtown. We’ll all be dizzy with delight. That is, if they’re designed better than the roundabouts on Ringling Boulevard. We’ll admit it’s pleasant not having to stop for lights or stop signs at Ringling and Palm and Ringling and Coconut. But the designs are tight, seemingly best suited for a Smart car or tricycle. If you’re driving those roundabouts in a big, honkin’ pickup or service van, ugh. One of the ideas of the roundabouts is to help slow traffic to make the streets more pedestrian friendly. And while that makes sense for lightly traveled Ringling Boulevard, it’s difficult to think North Tamiami Trail will ever be converted into a walkable, “intermodal” corridor with lots of foot traffic and bicyclists. Be realistic. U.S. 41 once was a federal highway and is still a federalstate throughway; it’s not a Ringling Boulevard. Indeed, it’s the primary northsouth route for motorists coming from densely populated west-of-the-Trail neighborhoods and businesses to get from Bradenton to Sarasota and vice versa. Converting North Trail into a necklace of oversized Lifesavers with cars and delivery trucks weaving through half circles easily can have some negative unintended consequences. It’s fun to be dreamy, to think U.S. 41 might one day resemble the “Truman Show” and Seaside. But we all know most motorists get in their cars to reach a destination and reach it in the shortest time possible. In the end, we hope the commissioners ask: Whose best interests are these roundabouts serving — the citizens or the idealists?

+ Patience is a virtue

Sarasotans should consider it great news that West Palm Beach-based Kolter Group is reviving its long-dormant plan to develop the northwest corner of Tamiami Trail and Gulfstream Avenue. There will be those who lament that Kolter is focusing on the luxury market. But that’s OK. Its project will attract buyers who demand goods and services and who likely will contribute to Sarasota’s cultural and non-profit organizations. All of that will help stimulate more economic activity. What’s more, when other investors and developers see success, success begets more success. Perhaps, we hope, that will lead to more moderately price housing for the young professionals. That’s what Sarasota really needs.

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New College Bike Shoppe staff teaches self-reliance The all-volunteer shop is the longestrun student organization on campus. It offers free repairs, wholesale parts and a lesson in mechanical know-how. more importantly, access to tools, established the shop in 1990, and it’s been a campus fixture ever since. It offers students free bicycle repairs, parts at wholesale price, and with its full set of tools and knowledgeable staff of mechanics, the shop is the perfect place to learn the ins and outs of bicycle repair. “The general philosophy behind the shop is self-reliance,” says Getz. “It’s important to be competent with the things you interact with on a daily basis.” According to Getz, the shop’s mission is to eliminate the typical customer-mechanic relationship by performing all repairs in full view of the bike owner and encouraging him or her to participate. Eventually, the hope is that the owner is comfortable enough to do the work unassisted. Raised in a family of bike enthusiasts, Getz grew up learning to maintain and repair his family’s bikes to avoid trips to the shop. Once word got out in his neighborhood that he knew his way around a bike, Getz began repairing friends’ bikes in his garage. When he got to New College, he quickly found a home in the student-run bike shop, and he related to the recycle-everything men-

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EASTER SERVICES St. Boniface Episcopal Church

Church of the Redeemer

222 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota 955-4263 Thursday, March 28 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. — Institutions of Holy Eucharist 7:30 p.m. — Mass will include washing of the feet, procession the Altar of Repose and stripping of altars. Friday, March 29 7:30 a.m. — Stations of the Cross (will be walking down Main Street) Saturday, March 30 8 p.m. — Vigil Sunday, March 31 7, 9, and 11 a.m. — Easter Mass Kindergartners will receive first communion during 9 a.m. Mass

5615 Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key 349-5616 Thursday, March 28 6:30 p.m. — The Last Supper is Remembered Friday, March 29 7 and 10 a.m., 6:30 p.m. — Good Friday service Saturday, March 30 8:30 p.m. — Easter Eve Vigil and concludes with Easter party Sunday, March 31 7:45, 9 and 11:15 a.m. — Easter services

Siesta Key Chapel

4615 Gleason Ave. Sarasota 349-1166 Thursday, March 28 7 to 8:30 p.m. — Maundy Thursday service Twelve people at a time are invited into the candlelit sanctuary lit to experience the Lord’s Supper. The services take 12 minutes each. Friday, March 29 Noon — Worship in Taize style Sunday, March 31 8:45 and 11 a.m. — Easter services Noon — Easter egg hunt

First Congregational United Church of Christ

1031 S. Euclid Ave., Sarasota 953-7044 Thursday, March 28 6 p.m. — Service with Last Supper enactment Friday, March 29 Noon — Adult choirs and procession to the memorial garden Sunday, March 31 9 a.m., 11 a.m. — Easter services 9 a.m. service will have a butterfly release 10 a.m. — Easter egg hunt

St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church

5394 Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key 349-4174 Thursday, March 28 7 p.m. — Mass of the Lord’s Supper Friday, March 29 Noon — Stations of the Cross 7 p.m. — Liturgy Saturday, March 30 8:30 p.m. — Vigil 9 a.m. — Easter egg hunt (must RSVP) Noon Blessing of Easter food and baskets Sunday, March 31 7, 8:45, and 10:30 a.m. — Easter Mass

First Baptist Church

1661 Main St., Sarasota 365-2846 Sunday, March 31 9 and 10:30 a.m. — Easter services

St. Martha Catholic Church

200 N. Orange Ave., Sarasota 366-4210 Thursday, March 28 Noon — Eucharist, Low Mass 7 p.m. — Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7:30 p.m. — Mass of the Lords Supper

in Vietnamese in Hall Friday, March 29 Noon — Marian Stations of the Cross, 3, 5 and 7 p.m. — The Passion Liturgy 7:30 p.m. — The Passion Liturgy in Vietnamese in Hall Saturday, March 30 Noon — Blessing of the Bread 8 p.m. — Solemn Vigil 11 p.m. — Low Mass Sunday, March 31 6:30 a.m. — Easter Mass in the garden 7:30 and 8 a.m. — Easter Mass in Spanish in Hall 9 and 10:30 a.m. Noon and 5:30 p.m. — Easter Mass in church

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church

425 S. Tamiami Trail, Osprey 966-0807 Thursday, March 28 7 p.m. — Holy Thursday Evening Mass followed by adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 10 p.m. Friday, March 29 2 p.m. — The Last Seven Words of Christ 3 p.m. — Good Friday service Saturday, March 30 8:15 p.m. — Holy Saturday Easter Vigil 11 a.m. — Easter egg hunt Sunday, March 31 6:30 a.m. — Easter sunrise service on the green 7:30, 9 and 10:30 a.m. — Easter Mass in the church

St. Thomas More Catholic Church

2506 Gulf Gate Drive, Sarasota 923-1691 Thursday, March 28 7 p.m. — Mass of the Lord’s Supper Friday, March 29 3 p.m. — Good Friday Liturgy 8 p.m. — A dramatic presentation by

the Youth Group Saturday, March 30 10:30 a.m. — Easter egg hunt noon — Easter basket blessing 8:30 p.m. — The Great Easter Vigil Sunday, March 31 8, 9:45, 11:30 a.m. — Easter services in church 9:45 and 11:30 a.m. — Easter services in Chelsea Center

Vamo United Methodist Church 8521 Vamo Road, Sarasota, 966-3306 Thursday, March 28 7 p.m. — Maundy Thursday service Friday, March 29 7 p.m. — Good Friday service Saturday, March 30 10 a.m. — Easter egg hunt Sunday, March 31 10 a.m. — Praise and worship Easter service

Church of the Incarnation

2901 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota 921-6631 Thursday, March 28 7 p.m. — Holy Thursday service with exposition following in chapel until midnight Friday, March 29 8 a.m. — Divine mercy novena Noon — Stations of the Cross 3 p.m. — Passion of Our Lord 7 p.m. — Prayer around the cross prayer service Saturday, March 30 8 a.m. — Divine mercy novena 10 a.m. — Easter egg hunt at school grounds Noon — Blessing of food 8 p.m. — Vigil Sunday, March 31 7, 9 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. — Easter Mass 3 p.m. — Easter Mass in Polish

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Sarasota High senior Dylan White hit a grand slam to lead the Sailors to a 10-0 victory over Okeechobee in their opening game of the Sarasota Baseball Classic March 25.

The Outof-Door Academy sophomore Madison Shaw won both the 100-meter hurdles and the 300 hurdles at the ODA Invitational March 23.

Starting pitcher Chad Miller threw five shutout innings to lead Sarasota Christian to an 8-4 victory over Fort Myers Evangelical March 25.

Scullers collected 26 medals to win the overall team title at the Sarasota Invitational Regatta March 23 and March 24, at Nathan Benderson Park.

Freshman Hunter Johnson pitched a complete game, and Albert de los Santos went 4-for-5 to lead Booker to a 12-5 victory over DeSoto March 25.

BASEBALL by Jen Blanco | Sports Editor

Riverview High senior Sean Labsan has a 6-1 record on the mound this season. He has helped lead the Rams to a 14-1 record so far this season. SARASOTA — Sean Labsan refuses to take a day off. It’s not in his nature. The Riverview High senior pitcher and left fielder would take the field every day if he could. And more often than not, he does. On the days when Riverview isn’t practicing or playing a game, Labsan can be found in the batting cages at the Rams stadium at Twin Lakes Park, in Sarasota. Even on Sundays, Labsan will spend hours working on his hitting and pitching mechanics. “I come out every day and work on the stuff I’m supposed to do before each start,” Labsan says. “I know it’ll pay off, but I just enjoy being on the baseball field.” The left-hander’s hard work and dedication is paying off in dividends for the Rams. Labsan is 6-1 on the mound and has helped lead Riverview to a 14-1 record so far this season. Labsan opened the season with a no-hitter against crosstown rival Sarasota. It was the second no-hitter of Labsan’s career. He tossed one last season against district rival Palm Harbor University. On March 25, Labsan pitched six innings, allowing one run on four hits and a walk while striking out nine in Riverview’s 5-1 victory over Miami Gulliver Prep in the Sarasota Baseball Classic. Labsan’s lone loss of the season was a 3-2 decision to district rival East Lake March 1. Since then, he’s been a perfect 4-0 on the mound. “The hardest part is when you have a bad outing and you have to wait four or five days before you get to go back out again,” he says. Labsan began playing baseball when he was 5 years old and has since developed into one of the area’s premier pitchers. But pitching hasn’t always come easily to Labsan. As a freshman, inconsistency plagued him. “I had a hard time throwing strikes,” Labsan says. “I knew I had the potential to do it. I just had to figure it out.” When he’s not on the mound, Labsan is content contributing at the plate. Labsan has made several big plays with his bat this season, including driving in a season-best five runs on a two-run single, a two-run home run and a groundout to lead the Rams to a 15-2 non-district victory over Cardinal Mooney March 4. “I enjoy every part of it (baseball),” he says. “I’m not picky. I just like playing.” Although Labsan enjoys playing left field, he would prefer to be the pitcher. “I generally have more success pitch-

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Riverview High senior Sean Labsan is a perfect 4-0 on the mound since suffering his first loss of the season March 1. ing,” Labsan says. “I just like pitching because you can be in every play.” Labsan will continue his baseball career next year at Florida Atlantic University; he committed to the Owls in November. For now, Labsan is focused on hurling the Rams to a district title and a postseason tour-

nament run. “We’re doing pretty well,” Labsan says. “We’re playing more as a team this year and working a lot harder than some of the teams (I’ve been on) in the past. And now we have the results.” Contact Jen Blanco at jblanco@yourobserver. com.

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Rams edge past Cougars The Riverview High School baseball team played Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School Tuesday, March 19, at Twin Lakes Park. The score remained 0-0 until the sixth inning, when Riverview scored a run to win 1-0. Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara

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I’ve been playing since I was 4 years old. My dad worked at Miss Sarasota Softball as the director, and that’s the youngest age you can start.

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I love hitting. It feels good when you get a hit. Last year, I did OK with my hitting, but this year I’ve improved.

Sarasota Christian School freshman pitcher Cheyenne Miller threw a complete game, allowing three hits while striking out nine to lead the Lady Blazers to a 12-3 victory over Southeast March 21. The 14-year-old also went 4-for-4 with a double, triple and three RBIs. Cheyenne followed up her performance with another complete game, allowing five hits and striking out 12 to lead the Lady Blazers to a 12-1 victory over Booker March 22. It was Cheyenne’s thirdstraight win on the mound and eighth win overall. She has pitched every game this season en route to leading Sarasota Christian to an 8-4 record.

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Pitching gets a little intense sometimes. You feel like all of the pressure is on you. I haven’t always wanted to pitch, but this year I’m the only pitcher. My sister, Cassidy, doesn’t like to pitch. I like throwing changeups. It’s not my best pitch, but it’s the one that’s the most fun. If I can strike them out on it, then it makes me laugh.

I started on varsity when I was in sixth grade. It was special because I got to play on the same team as my sister for my first year. I’m batting above .400 right now. I want to have the highest batting average on the team. If I wasn’t a pitcher, I would want to be a shortstop or second baseman. It’s not as close as home plate, so you don’t have to react as fast. If I wasn’t playing softball, then I definitely would be playing volleyball. It’s my favorite sport. I just enjoy it.

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The Sarasota Crew won 11 gold medals in a dual meet with Plant High School March 16, at Haney Park. The Crew raced six eight-man boats in the men’s and women’s categories. Champions include: Men’s Varsity 8+; Women’s Varsity 8+; Men’s 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and high school junior boats; Women’s lightweight 8, 5th and high school junior eight.

+ Cougars rout SMA The Cardinal Mooney boys lacrosse team cruised to an 18-2 victory over Sarasota Military Academy March 22. Adam Scalisi, Sal Trinchetto and Reagan Griffith all scored hat tricks.

+ ODA girls improve to 9-0 The Out-of-Door Academy tennis team improved to 9-0 with victories over Shorecrest Prep and Admiral Faragut this week. The Lady Thunder beat Shorecrest Prep 5-2 March 18. M’Balia Bangoura, Alana Sherman, Savannah Sleight and Cheyenne Kerekes all earned singles victories for ODA. Bangoura and Sherman also were victorious at No. 1 doubles. ODA followed up its win with a 7-0 victory over Admiral Faragut March 19. Caroline Dailey, Bangoura,

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+ OSU alumni golf outing The Sarasota-Manatee Ohio State Alumni Association will hold its 11th golf outing April 6, at the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club. Two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin will play and also speak at the lunch after the scramble. The event starts at 9 a.m. Cost is $125 per person, or $25 per person for lunch only. To register, contact Larry Hedden at 359-0477 or visit sarasotabuckeye.org.

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he smell of fresh grass clippings and dirt floats through the air , as players step up to bat at the 17th Street Park Softball Complex. A pitcher winds up and tosses the softball to a focused batter. He’s got his eye on the ball and knows not to swing for this one. “Ball one!” shouts the umpire, who is also a player. The pitcher winds up and tosses the ball again; this time, the batter swings with full force as the clinking sound of a ball hitting the bat echoes through the field. He sprints to first base, kicking up red dust and leaving cleat marks in the dirt behind him. An outfielder throws the ball to first base, but the batter is safe. This game of softball isn’t anything out of the ordinary except that the players are in their 60s, 70s and 80s.

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determines who the champions are and, unless there is a tie, the league does not have playoffs. During the winter leagues, teams have sponsors, and their uniforms are branded with their sponsor’s name. For example, a clock-repair shop sponsors the team Father Time, and Syprett Meshad law firm sponsors another team. Summer leagues do not have sponsors because there are fewer players when the snowbirds return to their Northern homes. Players take breaks during the winter holidays and do not play in August because it is too hot. The Sarasota Senior Softball Association prioritizes safety for players and has special rules. For example, there are four outfielders and five infielders, plus a pitcher and a catcher; having 11 players on the field instead of the usual nine means there is less space to cover. Players also have two first bases and two home plates to avoid collision when players run. Some guys use a pitching screen to avoid getting hit by a softball. Other players take special precautions and wear a mask and shin guards. “Your brain thinks you are still 18 years old, but your body knows you are not,” says George Hawley, president of the Senior Softball Association. Players joke and tease each other as if they were teenagers again. And, more than anything, they enjoy the friendships that can only be formulated while playing on a team. “It’s exercise, but, most important to me is the camaraderie,” says player Chuck Cason. “I have a friend who told me, ‘By the time I get to the gate, I forgot who won.’ No matter who won or lost, you are still enjoying it.”

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stands over home plate yelling out commands and encouragements. The 66-year-old has been playing ball since childhood. His family moved to Sarasota from Columbus, Ga., when he was 16, and he played ball actively as an adult until he was 43. He stopped playing his own games so that he could attend softball games and practices of his son and daughter. Before he retired in 1992, Cason worked as the director for Parks and Recreation in Sarasota. He recalls when the late Charles Huisking first came to him in 1985 to start up “old man’s softball,” as Huisking would say. “I thought it was a good idea,” says Cason. “They use the fields in the morning and it was good use of facilities.” He didn’t realize that 23 years later he would be playing old man’s softball, too. CHUCK CASON, 66 “If you make a great play there are a bunch of guys TEAM: SYPRETT MESH AD patting you on the back saying ‘great play,’” Cason says. “But, don’t make a bad play or you will hear about it. We call them ‘senior moments’ in softball.” Today, Cason plays almost every day of the week, whether it’s on his Sarasota teams or in Venice.

got bored one week into retirement from a 25-year career as an insurance adjuster. The 88-year-old went to the Department of Parks and Recreation where he met Chuck Cason, who gave him a part-time job coaching children’s sports. Then, when the late Charles Huisking came to Cason wanting to start a senior softball league, Cason knew McCurry would be perfect for the job. “We only had seven players in the beginning,” McCurry says. In 1989, McCurry and group of ball players from Sarasota won the first Senior World Regis McCurry, 88 Series in Greensboro, N.C. McCurry also TEAM: Retired started a softball league in Kalispell, Mont., where he spends his summers. “I needed something to do and went to the recreation department there, and they looked at me strangely when I asked about senior softball. But, with their assistance, we started a senior softball program there, too.” McCurry decided to retire from softball this year. “I feel honored to have been a part of setting up the senior softball program. At 88 years old, I wanted to leave the game while I could still participate in hitting and infielding,” McCurry says.

learned to play ball from his father and from playing with the boys in his neighborhood. His small West Chicago town did not have Little League. Neighborhood boys made up their own games when they did not have enough players and played ball every day on the street the summer. At the age of 14, Hawley and his friends created a neighborhood team and called boys from neighboring towns to play with them. He remembers his whole team piling into one of their parents’ Chevrolet to 75 GEORGE HAWLEY, get to one of the games. Then, at 15, Hawley and E M TEAM: FATHER TI his friends convinced a florist to sponsor them, and they started an American Legion team. “It was a formative and character-building experience,” Hawley says. “We had to convince adults.” They also convinced the school board to start a high school baseball team his senior year. Hawley went on to play recreational ball at Northwestern University and, in 1960, played on a team in the Marine Corps. In 2004, Hawley began playing senior softball in Sarasota. “To tell you the truth, senior softball clenched it for me. It was one of the reasons I wanted to move here.”

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Students at Southside Elementary will participate in the school’s annual Celebrate Learning Day Thursday, March 28. The theme of this year’s PTO-sponsored event is “Native Sarasota.” Children will rotate through six different activity zones through the day, including presentations and animal showings from Mote Marine Aquarium and Sarasota Jungle Gardens. Spanish Pointe actors dressed as Bertha Palmer and John and Mable Ringling will teach children about Sarasota’s prominent figures and history; representatives from Brown’s Grove will teach children about the importance of citrus to the region; and Florida Studio Theatre actors will teach children a dance that incorporates Sarasota’s history. Miss Florida will make an appearance, and Nancy’s BBQ and Square 1 Burgers and Bar donated food for the event.

Sarasota Christian School fifth-graders visited BizTown in February, to see what it is like to run a city. BizTown is a miniature city created by Junior Achievement, an economic education organization. Students held Elijah Liles jobs as television news anchors, medical professionals, loan officers and retail sales professionals. They participated in job interviews; applied for business loans; received paychecks; and learned about philanthropic efforts and giving back to the community.

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Curious children surround kindergarten teacher Shonna Brady in the Goldie Feldman Academy at Temple Beth Sholom’s Papa Ed and Mimi Organic Sustainable Kibbutz Garden. Brady has been teaching her kindergarteners about the life cycles of seeds, and now her students are seeing what they have learned come to life. Brady had a vision to start a garden for students, to teach them where their food comes from and reconnect them with nature. Ed and Betty Rosenthal and the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee made her vision a reality with a grant in August 2011. “If they plant it, they will taste it; and if they taste it, chances are they are going to like it and continue to eat it,” says Brady. Brady didn’t always expect to go into

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Preschooler Summer Schulz gives her grandmother, Grace Shulz, a kiss.

Sarasota Christian students welcome their grandparents Sarasota Christian School invited grandparents to spend the day with their grandchildren Thursday, March 21, for Grandparents Day. Preschoolers through fifthgraders recited prayers, sang songs and told stories of why they loved their grandparents during a morning program. After the program, children made crafts, wrote stories, went to a book fair and showed their grandparents around their classrooms. About 150 grandparents attended Grandparents Day. Daron Nouri with his grandparents, Dr. Robert Shamsey and his wife, Christina

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Megan Voigt shows her grandmother, Deby Rutledge, around her classroom.

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Kim and Rod Johnston volunteered at the 18th annual Giving Hunger the Blues concert Sunday, March 24, on Hillview Street. The concert, which takes place in the Southside Village, raises money for All Faiths Food Bank.

Deanne Rife and Colleen Andersen had a swashbuckling good time at the Siesta Key Kiwanis Club’s annual fundraiser gala Saturday, March 23, at the Sarasota Yacht Club.

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Heather Kasten, Kim Dalgish, USF Sarasota-Manatee mascot Rocky, Brittany Lamont and Jay Riley attended The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce’s Bulls, Blues and BBQ event Wednesday, March 20, at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus, to allow businesses to network in a two-county market. More than 300 people listened to Doug Deming and the Jewel Tones jam out. Riverview High School marine science teacher Katrin Rudge accepts the award for Teacher of the Year Thursday, March 21, at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota. “To be chosen out of these finalists is beyond amazing,” said Rudge. “I was definitely surprised. We all do this because we love teaching, and we love the kids.”

Below: Chastanna Nieman celebrates her birthday The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce business card exchange Thursday, March 22, at Day Hagan Asset Management. About 45 people attended the event.

Walker Beach slides down a blow-up slide at the St. Martha Catholic School’s Cajun Crawfish Festival Saturday, March 23.

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real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Savoy on Palm condominium sells for $1.86 million The following residential real-estate transactions took place between March 11 and March 15. A condominium in Savoy on Palm tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Marvin and Lynne Gross sold their Unit 701 condominium at 401 S. Palm Ave. to Anthony and Linda Ciliberti, of Sarasota, for $1.86 million. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths, one halfbath and 3,172 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,491,800 in 2006.

baths and 1,260 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $245,000 in 2004.

Pine Shore Estates

Ellen Flora, of Placida, sold her home at 1641 Redwood St. to Alex Sivitilli, of Ontario, Canada, for $220,000. Built in 1956, it has three bedrooms, two baths, one halfbath and 2,213 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $181,000 in 2000.

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Equine Real Estate LLC sold the home at 3505 Almeria Ave. to 3505 Almeria LLC for $215,000. Built in 1946, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,113 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $125,000 in 2012.

Bay Plaza

Stephen Miley, of Sarasota, sold his Unit 11G condominium at 1255 N. Gulfstream Ave. to Gary and Janet Schuster, of Waite Hill, Ohio, for $800,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,629 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $610,000 in 2008.

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Unit 701 at 401 S. Palm Ave. has three bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath and 3,172 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.86 million.

Sarasota Bay Park

Daniel and Judith Ball, of Sarasota, sold their home at 2445 Alameda Ave. to Herbert Lustig and Darla O’Brien, of Sarasota, for $640,000. Built in 1925, it has three bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath and 2,352 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $235,000 in 2001.

South Gate

Vinton and Dianne Trefz, of Sarasota, sold their home at 3233 N. Seclusion Drive to Stephen White and Carolyn Cooke, of Norwalk, Conn., for $435,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,392 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $330,000 in 2003.

Homecroft

Levi and Nora Sommers sold their home at 3440 Hacienda St. to Victor and Virginia Shrock, of Tampico, Ill., for $315,000. Built in 1963, it has three bedrooms, three

baths, one half-bath and 2,989 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $215,000 in 2012.

Gulf Gate East

William and Patricia Millhaem, of Sarasota, sold their home at 3890 Easton St. to Mary Foss, trustee, of Sarasota, for $242,000. Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,573 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $144,000 in 1994.

Central Park

Eugene and Hendrika McDowell, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 107 condominium at 835 S. Osprey Ave. to Joanne Schmidt, of Mequon, Wis., for $230,000. Built in 1985, it has two bedrooms, two

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Alan and Beverly Fendrick sold their Unit 711 condominium at 5880 Midnight Pass Road to Lynn and Margaret Swan, of E. Lansing, Mich., for $1.09 million. Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 2,481 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $492,500 in 1993.

Siesta Isles

Robert and Marti Walsleben, of Sarasota, sold their home at 5432 Azure Way to William and Evangelyn Surette, of Ipswich, Mass., for $1.09 million. Built in 1970, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,361 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $980,000 in 2008.

The Terrace

John Carrigan, trustee, of Ontario, Canada, sold the Unit 154 condominium at 5400 Ocean Blvd. to William and Susan Donnelly, of Sarasota, for $990,000. Built in 1970, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,437 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $780,000 in 2010.

Bay Island Shores

Troy and Julie Syprett sold their home at 809 Freeling Drive to Paul and Cindy Balliette, of Sarasota, for $950,000. Built in 1953, it has four bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath, a pool and 3,681 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.3 million in 2005.

Siesta’s Bayside

Dave and Michelle Balot sold their home at 638 Waterside Way to Anthony Staub, of Sarasota, for $780,000. Built in 1966, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,284 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.08 million in 2005. Joshua and Heather Blank, of St. Charles, Ill., sold their home at 611 Tropical Circle to Olvy and Frances Johnson, of Falls Church, Va., for $524,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,591 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $349,000 in 2011.

Sara Sands

Richard and Carole Fox sold their home at 5037 Higel Ave. to Jorge and Melissa Bernal, of Trophy Club, Texas, for $675,000. Built in 1962, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,053 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $460,000 in 2001.

Whispering Sands

Martin Belkin, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 303 condominium at 20 Whispering Sands Drive to Cynthia Sherrill, of Winston Salem, N.C., for $450,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,282 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $135,000 in 1989.

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2262 Harbour Court Dr #A3974924 $1,500,000 Linda Dickinson

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1012 Bayview Dr Nokomis/North Venice #A3966517 $1,100,000 941-951-6660 Denise Mattmuller & Nora Johnson 941-232-8055

931 Blue Heron Overlook #A3969034 $3,699,000 Nicole Dovgopolyi

4822 Ocean Blvd # 9C #A3972526 $942,500 Kim & Michael Ogilvie

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800 N Tamiami Trl. PH 1608 #A3961090 $795,000 Linda A. Page

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20 Whispering Sands Dr # 801 #A3971321 $775,000 Annemarie Boerner

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4639 Pine Harrier Dr #A3974726 $765,000 Alison Elizalde

529 Eagle Watch Ln #A3974028 $749,000 Betty Mullinnix & Steve Abbe

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Osprey 941-966-8000 941-356-5849

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FAMILIAR FACES. EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS. Showcase your property to over 6,500 affiliate branches in 52 countries. 8750 Midnight Pass Rd # 200C #A3974742 $625,000 Mary Jo Violett

141 N Casey Key Rd #A3958847 $2,950,000 Nicole Dovgopolyi

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8927 Misty Creek Dr #A3975108 $549,500 Kathleen Carbone P.A.

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301 Stone Briar Creek Dr #N5779191 $510,000 Susan Brooker

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8993 Huntington Pointe Dr #A3975248 $389,000 Joseph Brown

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1710 Parker Dr #D5791711 $329,900 Ellen Baker & Michael Hollenbeck

Englewood 941-473-7750 941-268-4999

2225 Riviera Dr #A3975186 $329,000 Karen Cash Greco

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409 N Point Rd # 403 #A3974184 $315,000 Anja Deichmann

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570 Mossy Creek Dr #N5776984 $299,900 Martha Pike

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1102 Jessie Harbor Dr # 1102 #A3975222 $269,000 Drew Russell

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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 March 11 through March 15, in order of dollar amounts.

Deborah Beacham Explore now on your phone or tablet. 440 Gulf of Mexico Dr. • Longboat Key, FL 34228

Earning the #1 Michael Saunders & Company top producing individual agent on Longboat Key for the second year in a row, ranking in the top 10 in 2012 among all Sarasota County realtors, and for the seventh year in a row, earning the Five-Star Customer Satisfaction award, Deborah’s customers speak highly of her expertise, tenacity, and commitment. In 2012, her average sale price in 2012 represented the highest in Sarasota County. Deborah brings unique experience in closing difficult transactions, for which she was recently recognized, and earned the “Transaction of the Year Award” by Leading Real Estate Companies of the World.

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Marcia Litton, trustee Roger Slaalien, Jr. Richard Buck Charles Anderson Kelly Franklin Bradley Dorrill Derwood Godwin Jacques Esclangon Vincent Verdegem Barbara Augusta

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Amount $217,096 $60,782 $23,200 $20,000 $15,577 $12,074 $11,300 $9,000 $9,000 $6,975

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5880 Midnight Pass Road 431 Oak Point Road 455 Oak Point Road 4186 Escondito Circle 4009 Casey Key Road 3218 Suffolk Lane 7411 Periwinkle Drive 233 Keel Way 2309 Casey Key Road 4852 Peregring Point Circle N.

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Wilbur Bontrager Dennis Fried P. Richard Clark Patrick Gallagher Randy Burcham Alan Rodda Patricia Hughes, trustee James Bacorn Fritz Faulhaber Harvey Greller

Amount $125,000 $63,300 $59,502 $47,515 $42,750 $40,000 $31,600 $29,133 $28,000 $26,000

Source: Sarasota County; city of Sarasota

Panacea on Casey Key 3 Acres – Gulf to Bay MLS #A3974704 $3,690,000

Casa Vista on Casey Key Gulf to Bay on Sailboat Water MLS# A3974339 $4,800,000

Villa de Napoli on Casey Key Gulfside home on Gulf to Bay Property

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Michelle Crabtree 8325 Lakewood Ranch Blvd • Lakewood Ranch

800 N Tamiami Trl # 602 #A3950789 Diane Lyons

3700 Log Cabin Rd #C7042108 $205,000 Rise Wells

3985 Cape Cole Blvd #C7040988 $159,900 Jennifer Calenda

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2945 Woodcrest Dr #A3966345 Debbie Lane

3656 Calliandra Dr #A3975104 $205,000 Brian Loebker

4338 Madeira Ct # 3346 #A3975245 $112,500 Kristine Niehaus

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Michelle has earned her business marketing degree from the University of South Florida. She has worked for over four years with the developer of Lakewood Ranch and was manager of their Visitor Information Center. Michelle is involved in her community as a member of the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, on the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance and the Junior League of Sarasota.

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3336 Old Oak Drive MLS# A3963085 $2,749,000

12013 Thornhill Court MLS# A3972091 $360,000

4762 Watermark Lane 4765 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # A101 #A3974666 $3,100,000 Nell Leffel

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HAPPY HUNTING

YOUR NEIGHBOR Peggy Messick

by Nick Friedman and Yaryna Klimchak | Observer staff

Children find fun, treats at area Easter egg hunts Face Autism held an Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 23, at Ashton Elementary School. About 50 children played games, blew bubbles, had their faces painted and filled their buckets with Easter eggs. And families gathered for an early Easter-egg hunt after service Sunday, March 24, on the First Baptist church playground. Families ate an Easter breakfast before children ran into the playground in search of treatfilled plastic eggs.

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Peggy Messick worked in the war office at the Pentagon in 1942, during World War II.

Photos by Nick Friedman and Yaryna Klimchak

IN HER OWN WORDS “That’s my neighborhood; they are just there for you. I am very blessed. I’ve got some wonderful neighbors.”

rowing up in the small town of Lead, S.D., Peggy Messick never imagined herself working in the Pentagon, but, at 18 years old, that was exactly what Neighborhood: she was doing. Emerald Gardens Messick’s grandNEIGHBOR FOR: parents raised her 14 years in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She was engaged to her childhood sweetheart, Jack Dobson, before he was killed in World War II as a flyer. After her fiancé’s death, Messick packed her bags and went to Washington, D.C., to live with her aunt and cousin. “I was just 17,” Messick says. “I hung around the senator’s office, took the civil exam and, at 18, got a job working for the

Above: Kepler Henry examines an egg before placing it in his basket.

Above: Lisa Singeisen paints Tanner Bulliner’s face at the Face Autism event. Right: Dominic Stellwagen

war department in the Pentagon.” She worked nine hours a day, six days a week, and on Sundays, she typed telegrams to families informing them if their loved ones were wounded or dead. “I did that for five months, every Sunday, until I couldn’t take it anymore.” Messick met her husband, William Lenard Messick, in 1945 on a blind date. Messick moved to Sarasota in 1998 to be closer to her son, after her husband suffered a stroke. Messick loves her neighbors at Emerald Gardens and recalls a time she accidentally set off her alarm system. “Before I could get to it, there were bells and whistles and every neighbor had collected in front of my house to make sure I was OK,” Messick says. “That’s an example of this neighborhood.” — Yaryna Klimchak

Ali Kaiser-Andradi plays with a magic bubble wand at the Face Autism egg hunt.

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by Yaryna Klimchak | Community Editor

Sarasota resident starts Spanish theater troupe IF YOU GO Crearte Latino When: 3 p.m. Sunday, March 31 Where: Payne Park Auditorium What: ‘Quien Ayuda a Burbujita’ or ‘Who Will Help the Little Bubble’ Cost: $10 adults $5 children had family living in Sarasota. Upon moving, Rossal searched for Spanish theater in the area. “I always liked to see theater, and I always liked to see it in Spanish,” Rossal says. “I started searching for places to go, and I knew there might not be a place in Sarasota, so I looked in Tampa and Orlando, and they didn’t have it, either. The closest Spanish theater to Sarasota was in Miami. That’s when the idea came to me, that if there is nothing, why not try it?” After taking a motivational workshop in 2012, Rossal was inspired to post a casting call on Facebook for the troupe’s first play, “La Remolienda,” a comedy about three men who end up falling in love with three bar girls on their first trip into the city. To his surprise, 15 people tried out for the show, which only had nine open acting slots. “When I saw the post on Facebook, I was so excited. It was great opportunity,” said actress Norma Riquelme. Rossal also advertised in Spanish newspapers and magazines in Sarasota and posted flyers in Spanish restaurants and stores. The comedy was a hit; about 500 people showed up to watch the first three shows. “It was something that I always wanted to do, and it was very emotional because it was my first time directing and pro-

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Conquistalos: a spanish theater expression meaning to earn the crowds admiration or to conquer them

Top: The cast of “Quein Ayuda a Burbujita” Above: Director Alessandro Rossal gives the cast of “Quien Ayuda a Burbujita” a pep talk before the rehearsal. ducing the whole thing,” Rossal says. “And it was the first time for some of the actors, so it felt very anxious the first day. We weren’t expecting that many people, and

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when we saw theater almost full that day we wanted to do more of it.” The troupe’s next play, “Quien Ayuda a Burbujita,” is a children’s play about a princess who encounters a prince, villains and friends. Rossal says even if someone does not understand Spanish it is easy to follow the storyline. The actors practice 10 hours a week in each other’s homes and have formed close-knit friendships through the experience. Gisella Tavara looks forward to rehearsal after work and says that after the first play, her acting talent impressed both her husband and children. “With Alessandro’s workshops and practice, I realized that dreams are unlimited because he is making this happen,” Tavara says.

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Actors in brightly colored costumes prepare for a dress rehearsal of Crearte Latino’s second performance “Quien Ayuda a Burbujita,” which, in English, translates to “Who Will Help the Little Bubble?” The troupe doesn’t have a designated theater or a space where it can practice, but it does have a love for entertaining and performing. Tonight rain pours down on Sarasota, and the actors plans of practicing in actress Erica Alarcon’s backyard have fallen through. They move tables and chairs to the edges of her small porch and prepare to rehearse. Actors chatter in Spanish, practice lines, apply rainbows of colorful makeup and go quiet when Crearte Latino founder and Director Alessandro Rossal calls for their attention. They close their eyes and listen to Rossal help them transform into acting mode. He tells them to get into character and bring themselves to magical land where the children’s play takes place. The actors of Crearte Latino are immigrants from different corners of the Latin world and some have not performed since high school. But, under the direction of Rossal, who in 1998, graduated with a degree in acting from Universidad Popular, in Guatemala, the actors shine. In 2004, Rossal moved to New York City from Guatemala. He took a number of acting workshops in Queens, N.Y., and performed for family and friends at the end of them. He fell in love with theater when he saw his first play, “Los Arboles Mueren de Pie,” or “The Trees Die Standing,” as a child. “Acting is something you have in your heart and in your blood,” Rossal says. “I hadn’t done this in a long time, but it feels like I never stopped.” In 2009, Rossal moved to Sarasota. He wanted to raise his son, Sebastian, away from the chaos of the Big Apple, and he

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THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013

TemperatureS

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43 (1931)

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38 (1986)

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32 (1915)

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Sunrise Sunset Thurs., March 28 7:26 7:46 Fri., March 29

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According to a March 22 report, a bloom of Karenia brevis, the Florida red-tide organism, persists in Southwest Florida. No concentrations were detected alongshore Sarasota County.

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Easter Celebration

Visit these churches and houses of worship Faith Lutheran Church

Join us Easter Sunday

10:30am @ Braden River Elementary 6125 River Club Blvd Bradenton, FL 34202

EastEr sunday sErvicEs 6:45 a.m. - Sunrise Butterfly Service in the garden (bring a folding chair) 7:30 a.m. - Early Worship 9:00 a.m. - Traditional Worship 11:00 a.m. - Casual Family Worship

FREE egg hunt, live bunnies & family photo booth www.oasischurch.org

107045

Good Friday, March 29, at 7:00 pm

Living Lord Lutheran Church

From Last Supper to Last Breath

11107 Palmbrush Trail Lakewood Ranch FL 34202

Easter Sunday, March 31, at 10:00 am

Holy Week Services

107490

7750 Beneva Rd. • Sarasota, FL 34238 941-924-4664 www.faithsarasota.com

Find the Peace and Joy of Our Risen Lord

From Tears to Joy!

Palm Sunday 8, 9:15, 10:45 am Palm Crosses to be received

Easter Egg Hunt, March 31, at 11:30 am for kids

Maundy Thursday 7 pm

Foot Washing & Stripping of the Altar

Good Friday 7:00 pm Easter Celebration Sunday 8, 9:15 & 10:45 am

CELEBRATIONS AT 9Am and 11Am

(Music, Brass Quintet, By Grace, Choir & Communion)

In our new Sanctuary The Rev. Dr. Christopher Carlson, Pastor

Youth will serve pancake breakfast after all services.

Free Easter story books!

Pastor Jeff Gross

753-9365

106946

EASTER SERVICES

Dare to become the peacemakers Christ taught us to be! 941.753.7778

www.peacepcusa.org • contact@peacepcusa.org

(on the corner of Lakewood Ranch Blvd. between state routes 70 and 64)

First Congregational United Church of Christ 107437

Join Us Easter Morning 7am Sunrise Service (on the patio by the lake) 8am Continental Breakfast 9am Blended/Traditional Worship 10:30am Contemporary Worship

106944

10 am - Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm - Holy Eucharist, Foot Washing, Stripping of the Altars 8:30 pm (until noon on Good Friday) Prayer Vigil at the Altar of repose

GooD FriDAy - March 29

Palm Sunday, March 24th

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9am‐Service; 10:30‐Easter Musical

Maundy Thursday, March 28th

6pm‐“A Communion Experience”

Saturday, March 30th

EAStEr EVE - Saturday, March 30

9 to 11:15am‐Kidz Eggstravaganza

8 pm - the Great Vigil of Easter

EAStEr DAy - Sunday, March 31 7, 9, and 11 am - Festive Choral Celebrations of the Eucharist of the resurrection 1 pm - Spanish Mass

All are joyously welcome to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. 106972

10:30‐Service, Easter Brunch

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MAunDy tHurSDAy - March 28

Trinity United Methodist Church 4150 S. Shade Ave. Sarasota www.iTrinity.org • 924.7756

Easter Sunday, March 31st

Easter Sunday, 9 & 11am, adult choirs, brass quintet

The Church of the Redeemer

107432

Palm Sunday, 9 & 11 a.m. Maundy Thursday, 6pm, Holy Communion Good Friday, 12pm

Holy Week and Easter Worship

First Christian Sarasota

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107046

Peace Presbyterian Church 10902 Technology Drive, Lakewood Ranch

107379

105485

Northminster Presbyterian Church 3131 61st Street Sarasota, FL 34243 941-355-4729

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THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013

Easter Celebration

Visit these churches and houses of worship “CHRIST IS RISEN...HE IS RISEN INDEED”

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church 7461 Prospect Rd, Sarasota

JOIN US on MARCH 31st for our EASTER SERVICE - 9am & 11am

106971

Maunday Thursday - March 28 – 4:30 & 6:30 pm Good Friday - March 29 – 4:30 & 6:30 pm EasTEr sunday - MarCh 31 – 7:00, 8:00 and 10:30 am EasTEr EGG hunT sat. March 30 @10:00 am

941-355-2798 beautifulsaviorlcms.com

4041 Bahia Vista St., Sarasota

www.BahiaVistaChurch.org

Join us Easter this year to see what that might look like for YOU

107047

Life is hectic enough! We’d like to add PEACE to your life. 8:15am Traditions Service 10:30am Family Worship Service

St. Paul Lutheran Church

Palm Sunday Worship Good Friday 7:00 pm 8:30 am Traditional Service Tenebrae service 10:30 am Blended Service Children’s Easter Celebration Maundy Thursday 7:00 pm Sat., March 30 ~ 1:30 to 3:30 pm Worship Service & Easter Egg Hunt, Crafts, Easter Story and Snack Stripping of the Altar

Christ is risen! PrAise GOD!

107050

Easter Sunday Worship 7:00 am Outdoor Sunrise Service 8:30 am Traditional Resurrection Service with Brass Quartet 10:30 am Blended Resurrection Service

www.gracesarasota.com

The Tabernacle Church

Grace

Professional Parkway University Parkway 106957

6932 Professional Parkway Lakewood Ranch 941.921.5784

The Living Jesus Serves All in Worship! MAundy ThursdAy 7p.m.: Lord’s Supper communion service

Good FridAy

noon and 7 p.m.: “7 words from the cross” worship

Holy Week

holy sATurdAy

5:30 p.m.: Chapel communion service

EAsTEr sundAy

10 a.m.: “Break the fast” breakfast, kid’s egg 6:30 a.m.: SonRise hunt worship with communion 10:45 a.m.: Festival 9 a.m.: Celebration communion, trumpet, communion with praise organ band

Easter Services

107561

8:00am – Eucharist with music 10:15am – Eucharist with music & Choir 5900 N Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota, Fl Just 2 blocks south of University

106945

CHurCH oF THE NaTiviTy 941-355-3262 • www.churchofthenativity.com

Egg Hunt

Bunny Pix

Easter Story

St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church Holy Week 107499

7:45 am - Traditional 10:00 am - Family Service

Join us for joyful, family Thursday, March 28th friendly worship, 6:15 pm - Seder Meal and faithful service to Friday, March 29th Christ our Lord Noon to 3:00 pm - Good Friday Service 7:00 pm - Tenebrae Service

7:00 am - Sunrise Easter Vigil 10:00 am - Festive Easter Service

Lakewood Christian ChurCh easter weekend serviCes Good Friday Communion service 6:00 P.M. Fete Ballroom at the Polo Grille

Wednesday, March 27th

Easter Sunday, March 31st

2185 Wood Street

(along School Avenue, north of Sarasota High School) ConcordiaSarasota.org

Easter! ...

Palm Sunday, March 24th

6:00 pm - Stations of the Cross 7:00 pm - Good Friday Service

An Episcopal Church serving Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Bounce House

Concordia Lutheran Church 107624

107161

Palm Sunday – 8:00am no music 10:15am music and choir Maundy Thursday – 7:00pm Good Friday – noon & 7:00pm Holy Saturday – 5:00pm

4150 S. Shade Ave. Sarasota www.iTrinity.org • 924.7756

Kids Easter Eggstravaganza! Saturday, March 30th 9 to 11:15am

107049

Easter Events At

ccallahan@yourobserver.com Good Friday Communion Service 7 pm - Worship Center Sunrise Service On The Bay 6:30 am - Bayfront Island Park (next to Marina Jack’s) Traditional Easter Celebration Service 11 am - Worship Center 4141 DeSoto Road, Sarasota 941.355.8858 thetabsarasota.org St. Andrew United ChUrCh of ChriSt 6908 Beneva Road, Sarasota 34238| 941.922.7595 www.uccstandrew.org Palm Sunday worship Service easter egg hunt Sat., March 30 - 10:00 a.m. March 24 - 10:30 a.m. easter Sunday Maundy thursday Service worship Service March 28 7:00 p.m. March 31 - 10:30 a.m. Good friday 29 March Sanctuary open for prayer 12:00 to 3:00 Bach’s St. Matthew Passion will be played during these hours Trinity United Methodist Church

Lakewood Ranch Blvd

2256 Bahia Vista Street, Sarasota – 955-6479 – www.stpaulsarasota.org

sunrise service 7:00 A.M. San Marco Plaza

easter Celebration service 10:00 A.M. Fete Ballroom at the Polo Grille

Jesus Lives!

We look forward to meeting you!

www.stmarymagdalenes.dioswfl.org

941-302-6655

For more information please visit us at: www.lakewoodchristianchurch.net

107481

(941) 751-5048

107030

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ANNUAL RENTAL: PARK RIDGE, gated, 3BR/2.5BA townhome. Lanai, community pool, 1 car garage, office, $1550/mo. Available now. Please call 941-504-8818 or 941-400-5626.

SIESTA KEY. Luxury 2BR/2BA condo on water with boat dock, 3 minute walk to beach. Beautifully furnished and well equipped. Available immediately. Reserve now for 2014. Call 941-876-4339.

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STEPHEN M MUSCO & COMPANY, PA Tax Preparation, 1487 Second Street, Suite D. Across from Whole Foods. Call for an appointment: 941-914-1866

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* Available through December 21, 2012. Holiday weekends excluded. Based on double occupancy. Tax, tip & resort fees extra. Type of accommodation subject to availability. Bayside condominiums available at different rates. ** An 18% gratuity will be added by lunch and dinner vendors. ***Limited to one per customer.

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Business Opportunities ESTATE SALE Siesta Key Estate Sale in ‘Sandy Hook‘ Fri. and Sat., 9:00-2:00. 112 Sandy Hook South. There is No parking in Sandy Hook, you must park on lot across the street from entrance or in Village, shuttle service for handicap.

FOR RENT: Small Studio on Water - Siesta Key. Yearly lease, $600/mo. + utilities and laundry. References required. 941-685-9940.

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Maitland-Smith chinoiserie coffee table, old Mary Gregory glass, vintage daisy & button pressed glass, ruby glass, oval mahogany dining table with chairs, mahogany breakfront, grandfather clock, 2 twin bed sets, 3 chandeliers, oak 1900s hall tree/umbrella stand, love seat, lamps, pine chest & dresser, miniature oil lamps, Kindel full bedroom set, nice desk, paintings, 4 nice bikes, vintage Jordan Brown patio furniture, vintage table, stroller, crib, area rug, easy chairs, dinette set, Bollenbach barometer, fishing rods, vacuum, dehumidifier, linens, lady’s clothes & accessories, extension ladder, & kitchenware.

Condos/Apts. For Rent BAY VIEW: 2BR/1BA updated condo with water, sewer, cable, close to all, unfurn. 941-914-1759. CASTEL DEL MARE: NEAR SIESTA KEY. Furnished, large garden 1BR unit with waterviews. Lanai. Available 4/1/13 to 12/31/13. $1400/mo. Purchase option. 847-651-1929.

SENIOR LOOKING to purchase precious metals, time pieces, coins, jewelry and antiques. Please call Marc, 941-321-0707.

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SIESTA KEY Condo: 1BR, furnished, walk to beach, shopping, restaurants. Pool, laundry, on ground floor. Available June 1st. Pictures available. 586-744-5488.

STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area. 941-809-3660, 941-809-3662.

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Manufactured Homes FULLY FURNISHED Manufactured Home 2BR/2BA. Ideal location, attractively priced. Walk across the street to the community swimming pool and clubhouse. Sit in the front lanai and enjoy the lake view and a Sarasota sunset. Located in Park East Club, an active 55+ community. Adjacent to shopping mall, dining and movie theaters. $29,900. Call Carolyn at 941-924-2455.

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BOAT HOUSE on Longboat Key, Unit 2124, on first level. For Rent or Sale. 708-267-6704.

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Help Wanted HOUSEKEEPER - We are looking for a mature couple to take care of a very high end residence in Sarasota. Must be highly experienced in maintaining top quality fixtures and appliances, caring for antique accessories, etc. Laundry, expert ironing, and serving at an occasional formal dinner party required. Excellent pay and a long term position. Please send resume and references (references will not be contacted until after an interview) to P.O. Box 15280, Sarasota, Fl. 34277. If not highly qualified please do not apply.

JAN PRO CLEANING FRANCHISE: $950 Down Required, Financing Available for growth, Includes customers. Earn up to $10,000 Month+ Call 941-907-8141

Help Wanted HAIRSTYLIST BOOTH rent or commission. Great salon, great location. State Road 70. Call 941-755-5339. HOUSECLEANER for Company. Car needed, Approx. $300-$400/wk. Experience required. Background Checked. Call Drew 941-445-5844. in the

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LONGBOAT KEY: Waterfront: 2BR/2.5BA, City/Bay Views; elevator; hardwood floors; 2200sq.ft., 2 docks, beach access. You will be Surprised!! Bank approved. $1,230,000. Brokers paid. 941-650-9761. VILLA: 55+, SARASOTA STRATHMORE RIVERSIDE VILLAS 2BR/2BA Move-in condition. 2 Small pets okay. Clubhouse, heated pool. Inland water access at Marina. Close to shopping and Siesta Key. $119,500 941-735-1668

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and pool home or 3 bedroom, 2 Car garage, pool home. Short distance to Siesta Key Beach and the Village Easy access to all parts of Siesta Key., just off midnight pass road. Secure you own piece of paradise on this wonderful island before it is gone. MLSA3974750 lot $259,000 MLS#A3974753 lot $250,000

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Spice Bay

Sarasota Real Estate

1220 Sharswood Lane, Siesta Key

over $2 Million

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SPICE BAY, a private gated enclave of only 14 home sites on Siesta Key, features

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The Bonaire, a truly luxurious residence with a Dutch West Indies architectural style by renowned Architect Stofft Cooney. Expertly crafted by Perrone Construction, this beautiful home offers the very best of everything! The Bonaire exudes a sense of casual elegance, designed with the idea of promoting indoor-outdoor living. Each of the four bedrooms features an en suite bath. Guest quarters, separate from the main residence, offer your guests maximum privacy. The spacious outdoor living room with fireplace overlooks a fabulous pool and water features. Also included is your own boat slip with easy access to Little Sarasota Bay. $2,349,000

Mark L. McCann

941.387.1803 • lkoy@coldwellbanker.com

Broker ~ Associate

Voted 5-Star Best in Client Satisfaction 2013

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Making Things Happen On Siesta Key... I

Sheri Lasley and Bob Ruiz

N T E R N A T I O N A L

The real estate market on Siesta Key is HOT! The low number of properties available, combined with a robust demand, and the fact that we are into our high season makes this an ideal time to market your property. If you have an interest in selling or know of someone who may be considering selling or buying, we hope you will call us.

We have ready buyers!

Your Resident Siesta Key Specialists

9397 Midnight Pass Road, Unit 506

Enjoy incomparable Gulf and Bay views from this completely and beautifully renovated two bedroom, two bath condo on the south end of Siesta. Docks, kayak and canoe racks are available. The Pointe on Midnight Pass. $399,000. MLS#A3974657

Sheri: 941.400.4186 SheriLasley@aol.com

1248 Northport Drive

A short walk to Siesta Beach and just 3 doors from the intracoastal waterway on sailboat water, this charming 3 bedroom, 2½ bath pool home is ideal for the boating and beach enthusiast. Located in exclusive Royal Palm Harbor $999,000. MLS#A3969984

Bob: 941.544.3299 RobertRuizRR@aol.com

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KLAUS LANG Certified International Property Specialist

Siesta Key Jewel

Realtor®

Boating and beach front properties and competitive pricing... Spice Bay, a gated and maintenance free bayfront community on Siesta Key LOT 14 LOT 8 LOT 7 LOT 6

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 Only 7 homesites are left in this West Indies Wonderful, friendly complex directly across from the entrance to beach. Delightful ground floor 2/2 comes turnkey furnished. Appealing heated pool area. Easy walk to SK Village. $474,500 MLSA3968509.

style commu6ity. Choose your own architect or builder.Boat slips are available.

G ulf Front Family Retreat on S iesta Key

Call Shirley for details.

 Gulf front family retreat of almost 7,000 sq ft,

941.587.9288 shirleydab@comcast.net

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Rare Waterfront 4B/4.5BA, Gorgeously newly renovated granite Kitchen w/breakfast nook overlooking the Intercoastal Waterway & boat basin. Wake up in the Master Bedroom to beautiful water views. Enjoy the 45 ft. fishing pier & boat dock or relax around the cool waters of the pool. This is a must see Sarasota home that boasts “Life in Paradise”.

Florida 1 Realty

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located on 150+ feet on south Siesta Beach offers breathtaking sunset views. Step right out of the house onto a beach of crystal white sand. Double lot will allow for construction of a tennis court or a guest house or could be sold off as a buildable home site. Home offers five BR and five BA and is in immaculate condition. $ 4,990,000

Shirley Dabringhaus

Florida 1 Realty Florida 1 Realty

1261 Riegel’ s Landing Drive Sarasota, FL 34242 Listing Price: $2,399,000 MLS #:s A3966174 1261 1261 Riegel’ Riegel’ s Landing Landing Drive Drive Sarasota, FL 34242 Sarasota, FL 34242 Listing Price: $2,399,000 Listing Price: $2,249,000 MLS #: A3966174 MLS #: A3966174

Office: (941) 306-0007 FEATURED FEATURED PROPERTY PROPERTY Mobile: (941) 962-4769 SSchuhriemen@FL1Realty.com

Scott Scott Schuhriemen Schuhriemen

Office: (941) 306-0007 Office: (941) 306-0007 Mobile: (941) 962-4769 Mobile: (941) 962-4769

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Nobridges bridgesto toSarasota Sarasota Bay, Bay, Big Big Pass Pass and and Gulf Gulf of of Mexico. Mexico. No One Acre Acre homesite homesite One MLS#:A3968112 A3968112 $975,000 $975,000 MLS#:

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Tropical Shores, Shores, Full Full Bay Bay Views, Views, 10x6 10x6 Granite Granite Center Center Island Island Tropical Gourmet Kitchen, Kitchen, 4Br/3Full 4Br/3Full Baths/2Half Baths/2Half Baths Baths Gourmet Pool && dock dock with with 22 lifts. lifts. 4,191 4,191 SF SF Pool MLS# A3963036 A3963036 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 MLS#

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9230 Blind PaSS rOad, SieSta Key Enjoy the splendors of paradise! Incredible package of homes available on Siesta Key! Main home is 4B/5.5BA/2CG at 7,845 sf $4,999,000. Two other guest homes reside on the property both include their own private dock and bay access and also a gulf front vacant lot. Each parcel can be sold separately if interested. $10,188,000.

6931 BOchi circle SieSta Key, Fl 34242 Siesta Key new construction $13,500,000 for entire subdivision. Call for rental history. Coronas Park is a brand new walled and gated, maintenance-free community of 13 lots total with 4 completed homes on magnificent Siesta Key. Individual home are available for $1,300,000 1,490,000 Individual homes are available for sale.

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4225 higel ave, SieSta Key Perfect

Location, luxury, and lifestyle. This is a gorgeous 5B/5.5BA/3CG custom built pool home within the gates of Siesta Estates is in close proximity to the world famous Siesta Key Beach! Bring your beach bag and your flip flops and stay a while!

Enjoy breathtaking views from your 12th Story balcony with full views of the Gulf of Mexico. This fantastic 3B/2BA unit was recently remodeled from floor to ceiling. Just down the road from America’s #1 beach.

piece of paradise to build your custom Utopia! Rarely available waterfront 1 acre pristine lot. Property includes a key to private deed beach access. Builder package available with lot for 4B/4BA 4,000sf at $2,850,000. price at

$1,249,000.

$949,900.

$1,595,000.

2412 Bay drive BradentOn, Fl Newly constructed home on Sarasota Bay with Panoramic Bay views. Ready to accommodate your family with 2 private docks, pool, spa, large private balconies, gourmet kitchen, and a great open floor plan. $1,595,000.

Brandy Coffey

ABR,CIPS,CLHMS,CRS,RSPS,TRC Licensed Real Estate Broker Keller Williams Luxury Homes International

9 Fillmore Dr. St. Armands Circle, Sarasota, Fl 34236

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Judie Berger

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Trust THE REALTOR WITH PROVEN RESULTS. . . “Our friends and neighbors were absolutely astounded at Judie’s professionalism, creativity and knowledge of what needed to be done—from staging the house for sale to

3935 Shell Road - $6,500,000

Siesta Key Gulf front gated estate on over 3/4 acre with private lagoon and luxurious 7,100 s.f. home built in 2006

short sale

13211 Palmers Creek Terrace - $1,895,000

identifying the right buyers.

452 Canal Road - $1,195,000

Custom desirable country club estate pool home 6 beds/5.5 baths, on private preserve lot

Partial gulf views - Newer Siesta Key pool home within blocks of Siesta Beach and Siesta Village. 5 beds/3.5 baths

under contract

sold

We highly recommend Judie to anyone who is serious about buying or selling homes... She is fabulous.” Walter & Marian Kristlibas Siesta Key, FL and Pearl River, NY

7305 Iguana Drive - $875,000

Enjoy nature in this 5 beds/3.5 baths home on 5+ acres and pond. Full guest house, RV garage, tennis court

7220 Proctor Road

5300 sq. ft. casually elegant estate on 2.5 acres, built 2007, 2 ponds, 15 minutes to Siesta Key. 4-5 beds/4.5 baths

Top producer on SieSTa Key - premier SoTheby’S inTernaTional realTy a leader in SaraSoTa reSidenTial SaleS VoTed SaraSoTa magazine’S FiVe STar agenT “beST in clienT SaTiSFacTion” 7 yearS in a row Specializing in luxury marKeTing and negoTiaTion diScreeT conSulTaTionS

5128 Windward Avenue

Charming Siesta Key waterfront pool home on quiet street. 4 beds/3 baths with updated kitchen and bonus room

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941.479.3880

Judie Berger

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HOMESOFSARASOTA.com Sotheby’s International Realty and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered service marks used with permission. Each office is independently owned and operated. Equal Housing Opportunity.

PeteR laughlin has built a stellar reputation providing one-of-a kind opportunities in Sarasota’s luxury home market since 1990. He consistently assists buyers and sellers in making choices that positively impacts their lifestyles and wealth. contact Peter via email at peter.laughlin@sothebysrealty.com, or by phone at 941.356.8428.

Pending SaleS 912 Blvd. of the Arts, 6 $795,000 2315 Mietaw Dr $375,000 3928 Solymar Dr, Lot 6 $595,000

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Pending 7045 Portmarnock Place $3,275,000 This captivating home is the ultimate in luxury living in the distinct golf course community of Lakewood Ranch Country Club.

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916 INDIaN BEaCH DRIVE 600 FEET oN THE Bay 5 aCRES $12,900,000

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