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American Cancer Society: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

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Sarasota Season Of Sculpture Opens "Under Azure Skies"

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Michael Saunders, Sheryl Vieira, Budd Moore

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Kurt Wenner, Anomorphic Chalk Artist

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Revised American Disabilities Act Regulations: Effecting Public Outdoor Recreational Areas

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i n v iintva i tt a tii o o nno no l yn ly Kacey Krznaric: The Power of the Written Word

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When Kacey Krznaric writes, it is with absolute purpose. Outgoing and highly communicative, she is adept at penning an array of projects including professional development pieces such as resumes and cover letters, business papers and academic materials. A regular contributor to REAL Magazine, her work has also been featured in print and online publications and utilized in organizations including Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Kacey recently completed Chatham University’s Master of Professional Writing program, and looks forward to continuing to utilize real-world skills and an innate ability to identify the story behind every piece of written work she produces.

Like so many other writers, discovering her talents was a gradual process for Kacey. “I should have known,” she quips. “My mother was an English teacher and even as a child I was copy editing everything I read, revising sentences to make them sound better.”

Still, she pursued a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh before coming to the realization that her passion for writing was careerworthy stuff.

Mired at a personal and professional crossroads, Kacey engaged in some serious soul searching and realized that change was in order. This prompted her decision to pursue formal training in the craft of writing. “I have thoroughly enjoyed the process of developing my skills and honing my style,” she reveals. Chatham University’s intensive, focus-driven program was an ideal fit for Kacey, whose ability to blend creativity with professional objectivity has enabled her to build a flourishing client base. Among those who have utilized Kacey’s talents are college professors, graduate school applicants, business owners and corporate professionals. Her solid financial background has proven an invaluable asset in her writing regime; Kacey has worked closely with marketing teams at companies like Raymond James, helping to ensure that interdepartmental and consumer-based collateral pieces are documented appropriately and effectively.

Contrary to what many may believe, writing is far from a solitary activity.

Nowhere is this more evident than in Kacey’s professional projects. A collaborative approach keeps her on track and in tune with each client’s unique wants and needs, and ongoing communication ensures that every piece she writes is appropriately tailored. “I consider myself to be a partner to each client with whom I work,” explains Kacey, who engages in open dialogue before launching the writing process. “The first step is always to understand what, exactly, my client wants.

From there, I do my best to bring that vision to fruition.”

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each project on track. Highly organized and detail-oriented, she is adept at garnering the information and resources necessary to complete her pieces with efficacy and style. She is also comfortable working in a team atmosphere with other writing and marketing professionals, helping to develop a common voice that ensures continuity in the pieces she contributes. As an editor and proofreader Kacey is concise yet kind, a knowledgeable professional who focuses on maintaining her clients’ presence in the pieces she pens. “Many people are good writers who just need a little support,” she notes. “I love being the person who can help them communicate on their terms.”

Prose is architecture, not interior decoration. ~Ernest Hemingway She is a creative writer at heart, cultivating poems and essays that capture sensory details with uncanny accuracy. Her work has been featured in The Anthology and is highlighted on her blog, Quill Pen. Pennsylvania-born Kacey enthusiastically reveals that she has found her home in the Gulf Coast, a region well suited to her active lifestyle. An avid runner, she has completed numerous marathons and halfmarathons around the country. Kacey also enjoys time with her beloved dogs Henry and Molly, whom she rescued from local shelters.

Kacey looks forward to continued work with Ed Bertha and REAL Magazine, and to expanding her writing repertoire with individuals and businesses throughout the region. Her solid skills provide an ideal foundation for virtually any written project.

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Kurt Wenner, Anamorphic Chalk Artist

By Ed Bertha

Kurt Wenner is a master artist and architect famous for inventing threedimensional pastel drawings, a form of anamorphic art, or the art of illusion. In reality his work is the logical mathematical continuation of “the perspective”. In town for the Sarasota Chalk Festival Kurt Wenner gets REAL. EB: Why Rhode Island School of Design?

KW: I wanted to study with David McCauley, who wrote many books on cathedrals, how things work, and that interested me. I liked how he used his writing to explain things. He’d make a story about things people didn’t know about. I read his first book when I was really young. It was about a gothic cathedral where he illustrated the story of building the cathedral, all the steps and things that occurred during the construction.

A lot of people have done it since but he was the first.

EB: Kurt reflect back on your time at NASA. KW: When I was at NASA I drew unmanned spacecraft; Voyager, extraterrestrial vehicles that traveled to Jupiter and Saturn. At that time there was no CGI, no computer graphics or CAD. We sat there with ruling pens and drew all the spacecraft for the missions, by hand. They did the calculations with slide rules back then, too. In the past few years I realized it was the last days of a very long tradition where NASA hired artists to draw the spacecraft. It actually was the end of a longer tradition going back maybe 2,000 years, and it just kind of abruptly ended with the advent of computers and computer graphics.

EB: Tell us about your voyage into classical art.

KW: When I went to school I studied with some of the last people in any academic environment that did classically-based figurative drawing. I loved it and thought it was tremendously important. The more I looked at it the more I realized it was another tradition where we had maybe 2,000 years of human experience wrapped up in this particular kind of art, that we just kind of discarded all of a sudden. It was so interesting, a big part of our human experience. So I started to study it to understand what we gave up, what we lost in a way. And that voyage landed me in 18

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Rome where I started street painting to pay for my studies.

EB: How did your 3D street art evolve?

KW: The first two years I copied masterpieces, very classical images based on the history of Italian art.

Slowly I started experimenting with the perspective, part of a larger basis of geometry that I always enjoyed in my life. Combining the perspective with street and the classical drawings, that’s what created 3D pavement art. Slowly it crossed the world and created a new art form.

EB: What is the most challenging aspect of rendering chalk in 3D? KW: The most challenging aspect is you don’t see what you are doing. You have to understand it intellectually. When you are sitting on the ground there is almost no possibility to judge what you are doing by eye. You are really using your mind to know you are doing the right thing. So for me the challenge is to sit in one place for eight hours and just move the drawing along; to be able to do it without standing up and looking at it. The business of stepping back and judging by eye what you are doing doesn’t exist and doesn’t apply to this particular art form. You have no chance to do that.

seem to be getting bigger though.

EB: What do you like best about the Sarasota Chalk Festival?

KW: I started the first chalk festival in the U.S. in Santa Barbara (CA) in 1987. My vision was to bring in many artists from abroad and make it a real showcase for what people were doing around the world. It never got to that. What Denise (Kowal) does is take the art form more seriously and fly in people who have different experiences, making it a much more important event. Instead of just having one headline artist and a bunch of local artists, you have people from around the world coming here. For many of the artists it is the first time they have seen each other’s work. So she’s not only creating an event for Sarasota, but an event that will actually have an influence on the art form itself, which is what the other events haven’t managed to do.

EB: What’s next for Kurt Wenner?

KW: I’m writing a book on artist geometry. It starts at the very

beginning of geometry, in the ancient world, to the present day with CAD and computers. The idea is at different times, when there’s been an invention, the drawing board was an invention, the T-Square was an invention, each one of these inventions cuts the past off. So a lot of knowledge was lost over the centuries. For example with the invention of numbers ancient geometry was damaged. When numbers were invented we could add and subtract and when Arabic numbers came to Europe it kind of destroyed the ancient way of doing things. In my book I’m collecting all this knowledge, because if you are not mechanically drawing things the problem is you don’t get a feeling for the underlying issues and problems.

In other words what was intuitive to an artist when they were actually using a T-Square and straight edge is not intuitive to someone when they are using a computer. So if you want to use a computer, and still want understand proportions and points of view, you have to study them to understand them.

EB: What is your largest work of art and how long did it take to complete?

KW: You can see it over here. Let me show you. The largest work I’ve done was Greenpeace in Belgium. You can see how large it is. That’s a person standing on it. Greenpeace is twentytwo meters round and it took about three weeks of work, eight to ten hours a day. You need to work a lot because the artwork doesn't last that long, so you need to go quickly. I try to complete five meters a day when I am working, so that’s three and one half feet by ten feet. I don’t put my stock in making huge pieces, but the client, Greenpeace, wanted it huge.

My personal favorite size is sixteen to twenty feet by twenty feet. That’s where I’m most comfortable and feel more relaxed doing it. Recently they

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per p esr p s pee c c tt i viev s es Revised American Disabilities Act Regulations: Effecting Public Outdoor Recreational Areas

By William Henry PhD Past ‘Safe Harbored Area’ No Longer Exempt Having served for many years as a forensic ‘court certified’ expert concerning design and construction litigation I am continually surprised by the on-going case law as it evolves-- sometimes daily. Being in a so called ‘creative profession’ I am continually struck by the unusual issues surrounding much construction litigation. I often tell clients that I am not creative enough to have made up some of the drama surrounding these cases—whether it includes wrongful death in non-code compliant hospitals, tragic slip and fall incidents, owner/ contractor disputes, landlord/ tenant evictions or land use regulatory changes threatening neighborhood cohesion.

Plaintiff in Slip and Fall Incident at Well known Pool Side Resort received no Reward from Jury Several Years ago Several years ago I was called by attorneys representing a very well known Tampa Bay area restaurant. The restaurant was well known for its pool side happy hour parties along a Tampa Bay/Gulf of Mexico sea wall. While the band played one Saturday evening a woman propped a poolside plastic lawn chair up next to a flag pole. The leg of the chair wedged between the flag pole and the pool deck pavers. When the woman tilted her chair back one leg of the chair sunk into the sand pit around the flag pole and the chair tipped over throwing her into a roped guard rail above the sea wall.

The lady fell through the ropes. To break her fall she apparently severely sprained one or her wrists. Soon thereafter she retained local counsel and alleged career threatening Carpel Tunnel Syndrome emanating from an ADA violation. The suit when on to describe how this was perpetrated by the restaurant and land

lord. Her attorney pointed to code issues governing handicap compliant rails. The defense I prepared was based on outdoor elements ‘safe harbored’ under the 1991 Standards. Outdoor recreational pool decks were not part of the built environment, I reasoned to the jury. Therefore as poorly fabricated as the rope cordoning off the pool deck from the rocky sea edge below at the resort may have been, it was NOT subject to ADA code compliance. I opined that since the pool deck was not required to have an accessible route, then the rope barrier wasn’t required to be handicap compliant— (a certain height (42’’) with grab rails and such). Over the objections of plaintiff’s counsel, I deflected his demand to speculate as to the safety of the design if the pool deck had been on an accessible route. “Would it (the guard rail) then need to be ADA compliant?” he asked. I countered that it didn’t have to be-- period.

The jury found no basis for an award and ruled in favor of the defendant. Bottom line—she got nothing.

Code Changes This code change has caused public entities around the State of Florida to begin the arduous task of updating their accessibility plans and creating capital improvement budgets that fund outdoor recreational area upgrades to comply by the March 2012 deadline. Areas affected that were previously exempted under the safe harbor provisions, element by element, include but are not limited to the following; 1) Amusement rides 2) Recreational boating facilities 3) Swimming pools, wading pools, and spas 4) Shooting facilities with firing 5) Exercise machines and equipment 6) Fishing piers and platforms 7) Golf facilities 8) Miniature golf facilities 9) Play areas 10) Saunas and steam rooms 11) Miscellaneous -Team or player seating -Accessible route to bowling lanes -Accessible route in court sports facilities

Under Today’s Regulatory Changes in the ADA Code the Plaintiff May Have Prevailed in a Multi-Million Dollar Award Against the Pool Side Owners What has many savvy Legal Counselors alarmed is a looming deadline that will expose many public entities to the type of litigation described above. In fact if subjected to the new 2010 standards, which will go into effect on March 15, 2012, I may not have prevailed. The insurance company may have been subjected to an enormous award and the landlords charged for a flagrant ADA violation for jeopardizing the health, safety and welfare of the public. Investigations from the Justice Department, penalties, costly repairs, and a large liability for damages would have possibly ensued.

Many advocates in the physically challenged community are monitoring public meeting notes to assess compliance measures by public entities, or a lack thereof, in anticipation of a new round of accessibility violations and litigation. RGA is currently working with many Community Development Districts, which in fact are public bodies, across the State of Florida to help them prepare plans and successfully address these code changes. At RGA, we have the capabilities and experience to: 1) Assess the various improvements and/or alterations constructed since 1991 2) Prescribe design cures to all noncompliant occurrences 3) Implement compliance strategies utilizing design and construction techniques

Reliable Group, LLC Architects AA# 0003523 is a well-known architectural and construction management firm based in Tampa, Florida. RGA is headed by Dr. William Henry, both an architect and certified expert witness who issues opinions and testimony concerning design and construction related matters. Having designed over 250 landmark buildings in the state of Florida, he has represented and testified for both plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving code violations such as associated with design and construction defects as well as American Disabilities Act – A‘ DA’ violations. William Henry, PhD (Bill) may be reached at (813) 226.2220 or bhenry@rga-design.com.

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Michael Saunders Keynotes Casey Key Realtor Gathering Deborah Beacham, of Michael Saunders and Company, opened the doors of Casey Key’s Casa Salamanca to area Realtors for a preview of the stunning estate. REAL Magazine’s Ed Bertha kicked the event off and introduced the group to WWSB ABC 7 news anchor Lauren Dorsett.

Lauren immediately put her American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer chairperson hat on and encouraged attendees to get involved and help put an end to breast cancer.

Deborah Beacham, Michael Saunders, Ed Bertha and Lauren Dorsett

Host Deborah Beacham then took the stage and gave the group an overview of Casa Salamanca; from the imported handmade materials originating in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, to the home’s most unique and dramatic pool and outdoor entertaining area.

Namesake Michael Saunders next provided the group with a unique market update highlighting the shifting of wealth and the continued impact of international buyers.

One couldn’t help getting motivated at the end of her presentation.

The gathering was sponsored by: Bob Lambert - MSC Mortgage, C/M/S Photography, Innovative Agent Services, Key Concierge, Kitchens by Kerrie, Manatee Printers, Murray Homes and Patterson Appraisal Group. The event was catered by Sarasota Catering Company.

Sheryl Vieira Joins Caldwell Trust Company Caldwell Trust Company announced that Sheryl Vieira joined the firm as marketing manager. Vieira is responsible for all aspects of Caldwell’s marketing, advertising, corporate sponsorships, special events, public relations opportunities and social media. Since joining the company she initiated several new initiatives and has assisted Forty Carrots with “The Digital Dilemma,” a free educational community outreach program for which Caldwell Trust Company was the presenting sponsor.

“Caldwell Trust Company considers personal attention a hallmark of our relationships with our clients and community. As our company grows, we know Sheryl will maintain and even enhance our strong ties within the community,” Kelly Caldwell, chief executive officer and president, says.

Vieira may be reached at (941) 493.3600 or sheryl@ctrust.com.

Bank Of America Home Loans Expands Budd Moore’s Territory After only a little over one year in his current position, Bank of America Home Loans granted Home Loans Manager, Budd Moore, two additional counties. Moore is now the Home Loans Manger for Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, and Collier counties. He oversees the relationship of retail mortgage lending with 87 banking centers and 22 mortgage loan officers along the west coast of Florida.

Moore received the expanded territory of Lee and Collier counties due to his high standards, customer service, ability to effortlessly adjust in the changing mortgage market, and his proficient skill as a true leader for his loan officers.

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Habitat For Humanity Sarasota Beneficiary Of Cadence Bank Philanthropy Cadence Bank announced an investment of $45,000 over the next three years in Habitat for Humanity Sarasota to help underwrite ReStore operating expenses.

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“Our donation to Habitat for Humanity Sarasota reflects our company’s commitment to help make homeownership a reality for low-income Renee Snyder and Bruce Page individuals and families,” said Bruce Page, Cadence Bank’s president and chief executive officer in Sarasota and Bradenton.

“Cadence Bank and our employees are committed to making a difference in the communities where we live and work, and we feel our relationship with Habitat Sarasota will help build a stronger community.”

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“We are so grateful for the support of Cadence Bank,” said Renee Snyder, executive director of Habitat for Humanity Sarasota. “Cadence’s commitment will help us fulfill our mission and serve more families in need of affordable housing. The ReStore serves as an additional method of funding Habitat’s work here in Sarasota, which leads to a greater number of homes built each year. We look forward to a great partnership with Cadence as we work together to eliminate substandard housing.”

Bond Restaurant Opens In Burns Court Owner Ed Pandos opened Bond restaurant in the space previously occupied by Citrus Cafe in the Burns Court/Herald Square section of Sarasota.

Bond’s menu is straight forward, featuring salads, sandwiches and soups. Throw in tapas, assorted cheeses and daily devil eggs, Bond makes for a delightful experience. Look for an upcoming wine bar in the courtyard to compliment the large outdoor dining area.

Walk-ins are welcome and reservations are accepted. You know the moment you walk in the door that you are going to have a good time. Bond is located at 543 South Pineapple Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236, (941) 954.1819, www.bondsrq.com.

Sarasota’s Big Cat Habitat Has Absolutely No Connection With Tampa’s Big Cat Rescue The nonprofit Big Cat Habitat and Gulf Coast Sanctuary, known for rescuing exotic and other animals that traditional shelter’s will not take is the victim of mistaken identity.

“People are confusing Big Cat Habitat with Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, which is the subject of recent negative news reports about fundraising and animal husbandry practices,” said Kay Rosaire, founder of Big Cat Habitat, which has no affiliation with Big Cat Rescue.

“Our family has worked with and cared for animals for nine generations, and Big Cat Habitat and Gulf Coast Sanctuary grew out of my desire to rescue big cats with whom I’ve worked for more than 30 years,” Rosaire said. “Today, we rescue much more than just big cats and provide a permanent home for every animal we take in.”

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More information is available at www.bigcathabitat.org or by calling (941) 371.6377.

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The alarm goes off and another day begins in Kelly’s life. Is there a better way to start the morning than having breakfast in bed?

Especially when today it is her daughter’s birthday, making this little family get together all that more special. Family time soon ends, the car gets packed and it’s off to school.

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Racing. No, it’s not the automotive form or timed sprints. It is the life of Kelly Gettel. A business woman, philanthropist and mother, this energetic spirit knows no limit.

Briskly walking into the room, Kelly carries an air of confidence, yet radiates unmistakable charm. Once

settled in, you soon are enveloped by her keen sense of humor.

The daughter of Mark and Gail Henderson, fourth generation self made real estate entrepreneurs, she has worked in the family business since age sixteen traveling the country auctioning properties.

“My daughter has taught me that every day is a gift”

“Exercising is the only time that I have to take care of myself”

Returning home Kelly leaves her townhouse and jogs to the gym. An avid runner for some time, the gym also plays an important role in Kelly’s life. Beyond the physical benefits, exercising provides an outlet to relieve stress and a way to clear and energize her mind. In the midst of circuit training Kelly takes a breather, hydrates and enjoys an apple before moving on to the next station.

Walking back to Burns Court from home, Kelly stops at one of her favorite boutiques for a touch up. Stylist Amanda Vincent makes a few suggestions and preps Kelly for the remainder of the day.

When she heads out the door of the salon, Kelly will certainly look her best matching the property scheduled for showing later in the day.

“I can always count on a good laugh with Amanda”

A quick change of clothes and it’s off to the office. This morning Kelly meets with sales associate Kristine Saldivar and Taking Stock in Children executive director Diana Dill.

They discuss the upcoming 10K run/walk fundraiser that previously raised over $100,000, a number she plans to beat.

“I started the 10K run/walk and it’s close to my heart”

Rounding the corner Kelly glances at her iPhone and realizes she has time for a quick lunch.

Scanning the area she immediately makes a bee line to a local café. Once inside Kelly orders a quick pick-me-up, and ponders the menu. With a dinner event scheduled that evening, she decides a salad is the best choice for lunch.

“It’s great finding a few extra minutes to grab a cup of coffee and catch up”

Conducting sales for an estate previously owned by Jackie Gleason, to handling bids from the likes of Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas, the firm’s business practices enabled Kelly to gain a solid foundation in conducting real estate transactions.

Looking back Kelly shares her most memorable moments so far are a one day auction producing a combined $23 million in sales, and a one week auction in Atlanta where 88 properties changed hands.

A year ago Kelly took the reins of Auction World USA and now calls the shots. If running an auction business weren’t enough, she also operates her own real estate brokerage, Kelly Gettel & Co. It’s no wonder her phone rang a dozen times in the last fifteen minutes!

Getting the travel bug from the auction business, Kelly enjoys traveling, time permitting. Some of her favorite destinations are: New York City; theater, Chicago; architectural tours, San Francisco; history and Los Angeles; friends. She confides that with her daughter international travel is out of the question now.

Showing her adventurous side Kelly enjoys parasailing, bungee jumping, sky diving, snowboarding and paragliding. Counterbalancing the adrenaline rush are her therapeutic activities: cooking, painting and gardening. Activities shared with her daughter when she needs some down time.

Anxious, Kelly gets up, starts pacing, ready to move on. I notice her shoes.

Red with four inch spike heels, they demand attention. Inquiring I learn that they are from Jimmy Choo, purchased during a trip to New York City. Laughing, she shares her love of shoes and quips, “I can run in high heel shoes!”

Let’s run with Kelly Gettel.

“I love clean lines and I love form”

Returning to her car Kelly’s eye catches two pieces of contemporary furniture while window shopping.

Intrigued the chairs may add ambience to the office, she must know more about them.

Jack Vinales literally lends a hand as he informs Kelly about the history of the 1950 era “Jason” chair. Disappointed the chairs don’t fit the office décor she moves on.

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Driving down Main Street Kelly sees Lotus, a chic, stylish boutique, and decides a new blouse is in order for tonight’s dinner.

A parking spot opens up and she takes it.

Indicating she is in a rush to show property, store owner Wendy Getchell quickly helps Kelly through the myriad of choices and colors. Kelly settles on two blouses, checking the color in the daylight. Will it be the lavender or fuchsia?

“Wendy has a great sense of style”

“I always like to stay one step ahead by previewing properties before a showing”

Still managing to stay on schedule Kelly arrives at the listing early, turning on lights, opening blinds and making sure the bay front residence presents its best.

Having visited the residence previously, she still reviews the property details one more time before her clients arrive. Who knows but by the time you read this story the condo just might be her client’s new home

Kelly Gettel & Company

Setting a New Standard One can’t help notice the sleek contemporary lines and modern artwork entering the offices of Kelly Gettel & Co. Most prominent is the golden rule of the firm, delivering unmatched client service. From the start, Kelly Gettel, the firm’s broker/owner, set out to provide her customers, buyers and sellers as well as their real estate agents, with a new level of service.

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It is with this insight that she formed Kelly Gettel & Co., a world-class company, staffed by a small and talented group of real estate professionals, joined by the mission to provide individualized customer service to local, national and international clients looking to buy and sell residential real estate.

“When I opened Kelly Gettel and Company, I wanted to offer a quality, high-end experience in marketing and service. Our model is based upon client service and executing that facet better than any other firm,” states Kelly. “If it means rescheduling our day to accommodate a client’s schedule, we’ll do so,” she adds.

Kelly Gettel & Co. focuses on a wide variety of residential properties including, but not limited to, high-end, luxury and waterfront properties. At Kelly Gettel & Co. the purchase or sale of a property is more than a transaction. It is an opportunity to build long-lasting relationships with their clients. That is why Kelly ensures that her firm’s clients are treated with the highest level of customer service. “Where else do you see the broker/owner attending listing appointments or showings?” she asserts.

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From Kelly’s heart comes Kelly Gettel & Co’s. commitment to help support various charitable foundations working to help individuals in need throughout the community. She and her staff allocate their time, energy,

and resources to in an effort to give back to these organizations.

“Our company’s philanthropic involvement includes sponsoring charity events in order to raise much needed funds for a variety of causes such as assisting underprivileged children. Our goal is to identify and support more charitable causes through each transaction we close,” she offers.

Despite the plan for growth, Kelly is not simply looking to add numbers to her agent roster. “I have made a very conscientious decision

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to grow the company based upon my standard of performance,” she explains. “My plan is to grow to a total of ten to twelve agents, or agent teams. Whereas other companies may want to have as many sales associates as possible, I believe that the market is best served with a select group of highly productive agents who are collaborating with each other and have well defined market areas and expertise.

I have a tremendous amount of respect for the service that REALTORS® perform,” Kelly says matter of factly.

“I have a defined plan of where I am taking the company,” continues Kelly. “I’m proud to say that our agents, as well as our clients, are sharing that vision.”

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By Sheila Venancia

The secret to great haircuts is two-fold; first you must consider your face shape and secondly, you need to choose a cut that works with your hair's texture.

When it comes to getting great hair, don't look any further than your own mirror. Whether you're a "heart," "round," or "oval," your best cut is determined by your face. Everyone's face is different and it's important to understand that every hairstyle is not for every face shape. To accentuate balance and beauty, strive for a hairstyle that works with your particular face shape. That strategy will not only give you your best look, but also emphasize your best features.

Your face shape is the starting point to choosing. Is your hair naturally straight, wavy, curly, or kinky? Is your hair texture fine, medium or thick? Take hair volume into consideration.

The Oval Face Shape The oval face shape is only slightly narrower at the jaw line than at the temples, with a gently rounded hairline.

The oval face shapes can wear the widest variety of hair styles of any of the face shapes. Just about any hair shape looks good on you. Oval face shapes can wear short, medium and long hair styles. Your face shape is well-balanced, or in even proportion. You will look best when styling your hair off your face.

Celebrities with oval face shapes: Cameron Dias, Mariah Carey, Sharon Stone, Julia Roberts, Tyra Banks

hair, especially with wave or roundness around the face.

Wispy bangs will soften your angular square face shape.

Off-center parts with height at the crown look great on square face shapes. You want to soften the square look of your face with layers and wispy looks around the face. Height at the crown will elongate your symmetrical shape.

Celebrities with square face shapes: Demi Moore, Sandra Bullock The Heart Face Shape The heart face shape is wide at the temples and hairline, narrowing to a small delicate chin. Other hair styles to try: side-parted hair styles or swept-forward layers around the upper face. Heart face shapes should avoid short, full styles that emphasize the upper face. Stay away from hair styles with too much height at the crown. Severe, slicked back looks are too harsh for your heart face shape too.

Just remember if you have a dramatic heart face shape, you have great cheekbones to emphasize! Don’t miss the boat by getting a hair cut which is too top-heavy.

Celebrities with heart faces: Naomi Campbell, Juliette Binoche, Michelle Pfeiffer The Triangular Face Shape If you have a triangular face shape you’ll want to try shorter hair that balances your prominent jaw line.

Triangular face shapes should avoid long, full hair styles that draw attention to jaw line. Center parts—off-center is more flattering to triangular shaped faces. Stay away from hair styles with too much height at the crown. You also want to avoid putting most of the weight of a hair cut at the jaw line and below.

A celebrity with triangular shaped face: Kathy Ireland

The Rectangular Face Shape

The Diamond Face Shape

The rectangular face shape is long and slender, about the same width at forehead and just below cheekbones.

Rectangular face shapes may have a very narrow chin or a very high forehead. If you have a rectangular face shape you might want to try hair styles with short to medium lengths. Fullness at the sides of your face and wispy bangs soften the look of longer face shapes. You’ll want to balance the look of a long and slender face. Soft wispy bangs will shorten the appearance of the length.

Center parts tend to accentuate roundness, so stay away from them if possible.

The diamond face shape is a cross between heart face shape and a dramatic oval face shape. A diamond face shape is widest at the cheekbones, and narrow equally at the forehead and jaw line. A diamond face shape is balanced and dramatic. If you have a diamond face shape almost everything works with your face. Diamond face shapes should try not to wear too much hair on your face, thereby hiding your great features.

Celebrities with round face shapes: Ingrid Bergman, Kate Winslet

Don't forget hair is very important.

Celebrities with diamond shaped faces: Katherine Hepburn, Linda Evangelista, Sophia Loren

The Square Face Shape

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A square face shape is strong, square jaw line and usually an equally square hairline. If you have a square face shape you’ll want to try short-to-medium length

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per p esr p s pee c c tt i viev s es British Developers Leave Their Mark On Sarasota

By Patricia Tan

From its earliest days, Sarasota has seen the impact of British settlers and developers, and our landscape continues to be influenced by them today.

The Florida Mortgage and Investment Company first promoted Sarasota as a “modern town” in Scotland in 1885.

Scottish families who arrived here in the 1880s expecting to find developed citrus groves, fertile land and affordable housing were disappointed at the “frontier camp” which was Sarasota at the time, and many returned home. John Hamilton Gillespie, a Scottish aristocrat and lawyer stayed and made Sarasota his home. He became a real estate developer, building many homes, the DeSoto Hotel on Main Street, and what is believed to be America’s first golf course.

These early developments were instrumental in attracting wealthy Americans to settle in our area.

Fast forward a hundred years or so, and golf played a significant part once again as a British company began to develop Sarasota’s very first golf and country club development.

Taylor Woodrow Homes, a leading British builder began to develop The Meadows in the 1970s. Taylor Woodrow took 1,650 acres of unspoiled Florida countryside and started our area’s very first master planned community and completed an 18 hole golf course, clubhouse and the first housing clusters in 1979. Made up of a wide range of neighborhoods, from small condominiums to large estate homes, The Meadows now consists of more than 3,450 homes and has become a household name in our local real estate market.

Taylor Woodrow brought our area much more than a master planned community.

Some of the British executives they brought to Sarasota continue to make their mark on our landscape today.

David Nash, a British citizen, was President of Taylor Woodrow Homes of California and Taylor Woodrow Homes of Florida, and was involved in the initial Meadows development. He liked Sarasota so much, he wanted to stay on, and left the company to go into business for himself. He went on to build two condominiums in The Meadows Harpers Croft and Willow Green and then Woodland Park, McIntosh Meadows and the Sarasota International Trade Center. David’s company is still active in our community today. He most recently completed a commercial development on Lockwood Ridge Road.

may have made homes in The Meadows less desirable today, than they were when built in the 1980s and 1990s. Not true.

The Meadows continues to be a world class community, thanks to the excellent stewardship of the Meadows Community Association. With its mature landscaping and well maintained roads, The Meadows boasts more than 80 lakes and waterways and miles of walking and bicycle trails. The density of homes in the various villages that make up The Meadows is much lower than in some newer subdivisions – more space between neighborhoods and condominium buildings, and single family homes built on larger lots. When Taylor Woodrow set out to find the perfect location for their new community in the 1970s, they were able to identify a large buildable tract of land, reasonably priced, close to town, and with easy access to the area’s beaches and downtown cultural attractions. It would be hard to identify such a centrally located parcel of land today.

Little did John Hamilton Gillespie know, when he decided to settle in our “frontier camp”, that he would start a tradition of British building that survives here today.

London Bay Homes, owned by British-born construction veteran Mark Wilson and his wife Gemma, has built luxury homes on the west coast of Florida since 1990, in renowned communities such as Mediterra, The Founders Club, Grey Oaks, and The Lake Club at Lakewood Ranch. Mark tells me it was his father’s involvement in the early days of construction at The Meadows that originally brought his family to the area.

Given the many new homes that have been built in Sarasota and Manatee counties since 2000, it would be easy to assume that these This British-inspired, brick built estate home, on Windsor Park in The Meadows is currently offered for sale. Built in 1989, completely updated, and set on an acre amid mature oak trees. The home is reminiscent of English country life at first glance. However, the pool and extensive outdoor living areas definitely say “Florida”.

Patricia Tan was born in England, and her career in international sales and marketing led her to live and work in many countries around the world before moving to Sarasota in 1997. Patricia is a Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS), Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI), and Transnational Referral Certified (TRC). She is involved in global activities of the Sarasota, Florida and National Association of Realtors, and currently serves as NAR President’s Liaison to U.K. Her real estate business operates from Coldwell Banker on St Armands Key, where her focus is to bring international buyers to the local market. She regularly makes marketing trips to Canada, Asia and Europe, to promote Florida’s Gulf Coast and the Sarasota area in particular.

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r er a e al l c ca rae sr e s Sarasota Season Of Sculpture Opens “Under Azure Skies”

By Steven J. Smith Sarasota’s bay front once again takes center stage in the art world as Sarasota Season of Sculpture (SSoS) celebrates its sixth season on November 11th with the unveiling of a remarkable exhibition called “Under Azure Skies.”

Curated by artist John Henry, who also has a work in the exhibition, the collection of ten breathtaking sculptures was last seen in Lucerne, Switzerland in September of 2010. The show will run through May of 2012, according to SSoS Chair Susan McLeod, an artist herself as well as a highly successful Sarasota Realtor®.

And what a collection it is. These sculptures are new and unique, brought to life by the artists with powerful concepts, dramatic shapes and vibrant colors. Art aficionado Roy Oppenheim remarked at the Lucerne opening that modern sculpture does not aim to duplicate nature.

Instead, each work aspires to assume its own identity, finding a resonance in its own “inner laws.”

“I like to compare each new creation with a new living being,” Oppenheim said. “Like any living being, a work of art is always unique and special – an ‘original.’ So it is hardly surprising that, despite all our modern-day technology and industrialization, all the sculptors whose works are exhibited here firmly believe in

Sarasota Season of Sculpture has been a mainstay on the city’s bay front since 1998, McLeod said. Exhibitions take place every other year, and are funded through various granting organizations and individual donors throughout the country. “Under Azure Skies” has a budget of $120,000, she said.

This particular exhibition differs from previous SSoS shows, McLeod added, because in the past sculptures were gathered individually through a panel comprised of art experts and museum curators. “Under Azure Skies” comes to Sarasota as a single entity.

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Even more impressive is that the artists — all of them American — come from divergent backgrounds and origins yet their sculptures feel inextricably linked to one another: Award-winning sculptor John Clement (“Squirt”) was born in Philadelphia and has had many successful solo exhibitions around the country.

Terry Karpowicz (“Untitled”) is a disciple and renowned practitioner of Minimalism and Conceptualism. Chakaia Booker (“Renegade”) is known for her use of recycled materials such as rubber tires, steel and wood frames.

Isaac Duncan (“Tux”) works with the illusion of movement, weight and gravity by placing certain forms at different angles. Albert Paley (“Porta”) is the first metal sculptor to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute of Architects. Verina Baxter (“Big Red Tumkin”) has gradually transitioned her work in stone to incorporating painted aluminum and stainless steel into her imaginative works. Bret Price (“Oh’d”) is the subject of a fascinating documentary, “Art in the Middle.” Douglas Schatz (“Crown”) has successfully exhibited in many prestigious regional and national shows. Peter Lundberg (“Mercury, Mars, Venus”) is acclaimed for his monumental concrete and steel sculptures. John Henry (“Complexus”) boasts signature pieces dispersed throughout the world in public, private, and museum collections.

“This exhibition is a defining element of the cultural artistic core of Sarasota,” McLeod said.

“It’s often the very first time people realize that we have such a strong artistic core, as when they’re driving down that bay front and seeing what we refer to as a free, open to the public, outdoor museum.”

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So how does Sarasota Season of Sculpture gauge its impact on art lovers?

“The way we stand back and measure our success is by the number of people that are walking the bay front, viewing the individual sculptures, and discussing art,” McLeod said. “If there’s a success measure for us, it’s by the amount of conversation about art itself.”

She added that the comments that please her most are from tourists and people from out of town who feel a significant definition of the Sarasota community itself when they see world-renowned

sculpture on the bay front. Feedback is always welcome about the show and can be given via an e-mail at the organization’s website, www.

SarasotaSeasonOfSculpture.org.

“But people respond to us in all sorts of ways,” McLeod said. “There are certainly printed commentaries and letters to the editor of local newspapers, and we appreciate hearing from everybody, whether it’s positive or negative. As long as it’s generating conversation about art, we feel like we’re fulfilling the mission of not just Season of Sculpture, but a purpose for public art.”

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per p esr p s pee c c tt i viev s es The Chip Putt

By Chad Jones

If chipping isn't one of your strengths, here is a simple tip on technique that I call the “chip putt� to help get your ball up and down easier. You don't have to be a touring pro as much as you have to be more consistent. The first step is the correct club selection. For this shot I recommend using one swing method with different lofted clubs, depending on the distance to the pin.

For close pins I use a Lob wedge, while for longer chips I'll go as low as a 7-iron.

Grip down on the club enough so that you can stand fairly close to the ball like a putt, and let the heel of the club come off the ground. Standing close to the ball helps you to swing the club more in front of you which gives you excellent contact and better directional control of the golf ball.

Consistent contact is the most important element, so take a practice swings to ensure a nice brush of the grass just in front of the ball. Then step up to the shot and repeat the same practice swing (backswing and follow through length and tempo) as you chip the ball. Once you learn to make clean and consistent ball contact with the heel off the ground, you'll find that your approach shots will roll the correct distance and stop near the hole for closer putts.

Chad Jones teaches at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida. He is a PGA of America Certified Instructor, Certifed Titleist Club Fitter, and has certifications in junior golf and golf fitness from the Titleist Performance Institute. He was named a 2009 and 2010 US Kids Top 50 Coach. Chad can be reached at ChadJones@pga.com for lessons.

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