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OUR TOWN + The tale of the fairy “GlamMa” According to Urban Dictionary.com, “If 60 is the new 40 then GlamMa is the new Grandma, a woman with a sense of self and style.” It also happens to be actress Goldie Hawn’s grandma nickname. One local grandma (don’t tell her we called Loren Mayo her that) has adopted GlamMa as well.

Kay Siebold, who attended her granddaughter’s Circus Day benefit Saturday, at Encore Motorcars, donned an ’80s style princess gown with sleeves larger than life, gloves that traveled from her fingertips past her elbows and sparkly silver wig and even carried a magic wand. A horse-drawn carriage was rumored to be parked nearby.

back to school NEIGHBORHOOD A 1921 hurricane changed the course of Siesta history.

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Look inside for our annual guide to the new school year.

sayonara seaweed! By Alex Mahadevan | News Editor

Cost is key in beach cleanup Algae clumps lose mass when left to dry out, which pares the cost of disposal for Sarasota County. But, piles of marine flora baking in the sun can hurt tourism.

Dark red clumps of seaweed are at the apex of a four-way balancing act between the best interests of humans, animals, property owners and government. Tropical Storm Debby deposited more than 200 tons of the stuff on Sarasota County beaches, and things have gone wobbly on Siesta Key. “No human can go to this beach now,” wrote one Turtle Beach property owner Aug. 3, in an email to Sarasota County commissioners. “If you want to save money by not cleaning the beach, do not call it a public beach, and just close it down.”

Sarasota County has removed more than 140 tons of seaweed from beaches since July 1, according to a news release. That was accomplished while bending to the needs of endangered sea turtles and snowy plovers, avoiding days with heavy beach traffic and squeezing an already strained budget.

The property owners’ frustrations aren’t unfounded.

Seaweed brings to shore thousands of tiny-to-microscopic marine organisms along for the ride, before frying in the sun.

“We don’t have hard corals,”

said Sarasota County Parks and Recreation Manager George Tatge at an Aug. 2 meeting of the Siesta Key Association.

“But, the clumps of seaweed are like floating coral reefs.”

But, once the salty hitchhikers start decomposing, tourists start running.

Dawn Bear, general manager of Tropical Beach Resorts on south Siesta, said her vacation rentals have an annual volume in excess of 11,000 visitors. She has, on average, three days to convince them to return for their next vacation, so she grabbed five employees

and started clearing piles of algae. “I wanted to make the No. 1 beach look like the No. 1 beach,” she said.

It’s a problem any beachfront rental property owner faces, and with the glow of Stephen P. Leatherman’s No. 1 ranking fading, securing return visits is crucial.

But, with revenues stretched thin for Sarasota County, along with a shortage of regular staff, the cost of seaweed cleanup is under scrutiny.

SEE SEAWEED / PAGE 2A

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Turtle tracks Week of July 29 through Aug. 4

Nests on Siesta Key...........2 False crawls.......................2

2012 2011 Nests 322 152 False crawls 315 185

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ESCAPE FROM PARADISE

By Alex Mahadevan | News Editor

First sea turtle hatchlings emerge on Siesta A record-setting nesting season could offset the devastation from Tropical Storm Debby.

Tropical Storm Debby was a perfectly devastating storm for sea turtle nests on Siesta Key, said Mote Marine Laboratory Senior Scientist Dr. Tony Tucker.

“We’ve never seen a storm that had that massive an impact,” he said. “And you know, it was kind of

a wimpy storm.”

That seems to be the overarching mantra following the June tropical storm, which surprised coastal engineers and marine biologists with its intensity. “It just happened to be at the right place, at the right time, and moving in the right direction,”

Tucker explained. Its slow pace created a large storm surge on Siesta beaches, which wiped out an estimated 1,000 nests.

But, a record sea-turtle nesting season, which has brought 322 nests to Siesta this year as of Saturday, Aug. 4, could help pad population numbers. In the same period

SEE TURTLES / PAGE 2A

BY THE NUMBERS • 80% of sea turtle hatchlings will make it out of their nest • 25% will get disoriented during the trek to the Gulf of Mexico • 0.1% will survive long enough to reproduce.

(Estimated by Dr. Tony Tucker)

INDEX Briefs....................4A Classifieds ........ 23A

Cops Corner....... 12A Crossword.......... 22A

Neighborhood.... 15A Opinion .............. 8A

Real Estate........ 21A Weather............. 22A

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The problem for tourists trying to avoid unsightly the saltwater plants is that it takes time for seaweed to dry out, and dry seaweed is lighter, which in turn cuts weight-based landfill fees.

“We do our best to get it to the landfill as quickly as possible,” Tatge said.

However, there are stringent guidelines set by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for nearly every coastal activity, seaweed removal included. Sarasota County acquires an annual permit for raking the red algae, which is a vital source of food for marine and shoreline creatures. That restricts county workers to roughly a 25-foot distance from the water line for raking the clumps of seaweed.

Further, Debby’s storm surge uprooted stakes marking sea turtle nests, along with leaving clumps of algae. With no way of spotting nest locations, the DEP altered Sarasota County’s permit by cutting the restricted area in half until Sept. 8. Officials will reassess the regulation at that point, but sea turtle season doesn’t end until Oct. 31.

About 30% of tourist taxes, which are charged for weekly rental properties, have come from Siesta Key since October, giving the county an incentive to quickly clear Siesta Key beaches. “In the past, (the county) hasn’t been very responsive,” Bear said. She received calls from Sarasota County Coastal Resources Director Laird Wreford and Virginia Haley, CEO of

in 2011, Mote recorded less than half the number of nests on the island.

Understanding what caused sea turtles to wriggle to shore to lay eggs in record numbers — the highest totals in the 31 years data has been collected — is complicated, Tucker said. One popular theory relies on the correlation between 10-year weather patterns, and the 30 years of sea turtle statistics available — which is minutes when the 80-year lifespan of the reptiles is considered.

“Each year, it takes hundreds of thousands of people to put one point on a graph,” he said.

All of that effort over three decades still explains little about sea turtle reproductive habits.

But, if the theory is correct, nesting numbers are reaching their 10-year cyclical peak, meaning any type of unnatural interruption in nesting habits or hatchlings’ path to the Gulf of Mexico, could have serious negative consequences on future turtle generations. That’s why Tucker and Mote staff are calling on volunteers to re-stake turtle nests, and join the 35-mile sea turtle beach patrols.

And the marine research organization is

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Dawn Bear, general manager of Tropical Beach Resorts, looks over the beach, after Sarasota County and her own crew of five spent days clearing seaweed.

Visit Sarasota County, with advice or education about the problem.

Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kevin Cooper met with Bear to share what other rental properties are doing.

“I feel like I have a huge support system behind me,” Bear said.

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Landfill 25 to 35 years

Tropical Storm Debby washed away stakes marking sea turtle nests on Turtle Beach, which complicates an already grueling data-collection effort. reaching out to the hospitality industry to help avoid light that could distract hatchlings. “The mantra is to keep it low, keep it long and keep it shielded.” The light should have low wattage and be located close to the ground, he explained. And the bulb should have a long wavelength, like amber and red bulbs emit. Mote Marine services roughly 200 hotels in the area, helping hand out pamphlets and doorknob hangers.

“It’s a never-ending educational task,” Tucker said. “As a tourism destination, Siesta Key draws people from around the country. If they’re from Alaska they probably don’t know anything about turtles,” he said.

TURTLE TIPS Mote Marine Laboratory public relations specialist Hayley Rutger provided the Pelican Press with some tips to help sea turtle hatchlings brave beach denizens and reach the Gulf of Mexico safely.

• If you encounter a nesting turtle, remain quiet and observe from a distance • Shield or turn off outdoor lights that are visible on the beach from May through October • Close drapes after dark and put beach furniture far back from the water • Fill in holes that may entrap hatchlings on their way to the water • Place trash in its proper place • Do not approach nesting turtles or hatchlings, make noise, or shine lights at turtles • Do not use flashlights or fishing lamps on the beach • Do not encourage a turtle to move while nesting or pick up hatchlings that have emerged and are heading for the water • Do not use fireworks on the beach

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Scrutiny clouds transparency The Siesta Key Village Maintenance Corp. has yet to be reimbursed for expenses approved by the Sarasota County Commission.

fresh concrete By Alex Mahadevan | News Editor Alex Mahadevan

The seawall under the Siesta Key north bridge shows signs of erosion, so Sarasota County and the city of Sarasota will replace 600 feet of the concrete structure.

Permits secured for seawall revamp Sarasota County and the city of Sarasota will begin a $1 million renovation of the seawall at Bay Island Park after the jurisdictions approve a joint project agreement.

The Siesta Key north bridge has been bustling with construction activity since the Florida Department of Transportation started a major rehabilitation effort in June. Siesta organizations, concerns about the work driving tourists away, have spent more on marketing the island.

Those marketing efforts conclude around the time work is scheduled to conclude, Oct. 16, but hard hats and neon vests could return soon after that for a major seawall repair.

Sarasota County recently secured permits from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Corps of Army Engineers, to renovate more than 600 feet of the seawall on Bay Island Park, which is under the west end of the bridge.

A bid hasn’t been issued for the project, which could take six months to finish. Bobbi Claybrooke, associate engineer with Erickson Consulting Engineers Inc., said the timeline swelled two months because of rock strata on the north side of the park. Construction costs will be covered by a $1 million grant from the West Coast Inland Navigation District.

In 2009, the county used similar

funds of $126,000 to replace more than 100 feet of the structure on the south end of the park, according to Sarasota County Parks and Recreation Supervisor Rob LaDue. The wave-whipped segment started showing erosion damage, which prompted the county to close part of the park to the public as a safety hazard.

The WCIND check for $1 million is set to expire Sept. 30, 2013, and the grant could be withdrawn if construction hasn’t started by that date. The organization’s board, at a July 18 meeting, lamented dipping into its reserve funds to finance waterway projects throughout the four counties it oversees.

Siesta Key resident and Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson is on the WCIND board, and successfully negotiated a change to budget restrictions that helped increase funding for Sarasota County projects for the 2013 fiscal year.

Erickson Consulting prepared initial plans for the seawall in January.

“It’s possible they may have been tweaked a little since this version,” LaDue said. But, the next hurdle for the project is for

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By the numbers Approximate cost: $1 million Approximate construction time: 6 months Length of new seawall: 639 feet County-owned: 389 feet City-owned: 250 feet Permits required: 3 Sarasota County and the city of Sarasota to sign a joint protection agreement for the new seawall, because the city owns the northern portion of Bay Island Park.

Sarasota county commissioners will need to approve the agreement, which is expected to happen this fall, LaDue said.

A request for proposal for the work can’t be issued until the agreement is approved, and there could be several work orders involved because landscaping work is required along with the construction work.

“We have the permits and we’re poised to move forward with bidding,” said Sarasota County Parks and Recreation Manager George Tatge.

Ever since Sarasota county commissioners voted to amend an ordinance that shifted Siesta Village upkeep spending from the Siesta Key Maintenance Corp. to Sarasota County, SKVMC Chairman Mark Smith said navigating county accounting has been a struggle.

“We don’t how much money (Sarasota County) spent in the district,” Smith said in an Aug. 1 phone interview. “We have a vested interest in seeing maintenance done correctly and how the county is spending time and resources in the village.”

The Sarasota County Tax Collector assessed Smith and other property owners in the Siesta Key Village Improvement District a total of about $210,000 for upkeep of the improvement district this year, a number that is calculated to encompass the cost of services such as landscaping, pressure washing and trash pickup.

The contract for a maintenance firm to do the bulk of Village upkeep is $97,417 annually, which will commence once Sarasota County commissioners approve the contract this fall.

But, according to the rough expenditure estimates obtained by Smith and the Pelican Press, the numbers don’t exactly add up.

Ryan Montague, a staff member with Sarasota County Traffic Engineering and Operations, was able to narrow down some of the improvement district’s 2012 expenditures during a phone interview. He used the county’s new website, which lists spending projects under the tab labeled “financial transparency.”

Sarasota County paid two contractors, Wilhelm Brothers Inc. and Superior Cleaning Inc., a total of $42,598,37 as of Aug. 1.

This could be greater, depending on how much staff time and resources was used thus far, but a formal public records request was not acknowledged as of Aug. 8. In terms of average monthly collections, that means the county collected from Village property owners about $122,500 from the first seven months of 2012.

The county is recovering from a procurement scandal, and is in the midst of a lawsuit with Village restaurant and bar owner Chris Brown over tax assessments, so staff has blamed the lack of records on an increase in accounting scrutiny. During a Feb. 21 public hearing, Montague defended the amount assessed, and said it can take several months to enter a procurement receipt into the system properly.

“How long does it take for the county to figure out how much money they spent in the Village,” Smith asked. “You would think as soon as a purchase order was set up and paid (the county) would know what they spent.”

Getting current receipts in a timely fashion would help prepare stakeholders to ask for a reassessment, which could require a lawsuit. “Not that I don’t trust government,” Smith said. “But, we have to keep track of (expenditures), because if indeed the district was overassessed, then (the millage) should be readjusted.”

Smith was irked when Sarasota County staff asked for receipts from 2008, in order to get nearly $3,000 owed to the SKVMC for establishment and accounting costs. County commissioners approved that reimbursement in April, but staff told Smith there were inconsistencies that must be investigated.

The accounting quagmire prompted Smith to lobby for quarterly meetings with county staff to get debits and credits in sync, but he hasn’t received an answer on that possibility. And the hours and resources aren’t included in Sarasota County’s 2012 fiscal year budget, according to tentative financial documents.

“I’ve given the county everything they’ve asked for and they keep asking for something else,” Smith said. The last check requested was for $300, he said during an Aug. 7 meeting of the Siesta Key Village Association.

“We will get our money eventually,” he said. “I believe there’s only a finite number of ‘something elses’ they can ask for — that’s just a theory.”

By Alex Mahadevan | News Editor

County won’t add code enforcement officer Sarasota County Planning and Development Services Executive Director Rob Lewis said overtime weekend hours to police the noise ordinance are being considered.

The environmental ordinance that sets noise restrictions for Siesta Key Village is set to expire in November, but Sarasota County staff will recommend that Sarasota county commissioners extend the sunset period.

As Sarasota County Planning and Development Services Executive Director Rob Lewis Tuesday, Aug. 7, told the Siesta Key Village

Association, he wants more time for community input before altering sound regulations in the Village. Lewis also explained that community input regarding sound regulations in the Village would yield the most optimal outcome. He wants to arrange quarterly staff meetings with Village merchants with offering code education.

“The more information (available), the better,” Lewis said.

The current code allows for certain establishments to exceed time and decibel thresholds, which complicates enforcement.

Additionally, code enforcement officers don’t work on weekends,

so when a complaint is filed, Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office deputies are required to investigate.

Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid had asked staff for a budget option for another position earlier this year, after Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson received an unusual amount of noise complaints.

Further intensifying the need for more man power, were reports of pay-for-parking on residential property, which Patterson brought up during a July 10 Commission meeting.

During the SKVA meeting Lewis said the budget won’t support a full-time code enforcement officer for weekend duty and that the department in question would potentially lose one officer due to illness for some time and another officer to retirement.

“We have to fill those positions,” he said.

But, as budget talks progress until September, Sarasota County is still mulling the option of adding overtime hours on weekends, which staff members could claim on a cyclical basis.

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+ Undercover sting comes up short The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Department began an undercover operation last week, to catch a suspected gang of vehicle burglars. The sting has yet to yield any arrests, said Sgt. Scott Osborne during a Tuesday, Aug. 7 meeting of the Siesta Key Village Association.

There were at least 10 vehicle burglaries at the main public beach access in July, Osborne said. Each vehicle was unlocked the same way, and deputies suspect a group of criminals is targeting the area.

Rental vehicles tend to be the main targets, so officers used decoy Chevy Impalas to lure the suspects.

Several stolen credit cards were used immediately after they were reported missing, allowing deputies to obtain video footage of possible suspects.

+ Staff wants permit reductions to stay It’s been two years since the Sarasota County Commission reduced building permit costs by 10% to encourage economic activity, and staff in the building department want them to remain discounted.

Sarasota County Executive Director of Planning Services and Development Rob Lewis Aug. 7, told members of the Siesta Key Village Association he will recommend commissioners renew the amendment when it’s up to expire this fall.

+ Siesta Key Village flags need tending Sarasota County is transitioning Siesta Key Village upkeep into the hands of a selected private firm, and in the flux one patriotic responsibility has been temporarily been forgotten.

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Meetings &agendas Historic Preservation Board — 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, City Hall, Commission Chamber, 1565 First St., Sarasota.

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Sarasota County Development Review Committee meeting — 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, Conference Room 2, 1001 Sarasota Center Blvd., Sarasota

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City Commission Regular Meeting — 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20, City Hall, Commission Chamber, 1565 First St., Sarasota.

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School Board of Sarasota County monthly work session — 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, Landings Administrative Complex, 1980 Landings Blvd., Sarasota

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President Russell Matthes during the organization’s August meeting asked for volunteers who would be willing to lower the flag for national tragedies, such as the Aug. 5 Sikh temple massacre, and to notify the incoming firm when a replacement is necessary. The meeting didn’t draw as many members as it usually does and there were no immediate responses to accept the duty.

“I can’t tell you how frustrated I get when I drive around and don’t see the flags at half-staff,” Matthes said.

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Turner projects $20M deficit Sarasota County school The City Commissioner told City Coalition of Neighborhood Associations members the deficit could be as high as $40 million in 2022.

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Sarasota City Commissioner Terry Turner tells City Coalition of Neighborhood Associations board members the city will face major budget shortfalls by 2022.

under what he labeled “doing things differently.” That includes altering police operations to be more cost-efficient and regionalizing the parks department.

Despite the options he presented, Turner stopped short of promising a frozen millage rate.

“We’re going to have a tax increase,” Turner said. “It’s inevitable.”

“Using reserves or rainy-day cushions is not something we can do in the long run because they run out,” he said.

A candidate lacking law enforcement experience could replace Sarasota County Schools Chief of Police Lawrence Leon.

With no discussion, and missing School Board Chairwoman Caroline Zucker, the School Board of Sarasota County voted unanimously to take firearms away from the district’s director of safety and security. And what was traditionally a law-enforcement role moves closer to an administrative position.

Sarasota County Schools Chief of Police Lawrence Leon accepted a position with the Palm Beach County School District this summer. But, his replacement will see a different job description than Leon did seven years ago. The new position won’t have the title of chief of police, and will report directly to Sarasota Schools Chief Operating Officer Scott Lempe.

The new job requirements listed in the description presented to School Board members Tuesday, Aug. 7, eliminate law-enforcement experience from previous documents, and don’t require candidates to have certification from the Florida Police Training Commission.

Those changes mirror the duties of the new director of safety and security position, who will yield criminal inves-

tigation and school resource oversight to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. Training in firearm and emergency vehicle use isn’t necessary for the new candidate.

The director of safety and security will instead direct oversight of school emergency -management operations. The candidate selected will serve as the key figure linking public safety communications networks and Sarasota County emergency-management agencies.

Sarasota County Emergency Management Chief Ed McCrane has stressed the importance of coordination with schools, which serve as shelters during the threat of large storm surges, during disaster preparation and relief.

Also, Sarasota County plans to build a new emergency operations center and perform a major upgrade to local emergency agencies’ communication system, steps toward consolidating emergency operations.

The director of safety and security’s salary has not been determined, and the job listing has not yet been posted, according to a School Board spokeswoman.

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Each new household added to the city of Sarasota swells the tax base by $500 on average, explained City Commissioner Terry Turner during a Saturday Aug. 4 meeting of the City Coalition of Neighborhood Associations.

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“We need to have a vigorous debate about how to grow this city without destroying this city,” Turner said. The more people the city can attract, the larger the pool will be to share the tax burden, was his conclusion for that effort to reduce future deficits.

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Snowy plover hatchlings emerge on Siesta beach The chicks’ trips to find food along the shoreline is perilous, but members of various Siesta Key organizations have taken them under their protective wings.

Photo courtesy of Rick Greenspun

The Florida Shorebird Alliance outlines guidelines for placing signs around snowy plover nesting areas.

Luckner said in an email message.

The tiny sandy-shaded hatchlings are difficult to discern among the shoreline sands, which they traverse to reach

clumps of red algae to scavenge for food.

The devastating tropical storm may have muted the shorebirds’ numbers, but it brought more than 200 tons of seaweed to Sara-

sota County beaches, according to a county news release.

According to volunteer reports, the mother shields the chicks in the algae — or wrack, which has served as temporary shelter. “The (hen) figured out people don’t want to step in the wrack,” Luckner said.

But, shorebirds are overlooked in terms of regulatory protection, Tatge said at the meeting. It is illegal to physically disturb nests and take plover eggs, but the boundary created by ropes and stakes in the dunes near Siesta beach access 8 is merely “symbolic fencing,” according to the Florida Shorebird Alliance.

And the signs posted by Luckner and others are informational, meaning there’s not much legal firepower to stop people from walking close to nests. FSA suggests the safest distance from a snowy plover settlement is nine yards, and could be as far as 50 yards, according to some avian research.

Nonetheless, Luckner said Sarasota Audubon Society President Jeanne Dubi spotted the

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two plover chicks Aug. 7, near the roped-off buffer zone. And 22 of the shorebirds have been sighted feeding in the wrack.

Luckner estimates the plover chicks won’t be able to fly for more than two weeks. “They are at risk and have only one parent for defense,” she said.

For Florida Shorebird Alliance guidelines on posting signs near snowy plover nesting areas go to yourobserver.com and click the link at the bottom of this story.

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The two baby snow plovers on Siesta Key beach have been wandering into shore regions with heavy pedestrian traffic. The Sarasota Audubon Society and the Siesta Key Association is seeking more help to steer the infant shorebirds into the safe grasp of dune vegetation or heavy seaweed deposits.

For information how you can help, contact SKA President Catherine Luckner by email at info@siestakeyassociation.com.

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We recommend If you haven’t already made your election selections or turned in your absentee or early-voting ballot for Tuesday’s primary election in Sarasota County, herewith we present a few thoughts that might help you decide which bubble to color on your ballot.

As always, here is our warning: About 98% of the time, if not more often, our recommendations favor the candidates who ascribe to the Founding Fathers’ principles of more freedom for the individual and strict limits on government intervention. In that vein:

Republican Party U.S. Senate — It’s remarkable how many

times Florida’s senior U.S. senator, Democrat Bill Nelson, has been able to avoid a powerhouse Republican opponent.

In Nelson’s last race in 2006, he whipped, unfortunately, Katherine Harris, winning 60% of the vote. And that for a candidate whom Florida Trend magazine aptly dubbed “the empty suit” when Nelson ran for governor many moons ago, only to drop out of the race when the late Gov. Lawton Chiles decided the Democrats needed a stronger candidate.

So here the Republicans are again, this time with Connie Mack IV, son of one of Florida’s all-time great conservatives, his father, Sen. Connie Mack III. Mack IV isn’t his father to be sure. Nonetheless, the apple pretty much fell underneath the father’s philosophical tree. We especially like his proposal to reduce the national debt. And for his eight years in Congress, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste in Washington, D.C., have given Mack a Lifetime Rating of “Hero” for fiscal conservatism.

If Republicans hope to have any chance at defeating Nelson, Mack IV should be the Republicans’ contender. Recommendation: Connie Mack IV

12th Circuit State Attorney — When you talk to judges, public defenders, law-enforcement officers and former prosecutors in the 12th Judicial Circuit, they especially want what we all want: an ethical, fair and tough state attorney, in that order.

To that end, based on our discussions with those closely involved in the judicial system, candidate Ed Brodsky, currently chief assistant state attorney and a state prosecutor for 20 years, is the best candidate to replace retiring State Attorney Earl Moreland.

While neither Brodsky nor his Republican opponent Peter Lombardo distinguished himself in a Tiger Bay debate in Sarasota last month, the event was enough to expose key characteristics of the candidates. There’s a

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AUG. 14 PRIMARY SARASOTA COUNTY Republican Party

U.S. Senate — Connie Mack STATE ATTORNEY — Ed Brodsky SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS — Kathy Dent COUNTY COMMISSION/DISTRICT 5 — Randy McLendon CHARTER REVIEW BOARD District 1 — Anthony “Tony” Sawyer; District 2 — Donna Barcomb District 3 — Fred Tower District 4 — Mark Hawkins District 5 — John J. Fellin HOSPITAL BOARD/AT LARGE SEAT 2 — Richard Donegan STATE COMMITTEEMAN — Bob Waechter STATE COMMITTEEWOMAN — Casey Pilon

reason Brodsky has the support of those in law enforcement and courts, and we saw it.

Recommendation: Ed Brodsky

Supervisor of Elections — All was well in the “super’s” office until outgoing Sarasota County Commissioner Jon Thaxton learned from a state Supreme Court ruling that he had reached his term limits and could not run for re-election. And then he tipped the cart. He decided to challenge 12-year incumbent Kathy Dent.

Sure, 12 years is a long time to hold the same elective office. But the supervisor’s job isn’t quite like being in a political position, as has Thaxton, who also has held the same elected job for 12 years. Dent’s job is administration, management and process; Thaxton’s is policy making.

Two markedly different skill sets.

Most Sarasotans like Thaxton; he has done an admirable, commendable job as a county commissioner; overall a good leader for Sarasota County.

Dent, likewise, has performed competently; to be sure, she has accumulated her share of “dents” over the years — many not of her own making.

When you look at the election landscape, though, the choice appears as so: Stick with the long-time incumbent who has become well-versed in the increasingly technical, legal and complicated supervisor’s job, whatever minor shortcomings there may be. Or bet on the long-time politician who

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR + He is ‘anti-American’

Dear Editor: After reading the negative responses to your “antiAmerican president” editorial, I want to assure you there are thousands of us who support you and your right to express your opinion about our president.

I commend you for having the courage to state what you believe — a right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

Obama is the anti-American president. “Anti” means “against.” He is against everything we have believed in for more than 200 years and which have made our country great. He sat under Rev. Jeremiah Wright for 20 years,

listening to that minister tear down and rip apart his own country, constantly spewing vitriolic criticism on America.

Sounds anti-American to me.

Anyone who truly loves his country and is a patriot could not have been able to listen to such talk week after week. He would have left that church, unable to bear hearing such despicable language.

Obama told us the United States is the greatest country on earth, and then he asked us to help him change it. Sounds anti-American to me. Changing something that is so great?

He definitely is against America, its ideals and its exceptionalism.

Yes, Obama has a right to say

will be new to the details and hasn’t managed the day-to-day activities of a $4 million operation with 28 employees and hundreds of volunteers.

As is custom in elections, you are voting on the incumbent’s performance. In this instance, in spite of all of Thaxton’s attributes, Dent has not voted herself out of a job. Thaxton has another, better calling, and he will find it. Recommendation: Dent.

County Commissioner/District 5 —

This is to fill the seat Jon Thaxton is vacating — in a district that is primarily the southwest quadrant of the county, south of Blackburn Point Road. It’s a countywide vote.

The Republican establishment is backing Charles Hines, a business lawyer with the respected Venice law firm of Kanetsky Moore & DeBoer. And for good reason. He is solid, and based on his experience and involvement in the community, there is a high, high probability he would be an effective county commissioner.

His opponent, Randy McClendon, a Realtor, on the other hand, speaks our language.

He’s a tea-party advocate — not from the fringe wacko-ites. Says McClendon: “I also want to see individual liberty and free-market capitalism celebrated. I want both the citizens and the governmental employees of those citizens to have a greater understanding and appreciation for the appropriate role of government.” Our kind of language.

If you like sure and safe, Hines is your man. But if you want someone to challenge the status quo from a Founding Fathers’ perspective, McClendon is your man. Recommendation: McClendon, but Hines would be just fine, too.

Charter Review Board — The key for this office is to have people without political agendas who don’t want to try to set public policy via charter changes. In that vein, the following five candidates appear to be most fit for these unpaid positions.

Recommendations: District 1 — Anthony “Tony” Sawyer; District 2 — Donna Barcomb; District 3 — Fred Tower III; District 4 — Mark Hawkins; District 5 — John J. Fellin Hospital Board/At Large 2 — One of the candidates dropped out of the race. Recommendation: incumbent Richard Donegan.

DEMOCRATIC Party U.S. Senate — For Democrats, this isn’t a

race. Incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson is their guy.

We’ve never been a fan of his spend, spend, spend voting. But his opponent doesn’t stand a chance.

those kinds of things, but so do you.

Funny how liberals can say whatever they want, and we have to tolerate their words. But let a conservative espouse his thoughts, and the liberals are enraged; they just can’t stand to have anyone not agree with them. They do not practice the tolerance they preach.

Conservatives, let’s make sure we patronize the advertisers who remain with the Observer and tell them so!

Everyone should respect an individual’s right to express his own opinion, even when it disagrees with yours!

And that bit about “a call to arms.” It is a rallying term and, in its less literal meaning, it is a call to action! I guess it means: No Obama in November!

Linda Langenger Sarasota

+ Thanks for courage Dear Editor: I believe it was Rocky Marciano who proclaimed,

“You can tell when you’ve got guys hurt, ’cause they start flailing away, kind of crazy ... ” Your criticism of the president and his style of government/leadership aroused that reaction in the readers who so scathingly attacked your criticism.

Thank you for being confident enough to print their angry letters.

I’m sure you noted, as many of your readers did, the irony inherent in their accusing you of being “hateful,” “disrespectful” and “uncivil.”

Your expression of your opinion was incendiary.

You chose, as is your right, to have a strong, negative perception of a man who is diametrically opposed to many of the founders of this nation’s government. Big government has never led any country to long-term success. With a sufficient number of eyes opened, and the grace of God,

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LETTERS from page 8A we can add another proponent of such socialist inclinations to the hasbeen file in November.

Thank you for the courage of your convictions and being willing to “take the heat.”

Michael J. O’Loughlin Sarasota

+ ‘Call to arms’

Dear Editor: I read your paper every Friday morning when it is delivered to my home. If you had a full daily paper, I would dump my subscription to the Sarasota Herald Tribune. One can only wish …

Anyway, your editorial about the “Anti-American President” was right on track. Perfect. Do not apologize, not even for using the term “a call to arms.”

This presidential administration has proven time and time again it does not respect the U.S. Constitution (i.e., EPA being given powers that were denied them by Congress); does not respect our allies (i.e., the abhorrent treatment of Great Britain and Israel); and now has shown that it does not respect the people of this country (i.e., “you didn’t build that”).

Add it all up, it screams antiAmerican, despite the protestations to the contrary. Actions, as always, are more important, and more telling, than words. (Apologies to honest journalists like yourselves!)

It is unfortunate that great numbers of people in our wonderful country are more interested in popular culture (American Idol or whatever) than our historical culture and history. Add that to being brainwashed and herded like sheep by our “mainstream media,” and without the drive to search for the truth themselves, our population is becoming more complacent about being driven into socialism like lemmings.

We need a “call to arms,” a wakeup call or a kick in the pants to awaken the sleeping giant that is our country’s largest asset — our pioneering, spirited, independent, self-sufficient, “I-can-do-it-myself” citizens of America!

“Land of the free,” “home of the brave” are not just platitudes. Those words describe the country I was born into, not the one I inhabit now.

Let us answer the “call to arms” to

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by Rita Ferrandino

Which vision for America?

Let’s quit the name calling and have a debate about how a strong economy is built.

Many of us have a vision for America, where, with hard work and a little luck, everyone has the opportunity to succeed, live a middle-class life and maybe even become wealthy.

That’s also President Obama’s vision.

He has lived the American Dream, rising from humble beginnings, the son of a single parent, to become president of the United States. He is a champion and poster child for the American Dream!

So it took my breath away to see our president called “the anti-American President” and a “Marxist” and a “thirdworld socialist, antiFerrandino capitalist despot.”

These words used in the July 19 Observer editorial are so contrary to what President Obama stands for that they seemed designed only to generate fear and anger, rather than contribute to a debate.

And maybe that’s the point. This kind of name-calling distracts from the real issues and the debate we must have about two competing visions for America’s future.

The Obama vision

President Obama believes the drive and ingenuity of America’s entrepreneurs are vital to America’s success and growth.

On July 23 he said, “I believe with all my heart that it is the drive and the ingenuity of Americans who start businesses that lead to their success. I always have and I always will.”

Obama’s vision for America is to provide our entrepreneurs and our free-enterprise system with the strong foundation they need to turn that hard work into success and growth.

President Obama has articulated this vision for America repeatedly, including during his July 13 speech where The Observer and others focused on one comment to deride this vision.

President Obama said: “If you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own … If you

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On the spending side, Gov. Romney is vague, simply vowing to dramatically cut spending, limiting it to 20% of GDP while still providing an increase in military spending. The only way to accomplish this would be with cuts for education, infrastructure, health care, scientific and medical research and more. Nearly every piece of the essential foundation businesses and entrepreneurs need to be successful would be slashed.

Romney’s vision doesn’t work. The chart from the Center for American Progress shows that tax cuts for the rich have never created jobs and prosperity — except for the rich. In fact, some of the nation’s best job growth happened when the top marginal tax rate was 50% or more.

Romney’s vision, in my view, is ultimately one where the wealthy would get more, the poor would get less and unregulated corporations would have a much larger role in our lives, including making our health-care decisions for us. And because of the lack of corporate regulation, individuals would have much less to say about their own working conditions, their health, their futures and the future of our country.

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Romney’s own website tells most of this story, as has Romney himself in his speeches and in ads.

His tax-and-spending plan tells the rest. According to the Tax Policy Center (a joint effort of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute), the bottom 20% of taxpayers would actually see their taxes go up under Romney’s plan, while the top 1% would see tax cuts of as much as $150,000. Overall, his tax plan would add trillions of dollars to the deficit over the next 10 years.

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The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.”

That foundation that we build together includes a strong military to defend our nation, a modern infrastructure, a world-class education system so American entrepreneurs can find the best employees in the world right here in America, a strong middle class and customer base, a legal system where we all play by the same rules and a tax system where we all pay our fair share.

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From dried fish to snowbirds Siesta Key, which consistently tops rankings in Sarasota County tourist tax dollars, could have been a much different place if not for Tampa Bay Hurricane of 1921.

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The Tampa Bay Hurricane of 1921 cut directly through Florida, causing $10 million in damage.

Railroad tracks were used to transport equipment and goods to fishermen along Sarasota Bay.

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But, the winds of change hit Sarasota — literally — when the Tampa Bay Hurricane of 1921 devastated commercial fishing operations and left a fresh canvas for resorts. It also may also have triggered one of the most controversial environmental topics on Siesta Key. The sixth hurricane of 1921,

which had winds of up to 140 mph, boomeranged into the Gulf of Mexico in October, before whipping east and tearing through the middle of Florida, according to Atlantic tropical cyclone tracking data collected by the National Hurricane Center.

There was about $10 million worth of damage to Florida, according to news reports from October 1921.

A 7-foot storm surge submerged Siesta Key and the roads on either side of the island’s sole bridge were destroyed, contributing to the $150,000 worth of damage reported

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$1.9 million. The bridge was rendered temporarily useless only four years after the connection was built.

The commercial fishing industry went belly-up after the hurricane, said Sarasota County History Center Director Jeff LaHurd. Nearly every fishing camp and run boat was lost.

Cast nets, used to snare mullet, were impaled with shrapnel or swept into the bay, an estimated loss of thousands of dollars.

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HURRICANE / FROM PAGE 15A men and trucks to begin cleaning debris — which included several boats — along Gulfshore Avenue, horrified longshoremen found a mangled mass of steel and waterlogged wood by Sarasota Bay. It was the remains of the lifeline of the fishing industry: railroad tracks used to cart supplies and dried fish to and from the bustling fish camps, according to Karl Grismer’s 1946 book “The Story of Sarasota.”

But, with one industry in ruins, the current enterprise that dominates Siesta Key had room to bloom. Tourism was difficult to push initially, because there were few resorts in Sarasota County. Further, commercial fishing crowded out leisure angling, a major travel activity in the early 1900s, and pumped the stench of dead and drying fish throughout downtown Sarasota. But, the hurricane’s decimation of most fishing infrastructure and the formation of a progressive governing body made pursuing tourism advantageous.

The first Sarasota County Commission, which was established in 1921, encouraged development with the help of statesman Harry Higel. It authorized more spending on public schools, which at-

Courtesy of the Sarasota History Center

The Tampa Bay Hurricane of 1921 flattened fish shack along Gulfstream Avenue and deposited several boats in the roadway.

tracted transplants from nearby Bradenton, and authorized public spending for roads and bridges.

The hurricane was the second regional tragedy of 1921, a year in which the beloved Sarasota developer Higel was mys-

The Tampa Bay Hurricane of 1921 caused nearly $2 million worth of damage to Sarasota, and much of the destruction took place by on Gulfstream Avenue.

teriously murdered. The ever-unlucky Higel, who in 1915 built Hotel Higelhurst on the barrier island he named Siesta Key, would never get to see Siesta transform into the vision for which he ardently fought — one that roped in $3.1 million

in tourist tax dollars since October 2011.

“I believe the Hurricane of 1921 made Sarasota what it is today,” LaHurd said.

Editor’s note: Jeff LaHurd and the Sarasota County History Center assisted with the research in this story.

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Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, here I am at

G. WIZ Sci-Warts Academy of Magical Sciences It’s Monday, Aug. 6, and G. WIZ campers are making a big, gooey mess at the Sci-Warts Academy of Magical Sciences.

They’re mixing cornstarch with water and food dye to make Oobleck, stirring it with popsicle sticks, using the “imobulus” freezing charm on it and then testing out its ability to per-

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Classes are based on “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.” This week, campers will also compete in Quidditch and partake in the Deathday Feast in honor of Nearly Headless Nick.

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Chamber of Commerce lunches at Clayton’s Except for two new members, it was a sea of familiar faces at the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Friday, Aug. 3, at Clayton’s Siesta Grill.

New to the group’s monthly luncheon are Jill Larson with UBS Financial Services and George Land of E-Z Graphics and Promotions.

Chamber Executive Director Kevin Cooper is already amped up for the organization’s annual Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sandsculpting Competition — now in its third year — and told members to prepare themselves for Nov. 8 to Nov. 12, when the competition will take place.

Sheila Lewis with Siesta Sports, Sondra Cook with Our Town and Kay and Terry Day with Senior Moves

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The following residential real-estate transactions took place between July 23 and July 27.

A condominium in Siesta Harbor tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

Edmund Lane and Barbara Lane, trustee, of Cincinnati, sold the Unit PH-C condominium at 1355 S. Portofino Drive to Charles and Judith Freyer, of Jenkintown, Pa., for $765,000. Built in 1975, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,018 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $750,000 in 2003.

Point O’ Rocks Terrace

Troy Wood sold his home at 1104 Crescent St. to Mark Donaldson, of Haven, Pa., for $565,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two-and-two-half baths, a pool and 2,297 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $750,000 in 2005.

Siesta Isles

Alvin and Janet Morris, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the home at 916 Contento Circle to Gary and Patricia Hill, of Atlanta, for $529,000. Built in 1966, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,545 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $160,000 in 1985.

Sarasota Beach

Cecelia Morette, trustee, of Clarence, N.Y., sold the home at 650 Canal Road to John LaBar III and Helen Lau, of Sarasota, for $378,400. Built in 1976, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,494 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $81,000 in 1979.

Provincial Garden Apartments

trustee, of Apopka, for $372,500. Built in 1966, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,210 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $135,000 in 1994.

Excelsior Beach to Bay

Karolyn Elliott sold her home at 6267 Midnight Pass Road to Thomas and Sandra Murray, of Somerset, N.J., for $350,000.

Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,469 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $154,900 in 1993.

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Randy and Susan Scott, of Sarasota, sold their Unit G-3 condominium at 1393 Moonmist Drive to Stuart and Laura Carpey, of Lafayette Hills, Pa., for $302,500. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,729 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $350,000 in 2004.

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Michael Prucha, of Perkasie, Pa., sold his Unit 8 condominium at 9064 Midnight Pass Road to Maureen Kelly, of Osprey, for $260,000. Built in 1983, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,251 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $431,000 in 2004.

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Louis Ulrich III, of Elizabethtown, Pa., sold his Unit 201 condominium at 201 Pass Key Road to Michael and Candance Turbeville, of Sarasota, for $249,000. Built in 1973, it has one bedroom, one bath and 832 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $344,000 in 2004.

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899 Freeling Drive 8900 Blind Pass Road 5337 Siesta Court 5507 Azure Way 6220 Midnight Pass Road 8630 Midnight Pass Road 1280 Hidden Harbor Way 5966 Midnight Pass Road 548A Beach Road 9243 Midnight Pass Road 825 Tropical Circle 8247 Midnight Pass Road 546A Beach Road 5966 Midnight Pass Road 5760 Midnight Pass Road 5911 Midnight Pass Road 6006 Midnight Pass Road 6150 Midnight Pass Road 5962 Midnight Pass Road 744 Tropical Circle

Addition Renovations Doors/Windows Dock Doors/Windows Doors Mechanical Renovations Re-roof Mechanical Boatlift Mechanical Re-roof Mechanical Mechanical Mechanical Mechanical Mechanical Mechanical Shutters

James Long Judith Campbell Benjamin Worrell Frido Hamann Jim Riley Linda Roemer Raymond Conrad Judith Logerfo Bruce Klein Brenda Brockway Lorry Eible Paul Buskey Ronald Fox Betty Burkard Marcella Guerrero Kenneth Seropian William Kothe Leola Winfree, trustee Frederick Groen Theodore Borek

Amount $121,340 $45,000 $44,828 $24,250 $19,875 $19,768 $18,285 $18,250 $15,900 $11,830 $11,128 $11,119 $9,950 $4,130 $3,790 $3,750 $3,735 $3,500 $3,400 $1,398

Source: Sarasota County; city of Sarasota

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Merchandise Wanted

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941-356-3284.

COINS WANTED by Private Collector. All US and Foreign Gold & Silver Coins. Call Anthony (941) 993-0939.

VIOLIN WITH bow and case, never used, $190.

941-358-8511.

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

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales **********ESTATE SALE BY NANCY DUNN********* SATURDAY 9AM-2PM 3421 Woodmont Drive New England Antiques, Sterling Flatware, Antique China, Depression Glass, Wicker, Much More!!! www.EstateSalesByNancyDunn.com ESTATE SALE: 4281 Oakhurst Circle E., Saturday only, 9a.m.-3p.m. Three dining room sets, bookshelves, sleeper sofa, antiques; sofa, Hoosier cabinet, oak Hitchcock loveseat and coffee table, desk, bedding, linens, kitchen full, books, records, china, crystal, jewelry. Pristine, indoor rain or shine. Entry off Bee Ridge only.

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Chaise Sofa, $400. 2 Queen Anne Side Chairs, $50/ea. 941-358-2207.

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BANK OWNED PROPERTIES & more!

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WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

Musical Instruments VINTAGE GIBSON F-5 MANDOLIN. Lloyd Loar signed and dated 2/18/24. Very good, excellent condition. Professionally appraised at $225,000.

Accepting reasonable offers. Call 248-620-0125 or E-mail: f.fishman@comcast.net

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STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

941-809-3660, 941-809-3662.

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

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941-484-3656.

PELICAN COVE. Beautiful 3/2 turnkey furnished annual rental in this amenity rich community. This ground floor unit is available at $1,200/month. Call Siesta Beach Realty @ 941-993-5722.

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* Available through December 21, 2012. Holiday weekends excluded.

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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.

SIESTA KEY PENTHOUSE: 3BR/3BA, Walking distance to #1 Beach. Furnished or Unfurnished.

All amenities included. $1900/$2500. Annual Lease. 941-349-8900.

FOR RESERVATIONS, CALL (800) 243-9076 or (239) 597-3144 9225 Gulfshore Drive North, Naples, Florida 34108

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Call Craig Woodson American Business Brokers 941-400-3410

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Want to find a great deal on something you’ve always dreamed of?

You never know what you’ll find in the classifieds!

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941-953-9585 800-955-8771 TDD/TTY Rentals from $427-$588

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941-349-8900.

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Seaside Management, 941-923-6077.

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Call 377-4465.

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Reasonable rates. Excellent references. Call Judy, 941-539-7779.

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941-350-8629.

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Price reduced to $309,900. Siesta Beach Realty.

941-993-5722.

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Yearly lease at $2500/month + utilities. Call 228-327-7801.

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 56733

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LUXOR MHP

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5811 14th St. W. Bradenton.

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Pet Services

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Judie Berger sold

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Brand New Siesta Key bay front home on magical 1 acre lot with dock, lift and infinity pool

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5831 Riegels Harbor Road - $1,950,000

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701 Treasure Boat Way - $1,390,000

Elegant Siesta Key Mediterranean home on the Grand Canal, built in 2004 with over 3,300 sq. ft.

7301 Iguana Drive - $1,175,000

530 Yardarm Lane - $1,150,000

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1771 Ringling Boulevard #1001 - $500,000 4555 Tuscana Drive - $429,500

5128 Windward Avenue - $549,000

under contract 4568 Woodside Road - $1,100,000

140’ Siesta waterfront, 4 minutes to open bay, 4 bed/4 bath, high ceilings, 3 car garage

5911 Midnight Pass Road #201 - $335,000

also sold in 2012 524 N Spoonbill Road - $1,150,000 618 Owl Way - $800,000 1919 Grove Street - $745,000 757 Tropical Circle - $730,000 550 Commonwealth Place - $670,000 5300 Ocean Boulevard #903 - $650,000 5044 Faberge Place - $315,000 9393 Midnight Pass Road #401 - $300,000

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SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOLD Canal Rd Siesta Isles Unit 2 $378,378 Avenida Milano Siesta Key $535,000 Avenida Navarra Mira Mar Beach $535,000 Cape Aqua Drive Siesta Isles Unit 3 $567,500 SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES NEWLY LISTED 1002 Glebe Lane Siesta Isles Unit 4 $309,000 8347 Midnight Pass Road Ocean View $4,490,000 SIESTA KEY CONDOMINIUMS SOLD 6157 Midnight Pass Rd. #B-51 Bay Oaks $170,000 6304 Midnight Pass Rd. #512 Midnight Cove Bayside $260,000 8764 Midnight Pass Rd. #105A Isalnd Reef I $325,000 9397 Midnight Pass Rd. #701 Pointe on Midnight Pass $495,000 5780 Midnight Pass Rd. #705 Gulf and Bay Club PH2 $565,000 1080 W. Peppertree Ln #505A Peppertree Bay IV $579,000 SIESTA KEY CONDOMINIUMS NEWLY LISTED 5855 Midnight Pass Rd. #612 Harbour Towers Yacht & Racquette $215,000 1250 N. Portofine Dr. #302 Siesta Harbor II $249,900 1255 E. Peppertree Drive #401 Peppertree Bay I $259,000 5855 Midnight Pass Rd. #417 Harbour Towers Yacht & Racquette $299,000 5855 Midnight Pass Rd. #531 Harbour Towers Yacht & Racquette $310,000 9072 Midnight Pass Rd. #12 Moorinigs $325,000 1200 E. Peppertree Drive #201 Peppertree Bay II $325,000 6236 Midnight Pass Rd. #201 Siesta Dunes Beach $430,000 4660 Ocean Blvd. #12 Sea Village $539,000 5855 Midnight Pass Rd. #207 Harbour Towers Yacht & Racquette $547,000 4822 Ocean Blvd. #8C Siesta Towers $595,000 5300 Ocean Blvd. #303 Terrace East $725,000 DOWNTOWN SARASOTA, BIRD KEY, ST. ARMANDS, & LIDO KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOLD 4235 Iola Drive Golf Estates $70,000 4214 Worcestor Road Floral Parh Homesteads $72,000 3068 Woodpine Lane Woodpine Lake $115,000 749 395 5230 5554

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8th Street Petroutska Brothers $115,000 Carlton Ave. Denham Acres Unit 1 $130,000 Regatta Drive Gulf Gate Unit 7 $165,330 Parma Street Renick $167,000 Whipporwill Circle Weslo Willows $200,000 N. Adams Drive SA Div. J. Ringling Estates $615,000 Camino Real Field Club $850,000 South Washington Drive SA Div. J. Ringling Estates $1,600,000 W. Royal Flamingo Dr. Bird Key $4,700,000 DOWNTOWN SARASOTA, BIRD KEY, ST. ARMANDS, & LIDO KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES NEWLY LISTED 4538 Groveland Ave. Flora Villa $140,000 3047 Woodpine Circle Woodpine Lake $154,900 6100 Brentwood Ave. Pineshores Est. Replat $169,888 2500 Constitution Blvd.

Phillippi Gardens 3 $172,900 3239 Woodberry Lane Ashley Oaks $199,900 5915 Brentwood Ave. Florence $259,900 523 N. Spoonbill Driveb Bird Key $725,000 423 Benjamin Franklin Dr. #B L’Elegance on Lido Beach $1,325,000 DOWNTOWN SARASOTA, BIRD KEY, ST. ARMANDS, & LIDO KEY CONDOMINIUMS SOLD 4444 Swift Road #21 Lucaya Countrty Club Lane $33,000 101 S. Gulfstream Ave #10B Dolphin Towers $37,000 3419 Clark Road #219 Sienna $42,000 6272 Green View Circle #114 Village in the Pines I $92,000 4765 Oak Forest W. Drive #47 Oak Forest Villas $125,000 2750 Moss Oak Dr #13 Woodbridge Estates $135,900 850 S. Tamiami Trail #525 Central Park Sec2 PH1 $165,000 1064 N. Tamiami Trail #1537 Broadway Promenade $193,800 750 N. Tamiami Trail #PH02 Renaissance I $208,000 1064 N. Tamiami Traill #1405 Broadway Promenade $235,000 1601 Playhouse Pt Dr #BA103 Pelican Cove I $287,000 1441 Landings Cir. #71 Landings Treehouse $385,000

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Sunset Dr. #62 LeChateau $400,000 DOWNTOWN SARASOTA, BIRD KEY, ST. ARMANDS, & LIDO KEY CONDOMINIUMS NEWLY LISTED 5452 Swift Rd #22 Imperial Place $89,900 2224 Circlewood Dr #15 Woodside Village East $98,900 1705 Clower Creek Dr.BR201 Pelican Coe XVI $128,000 1745 Southwood St. #1745 Baywood Colony SW4 $139,900 850 S. Tamiami Trail #324 Central Park Sec.2 PH1 $158,000 845 Benjamin Franklin Dr #304 Presidential $219,000 1943 Morrill St. Towles Court $599,900 1800 Benjamin Franklin Dr #B506 L’Elegance on Lido Beach $1,325,000 888 S. Orange Ave #2A Hudson Crossing $2,149,000 LONGBOAT KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOLD 540 Golf Links Lane Country Club Shores Unit 5Sec $760,000 LONGBOAT KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES NEWLY LISTED 561 Cutter Lane Country Club Shores Unit2 $1,295,000 LONGBOAT KEY CONDOMINIUMS SOLD 4234 Gulf of Mexico Drive B2 Pelican Harbour & Beach Club $315,000 1211 Gulf of Mexico Drive #203 Promenade $400,000 2295 Gulf of Mexico Drive #63 Islander Club of Longboat $410,000 3030 Grand Bay Blvd. #322 Grand Bay 3 $760,000 545 Sanctuary Drive #B406 Sanctuary III $778,000 601 Longboat Club Road #1103S Longboat Key Towers $785,000 565 Sanctuary Dr. #A302 Sanctuary II $1,162,500 2165 Gulf of Mexico Drive #114 Villa di Lancia PH1 $1,375,000 LONGBOAT KEY CONDOMINIUMS NEWLY LISTED 65 Twin Shores Blvd Twin Shores MHP $85,000 600 Fox Street Longbeach $369,000 2020 Harbourside Drive #452 Fairway Bay 2 PH I $379,900 1930 Harbourside Drive #121 Fairway Bay I $429,000 1925 Gulf of Mexico Drive #307 Seaplace VI $495,000 4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive #15C Pelican Harbour & Beach Club $499,000 1281 Gulf of Mexico Drive #1104 Water Club at LBK $1,995,000

Based on information compiled from the Mid-Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. for the period of 7/31/2012 thru8/06/2012 This information may or may not include all listed, expired, withdrawn, pending or sold properties of one or more members of the Mid Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service.

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Van Jazmin hates repainting the walls of Clothesline Gallery and Boutique every month almost as much as he hates mopping.

He will have to repaint over the mural Nick Sirotich paints when the next exhibit opens.

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As the co-director at Clothesline Gallery & Boutique, 21-year-old Ringling student Van Jazmin is responsible for providing artists with a platform to launch their careers.

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an Jazmin is young, but he carries himself in the way a middle-age, experienced business owner would. As customers come into Clothesline Gallery & Boutique, he tells them about the Nick

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He suggests that sometimes he has time to work on his own art at the gallery; but it’s hard to believe he has time to think of himself at all.

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“Part of me is worried that I’m going to get so involved in other things that I’m going to stop illustrating,” he says. After all, he has been illustrating since he got in trouble with school administration in first grade for selling drawings to his peers.

In addition to his own illustrations and photography, Jazmin is an advocate on many artistic platforms, in collaborations with groups and projects all over the city. And he’s doing it without the ego typically associated with someone who’s accomplished as much as he has by his age.

Most people know him as the kind, long-haired, eclectic man behind Clothesline’s front desk.

But plenty of people know him from elsewhere.

He’s a Ringling student; an ambassador for Earthdance, an art and music festival taking place in September; a commissioned illustrator; a live-drawing artist at The End of the Dial Tone Radical Experimental Collaborative Music Band; and is a live, digital

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“Being here, I feel re-rooted, and I feel like I need to do something for my community.”

-Van Jazmin

artist for Third Eye Projections.

He sure does get around, but to him it’s equally as exciting as it is exhausting. He thrives on his involvement.

Jazmin came to Sarasota in 2009 for an art education at Ringling College. He stems from “the most radioactive town in America” — Canonsburg, Pa. (He wonders if this aspect has anything to do with the way he turned out.) He’ll graduate next May with a degree in illustration and a minor in business.

Not long after his move to Sarasota, Jazmin began collaborating with local artists, starting with fellow Ringling students.

In 2009, he realized the college was lacking a student publication on campus that showcased students’ work, poetry and photos. Jazmin became enthralled by an underground magazine idea. He teamed up with his dorm roommate at the time, Jack Stone, and peer Brett Lindstrom to execute Zig Zag magazine.

The students published, printed and distributed 300 copies of five issues of the dark magazine.

“No one knew what we were doing until the magazine came out,” he says. “We’d lock ourselves in the print studios and

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not let anyone in.”

The issue releases were each celebrated with catered “smash hit” release parties featuring live music and art exhibitions. The releases resembled trade shows with tents full of artists of all mediums, from traditional art to multimedia and music.

“We kept having success helping artists communicate and connect with each other and a lot of it was about collaborating and art coming together,” Jazmin says of the events.

At the time, Clothesline owner Austin Kowal was sponsoring Zig Zag’s releases with his screen-printing services. His sponsorship turned into a collaboration with Jazmin and a few other partners. They shared a common goal to give local and emerging artists a platform on which to launch their careers.

That goal translated into pop-up shows Jazmin helped Kowal promote.

The success of the shows eventually enticed Kowal to move Clothesline a few doors down into the 529 Pineapple Ave. location and a re-vamped and re-energized Clothesline re-opened in March as a permanent art gallery and boutique.

Courtesy “Shamrockers” is a Van Jazmin illustration based on local band “Fancy Rat” Performing at Shamrock Pub. “There’s an unpredictable creative energy here that I thrive on,” he says of SRQ reflecting on this illustation in a post on his personal blog.

Jazmin started out curating the artist line up for the shows, but has since shifted roles to store manager and a do-it-all kind of guy. Jazmin admits he hates mopping, and painting the walls for in preparation for a new show each month.

The majority of art shows that take place in the gallery are comprised of current students or Ringling alumni.

“I wanted this to be a platform for Ringling students to launch their careers,” says Jazmin.

He feels committed to Sarasota because he’s advanced and thrived here. He’s been introduced to up-and-coming artists and business owners; he has organized successful popup shows; he has also commissioned his own work for book covers and food labels — he’s really made himself known among the Sarasota art community.

“Being here, I feel re-rooted,

and I feel like I need to do something for my community.

There just seems to be opportunities everywhere, and not everyone sees the opportunities,” Jazmin says about Sarasota.

“Even though it’s quieter and smaller than a big city, it has this sense of growth throughout it and I think that is very stimulating for creativity.”

He hopes more young people will also choose to call Sarasota home in the future.

“Opportunity has kept people here, and Clothesline is the reason they stayed (in Sarasota), and that makes me really happy,” he says.

Jazmin is humble about his own artwork. He doesn’t even bring it up until prodded.

It would be easy to guess, that many of his illustrations focus on the collaborations he has found in life: music, art and community.

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The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota twinkled with twirling and twisting sparkly, feather and ruffle-clad dancers last week during the Florida State DanceSport Championships organized

by Lakewood Ranch residents Larry and Dianne Dean. But one local studio had a particularly starry night: Empire Ballroom Studios took home five Florida State Top Awards.

The local studio took home the Triple Crown Top Local Studio and Triple Crown Top Small Studio. Owner Sid Pocius placed second in the Triple Crown Top Teacher, while two of his students also took home top awards — Susan Jones, Triple Crown Top Silver Student, and Brittony Swalm, Triple Crown Top Junior Student. Stay tuned for more of Pocius’ awardwinning dancers and dancing, because he organizes his own ballroom competition, the Sarasota Challenge, which will take place March 23 to 24, at the Hyatt Sarasota.

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+ In good company Sarasota Ballet student Kayleigh Likens made headlines when she danced her way to the Youth America Grand Prix in April in New York. The 16-year-old dancer participated in this year’s American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive, a tough curriculum taught by renowned teachers. The young ballerina has garnered herself another headline-worthy accomplishment: Likens was accepted as a member of American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company, a classical company of dancers, ages 16 to 20, hand-picked from around the world.

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“Seeing the way the stage changed with just one button pressed fascinated me,” Pasquini says of his first experience with a light board.

Name: Ilene Gillispie ‘08 Focus: Religion Claim to Fame: Won a prestigious U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholarship Charts Her Own Course: Spent four months in India researching women of the Sikh religion using New College SRTG funds. Gillispie will be attending a Master’s Seminary program at Boston University.

Let there be light Freelance lighting designer Michael Pasquini creates lasting production memories as he sheds lights on the stages at local theaters such as the Sarasota Opera and Banyan Theater Company.

New College students like Ilene Gillispie benefit immensely from the college’s Student Research and Travel Grant Program (SRTG). Just last year, SRTG grants allowed 53 students to travel around the globe in pursuit of the latest research for thesis work, tutorials and independent study projects. That is one of the many reasons why New College is often called a “graduate program for undergraduates.”

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ichael Pasquini is light-headed.

“They say it’s important to have a hobby outside of theater, outside of lighting,” he says. But for Pasquini, a long day at the theater is best rewarded with more theater.

“I love going to see shows and seeing what else someone has done, how they achieved it, what they brought to the stage and the story they have to tell,” he says.

But when he sees a producion for the second time, he really gets to watch and enjoy what’s happening on stage. He has a hard time even watching the show the first time around because he’s too busy craning his neck to see what lights are being lit and when.

His work graces the sets and actors at Banyan Theater Company, where he is currently the resident lighting designer, and at Sarasota Opera, where he is the assistant master electrician and the assistant lighting designer. He also freelances, and, since May, has worked on shows for Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, The Players and The Manatee Players.

“I’m often times amazed, especially at a place like Banyan, with how much gets done in such a short amount of time (among) everyone involved,” he says.

When he worked on The Manatee Players production of “The Full Monty” in April, he spent two, 48-hour workdays in a row there — only leaving the theater to eat and shower.

“I don’t think people necessarily know how much time it takes,” he says. But that’s not a complaint — according to Pasquini the end result is well worth it.

“It’s a lot of fun when everyone comes together and has this shared experience,” he says. “Not only are you sharing it with the people you created it with, you’re sharing it now with a whole new audience, and I think that’s really the fun of it.”

Pasquini is an artist; the light board and electrics are his medium and, in essence, he paints with light. But such art requires complicated execution and takes a great deal of planning. He reads the script several times, has meetings with production, designs the lights, puts the lights in place, sets up the cues and more — hours can easily turn into full days. Also, unlike art or sculpture, the impression isn’t recorded on a canvas.

“The only thing people have are their memories of the show, and that’s kind of the fun for me in a way,” he says. His lights must make a lasting impression.

Pasquini’s love of light goes way back. In fact, he’s always had an affinity for lightup toys and shiny things. Starting with the Glo Worm and Lite-Brite he had when he was little.” Things that lit up always fascinated me,” he says.

But surprisingly, his interest in theater didn’t start with lights. It was his role in an adaptation of “A Christmas Carol,” written by his seventh-grade teacher, that gave him the spark. He continued to pursue theater in groups around Sarasota and on-stage at Booker High.

It was The Players production of “The Secret Garden,” that gave him the backstage bug. He was only in charge of pushing a button when the stage manager called for it, but that small behind-thescene role made a huge impression on him.

“I was enthralled with the fact that you could change everything in a second,” he explains, “I just thought it was really beautiful.”

Pasquini doesn’t expect anyone to single out the lighting at a show. He explains: “People don’t necessarily say, ‘Oh, that was a great person who did the lighting.”

Instead he says it’s the artful collaboration with those onstage and behind the scenes that make a production successful — many hands make light work.

“When it comes together, the lighting works for the show, people enjoy it and that’s how it needs to be,” he says.

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“We started by doing script readings at Main Book Store and then moved to Broadway Bar in Sarasota, when we were ready to stage full productions. Their regular customers weren’t sure they wanted to pay a cover charge to watch ‘plays,’ but they loved what they saw and kept coming back.”

Some sketch material includes “Road to Nirvana” by Arthur Kopit; Eric Bogosian’s monologue collection, “Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll” and the comedy, “Dearly Departed.” Additional music includes naughty songs like “Arthur in The Afternoon” by Kander and Ebb; “Sodomy” from Hair and Monty Python’s “I’m a Lumberjack.”

“Random Acts” features music director Peter Madpak and actors/singers Steve O’Dea, Ross Boehringer, Kristofer Geddie,

IF YOU GO ‘Random Acts’ When: 8 p.m., now through Aug. 25 Where: Pinkerton Theatre, 140 West Tampa Ave., Venice Tickets: $25 general; $13 student Call 488-1115 Jenny Martin, Kim Kollar, Nancy Denton, Jessica Szempruch, Rik Robertson, Dawn Carpenter and Dorian Boyd.

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For “Random Acts,” the black box Pinkerton Theatre, which lies within the Venice Theatre, has been transformed into a European-style cabaret, complete with tiny, round cloth-covered tables on which to set your cash-bar purchased drinks. This ambiance suits the raunchy, hilarious program to a fare-thee-well.

The show (formerly Cabaret Sarasota’s infamous Guerilla Theatre Troupe) consists of an eclectic compilation of edgy songs, monologues and scenes that are highly irreverent, but stop short of

lewd. If you can laugh with your jaw in dropped position, you will guffaw your way through this wildly entertaining revue. One elderly couple sitting in the front row enjoyed it so much, they were moved to share a kiss, after one particularly suggestive scene.

Venice Theatre’s producing director Allan Kollar and guest director Kelly Woodland are proud of their new offspring. Woodland said ’Random Acts’ is not for the faint of heart. The show contains adult subject matter and language and may contain partial nudity.

Our original group was a bunch of actors who were frustrated at the lack of opportunities to perform in edgier shows.” (“Random Acts” was formed in 1994, a year before Venice Theatre’s Stage II Series had been established.)

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* Savings Based on Suggested Retail

No interest for 12 months by Bacon’s Consumer credit card account and is subject to credit approval by GE Money Bank. items pictured for illustration purposes

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