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by Alex Mahadevan | News Editor

No conflict for Crystal Classic The American SandSculpting Championship in Fort Myers Beach was moved ahead one week, leaving the Nov. 9 event on Siesta Key as the only Veterans Day competition.

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+ Message in a bottle After Tropical Storm Debby, a guest at Tropical Beach Resorts found a message in a bottle washed up on the beach. Dawn Bear, general manager of Tropical Beach Resorts, said the message had been buried in the sand

by Robert (Butch) Deskin on behalf of Robert Benjamin Deskin (Ben), his son, and Dondi Gardner at 2:30 Jan. 29, on their wedding day.

The note thanked God for his unconditional love and his loving kindness. Bear said that after reading the message and finding the contact information, she let the Ohiobased family know the bottle had been found.

This year, the American SandSculpting Championship in Fort Myers Beach will be the biggest sand-sculpting event in Florida, after recently extending the weeklong competition by three days, said organizer Bill Knight.

But, the change also pushed the affair a week ahead of original plans and out of conflict with the Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sand Sculpting Competition, which runs from Nov. 6 through Nov. 9.

Earlier this year, organizers of the SandSculpting Championship said it would be held the same weekend as the Crystal Classic, prompting speculation about competition for attendance. Also, Dan Belcher and Kelly Fralich, the duo who won

first place on Siesta Key last year, planned to commit to Fort Myers Beach, where they had competed for the previous two decades, Knight said.

The Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce, one of the primary sponsors of the southern sand event, considered holding two competitions in November, said FMB Chamber President Bud Nocera: “We were able to get into a management agreement with professional management and then merge the two events into one.”

The professional management is a partnership with Pincher’s Crab Shack Restaurant and the Holiday Inn Fort Myers Beach,

for which the chamber received $50,000, according an August chamber newsletter. The SandSculpting Committee previously managed the event, which now incorporated festivities all over the island, according to the newsletter.

Sandsculpting competitions are difficult to schedule in the fall, but organizers shoot for the window between the end of Hurricane Season and Thanksgiving weekend, which was only two weeks this year.

“The American SandSculpting Championship has always been held the second week of November,” Knight said. The competition hit the quarter-century mark

last year, two years after the inaugural Crystal Classic was held in 2010.

The SandSculpting Championship will return to the Holiday Inn after two years of being held at the Gull Wing Resort, a fiveminute walk south. So, there will be little change in the sculpting material.

Knight will be preparing for the Sandsculpting Championship during the previous week, so he won’t be able to attend the Crystal Classic.

Neither event has its list of competitors set, but the date change could make it possible for the two reigning Crystal Classic champs to return to the quartz Siesta sands.

Below: “Something Fishy” won second place at last year’s Crystal Classic.

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Photo courtesy of Dan Kriwitsky

+ Barefoot Wine beach clean-up Barefoot Wine partnered with Suncoast Charities for Children, Saturday, Aug. 11, as part of a statewide clean-up effort to “Keep Florida’s Beaches Barefoot Friendly.” Volunteers worked for several hours collecting bags of garbage along the shoreline of Siesta Key Beach and took part in an celebration luncheon at the Daiquiri Deck after the clean-up.

Turtle tracks Week of Aug. 5 through Aug. 11

Nests on Siesta Key...........5 False crawls.......................1

2012 2011 Nests 325 151 False crawls 314 183

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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

E-news outlet targets the Pelican Press with fake story The first-edition exclusive touted Donald Trump’s ‘plans’ to raze the Terrace Condominiums. No one but the The Pelican received the story.

Sarasota News Leader, a startup news website, launched its first e-edition Friday, Aug. 10. And it had big news.

Big, fake news, that is.

When Pelican Press News Editor Alex Mahadevan opened his copy of the e-edition, the headline on the top story proclaimed: “Trump Tower takes Siesta Key by surprise.”

And the lead of the story said:

“News that real estate tycoon Donald Trump has obtained options on land in Siesta Village for a planned 50-story Trump Tower has residents of Siesta Key in an uproar.”

The story went on to say Trump had made plans to acquire and raze the Terrace Condominiums for what “easily will become the most recognizable building on the entire Gulf

Coast.”

Surprised himself by the news, Mahadevan began calling Sarasota County officials, Siesta Key residents and business owners to determine the validity of the story. He learned, however, it was a hoax — intended only for him.

This is a screen shot taken of the email Via interviews with others Mahadevan received from Sarasota News Leader. By this point renderings had been SEE FAUX NEWS / 2 deleted from the Web host.

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who had received the e-edition, Mahadevan learned that he alone had received a News Leader edition that was different than all of the others’ e-editions.

Siesta Key resident and Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson, who was on vacation in the Florida Keys when Mahadevan left her a message regarding the Trump tower, told the Pelican Press she took time out of her vacation to try to verify the story.

“I guess it was an April Fools’ joke for the middle of August,” Patterson said.

“Anyone who has heard about this fake story should know that no zoning would accommodate such a tower,” added Patterson.

After Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Barbetta scanned his digital edition for the Trump story last week, he told the Pelican Press: “Someone’s playing a joke on you.”

Mark Smith, chairman of the Siesta Key Village Maintenance Corp., said he was told by the Sarasota News Leader the fake story “was a practical joke targeted only for Alex.”

Terrace East resident Peter van Roekens wasn’t laughing when he received a call from Mahadevan about the story.

“We already have enough problems trying to get accurate reporting (on Siesta Key),” van Roekens said last week. Van Roekens later called the Sarasota News Leader to complain and told the Pelican Press, “They apologized profusely and said it would never happen again.”

Lourdes Ramirez, vice president of the Coalition of Neighborhood Associations (CONA) and former president of the Siesta Key Association, noted that the Observer Media Group always puts out an appropriately timed April Fools edition for its papers.

“Stuff like that is appropriate in early April and is sent to all readers,” Ramirez said.

Ramirez said she would have taken the

The following is a transcript of an interview Tuesday between the Pelican Press and Robert Hackney, general manager of the Sarasota News Leader, a digital publication.

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Visitors office to launch new tourism campaign

Do you know that Pelican Press News Editor Alex Mahadevan received a fake story about a Trump tower coming to Siesta Key at the top of your e-edition last week?

It’s a possibility.

Did it get sent to anyone else?

I’m sure it did not.

Would you comment or explain what happened?

It would be hard to explain. It’s obvious what happened. It’s not what I consider to be news.

Was this a deliberate attempt to dupe Alex Mahadevan and The Observer?

What do you think?

Could Alex expect to receive altered e-editions like this in the future?

It’s a possibility.

Why would you do this?

We have concerns. We have concerns with certain individuals there (at Pelican Press and The Observer). This isn’t what I consider to be news.

Local tourism officials will play up sunny winter weather in a new $500,000 campaign to lure vacationers.

JetBlue Airways will be one of the stars.

News Leader’s fake story seriously if she had received it, because there have been past rumors about a high-rise hotel coming to Siesta Key. Said Siesta Key Beach Club owner Chris Brown: “I’ve known (SNL News Editor) Rachel (Brown-Hackney) a long time. She never struck me as someone who would go along with something so vindictive.”

Reached for comment, Sarasota News Leader General Manager Robert Hackney confirmed that Mahadevan was the only one to receive the fake Trump story.

Sarasota tourism officials have responded to a pair of setbacks suffered over the past year with a new, and aggressive, attack plan.

The strategy centers on a $500,000 advertising campaign and partnership between Visit Sarasota County and JetBlue Airlines. The slogan is “Sarasota in Shorts.” It’s a play on the idea that when the weather is cold up North, people can do anything, from Christmas shopping to golf to sitting on the beach, in shorts while in Sarasota. JetBlue flies three direct flights into Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, two from New York and one, Saturdays, from Boston.

“We’re really excited about this,” said Visit Sarasota County Communications Director Erin Duggan. “We hope it will be really cold up there in November and December.”

The campaign is the first time Visit Sarasota County has partnered with a major national airline. It’s also the first time the office, the former Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau, has spent a chunk of its annual ad budget, usually in the low-seven figures, on one campaign.

The most recent setback Visit Sarasota County addresses with the “Sarasota in Shorts” campaign is the loss of AirTran Airways. A subsidiary of Southwest, AirTran terminated service from Sarasota Bradenton International Airport Aug. 11.

The airline represented about 33% of the

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airport’s annual passenger traffic.

“Given the loss of flights with AirTran,” said airport President and CEO Rick Piccolo, “JetBlue is really important.”

But an even more painful punch hit Visit Sarasota County in October. That’s when John Deere announced it planned to move its dealer conference from Sarasota-Bradenton to suburban Orlando. The forest equipment and agriculture tractor firm’s conference was a three-week procession of product displays, seminars and live demonstrations that brought at least 3,000 people to town.

At the time, Visit Sarasota County President Virginia Haley said the loss would have a huge impact — it was the largest single piece of business to come back every year. Local hotel managers and restaurant owners worried about the loss, too.

The “Sarasota in Shorts” campaign, said Duggan, was launched out of conversations Visit Sarasota County officials held with local business owners worried about the impact of the John Deere defection.

JetBlue will match whatever Visit Sarasota County spends on the campaign, said Duggan, which will likely be between $200,000 and $300,000. The campaign will include TV, radio, print and Web ads, plus a component in New York City-area buses and subways. JetBlue also plans to run commercials for the campaign on its in-flight TVs.

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Dent dominates supervisor race The race for Sarasota Supervisor of Elections ended in a landslide, with incumbent Kathy Dent nearly tripling the votes of Sarasota County Commissioner Jon Thaxton.

Three generations of Dents watched as the results of absentee votes in the Tuesday, Aug. 14 primary election scrolled down tiny computer screens in a cramped room at 101 South Washington Blvd.

Incumbent Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent was stomping Sarasota County Commissioner Jon Thaxton with triple the votes, despite his campaign collecting $94,402 — nearly three times the amount of money Dent raised for her campaign. The wide margin remained steady even as the final precinct reported, with Dent nabbing 21,177 votes to Thaxton’s 7,238.

Dent, her husband, John, and daughter Jennifer McClain alternated between watching the results roll in and wrangling McClain’s 6-year-old daughter, Kennedy, and her neighborhood friend, who were earlier reciting election rules in the walk from the parking lot.

Thaxton announced plans to run against Dent two weeks after the Florida Supreme Court ruled term limits constitutional, ending the commissioner’s campaign for a fourth term, for which he had already raised more than $30,000.

He notified contributors of his plans, which he said he had been mulling for two years.

The candidates clashed at debates that included personal attacks from both Republicans during the race, filtering down to Dent calling Thaxton unfit for the administrative role, and Thaxton contending that the office lacked transparency during Dent’s tenure.

But, while Thaxton sharpened his argument about his oppo-

Total Voter Turnout 2012....................16.45% 2010....................24.28% 2008....................19.29% 2006....................24.81% 2004....................26.09% 2002....................29.79%

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Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent, back, a self-described hands-on manager, wasn’t allowed to oversee the election as a candidate.

Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent Jon Thaxton

nent’s controversial past, Dent embraced it. She sent out mailers with large-print quotes about the three lawsuits.

The race, for which Dent spent roughly $38,000 and Thaxton

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ing at town hall meetings, there were 17,000 absentee votes submitted, a primary election record.

“I think the message about absentee and early voting really resonated,” said Supervisor of Elections Chief of Staff Ron Turner.

Dent scored a victory in that regard, in addition to the unexpected, landslide defeat of Thaxton, which she said left her pleasantly surprised.

“I’m just very humbled by the support from people who came out of the woodwork,” she said.

“It’s nice to know there’s someone behind you.

Dent was back in the office prepping for the general election the following day, which she expects to draw a turnout of 80% — a number she can now turn her focus to reaching with the heated campaign behind her.

“It’s been a long, hot summer,” Dent said.

Meeting expectations

25.47% 7,238

spent $77,000, ended with a disappointing voter turnout of 16.45%.

“It was pathetic,” Dent said.

But, after shrinking the number of polling places and voter precincts and pushing absentee vot-

The results for the Sarasota Commission District 5 seat and the 12th Circuit State Attorney Republican primaries had closer margins, with Charles Hines beating

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DISTRICT 5 RACE Sarasota County Commission District 5 candidate Charles Hines, left, watches a computer screen as votes are tallied Tuesday night. Hines won the race with 58.86% of the vote.

“This has been a wonderful experience,” said Hines. “It’s all new to me, but it’s really humbling when you’re driving home and see two people, who you’ve never met, putting up signs in your support.

I want to do my best over the next four years to make Sarasota a great place to live.”

Randy McLendon with 58.86% of the vote, and Ed Brodsky inching past Peter Lombardo with 53.37%.

Hines raised more than four times the $9,000 McLendon was able to collect by Election Day, and had more high-power endorsements.

The State Attorney race, which drew more attention than usual with $240,000 in campaign contributions from Gary Kompathecras to Lombardo and accusations of illegal campaign finance contributions, ended with the heavily endorsed Brodsky ahead by 1,804.

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by Alex Mahadevan | News Editor

The hunt is on for a rogue tegu lizard The lizard has been spotted in dune vegetation near Turtle Beach dunes, but Sarasota County staff thinks only it’s a matter of time before they trap it.

In some parts of the world, exotic reptiles are consumed on a regular basis, but Sarasota County Natural Resources staff is more interested in what the large lizards are swallowing.

The non-native reptiles, which mostly include iguanas, are omnivores, feeding mainly on light-colored flowers. But, they compete with Sarasota’s native species’ populations, and when vegetation starts running low, they are known to target gopher tortoise and sea-turtle eggs.

There have been reported sightings of a Tupinambis lizard, known in the exotic pet trade as a tegu, near Turtle Beach.

“It’s been hanging around there for a while, so it’s probably determined to be here,” said Sarasota County Environmental Specialist Chance Steed. “It’s probably only a matter of time before it’s captured there by a trapper.”

That’s good and bad news: if it stays in a central area, trappers and county staff have a better chance of trapping it, but there are still turtle nests in the area that could be targeted by the tegu.

Photo courtesy of Chance Steed

Tegu lizards can wreak havoc on native plants and animal life.

Sarasota County staff isn’t allowed to do any trapping on private property, which is why county staff needs reports to figure out where lizards are roaming. But, the tegu is roaming on county property in Turtle Beach Park, which puts the county closer to capturing the rogue reptile, Steed said.

The presence of gopher tortoise holes is another aid to trapping

efforts, albeit causing relative discomfort to the fellow reptiles.

“They don’t appear to be doing harm to the tortoises,” Steed said.

“But, I’m sure the tortoises aren’t exactly thrilled to be sharing their homes.” When Steed suspects a lizard is holed up in a gopher tortoise burrow, he can place a trap near the entrance to snare it when the tortoise chases the lizard into the opening.

The tortoise experience illustrates collateral havoc iguanas and tegus can cause to native species. “Although they may not be specifically targeted by reptiles, they’re still competing for food sources,” Steed said.

Trappers hired by Sarasota County use air rifles to control non-native lizard populations that have grown too large for traditional trapping means. A contractor cut down the amount of iguanas in Blind Pass Park on Manasota Key. It was just more efficient,” said Steed.

But, on Siesta Key, reptile wranglers use a hands-on trapping method — literally. “We go out and grab them by hand,” Steed said. “That’s probably one of the better ways to do it.

Once caught, exotic lizards are euthanized and put in a freezer.

Steed said the county has considered implementing programs that would filter healthy found reptiles to pet stores, but their

numbers are currently too high for that effort.

Instead, Sarasota County environmental specialists study their stomach contents to get a better idea of what areas they may be frequenting for food, and if they are doing environmental damage.

The last such study, performed last year, showed positive findings. They didn’t find evidence of gopher tortoise or sea turtle eggs.

It’s about time for another study, he said.

“When (residents) see something like this tegu, that looks suspicious and non-native, they need to report it,” Steed said.

“We don’t want it to be a situation like in Boca Grande where there was a lot of environmental destruction,” Steed said. The small island was overrun with more than 16,000 exotic reptiles in 2006, according to National Geographic News.

“We can’t be out there all the time,” he said. “It’s our diligent public that really helps keep numbers down.”

To report an iguana sighting call 861-5000.

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+ Beach Road repair could cost $1 million Sarasota County is waiting on permits for a temporary fix to the closed portion of Beach Road, but a longterm solution is expected to cost between $800,000 and $1 million.

Sarasota County Mobility Infrastructure Manager Gary Spraggins said the county suffered about $45,000 worth of damage to roads and bridges from Tropical Storm Debby, which flooded portions of Beach Road and halted work on the Siesta Key north bridge.

The county submitted storm damage estimates to the Federal Emergency Management Agency last month, but the organization isn’t expected to make a decision on monetary reimbursement for at least one month.

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Now Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office deputies can scan license plates without typing a word using their ALPR systems.

The technology, which was implemented by the sheriff’s office in 2009, scans passing cars’ plates and matches the numbers up with computer records, which helps automatically identify drivers operating with suspended licenses.

An Aug. 4 police report demonstrated the system’s efficacy, when an officer was able to stop a drunk

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Two recently hatched Snowy Plover chicks are surviving in the dune vegetation on Siesta Key Beach, according to Siesta key Association President Catherine Luckner.

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Monday, Aug. 20, City Hall, Commission Chamber, 1565 Fist St., Sarasota.  Sarasota County Commission budget workshop — 9 a.m.

Monday, Aug. 20, Third Floor Think Tank, Administration Building, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.  School Board monthly work session — 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, Landings Administrative Complex, 1980 Landings Blvd., Sarasota

driver after ALPS scanned the man’s license plate and notified the deputy the owner’s license had been suspended. After the officer made the stop, the man was found to be intoxicated.

+ Public Beach thefts on the rise The number of vehicle burglaries in the Siesta Key beach parking lot fell the week of Aug. 6, but there were more than four thefts reported on the public beach.

Sarasota County Sheriff deputy Sgt. Scott Osborne explained during an Aug. 7 meeting of the Siesta Key Village Association that there are currently no suspects in the crimes, which he said generally happens when a beachgoer leaves their belongings to swim in the Gulf of Mexico.

In two police reports obtained by the Pelican Press, beach visitors left their wallets wrapped in a towel and hidden in a shoe. Both wallets were taken within 30 minutes of the men entering the Gulf.

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Kiosks guide Siesta beach visitors The Donald does Sarasota Sarasota County Parks and Recreation started building informational kiosks near boat ramps, but realized they would be also useful at Siesta Key beach accesses.

The Sarasota Republican Club is throwing Trump a $100,000 soiree after naming him Statesman of the Year.

The club says he’s key in getting people back to work.

Siesta Key residents and beachgoers may notice new tin-roofed kiosks at several public access points — at least Sarasota County hopes they do.

Currently, the posting board only has signs warning that the use of fireworks on the beach is illegal, a crucial tool used by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office during the Fourth of July celebration on Siesta Key, according to deputy Chris McGregor during a July report to the Siesta Key Association. But, the wood backdrop will soon display environmental information year-round.

Sarasota County Parks and Recreation manager George Tatge has a poster outlining protective restrictions and information about snowy plovers, the threatened shorebirds that live in dune vegetation, prepared for the kiosks. They will be posted within the next two weeks, he said. The county has plans to create similar informational signs about seaturtle nests, manatees, and sea grasses, as well.

The huts will also double as guideposts for tourists featuring information expected to help Siesta Key Village businesses, Tatge said. The side visitors see when leaving the beach will have maps that will show walking distances to restaurants, bars and other landmarks.

“It lets people know they can take a walk down the beach and get off to have a cold drink in the Village,” he said. The traffic congestion during busy beach days could thin if people know they can walk less than a mile for a bite to eat, Tatge explained.

The kiosks also help the parks and recreation department by consolidating signage, some of which is required

Donald Trump turned down a speaking role at the Republican National Convention that begins Aug. 27, in Tampa.

However, he accepted a request to talk about the upcoming election from the Sarasota Republican Club, which named the billionaire developer and reality television star Statesman of the Year.

Joe Gruters, chairman of the Sarasota Republican Party, said the Aug. 26 dinner event at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota is set to accommodate 900 people, and 815 tickets have already been purchased.

The party attracted 15 sponsors that committed at least $15,000, to reserve seats or tables.

Trump was an easy choice, Gruters said. “He’s lived the American dream,” he explained. The sluggish economic recovery will be a major talking point in the presidential election, and Trump’s business acumen gives him a unique perspective on job creation.

“The great thing about Donald, and how he’s able to attract even Democrats and independents, is that he’s a celebrity,” Gruters said. “Celebrity goes a long way.”

Trump will also make the perfect surrogate for Gov. Mitt Romney, Gruters said. “He’s obviously not afraid to take difficult positions on some of these issues and communicate them to average Americans,” he said. “It’s not just about political rhetoric — he tells it how it is.”

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Sarasota County Parks and Recreation posts informative signs about wildlife and maps to Siesta Key landmarks on a kiosk at Beach Access 5.

for display by law. Tatge said before the county started the project, he noticed 15 signs skirting a boat ramp.

“They were different colors, ages and made out of different materials,” he said. “It’s a tough struggle with the constant barrage of requests for signage.”

Sarasota County tapped its tourist development fund, which is fueled by taxes on rentals of less than six months, to pay for beach kiosks and West Coast Inland Navigation District boater improvement grants for those near boat ramps.

The county parks and recreation department has 10 in place on Siesta, and plans to install three more of the $2,400 structures at Beach Accesses 12 and 13, and on Shell Road.

“They’ll help reduce traffic, improve circulation, and help people from getting lost,” Tatge said.

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Paul Ryan as his running mate, and Trump’s campaigning is key in keeping the GOP candidates’s momentum, Gruters said.

Tickets range from $150 and $1,000, based on the amount of Trump-time attendees will get — from a handshake and a picture, to a one-on-one chat. The event, which will begin with a VIP reception at 5:30 p.m., cost roughly $100,000 to arrange, Gruters said.

Gruters said attendees could expect to see major political players at the RitzCarlton, Sarasota, including Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Florida Rep. Chris Dorworth.

“This will be the most successful fundraiser in the history of the party in Sarasota,” Gruters said.

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No summer lull on Siesta Key This June, Sarasota County collected the most tourist development tax dollars ever.

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June was a rocky month for Siesta Key. The Florida Department of Transportation started nightly lane closures on the Siesta north bridge the second week of June. And Tropical Storm Debby destroyed more than 1,000 sea-turtle nests, did $2 million in erosion damage to Siesta Key, and flooded parts of Beach Road for entire days at the end of the month.

However, data from the Sarasota County Tax Collector shows tourism was the strongest it’s been in more than 10 years.

Visit Sarasota County President Virginia Haley said it was the best June ever.

Siesta Key businesses rely on local spending when snowbirds and spring breakers take summer leave. Tourist development taxes, the 5% levy on rentals of six months or less that reflect out-ofcounty visitors, have declined from April to May for the last decade, and increased into the following month. This year the tax jumped nearly 50% from May to June, the biggest summer boost in 10 years. (See box below) “It’s been great the last couple of years and this summer seems to be continuing the trend,” said Chris Brown, owner of the Beach Club, the Hub, the Cottage and Blu Que Island Grill — all Siesta Key Village restaurants. He currently has 135 employees total, which has grown by 20 compared to the beginning of summer last year.

“There have been a tremendous amount of families,” Brown said. Adding that the free golf-cart taxi rides, bicycle rickshaws, an assortment of food options, and other activities give Siesta Key a wide appeal. “When I go on vacation, those are the things I look for.”

Sarasota County collected $1.03 million in tourist taxes in June, as of July 31, and the number should grow as delayed taxes are sent in. Siesta Key accounted for 38% of that total, with $367,476 brought in —

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the largest share was shouldered by Siesta Key this year.

The Siesta Key Village Association, in anticipation of construction on the Siesta Key north bridge, kicked up marketing efforts in June with a billboard near the intersection of Bee Ridge Road and McIntosh Road. Radio advertisements started in July.

Haley said Visit Sarasota County, formerly the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau, started marketing efforts targeting in-state tourists earlier than usual this year.

But, she was surprised at the bed-tax bump because those types of visitors can cancel trips for weather events, like Tropical Storm Debby, earlier than national or international jetsetters. “There’s still a lot of pent-up summer vacation demand,” Haley explained.

Visit Sarasota County’s early estimates predicted that total bed taxes would jump 9% in June over the previous month. “It exceeded even what we thought — which is awesome,” she said.

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Sarasota’s own fiscal cliff Sarasota City Commissioner Terry Turner usually doesn’t engender hugs and kisses for the way he approaches issues and interacts on the dais with his fellow commissioners. But give him this: There is almost always substance over style.

Turner, the Ph.D. economist, has taken the lead on the commission to try to awaken taxpayers and commissioners to the reality that, on its present course, the city is headed over a fiscal cliff, right along side the U.S. government.

The city’s cliff isn’t nearly as deep as that of the nation’s. Nor is it just a few months away. But the specter of going over this cliff, nonetheless, should be alarming to every city taxpayer — businesses and individuals alike.

As Turner told members of the City Coalition of Neighborhood Associations two Saturdays ago, the city of Sarasota is on track to rack up a $20 million general-fund deficit by fiscal 2022. This year’s deficit is $3 million, or roughly seven times less than what city Finance Director Chris Lyons is forecasting.

Take a look at the graphic above. Lyons did projections that demonstrate what is likely to happen to city expenses and revenues over the next decade.

• Increase city population 20% (by 10,000).

He estimates each of these steps would generate between $3 million to $5 million.

If Sarasota had an elected-CEO mayor, he could begin building coalitions to do what must be done.

+ Elected mayor: Speak out

These forecasts aren’t just smoke. They’re real. And if you attended the CCNA meeting, you heard Turner. There are no ifs, ands or buts — city taxes will have to rise.

But that’s not all. Turner also flashed a slide that spelled out five options to address this real and growing deficit: • Implement recently approved policepension reductions.

• Increase property taxes.

• Additional cuts in healthcare and pension benefits.

• Do things differently.

Speaking of a CEO mayors, the Sarasota City Commission is expected Monday to discuss Commissioner Paul Caragiulo’s proposed charter amendment to create an elected-CEO mayor form of government. It’s still a work in progress, he says, subject to citizen input and modifications. But he is hoping to have the idea vetted enough to be placed on the city’s March ballot.

Caragiulo is likely to attempt in the

afternoon session (starting at 2:30 p.m.) to have the item moved to the commission’s Monday night session, which will begin at 6 p.m. at City Hall.

Hopefully this time around, a lot of citizen comment will be welcomed — and encouraged.

To read the details of the proposal, go to: YourObserver.com/electedmayor.

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Clean voter rolls protect your vote What is it about making sure only legal voters vote that makes liberals’ hair catch fire? Why do they so intensely want it otherwise?

In a perfect world — and politics is about as far from that as it gets — but in a perfect world, all Americans would want only other registered American voters to cast votes for our leaders. We could fight and scrap over ideas, policies, personalities, foibles, personal wealth, skeletons in closets and so on. But we’d want Americans selecting ROD American leaders.

THOMSON But that is clearly not the case, and it is nowhere more clear than in the reactions to Gov. Rick Scott’s — and Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent’s — responsible attempts to weed out the illegal voters. The action is commonly reported as “purging” the voter list. That word makes it sound sinister.

Scott started the process last year, but he was stonewalled by the Obama administration’s refusal to release the federal database of resident non-citizens to make sure they are not voting.

Now that we are only a few months from the national elections, there are charges of politics in the “timing” of Scott’s voter “purge.” But the timing is wholly the result of the federal government’s refusal to coop-

erate for a year. If there were politics being played, it wasn’t by Scott but by someone who is a far superior politician.

And Dent tried to clean up the county’s voting list earlier this year by comparing the registered voter list to the jury list of people who recused themselves from jury duty by checking the box claiming they are not American citizens. Makes perfect sense.

There were only 12. Only one has admitted not being a citizen. The others checked the wrong box — apparently by mistake, although let’s face it, few of us want jury duty.

Five were put back on the voting list after proving citizenship and the seven never responded to requests for proof.

Now these actions seem like the legitimate, responsible work of people in charge of elections. Part of the sacredness of the vote is that only Americans get to — or that is supposed to be the case.

Democrats argue that this cleansing of the rolls disenfranchises minorities because more of them are supposedly affected. But they make the same argument against voters showing IDs to prove who they are. Again basic common sense, but again opposed.

The purists contend that if even one vote is disenfranchised, it is not worth it. Which is exactly why we need to guard the right so carefully. What is a right to vote about if anyone can show up and vote claiming to be whoever might be on the voter list, which may or may not be accurate?

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chises a legal vote. If someone casts a vote and he is not a legal voter, he cancels out your legal vote. It is as if you never voted.

You are disenfranchised.

MoveOn.org, a major Democrat backer, sent out a fundraising letter saying: “Republican Gov. Rick Scott tried to kick 180,000 people off the voter rolls in his state and is now suing the Department of Justice after it stepped in to stop him. Rick Scott’s racist voter purge — which directly targets Latino voters — is so egregious that every one of the 67 supervisors of elections in the state — Democrats, Republicans, and independents — has so far refused to carry it out.”

You see the hyperbole? It is used to raise funds because it riles up the liberal base.

But even the Tampa Bay Times’ PolitiFact — not exactly an ally of Scott — found this claim scurrilous: “The 180,000 was the state’s starting point for gathering data on potential non-citizens. But the state forwarded less than 2% of that list — about 2,600 — to the counties for further review.”

Even then, it would still be up to the counties to review the 2,600 against their data. This is a reasonable process with multiple levels of checks.

So the question remains: Why do these liberal groups and the Democrats they support fight so hard against every attempt to make sure only Americans are voting? Why do they apparently want illegals voting, knowing that disenfranchises legal votes?

Rod Thomson can be reached at rthomson@yourobserver.com.

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LETTERS TO The real noise issue THE EDITOR MY VIEW

by Kevin Cooper | Contributing Columnist

It has been requested that I state a quintessential business 101 course position on, and even suggested that — businesses are able to continue I focus this column on my opinion to exist because they serve citizens regarding the “noise issue” that is in the ways those citizens desire and apparently plaguing Siesta Key as can do so better than competing of late. However, I’d rather businesses — otherwise known discuss a side of the “noise as “competitive advantage.” If issue” debate that I feel is businesses do more harm than typically overlooked. good, and thus underserve A question of decibel the citizens, I can only assume levels has again garnered that they will be short-lived. the attention of the three Businesses cannot reject main stakeholders of our their obligation to be good fine county: government, stewards of the areas in which businesses, and citizens. Of they operate and, in our case, KEVIN course, there is a fine line cannot begin to underestimate COOPER between how those groups the importance of serving the as government staff and citizens of Sarasota County. officials, as well as business owners, Of course, citizens have a critical are counted among our citizens. This role in this process as well. Citizens is the common thread that connects are to support business. Let us not us all: We are all citizens here and forget the vital role that businesses should focus on the future of our area. play in our local economy. Between Rather than focus on the time at taxes and employment, businesses which entertainment of all kinds takes are one of the main reasons that place in north Siesta Village, and the we are able to enjoy the quality of decibel levels that it reaches, I prefer life that we have come to expect. to reflect on the roles that the three Even the most non-business savvy main stakeholder groups are called minds can understand that many of upon to serve in Sarasota County. our local businesses could survive Oddly, I feel that the most complex elsewhere — however, they choose to piece is actually the simplest to do so in Sarasota County. We cannot address. Government, at its core, underestimate the importance of exists to secure the rights of its their decision to operate here. Much citizens. Sometimes, I fear, another like businesses will fail if they do not function is merely to protect us from serve citizens, businesses will leave if ourselves; however, that’s another the citizens do not support them. column altogether. In this case, So, what do we do when a “noise should businesses and citizens agree issue” arises in a location where a on an amicable concept of noise residential area borders a commercial ordinance, then the government district? If it were up to me, we should merely enforce that which the would all fulfill the roles that society electorate desires. bestows upon us and move toward an Noise is undoubtedly an arbitrary amicable end. issue; many of us perceive it quite However, based on the requests differently. Similarly, the appropriate to state a position on the subject, I time of day for entertainment, and the fear we are further away from that subsequent noise it creates, can be end than we should be. If we cannot quite subjective. Thus, if government communicate, we cannot cooperate. were to merely enforce a noise If we cannot cooperate, we cannot ordinance based on its own findings, collaborate. If we cannot collaborate, there is a possibility of not aptly we cannot cohabitate. The real serving businesses and/or citizens “noise issue” that concerns me is the alike. silence that is created when discourse Next, I’d like to turn to the role of between businesses and citizens business. It would be hard to ignore comes to an end. that one of the key roles of business Kevin Cooper is the executive is to serve the citizens. What is a director of the Siesta Key Chamber of business without profit? It’s almost the Commerce.

+ I’ll vote for Obama

Dear Editor: I am adding my voice to all the other concerned readers who found your editorial about President Obama unsettling. They have covered all of the salient points concerning the unfair judgments made about a leader who has been working hard and intelligently to solve some of the problems he inherited the day of his inauguration.

Trying to help the middle class succeed amidst a Congress stacked with naysayers has been a daunting job but one that Obama continues to believe in. I will vote for him as he fights for my right to have a job; save for my old age; make decisions about my physical person; and have the time and freedom to pursue happiness.

There is no room in this democracy of wonderful Americans who all strive for good health, a satisfying job, a good education and a peaceful life to call them to arms when they should instead be encouraged to go to the ballot box. That’s what the early settlers and the signers of the Constitution called for.

I also will no longer support the businesses that give you advertising money.

Lucinda Barrett Sarasota

+ A vision for wealth

Dear Editor: In response to Rita Ferrandino’s “My View” last week on two visions for America: Obama supporters understandably want to talk about “vision” when they have no achievements to trumpet after almost four years. But the heroic efforts of the Democratic Party to interpret Obama’s vision are unnecessary when we have his own words and deeds to inform us.

When Obama told Joe the Plumber of his plan to “spread the wealth around,” he likely revealed more than intended about his vision. True to his word, however, that’s what we have witnessed. There has been much spreading of wealth, but no creation of it.

Obama’s vision is to do more of the same.

The auto bailout, including direct payments and a government gift of accumulated tax benefits, will cost taxpayers $20 billion to $30 billion. What he did for the auto industry’s unions, he recently promised to do “with manufacturing jobs, not just in the auto industry, but in every industry.” More a nightmare than a vision, Obama’s plan is clear.

By definition, spreading wealth distributes but does not create it. It is private industry that creates wealth and is the engine of economic growth.

Successful businesses employ workers at their own cost and earn well-deserved profits for themselves and shareholders (i.e. pension funds, charities, universities and even unions). Entrepreneurs don’t succeed because they “do things together” or share the same teachers or travel on the same roads. They succeed because of personal responsibility and initiative.

Americans intuitively know that economic growth and job creation are the legacy of private enterprise. That is why the rejoinder, “Yes, I did build it,” has resonated so profoundly across the country.

Business has its own vision. It is to be free of burdensome government regulation and interference in the creation of jobs. Obama’s vision sadly is one that demeans wealth and profit from private enterprise; ridicules personal responsibility and achievement; and relies on government to “spread the wealth.”

Which vision for America? Remember what Obama promised and delivered, and what we will get yet again.

Werner Hartenberger Sarasota

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Dear Editor: The issue about your “anti-American” editorial is not about the right of free speech but about the right of stupid speech.

To call our president anti-American and Marxist is not only debasing the presidency, but also reveals an utter ignorance of what Marxist communism really is in theory or practice.

You may dislike or hate President Obama all you want, but I guarantee that in a communist country under a Marxist president your paper would not operate long.

My family lived under Marxist communist rule for years, and if you believe that our president is a Marxist, you simply don’t know what you are talking about.

Thomas Thiringer Sarasota

+ They hear what they want

Dear Editor: Thank you for the editorial.

Every thinking person who understands a little economics, history and government cannot vote Obama another term. He opposes Democrats and Republicans alike.

Those who found the need to object to you read and hear daily the side they want to hear but have the audacity to reject your opinion.

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ROBBED DRY 2 p.m. — 900 block of Beach Road. Petit Theft. A man wrapped his Tommy Hilfiger wallet in a towel and left it on the beach, but returned to find that it was missing. His Social Security card and $10 in cash were taken with the wallet.

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Road. Violation of Probation. Police arrested a woman on probation for driving under the influence after she skipped three probation meetings, didn’t do required community service hours and failed to complete traffic classes.

NOT TONIGHT 9 p.m. — 5200 block of Ocean Boulevard.

Disturbance. A restaurant manager reported to police that a man, who had caused trouble at his bar for several nights, had returned. Deputies advised the man to leave, and he did so without causing any more trouble.

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Police contacted the owner, who was on the beach, and he said the car was unlocked when he left it. He said that wasn’t how he left the car, and he didn’t suspect it was prank because his friends were with him on the beach. Officers concluded that the suspect had tried to steal the man’s radar detector and sprayed a thick mist of cologne on the car seats. The 19-year-old car owner said the beer wasn’t his, and it was taken in for fingerprint testing.

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Styx was a reel-to-reel theater with two projectors — a method becoming extinct under modern digital technology. To screen a movie in reel-to-reel, two projectors project the image from two different windows on to a screen while a projectionist peers through a third window to know when to change each reel.

Diouri would sit at the projectionist’s window and watch the moving pictures. She couldn’t hear the sound of the movie.

“The only sound I had was the sound of the projectors,” she says.

Diouri describes the fuzzy, gentle ticking drone as “reassuring.” She called this theater home for half of her life and still goes back to visit Styx, and her family, at least once a year.

Growing up in a theater clearly influenced Diouri’s path. She studied studio art at the University of Kentucky because of her fascination with images. After experiencing an ice storm with no power and intense cold, she made the decision to relocate to sunny Sarasota where her life continued to revolve around film.

Diouri started working at Burns Court Cinema in 1998; it was the featured independent films that made her want to work there.

“It always goes back to (films),” she laughs. “At least I’m consistent on that one.”

Diouri started out selling popcorn at Burns, then became the projectionist. Eventually she was the manager, then moved on to operations and finally landed in the role of artistic director.

During her time as artistic director, she organized the 10-day CineWorld Film Festival that screened 60 to 80 films. She also organized special weeks highlighting different cultures: a Polish week, an Italian week, etc. She worked with non-profit organizations such as Global Film Initiative that promotes cross-cultural understanding through film. And she also organized the Sarasota Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

The Sarasota LGBT Film Festival spanned two days and featured local actors and directors. The festival was

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discontinued in 2010, after its 12th year. Sarasota Film Society Executive Director/CFO Barbara Caras said it was because of a lack of support and decreasing attendance.

Diouri spent about nine-and-ahalf years with Burns Court and resigned in 2007.

These days, she spends less than two months of the year traveling the world to different film festivals. She hits all the big ones: Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival. Diouri sees about six films a day during festivals. When she returns home, she watches screeners sent from production companies. And naturally, she goes to movies whenever she gets the chance — mostly independent flicks.

“I always feel that I’m playing catch up seeing films I haven’t seen,” she says.

For six months of the year, she works as the programmer for Sarasota Film Festival, responsible for the shorts program, foreign films and negotiating terms.

Diouri also owns Broken Rules Productions that on Aug. 18 and 19 will put on the second Fabulous Independent Film Festival.

“I realized (the Sarasota LBGT Festival) wasn’t going to happen and I thought, ‘Well, I’ve always wanted to try something like this on my own,’” Diouri says.

The first Fabulous Independent Film Festival in 2011 featured four films and three shorts. It took place for one day but had an attendance of 300 people. This year, it will feature six films, six shorts, three parties and it will span two days. Diouri cannot wait to share her handpicked selections out of the 35 screeners she watched in preparation for the festival.

“It’s the one chance to see something (Sarasotans) won’t see otherwise,” she says. She stresses there is more to it than just any night at the movies.

“It’s a celebration of diversity,” Diouri says. She hopes one day LGBT life will just mesh with everyday life, without separation. The festival is

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“I think film is a good medium to tell stories, and I think stories are wonderful to allow people to think,” Diouri says.

meant as a platform for sharing stories of diversity.

“Stories and films have the power to just make you think, smile and enjoy something or not.”

She isn’t trying to change people; for the record, Diouri is straight. But it wouldn’t matter to her if someone thought differently.

“I’m a big idealist. I like society to accept everyone the way they are without trying to change or label them,” she says. And while she doesn’t consider herself an activist, she does have a message to share: “I feel it’s important for people to understand that it’s all right to be different.”

IF YOU GO The Fabulous Independent Film Festival When: Aug. 18 and Aug. 19 Where: Burns Court Cinemas, 506 Burns Lane, Sarasota Cost: $8 to $10 per film More information: For a film guide, tickets and more information visit fabulousiff.com

Development associate Jon Donk and marketing associate Audra Lang took me on a constructionsite tour of the of the new FST’s Gompertz Theatre. “Please mind our dust,” they said, as we walked through the Mallory Gnaegy construction mess. The The old Gompertz space, which is groundbreaking took next door to the new space, will be place in January, and rented out for storefronts. construction will last through January 2015.

Gompertz Theatre, the café and lobby space are set to open Nov. 30; Cabaret is set to open in January 2014; and the Lab theater space will complete the phased project in January 2015. Donk says that it’s been an all-hands-willing effort, and that he helped paint. It’s all coming together. You can see the progress with a photo tour at YourObserver.com.

+ Cat is out of the bag In January 2011, Diversions featured East County resident Maria Wirries, the up-andcoming ice-skating, dancing and singing teenager. For her 15th birthday celebration Sunday, Aug. 12, Wirries was surprised by about 20 guests at Cat Depot.

A cat pod, “Maria’s Manor,” was named in her honor.

This winter, Wirries found a stray cat, Artemis, to whom she became attached to. Wirries arranged to have the cat live at Cat Depot until he was adopted. courtesy of Molly Schecter As a gift, Cat Depot volunteer Maria Wirries cuts the ribNancy Colby gave Maria photo bon for the Maria’s Manor of Artemis the stray. “Grandpa” pod at Cat Depot Gregory Friedman, and his wife, Ileen, hosted the party.

Those in attendance included her mother, Jeaneen Wirries; Beatrice Friedman and her aide Samantha Craig, a Cat Depot volunteer and the family’s link to the facility; Dr. Joseph Holt, artistic director of the Gloria Musicae professional chorus with which Maria performs; her teacher and accompanist Alan Corey; Seth Wertz, Sandra Orlando, Sue Bennett, Harold Ronson and The Observer’s Molly Schechter.

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arms since he was 8-months-old.

(He’s) a little like my son,” Araújo explains of her connection to the dance festival. She not only watched him grow, and taught him when he was “a little one,” but taught him for the last three years of his career at ABT. Araújo has been based in Madrid, where she was the director of choreography and interpretation at King Juan Carlos University, but come September, she will take on the role of associate director to the English National Ballet, in London. It was another special relationship with a past student and new artistic director of the ENB, Tamara Rojo, that will bring her there.

“I think, ‘I’m 71. It’s about time to slow down, stop traveling so much,’ but now this comes,” she laughs, “I feel young again.”

She considers herself the wealthiest woman in the world with all of her successful “sons” and “daughters” from around the world whom she has taught.

“You become satisfied, not because of what you do, but because of what the others do ... when you give, that is the most beautiful thing in the world,” she says.

Araújo attributes her success to the many wonderful teachers she

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Loipa Araújo works with the The Carreño Dance Festival Summer Intensive students. “The most important thing for us is to feel that when they finish (this) stage, they are better dancers,” says Araújo. had along the way. She was just 5 years old when she took her first dance class. It was with Blanca “Cuca” Martinez, sister of Alicia Alonso, one of the founders of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba who taught her to enjoy dance and gave her a great base.

And Fernando Alonso taught her what she considers the most important lesson: “You have to try to achieve perfection. You’ll never get it, but in your trying you will become a better dancer,” she says.

“It works that way in life, too.”

Araújo began teaching what she calls “little ones” in 1962, at the Ballet Nacional de Cuba. She believes she enjoyed it so much because it’s in her blood. Her mother was a great teacher and her father was a psychiatrist who taught her-

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“Sometimes (Carreño) has called me (saying): “Maestra, I need you,” Araújo says, “And that makes me so happy, to know that what I gave him is still in him.”

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But to Carreño’s own ballet teacher, and one of the four jewels of Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Loipa Araújo, “He’s still a boy; he’s not a man,” she says as she smiles and affectionately points to her heart, “He’s my boy.”

Araújo joined the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955, and became a principal dancer 10 years later. Currently, the Havana-born 71-year-old has been guest teaching at the Royal Ballet in London, the Royal Danish Ballet, Ballet Natcional de Marseille, the Paris Opera, Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Operá Nacional de Bordeaux and here in Sarasota. This is Araújo’s second year as master teacher at the Carreño Dance Festival Summer Intensive. Although she typically teaches professionals, this summer she’s working with young talent and pre-professionals from around the world.

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by Anton Chekhov’s “The Three Sisters,” “Crimes of the Heart,” is an utterly charming play about three sisters who reunite at a crucial intersection of their lives. It garnered its Jackson, Miss.-born author, Beth Henley, a Pulitzer Prize in 1981. The play is a testament to the idea that the best comedy is born from tragedy.

Under the direction of Barbara Redmond and produced by the Banyan Theater Company, the play is fast-paced and inyour-face funny. Its tone is laced with Dixie sarcasm, for example, a woman is described as “cheap Christmas trash.”

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Georgia Mallory Guy, as interfering cousin Chick Boyle, is marvelously obnoxious and petty. Christopher Swan is amazingly apt as jilted Doc Porter, considering he had only 36 hours to prepare for his part because the original actor suddenly dropped out. Lanky Jesse Dornan brings his own comic touch to the part of passionate lawyer Barnette Lloyd. Kelly Campbell is ironic, spontaneous and compelling as Meg Magrath, the sister who was expected to be the most successful, but whose career has fallen desperately short of those expectations. Lucy Lavely employs a well-chosen blend of petulance and naivety as Babe Botrelle, the youngest sister who recently hospitalized her husband.

The story takes place in the kitchen of the Magrath sisters’ house in Mississippi, which has been thoughtfully decorated by Set Designer Jeffrey W. Dean. Costume Designer Timothy Beltley provided the circa 1974 period-correct outfits that add interest and character depth to the performance.

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Family recipes and family memories “This was a special cookbook for me. It is not just a collection of recipes; it is a recollection of what growing up was like in my family.” This is from Sarasota cookbook writer and cooking teacher Giuliano Hazan. He is speaking about his recently published “Hazan Family Favorites – Beloved Italian Recipes.”

Growing up in the Hazan household must have been, well, delicious. Giuliano’s parents are Marcella and Victor Hazan, who reside on Longboat Key. Marcella is to Italian food what Julia Child was to French — an articulate, knowledgeable writer and teacher with an intense passion for sharing

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the joys of her cuisine with others. Victor is a recognized authority on Italian food and wine.

“Hazan Family Favorites” is Giuliano Hazan’s fifth book and it is a charmer, richly illustrated with family photos. As Marcella says in her foreword, “The recipes Giuliano has chosen and brought up-to-date derive from the traditional cooking of our families … you are vouchsafed a look at my son’s own account of the sources from which he nourishes himself and his family today.”

This cookbook will send you for Post-its to mark the dishes you want to make. The first one on my copy is only on page 19.

It says, “Have a pizza party” because he makes it sound so easy. Here is Giuliano on pizza: “When we are in the States, we miss the pizza from our favorite pizzerie in Italy, so we sometimes make a home-style baker’s pizza that does not require a professional wood-burning pizza oven. Our kids love to participate in making it; I’ll never forget a deep-blue pizza our daughter Gabriella once made by mixing food coloring into the dough. For one of our girls’ birthdays, we threw a pizza party. I prepared the dough the day before, giving it time to rest.

The day of the party, we put out a variety of toppings and everyone made their own pizza.”

I’ll serve the pizzas with the Hazan family’s Insalata Mista, about which Giuliano writes, “At home we have a salad like this almost every day and our girls have learned how to dress it. I taught them the same way I learned it from my parents, using a proverb rather than a recipe. The proverb says

RECIPE

Pan-Roasted Pompano Start to finish: 15 minutes Yield: 4 servings

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3 tablespoons butter 4 pompano filets (1 1/2 to 2 pounds), skin on Salt Freshly ground black pepper 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

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• Put the butter in a nonstick skillet large enough to accommodate all the fish, or divide the butter in half between two smaller skillets, and place over medium-high heat. When the butter foam begins to subside and the butter just begins to darken, put the fish filets in, skin side up. When the fish is lightly browned, after 3 to 4 minutes, turn the filets over. Season with salt and pepper, add the lemon juice and cover the pan.

Continue cooking until the fish flakes easily when prodded with a fork, 4 to 5 minutes.

• When the fish is done, the liquid in the pan should be a sauce thick enough to coat a spoon. If there is still too much liquid, raise the heat to high until it has reduced. If the pan is too dry, add a little water, loosen the cooking residue on the pan bottom, and let the sauce reduce. you need four people; a wise person for the salt, a generous person for the extravirgin olive oil, a stingy person for the red wine vinegar, and a patient person to toss – thirty-four times, according to my father – so that every bite is evenly coated. I sometimes add a fifth person: a wealthy person for good balsamic vinegar.”

“Hazan Family Favorites” has many recipes that are apt for Florida right now in the heat of summer. Most are simple. Marinated, grilled chicken breasts calls for only seven ingredients including the salt and pepper and its one-hour start-to-finish time includes 45 minutes for marinating.

The recipe here for pan-roasted pompano has only five ingredients. It comes with Giuliano’s recollection of his snowbird paternal grandparents’ condo in Hallandale: “It was during these Florida escapes that I became enamored of the sweet, melt-in-

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When the sauce is ready, turn the fish so the flesh side is well-coated then transfer it to a serving platter and pour the sauce over it. Serve at once.

Notes: Giuliano Hazan buys his pompano at Captain Brian’s. At this time of year, they do not always have it but it can be special ordered. Cost is $16.95/pound.

Hazan suggests yellowtail snapper as an alternate or any fairly mild, sweet fish. your-mouth flesh of pompano. My mother cooked it in an arguably un-Italian but nonetheless delectable style, pan roasting it with butter and lemon. Seafood in Italy is almost always cooked in olive oil rather than butter, but if they had pompano in Italy, I think it would create an exception to that rule.”

Giuliano and Lael Hazan’s daughters Gabriella, 13, and Michela, going on 8, are growing up much as their father did in the family tradition. And as Marcella Hazan says in her foreword to the book: “There is more to that tradition, however, than a mere sum of its recipes. It is the act of cooking itself that constitutes tradition, a tradition that looks to the production of a fresh meal for the family as the manifestation of a bond of affection and kinship, as the affirmation of identity, as a personal moment of nourishment and celebration.”

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Kids get hooked on fishing during Sarasota Slam

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Jaimee Baker, who won a trophy for catching the most fish, shows off her trophy with Alan Anderson.

Javonte Carter, 14, Devin Byrd, 13, Esteban Valderrama, 13, and Miguel Basurto, 13, participated in the Kids Klub Fishing Tournament.

The fouth annual Kids Klub Fishing Tournament, part of the Sarasota Slam, took place, Wednesday, Aug. 8, aboard the Flying Fish. More than 20 kids departed from Marina Jack and went 10 miles offshore.

All kids received a participation medal, but two lucky anglers won trophies for catching the largest fish and the most fish but the third and most prized trophy was Clayton Garofalo shows off his Sarasota Slam medal. for the ugliest fish.

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Two bedroom Peppertree Bay condo sells for $579,000 The following residential real-estate transactions took place between July 30 and Aug. 2.

A condominium in Peppertree Bay tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

Betty Platnick, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 505A condominium at 1080 Peppertree Lane to Philip and Barbara Meltzer, of Hewlett, N.Y., for $579,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,105 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $255,000 in 1996.

Siesta Beach

Samuel and Beverly Mendicino sold their home at 752 Tropical Circle to Tim Tuengerthal, of Sarasota, for $500,000. Built in 1978, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,100 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $687,500 in 2008.

Whispering Sands

Rosanne Francis and Linda Vanek, trustees, of Sun City Center, sold the Unit 202 condominium at 19 Whisperings Sands Drive to Samuel and Paula Kline, of Scituate, Mass., for $450,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,282 square feet of living area.

Siesta Manor

Tracy Seider, of Sarasota, sold her home at 395 Avenida Milano to David and Leslie Housman, of Westminster, Colo., for $535,000. Built in 1962, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,064 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $142,500 in 1988.

Point O’ Rocks Terrace

Suncastle Properties LLC sold the home at 1127 Crescent St. to Deon and Amy Wolff, of Famington, Minn., for $525,000.

Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 2,279 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $210,000 in 2001.

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Helene Hyland, of Sarasota, sold her home at 767 Birdsong Lane to A-1 Properties LLC for $400,000. Built in 1973, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,552 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $395,000 in 2002.

This home at 749 Canal Road has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,968 square feet of living area. It sold for $510,000

Peppertree Bay

Michael and Lois Mayer sold their Unit 222 condominium at 1219 E. Peppertree Drive to Michael and Deanna Adell, of Lemont, Ill., for $510,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,180 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $445,000 in 2005.

Siesta Isles

Louis and Denise Colosimo, of Fairfield, Conn., sold their home at 749 Canal Road to Brian Oswald and Caroline Ulvert, of Sarasota, for $510,000. Built in 1974, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,968 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $430,000 in 2003.

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Judy Robertson took this photo of a cloud formation before a storm on Siesta Key.

Five samples collected alongshore of Sarasota County (of more than 60) contained the Florida Red Tide organism K. brevis ranging in concentration from very low to background, as of Friday, August 12.

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Phone 703-283-4197.

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5811 14th St. W. Bradenton.

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SIESTA KEY Waterfront Condo - Cozy Cove: Large 2BR/2BA w/boat slips, pool, view and beach. Great income producer and fully furnished.

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

941-993-5722.

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FOR SALE: Sofa bed, queen, olive green, micro-fiber, very good condition, $199.

Call 941-914-3244.

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524 N. Spoonbill Drive $1,150,000

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530 Yardarm Lane - $1,150,000

Longboat Key 3 bedroom/3 bath pool home on sailboat water one block to open bay, mostly constructed in 2004

1529 Eastbrook Drive - $999,950

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under contract 5911 Midnight Pass Road #201 - $335,000

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2130 Sonoma Drive - $549,000

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1257 S Portofino Drive #208 - $264,900

5300 Ocean Boulevard #903- $650,000 Gulf front condo - Beautifully remodeled 2 bedroom/2 bath with panoramic views.

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

also sold in 2012 1245 Sea Plume Way - $1,150,000 1240 Northport Drive - $935,000 618 Owl Way - $800,000 1919 Grove Street - $745,000 757 Tropical Circle - $730,000 550 Commonwealth Drive - $670,000 5044 Faberge Place - $315,000 9393 Midnight Pass Road #401 - $300,000

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A private estate-size tropical paradise of nearly an acre on the Grand Canal! Covered boat dock, 12K lift. 3BR/2BA airy home overlooks pool and cabana. Private street at end of cul-de-sac and can be gated. 4 buildable lots. $1,765,000 MLS#A3931414

FULL GULF VIEW- CRESENT ROYALE!

Completely remodeled and being sold Turnkey Furnished - high-end tile floors - custom cabinets - granite counters - SS appliances - Flat Screen TVs - This condo has it all! + It’s A Great Rental! Seller Finance.

Price Reduced $389,000 MLS#A3909275

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2Bedroom, /2.5 Bath, Turnkey Furnished, beautifully remodeled, Stainless Steel appliances, granite countertops. Large rooms with eat-in kitchen, Professionally decorated. $339,000 MLS#A3928919

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SIESTA KEY CONDOMINIUMS SOLD Midnight Pass Rd #18 Mariners Inlet Midnight Pass Rd #308 Bay Tree Club Beach Road #211 Crescent Royale 2

$260,000 $343,950 $430,000

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SIESTA KEY CONDOMINIUMS NEWLY LISTED W. Peppertree Dr. #606AA Peppertree Bay IV E Peppertree Dr #401 Pepper Tree Bay I Midnight Cove II Pl #532 Midnight Cove II Sandy Cove Rd. #201 Sandy Cove Beach Road #419 La Siesta W. Peppertree Dr #106 Peppertree Bay III Midnight Pass Rd #504C Island Reef Siesat Bayside Dr #1206 Gulf and Bay Club Bayside

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$3,300,000

DOWNTOWN SARASOTA, ST. ARMANDS KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOLD 723 Goodrich Ave. Jukes AL $86,000 535 Lafayett Ct. Washington Park $228,000 1795 Lincoln Park Circle Lincoln Park on Hudson Bayou $1,137,500 1256 241 439

DOWNTOWN SARASOTA SINGLE FAMILY HOMES NEWLY LISTED 5th Street Sarasota Exhibit $210,000 Garfield Drive Lido Beach Div B $499,000 S. Blvd. of the Presidents Lido Beach $2,349,000

850 888 1001 100 888 888

DOWNTOWN SARASOTA, ST. ARMANDS KEY CONDOMINIUMS SOLD South Tamiami Trail #830 Central Park Sec 2 PH1 $193,000 Blvd. of the Arts #606 Condo on the Bay Tower I $352,000 Benjamin Franklin Dr #609 Lido Towers $375,000 Central Ave #H710 One Hundred Central $475,000 Blvd. of the Arts #1006 Condo on the Bay Tower I $435,000 Blvd. of the Arts #612 Condo on the Bay Tower I $610,000

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Blvd of the Arts #602 Beau Ceil $950,000 DOWNTOWN SARASOTA CONDOMINIUMS NEWLY LISTED S. Gulfstream Ave. #12D Dolphin Tower $50,000 North Tamiami Trail #1406 Alinari $315,000 S. Blvd. of the Presidents #5 Embassy Villas $320,000 North Tamiami Trail #1406 Alinari $315,000 North Tamiami Trail #501 San Marco $375,000 Ben Franklin Dr #408 Lido Surf and Sand $449,000 North Tamiami Trail #101 Alinari $499,999 Central Avenue #1501 Plaza at 5 Points Res.dences $795,000 N. Gulfstream Ave. #1105 Bay Plaza $799,000 Rits-Carlton Dr. #1005 Ritz-Carlton Residences $1,250,000 Benjamin Franklin Dr. #B1003 Orchid Beach Club Residences $1,900,00

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LONGBOAT KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOLD Forest Way Cedars East Townhouse

5145

LONGBOAT KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES NEWLY LISTED Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key

$2,400,000

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LONGBOAT KEY CONDOMINIUMS SOLD Gulf of Mexico Drive Windward Bay Condo AMD Falmouth Dr #101 First Longboat Harbour Sands Point Rd #319 Sands Point L’Ambiance Dr. #J404 L’Ambiance at Longboat Key Club PH2

$57,000 $274,000 $540,000 $1,735,000

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LONGBOAT KEY CONDOMINIUMS NEWLY LISTED Exeter Drive# N304 Longboat Harbour Gulf of Mexico Drive #212 Diplomat Gulf of Mexico Drive #214 Seaplace V Gulf of Mexico Drive #245 Silver Sands Condo Gulf of Mexico Drive #253 Silver Sands Condo Winding Oaks Dr #35 Winding Oaks Gulf of Mexico Drive #111 Seaplace Longboat Club Rd. #801 The Privateer Gulf of Mexico Drive #112 Seaplace II Gulf of Mexico Drive #313/4 Whitney Beach III Condo Sanctuary Dr. #B104 Sanctuary II

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$165,000

*Based on information compiled from the Mid-Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. for the period of 8/7/2012 thru 8/14/2012.

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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1607 S Lake Shore Dr #A3948659 $1,885,000 Nora Johnson & Denise Mattmuller

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-809-1700

4594 Camino Real #A3949898 Lenore Treiman

$1,299,000

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-356-9642

4370 Boca Pointe Dr #A3954294 Sara Ann Leicht

$899,000

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-586-4790

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

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-504-0123

1541 Oak St # 11 #A3950826 Linda A. Page

$719,000

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-504-0123

3708 Sandspur Ln #A3955212 Thomas Stone

Nokomis/North Venice $685,000 941-349-3444 941-356-1700

6208 Midnight Pass Rd # 208 #A3962975 $675,000 Tara Lamb & Judy Greene

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-266-4873

414 E Macewen Dr #A3964142 Barbara Hackett

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Osprey 941-966-8000 941-320-8852

627 Cornwell On The Gulf #N5776371 $450,000 Jo-Anne Sckowska & Nell Taylor

Venice 941-485-5421 941-321-8975

100 Osprey Point Dr Kim Ogilvie & Linda Dickinson

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550 Dove Pointe Pt Osprey Karen Landis 941-400-6049

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9072 Midnight Pass Rd # 12 #A3963966 $325,000 Alix Wexler PA

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-350-2742

301 Delido Ct #N5775535 Ken Schultz

$319,500

Punta Gorda 941-639-0000 941-456-1190

3764 Oak Grove Dr #A3963942 R Antonio Boothby

$299,900

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-799-1948

5855 Midnight Pass Rd # 417 #A3964046 $299,000 Joyce Naegele

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-586-7959

205 Big Pine Ln #C7036046 Sandra Limberger

$239,000

Punta Gorda 941-505-5555 239-898-5238

$219,900

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-302-6400

5950 Midnight Pass Rd # 104 #A3952535 $219,000 Don Hughes, PA

Siesta Key 941-966-8000 941-374-1941

5169 Chase Oaks Dr #A3951334 Rae Alba

$219,000

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-702-0171

$199,900

Englewood 941-473-7750 941-408-5280

3070 Gulf Gate Dr #A3963693 Gilbert Schulze

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-400-0318

5694 Sheffield Greene Cir # 84 #A3963432 $144,900 R Kim Gilliland

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-809-5151

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91 Windsor Dr #D5788241 Beverly Katchen

$199,000

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33 Sandy Cove Rd # 2-E Siesta Key Linda Dickinson 941-350-3304

#A3940162

$1,275,000 941-966-8000

5011 Kestral Park Dr # 60 #A3963809 Kelly McKay

Sarasota $1,650 941-552-4200

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Sarasota $1,300 941-552-4200

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