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by Alex Mahadevan | News Editor

Standoff for improvements survives Commissioner Joe Barbetta reiterated his plea to condense the four-phase beach improvement project to one to lock in lower construction costs.

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Matt Becker, one of Kurt Becker’s brothers, holds up an auction item.

+ When the Village comes together

The mechanical drill boring into the site of recently demolished housing on Beach Road is a local example of a construction market comeback and economic recovery.

The recovery is good news for many. But, it could be bad news for the Siesta Key public beach improvements — the estimated $21 million project that would

swell in price when construction costs recover.

At the final workshop before Sarasota County commissioners approve the 2013 fiscal year budget, Commissioner Joe Barbetta reiterated his plea to start work on Siesta Beach improvements as soon as possible and condense the project’s four phases to, one allowing the county to lock in

lower building costs now.

Sarasota County has the renovations, which include four new pavilions and a $2.8 million facelift for the current pavilion, on track for completion in 2024, with phase one of construction starting in 2014. The project is a little more than one-third fund-

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Siesta Key beach improvement expense breakdown

Landscape architecture: $8 million 38%

Buildings: $6.8 million 33%

Parking lot and utilities: $6.1 million 29% Source: SARASOTA COUNTY

When Old Salty Dog bartender Kurt Becker fell from a ladder and became paralyzed, the Siesta business community came together.

The “It Takes A Village” event held Saturday, Aug. 18 raised money to help with Becker’s medical bills.

Multiple vendors took part in the event, including Old Salty Dog, Gilligan’s, Blasé Cafe, SKOB (Siesta Key Oyster Bar), The Cottage, The Hub, and The Beach Club, as well as Budweiser and Premier Beverage Company.

Becker was present for the festivities via Skype. The next event to raise money for Becker is a golf tournament Saturday, Sept. 8, at the University Park Gold Course.

Anyone interested in participating can call The Old Salty Dog at 349-0158.

+ Siesta resident elected to board

Kirk Malcolm, of Deerfield, Ill., and part-time resident of Siesta Key, is one of the newest elected members to the Mote Marine Board of Trustees.

Malcolm was drawn to Mote’s conservation and research on endangered marine animals, along with its coral reef science and programs for environmentally responsible seafood.

“I am pleased to be associated with Mote — a leadingedge research institution,” Malcolm said.

Turtle tracks Week of Aug. 12 through Aug. 18

Nests on Siesta Key...........0 False crawls.......................0

2012 2011 Nests 325 151 False crawls 314 183

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Madison Romito, Kirin Malisoff and Alexa Gettel, 5, pose together on the bleachers Wednesday, Aug. 22, the first day of school at Out-ofDoor Academy. For more photos, see page 19A.

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by Alex Mahadevan | News Editor

Overhaul looms for Siesta Village parking Sarasota County commissioners rejected a $277,000 settlement offer to pay a Siesta Key property owner in a 2011 lawsuit over parking assessments, but the fight is far from over.

The enforcement of ordinances governing businesses in Siesta Key Village have led to three lawsuits against Sarasota County since 2007. The most recent, filed

by Village property owner Chris Brown, could mean big changes for parking space assessments.

In a rare public airing of county legal affairs, which are usually closed to the public in “shade meetings,” Sarasota County attorney Stephen Demarsh asked for board guidance for a lawsuit during an Aug. 21 Sarasota County Commission meeting.

Brown offered to settle his October 2011 lawsuit for $277,712.29 to cover legal fees he incurred while fighting to prove Sarasota County violated his civil rights with its 2011 parking tax assessments and for lost revenue during his previous two suits

against the county.

Siesta Key Village restaurants are required to have one parking spot for every 50 square feet of patron space, unless grandfathered

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PROJECT / FROM PAGE 1A ed, but stakeholders are eager to get construction started, through financial means or by eliminating unnecessary planned features.

Sarasota County Chief Financial Officer Steve Botelho said by looking at project funding the same way, Sarasota County could save $250,000 by taking advantage of the Federal Reserve’s loose-money policy. That will afford low interest rates for the county to issue bonds to cover part of, or the entire, improvement price tag.

Another delayed project, the $1.13 million Beach Road drainage improvements, would save Sarasota County about $100,000 if combined with the larger beach renovation, said Sarasota County Public Works manager Carolyn Eastwood — that’s 2% worth of savings if paired with Botelho’s borrowing scenario.

Further, the beach-improvement requirements for fill material will cut the 26,000 cubic yards of earth displaced when machines expand a retention pond for the drainage project 28% if the plans are bundled, Eastwood said. That will reduce the amount of land waste expected to pile adjacent to Beach Road, and eliminate 1,500 dump truck trips along narrow Siesta roads.

On the back end, Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Chairman Mark Smith, a local architect, and other island organization leaders continue to brainstorm ways to chip away overall project prices. He told members of the Siesta Key Association during an August meeting that he met with the architect behind the original design.

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When Smith received an itemized list of expenses for the beach improvements more than a month after requesting it from the county, the format proved too difficult to form a recommendation, he explained in an email to the Pelican Press.

Patterson met with Smith, Siesta Key Village Association President Russell Matthes and SKVA board member Cheryl Gaddie the evening following the budget workshop. The Siesta civic leaders requested county staff present the information the same way it was organized for a presentation last year, so a time-series analysis could show why the cost has multiplied four times since originally proposed.

“That’s going to cost someone a lot of time,” Patterson said after the Aug. 21 meeting.

Botelho and Smith are seemingly working toward the same outcome, a renovation that would expand parking at the America’s No. 1 Beach, as named by Dr. Stephen Leatherman. But, the county finance department can’t determine alternative funding options for the project until a final plan is submitted.

“This could still go as a single-phase project,” Botelho said.

But, it could be more than six months until a proposal for alternative funding is brought to commissioners.

“Nothing’s worse than seven or eight years of disruption on Siesta Key — our No. 1 tourist attraction — versus the ability to get this project done all at once,” Barbetta said. “I want to make sure the public knows we haven’t given up on that option.”

Notable expenses in Siesta Key public beach improvements

Description................................................................................................. Cost Historic Pavilion and concessions expansion.......................................$2,775,000 East concessions and restroom building.............................................$2,000,000 Esplanade enhancements..................................................................$1,209,450 Palm trees (795).................................................................................$596,250 Way finding signage.............................................................................$250,000 (Courtesy of Sarasota County)

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Properties on Ocean Boulevard, owned by Chris Brown, have been at the center of three lawsuits against Sarasota County.

VILLAGE / FROM PAGE 1A in after the ordinance changed in 2009. If the size of an eatery exceeds its available parking, the district issues taxes for the disparity.

Every business in the Siesta Key Public Improvement District, except for properties owned by Brown, including the Hub Baja Grill and the Cottage, had tax liabilities tied to parking decrease in 2011 compared with the previous year. Some of Brown’s properties had the same assessments double, which he alleges was a deliberate attempt to target his businesses with selective ordinance enforcement.

Sarasota Assistant County Attorney David Pearce, who was instrumental in crafting the parking ordinance, said in a memo submitted by Brown that assessments should not vary year to year.

Sarasota County Public Works Director Jim Harriott said Pearce misinterpreted the ordinance and that Brown’s 2011 tax assessments were correct to increase.

Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Barbetta said he was concerned that a staff member had the ability to override the ruling of a county attorney, especially the one who crafted the ordinance.

But, Demarsh said Bentley & Bruning PA, the law firm representing Brown, didn’t submit enough evidence to justify the damages or confirm the extent to which Sarasota County is liable for the

damages. Sarasota County commissioners voted 3-2 to reject the settlement, with Commissioner Joe Barbetta and Chairwoman Christine Robinson dissenting.

“I’ve been waiting a year for the county to depose me,” Brown said. He plans to fulfill the county’s discovery request within a week.

Details of the case troubled Barbetta and Commissioner Jon Thaxton, leading to unanimous approval for Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid to return with options to tweak the ordinance to avoid future lawsuits, which he has 30 days to produce.

“I think the county does have some exposure on this — some exposure I’m not comfortable with,” said Thaxton.

Barbetta said the nature of the case, and evidence presented by Brown, paint the county in a negative light.

“This is a civil-rights case, let’s make sure we understand that,” Barbetta said.

Sarasota County’s legal history with 5148 Beach Road LLC, Brown’s company, shows a pattern that suggests there was an effort to single him out, he said.

Sarasota County settled with Brown in two previous lawsuits. But, he doesn’t intend to negotiate heavily to end this suit and expects a victory in court — if that’s where the matter ends up.

“I’m 2 and 0,” Brown said. “If they weren’t doing anything wrong, why would they keep trying to settle with me?”

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by Mark Gordon | Gulf Coast Business Review

SiGNS of STRENGTH The city of Pensacola altered its governing structure in 2009 after a tumultuous, and somewhat leaderless, decade. Now the city thrives under a strong mayor.

Losses piled up in the last decade for this coastal Panhandle city of 52,000 just east of the Florida-Alabama border.

A crippling hurricane preceded the recession. The recession was then exacerbated by a Gulf oil spill that received global attention. The city’s population fell nearly 8% in the 2000s.

But, by several measures, Pensacola, home to the U.S. Navy’s celebrated Blue Angels flight team, is in the early stages of a revival. Local officials call the city’s emerging recovery “the upside of Florida.”

Pensacola, moreover, is nearly three years into a substantial shift in governmental philosophy: In 2009 residents approved a new charter that, for the first time, meant city government would be overseen by a strong, or elected, mayor.

That official would be the city’s chief administrator and decision-maker. The previous charter was a strong city council, which is normally marked by a ceremonial mayor and an unelected manager who supervises city services.

Pensacola is unique in its transformation because a strong-mayor switch is rare, according to the Florida League of Cities. Sarasota has flirted with a strong mayor charter several times. Although city officials voted against a strongmayor charter amendment in a 3-2 vote Aug. 20 (see page 7A), the issue could resurface as a ballot initiative next year.

Fort Myers, meanwhile, switched from a strong mayor to a so-called weak mayor in 2005. Bradenton has had a strongmayor charter since the early 1970s.

But Pensacola did more than flirt.

“Pensacola was certainly floundering a little bit,” says longtime local business leader and developer Collier Merrill.

“We really needed to rally around one central leader.”

That rally was soaked back in 2004, when Hurricane Ivan barreled through town. The category 3 storm destroyed dozens of buildings and left a large chunk of the city’s downtown underwater. A portion of a major bridge even collapsed into nearby Escambia Bay. Two more unbending forces soon thumped any potential recovery: The recession that began in 2008, and the BP Gulf oil spill in April 2010. Both happenings conspired to drain most of the remaining life out of Pensacola’s business climate. A comprehensive survey taken in between those two events found residents’ negative perceptions of the city and its future had bubbled over.

Caragiulo’s push for strong mayor government will continue

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Pensacola native Ashton Hayward was elected mayor of the city in 2010. He was the first mayor elected under the city’s strong mayor charter.

Pensacola, a military town with a vibrant history, was sinking in a vortex of population declines, foreclosures and store closings. Several local business leaders say the situation was dire. The city dwindled into a punch line.

“We were seen as a rest stop on I-10,” says Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward, a local native who moved to Miami and New York City before he came back home in 2002. “We were the redheaded stepchild of Northwest Florida.”

Pensacola, however, has begun to grow up.

Snapshot: Sarasota vs. Pensacola Data Population, 2011 (estimate) Population % change April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2011 Population 65 and over, 2010 High school graduates, 2006 to 2010 Bachelor’s degree or higher, 2006 to 2010 Mean travel time to work, minutes Homeownership rate, 2006 to 2010 Median value owner-occupied homes, 2006 to 2010

Business Measurements

Data Number of firms, 2007 Manufacturers’ shipments, 2007 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 Retail sales, 2007

Sarasota 52,341 0.7% 22.4% 87% 27.4% 19.3 61.2% $227,500

Pensacola 52,197 0.5% 17.6% 88.3% 33.4% 18.5 63.7% $168,400

Sarasota Pensacola 9,696 7,986 $95.5 million $300.5 million $308.4 million $472.3 million $1.11 billion $1.16 billion Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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The city’s revitalization includes widened streets downtown that are now home to several new restaurants and shops. Commercial real-estate occupancy downtown is up to 87%, and nearly 10,000 people work in the city’s core.

The recovery also includes three economic development victories in recruiting new businesses to town. One is a regional UPS sorting facility, which moved from Mobile, Ala., late last year and came with 35 new jobs. Another is Majestic Candies, a manufacturer, which announced plans earlier this year to renovate a building in downtown Pensacola. The $6 million project, aided by some state incentives, will create 100 jobs downtown, city officials say.

A third victory is a revitalized financial services sector. Pen Air Federal Credit Union and First Navy Bank are consolidating and relocating in downtown Pensacola. Those projects will combine for several million dollars in capital investments, city officials say, and another 100 downtown jobs.

One more significant economic development win: a newly built minor league baseball stadium that lines the city’s bayfront. The $16 million stadium, home to the Double-A Blue Wahoos, has become a civic icon since it opened in April.

Many local business leaders and residents credit Hayward, the first strong

Sarasota City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo refuses to give up on what he says is a grassroots campaign for a new form of government at City Hall that calls for an elected mayor.

The Sarasota City Commission voted 3-2 Monday night not to place the elected mayor proposal on the ballot in March, after more than two hours of discussion and 31 members of the public made their way to the podium for the last item of the meeting, which dragged on close to midnight.

Caragiulo continually stressed a vote in favor of his proposal simply meant a vote in favor of allowing the public to decide the fate of the proposal.

But Commissioner Terry Turner, who supported a charter amendment for a strong city manager that has already made its way onto the November ballot, said he couldn’t support it, noting it would be the fourth time such a concept would make its way before the voters.

“How frequently do we have to put this to the people?” Turner asked.

“Maybe we can have a standing amendment on every ballot … eventually voters might accidentally vote for it.”

Turner and commissioners Willie Shaw and Shannon Snyder voted against adding the amendment to the city’s March ballot. Only Caragiulo and Mayor Suzanne Atwell supported the amendment.

Caragiulo told the Sarasota Observer his proposal “will probably have to be done through a petition drive,” which involves collecting more than 3,000 city voter signatures to be presented to the commission. The city’s charter states that if an amendment is requested through a petition drive, the commission is obligated to place the language on the ballot.

“Our group is committed to continuing conversation and presenting this to the electorate,” Caragiulo said.

“This is about a plan for the future and we intend to press on with it.”

— Kurt Schultheis mayor, with leading the revitalization.

Quint Studer, a well-known Pensacola entrepreneur who owns the Blue Wahoos, says Hayward has succeeded because of a charismatic leadership style that combines grace and bluntness with steadfast belief in Pensacola.

“The hardest thing (for a strong mayor) is you can’t blame anyone else,” says Studer. “You have to be able to take risks, be passionate and be willing to see things all the way through.”

Hayward, 43, says he entered local politics both for civic pride and aggravation at his hometown’s decay. A onetime New York City-based ad sales director for the Financial Times — who was also briefly a male model in Miami — Hay-

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People were very vulnerable. We had to tell our story. We needed to brand our city as the place that’s friendly to business. — Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward

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+ Construction project delay favors Classic The Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master SandSculpting competition will now have about 200 additional parking spots for the Nov. 9 event.

Sarasota County Public Works Director Jim Harriott said Aug. 21 the Beach Road drainage improvements, set to start this summer, have been stalled by the permitting process.

The construction, which would temper the heavy flooding that occurs on Beach Road during rainstorms, would keep Crystal Classic stakeholders from using a lot near the main public beach access for overflow parking during the threeday event that benefits Mote Marine Laboratory sea-turtle research.

But, questions remain about work impeding on Siesta’s spring tourism, which contributed roughly one-third of the amount of Sarasota County tourist development taxes in the first six months of 2012.

+ Driver in hit-and-run bridge case arrested

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The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has arrested the man suspected in the Aug. 1 hit-and-run incident that sent a 60-year-old construction worker tumbling 15 feet over the Siesta Key north bridge.

Gary O’Callaghan, a 35-yearold Sarasota County resident, was charged Aug. 21 with leaving the scene of a crash that caused serious bodily harm and property damage. He is being held on $50,000 bond for the combined charges.

A sheriff’s office deputy interviewed 16 of O’Callaghan’s co-workers Aug. 9, after the suspect instructed officers to contact his lawyers during an Aug. 3 confrontation. Witness statements

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Meetings & agendas  Criminal Justice Commission meeting — Noon Monday, Aug. 27, Administration Building, Third Floor Think Tank, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota  Sarasota County Commission and School Board joint meeting — 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, Administration Building, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota  Siesta Key Village Association meeting — 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, Daiquiri Deck Raw Bar, 5250 Ocean Blvd., Siesta Key  Siesta Key Association meeting — 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, St. Boniface Episcopal church, 5615 Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key

and the damage on O’Callghan’s red Lexus led to the arrest.

+ Randall Reid taps former colleague Sarasota County Chief Financial Officer Steve Botelho Aug. 13 selected Suzanne Gable, director of office management and budget for Alachua County, as the new strategic and financial planning director, according to a memo sent to Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid.

Gable, who is a certified public accountant, worked for 10 years with Reid, who was the county administrator in Alachua before accepting his current position earlier this year.

Reid in an email to Sarasota County commissioners said adding a CPA to Botelho’s staff aligns with the effort to promote fiscal accountability.

The position pays $107,000 annually, Botelho said.

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sound solution By Alex Mahadevan | News Editor

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Sarasota County will add overtime hours for a code-enforcement officer specializing in sound analysis, but all weekend violators are on notice.

Sarasota County zoning staff determined the design for new signs on Siesta Key were a driving hazard that the Federal Department of Transportation would surely reject.

Peace and quiet for residents living near Siesta Key Village is worth $21,060 — the annual cost to enhance scrutiny for sound-level violations.

Sarasota County commissioners voted Aug. 22 to approve 10-to-15 overtime hours for a code-enforcement officer who will canvass the county on weekends. Kevin Burns, the employee Sarasota County Code enforcement Manager Sandra Jones chose for the job, has experience analyzing sound signals with U.S. Army Military Intelligence and the National Security Agency, according to a county memo.

Sarasota County Director of Planning and Services Rob Lewis said he would be in touch with Siesta Key Village Association President Russell Matthes to schedule educational chats with area merchants. Some violations come from simply not knowing the specifics of the ordinance, and Lewis told SKVA members during a meeting in early August he wants to bring in a code enforcement officer this fall to solve that problem.

The hours were added largely due to complaints from Siesta key residents about excessive noise in the Village, which is most severe during the weekends. But, Burns will patrol for all types of violations throughout the entire county, said Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid.

Barbetta said he wanted to make

Sarasota County Commissioner Nora al on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. For Patterson likes the white and yellow example, white speed limit signs display beach ball touting Siesta Key’s “2011 No. the speed limit, while yellow speed limit 1 Beach in America” designation so much signs are for suggested vehicle speeds. that she has a sticker with the Visit SarasoThe round shape is used for railroad ta County design on her cell-phone. markings, and the website URL But, Federal Highway Adprinted on the beach-ball ministrations guidelines logo, which is for a nonfor traffic-control degovernment website, vices say the beach ball would be considered a is too distracting to be distraction to drivers. placed on bus stop Siesta Key Village signs along Siesta Association board Key, deflating Simember Cheryl esta Key Village AsGaddie said the sociation efforts to report was disapreplace the current pointing, and that brown signs. she hopes the counSarasota County ty considers replacing Administrator Randall the brown signs with Reid notified Sarasota a reworded variation to County commissioners clarify the year Siesta Key Aug. 22, that county Public Beach took the Courtesy top spot in Stephen “Dr. zoning staff determined that the Florida Depart- The design and colors of the Beach” Leatherman’s anment of Transporta- beach-ball logo designed by Visit nual ranking. tion would not approve Sarasota County was deemed a Sarasota County zonthe use of that signage distraction to drivers. ing and communications along its roads. staff will continue vetting “I guess they thought options for a sign that it was too fancy,” said Patterson after the meets all codes and regulations FDOT remeeting. quires.

White and yellow have specific mean“The proposed design does not follow ings in traffic control devices, so the beach any of the standards for a traffic control ball itself is in violation of the FHA Manu- device,” said the report concluded.

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County budget grows Design of No. 1 beach to contain Key noise sign misses the mark sure Siesta residents who pushed for increased enforcement know it wasn’t designed specifically with the Village in mind. He encouraged self-policing the district, as well. “There are violations in the Gulf Gate area,” Barbetta said.

“It’s not just the noise concern, we have people building things on the weekend, thinking we’re not out there watching.”

Commissioners expect the overtime necessity to wane as more weekend citations are issued. “Now they know there’s a dedicated person out there watching and they know there’s a chance to get themselves in hot water,” said Sarasota County Commissioner Jon Thaxton.

Reid presented an option to hire a part-time code enforcement officer to commissioners July 9, which would have cost the county between $36,000 and $58,000 annually. The overtime alternative is nearly half the price and wouldn’t leave the county stuck with additional staff if weekend enforcement efforts are successful in reducing violations in the long term, Sarasota County Commission Chairwoman Christine Robinson said.

Lewis will be collecting data on the areas and types of violations comprising weekend citations, and give monthly reports to commissioners.

“It’s like speeding,” Patterson said.

“Every once and a while you have to rattle somebody’s cage to let everyone know about the activity.”

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PENSACOLA / FROM PAGE 3A ward worked in real-estate development in Pensacola for eight years. He made, and lost, some money, but he shuddered at the lack of job growth and economic opportunities.

“I was getting frustrated with things, and I knew I could do this and make it work,” Hayward says. “People were very vulnerable. We had to tell our story. We needed to brand our city as the place that’s friendly to business. Our mindset was to change the culture.”

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The revitalization of Pensacola included widened sidewalks and new restaurants and shops. ers contends Hayward over-extended his control of how city council interacts with city employees. Hayward denies the allegations.

“Every strong mayor that I met with while doing my due diligence after the election prepared me for the growing pains,” says Hayward. “This transition has been a big change for everyone, but the charter makes it clear that the mayor is the CEO — I wouldn’t have run if that wasn’t clear. I’m focused on getting things done and moving Pensacola forward.”

‘Accountable leadership’

Still, a political brouhaha about a mayor’s whereabouts is miles away from Sarasota, where strong or elected mayor movements have failed at least four times since 1996. Two efforts were defeated in citywide referendums.

The strong-mayor movement received new life this year, brought back by a group that includes Sarasota City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo. Commercial real-estate executive and downtown Sarasota entrepreneur Ian Black, who has been involved in past local strong-mayor efforts, says semantics usually doom a strong-mayor proposal. People, says Black, tend to think of backroom deals and Hollywood-style power bosses when they hear “strong mayor.”

“We are advocating for accountable leadership,” says Black. “The city is in turmoil right now. We have no one to go to as a champion. There is no one on city council leading the charge.”

Although strong-mayor proposals have failed several times in Sarasota, the recently hired city manager, Thomas Barwin, hedged his future. Barwin’s contract

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But the odds Barwin will need to use that clause are long — and not only from local opposition. Lynn Tipton, director of membership development of the Florida League of Cities, says it has happened no more than 10 times in the last 20 years. The League of Cities monitors all 410 statewide municipalities.

Most cities Sarasota’s size, in the range of 40,000 to 80,000 people, don’t have strong or elected mayors. There are only four Florida cities out of 40 in that category with strong mayors, says Tipton. One is Pensacola. The other three: Apopka, in Orange County, Bradenton, and Plantation, in Broward County.

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Hayward, while campaigning and then after he won the election, built a formidable network of elected officials nationwide, including five strong mayors, to lean on for counsel. The group included former Florida governors Jeb Bush and Reubin Askew, statewide leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties, respectively. The strong mayors on the list included former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker, Mobile, Ala., Mayor Sam Jones and Tom Murphy, Pittsburgh’s mayor from 1994 to 2006.

The advice Hayward heard most often was to move quickly, be bold and take risks. Bush and Askew, especially, advised Hayward to not be timid. That was fine with Hayward, the self-assured son of a homemaker and a local building-supply storeowner.

“I’m a guy who dreams big,” Hayward says. “I love it when people tell me I can’t do it.”

That go-long mantra, though, has gotten Hayward into some controversy in his first term. Locals sometimes call him “Mayor Absentee,” a dig at the fact that Hayward hasn’t attended many city council meetings. Hayward also promotes the city nationally and abroad, from New York City to Europe.

A Pensacola city councilwoman, Sherri Myers, even recently sued Hayward for allegedly violating the city’s charter. My-

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Better believe

There was opposition to a strongmayor charter in Pensacola before it ultimately passed. Much of the rhetoric there echoes what opponents say in Sarasota. In fact, the name of the political action committee to fight the Pensacola initiative was No Boss Mayor.

But Travis Peterson, a Pensacolabased political consultant who ran the pro-strong mayor campaign, and, later, Hayward’s campaign, says the city lacked a chief “cheerleader and rainmaker.” Peterson and others connected to the campaign, Believe in a Better Pensacola, also say the timing was a key ally.

“There was a feeling that Pensacola wasn’t stacking up to our neighbors to the east and west,” says Peterson, such as Destin and Mobile. “We looked around to see what they were doing and what we weren’t.”

Hayward took the chief cheerleader title with vigor. He leaned on business and social contacts from past work experiences in New York. Hayward also befriended another politician elected to office in November 2010: Gov. Rick Scott.

The Pensacola business community, in general, likes what it sees, in both a strong mayor and Hayward.

“The morale of a lot of businesses is getting much better,” says Merrill, the prominent local developer. “We have one person with a vision who we can talk to.”

AT A GLANCE Ashton Hayward

Title: Mayor of Pensacola Age: 43 Family: Wife, An Hayward, a model for Fort Myers-based Chico’s. The Haywards have one son. (Ashton Hayward, a onetime model in Miami, appeared in a Chico’s catalog with An Hayward last year.)

Education: Florida State, bachelor’s degree in political science Previous work: Sales with AT&T and the Financial Times in New York; realestate development in Pensacola Mayoral challenge: The city, like many others statewide, grapples with a budget shortfall that collides with previously made pension commitments to employees.

“We can’t sustain this kind of system,” says Hayward. “We want to solve it and solve it now. We can’t be in the pension business.”

Pensacola

History: The city is considered the first European settlement in the continental United States. It later became the first capital of Florida. Andrew Jackson lived there in 1821, when U.S. President James Monroe named him military governor of Florida.

Military: The Blue Angels flight team, a U.S. Naval Air Station, and the National Naval Aviation Museum are located in Pensacola.

Population: The city’s population was 52,197 as of July 2011. The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area has a population of 455,102.

Higher education: City is home to the main campus of the University of West Florida and Pensacola State College.

Source: City of Pensacola; U.S. Census Bureau.

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by Alex Mahadevan | News Editor

County approves rezoning of parcel to prepare for sale Sarasota County Commissioners approved the rezoning of a 2.2-acre tract of land, which may reach the private sector midway through 2013 — or not at all.

Two empty buildings on a valuable plot of land next to I-75 will soon be demolished.

It’s a prominent first step in Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Barbetta’s three-year quest to shed county-owned land, although economic conditions and inter-agency discussion could put the effort on hold.

The roughly $100,000 needed to bring the buildings down is already appropriated and available in the county budget, said Sarasota County Operations and Maintenance Director Dave Cash during the Aug. 20 budget workshop.

But, other commissioners were reticent to pledge that the 2.2-acre site located on Cattlemen Road would ultimately be sold into private hands. And, although county staff hasn’t prepared a resolution to authorize the sale of the land, commissioners can expect to make a decision on more than 10 similar properties, including the parking lot at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Main Street, in a format designed to choose surplus land to put on the market.

County commissioners voted unanimously to clear the plot and rezone it for industrial- and light-warehouse use, which would be suitable for an office building. The private appraiser hired by Sarasota County valued the land with a net worth of $490,000, with demolition costs deducted.

“I’m not sure I know what the market is for office-building land,” said Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson. “My guess is it’s not at its peak; in fact, my guess is quite the opposite.”

The market demand for new office space is still low, Cash said. But, the consultant on the project said it would still be advantageous to demolish the buildings and prepare the plot for office use, even if Sarasota County holds the asset to play the market or uses it for other government activities.

Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid said the latter option could include the relocation of Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office staff, which has been discussed. The new emergency operations center is on an adjacent land plot, making the case for the sheriff’s office expansion.

“The marketability of it may be in question, as you can see it’s a bit of an odd shape,” Cash said. “There’s really no use to the county other than storage in that building, which we can accommodate elsewhere.”

But, demolishing the two buildings and replacing them with Sarasota County offices defeats the goal of tapping into the taxable values, Barbetta said: “It would be ludicrous for us to think of putting a building there. I’m convinced that if we allow government to maintain property like this they’ll find a use for it.”

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The city council-manager government, with a weak, or ceremonial, mayor, is more popular in mid-size cities largely due to administrative needs. The idea in many developing cities post World War II, says Tipton, was to have a professional manager run the city while civicminded residents held part-time political office.

“The beauty of a charter is no two are the same,” says Tipton. “It should reflect what local citizens want.”

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Destined to mediocrity?

Congratulations to the citizens of Pensacola. They had the courage to recognize and admit their city was going nowhere, and that it needed a leader, a champion, to raise it up. The status quo was not working.

We’re referring to the story on this week’s front page about Pensacola’s adoption in 2009 of an elected CEO mayor. Sarasotans: Take note.

It seems so elementary, that everyone would get this — that any enterprise, organization, army, school, classroom, sports team or government needs a leader. Sun Tzu spelled this out in 500 B.C. in his “Art of War.” The “commander” was one of his five constant factors in determining how to execute the objective, in determining how to get from point A to B. You would think everyone would understand this and accept it as a given. But obviously not, not in the city of Sarasota.

We have the likes of former Mayor Mollie Cardamone, who chastised Commissioner Paul Caragiulo Monday night for having the audacity to present a charter amendment proposal that would have sought the wishes of city voters on what type of government they want. Isn’t that government by the people? Doesn’t he have the responsibility to propose what he believes to be right?

But no, Cardamone looked at Caragiulo at the City Commission meeting and said: “I did not vote to elect any commissioner to change our form of government. I feel duped and ashamed I didn’t see through you …”

Oh, puleez. And why didn’t she slap Commissioner Terry Turner, architect of another charter amendment that proposes to change the city’s government — extracting responsibilities from the city auditor and creating a “strong” city manager?

Sadly, Cardamone, Turner, Commissioner Shannon Snyder and Vice Mayor Willie Shaw are part of the contingent of Sarasota naysayers who apparently believe the commission-city manager form of government is working just fine and has worked just fine.

Are you kidding?

As is always the case in the city of Sarasota, the Nabobs of Negativity like to throw darts at anyone who suggests moving the city’s cheese, taking a risk or doing something outside the boundaries of historical mediocrity. (Remember the Ringling Bridge?)

They’re quick to shoot: “The timing is wrong” … “It’s poorly crafted” … “It will disenfranchise” … “Why do this? The strong mayor idea has gone down to defeat three prevous times” … Waaa, waaa, waaa.

It’s never a good time for those whose are happy with the status quo. They seem to live to keep doing the same thing over and over, regardless of the results.

Surely, though, they can see what so many in this community plainly see: The City Commission, its decisions and the management of City Hall are dismissed as embarrassments. Bring up the subject of the City Commission and City Hall in any conversation, and it triggers a diatribe resuscitation of boneheaded decision making. Indeed, think long and hard for the last time you heard anyone praise the commission or City Hall.

Doesn’t that concern you?

Of course, everyone likes to criticize

AS ALWAYS, I-4 CORRIDOR TO DECIDE PRESIDENT By now, everyone knows if Barack Obama or Mitt Romney is to win the presidency, he must carry Florida’s 29 electoral college votes.

Florida is one of the swing states.

And indeed Florida is considered a “swinger” because of recent history: • 1996: Bill Clinton won 48% and Bob Dole won 42.3% • 2000: George W. Bush and Al Gore each received 48.8% of the vote, with Bush winning by 537 votes.

• 2004: Bush won 52% of the vote to John Kerry’s 47.1%.

• 2008: Obama won 51% to John McCain’s 48.2% Now consider the registeredvoter breakdown: Democrats: 40%; Republicans: 36.1%; NPA (non-party affiliates): 20.8% Clearly, the non-party affiliates, or independents, will be crucial to the outcome. And this brings us to one of the most important factors, according to Dr. Susan McManus, Florida’s political science expert at the University of South Florida: Voter turnout.

McManus told us recently that turnout is everything. Whichever party is most effective getting their people to the polls will determine the winner.

By that criterion, the Republicans have the advantage. In the last two presidential elections, Republicans outvoted Democrats in terms of having a higher percentage of their party’s registered voters vote — by 9 and 18 percentage points.

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his local politicians and government. But the degree to which Sarasota residents and business owners dismiss the City Commission is such that if it were a for-profit business, shareholders would be revolting — canning the CEO and every director. It’s a crisis.

Where is the vision? What is the vision?

Who is in charge? Who is the commander to lead the army?

There is no vision. There is no commander.

There is a committee. And we all know what we get from a committee: Perpetual mediocrity — at best.

To think the new city manager, Thomas Barwin, is going to work miracles and magically fix all that is amiss at City Hall and be the commander to lead the city to the mountaintop is delusional. No matter who the manager is or how skilled he may be, he will encounter the same dysfunction that has existed the past 20 years — an elected group of directors/commissioners who bend to the nabobs who want to keep Sarasota stuck in the past.

OK, so maybe Caragiulo’s proposal wasn’t perfect and, as he said, was “a work in process.” So what. Life is always a work in process. But at least Caragiulo has the vision to see — living it daily — that what exists is a disaster and has the courage to try to make

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this year’s election she is expecting the conservative, white soccer moms to turn out, whereas in 2008 many didn’t vote because of Sarah Palin.

Add to this Obama’s approval among suburban whites in Florida is dropping precipitously.

In the end, though, as it often does, the vote is going to come down to the I-4 corridor — who wins Orange (Orlando), Osceola (Disney workers), Hillsborough (Tampa), Pinellas and Volusia (Daytona Beach) counties.

Osceola, Hillsborough and Pinellas each voted for Bush in 2004, Obama in 2008. Volusia voted Democratic in 2004 and 2008, but voted for Republican Gov. Rick Scott in 2010.

Orange is always Democratic, but its margins have been shrinking.

things better.

The nabobs’ response — including Commission Turner in that bunch — was typical. Rather than embrace an idea and try to discuss a way to make it work, it’s dismissed with disdain. An alternative might have been an adult discussion along this approach: What about postponing Turner’s charter amendment until March and placing both proposals on the ballot at once? Have a healthy, public debate about both, and let the people speak.

Caragiulo is not giving up. And he shouldn’t. He’ll obtain the required voter signatures in a petition, and it will end up on a future ballot. Perhaps it is better this way.

Sarasotans will have time to see how the vision-less, leaderless City Commission will remain an obstacle for an effective City Hall and city manager. And the elected-mayor proponents will have the time to shape their case. They have a model in Pensacola.

The nabobs, in the meantime, will have their usual choice — remain part of the problem or be part of the solution. One day we hope they face up to what the voters of Pensacola clearly realized: No matter how many mid-size cities use the commissionmanager form of government, it is a recipe for guaranteed mediocrity — a condition everyone should refuse to accept.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Instead of wasting your time listening to talking heads rail back and forth about what is “out of context” regarding President Obama’s remarks, people should think for themselves.

It’s the digital age. Do an internet search and read all the remarks for yourself.

I heard the entire segment delivered. In my view, the entire section is more damning and revealing than the “you didn’t build it” line.

Clearly, all who live in a society benefit from multiple common advantages: roads, bridges, the American system, etc. Many wonderful people help us on this journey called life. That is precisely the point! We all benefit from the “system,” but only some are successful. Only some have the initiative, industry, creativity, vision, persistence and take the risks to run a small business (the engine of our economy). They “made it happen” while others didn’t or failed. How come we all don’t own our own business?

One must have a most extreme concept of collectivism to diminish accomplishment by uttering, “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” Or else, he must be pandering to the “sour grapes” entitlement crowd.

In the spirit of transparency, I have never owned a business. I didn’t have what it takes.

Tom Smith Sarasota

+ Stand your ground Dear Editor: My wife and I have read your July 19 editorial and the resultant comments and came to the same conclusion: We want to offer you our

support and encouragement.

Please keep the faith, stand your ground and be true to yourself.

These are not mere clichés. They are, for you and for us, in defense of our world view, which, although open to questioning by others, must not be eroded by criticism. We must face such critics the way Joshua did — with courage and determination.

My wife and I had lunch at Chick-fil-A as part of the national call to support their corporate policies against the incursion of government.

We join with those who repeat the line from a movie of some years back, “We’re as mad as hell, and we won’t take it anymore!”

John and Donna Gary Sarasota

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Dear Editor: Oh, the high dudgeon of the liberal left!

The spate of letters in response to your accurate editorial on the incompetent amateur in the White House was indicative of what passes as nuanced response from those quarters.

You were accused of causing mass shootings, disrespecting the office of the president (not the man), distorting the facts of Obama’s “accomplishments” and yelling “fire” in a crowded theater. One letter stated that Obama’s declaration — “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” — refers to the bridges and roads mentioned in his previous sentence. I’m sure our Harvard-educated president knows the difference between singular (a business — “that”) and plural (roads and bridges — “those”), but maybe not.

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+ Invest in a cleaner Siesta beach Dear Editor: I have lived the past few years on Siesta Key and have been coming to this area since 1980. I know the beach was selected the No. 1 Beach in the USA for 2011.

What puzzles me is hearing visitors complain about the seaweed that lies on the beach from Point of Rocks up to the Village.

I have wondered myself why Siesta Key does not do anything about the seaweed and debris that lays at the water line? I have been to many beaches along the East Coast and I have witnessed how many other beach towns handle this chore.

Every night, they have large combine-style raking machines that drive from one end to the other, cleaning the beach surface. It throws the debris into a hopper.

These beaches are seaweed free. With all the advertising done for Siesta Key, I do not understand why whoever is responsible for the condition of the beach has not made the investment in such equipment?

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their families elsewhere. Siesta Key’s beach management needs to be proactive on the beach’s appearance. If you want people to keep returning for vacations and spending their vacations here, this must be addressed.

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about Romney’s “withheld” tax returns. Perhaps he is unaware that Romney has complied with the law in this matter, or that both Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have also refused to release more tax returns than required by law.

Anyway, what do they expect to find in a self-made millionaire’s tax returns? He’s rich. He earned it. So what?

Isn’t Obama’s refusal to release the “Fast and Furious” paperwork of greater concern to the nation?

But the funniest letter came from the Longboat Key Democratic Club’s president, pulling his advertising. I’m sure you’ll miss all those dollars — or is it all “that” dollars?

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TRANSIENT TROUBLE

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Vagrants make city commissioners mad The Sarasota Police Department has been told to curtail a growing, aggressive population of homeless people downtown.

You’ve know there’s a problem when the mayor of your city tells her police department and fellow commissioners she “doesn’t feel comfortable walking downtown anymore” because of a growing homeless population.

That’s exactly what Mayor Suzanne Atwell did Monday night at the Sarasota City Commission’s regular meeting.

Atwell and the rest of the commission made it known they are fed up with a homeless population that hovers around Selby Five Points Park and the Selby Public Library.

Atwell, an avid walker, said she doesn’t walk that area anymore because she’s worried of running into aggressive panhandlers.

“This has reached a whole new level,” Atwell said. “When you have this type of behavior in your city, you’re not sure what’s going to happen next.”

Last week, the Sarasota Observer reported on the new group of homeless people downtown that’s drawn the ire of downtown residents, business owners and pedestrians. The group of roughly 40 people, estimated to be in their 20s, has been walking downtown, sticking close to First Street, for the last couple of months. The group congregates under an overhang at the Selby Library on a daily basis.

Worries about the group reached a new level last month, when Tsunami Sushi & Hibachi Grill owner/manager Johnny

Chen was attacked with silverware by a young homeless man who became irate when Chen told him the restaurant was closed and that he couldn’t use the restroom.

Sarasota Police Lt. Randy Boyd attributed the increase in the homeless population to a suspension in the city’s trespass program.

The town’s former code was not in compliance with a recent federal appeals court ruling in a case that challenged the constitutionality of the city of St. Petersburg’s trespass warning ordinance.

In May, City Attorney Robert Fournier instituted a suspension of the verbal trespass warnings while the ordinance was amended to include a written warning that gives violators seven days to appeal their warning at the police station.

Changes were instituted to bring the program into compliance, and, as of last week, enforcement was back in place. Officers told commissioners they are aware of the problem and have also reinstituted an officer transient coordinator position for 90 days to work exclusively with the homeless-loitering issue and to stay in touch with worried residents and business owners.

A camera in Five Points Park is also being adjusted to monitor problems more closely, and Fournier will meet with Sarasota County officials to come to a better understanding of how homeless people

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A group of homeless people sit directly across the street from Tsunami Sushi & Hibachi Grill. The restaurant's owner, who was attacked by a man in July, says their presence has dropped his profits by as much as 60%.

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Interim City Manager Terry Lewis has also instructed the police command staff to walk downtown for two weeks to see the issues firsthand.

Commissioner Shannon Snyder urged all parties to come to an agreement with the county to stop allowing panhandling and loitering around the library, which is the new epicenter of the problem.

“Hell would freeze over before the county would allow this to happen in Jacaran-

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Snyder also suggested the police transient coordinator position might need to be a permanent one.

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TAKING FLIGHT As Dan Smith’s single-engine, 1947 Navion touched down on the runway and taxied to the back door of Dolphin Aviation, the smiles of the siblings inside were telling signs of the flight they had just experienced.

Brian and Jen Becker, along with dozens of other future pilots, airplane enthusiasts and adventurous spirits, had just completed their first flight as part of Young Eagles, a program that pairs budding aviators with experienced pilots to offer free flights to children and encourage their involvement in aviation.

After climbing out of the plane’s hatch, Brian Becker stood and chatted with his sister and the pilot about their experience. “It was awesome,� said Becker, a highschool senior, who plans to attend the U.S. Naval Academy to study aviation. “It was a great learning experience.�

The flight was made even more memorable by the fact that it was hosted by the local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association, which was also celebrating its 60th anniversary.

Originally founded in 1952, EAA Chapter 180 offers free programs to children in the Sarasota and Bradenton area on a monthly basis, including free flights, build-a-plane workshops and flight-safety seminars. The chapter has a membership of about 120 members. “We want to unite the general aviation community and preserve the history of aviation, as well as its future,� said EAA Chapter 180 Vice President Matt Greg. “We want to inspire people to become interested in aviation fields of work, whether it’s recreationally or professionally.�

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the chapter, which has flown more than 3,700 flights since the program’s inception, 35 children showed up to Dolphin Aviation to earn their Young Eagle certifications and take to the skies with volunteer pilots.

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In celebration of its 60th anniversary, EAA Chapter 180 offers free flights to children.

fast facts Dan Smith provides a few facts about his 1947 Navion. “I started with model airplanes when I was younger, and it’s been downhill ever since until this,� he jokes. “It’s a worse (obsession) than having a boat.�

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Brian Becker and his sister, Jen, talk with Young Eagle member Mary Lou McFate and pilot Dan Smith after their first Young Eagles flight. phin Aviation, where they watched an informational video, explored a flight simulator and watched as pilots checked radar screens for weather conditions before heading out in small groups for takeoff.

The program is run on a completely volunteer basis, and many retired servicemen and women volunteer their time and aircrafts to inspire young people to fly. Gregg estimates that the cost of fuel alone for these small aircraft is nearly $60 per hour, and that doesn’t factor in other costs, such as maintenance. He says they do it for the love of flying.

Volunteer pilot Dan Smith has been flying Young Eagles for approximately 20 years, and he says he enjoys sharing his love of aviation with a younger generation. “I could be doing this, or I could be

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Capt. Dan Skoda, a formal Naval aviator, Vietnam veteran and owner of Skoda Aviation, volunteers with the Young Eagles program as an opportunity to continue to share his love of flight with others. To date, Skoda has flown with more than 500 Young Eagles, and he’s taken his turbo-charged Cessna to 49 out of 50 states. The only state he hasn’t flown to is Hawaii — his plane can’t hold enough gas to make the whole trip.

At the end of the day Saturday, five children had signed up for additional classes in youth aviation. Gregg says that getting young people interested in flight is more important than ever.

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Despite the costs and challenges associated with flying on a volunteer basis, Smith says sparking new interest in the field makes it worthwhile. “I think the most rewarding part is being able to hang with the young blood and expose them to these opportunities,� said Smith.

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Community Data 2.0: An Older Adult Perspective — takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Sarasota County Technical Institute Conference Center, 4748 Beneva Road.

This is the sixth and final workshop in a yearlong, countywide series that is an exploration of creative new approaches to using community data for making decisions and taking action. Breakfast and light refreshments will be served. Free. Call 3668751.

Rhythm and Jews Shabbat Service — takes place at 6 p.m. at Temple

The Palm Singles Meeting — takes place at 5:30 p.m. at the Church of the Palms, 3224 Bee Ridge Road.

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Cine Selby — takes place at 6 a.m. at the Selby Public Library, 1331 1st St. Music is the Theme, The theme is Music. In August, Selby Public Library will screen a film from England about a dramatization of the Hamburg, Germany phase of the Beatles’ early history. Rated R. Cost is free. Call 861-1110.

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Sarasota-Manatee Synagogue Council Open House — takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. at 10 area congregations from Bradenton to North Port.

Attendees can meet temple staff and leadership and learn about each temple’s programs. Participating temple locations are: Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Congregation Kol HaNeshama, Congregation Ner Tamid, Jewish Congregation of Venice, Temple Beth El (Bradenton), Temple Beth El (North Port), Temple Beth Sholom, Temple Emanu-El and Temple Sinai.

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Kat Wors leads Cash Murphy, Chesney Beckman, Natasha Antoniuk and Makala Milburn, 4, in a pattern game, Monday, Aug. 20, the first day of preschool for the 2012-2013 school year.

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Avery Carver, 4, jumps into the arms of her former teacher, Natlaiya Fesko, Monday, Aug. 20, at St. Boniface Preschool.

Victoria Maypole, 2, interacts with Sarah Schebel, the new preschool director of St. Boniface Preschool.

Keira Pritchett, 2, clings to her dad, Josh, on the morning of the first day of school at St. Boniface Preschool.

St. Boniface Preschool was filled with smiles and lots of laughs Monday, Aug. 20, as students began their first day of the 2012-2013 school year. While some of the students were familiar with the campus and excited to see their friends, others were brand new and a little shy.

There are three classes divided by age — the seahorses (4), the sharks (3) and the dolphins (2). St. Boniface’s newest face on campus is Preschool Director Sarah Schebel, former assistant director of Forty Carrots Preschool.

Olga Carr gives her son, Sean, 3, a hug and a kiss goodbye before leaving him at his first day of school at St. Boniface Preschool.

Rosanne Tizzano helps Hayne Falck, 3, build a bridge for the construction trucks to go through at St. Boniface Preschool.

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ODA students head back for a new year and new playground The Siesta Key campus of Out-of-Door Academy was full of students and parents running around greeting friends, meeting new teachers and getting settled in for the new school year, Wednesday, Aug. 22. Though heading back to school is always exciting, the students were even more excited to get out and play on the newly renovated playground. Donated by Ashley D. Kozel, who has two daughters, Gabby, 6, and Lexie, 9, at Out-

Out-of-Door Academy students play on the bigger of the two rock walls on the newly renovated lower school playground, Wednesday, Aug. 22, the first day back to school.

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Lexie and Gabby Kozel get ready to cut the ribbon while their mother, Ashley, looks on, during the first day of school.

Zachary Szabo and Ryan Abernathy, both 6, are happy to be reunited on the first day of

of-Door Academy, the new playground features two rock climbing walls, swings, more climbing equipment and new rubber mulch that Headmaster David Mahler described as being similar to a “jumping on a trampoline.” This year the lower school will have one less grade walking through the premises because it now takes students grades prek through fifth grade, with the sixth grade now moved out to the Lakewood Ranch campus.

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Ruth Lando, an experienced journalist, writer and non-profit communications professional, has been named director of communications and marketing for the University of South Florida SarasotaManatee.

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Steve and Kathy Newton, of Evansville, Ind., sold their Unit 701 condominium at 9397 Midnight Pass Road to Peter Maravelias, of Wakefield, Mass., for $495,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,380 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $289,500 in 1998.

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Antony Reed, of Evergreen, Colo., sold his Unit 211 condominium at 797 Beach Road to Scott and Anna Mulcahy, of Webster, N.Y., for $430,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,122 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $330,000 in April.

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Client-First Conservatism Integrity

89412

SEPT. 16th

First Qtr.

Rachel S. O’Hara

This home at 825 Tropical Circle in Siesta Beach has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 5,904 square feet of living area. It sold for $3.3 million.

Affiliated w/Barron and Associates

Open Until 12PM for the Summer Season!

Lemon Avenue & Main Street

Summer Hours 7am-12pm every Saturday

Gary Chmielewski, CFP®

FREE Yoga Class 8 - 9 a.m

Fresh Produce • Plants & Flowers Local Seafoods • Prepared Foods • Baked Goods Cheeses & Meats • Local Crafts and more...

T: 941.493.3232

www.gulfcoastadvisory.com

941-225-9256 • www.sarasotafarmersmarket.org

83390

New Moon

Rodney and Cherry Hawksford, of Punta Gorda, sold their home at 514 Cummings St. to Esther Borsuk, of Sarasota, for $560,000. Built in 1955, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,230 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $100,000 in 1987.

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Joseph and Cynthia Young, of W. Orange, N.J., sold their home at 5554 Cape Aqua Drive to Charles Pue and Kelley Hannan, of Delaware, Ohio, for $567,500. Built in 1960, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,979 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $530,000 in 2004.

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These are the Siesta Key building permits issued by Sarasota County and city of Sarasota for the week of August 6 through August 10, in order of dollar amounts.

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9393 Midnight Pass Road 5860 Midnight Pass Road 1046 W. Peppertree Drive 6208 Midnight Pass Road 1055 W. Peppertree Drive 1125 W. Peppertree Drive 550 Commonwealth Place 1201 Tree Bay Lane 5540 Shadow Lawn Drive 19 Whispering Sands Drive 5168 Sandy Shore Ave. 4822 Ocean Blvd.

5258 Avenida Del Mare 5790 Midnight Pass Road 337 Avenida Leona 1355 S. Portofino Drive 8900 Blind Pass Road 5780 Midnight Pass Road 5830 Midnight Pass Road 1100 Cove II Place 6268 Midnight Pass Road 5950 Midnight Pass Road 5855 Midnight Pass Road 797 Beach Road 4822 Ocean Blvd.

5858 Midnight Pass Road 6370 Midnight Cove Road 34 Rockwell Lane 1125 W. Peppertree Drive 395 Avenida Milano 650 Canal Road 36 Island Circle

Renovations Remodel Renovations Beam Replace Renovations Renovations Seawall Cap Mechanical Enclosure Windows Mechanical Shutters Demolition Doors Re-roof Wall Mechanical Mechanical Mechanical Mechanical Mechanical Mechanical Mechanical Mechanical Window Electrical Windows Electrical Plumbing Security System Door Electrical

Denise Leader Lisa Petersen Robert Booth, trustee John Anderson John Branigan Tom Shelton Charles Vinke Brian Jackson Vincent Riva Raffaela Pera George McLoun Jr. Kevin Price James Slater Stephen Schwitters Lynne Bernfield Bradley Haidet William Schlegel Rita Sinaiko Anthony Decianni Peter May, trustee David Baer Dennis Laurain Mary Mau Mourid Salib Stanley Bridgewater Joann Moles Nancy Cornett Diana Pilson Marguerite Polley David Housman John Labar Arnold Filion, trustee

$60,000 $57,400 $52,300 $49,490 $48,000 $35,000 $27,625 $23,630 $17,500 $16,857 $10,960 $9,388 $6,800 $6,350 $6,300 $5,000 $4,905 $4,789 $4,500 $4,300 $4,300 $4,300 $4,085 $3,650 $3,000 $2,442 $2,100 $1,500 $1,200 $1,099 $820 $800

941-488-1456 or visit us on the web at sharkysonthepier.com

6631 Midnight Pass Rd. Crescent Plaza (1/4 Mile So. of Stickney Pt. Rd.)

349-4024 French & Continental Cuisine www.miguelsrestaurant.net

a la CartE: ✶Veal Specialties ✶Rack of Lamb ✶Dover Sole ✶Caesar Salad ✶Roast Duckling

Celebrating our 28th Year!

happy hour: Daily 5-6 pm Open Daily

“Early” DinErs’ ComplEtE mEnu Daily 5:00-6:30 pm

14 ChoiCEs of main CoursEs: All Include Appetizer, Salad, Dessert & Beverage From

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Get Hooked!

Dinner

Breakfast anD Lunch

Friday Fish Fry $ 95

14

All You Can Eat

Saturday & Sunday BBQ Ribs & Chicken $ 95

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349-2800 • claytonssiestagrille.com

1256 Old Stickney Point Rd., Siesta Key

V E N I C E ’ S WAT E R F R O N T L A N D M A R K S I N C E 1 9 7 6 .

“ The Best of ” … Local Dining

TRY OUR

AWARD-WINNING WINE LIST

marina restaurant tavern

OVER 1000 SELECTIONS!

VIEW WINES ON OUR iPAD WINE LISTS SORTED BY NAME, GRAPE VARIETY, PRICE, VINTAGE AND REGION... WITH PHOTOS AND TASTING NOTES! w w w. c r o w s n e s t - v e n i c e . c o m

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1968 T C D, V

Come & See...why our customers say we are the best kept secret in Sarasota.

laKewood Ranch location open: Mon. 7:30am-2:30pm & Tues.-Sun. 7:30am-9pm. now open at the expo on claRK! 941-922-2764 • thebrokenegg.com

5157 OceAn Blvd. • 941-349-2323

5104 OceAn Blvd. SIeSTA Key vIllAge 941-349-1423 • Open Mon.-Sun. 4:30-11:30pm cafegabbiano.com • Reservations Recommended

sungardencafe.net

1200 Old STIcKney POInT Rd. • 941-349-3885 Open daily for lunch & dinner. Kids Menu available. captaincurts.com

Closed for vacation as of 9/4/2012. Reopening the middle of October.

PRIX FIXE DINNER FOR TWO

80

3-Course Meal with a $ Bottle of House Wine …

sun garDen Cafe

Come see what the critics, locals & tourists are raving about. VOTED BEST Breakfast, Outdoor Dining & Bacon.

Cafe gaBBiano Bringing Italy to Siesta Key, our family would like to This eco-eatery takes a little bit of Siesta’s crunchy heritage welcome you, our valued friends, to our alternative & mixes it up with that gourmet Sarasota flair. We serve dining experience. You will experience a real family food to live for & use only fresh, all-natural ingredients. atmosphere while enjoying the delicate taste of our SIeSTA Key vIllAge • 210 AvenIdA MAdeRA home Ischia. Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar. Open Mon.-Sun. 7:00am-2:30pm • 941-346-7170

The very best in Florida seafood, traditional fare & specialties served in a casual, fun atmosphere!

Voted #1 clam chowder in the world! Nightly entertainment in the Backroom Saloon - great drinks & snacks at the Sneaki Tiki Bar.

Open for Labor Day weekend.

✧ Venice ✧ Crow’s nest

Venice’s waterfront landmark since 1976. Featuring casual fine dining overlooking the Marina & Venice Inlet.

Voted “Venice’s Best Overall Restaurant” 7 years & “Best of Award of Excellence” from the Wine Spectator.

Fun casual atmosphere in the …

1St FlOOR TAveRn • 1968 TARPOn cenTeR dR. Boat or car • lunch & dinner • Open daily • 941-484-9551

Daiquiri DeCk raw Bar

sharky’s

5250 OceAn Blvd. SIeSTA Key • 941-349-8697 dAIquIRI decK RAW BAR • ST. ARMAndS 325 JOhn RInglIng Blvd • 941-388-3325 daiquirideck.com

FoR moRe inFoRmation oR diRectionS, cAll 941-488-1456 or www.sharkysonthepier.com

Featuring an extensive menu of snacketizers, soups, On the Gulf, only Sharky’s offers a gulf side seat for salad sensations, bodacious burgers, specialty sandwich- your enjoyment. Enjoy the Tiki bar, live entertainment, es, wraps, pizzas & of course daiquiris! Happy Hour food and fun for all ages. daily, 2-for-1 daiquiris 3-7pm. Lunch specials Mon.-Fri. Enjoy fresh seafood and other entrees while Live entertainment. overlooking the Venice pier.

Available until the end of August 2012

89422

www.morelrestaurant.com

3809 South Tuttle Ave. Sarasota 927-8716

LoBster pot

Captain Curt’s CraB & oyster Bar

Fredy Mayer chef/owner

Summer Hours Wednesday thru Saturday 4:30 - 9:30PM

✧ SieSta Key ✧

In the Center of Siesta Key Village, Lobster Pot is Siesta Key’s New England Seafood Restaurant. Open Broken egg Serving “Award Winning” food for over 24 years. for lunch & dinner Mon.-Sat. & dinner seasonally on Indoor & outdoor dining, catering and take-out available. Sundays. They offer everything from fresh fish cooked the way you want it … to Steak, Chops, & Chicken … to SieSta Key open daily: 7:30am-2:30pm Homemade Soups and more … Premium Wine & Beer.

140 Avenida Messina • 941-346-2750.

now available on iPad!

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Address

89386

1600 Harbor Drive S., Venice (1.4 miles south of Venice Ave.)

SIESTA KEY

89376

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012

by Rachel S. O’Hara | Staff Photographer

SKCC members mingle after hours at Village Café The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce held its monthly after-hours event Thursday, Aug. 16, at the Village Café in Siesta Key Village. The monthly event gives local business owners the opportunity to mingle and introduce themselves to new members of the chamber.

Vern Johnson with Lisa Goswick, Angela Nisbet and Bon Poire from Mandala Med Spa.

David Rubinfeld and Earl Rissler catch up during the SKCC After Hours event, Thursday, Aug. 16, at the Village Café.

Gail Rubinfeld and Andy Reeves

Paula Stein, Chastana Neimann and Rhonda Wiggins pose together during the SKCC After Hours at the Village Café.

Shelia Lewis, Alina Michelowski and Mike Lewis

Debra Fortosis and Alana Tomasso

Joel Gamso with Lori and Todd Buchman

LET’S TALK SHOP!

INTERCOASTAL MEDICAL GROUP

welcomes

the new STORE AROUND THE CORNER blog

Kathleen M. Kennedy, MD

Click the blog button on top of YourObserver.com to meet Danae, your Local Shopstress. She’ll guide you through small business events, services, promotions and offers in the Sarasota and Manatee area!

Board Certified, Internal Medicine

to Beneva Family Practice Dr. Kennedy joins Intercoastal Medical Group, a patient-focused health care provider comprised of more than 60 board certified physicians in multiple specialties.

Look for the featured Store Around the Corner ads throughout the paper and scan the QR codes to view videos*

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Guiding your health care needs, from the routine to the complex, is our commitment to you.

ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS

Medicare and most insurance accepted Same day appointments often available

941-365-7390

A Patient Focused, Multi-Specialty Group National Expertise l Six Locations

StoreAroundTheCorner 89410

www.intercoastalmedical.com

85983

Beneva Family Practice

921 S. Beneva Road, Sarasota, Florida 34232

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Your neighborhood fish house — There’s nothing quite like

The best small businesses in the Sarasota and Manatee area.

it. Enjoy the freshest seafood at the only local shucked raw bar with the friendliest atmosphere. It’s fun for the whole family!

by Nick Friedman | Community Editor

LuckyPelicanBistro.com

89402

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J.L. BAINBRIDGE & c o m pA N y, I N c .

Investment Advisors Established in 1981

Jerry L. Bainbridge

Fay E. Bainbridge Photos by Nick Friedman

Tammy Hilliard and Dave Lewis

Taylor Collins and moderator Dan Bailey

Reid briefs Tiger Bay on new position as county administrator

K. David Schoonover

Members of the Tiger Bay Club met for their regular meeting Thursday, Aug. 16, to hear from Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid and moderator Dan Bailey. Reid gave an update about his position as county administrator and spoke about procurement issues and ethics.

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John B. Leeming

Payment of management fee is contingent on client’s complete satisfaction. call for appointment or visit us online for more information.

(941) 365-3435 www.jlbainbridge.com

83001

1582 Main Street | Sarasota, Florida 34236

Barton L. Bainbridge

Deb Metheny, Claudia and Bill Storms

Hank Goldsby and George McGonagill

Early Labor Day

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012

MOON PHASES

Sarasota

Wed. Aug. 15 Th. Aug. 16 Fri. Aug. 17 Sat. Aug. 18 Sun. Aug. 19 Mon. Aug. 20 Tues. Aug. 21

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Weather Photo Contest Winner

Month to date: 2012 2011

6.86 in. 4.69 in.

Year-to-date:

2012 2011 35.71 in. 30.36 in.

TemperatureS

Wed. Aug. 15 Th. Aug. 16 Fri. Aug. 17 Sat. Aug. 18 Sun. Aug. 19 Mon. Aug. 20 Tues. Aug. 21

High 91 90 90 84 91 91 91

Temps.

Low 75 77 78 77 76 77 73

Record Temps.

High Low 96 (1990) 67 (1924) 99 (1995) 67 (1972) 97 (1973) 67 (1927) 96 (1995) 67 (1927) 96 (1973) 69 (1949) 96 (1973) 65 (1971) 97 (1919) 68 (1927)

Average Gulf water temperature: 90

Sunrise/sunset Sunrise 7:05 7:06 7:06 7:07 7:07 7:07 7:08

Sunset 8:01 8:00 7:59 7:58 7:56 7:55 7:54

RED TIDE Three samples collected alongshore Sarasota County contained the Florida red tide organism K. brevis ranging in concentration from background to very low, as of Friday, August 17.

Jeremy Smith took this photo of cumulonimbus clouds deveoping before a storm at Turtle Beach.

PHOTO CONTEST: Win an iPad 2 or Canon EOS T3 camera. Enter your sunset, sunrise or weather-related photos for The Observer’s weather photo contest, sponsored by . To enter your photos, visit YourObserver.com, and click on the “Contests” tab in the upper-right corner. Weekly winners will have their photo printed in the paper and will be entered into a drawing for that month. The monthly winner will choose between an iPad 2 or Canon EOS T3 camera.

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Compact car of the ’70s “Give me a call,” in urban lingo Money or Murphy Luxury Ancient Greek marketplaces Uses indelicate language Baggage handler Early stage of a tourney Director Brian De ___ Group with turf Crucifixes Four-string instruments Beginnings Mischief-makers Jay on TV Ray in the sea FedEx alternative “Little Red Book” author Someone with the same interests Bite like a pup “Love ___ up where we belong” (Joe Cocker lyric) “I kid you not!”

Flaky mineral Sons of Charles Check the fit of, as a dress “Rubbish!”

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Brits Poke ___ in (debunk) Type of saw ___-fi movie Take a load off Common winter ailment Org. for boxers? “... the bombs bursting ___” “Mr. Holland’s ___” Gardener’s medium Quarantine Admits (with “up”) Mandalay’s land, formerly “Shall we?” reply Some Hebrew letters Place-setting item Cut with a scalpel Extreme poverty Faded the most ___ contendere (court plea) Diameters halved Sea-diving duck Take cash but not credit?

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7 “3:10 to ___” 8 Former name of Tokyo 9 Urban project 10 Rachel of “The Notebook” 11 City near Binghamton 12 Track events 13 Russian fighter jet 14 To do it is human 15 Birth name indicator 16 Sound of an undignified landing 17 Get off one’s rocker?

18 “Table for one” type 24 Roberts of “Everybody Loves Raymond” 26 On-ramp sign 29 Creme ___ creme (elite) 31 Bouquet of roses?

32 Study of foreign policies 33 Hunter’s trail 34 LuPone or LaBelle 35 Beginning 36 Proper partner?

38 ___ gum (food thickener) 40 Earth’s neighbor 41 Neither Reps. nor Dems.

42 “The Grapes of Wrath” extra 43 “Instrumental” things 44 Sugar partner, in a verse 46 Word on some diet foods 47 Go around in circles 49 Do a vet’s work 51 Col. Sanders’ restaurant 52 Name in 2001 bankruptcy news 53 Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan 54 Blackthorn fruits 57 Shoo-___ (easy victors) 59 Work wk. start

60 “Que ___?” (“What’s happening?”)

61 Lake of talk TV 62 Thunder god in Marvel Comics 63 Employee of the Month incentive 64 Kong’s kin 65 Fleur-de-___ 67 End in ___ (require extra play) 68 Deal with a situation 70 Ruffles feathers 71 Related to mom 72 Tests on which 2400 is perfect 73 Giving too many orders 75 Maximum or minimum 76 ___ Bator, Mongolia 80 Id’s opposite, to Freud 82 Miscellaneous mixtures 83 Wheel covers 84 Pins and needles holder 85 Get withered 86 Plantation machine 88 Mixer attachment 89 Bottommost points 90 Fireplace, to Brits 91 Not by a long shot 92 Near 93 Group of lions 94 Conveyed, as water through a main 97 Watson of the Harry Potter films 99 What it takes to tango 100 Slippery when ___ 101 Collecting Soc. Sec., perhaps 103 Brewpub staple 104 Sinister 105 “___ my brother’s keeper?”

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Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

EARLY DEADLINES for September 6th Edition CLASSIFIED ADS Deadline Tuesday, Sept. 4, 12:00pm SERVICE DIRECTORY Deadline Thursday, August 30, 12:00pm The Observer will be CLOSED Monday, September 3rd for the Labor Day Holiday.

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To Place Your Ad: Call 941-955-4888 or online at www.yourobserver.com/classifieds

Items Under $200 For Sale COMPUTER: DELL, Dual 1.5 GHz, XP-PRO, $100, 941-756-6728.

CRAFTSMAN TOOL Organizer: 22 drawers, stands 5’ high, $200. 727-288-7308.

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

Call 941-914-3244.

G.E. APPLIANCES: Almond Dishwasher, UC Microwave, Electric Stove/Oven. All excellent condition, $50/ea. 941-966-5439.

KING BEDSPREAD: cream colored, quilted, $65.

Queen comforter, reversible, green, maroon, $45.

Excellent condition. 941-966-06963.

ESTATE AUCTION ART & ANTIQUES SUNDAY, AUGUST 26TH @ 1PM Inspection Sunday Day of Sale 11am-1pm The sale will be held at our Auction Gallery located on the Southwest corner of 301N & University Parkway.

End of August Estate Clearance Auction: Furniture, Collectibles, Art, Glass, China & More!

13% Buyer’s Premium 3% Discount for Cash or Check Elliott Bernstein Auctions AU3504 - AB2545 Gallery Phone: 941-351-3002 Photos & more: www.auctionzip.com Auctioneer ID#8290

ABBEX, INC 941-365-3833 Check Casher - Absentee Owned Nets $59,000 - Price $165,000 Internet Co. - Over 16,000 subscribers Nets $239,000 - Price $640,000 Water Restoration Co. Nets $219,000 - Price $740,000 Service Co. Nets $90,000 - Price $150,000 FREE----Speech. Thanks Observer.

GIGANTIC MULTI-FAMILY Garage Sale 9/2 & 9/3, 8am-2pm. 702 Treasure Boat Way, Siesta Key, FL. OUR BOOKS 1/2 Price BEE RIDGE BOOKS 4104 Bee Ridge Road Bee Ridge Plaza Trade-In your Paperbacks 941-377-8998 VISION FITNESS R2200 Semi-recumbent exercise bike, $350. Precor 9.2s Treadmill, $350.

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

General Merchandise CENTRAL AIR: brand new, still in box, 10 year warranty all parts, $1449. Call 941-243-5236.

HOVEROUND MOBILITY Scooter: Gently used, 4 yrs old. 25 mile radius. $750. No reasonable offer refused. For information: 312-909-1498.

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

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

Pools/Spas HOT TUBS & Swim Spas - Local manufacturer selling direct to public at wholesale pricing.

Save $$. 941-462-0633.

SHOPRIDER ELECTRIC Scooter $175. Phone 941-923-9095.

Schools/Instruction

WHITE BIRD of Paradise Trees (2) 5ft lush green. $30/ea. 941-924-9501.

Autos Wanted AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the hassle out of selling your car. Cash offered today! Call Mike, 941-713-2277.

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale BOAT SLIP For Rent: deep water, private community. Riegels Landing, Siesta Key. $500 per month including water. For more information, 954-448-8329.

Cemetery Plots/Monuments CEMETERY PLOTS (2) - not adjacent. Sarasota Memorial Park: Prayer North Section.

From the park $3895/ea. Will sell for $2750/ea. o/b/o. 941-918-4880.

Furnishings LIKE NEW TEMPUR-PEDIC CLOUD SUPREME CALIFORNIA KING SET. I travel for work, set is barely used. Retails $3,600, will Sell for $2,500.

This is a GREAT VALUE. If you are looking for a memory foam bed that sleeps like a pillow top style you will LOVE THIS! 305-395-2588.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales *****TWO ESTATE SALES BY NANCY DUNN***** FRI. & SAT. AUG. 24 & 25 9AM-2PM 4125 Brookpointe Court DO NOT MISS THIS SALE!!

SUNDAY AUG. 26 9AM-2PM 5568 Golf Pointe Drive - Palm Aire PICTURE PERFECT CONDO! For Pictures: www.estatesalesbynancydunn.com

DRUM LESSONS: 25 Year Educator/Performer now offering World Class Drum Instruction.

Excellent references. Call 941-377-1012.

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

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

Things To Do GULFSIDE MINI-VACATION IN NAPLES JUST $175 PER PERSON ***

Your Mini-Vacation Includes: s 'ULFSIDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR NIGHTS

s #ONTINENTAL "REAKFAST "UFFET s $INNER EVENING VOUCHER AT YOUR CHOICE OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS

s ,UNCH DAY VOUCHER AT YOUR CHOICE OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS

s !DMISSION TO OF LOCAL ATTRACTIONS 3OME ATTRACTIONS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FEES s #HECK IN 3UNDAY THROUGH 4HURSDAY FOR ADDITIONAL LUNCH VOUCHER AND DINNER DISCOUNT

Room For Rent

PRIMERE LOCATION in Sarasota. Walk to town or take your boat out....Three bedroom, three bath,1st floor condo, pool, hot tub with a 30/ft. private dock. Enclosed 2 car garage. Located at 888 S. Orange 2-A behind Selby gardens. Asking $4,500 month or b/o yearly lease. Call Jennifer, 941-780-0968.

SARASOTA DOWNTOWN CONDO. Designerfurnished/turnkey 2BR/2BA. Annual rental for $2400 + Utilities/mo. See virtual tour and additional information at www.vrbo.com/205252.

Phone 703-283-4197.

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

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

Affordable Senior Housing

JEFFERSON CENTER 930 N. Tamiami Tr., Sarasota, FL 34236

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

Utilities & Cable Included

ROOM FOR RENT: $500/mo. utilities included, Furnished. Centrally located near bus route.

Mature person. 941-962-4122.

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals LANDLORD ALERT!! We have Tenant’s!!!

Wanted: 1-3BR Homes/Condos, Furnished or Unfurnished. Siesta Key Realty Incorporated, 941-349-8900, www.siestakeyrealtyrentals.com ON BEACH or Bay!! 1-3 Bedrooms, Weekly or Monthly. Available Immediately.

Seaside Management, 941-923-6077.

Adult Care Services ASSISTED LIVING in the Privacy of your Home. Complete Care from Homemaking, Transportation, Dressing and Grooming, Medications to RN Supervision and Case Management. License # 30211372, bonded and insured. Services available all hours.

Call 377-4465.

CNA/PRIVATE DUTY: 6 to 24 hours, all personal care, shopping, cooking, cleaning, doctor appts.

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

MATURE EDUCATED CNA 10 yrs experience.

Compassionate caregiver & golfer. Excellent references. Call Paula 941-448-9008.

NEED HELP?

Condos For Sale GULF GATE: 2BR/2BA, ground floor, light and bright end unit, community pool. $74,900.

941-350-8629.

LA SIESTA condo across from Siesta Beach, 2BR/1BA. Ground floor unit with ocean view and furnished. Make this your second home or rental. $308,900 - Siesta Beach Realty @ 941-993-5722.

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.

Caregivers/Companions Hourly 24/7 Care Phone: 941-809-3725 Toll Free: 877-507-4040 License #230506 & #30211577

Homes For Rent

Auto Service

DEEP WATER ACCESS Boater’s Dream: residential rental in south Longboat Key. 3BR/2BA, approx. 1720 sq.ft., only minutes to Sarasota Bay and open Gulf. 100/ft canal frontage with pool.

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

HOMES LOSE value fast if unoccupied!! Do your Home a favor, Rent or Lease it! Call 260-350-3450.

WE WANT TO BUY YOUR VEHICLE!!!

Any Make, Any Model, Any Condition.

No Title - No Problem! Bank Lien - No Problem!

Paying up to $30,000 for Vehicles. Call AJ now at 813-335-3794 for a Free Quote or 813-531-4298.

This week’s Crossword answers

LUXOR MHP

SIESTA KEY Cottage: 1BR/1BA, Bayside.

Tropical setting, Private secluded. Walk to Turtle Beach. $895/mo. 941-349-8900.

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

Based on double occupancy. Tax, tip & resort fees extra.

Type of accommodation subject to availability.

Bayside condominiums available at different rates. ** An 18% gratuity will be added by lunch and dinner vendors. ***Limited to one per customer.

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 56733

Homes For Sale BANK OWNED PROPERTIES & more!

FOR RESERVATIONS,

View them at

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

www.vanderbiltbeachresort.com

WWW.ABBEXINC.COM Steve Alexander

$450/mo-1 bed/bath mobile homes.

55+ community. No Pets.

5811 14th St. W. Bradenton.

Sarasota Real Estate Assoc., Inc. Greg Nowak 941-809-6034

LarrySellsSarasota.com 88110

TV: 51”, $30. Toddler car seats (2), $25.

Queen mattress set, firm, $45. 941-924-8477, 941-320-8045.

LONGBOAT KEY: 840 Tarawitt OPEN HOUSE: Sat./Sun., 8/25-8/26: 1-4PM Waterfront: City/ Bay Views; elevator; hardwood floors; 2200sq.ft. 2 docks. You will be Surprised!!

Condos/Apts. For Rent

ORIGINAL PHOTO: Wizard of Oz characters, framed, 16”x20”. Only 2 by Nell Rude, $100.

941-362-7777.

SUCCULENTS: VARIETY, all sizes 25 cents each 941-918-0737, Palmer Ranch.

Homes For Sale

88740

LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

Business Opportunities

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

LARRY BRZOSTEK RE/MAX Alliance Group 941-993-3125 MORTGAGE PAYMENT Stress? Do you wish to sell your home? Many options, don’t stress!

Call 260-350-3450.

2012

This week’s Cryptogram answers 1. A musical turkey liked to play in a rock band until one day he forgot his drumsticks. Nobody was disappointed because his playing was for the birds.

2. Life doles out some frustrating lessons: some days you’re going to be the pigeon and others, more probably, the statue.

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THE SARASOTA OBSERVER/ THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012 Thursday, August 23, 2012

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Cleaning

Furniture Repair

Painting/Wallpapering

Pressure Cleaning

A CLEANING EVEN YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW WILL APPROVE! Every time, guaranteed! Lic./Ins. Bonded. Pamela, 941-320-0023. www.CleanTimeServices.com

ALBERTO’S REFINISHING Of Fine Furniture, Antiques, Gold Leaf, Cane, Rush, Upholstery.

Quality Work. Call: 941-296-5427.

CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

Interior/ Exterior painting including drywall repair and retexturing. Wallpaper installation & removal, pressure washing. Residential & commercial, condos. Honest & reliable. Free estimates.

941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

MIKE DYMOND QUALITY PAINTING. Interior/ Exterior, Repaints. Many references. Free estimates. Licensed and insured. 941-544-0764.

1 CALL DOES IT ALL! PRESSURE AND WINDOW CLEANING. Free Estimates! Great prices! Call 941- 879-3683.

BETTY’S HOUSECLEANING Service. High quality cleaning. Reasonable rates. Licensed.

References. Call 941-650-6180.

Home Improvement/ Remodeling STEVE ALLEN FLOOR COVERINGS

BRAZILIAN CLEANING Service by Maria.

Residential/ Commercial. Meticulous Cleaning.

Excellent References. Free Estimates. Reliable.

Lic./ Ins. 941-400-3342.

WINDOW WASHING. Single mom, hard worker, 10 yrs.+ experience. Honest and reliable. Call Mari, 941-404-5083, 813-317-9759.

PROFESSIONAL TILE & MARBLE INSTALLATION 20 YRS. EXPERIENCE

DOGGY HOTEL. 24 Hour Daycare. Brown Avenue near Bee Ridge and 41 behind Sleep King (new owner). First day FREE. Grooming by Mark.

Meet and greet and get a treat. 941-554-4620.

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88976

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83637

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89313

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Joe Murray, Owner

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89307

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89282

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SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOLD Commonwealth Drive Siesta Beach $1,220,000 SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES NEWLY LISTED 5628 Cape Leyte Drive Siesta Isles Unit 7 $499,000 222 Island Circle Sarasota Beach $910,000 SIESTA KEY CONDOMINIUMS SOLD 1250 North Portofino Drive Siesta Harbor II $240,000 1300 Midnight Cove II PL #710 Midnight Cove II $285,000 6310 Midnight Pass Road #103N Crescent Arms $330,000 SIESTA KEY CONDOMINIUMS NEWLY LISTED 6512 Midnight Pass Rd. #301 Crescent-Siesta Key $2,200,000 DOWNTOWN SARASOTA, BIRD KEY, ST. ARMANDS, & LIDO KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOLD 4209 Nelson Avenue Golf Estates $142,000 6339 Kondla Place Shadow Lakes $169,500 7560 Biltmore Drive Gulf Gate Woods Unit 4 $245,000 1625 Field Road Oyster Bay Estates $400,000 DOWNTOWN SARASOTA, BIRD KEY, ST. ARMANDS, & LIDO KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES NEWLY LISTED 5943 Lords Avenue Stickney Point Park $56,500 2554 Ashton Road Wades $141,750 4608 South School Ave. Orange Crest Park $199,000 1632 Worrington Street Johnson $199,900 5040

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DOWNTOWN SARASOTA, BIRD KEY, ST. ARMANDS, & LIDO KEY CONDOMINIUMS NEWLY LISTED 2926 Swifton Drive #133 Swifton Villas $40,000 101 S. Gulfstream Ave. #14B Dolphin Tower $85,000 5218 Landings Blvd. #204 Landings South I $174,850 1350 Main Street #1303 1350 Main Residential $459,900 2050 Benjamin Franklin Dr. #B1003 Orchid Beach Club Residences $1,900,000 LONGBOAT KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOLD 637 Norton Street Sleepy Lagoon Park No2 $995,000 LONGBOAT KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES NEWLY LISTED 3440 Bayou Sound Bay Isles Unit 2 $699,000 LONGBOAT KEY CONDOMINIUMS SOLD 4710 Gulf of Mexico Drive Windward Bay Condo AMD $57,000 504 Forest Way Cedars East Condo Sec 2 $165,000 1050 Longboat Club Rd #502 Privateer North $497,000 1241 Gulf of Mexico Drive #603 Water Club at Longboat Key $1,525,000 2151 Gulf of Mexico Drive #3 En Provence $2,000,000 LONGBOAT KEY CONDOMINIUMS NEWLY LISTED 6701 Gulf of Mexico Drive #325 Whitney Beach $475,000 2425 Gulf of Mexico Drive #11E Sea Gate Club $749,900 1095 Gulf of Mexico Drive #405 Beachpalce II $750,000 601 Longboat Club Road #304S Longboat Key Towers $950,000 240 Sands Point Road #4307 Inn on the Beach PH II $1,195,0002151

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THURSDAY, August 23, 2012

by Mallory Gnaegy | A&E Editor

Mallory Gnaegy

“I practiced (when I first started playing) as I do now — every day,” Dick Hyman says of his 60-plus year career.

Mr. Piano Man The keys of a piano may be black and white, but jazz pianist Dick Hyman’s career is extremely colorful. Hyman arranges, composes and conducts pieces in many genres and continues his eclectic career playing shows around the country.

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ost people who drive past a particular pale-pink, one-story home in Venice don’t realize it is renowned pianist Dick Hyman’s studio. But if someone were to travel through the unsuspecting entrance, he would clearly recognize it as the musi-

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A Steinway & Sons baby grand is the focal point of the family room (even though Hyman says he’s more of a Yamaha piano artist). Strewn across nearby tables are large parchment paper compositions full of dots made of

ink and Wite-Out. And although there is plenty of evidence that musical creation takes place in this space, based on the most striking feature of the room — an extensive vinyl collection — it’s hard to imagine how Hyman gets any work accomplished at all.

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The walls of the studio are lined with white shelving that boasts a (mostly) mint-condition vinyl collection along with cassettes and CDs, all organized alphabetically. The inventory, which Hyman has been collecting since the late ’30s, would make any vinyl-lover drool.

He’s recorded about 100 albums under his name, and he’s got a lot of those, too.

Hyman loves to sit and listen to records with his grandkids, just as he did with his brother at an early age.

“There’s always stuff to be learned from those recordings,” He says.

He always comes back to the albums recorded by Art Tatum because, according to Hyman, “he’s the best.”

The foundation of his collection is a row of yellowish-brown vintage 78 rpm records that Hyman’s late, older brother, Arthur, gave him. But his brother also gave him something a bit more substantial.

Hyman was 10 years old, when, like many young piano students, his career started with learning “Chopsticks.” It was Arthur who showed him around the keyboard.

“The real lessons came on top of the great interest in fooling around with the keyboard,” he says.

To Hyman, improvisation isn’t something that can be taught, but it can be improved with a little bit of talent, daily practice and with knowledge of the fundamentals. Hyman likes to keep his fingers limber with Chopin etudes, playing Bach and other exercises for technique.

“You have to learn the tools

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Hyman’s Venice studio is lined with white shelving built specifically to house his extensive vinylcollection.

first or else you just continue to play ‘Chopsticks,’” he says. Hyman has had a few great teachers, and has moved worlds beyond “Chopsticks.”

“I learned very early to be as versatile as possible — and that meant playing a lot of different ways, playing a lot of different instruments and learning to be in charge or to be the sideman if the occasion called,” he says.

His first job in 1948 upon graduating from Columbia University was playing at The Wells

Music Bar on Seventh Avenue in Harlem, N.Y. “I got to know a few musicians and was playing Café Society in the same year,” he says.

He has a poster from Dec. 15, 1949 — a date he quickly recalls — the time he opened historic Birdland Jazz Club playing piano for Max Kaminsky.

“At this club I played with Lester Young, in particular,” he says. “I sat in with Charlie Parker when his piano player was late.”

It was also at Birdland that video footage was filmed of Hyman playing alongside Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gilepsie; it is the only recorded footage of Parker playing with a real soundtrack. Recorded footage of Parker is rare ,but playing with jazz legends isn’t rare for Hyman.

He has had an eclectic career.

One interesting bullet point on his résumé is his work on Woody Allen films. He’s scored for the films “Zelig,” “The Purple Rose of Cairo,” “Everyone Says I Love You,” and “Sweet and Lowdown,” to name a few. And, he’s also done scores for non-Allen films such as “Moonstruck.”

Hyman says his work on these scores is what many people consider to be the high point of his career. But, he’s got plenty of other worthy accomplishments.

And it’s Sarasota Jazz Club founder Hal Davis, former publicist of Benny Goodman (otherwise known as the “King of Swing”), who led him to Venice.

The club started booking Hyman in its early years, and Aug.

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24, he’s playing a show with his friend — clarinetist and New Yorker Ken Peplowski. The duo has already played a number of times together and just finished recording the second of two duet albums. They plan to edit the second album the day before the concert.

The energy Hyman exudes is young, hip and cool — representative of a man who used to play at jazz clubs until 3 or 4 a.m.

His career has calmed down since those days, but there’s no lull in activity for the improv professional. He continues to play shows around the country, from Oregon to Manhattan, and even in Canada. And he is also composing a great deal of work, which he enjoys.

“I’ve done a little bit of everything,” he says.

At 85 years old with a career spanning 60-plus years, it’s no wonder he has stories to tell.

“Other people are beginning to say, ‘Wow, you’re pretty old and you’re still playing?’ That, in itself, is impressive to some people,” Hyman says.

But, for this cool cat, age is just a number.

IF YOU GO August Jazz Jam with Dick Hyman and Ken Peplowski When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 Where: The Players Theater, 838 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota Cost: $10 More info: Call 365-2494

Career Highlights

• Plays piano, organ, harpsichord and Moog synthesizer • Spent five years on the NBC staff playing organ and piano, and conducting for television shows • Was the music director for Arthur Godfrey at CBS for three years • Arranger for recordings by Tony Bennett, Andre Kostelantez, Doc Severinsen, Enoch Light, Jonah Jones and others • Arranger for the Broadway show “Sugar Babies” • Twenty-year artistic director for 92nd Street Y jazz series, “Jazz in July” • Won two Emmy awards for original scores • Played at Birdland Jazz Club with Max Kaminsky’s Dixielanders and Lester Young from 1949 to 1950 • Was Benny Goodman’s pianist at various times, as early as 1950 • Recorded a hit Moog synth record, “The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman,” in the late ’60s • Hyman’s track, “Topless Dancers of Corfu,” was featured in a Busta Rhyme’s song, “Where We Are About to Take It.” • Recorded “Dick Hyman’s Century of Jazz Piano” and later this month is coming out with the transcription in a book • Was in the orchestra that played under Stravinsky in Ebony Concerto • He led his own band, The Perfect Jazz Repertory Quintet, in New York in the ’70s • Was the keyboard player with Mitch Miller on “Sing-a-long With Mitch”

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Rebecca Hopkins, Jocelyn Stevens, Andrew Stevens and Beth Duda

Calling all directors, PR people, gallery curators, black tie organizers and anyone else in charge of art, entertainment and black tie events.

The Observer Media Group is collecting entries for its fall SEASON magazine, a guide to the arts and society. Please submit your event name, time, date, location, cost and phone number.

Don’t forget to send us accompanying photos, if available.

Email information to Mallory Gnaegy at Season@ yourobserver.com, and if you have questions please call 366-3468, Ext. 364.

Thanks for your time!

+ Eighth-grader donates bar mitzvah money When I was in middle school, anytime I had money, I’d spend it on things such as Gameboy games, mood rings and movie tickets. But eighth-grade student Andrew Stevens chose to use a big chunk of money received for his 13th birthday quite differently.

Stevens had just completed summer camp at Florida Studio Theatre and discovered that any money donated to the Jocelyn and Jeffrey Stevens Fund at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County would be matched by The Georgia Court funds through the Community Foundation. So, using his bar mitzvah money, Stevens wrote a check for $250, to be turned into $500, for the Gompertz Campaign.

In 2011, we featured Will Little in his third year at FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training.

We’ve also mentioned him a few times in regard to his involvement with the Westcoast Black Theater Troupe. Early this month, it was announced that Little will be joining the WBTT staff as the assistant to the artistic director. Although Little had already been assisting the troupe in this capacity on an as-needed basis, the position became a full-time gig for him Monday, Aug. 20. In this position, Little will work directly with Artistic Director Nate Jacobs on casting, season selection, teaching, community outreach, education and special events.

+ Calling all singers, actors and dancers Westcoat Black Theatre Troupe is holding auditions for the 2012 to 2013 season from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

15, at 1626 10th Way in Sarasota. Actors should be 18 years or older, and any auditioning singers should be prepared with a 32-bar song provided at registration, in addition to two, one-minute, contrasting monologues of his or her choice. The season will include two musical reviews: Nate Jacobs “’50s Jukebox Revue” and “Soul Crooners.” To reserve space for auditions, call 366-1505 or sign up online at wbttsrq.org/about-us/employment.

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+ Hitting the pavement Sarasota pavement artist David Brancato has been selected as one of a dozen artists to work with the innovator of 3D pavement art, Kurt Wenner, starting Oct. 28 for this year’s Chalk Festival.

The third-time Chalk Festival participant will create a 3D circus composition that Wenner is designing specifically for Sarasota.

In other chalk news, founder of the Sarasota Chalk Festival, Denise Kowal, will judge the 40th anniversary of the Grazie di Curatone street painting festival competition in Italy. It will be her second year as a judge for the competition.

+ Correction: In the Aug. 15 entry of Scene & Heard about the birthday party thrown for Maria Wirries at Cat Depot the names listed should have appeared as follows: “Grandpa” Greg Gregory and his wife, Ilene Friedman. Also, the likeness of Artemis was a painting by animal portraitist, Nancy Colby, not a photo.

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“My daughter gave me this leopard hat from her vintage-clothing store, Broad Ripple Vintage.”

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The torero was selling his things because he was retiring. I was very lucky to get it.”

Veiled by majestic trees on quiet Wisconsin Lane is Ronelle Ashby’s 1920s abode. When she returns from busy days spent running her Towles Court gallery, Ashby Art & Antiques, and opens the garden gate into her personal promised land, she rejoices in its stillness and beauty.

The two-story house is littered with treasures from Ashby’s travels to Spain, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Morocco;

portraits by her late husband, William; and accessories from her daughter’s vintage shop, Broad Ripple Vintage.

“It’s eclectic, as opposed to bizarre,” says Ashby, who moved in 2005 to Sarasota from Chicago. “I love the vintage charm of the 1920s, and I love the Spanish style. Coming through the garden gate — it’s a great pleasure and so serene.”

“I actually got the bicycle at Home Goods. I didn’t buy it when I first saw it, but when I woke up the next morning, I thought, ‘If that’s still there, it’s mine!’”

“I like dressing up and sometimes I get an occasion to wear a cocktail hat.”

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‘Vote for Me! Vote for Me!’ It’s that time of year again when our televisions become flooded with commercials, our phones with ring with endorsement calls, our yards are staked with red or blue signs and our dinner tables are filled with political conversation. But the South Florida Museum has less of a daunting take on the upcoming elections.

Tuesday, Aug. 28, just in time for the Republican National Convention (Aug. 27 to Aug. 30), The South Florida Museum, in Bradenton, will unveil a new exhibit. “Vote for Me! Vote for Me!” will feature the history of presidential elections through objects used to market past campaigns.

More than 1,000 pieces of paraphernalia, including buttons, lapel pins, tobacco pipes, hats, posters and more, dating back to the first presidential election of 1789 up to modern-day elections, will be exhibited in the Curator’s Choice Gallery.

These objects suggest the changing face of political campaigns over time. It’s fascinating to see items dating back to Washington’s unopposed elections juxtaposed with today’s competitive campaign swag.

President Washington was revered, and political objects weren’t intended to gain votes. Today’s election bumper stickers

suggest a bit more contention.

But nasty races are nothing new. The races between Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson and Federalist John Adams, in 1800 and 1804, suggest that the intense competition between candidates witnessed today dates pretty far back.

It was the 1840 election between Harrison and Van Buren that influenced campaign marketing via slogans, songbooks and banners. Then there’s also the late ’60s and early ’70s, when button collectors created a market for campaign buttons.

The exhibit will also feature a broader scope than just political pieces. There will be exhibits about historical pieces of technology, such as the telegraph recording machine, and how it was used to get the results of the vote out along with educational material that gives the history of elections and candidates.

All political parties, history-buffs and even those who struggle naming all the presidents, will find something in this exhibit. It is a great civics lesson as we travel head-on into the next campaign.

1884 -– Starting in the mid 1800s, during the days leading up to elections, torchlight parades were used to rally voters.

Men would march with torches, which endorsed particular nominees.

This is a drapery tieback dating to the first election.

Instead of campaigning (Washington ran unopposed), these showed revere for the president.

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For the past 100 years, campaign buttons have been used to endorse candidates. Humor and smear attacks are used for modern-day election buttons.

Photos by Mallory Gnaegy

1860 — This small flag would have been displayed in storefronts or windows of homes, and it’s safe to say these were seen in the Northern states.

‘Vote for Me! Vote for Me!’ When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; noon to 5 p.m.

Sundays; closed Mondays. Exhibit runs from Aug. 28 to Nov. 25.

Where: South Florida Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton Cost: Adults $15.95, seniors $13.95; children $11.95 More info: Call 746-4131 or visit SouthFloridaMuseum.org

The Chicago Tribune’s 1948 headline falsely read “Dewey Defeats Truman.” The paper had to go to press before the East Coast could determine results, but the paper’s prediction of the election was false, and it erroneously reported the results.

Handcarved smoking pipes were made in presidents’ likenesses.

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theater >> ‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’ The Manatee Players boasts a seriously enthusiastic homegrown audience that smiled, cheered and laughed continuously throughout its highly energetic openingnight production of “Legally Blonde.”

The show is a feel-good delight, definitely deserving of the appreciative response.

Based on the well-known movie starring Reese Witherspoon, which was based on a novel by Amanda Brown, the musical version was written by Heather Hach, and the music and lyrics are by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin.

Dewayne Barrett attacks the fast-paced direction and complex choreography with tumultuous gusto. The creative scenery

designed by Mary Huston features movable, artist-drawn cutouts of trees with twinkling lights and building façades, along with some movable furniture props. David W. Walker’s costumes are designed with color in mind and include everything in abundance; from a gorgeous hot-pink dinner gown for the lead actress to multiple adorable, individualized outfits for the dozen or more dancers and peripheral characters.

The music is lively and upbeat, conducted by Rick Bogner and performed by Tony Bruno on percussion, Joe Wolf on trombone, Victor Mongillo on trumpet, Teri Booth on reeds, Nick Spagnuolo on bass, and Tony Rizzo and Nick Russell on guitar.

The opening number, “Omigod You Guys,” is hilarious, and energetically performed by Cassandra Maria Caballero, who is marvelously apt as the blonde Elle, Geena Ravella as Serena, Talia Byers as Margot, Holly Rizzo as Pilar, and Elle’s dancing, singing back-up group, the Delta

Nus. After that, it’s one fun musical number after the other.

The number “Blood in the Water” is equally notable and features an offbeat characterization of professor Callahan by John Andruzzi. Other great performances include William E. Masuck as classconscious Warner Huntington III — the villain of the piece — and Sarah Cassidy as Vivienne Kensington, Chad Mueller as Emmett Forrest and Karen Lalosh as Paulette — Elle’s friend and hair stylist.

And, just in case you want more marvelous characters, there’s Andrea Wright as Kate/Brooke Wyndham; Danae DeShazer as Chutney/Whitney/Store Clerk; Vera Samuels as Enid; Philip Croome as Winthrop; Tyler Brown as Aaron; Noelia Altamirano as Judge/Store Manager; Deborah Cochran as Elle’s Mom/Stenographer; Jonah Wright as Dewey/Kyle; Joseph Rebella as Lowell; Earl Wright as Elle’s Dad/TV Reporter; Brian Strubbe as Pforzheimer/Carlos; Jason Ellis

IF YOU GO ‘Legally Blonde’ When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; runs through Sept. 2 Where: Manatee Players, 102 12th St. W., Bradenton Tickets: $26 Box Office: Call 748-5875 as Chad/Nikos; Will Dixon as Padamadan; Edgar as Bruiser, the dog; and Penny as Rufus, the dog (so cute!)

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