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Homeless arrests continue

Police are focusing on the ‘Top 20,’ a group of homeless people who break the law repeatedly.

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Ellie Fitzgerald watches as her hen, Roxy, receives a blessing.

Chuck Maydwell lives on the streets of Sarasota. Recently, he’s been feeling targeted by police.

Sitting last week in the shade provided by the Whole Foods building on Lemon Avenue, he talked about how officers tell him he can’t sit on the sidewalk and how one of his friends was just arrest-

ed for sleeping outside City Hall.

But the 62-year-old, out-ofwork carpenter and Vietnam veteran acknowledges that some of the younger homeless people in the city are more aggressive than others and draw the attention of law enforcement to the homeless population.

“There are some bad apples,” Maydwell says.

Sometimes he wants to call 911 on some members of this group.

“They’re young people,” says Byron Edgerton, another homeless man sitting beside Maydwell and trying to stay out of the afternoon heat.

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Edgerton said he, too, has seen his share of police attention recently, including an encounter he had two days prior that resulted in his receiving a citation for having an open beer. But, mostly, he just tries to lie low.

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Cats and dogs weren’t the only pets to be blessed at Church of the Redeemer’s Blessing of the Animals event Sunday, Sept. 30.

Ellie Fitzgerald brought her pet hen, Roxie to be blessed, as well. If the sky is falling, this Chicken Little can count her blessings.

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Fifth-grader Leo with Sebastian, a kindergartener

+ Splish splash Temple Beth Sholom Schools hosted its annual “Welcome Back Splash” at the South Sarasota YMCA Sunday, Sept. 24. Students, families and teachers celebrated the start of a new school year. Although school already started, students enjoyed the warm weather and were happy to take advantage of the pools, water slides and diving boards.

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Chase, 6, smiles before getting blessed at Our Lady of Mount Carmel’s pet blessing Friday, Sept. 28, at the church. Congregation members brought their dogs, cats, hermit crabs and hamsters to be blessed by the Rev. Fred Tillotson and Deacon Tom Grant. For more photos, see page 19A.

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by Roger Drouin | City Editor

City moves past investigation’s wake A final report is still forthcoming, but the city manager says the focus will now turn to trying to move the city ahead and tackling key issues.

+ Calling all artistic vendors The Historical Society of Sarasota County is looking for local artisans, writers, artists and creators of unique items to sell in the gift shop of treasures, located in the detached kitchen of the Bidwell-Wood House.

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The Sylint Group Inc. President John Jorgensen, right, said it was difficult to determine exactly what city emails were deleted.

Now that an investigation into a former city manager’s use of city emails — and a wave of scrutiny at City Hall — is nearing an end, city officials are trying to get back to business as usual.

A cyber review, conducted by The Sylint Group Inc. and ongoing for the past eight months, will be complete by the end of

this month, and a separate lawenforcement investigation is also wrapping up. No criminal charges are expected.

“This is starting to sunset, and we’re moving on,” said City Manager Tom Barwin, who started his post a month ago, eight months after former City Manager Robert Bartolotta was forced to resign.

Barwin met with the city attorney and the city auditor Tuesday morning to talk about precautions city employees should take in the future when using the city emails and the archive system used to store those emails.

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Police are making more frequent arrests as part of an operation to identify and control an aggressive faction of Sarasota’s downtown homeless population. Sarasota police have made 108 arrests downtown over the past two months, but the two men sitting on the sidewalk along Lemon Avenue are not part of the group about which police officials are most concerned.

During the past few weeks, police have indentified what they call the “Top 20,” a most-wanted of the most aggressive and violent of the homeless population.

Officers are focused on this group of 20 people who repeatedly break the law — the ones business owners and residents on repeatedly call the police about.

“It has nothing to do with their economic background,” Sarasota Police Lt. Randy Boyd said about recent police operations.

“If you are here to enjoy our downtown, you are free to enjoy our downtown, whether you are homeless or a millionaire.

If someone is breaking the law, we are not going to tolerate that.”

Boyd described one of the homeless men on the “Top 20” list, a man arrested 200 times in the state, including two arrests for aggravated battery, two arrests for burglary, three arrests for possession of a firearm, three arrests for the sale of narcotics and twice for battery on a law-enforcement officer. The same man was also arrested on charges of sexual battery on a victim under the age of 12.

Another of the “Top 20” was arrested 41 times on warrants in Pennsylvania and Florida, including five times for disorderly conduct and other arrests for having a concealed weapon, burglary and possession of cocaine.

“These are the individuals who are causing problems in our downtown,” Boyd said. “We are not going to tolerate it. They are holding hostage downtown.”

The list has taken shape over the past few weeks, as police have indentified those people who are in constant contact

with police.

“They are criminals,” Boyd said. “We sugarcoat it too much.”

Hurting businesses

Along with ramped-up police patrols, the city has installed one camera downtown and plans to install another to help them curb the problems associated with the troublesome crowd of homeless people. Officers downtown are also working later shifts to address crimes that happen at night.

Boyd said increased vigilance has netted the increase in arrests.

“It’s just steady enforcement,” Boyd said. “Letting them know we won’t tolerate their crimes.”

Some advocates of the homeless have called the city’s approach too narrowsighted.

Richard Martin, former mayor and executive director of the Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness, said he supports police efforts to arrest those who are breaking the law. But he worries that the overall conversation is simply linking homelessness to crime and that the city is not focusing enough on programs to help find safe housing and employment for the homeless who have given up on finding work.

“We’re doing the same old, same old,” Martin said.

Others say the police department is just doing its job to keep downtown a place where residents and tourists want to go.

Some storeowners think the police aren’t doing enough. And panhandling is not the worst part, said Eileen Wallace, owner of Write On Sarasota on First Street.

“My staff is fearful,” said Wallace. “They go out in pairs because I don’t want them going out alone.”

Wallace said the problems associated with the homeless presence have hurt business for many store owners over the past few months. She recalls how one customer, downtown to pick out wedding invitations, was scared after a group pan-

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A 2011 Council on Homelessness report found that Florida has the third-highest number of persons living on its streets or in emergency shelters in the U.S. That number has increased because of the tough economy.

City commissioners have requested that police officials give twice-monthly

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updates on the progress being made with the homeless people who are breaking the law.

But advocates for the homeless say the larger issue of homelessness has been left out of the discussion.

“If it is criminality in the downtown, that is as offensive as anything,” Martin said. “I want people to feel free to go there and enjoy downtown.”

But Martin said there are other aspects of homelessness, such as wounded warriors or people who need help finding jobs or employment training, that need to be addressed through intervention and are largely being ignored in Sarasota.

Larry Settles is one of many of the homeless who has been trying to find a job. The last time he went to the employment center, he said out of about 100 job seekers, only three found work. Settles, a construction worker, is now living on the street and has given up looking for work.

While other communities use social workers to reach out to the homeless and get them into mental-health counseling or housing programs, Sarasota is relying too much on law enforcement, Martin said.

“Asheville (N.C.) reduced its homelessness by 75% by working with the public housing authority, and Miami has been working on a program for 12 years to get people off the streets,” Martin said. “The restaurants and downtown merchants (in Miami) were pretty happy about it.”

Some programs, such as the one in Miami, implement a tax that funds housing, while other communities such as Daytona Beach implement employment training.

“So, I get pretty frustrated when here all we talk about is sweeping it under the rug,” Martin said.

One new program in Sarasota called Street Teams is an example of what Martin thinks can get to the heart of the homeless issue. During the past few months, the Street Teams program has secured employment for about 10 homeless people.

“Those are the kind of things that work in a productive way,” Martin said.

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handling outside the Whole Foods garage asked her for money and, then, moments later, the men blocked her from entering another store by lying in front of the door.

“She just gave up and left,” Wallace said.

“She said, ‘Maybe I’ll have my husband come later,’ and she left.”

Tom Mannausa, a downtown property owner, wrote an email Sept. 1 to city commissioners after a construction contractor could not access a building because two homeless were sleeping against the front door. In that email, Mannausa said the problems seemed to be getting worse.

But in an interview a month later, Mannausa, who owns the Main Street building and whose tenants include Sports Page Bar & Grille, said it seems like the number of homeless who are congregating downtown and panhandling has decreased.

Mannausa said he understands both sides of the issue and that it is a fine line for police officers to enforce laws. Mannausa also said he thinks programs such as housing assistance is also something the city should be working on.

“It is a very unique matter the city fathers have to work on, because, one, we have to all be compassionate and, two, we have to be fair and reasonable,” Mannausa said.

Mannausa appreciates the increased police presence downtown.

“The police department has been able to allocate its police officers to better perserve the integrity of downtown, which makes it better for the merchants and residents downtown,” Mannausa said. “That’s important whether it’s Chicago or downtown Sarasota.”

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by Roger Drouin | City Editor

Chalk festival set to draw thousands City commissioners approved a request to allow chalk art to stick around after the festival.

But some Burns Square merchants worry that a 10-day street closure will hurt business.

Organizers of the Sarasota Chalk Festival are preparing for their fifth festival, an event that draws international artists and thousands of event-goers to Burns Square.

Festival volunteers are ready to welcome the 50 international artists that will participate in this year’s 10-day event. They are also putting the finishing touches on new features including two life-size elephant sculptures that will greet festival-goers.

For the past few Sundays, volunteers such as Jill Kelly have been working in a warehouse to make props, such as circus posters, that will tie into the festival’s “Circus City” theme.

“It’s the only not-for-profit, all-volunteer festival in Sarasota that draws international artists,” said Kelly.

Monday, city commissioners moved forward by a 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Willie Shaw dissenting, with plans to allow the Chalk Festival to keep artwork on the street for up to 30 days after the event ends.

But, about a month before the event, a contingent of nearby businesses has voiced concerns that the festival’s requested 10-day street closure will deter local and seasonal customers during one of the most awaited weeks of the tourism season. Even though the seven-day festival brought hundreds of thousands of people to the area last year, merchants opposed to the longer street closure say the loss of on-street parking and pass-through traffic will be detrimental to business.

“Ten days is ridiculous for any kind of festival to shut down a commercial district,” said LeeAnne Swor, owner of L. Boutique, off Pineapple Avenue, which is one

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of the streets that will be closed for the festival. “I support a weekend chalk festival. It is a great three-day event, not a 10-day event.”

Swor said her business district already took a big hit when Pineapple Avenue was closed twice in the past year for construction projects, including a seven-month road closure for construction of a roundabout.

“Pineapple Avenue is the lifeline from downtown to Burns Square, and closing that is huge,” Swor said.

During Monday’s meeting, commissioners heard from Swor and four other storeowners who said that street closure was too much, and it would keep regular customers from being able to get to their shops and park.

Heidi McCollough, property manager at 602-612 Pineapple Ave., said chalk festival organizers did not approach her about plans to close the street for 10 days.

“To be honest, it is a good festival, but 10 days is too much,” McCollough said.

Although commissioners did not vote on whether to change the number of days the street would be closed, there was some confusion about whether the festival already had its street-closure permit yet. City staff told commissioners that they were working with organizers on the permitting process, and that a street closure permit had not yet been permitted.

After hearing the concerns of merchants, Commissioner Paul Caragiulo asked organizers of the chalk festival, “How many folks on ground zero have said they have an issue with this?”

Denise Kowal, founder of the chalk festival, said organizers had tried to approach every stakeholder in Burns Square and show them plans of the different streets that will be closed during different phases of the event. A stretch of Pineapple Avenue, from the intersection of Pineapple and Dolphin avenues to Pineapple Avenue and Selby Lane, will be closed the first few days of the festival to allow 3-D artists to work on their pieces. Additional streets in the area will be closed from Friday, Nov. 2, through the weekend, when the most festival-goers are expected.

The goal, Kowal said, was to try to alleviate the concerns of local businesses, while planning a noteworthy international art festival.

“We have followed a strict process that the city has set” in the process of applying for a 10-day street closure, Kowal said.

The owner of Burns Court Café said the festival gave a jolt to her business last year.

“For us, it’s very good,” said Cynthia Cassinelli, co-owner of the café. “We were packed. All the artists would get tired and come get a big mug of coffee.”

IF YOU GO Fifth annual Sarasota Chalk Festival When: Oct. 28 to Nov. 6 Where: Burns Square, in the area near Orange Avenue and Pineapple Avenue How many artists: 500 International artists: 50 Attendance: Last year 200,000 event-goers attended the free festival, including 5,000 children.

Despite the spike in business and the fact that the festival puts “Sarasota on the map,” Cassinelli still worries that the festival prevents her locals, many of whom are artists themselves, from getting to her café because of the street closures and lack of parking.

Last year the festival brought more than 200,000 event-goers to the quaint district of shops and cafes just blocks from Main Street.

This year’s chalk festival will feature the 100-foot interactive 3-D work by Kurt Wenner, a renowned pavement artist. Wenner is one of 500 artists participating including 50 international artists and 300 local artists.

“Kurt Wenner is the innovator of 3-D pavement art, and he is going to do a piece that is going to incorporate multiple layers,” Kowal said.

Kowal said Wenner’s main inspiration will be a circus theme, to match this year’s chalk festival theme of “Circus City: USA.” The festival will run from Oct. 28 to Nov. 6, with the main festivities happening from Nov. 1 to Nov. 5. It is free to attend.

“We are creating an amazing performance-art event, not just another chalk festival,” Kowal said.

by Roger Drouin | City Editor

The Landings Publix plans $1.5 million renovation Storeowners hope the remodeled Publix will boost business in the not-so-visible plaza.

The stores tucked back in The Landings Plaza are hard to spot from U.S. 41. And the recent closure of some smaller storefronts within the plaza and a Circuit City in the adjacent plaza has hurt business traffic in the area during the last decade, storeowners say.

But a Publix supermarket has been a bright spot for the South Tamiami Trail plaza during the past three years.

Now, fellow tenants and storeowners in the plaza, who have been struggling with shuttered storefronts, slower business and a lack of visibility, hope that a $1.5 million renovation of the supermarket will offer a boost in customer traffic.

Meg Sotelo, co-owner of the Peaches restaurant located four storefronts down from Publix, smiled when she heard that the grocery anchor has a building permit for the renovation.

“It’s already had a good effect,” Sotelo said about the Publix supermarket that replaced Albertson’s as the plaza’s anchor three years ago.

Sotelo said she gets a good por-

tion of customers who take notice of the restaurant as they leave Publix.

“We’ve been here six years, and we still get people who will come in and say, ‘We didn’t know you were here,’” Sotelo said. “They went to Publix and saw us.”

Two stores down, at Volpe Salon & Spa, owner Kathy Jo Miles said she is also looking forward to the supermarket’s remodel.

Miles said the Publix isn’t as busy as some of the other newer stores in the area, and she hopes that a remodel will bring more customers from nearby neighborhoods.

“It’s not fancy, appearancewise,” the salon owner said. “If they can bring it up to the standard of the other Publix stores, that would help a lot.”

Publix plans to begin the renovation sometime this year with work expected to take two to three months, said Shannon Patten, media-and-community relations manager for Publix Super Markets, Inc. The supermarket’s interior has been left relatively untouched

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Storeowners rely on the customer spillover from Publix, and they hope a $1.5 million remodel will draw more customers to the plaza’s anchor store. since it moved into the space after Publix Super Markets Inc.’s purchase of 49 Florida Albertsons stores. The upcoming retrofit will update the space to better resemble Publix’s traditional line of grocery stores. The deli, bakery

and other departments will be reconfigured. There will also be an expansion of the selection of the natural, organic and earth-friendly items.

Perhaps the best news for storeowners and current Publix cus-

tomers is that the supermarket will remain open during the renovation, with the most extensive construction occurring during the store’s off hours.

“This is a tough plaza,” Sotelo said.

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 Meet and Greet with Police Chief candidates — 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota  Coalition of City Neighborhood Association meeting — 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2700 Waldemere St.

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+ $7.5 million home sale year’s highest The sale of a $7.5 million Harbor Acres estate marks the single largest residential sale in Sarasota County year-to-date.

Premier Sotheby’s International Realty announced Wednesday that it recently represented the seller in the sale of the estate at 1486 Hillview Drive in the bayfront neighborhood of Harbor Acres.

The 8,433-square-foot, fourbedroom, four-bath home was built in 2008 by luxury homebuilder Bluewater Construction. The twostory home features clay tile roof and wood columns throughout the interior and 100 feet of bayfront views.

The transaction closed Oct. 2, according to a press release from Premier Sotheby’s International Realty.

+ Sarasota seeks new hire for finance post Sarasota city officials have begun their search for a new finance director to replace Chris Lyons, who announced his retirement two weeks ago for health reasons.

 Special City Commission meeting (wayfinding) — 2 to 4 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 8, City Hall, City Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota  St. Armands BID Board of Directors meeting — 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 9, City Hall, Room 109, 1565 First St., Sarasota  Historic Preservation Board — 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9 City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota

The city will post advertisements for the position soon, the second toppost opening that City Manager Tom Barwin will have to fill this fall.

“That is a key position with the city,” said Barwin. “We are already organizing the recruitment effort.”

Because Florida has a specific property-tax structure and financial guidelines, Barwin said candidates who either currently work for a Florida municipality or who have experience working with a Florida municipality would be a good fit for the position.

Lyons was finance director for the past five years, and he helped prepare 23 fiscal year budgets as a city employee. Recently, he led efforts to cut city costs and reform pensions.

The tough budget years will continue, as property values stabilize.

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by Roger Drouin | City Editor

One parcel is already under contract. City commissioners could use profits to pay down employee health-care costs. development plans before the recession hit — one question remains: Is it the best time to be selling commercial real estate?

“It’s a good time to buy,” said Dennis Dahm, manager of commercial real-estate office at Michael Saunders & Co. But the positive side to the city selling is that the commercial market appears to be on the upswing.

“Leasing and commercial sales activity is up, and there is a tremendous amount of interest compared to a year ago,” Dahm said.

The real challenge is finding an owner for smaller pieces of property.

A city-owned parcel, located at 700 Central Ave., is under contract for $226,000 — $31,000 more than the appraised value. The higher contract price is due, in part, to that property’s prime downtown location. That parcel was

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originally listed for $225,000 by the city.

The commission chose the six parcels out of a list of 10 possible properties that could be sold to prospective developers. The city currently owns about 30 vacant, buildable lots throughout the city.

In all cases, the city is trying to get as close to, or above, appraised value for the properties that are on the real-estate market, said the city’s purchasing manager, Mary Tucker.

Commissioners will discuss selling a larger, more valuable parcel at 1440 Blvd. of the Arts at their Oct. 15 meeting. That property, also located in the Rosemary District, could net more than $500,000 for the city if it is sold.

At that meeting, commissioners will also discuss an invitation to negotiate with a developer who would build on the land, without transferring ownership of the property.

When the Baltimore Orioles hosted the New York Yankees Sept. 18, a sold-out crowd showed up despite tornadoes ripping through nearby counties, heavy rain and high winds.

The crowd watched a showdown between two division rivals fighting for spots in one of the most heated postseason run-ups in recent major league baseball history. They also got a free lunch box imprinted with art promoting Sarasota County.

The swag is one part of a partnership between Sarasota County and the Orioles that began after the county paid for part of a major renovation to the team’s spring-training headquarters at Ed Smith Stadium.

Visit Sarasota County President Virginia Haley said she’s always known the promotional agreement was worth the stadium investment.

“There’s a lot of people who felt that they stuck their necks out, and there were a lot of naysayers — there will always be naysayers.” Haley said. “I don’t think anyone thought things would be going this great.”

Fans left that Sept. 18 game with lunch boxes courtesy of the annual Sarasota Day at Camden Yards, which is only one aspect of the promotional agreement.

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City puts six parcels on the market The city is in the process of selling six of its more valuable vacant downtown parcels.

Monday Oct. 1, city commissioners turned down a $100,000 offer on one of the lots, with Commissioner Terry Turner leading the way, saying that he wanted to see an offer closer to the $125,000 asking price.

That parcel, at the corner of U.S. 301 and 12th Street, was recently appraised at $100,000 — the same value as the offered purchase price.

Turner said he felt the offer fell short because the city had listed the parcel for $25,000 more, and he was uncomfortable with a contingency that the prospective buyer secure a business loan first.

City commissioners gave the go-ahead to a plan earlier this year to sell some city property to buffer city coffers in the face of several more years of tough budgets.

In March, the commission talked about the possibility of using profits from the sale of city land to pay down unfunded health-care costs, because it’s a broad-based category that would reduce costs for the entire employee base.

As the city moves ahead with plans to try to sell the vacant parcels downtown — most are located in the Rosemary District, which was active with re-

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The banners promoting the county behind home plate and commercials that play during Orioles and Washington Nationals — hitting the Washington, D.C., market — games are other perks of the deal.

But, the Orioles will do more than bring the county to soldout crowds and television audiences — the team’s home finale drew 94% more spectators than the previous year, according to the Baltimore Sun. Orioles representatives approached Visit Sarasota County to offer a full-page advertisement in the team’s postseason guide for free, Haley said. The former Convention and Visitors Bureau coordinated with the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and the Sarasota County Economic Development Corp. on the design.

The county also gets complimentary use of suites at Camden Yards and the Nationals’ stadium, which it uses to court clients, including sporting-event organizers, to bring them to the area.

And, despite the record of either team, the agreement broke Sarasota County into “two fantastic markets,” with Baltimore and Washington, D.C., Haley said.

“The team’s success is just the icing on the cake,” Haley said.

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EMAILS / FROM PAGE 1A Future training is scheduled to ensure guidelines are followed as city employees send, copy, share and scan tens of thousands of emails every month.

The city has an upgraded email achieve system and a new IT director who started last month.

Barwin said the focus will now turn to trying to move the city ahead and dealing with a range of projects and efforts — from a $40 million hotel project on Palm Avenue to hiring a new police chief.

But closure won’t come until the end of the month, when Sylint submits its final written report.

The Sylint investigation has focused on the city manager’s office and whether Bartolotta and Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown had deleted or removed emails from the city’s computer archive system.

Mayor Suzanne Atwell has been prodding Sylint to issue its final report.

“We have this cloud of uncertainty, and it breeds malcontent,” Atwell said. “I think sometimes we are forced to try to prove a negative, and that is hard to do.”

Commissioner Shannon Snyder said he doesn’t think the city should close the book on the investigations just yet.

Snyder said he has unanswered questions that he thinks will be answered in that final report.

Snyder said one of the red flags was that the city manager’s office had been monitoring the emails of the city clerk’s of-

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fice and correspondence involving a HUD audit.

“I think the report at the end of the month will be telling,” Snyder said. “Everyone is going kumbaya and is saying this all over,” Snyder said. “A lot of questions need to be answered.”

As the result of its review, Sylint found that Bartolotta had scrubbed thousands of emails from the city system, about 100 of which cannot be recovered.

The review also discovered the city manager’s office conducted dozens of open-ended searches of city employee emails, Sylint President John Jorgensen told city commissioners at their regular meeting Monday.

In addition, the cyber firm found that someone in the city’s network had access to police department’s emails.

But Jorgensen told commissioners that his firm’s review did not find that sensitive information was released to the public and that no criminal charges were being pursued.

In an interview after the meeting, Jorgensen said it is difficult to find out what happened because the city’s disorganized and outdated computer network prevented the cyber forensics review from tracing everything.

“Rather than to go on a hunt to see if any other emails missing, we felt the time would be best spent on resolving the issues,” Jorgensen said to commissioners.

It would be difficult, however, Jorgensen said, to completely tell which emails were deleted and whether sensi-

tive personnel information or health files that may have been accessed were ever released from the computer system.

If such information were released, it would “create enormous problems,” Jorgensen said.

“We can say some of the emails have been lost on the system and will probably never be found,” Jorgensen said.

The Sylint Group Inc. also found that open-ended searches of Commissioners Paul Caragiulo’s and Snyder’s emails had been conducted.

Jorgensen suggested that because of today’s financial climate, law enforcement will have to pick which cases it will take on, and, in part, that factor influenced the decision as to whether Florida Department of Law Enforcement continued its investigation, Jorgensen said.

Before Monday’s City Commission meeting, more confusion and scrutiny enshrouded City Hall, after Jorgensen last week released a vague twopage report that re-emphasized previous charges and brought new ones. That report stated that FDLE had decided to proceed with a formal investigation, but did not give an update on its investigation.

Also, before the meeting, Barwin called state law-enforcement officials at FDLE to inquire about the state investigation. An official with the agency told Barwin that they had interviewed Bartolotta, Brown and one other city employee.

“Based on that, they looked at all the state laws, and they said no criminal charges are being pursued,” Barwin said.

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Kevin McDonnell shops for produce from Brown’s Grove Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the opening day of the Phillippi Farmhouse Market.

Phillippi Farmhouse Market re-opens for the new season The Phillippi Farmhouse Market was back in business for its fourth season Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Phillippi Estate Park. Forty-two vendors participated in this year’s opening day, and more are signing up to become a part of the weekly mid-week farmers market. The vendors range from flowers to clothing, pasta to produce.

The Sarasota Concert Band, Ted Stevens and the Doo Wops and Marco Ciceron performed on the Showmobile stage throughout the day.

The Sarasota Humane Society was also on-site with dogs and cats up for adoption. The market has many upcoming events, including a “Howl-O-Ween” dog parade and costume event Wednesday, Oct. 31.

Mary Wildrick was one of the raffle winners. She won a Phillippi Farmhouse Market tote bag filled with goodies and a begonia.

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Sarasota Military Academy raises money for wreaths The Wreaths Across America campaign hopes to place 5,000 holiday wreaths on veteran graves locally.

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Graves were adorned with wreaths last year.

and social activities.

“When we found out that it could also help raise money for the school, we thought that was great, too.”

Last year, the campaign provided nearly 2,000 wreaths for the cemetery, not enough to decorate every grave. Farley says that the school community is determined to not let that happen again.

This year, Farley says she hopes to spread the word earlier and get the cadets more involved.

“Five thousand wreaths shouldn’t be difficult to manage in this community,” she said. “If every student sold three wreaths, that would put us more than halfway there.”

Farley expects contributions to pick up over the next seven weeks, and for her, the ceremony resonates as a reminder of the sacrifices made by U.S. servicemen and women.

“It’s a reverent ceremony,” said Farley.

“But, there’s a feeling of community and camaraderie. Everyone is there for a common purpose — to honor our soldiers and their families.”

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Although two months remain until Christmas, the Sarasota Military Academy cadets and Parent Teacher Cadet Council are already gearing up to provide a special way to honor the veterans buried in the Sarasota National Cemetery.

For the fourth year, the SMA high school community is raising money to decorate headstones with holiday wreaths as part of the Wreaths Across America Campaign. The national campaign has honored deceased veterans across the country since 1992.

“This is a great way to both honor our veterans and benefit the community,” said Tanya Farley, a SMAPTCC member, who has been involved with the campaign for three years.

Sarasota National Cemetery will participate in one of approximately 750 simultaneous wreath-laying ceremonies around the country Dec. 15. SMA cadets, parents and teachers, will join community volunteers in placing wreaths on the headstones to honor, teach and remember.

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The property amendments Frederic Bastiat, the great French economic journalist of the 1840s, would be launching into tirades on talk radio today if he were asked to analyze the proposed constitutional amendments on Florida’s Nov. 6 ballot.

Milton Friedman, the late, great American economist, wouldn’t go into tirades. His personality wasn’t that way. Friedman instead would merely point out, in an even-toned way, the stupidity of the overall condition.

Bastiat, the author of “The Law,” a short book that should be required reading in all American schools, would say the proposed amendments demonstrate as most laws do that: “The law has been perverted by the influence of two entirely different causes: stupid greed and false philanthropy.”

And Friedman would say the 11 proposed amendments merely prove once again Friedman’s rule of laws, as he spelled out in his famous book, “Free to Choose”: That is, that well-meaning lawmakers create laws to right a perceived wrong for the benefit of a special group. Inevitably, though, these new laws almost always create unintended consequences that cause the well-meaning lawmakers to create more laws to right the unintended consequences of the first laws.

And so on and so on. An endless train of laws.

Perverted laws, Bastiat would say. Laws perverted that make the plunder of others legal.

This is especially so when you look at the five proposed amendments that address property taxes — Amendments 2, 4, 9, 10 and 11. All of these amendments, if approved, either would confer special benefits on special groups or attempt to right the unintended consequences of previously approved laws.

To a degree, all of the amendments meet the crucial standard we require for “yes” votes on the amendments — that is, if approved they would increase Floridians’ individual freedom. Unfortunately, each amendment would increase freedom only for some Floridians because they will reduce taxes for special groups. (Lower taxation increases freedom.)

In other words, parts of these amendments, unfortunately, will create subsidies for a special few at the expense of the many. This is bad lawmaking — perverted but legal plunder, Bastiat would say. But as you will read below, the lawmakers who crafted these proposed amendments did so to create forced philanthropy for truly special groups — combat-wounded veterans; surviving spouses of deceased military veterans and first responders; and low-income seniors.

How can you say “no” to them?

Amendment 2

Veterans disabled due to combat injury; homestead property tax discount

Proposing an amendment to Section 6 of Article VII and the creation of Section 32 of Article XII of the state constitution to expand the availability of the property discount on the homesteads of veterans who became disabled as the result of a combat injury to include those who were not Florida residents when they entered the military and schedule the

amendment to take effect Jan. 1, 2013.

Already a part of the state constitution is the law that gives a property-tax discount on homesteaded property owned and lived in by combat-wounded veterans age 65 or older who are partially or totally permanently disabled, were residents of Florida at the time of entering the military service and who were honorably discharged from the military.

The discount is a percentage equal to the percentage of the veteran’s serviceconnected disability as determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Amendment 2 proposes to make a small change, but one that would significantly widen the number of eligible veterans and likely attract other combat-wounded veterans to Florida. Here’s the change: The amendment would remove the requirement that the veteran must have been a Florida resident at the time of entering the military.

This would allow any combat-wounded veteran age 65 or older and a property owner who resides permanently in Florida to receive an additional homestead exemption-property-tax break.

Typically, we are adamantly opposed to any government subsidies for any group.

But veterans wounded in the protection of our nation are not just any group. They deserve this small benefit.

Recommendation: Yes.

Amendment 4

Property-tax limitations; property-value decline; reduction for non-homestead assessment increases; delay of scheduled repeal.

Proposing amendments to Sections 4 and 6 of Article VII and Section 27 of Article XII and the creation of Sections 32 and 33 of Article XII of the State Constitution to allow the Legislature by general law to prohibit increases in the assessed value of homestead and specified non-homestead property if the just value of the property decreases, reduce the limitation on annual assessment increases applicable to non-homestead real property, provide an additional homestead exemption for owners of homestead property who have not owned homestead property for a specified time before purchase of the current homestead property, and application and limitations with respect thereto, delay the future repeal of provisions limiting annual assessment increases for specified non-homestead real property, and provide effective dates.

Lawmakers should be tarred, feathered and kicked in the rears for voting this proposed amendment onto the ballot.

Florida judges in recent years routinely have removed proposed amendments from the ballot for violating the rule that restricts proposed amendments to one subject.

This one addresses four.

Yes, they’re all related to property taxes, but each part of the amendment relates to a different aspect of the current state

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constitution. What’s more, unless voters are inclined to research the details of each part — and most voters, in our view, are not likely to do so — there is a high likelihood voters won’t really understand what they are voting for or against or the consequences of their vote.

Perhaps the saving grace of this amendment is that if you read the amendment summary closely, it has key words that signal this amendment overall is a benefit to taxpayers and that it will limit government’s power to tax. Consider these key words and phrases: • “… law to prohibit increases in the assessed value …”

• “… reduce the limitation on annual assessment increases …”

• “… provide an additional homestead exemption …”

• “… delay the future repeal … limiting annual assessment increases …”

So let’s translate each of the four parts: Part 1: The first part of the amendment addresses a provision in the law that allows property appraisers to increase the assessed taxable value on your property even in times when the just value (or market value) declines — as occurred in many instances in the most recent recession.

For instance, say your home carried an assessed value of $500,000 and a market value of $600,000. Now say the recession dropped your market value to $570,000.

You would think your assessed value would fall or stay the same. But Florida law allows property appraisers to increase the assessed value on homesteaded properties at the lesser of 3% or the CPI even when market values fall.

This amendment would stop that. It’s a benefit to taxpayers.

Part II: This would reduce the maximum allowable property-tax increase on nonhomesteaded properties (i.e. all commercial buildings and snowbirds’ residences) from 10% to 5%.

Ever since the “Save Our Homes” amendment was adopted in 1992, this was one of gross inequities of that amendment.

While the maximum assessment on homesteaded residences could be 3% per year, there previously was no limit on how high assessments could rise on nonhomesteaded properties.

During the boom, snowbirds and commercial property owners almost rioted when they saw appraisers increase their annual taxable assessments 12%, 15% and higher.

Voters subsequently placed a 10% cap on the increase. This amendment proposes that cap be limited to a maximum increase of 5% on non-homesteaded properties.

This would be another boost to freedom and the Florida economy, improving the value and attractiveness of owning Florida real estate.

Part III: This portion of the amendment proposes a new tax benefit for full-time resident home buyers who have not received the homestead exemption in the three years prior to their purchase. The benefit: a homestead exemption equal to 50% of the market value of the purchased home (capped at the median market value of homes in the county). This exemption

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would be reduced 20% a year for five years.

In typical legislative fashion, this portion of the amendment confers a special unearned benefit on a small group of homebuyers. Obviously, it is designed to spur home buying, which would help the economy. But here again, it’s a lousy, unnecessary, perverted subsidy.

Part IV: The last part of this proposed amendment would extend from 2019 to 2023 the period property appraisers must limit increases in assessed values to no more than 5% on non-homestead properties. That’s a good thing.

State analysts estimate this proposed amendment could cost taxing authorities up to $616 million in recurring lost revenues statewide.

Either counties, municipalities and school districts would have to cut their spending; shift the burden to other taxpayers; or create a combination of cuts and shifts.

What analysts do not estimate is how much new economic activity and tax revenues these tax savings would create.

Altogether, this amendment offers three fixes to unintended consequences of previous amendments, while at the same time it is negatively tainted by the perverted 50% tax-break for home buyers. The good (more freedom for taxpayers, more limits on government) outweighs the bad.

Recommendation: Yes.

Watch for the Observer Voter Guide in the Oct. 18 edition and online at YourObserver.com.

AMENDMENT 11

AMENDMENT 10

Tangible personal property-tax exemption

Proposing an amendment to Section 3 of Article VII and the creation of Section 32 of Article XII of the state constitution to provide an additional exemption from ad valorem taxes on tangible personal property valued at more than $25,000 but less than $50,000, to authorize a county or municipality to provide an additional exemption from ad valorem taxation for tangible personal property by ordinance as provided by general law and to provide an effective date.

If only this proposed amendment went all the way — completely eliminating Florida’s dreaded tangible personal-property tax. It’s one of the most-hated state taxes among Florida’s millions of small businesses.

We like what Lee County Property Appraiser Kenneth Wilkinson, author of the famous “Save Our Homes” amendment, told our sister paper, the Gulf Coast Business Review, about the tangible personalproperty tax. He says it’s a form of double taxation. When a business owner in Florida buys equipment valued at more than $25,000, he pays a sales tax of 6% or 7% on the equipment and then must pay the tangible property tax annually thereafter.

Think of what this transfer of cash from the small business to the government does to the economy.

Rather than allow the business access to that capital to invest in more productive equipment to grow its business and, presumably, create more jobs, instead that capital flows into and through the coffers of the government bureaucrats. They take their piece of that tax to pay themselves and then redistribute what’s left to administer some government program that typically is less efficient than the private sector. Here again, Bastiat would go crazy.

Homestead property-tax exemption for surviving spouse of military veteran or first responder

Proposing an amendment to Section 6 of Article VII and the creation of Section 32 of Article XII of the state constitution to allow the Legislature by general law to provide ad-valorem homestead property tax relief to the surviving spouse of a military veteran who died from service-connected causes while on active duty or a surviving spouse of a first responder who died in the line of duty, provide definitions with respect thereto, and provide an effective date.

To argue against this amendment would be throwing yourself into the lion’s den. Unlike most subsidies, this would not be an unearned benefit.

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Proposing an amendment to Section 6 of Article VII of the state constitution to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to allow counties and municipalities to grant an additional homestead tax exemption equal to the assessed value of homestead property, if the property has a just value lower than a specified amount, to an owner who has maintained permanent residency on the property for a specified duration, who has attained age 65, and whose household income does not exceed a specified amount.

This amendment would give counties and municipalities the ability to eliminate the assessment of property taxes on homesteaded Floridians over age 65 who have maintained permanent residency in the state for 25 or more years, whose properties are assessed at less than $250,000 and whose household income is less than $27,030.

This is one of those tear-jerker, how-can-you-refuse benefits for low-income seniors. In colder terms it’s conferring another special exception to a special group.

Arguing against this is like saying let widows and orphans starve.

The truth of the matter is this amendment, if approved, is not going to benefit many people. The Legislature’s Revenue Estimating Conference said if all Florida counties and municipalities enacted the measure (and they won’t), it might cost $9 million a year in lost property-tax revenue.

Recommendation: Yes. The moral of these amendments is this: As long as we have elected lawmakers, we will have legal plunder, perverted taxation and constitutional amendments conferring benefits to a few via Florida’s property-tax laws. It’s enough to make you question the efficacy of property taxation to begin with.

Next week: Amendments 1, 3, 5, 8, 12

+ Roundabouts not a good match for boat ramp Dear Editor: I just read your story about the future roundabouts on U.S. 41 at Sixth, 10th and 14th streets.

It seemed odd that one major attraction at that intersection wasn’t mentioned at all — the mostpopular boat ramp in Sarasota County. Roundabouts are great, however, when navigated with a vehicle with a large boat trailer it is a recipe for trouble. Not to mention the fact that the plans will limit access to the ramp to only one entrance-exit.

As a local business owner and an avid boater, I am deeply concerned that this issue is being overlooked. Shouldn’t this issue be brought up? This decision will certainly affect a large number of Sarasota residents — including charter captains, law enforcement, the Offshore Grand Prix and marinerepair facilities / boat builders who rely on this ramp.

Harry Owen Sarasota

+ Civil Service Board protects its own

Dear Editor: Officer Jay Childers’ videotaped beating of a handcuffed prisoner is well documented. No assault charge was ever brought against this officer. Now, Sarasota’s Civil Service Board has voted to ignore that tape and accept the testimony of another police officer who stated under oath that Childers “pushed” or “shoved,” not “kicked,” the prisoner. It’s not hard to see the difference between a kick with the foot and a shove with the hand.

This just proves the lie to protect one’s own mentality is alive and well at the Sarasota Police Department. And, as far as the Civil Service Board? It’s about the money ... legal costs for Sarasota, going forward with this officer’s continued appeal.

R. James Beam Sarasota

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This proposed amendment easily meets our increased-freedom test.

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Recommendation: Yes.

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SCOPE honors Ringling College president at annual celebration Dr. Larry Thompson, president of Ringling College, was recognized at Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence’s annual celebration Thursday, Sept. 27, at Michael’s On East. Thompson was named the Boundary Crosser award winner for his innovation, willingness to collaborate and contributions to the community.

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Marine biology students from Sarasota High School went on the Carefree Learner Saturday, Sept. 29, during the third Sarasota Bay Watch monofilament cleanup.

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class were some of the 70 volunteers who took part in the cleanup.

The volunteers took boats, kayaks and the Carefree Learner to different parts of the bay, from Longboat to Siesta Key. Following the cleanup, volunteers enjoyed a barbecue lunch at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron.

Sarah Harvey pets Sweetpea, one of the pelicans from Save Our Seabirds.

Lee Fox, of Save Our Seabirds, uses a foam cutout of a heron to explain what to do if volunteers run into a bird caught in monofilament.

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FREE RIDE 8:00 a.m. — 1800 block of Morrill Street. Petit Theft. A resident called the police department to report that someone stole his bike from the rear of his assisted-living apartment complex. The bike was stolen from an open lanai behind the apartment building.

Sept. 22 MUST BE HEARING THINGS 12:30 a.m. — 2500 block of Arlington Street. Noise Complaint. A resident called police about a noise disturbance. When police arrived at the address where the music was reported, the resident said they had not been playing music or making any noise. No further action was taken at the time.

Sept. 23 TURN IT DOWN! 2:53 a.m. — North Osprey Avenue. Disturbance. A resident called police about loud party music.

MUDSLINGER 4:56 p.m. — Leon Avenue. Unclassified. Residents reported someone on a dirt bike was throwing mud at passing cars.

DOGGONE IT 6:50 p.m. — 400 block of Benjamin Franklin Drive. Unclassified. A resident called police about a dog swimming at the beach. While on the phone with police, the resident said she saw another small white

2:17 p.m. — North Tamiami Trail. Unclassified. A caller told police that a man was near a business wearing a red plaid flannel top and no shorts.

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Sept. 24 RETURN POLICY 6 p.m. — 2200 block of Hillview Street. Suspicion General. A woman called police after her bike disappeared. The woman explained that a man she knew gave her the bike to use several months earlier.

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ANONYMOUS ASSAILANT 7:50 p.m. — 1400 block of Main Street. Assault. A man who said another man had assaulted him flagged down police officers on patrol. The man said the other man shoved his hand into his face. Police officers contacted the other man, but he refused to give them his name. The other man was arrested for resisting an officer without violence.

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Touch of Africa offers reward for missing mascot Touch of Africa, a store on St. Armands Circle that sells African gifts and organizes trips to its namesake, found itself short one adult-sized lion costume Wednesday, Sept. 27. When marketing director Tammy Halsted came into the corporate and travel office, she was shocked to see that the $6,000 Lenny the Lion mascot costume was not hanging in its normal spot. Instead, only the costume’s vest remained.

“At first, I was puzzled,” she said. “I went back into the storage room to see if someone had already moved it, and that’s when it dawned on me.”

Halsted says the costume was taken from the back corridor of the office, where one of the building’s side doors was left unlocked accidentally. Police estimate that someone took the costume some time between midnight and 8 a.m.

“I think someone might’ve thought they had found a quick Halloween costume,” said Halsted. “They’d probably be surprised to learn how much it is actu-

ally worth. It’s a one-of-a-kind, registered mascot designed specifically for the company.”

Lenny the Lion was a familiar face around St. Armands and at Sarasota events, such as FridayFest, and Halsted says that Touch of Africa has had to cancel several upcoming events in light of the missing mascot.

“We don’t just use Lenny in front of the store,” she said. “You see him out at a lot of events, and he does a lot of work with children’s groups to spread the word about conservation and preservation. This affects a lot of people. At least six employees won’t be able to work without the costume.”

To u c h of Africa is offering a reward for information leading to the recovery of the costume. Although she declined to specify the amount, Halsted says the reward is appropriate, considering the value of the costume.

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Inaugural Young Delta Delta Delta Alumnae GetTogether — takes place at 6:30 p.m. on the Rooftop Lounge of Ceviche Tapas Bar and Restaurant, 1216 First St. Sarasota area Delta Delta Delta alumnae initiated after 1980 are invited to gather for an inaugural get-together and organizational meeting. Free.

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World Animal Day at Big Cat Habitat — takes place from 3 to 7 p.m. at Big Cat Habitat, 7101 Palmer Blvd.

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Stepping Out Against Domestic Violence — takes place at 9 a.m. at J.D. Hamel Park, 2 Marina Plaza.

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Oktoberfest — takes place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Spanish Pointe Marina and Pub, 135 Bayview Drive.

More than 20 vendors will be onsite with live music all day, German food and beer, and a Humane Society pet adoption from noon to 4 p.m. Free.

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Sarasota teens hope to fight cancer with Ellen DeGeneres Allison Davis and her Relay for Life team are using social media to invite the star to their upcoming fundraiser gala.

Chalise Bourque Book Signing — takes place at 1 p.m. at Bookstore1Sarasota, 1359 Main St. Author Chalise Bourque will sign her new youngadult novel, “One Right Thing.” Free.

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The next Relay for Life isn’t until April, but one group of Sarasota teens is already gearing up to make the cancer-fighting fundraiser an event to remember.

Riverview High School sophomore Allison Davis, along with her team, Sarasota Teens with a Dream, is planning a purple-tie gala (the official color of the American Cancer Society), and they’re extending an invitation to a special guest: Ellen DeGeneres.

Last year, the team invited Dick Vitale to its bowling fundraiser, and it was a success, Davis said. This year, the team was trying to come up with a special guest who would help them continue that success.

“We were all watching TV, and we came up with Ellen,” says Davis. “Every time I watch her show, I think about somebody fighting cancer and how, if they could watch it, it would give them that extra laugh or smile. Sometimes, that’s all you need.”

Davis first became involved with Relay for Life, an annual overnight fundraising event that raises money for the American Cancer Society, five years ago. She says that in her first year, the significance of her involvement didn’t fully hit her until the actual event.

“It hadn’t touched me, personally, until I went to the actual relay,” says Davis. “I met the most amazing people, and hearing the survivors’ stories really inspired me to get involved and try to fight to end cancer.”

Davis and her friends continued to participate each year, building a team of 35 to 40 friends from schools throughout the county.

The Sarasota Teens with a Dream recently put together a two-minute video inviting DeGeneres to attend the gala, and they’ve been doing their best to get the invitation to go viral, in hopes of it catching the attention of the popular talk-show host.

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Blessing of the Animals — takes place at 3 p.m. at St. Andrew United Church of Christ, 6908 Beneva Road. Guests are invited to bring their pets to the outside area near the church sanctuary to be blessed by the Rev. Angela Wells. Free. Call 922-7595.

Trumpet and Organ Concert — takes place at 6 p.m. at St. Boniface Church, 5615 Midnight Pass Road. Andrew Kemp, principal trumpet with the Sarasota Opera Orchestra, joins Neil Page, minister of music at Saint Boniface Church, to present a program including works by composers such as Charpentier, Hovahness, Bernstein and Marcello. Free. Call 3495615.

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FOOTBALL

Oct. 5 • Booker at Lake Placid (7 p.m.)* • Cardinal Mooney at Lakeland Christian (7 p.m.)* • Riverview vs. Palm Harbor University (7:30 p.m. homecoming)* • Sarasota at Venice (7:30 p.m.)*

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Oct. 5 • Sarasota at Charlotte at Kingsway Country Club, 13625 SW Kingsway Circle, Lake Suzy (3:30 p.m.)

Oct. 8 • Sarasota at Braden River at Waterlefe, 1022 Fish Hook Cove, Bradenton (3:30 p.m.)

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Sarasota Scullers rowers Victor Garguan, front, and Nathan Marshall compete in the Mens 2x race at the fourth Sarasota 5000 Regatta Sunday, Sept. 30, at Blackburn Point Park.

SARASOTA — Victor Garguan didn’t know what to expect when he arrived at Blackburn Point Park for the first time last fall.

At the time, the then 17-year-old had never heard of rowing and wasn’t particularly interested in joining the Sarasota Scullers. But, after meeting a team parent during an orientation session at Suncoast Polytechnical High, Garguan decided to give the sport a try.

It had been several years since Garguan had participated in athletics; and after realizing the time commitment rowers must put in, he didn’t anticipate staying with the program for more than a couple weeks.

But that was before Garguan met coach Alex Dragos and went out onto the water for the first time. Garguan, who was born and raised in Moldavia, connected with Dragos, a native of Romania.

Garguan decided to stick with rowing, and it wasn’t long before he developed a passion for the sport.

“I like the atmosphere,” Garguan says.

“I have great coaches who have helped me so much. Everyone supports each other. I look forward to going there every day.”

Garguan grew up playing soccer — the

most popular sport in Moldavia. Garguan spent three to four hours every day after school on the soccer field playing pickup games with his friends.

Garguan, who played goalie, continued to play soccer until moving to the United States seven years ago. He continued to play soccer briefly before turning his attention to other American interests.

“I had a lot of distractions, like computers,” Garguan said.

Garguan shied away from athletics until joining the Sarasota Scullers last fall.

Since then, Garguan has become one of the Scullers’ most dedicated rowers.

“Personally, it really came easy to me,” Garguan said. “I enjoy the technique and the work that you put in. Once you start, you can’t stop. It’s hard to try and stop because (you always want) to improve.

If you win one race, then you want that feeling to continue.”

This summer, Garguan helped lead the Scullers men’s four with coxswain to a pair of second-place finishes at the state and regional championships, earning a berth in the national championships.

“It’s really hard to explain,” Garguan said. “The boat was amazing. At the time,

it didn’t feel like we were going that fast.

Everyone in the boat gave it their all, and I’m really proud of what we did.”

Today, Garguan practices five days a week from 3:45 to 6:15 p.m. and will add a sixth day of practice to his schedule later this fall.

There was a point when Garguan wasn’t sure rowing would be for him; but with the support of his parents, who watch their son row when they can, Garguan stuck with it. He couldn’t be happier.

“It makes me nervous, but I like it more,” Garguan said. “It motivates me to do better. They urged me to stay with it.

It’s because of them that I still row.”

Now with his senior season upon him, Garguan is focused on helping lead the Scullers back to the national championships and earning a college scholarship.

Garguan already has garnered the attention of coaches from several colleges, including Fairfield University, Northeastern University and the University of Washington, among others.

“I’m really not sure what to expect,” Garguan said. “I’ve (heard) how exciting Division I is. I just want to have the best time there as possible.”

In addition to preparing for rowing, Garguan also has been preparing for the upcoming presidential election after becoming a U.S. citizen Aug. 26.

“It was very exciting after having spent the past seven years living in the U.S.,” Garguan said of obtaining his citizenship.

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• Sarasota vs. Venice and Braden River at Laurel Oak Country Club, 2700 Gary Player Blvd., Sarasota (3:30 p.m.)

• Sarasota Christian and St. Stephen’s at Sarasota Military Academy at Bent Tree Country Club, 4700 Bent Tree Blvd., Sarasota (4 p.m.)

• Cardinal Mooney and Riverview vs. Bradenton Christian (4 p.m.)

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+ ODA prevails in OT Out-of-Door Academy senior Sean Kirshe hit a 27-yard field goal in overtime, as the Thunder rallied for a 40-37 come-from-behind victory over Class 2A-District 6 rival Evangelical Christian Sept. 28.

Kirshe also hit a 27-yard field goal in the first quarter for the first points of the game.

Trailing 30-10, senior quarterback Evan Wilson threw a pair of touchdown passes to sophomore Drew Fineberg, who finished with five catches for 105 yards. Wilson also ran in for a pair of touchdowns. J.T. Fischer added a 1-yard touchdown.

ODA returns to action Oct. 12 versus the Imagine School of Naples.

+ Lady Thunder edge past Lady Panthers The Out-of-Door Academy volleyball team held on to beat Bradenton Christian 3-2 in district action Oct. 1.

The Lady Thunder (5-4, 2-2) defeated the Lady Panthers 25-16, 25-11, 17-25, 21-25, 15-11.

Natalie Buffett led ODA with 13 kills. Lauren Maxey added eight kills and 10 aces. Gabriella Costa finished with six kills and five blocks, and Haley Preininger had 23 assists and 12 perfect passes.

+ Venice High beats Sarasota and Mooney The Sarasota High and Cardinal Mooney High boys golf teams finished second and third, respectively, in a tri-meet with Venice Sept. 25.

Venice shot 151, followed by Sarasota (164) and Cardinal Mooney (194).

Brennan Dougherty shot 38 to lead the way for the Sailors, followed by Jacques Celestino (39), David Van Brandt (41) and Tim Jones (46). Cardinal Mooney’s Jake LaMore shot 42 to lead the way for the

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Cougars followed by Matt Koval (49), Michael Staikos (51) and Brandon Giczewski (52).

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+ Manta Rays swing past Cougars The Cardinal Mooney High boys golf team fell to Lemon Bay Sept. 27.

Jake LaMore shot 43 to pace the Cougars, who shot a combined 190 to finish behind the Manta Rays (169). Jack Dingle shot a 46, followed by Matt Koval (48) and Mabry Robinson (53).

+ Sarasota Scullers host regatta The Sarasota Scullers Youth Rowing Club hosted its fourth annual Sarasota 5000 Regatta Sept. 30 at Blackburn Point Park.

Nineteen teams participated in the regatta, including the Scullers, the Sarasota Crew, Manatee and Palmetto.

First-place finishers include: • The Scullers Mens and Womens high school 4+ • The Sarasota Crew Womens Masters 4+ • The Scullers Womens high school 2x • The Scullers Mens high school 4x • The Scullers Womens high school Novice 8+ • The Scullers Womens high school 1x • The Scullers Womens Novice 4x • Sarasota County Womens Masters 8+ • The Scullers Mens high school 8+ • The Scullers Mixed high school 8+ • Sarasota County Mixed Masters 4x • The Scullers Mens Novice 4x • The Scullers Mixed Novice 4+

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The Sarasota Crew Women’s Masters 4+ came in first in their race with a time of 21:15.00.

Isaac Mingus competes in the Men’s 1x race for the Sarasota Scullers. He finished second in 20:16.00.

Manatee High’s Jennifer Zebracki finishes second in the Women’s 1x race.

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Pineview junior Kadi Pallastrone, who plays golf for the Riverview Rams, recently took first place at the Riverview Invitational. She started golfing six years ago as an activity she could share with her dad, Rudy, and the two still play together. This week, Pallastrone tees off with the Sarasota Observer to talk about her recent success, the key to playing well and her plans after high school.

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How did you get started playing golf?

My dad got me into it. He used to be really good. At his best, he was a 3 handicap.

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When did you realize that golf was something you wanted to pursue seriously?

When I was about 13, I would play in the summer at GSJGA, and I found that I was pretty good at it. I hope to get a golf scholarship. My dream colleges would be the University of Pennsylvania, Duke or the University of Florida.

What was the hardest aspect of the game for you to learn?

Probably putting. It takes a lot of feel.

What do you consider to be your strongest skill?

I would say my short game and my chipping. I took a lot of time working on that, and I found it enjoyable, so I didn’t mind spending more time working on it.

Where do you struggle most?

My long irons are probably my biggest struggle.

You have to be more accurate with them, so I try to put extra practice into them.

Why do you think you played so well at the Riverview Invitational?

I have a good temperament for the game. I don’t really get mad. If I make a bad shot, I keep my head up. I also putted pretty well, and I made

a few birdies, so that helped.

If you could play anywhere in the world, where would you play?

I’d like to play at Pebble Beach. It’s a beautiful golf course.

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What’s the best golf advice you’ve ever received?

Take it one hole at a time, and don’t get discouraged. Don’t think about the last shot you made.

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Blueberry the hermit crab won the award for smallest pet.

Kaylin Smith, 5, has her face painted.

Chloe, 5, wore a festive collar to the pet blessing at Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

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Animals big and small, furry and scaly, young and old were all welcome at Our Lady of Mount Carmel’s pet blessing Friday, Sept. 28, at the church. Congregation members brought their dogs, cats, hermit crabs and hamsters to be blessed by the Rev. Fred Tillotson and Deacon Tom Grant. The event also included a bake sale, 50/50 raffle and a pet contest.

There were five categories in which the animals could compete: biggest pet, smallest pet, most unique pet, longest ears and best tail wag.

R.J. Egan’s dog, Maggie, 3 1/2, won the biggest animal award at the pet blessing.

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Music-lovers sing praises for annual Blues Festival Thousands of people packed up their blankets and lawn chairs and made their way to the 22nd annual Sarasota Blues and Music Festival Saturday, Sept. 29, at Ed Smith Stadium. This year’s lineup included Pett Crow, Paul Thorn, Curtis Salgado, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Ana Popovic and Delbert McClinton.

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Geraldine Harrison, of Sarasota, sold her home at 6634 Waterford Lane to Kathleen Flynn, of Glendale, Calif., for $250,000. Built in 1980, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,614 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $159,500 in 1996.

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of Sarasota, for $450,000. Built in 1989, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,900 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $223,000 in 2011.

Hamptons

Federal National Mortgage Association sold the home at 5208 Highbury Circle to Juan and Maryann Romaiello, of E. Hanover, N.J., for $290,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,162 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $195,000 in 2007.

Huntington Pointe

William and Elizabeth Herman sold their home at 4109 Hearthstone Drive to Bobby and Diana Caughron, of Sarasota, for $262,000. Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,149 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $245,000 in 2002.

Mira Lago at Palmer Ranch

Maryana Hall, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 3841 Alamanda Drive to Mary Bond, of Ontario, Canada, for $240,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,085 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $214,600 in 1997.

Isles of Sarasota

Lori Soldi, of Sarasota, sold her home at 1730 Burgos Drive to Kurt Lewis, trustee, of Sarasota, for $235,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 1,845 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $179,000 in March.

Lakeshore Villege South

John and Greta Inman, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 10 condominium at 3857 Wilshire Drive to Joseph and Madalyn Tiffany, of Sarasota, for $235,000. Built in 1985, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,223 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $128,900 in 1985.

Provence Gardens

Fabio and Rose Arellano, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 102 condominium at 7469 Botanica Parkway to Frederick and Mary Heinlen, of Sarasota, for $234,500. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,621 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $249,900 in 2003.

OSPREY Oaks II

Michael Tracy and Holly Tracy, trustees, of Lafayette, Colo., sold the home at 871 Mac Ewen Drive to James and Michelle Freeman, of Osprey, for $768,800. Built in 1997, it has five bedrooms, five-anda-half baths, a pool and 5,169 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.25 million in 2003.

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Patricia Stucky, of Osprey, sold her home at 262 Yacht Harbor Drive to Sean O’Brien, of Lloyd Harbor, N.Y., for $675,000. Built in 1990, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,115 square feet of living area.

Southpointe Shores

Arnold Berman and Margot Berman, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1752 Little Pointe Circle to Blair Weigel, of Palmetto, for $541,100. Built in 1965, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,038 square feet of living area.

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Nitin and Neetha Sallapudi, of Nokomis, sold their home at 684 Crane Prairie Way to John and Silvia Paulichen, of Germantown, Md., for $495,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,331 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $519,900 in 2004.

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TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest city of Sarasota and Sarasota County building permits issued

by Sarasota County and city of Sarasota for the week of Sept. 17 through Sept. 21, in order of dollar amounts.

CITY OF SARASOTA Address

Permit

Applicant

5330 Winchester Drive 1062 Cocoanut Ave. 1255 N. Gulfstream Ave. 2155 Waldemere St. 1002 Osprey Ave. 3158 Alta Vista St. 1600 Wewa Drive 2875 Novus St. 464 Sapphire Drive 428 Sapphire Drive

Remodel Remodel Remodel Solar Panel Windows Re-roof Privacy Wall Re-roof Re-roof Privacy Wall

Alice Fox Harold Barnes Daniel Aaron Lisa Nelson Michael Braga Jeffrey Palmer Donald Roberts Guida Wexler Albert Luse, trustee Larry Wickless

Amount $140,000 $53,000 $34,750 $31,120 $16,000 $10,295 $9,900 $7,550 $7,475 $7,437

SARASOTA COUNTY Address

Permit

Applicant

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211 Saratoga Court 4202 Central Sarasota Parkway 5924 Mariposa Lane 7207 Wood Creek Drive 8187 Shadow Pine Way 4202 Central Sarasota Parkway 3725 Key Place 263 Park Trace Blvd.

2209 Casey Key Road 607 N. Mac Ewen Drive

Roof Mechanical Pool Enclosure Re-roof Geothermal Sys. Addition Pool/Deck Enclosure Deck

Lawrence Boling Vito Leopardi Arden Eslinger William Yoe Zane Saunders Vito Leopardi Naomi Bieberston John Calia, trustee Walter Kreiseder Mansour Farsad

$64,949 $51,404 $37,680 $30,000 $28,860 $28,599 $27,000 $25,000 $20,000 $20,000

Source: Sarasota County; city of Sarasota

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This week’s Cryptogram answers 1. A man’s really impressive, Italian-style home was flooded. The plumbing guy told him: “The good side of it is, you now have a Venetian basement!”

2. A conscientious man was unlucky and was let go on the first day in his new government position.

His supervisor found him working.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2012 THE SARASOTA OBSERVER/PE

Classifieds 27A

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Thursday, October 4, 2012 Condos/Apts. For Rent

Manufactured Homes

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Phone 703-283-4197.

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Call 941-924-2455.

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For Qualified Waiting Clients

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CLEANING BY LUCY. Affordable, Reliable & Meticulous.

Residential & Commercial.

Great References & Seniors discount.

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Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356

HOUSE CLEANING, housekeeping, pet sitting, window washing. Excellent services by European couple. 941-350-8072.

WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

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

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

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Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available Part of the Florida International Realty of Sarasota Group.

Homes For Rent 4BR/2BA: 2 car garage, unfurnished, heated pool.

2831 Riviera Dr. $1500/mo. 941-256-0337.

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

COZY 2BR/1.5BA: west of the trail, near Sarasota Sq., $850/mo. 941-924-1637, leave message.

ON BEACH or Bay!! 1-3 Bedrooms, Weekly or Monthly. Available Immediately.

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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.

LUXOR MHP

$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

Homes For Sale BANK OWNED PROPERTIES & more!

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teven High and his wife, Lisa, closed on their Sapphire Shores house in September. About a year-and-a-half after High began his role as executive director of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota is finally beginning to feel like home.

High runs around the Ringling grounds in the morning as part of his daily exercise routine. He roams the galleries whenever he has time. His new house is just around the corner from the museum. All of this is a testament to the fact that High is in no way sick of his job — and it doesn’t look like he ever will be.

“We have no intention of leaving; it’s a beautiful place,” he says.

“My job here is a wonderful job, and we hope it’s our home for a long time — if not forever.”

Ostensibly, since taking the position in March 2011, High has remained under-the-radar, but with more than a year under his belt, he is shedding the new-guy label. He has swung things into “high gear” at the museum and is at the helm of creating a legacy for Ringling.

High still periodically slips up and refers to Sarasota as Savannah (Ga.), where he spent four years as the director of Telfair Museums before he came to Ringling. Although it’s a historic city, Savannah has a young population — there are three colleges close

Ringling Museum’s executive director, Steven High, has shed the new-guy persona and has a pocketful of initiatives to make the museum as relevant today as it will be in 200 years.

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Steven High has grabbed the bull by the horns during his first year as executive director of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. to downtown. Sarasota has four colleges within two miles, but, according to High, it lacks the same young presence as Savannah.

High believes Sarasota needs to develop a sense of place, of longevity where students and young

people want to remain.

“I think (the museum) is a hidden resource that most people aren’t really aware of, and that’s one of the things we’ve been working on — being a convening place for these students,” he says.

High and his team are pushing to make Ringling self-sustainable by engaging area youth — the museum’s present and future audience.

“If they see no relevance in what we do and have no own-

ership in what we do, then they won’t care about us in 20 to 30 years,” High says.

One museum-hosted event, initiated within his first year, speaks to a breed of 20-somethings in a language they understand — food and rock ’n’ roll. Ringling Underground, which most recently took place in September, was created as a fun environment in which to explore the museum at one’s own pace. The inaugural event was held in February; 460 people attended the September event, the majority being students and young professionals.

They lounged beneath the Turrell Skyspace installation and filled the galleries while the sounds of live music in the courtyard filled the air.

But High isn’t only concerned with attracting the youth of today; he also wants to draw in the art of today. Ringling calls it the “Art of Our Time” initiative, and it’s an effort to bring modern and contemporary art to the museum.

The initiative attracted High to his current position.

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One of the anchors of “Art of Our Time” is the Ringling International Arts Festival (RIAF). The event is in its fourth year of bringing international contemporary art in all platforms to Ringling. This year, the four-day festival is transitioning from government-funded support to private support. High and his team are working on ways to make it affordable without diminishing the quality of work or the character of the festival.

This year’s RIAF, starting Oct. 10, has one fewer performance group than last year, a new film program and, for the first time, performances in the Turrell Skyspace.

The smaller budget has a positive side: “The past (festivals) have been so jam-packed that you couldn’t have possibly seen it all. This year, we’re allowing more time for a deeper experience,” High says.

The Turrell performances, as well as the opening-night party, are already sold out, and as of Sept. 21, 75% of stage performances and film tickets had been sold. High believes RIAF’s future offerings will continue to evolve.

RIAF is just one progressive piece of the future of the museum under High’s leadership.

Discussions will take place in the coming months as the museum enters into strategic visioning for the next five years. High’s vision of a perfect Ringling Museum wouldn’t look much different than the one his team has been working toward since he started.

“It’s a pretty spectacular museum,” he says. “I would say we

would be doing more of what we are doing now.”

He would like to see a strengthening of the student base and providing more resources for it; expanding endowments; and for the museum to broaden its audience. He’d also like to see major exhibitions of work based off of museum collections.

The museum is in the initial discussion stages of a new Asian art wing to house the museum’s Asian collection and potentially hosting revolving contemporary Asian work in conjunction with “Art of Our Time.”

“If we don’t pay attention to what’s going on today, we won’t have anything to show future generations about the thinking, the visual language (and) the content of art in this period of time,” he says.

He can’t speak to what the future will hold but what he can say is, “Ringling Museum is here to stay.”

And so is High, for that matter.

High’s rundown Favorite artist: James Turrell If High could own any work, it would be: Cy Twombly Favorite piece at Ringling: (Nicolas) Poussin’s “Ecstasy of St. Paul.”

Most interesting period of art: the future The artist High wishes would spontaneously combust: Thomas Kinkade Must underrated artist: Paolo Veronese

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 Once upon a time, I tweeted during a show I am not a fan of people using cell phones or even hearing them vibrate during any performance, but during this week’s Sarasota Orchestra performance, “Once Upon a Time,” I’m making an exception. The orchestra has invited me to sit in the social savvy seats Saturday, Oct. 6, when I will be live tweeting about the multimedia performance.

This is much like having a conversation after the performance with friends, but now everyone can weigh-in on the event. Social savvy seats are a special section for those participating, so we are not distracting to other audience members. You can follow me on Twitter @MalloryGnaegy to see what I think. And, please tweet me after the show to let me know what you think!

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 All that jazz The Jazz Club of Sarasota’s “Jazz at Two” concert series begins Friday, Oct. 5. The series, founded in 2001, showcases regional jazz performers. The program kicks off with “A Tribute to Lillette Jenkins Wisner,” featuring Wisner on vocals and piano at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota, 3975 Fruitville Road.

In the Sept. 27 edition, the prices for the Ringling International Arts Festival were printed incorrectly.

The following prices are correct: Mark Morris Dance Group — $30 to $50 Shantala Shivlingappa — $25 to $45 Pig Iron Dance Company — $35 to $45 Ensemble Basiani — $25 to $45 The Dirty Dozen Brass Band — $85 For more information about the festival, visit YourObserver.com

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Beatles’ guitarist’s legacy ‘keeps music alive’

by Mallory Gnaegy | A&E Editor

Music education is ‘getting better’ with a little help from Louise Harrison — and her friends.

If you ever have the pleasure of meeting 82-year-old Sarasotan Louise Harrison, she’ll probably give you a warm embrace, or, as she calls it, the “Harrison hug.”

It’s a compassion her parents taught her and her three brothers, one brother whose name you might recognize — late The Beatles guitarist George Harrison.

“I think part of the mystique of The Beatles is that they were so real and down to earth, so loving and compassionate,” she says.

Mid-2011, Harrison started a nonprofit organization, Help Keep Music Alive, to continually share this message, along with the importance of music, to younger generations.

Help Keep Music Alive brings Harrison’s The Beatles tribute band, Liverpool Legends, to schools around the country where they perform a professional-level production with the students. The tickets, sold for the show, help fund each school’s music education program.

Recently, Help Keep Music Alive partnered with the University of South Florida to promote USF’s “Partnership for Arts-Integrated Teaching,” a program that shares a similar goal. Oct. 3 they performed at Manatee High School and will perform again Oct. 4, at North Port High School, followed by Booker High School Oct. 6.

“It’s very important to keep music in the curriculum; it’s why we wanted to be a part of this — it’s not just a frivolous fringe thing,” Harrison says.

According to Harrison, the scientific studies backup her thoughts: When the brain is

stimulated with music, it makes it easier to learn math and science.

When Harrison founded the Grammynominated Liverpool Legends in 2005, the Branson, Mo.,-based group would occasionally open its shows with student performances of The Beatles’ songs.

“We’d be like, ‘Why aren’t they just playing with us?’” says Marty Scott, aka George Harrison in the Liverpool Legends and a good friend of Harrison’s.

This idea, in conjunction with music-education funding cuts, prompted the band to set out on the road in yellowsubmarine shaped Volkswagens, one of which sits outside of Harrison’s Sarasota home, where Scott

is visiting.

The duo appears to be the real deal as far as family goes; Harrison calls Scott “my new kid brother.” And he’s even got the mophead hair.

“Well, he’s not so new anymore,” she jokes. “He’s getting a little worn around the edges.”

Scott and Harrison met in 2005 at a Beatles convention in Chicago at which Harrison was speaking.

Scott’s Beatles tribute band was performing at the conference.

“I’m thinking, ‘Oh, his sister is here, I hope I don’t stink!’” Scott says.

Little did he realize that they’d hit it off and hang out the whole weekend.

“We’ve kind of been together ever since,” Scott says. Harrison even introduced him to Paul McCartney the following week.

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Right: “The Beatles are the one thing that everyone loves,” Louise Harrison says, with Marty Scott.

“It’s a weird-enough thing that kids can like the same music as their parents and grandparents.”

her a birthday card every year.) “(We tried to put something together) that George wouldn’t hurl a thunderbolt at me for doing, and here we are eight years later,” Harrison says.

“It’s great,” Harrison says of seeing her brother’s legacy played out, but she undersells her enthusiasm. Scott describes her another way: “Let’s face it, Louise lights up like a Christmas tree.”

But the impact the program has on students is more important to Harrison.

After a performance, one student told Scott that it was the best day of his life and that he’d tell his grandchildren about it.

Harrison tells the story of a girl whose mother had died recently in a car accident.

The daughter was in the performance, and her father and siblings came to see the production.

“They said, ‘That was the best thing that happened to us as a family,’” Harrison says.

The mother had constantly sung Beatles songs around the house. The daughter said to Harrison, “As long as I keep The Beatles’ music going, I’ll never be away from my mother.”

Harrison doesn’t think the program would work with another band’s music because of The Beatles’ unique message: love, peace, compassion, giving back to the planet and giving back to each other.

“There’s no more universal thing than The Beatles; they are the only group that did that. That’s what makes the whole thing work,” Harrison says.

With Harrison leading the charge, it’s clear George Harrison’s legacy is alive and well.

“It’s not only a privilege but a great responsibility that I keep that whole idea going,” Harrison says.

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‘Postmortem’ Island Players When: 8 p.m. Runs through Oct. 14. Where: Island Players. Tickets: $20. Contact: 778-5755

Drag Queen Bingo Premier (recurring event, but first time in new location) When: 8 p.m. Where: The Players Theatre.

Tickets: $5. Contact: 3665454

‘Once Upon a Time’ Sarasota Orchestra When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Sarasota Opera House.

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‘Stompin’ at the Savoy’ Sarasota Orchestra When: 5:30 p.m. Runs through Oct. 13. Where: Holley Hall. Tickets: $26 to $38. Contact: 953-4252

‘Zombietown’ When: 7:30 p.m. Runs through Oct. 14. Where: The Players Theatre. Tickets: $10. Contact: 365-2494

Richard O’Brien’s ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ When: 8 p.m. Runs through Nov. 3. Where: Venice Theatre. Tickets: $13 to $28. Call: 4881115.

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‘History of the Violin’ When: 3 p.m. Where: Allegro Music Academy. Tickets: Free. Contact: 358-8511

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Tickets: $17. Contact: 366-5731

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Where: David Cohen Hall. Tickets: Free.

Contact: Mary Cook, 366-1638

Soiree Series: Joel Hastings, piano — Artist Series Concerts.

When: 2 p.m. Where: Fischer/ Weisenborne residence.

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Tickets: $20. Contact: 953-4252 Mark Sweeney When: 7:30 p.m. Runs through Oct. 28.

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n the past five years or so, a whole new lifestyle has blossomed in Sarasota: downtown living. Once a pokey enclave of older homes and apartments, second-rate retail and sidewalks that were rolled up around 7 p.m., today’s downtown has morphed into what may well be the hippest, hottest neighborhood on

Florida’s Gulf Coast. Restaurants, entertainment and shopping are flourishing as never before. And they’re all located in a self-contained square mile that’s perfect for strolling, exercising and enjoying the town’s magnificent bayfront.

Most downtowners live in condos or renovated vintage homes,

but there’s another option whose time has come — the townhouse.

Usually defined as an attached residence on several levels, the townhouse has long been a fixture in the world’s great cities.

Just think of New York City with its brownstones or London with its elegant terraced houses in Belgravia. Sarasota’s townhouses

may not have the venerable history of their big-city counterparts, but they also don’t have 200-yearold heating systems or no place to park. They’re beautifully designed, stylish and perfect to immerse yourself in our unique urban lifestyle.

Let’s take a look at three in various price ranges.

1. CREAM OF THE CROP 1541 Oak St., Unit 11 The cream of the townhouse crop may well be the 23 units that comprise the Burns Court Villas. Perfectly located at the southern end of Burns Court, this complex is a five-minute stroll to Main Street — even less to the bayfront — and Owen’s Fish Camp, the restaurant of the moment, is right out your back door.

Designed in the Tuscan style and built around a pretty garden with a pool, the atmosphere might best be described as “tropical European.” One home currently on the market at 1541 Oak St. is fairly typical. With a total area of 2,124 square feet, it has three bedrooms (one, 23 feet by 12 feet, is currently used as an office), two-and-a-half baths, two walled courtyards (front and back; the back one is perfect for al fresco dinning), a gas fireplace and a glamorous kitchen with Viking appliances and marble floors. The home has three stories — with the third floor being a master suite with a 10-foot-by-10-foot closet.

But don’t let the stairs worry you — there’s a private elevator.

The attention to detail is impressive. The finishes are high-end, with custom wrought iron stairway railings, living room built-ins, separate air conditioning for each level and several balconies overlooking the quaint neighborhood. Any drawbacks? Just about the only one we could come up with is there is only one parking place, in an interior garage. Another space may be available for separate purchase.

1541 Oak St., Unit 11 is priced at $719,000.

The listing agent is Linda Page, of Michael Saunders & Co.: 504-0123. (Note: As we went to press, this unit had just been placed under contract. Backup offers are being accepted.)

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2. BALCONY STUNNER 1257 Fruitville Road, Unit E

At the other end of downtown, even closer to Main Street’s restaurants and shopping, is this unit in the Encore, a grouping of townhomes built around a central mews.

This particular home is a two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath residence, with 1,533 square feet. (It feels bigger.) Features include a living room with 14-foot ceilings, complete with an interior balcony perfect for impromptu renditions of “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina.”

There’s no private elevator, but with only two floors it’s not an issue. The open kitchen, complete with a separate prep sink and dining area, opens onto a covered balcony, which many owners have converted into an office or den. The two bedrooms are a good size, and the master bath has a separate shower and large walk-in closet. The

finishes include crown moldings and intricate stair railings, and although they are not quite the equal to the Burns Court Villas, they’re also half the price. There’s an attached garage, plus a carport. And there is a liberal rental policy: You can rent the unit up to 12 times a year, with a one-month minimum.

Because the unit faces Fruitville Road, traffic noise may be an issue. I was pleasantly surprised about how unobtrusive it was, but if it turns out to be a deal-breaker, remember you can soundproof the windows that face the street. And, as for the traffic going by, I found it added a nice urban energy.

1257 Fruitville Road, Unit E is priced at $370,000. It is listed by Valentina Pippin, of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate: 961-3044.

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3. BUDGET BEAUTY 2415 Aspinwall St.

If living downtown appeals to you but you’re on a much tighter budget, you might consider this home in a complex called The Village. It’s not technically a townhouse because it’s only one story, but a recent highend renovation makes it a unique contender.

Located on the eastern edge of downtown near Lime Avenue and Fruitville Road, the immediate neighborhood is not Sarasota’s most fashionable, but it definitely falls into the up-and-coming category. There’s plenty of shopping nearby, and upper Main Street (Hollywood 20, Mediterraneo, etc.) is an easy walk, though the bayfront is a bit of a hike. Parking is assigned but uncovered.

Once inside you’ll find a sensational renovation that suggests something much more expensive than the $95,000 price tag. The floors are a high-quality wood laminate, and the kitchen and two baths are awash in granite, tile and sophisticated design elements.

There are two bedrooms and two baths, in 1,021 square feet. There’s also a patio overlooking a pretty lake. For the young professional looking for convenience and style, this unit is hard to beat.

2415 Aspinwall St. is priced at $95,000.

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 1 Cut and sand First, find a dry, wood moving pallet in relatively good condition (we found ours propped against a dumpster.) Cut the pallet to fit your space using a saw along supports (we chose 26 inches by 35 inches, but you could also choose 35 inches by 44 inches). Sand the pallet until all edges are smooth, and also sand along the top.

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Paint your preferred color (we chose black). Any color you use will be slightly shadowed with stain.

After the paint dries, put a coat of stain on the top of the table. Let the top dry before flipping it over to do the back and sides. Use a rag to wipe off any puddling stain. After the stain has dried, seal the table using a clear satin finish polyurethane.

You can find four pre-built, pre-cut table legs at hardware and homeimprovement stores. They will need to be stained to match the top. You’ll also need to purchase four table-leg plates to securely attach the legs to the table. We added a glass top.

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Dr. Allison Silver Schwartz is standing barefoot in her closet, staring down four dresses on loan from Saks Fifth Avenue for the photo shoot: two sequined evening gowns, an asymmetrical floor-length number and a fuchsia cocktail dress.

She’s managed to get Nutella, one of her two Goldendoodles, into the crate, but has completely forgotten to put away Finnigan, who is galloping around the second story of the house like a wild mustang, barreling around furniture and a roaring vacuum cleaner.

Schwartz’s husband, Hardy, the medical director of the Noninvasive Cardiovascular Lab at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, is at work And the Schwartzes’ three children, Hadleigh, Graycen and Clementine, are in school at Pine View.

Schwartz has just finished fussing with her bangs, which she cut recently at the suggestion of her friend, Sally Schule, but has decided they are too much maintenance. She’s an expert at makeup but has no patience for hair and, therefore, has already made the decision to grow out her bangs.

“I grew up in Toronto, and Hardy grew up in Montreal,” Schwartz says. “We both went to McGill University, both went to medical school at Queens University and both decided to do our residency training in the states. I was training in emergency medicine and wanted trauma centertype of training — I wanted to be in the nastiest place ever to see everything that happened.”

So, the couple moved in 1997 to Philadelphia for the next six years. But when Schwartz’s grandmother, who was living in Hollywood, Fla., at the time, became ill, the two went to visit.

Never having set foot on the west coast of Florida, they decided to explore and headed down I-75 toward Naples.

“As soon as we got on the causeway to Sanibel, it was over — we fell in love,” Schwartz says.

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other crazy world. This was 15 years ago, and we were both finishing our programs. I was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and waiting for my husband to finish his training. We had the option to move wherever we wanted, and, at that point we were going to Captiva so often that we wondered why we should keep going on vacation and being sad every time we left.”

They looked at Naples and Fort Myers, but didn’t think either city was a fit — professionally or personally. They continued on to Sarasota and found that they liked the downtown area and that the city was unlike the set of strip malls they had seen in other cities.

The big draw is you can ❝ walk to the hospital from our house in Southside. ❞  Dr. Allison Silver Schwartz

At the

“We were looking for what we had in Philadelphia scaled down,” Schwartz says. “We met with the groups here, saw the hospital and were truly impressed with its size, the medical community and the physicians.

The big draw is you can walk to the hospital from our house in Southside. My husband’s office is less than a mile away.

At first, the Schwartzes were living in Palmer Ranch, but Hardy Schwartz was getting called back into the hospital so often that he was sleeping there. Sometimes he would spend as many as three hours a day just driving back and forth.

Two years ago, on Easter Sunday, Schwartz was driving through Southside Village with her children, who were napping in the car, when she saw the yellow two-story house with a white picket fence and a “for sale” sign. She called the Realtor, who, seven months prior, had found the family their house in Palmer Ranch.

“I told my husband to meet me, and he was fuming because he was working,” Schwartz says.

“I said, ‘Look at your watch and tell me how long it takes us to get

to this house.’ Two minutes. Tada!

We bought it that Wednesday and sold the other house two weeks later.”

Because of their strong connection to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, the Schwartzes decided four years ago to attend and sponsor the Corinthian Gala, which benefits the Sarasota Memorial Health Care Foundation.

“It’s something I felt strongly about supporting as individuals,” Schwartz says. “When I was at the gala, I met Lisa Intagliata from the foundation. She mentioned me joining the Key to the Cure committee, but I had never been and didn’t know a thing about it.”

The following week, Schwartz attended a committee meeting and found her niche in Sarasota.

“I met people I had seen around town, had read their names somewhere or seen a photo or an article written by them,” she says. “I was involved with Temple Beth Sholom and had co-chaired the gala, so this gave me a chance to meet all kinds of people who were not part of that.”

Schwartz felt she became a part of the Sarasota community as opposed to just the school community.

“It was eye opening, exciting and made me really happy, because a lot of people ended up being very helpful,” Schwartz says. “I met people from MakeA-Wish and Scott Anderson, from the Gulf Coast Community Foundation. I don’t even think I knew what the foundation was.

But I thought, ‘Wow, there’s a group that helps other people raise money,’ and Scott helped me with a Temple Beth grant.”

The Key to the Cure bra decorating campaign in 2009 was so successful and fun that the Key to the Cure committee, which had not been known to repeat any Key to the Cure theme, continued it the following year. In 2010, Schwartz became the “bra chair” for Key to the Cure.

Schwartz will co-chair the 2012 Key to the Cure Kickoff Party, which takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at Saks Fifth Avenue, with Schule, Saks general manager.

“It’s one of the most successful Key to the Cure events in the entire country,” Schwartz says.

“Every Saks does it slightly different — some have a formal black-tie dinner. Ours is more of a fun, mingling and participatory event. This year, we’re going to be selling special pink commemorative breast-cancer awareness keys on pretty pink lanyards.”

The keys are blank, so guests may take them to a hardware store and customize them. Each key costs $50, or three can be purchased for $100, and each lanyard contains a numeric code.

Nearly every code corresponds to a prize. Prizes range from Emi Jay hair ties and a pink beach cruiser to a pair of Jimmy Choos and a one-week stay on Siesta Key. The committee hopes to raise $20,000 from the lanyard sales alone.

“The swag bags are amazing this year and have been organized by Sabrina Cullen,” Schwartz says. “We have 600 because we ran out at 500 last year.”

In addition to Key to the Cure, Schwartz, along with her husband, Harold Johnson and Krista Toomre, is also co-chairing Planned Parenthood’s 2013 Dinner March 5. She’s been on the committee for the past eight years.

As Schwartz says that the focus is to get younger professionals to the dinner, she receives a text from her friend and fellow Key to the Cure committee member, Vanessa Opstal, who says Influence on St. Armands wants to donate items to Key to the Cure.

“See, this is why it’s helpful to know people!” Schwartz says.

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blacktie tales  Summer roundup And we’re back! Hopefully, everyone had a relaxing summer and enjoyed some fabulous trips to faraway destinations. Black Tie managed to find some downtime and took a oneweek stay-cation and spent a second week in California. But BT also caught wind of a few juicy tales from the past few months and because sharing is caring, here they are ...

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CONTACT ME Follow me on Twitter @BlckTie and on my Facebook page, facebook.com/ BlackTieObserver, to get the latest Black Tie scoop.

To submit Black Tie listings or news tips, call 366-3468, Ext. 325 or email me at Lmayo@yourobserver.com.

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 Landers says yes to dress Sarasota’s own Lindsey Landers, frontwoman of the chart-topping band, Official Hot Mess, starred in the rocker brides episode of TLC’s “Say Yes to the Dress” over the summer.

Along with her sister, Kristy, and their mother, Judy Landers-Niedenfuer, in addition to Official Hot Mess bandmates Adam Evans and Billy Burke, Landers traded her usual leather getup for a princess-style wedding gown.

“Nobody knows this, but underneath the seat that my mom was sitting in, we had snuck in our Pomeranian, Leonardo, in his travel case!” Landers said. “Randy Fenoli was my bridal consultant, and he was the icing on the cake of my ‘Say Yes to the Dress’ experience at Kleinfeld New York. One of the highlights of our day at Kleinfeld was when Adam and Billy tried on tiaras and veils and argued about which one of them was going to be ‘Pippa’ and hold the train of my dress!”

Although the princess gown that Landers chose on the show was incredible, she won’t actually be walking down the aisle in it.

“After leaving Kleinfeld, my heart went back to the very first dress I ever tried on, before we even left for New York City,” Landers said. “So, my wedding dress will still be a surprise!”

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Five of Sarasota’s young socialites — Courtney Adams, 27, Bridget McGrath, 30, Molly Klauber, 27, Natalie Mills, 27, and Mercedes Mann, 32 — celebrated their days of birth with a classy birthday bash Friday, July 20, at Michael’s Wine Cellar.

From customized cakes by Pastries by Design and flowers by the Naked Florist, to personalized table linens, party favors and signature cocktails, the party could not have disappointed had the girls tried.

Klauber celebrated her golden birthday (she turned 27 July 27) with a white chocolate cake with raspberry cream-cheese frosting, a food station featuring to-die-for truffle mac ’n’ cheese and mini-corn dogs and champagne.

Adams chose a bohemian shabby chic theme and decorated her table with platinum damask linens and a lemon poppy seed cake with butter cream frosting. Her party favors were wish bracelets containing an Asian coin on a string.

Mann settled on a theme of white Zen pearls and bubbles. Her table linens were sheer white with embroidered swirls of pearly white ribbons, and her cake was almond with raspberry jam and rose butter cream. As her signature cocktail, she chose her favorite — a benztini (or chocolate martini).

Mills went with a hot pink-and-green red velvet cupcake theme, and McGrath chose Mondrian Hotel modern — black and white with a pop of yellow. Her cake was a black-and-white damask chocolate cake, and a bramble was her cocktail.

BT can’t wait to see what they’ll do next year!

Imagine their astonishment when Gil and Elisabeth Waters bumped into Roy and Susan Palmer on a cruise ship. Entirely unbeknownst to each other, both couples had booked a summer voyage around England aboard the Crystal Symphony. They enjoyed an excursion to Stonehenge together. The Waterses spent most of the summer at their apartment in Vienna and had plenty of Sarasota company — Dennis Rees and Felice Schulaner came for a visit, and Even Collingsworth and Joan Wood stopped in from their Danube cruise to the Black Sea. The Waterses were back home as of midSeptember.

Perfectly prim and proper Saks Fifth Avenue Sarasota General Manager and Key to the Cure Co-Chairwoman Sally Schule is quick to point out when Black Tie improperly uses the word “pluck” instead of “tweeze” when referring to shaping her eyebrows. So, when KTTC Co-Chairwoman Dr. Allison Silver Schwartz captured a photo of Schule taking a ride — in a dress, no doubt! — on a pink beach cruiser donation from Ryder Bikes, we had to make sure everyone saw it! If you have a fantastic prize to donate to the Key to the Cure Kickoff Party Oct. 18, call 917-1286. Tickets are $65.

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27th annual Freedom Awards Dinner Benefiting: Sarasota County Branch NAACP When: 6 p.m. Where: Hyatt Regency Contact: Cynthia Howard, 7244205 or cshoward1@verizon. net Price: $85

Flip Flops and Fashion Luncheon Benefiting: Children First When: 11:30 a.m. Where: Sharky’s on the Pier Contact: 953,5507, Ext. 124 Price: $65

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Y Angels Holiday Fashion Show & Luncheon Benefiting: YMCA Foundation of Sarasota When: 10:30 a.m. holiday market; 11:30 a.m. lunch and show Where: Michael’s On East Contact: Karin Gustafson, 951-1336 Price: $100

Let Petit Marche Benefiting: Temple Beth Sholom Schools When: 9:30 a.m. Where: Michael’s On East Contact: 954-2027 Price: $40

Key to the Cure Kickoff Party Benefiting: Women’s Cancer Care Programs at Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System When: 6 p.m. Where: Saks Fifth Avenue Contact: 9171286 Price: $65

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