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+ Change of watch The Sarasota Power and Sail Squadron swore in its new commander, Bill Andersen, at a Change of Watch ceremony Friday, Jan. 11, at Marina Jack.

During the ceremony, each past commander, in order of oldest to newest, passes the commander’s flag down to the incoming commander.

This year’s ceremony included eight commanders, past and present.

+ Police thank volunteers The Sarasota Police Department recently recognized the service of its 73 citizen volunteers. In the past year, the volunteers have donated 13,638 hours of work to the city. The volunteers were recognized at an awards dinner that City Manager Tom Barwin, Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown, Vice Mayor Willie Shaw, Commissioner Paul Caragiulo, then-Acting Chief Paul Sutton, Police Chief Bernadette DiPino, Capt.

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by Roger Drouin | City Editor

Commissioner Paul Caragiulo’s style is to study a topic and take a stand.

His latest fight? The noise ordinance.

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hen Commissioner Paul Caragiulo first took on the issue of amplified sound in downtown a year ago, he knew it would be controversial.

But he didn’t know it would become a complex topic and that he’d spend hours studying other cities’ • Downtown sound codes and ordinance/entertainment district research• Increasing the city’s ing Supreme Court cases tax base as he tried • More affordable to find midapartments for prodle ground fessionals for an ordi• Elected mayor pronance that posal would work • Studying the feasiin downtown bility of a downtown Sarasota. streetcar In the past, both sides of the debate have become so entrenched that the topic of noise has become a contentious discussion ignored by recent elected officials.

But the 48-year-old restaurateur, who was elected to the City Commission in 2011 waded into the issue, holding recent public — and sometimes rowdy — workshops. He drafted a compromise agreement that would allow amplified music downtown, albeit a short-lived compromise. Caragiulo has even spent time with a Sarasota police officer while she measured decibel levels.

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“He is willing to work with conflict, as opposed to pushing it down,” said Diana Hamilton, a downtown advocate.

Caragiulo’s style is to study a topic and take a stand. Caragiulo’s work with the sound ordinance shows his leadership approach.

The commissioner who has advocated vocally for a strong-mayor proposal has become a kind of “strong commissioner.”

“You can call him a strong commissioner,” said Hamilton, who ran for a separate district seat in 2011 when Caragiulo ran for office. “I would say he is trying to influence the future.”

Caragiulo wouldn’t call himself that. But he feels comfortable with one aspect of the label.

“I don’t do anything behind closed doors,” Caragiulo said.

“I don’t see myself as a strong commissioner — as a commissioner having any extra authority. But, I do feel free to express my mind. I don’t look at this job as just a way to have a name tag and stand up at

‘He is willing to work with conflict, as opposed to pushing it down.’

— Diana Hamilton, a downtown advocate

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In 1990, Caragiulo moved with his family from East Rockaway, N.Y., to Sarasota, when his father and four brothers started Caragiulos Italian Restaurant.

Caragiulo recalls how six years later he moved to a 400-square-foot apartment on the fourth floor of the Orange Blossom building, at Main and Palm Avenues, near the restaurant.

He was 23, living on his own for the first time and paying less than $500 a month for a place with a view of Main Street. He was working long hours at the restaurant and living off patty melts and burgers at The Sports Page. He recalls Kanega, a café on Main Street, with its Greenwich Village feel, and the bars with live music. He never drove anywhere, except to golf.

Although Caragiulo didn’t get involved in local politics until 2006, when he joined the

city’s Civil Service Board, his vision for his city began taking shape when he lived in that tiny apartment.

One of the top issues for Caragiulo during the remainder of his term is to find ways to promote affordable units that will give young professionals and artists the same opportunity he had to live downtown. That might mean looking at density caps and allowing developers to build more units on certain parcels of land.

“We need 10 of those,” Caragiulo said about the Orange Blossom building in the ’90s.

Kerry Kirschner, former mayor and executive director of the Argus Foundation, said Caragiulo’s stance on issues and his votes at the commission dais are shaped by his vision for downtown.

“If you can label him, Paul is the downtown commissioner,” Kirschner said. “His focus is on making downtown work.”

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Caragiulo is the type of leader who has a clear view of what he wants to see happen in the city, the kind of elected official who seems to have become rare, Colburn said.

“Paul is a doer,” said Colburn, who talks to the commissioner several times a week.

“In this town, the doers are mostly independent.”

Although Caragiulo acknowledges when he is wrong, he is not willing to bend just because of political persuasion, Colburn said. He isn’t afraid to take on controversial issues. He doesn’t abide by the agenda of powerful neighborhood groups just to get votes.

“I don’t think Paul is a blow-in-the-wind politician,” said Kirschner. “He is willing to stand alone.”

Coming from an entrepreneurial family, “Paul is very business-orientated,” Kirschner said.

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Paul Caragiulo is known for taking a stand on issues he believes are best for downtown.

Kirschner said he thinks, in some ways, Terry Turner is also a strong, issues-orientated commissioner — although the issues are different.

“You have to give (Caragiulo and Turner) credit,” Kirschner said. “If there is not immediate consensus, they work tirelessly to get them through.”

Colburn said another strong-stance commissioner was former Commissioner Ken Shelin.

Shelin accomplished a lot for downtown, Colburn said. But he wasn’t popular among fellow commissioners and neighborhood leaders and was skipped over for the ceremonial mayor spot. Shelin was voted out of his City Commission at-large seat in 2009.

“Paul might get skipped over,” Colburn said. “But I’m not sure he wants to be mayor. It’s a phony thing.”

Caragiulo has been a proponent of an elected-mayor form of government in Sarasota. The most recent proposal in August for an elected mayor failed on the argument that the proposal would create too powerful a leader.

The issue, he says, will come up again.

A new proposal would model partly after the “strong mayor” form of governance approved by voters in 2009, in Pensacola.

Indian Beach resident Mel Harner was a backer of the elected-mayor proposal that failed in August. He was disappointed when Caragiulo voted, as part of an unanimous City Commission vote, against an appeal of a Goodwill on the North Trail that a group of residents felt was not compatible with the neighborhood.

But Harner said he still thinks Caragiulo is doing a good job focusing on the city’s financial health.

Harner said despite their differences on the Goodwill case, he will continue to support Caragiulo’s efforts with the elected mayor — a change he said would bring vision and accountability to the city.

“He is very determined when he gets into something,” Harner said about Caragiulo, “like a dog with a bone. That’s a compliment.”

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Tiger Bay and have everyone wave at me. I take this job very seriously.”

Shortly after being elected, Caragiulo fought what he called “poorly implemented” parking meters on Main Street.

He eventually convinced two other commissioners to vote with him to remove the meters. Often, though, on the tough issues, Caragiulo is alone.

He continues to support a “strong” elected-mayor proposal that has been turned down by voters four times, in 1996, 2002, 2006 and 2009.

He was the single no vote against a Walmart appeal that was broadly backed by neighborhood groups.

Despite being on the losing side of votes, the commissioner has championed his vision for downtown.

“I’m not different because I want to be contrarian,” Caragiulo said. “I’m just in a different place. I didn’t come here to retire or relax.”

His supporters say Caragiulo is taking on the topics that matter to his downtown district and the city’s economic health.

Kirschner said Caragiulo wants downtown to be a place where people, live, work and shop — a place with more residential and an active business community downtown.

Caragiulo, who now lives with his wife, Nikki, and his two daughters Sophie, 6, and Caroline, 4, in the Granada neighborhood, still works a full shift one day a week in the family restaurant, on Palm Avenue.

The bulk of his time, however, is spent as a commissioner. Most of the time he is on the phone. He has a list of more than 20 people whom he calls regularly — ranging from development lawyer Casey Colburn to Indian Beach/Sapphire Shores Neighborhood President Vald Svekis. He works until he is “exhausted,” and his wife often has to persuade him to try not to bother people on the weekends.

Caragiulo has spent hours every week on the sound ordinance for nearly the past year.

Although, many commissioners would want to step back from the debate and form a committee, Caragiulo is taking it head-on and hearing both sides, Hamilton said.

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by Roger Drouin | City Editor

Downtown attracts high-end retail Renovate it and they will come. A pair of new stores signals a shift to a new kind of retail.

Penzeys Spices was a busy place on an unseasonably warm and sunny Friday, with about a dozen shoppers mulling the shelves of spices.

It’s the type of place in which culinary enthusiasts take their time.

“It’s a nice little shop,” said Aron Lamerson, a Lakewood Ranch resident who enjoys shopping in downtown Sarasota with his friend Amber McCoig.

“It’s really nice. We are foodies.

We try to hit it up when we can,” Lamerson said.

Lamerson said he would like it if there were more of these kinds of shops on Main Street.

The spice store, a national chain, tapped the space at 1516 Main St. after the unit owner completed extensive renovations in the space Freaky Tiki Surf Shack occupied until 2007.

Penzeys opened in August 2011.

The owner “opened up” the space, re-doing the ceiling and exposing wood walls, said longtime commercial realestate broker John Harshman.

Harshman was the leasing agent who brought in Penzeys.

Less than a block away, just off Main Street on Lemon Avenue, Reasons Shoes is another highend retail store that has moved into a renovated storefront downtown.

The two new stores signal a shift that has been under way during the past two years, said Harshman. Even as some stores close — such as European Focus, Sarasota Hardware and Super Value Vitamins — new retailers are coming to Main Street.

And more and more prospective higher-end retailers are checking out storefront space.

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Leonore Morris, co-owner of Reasons Shoes, has seen a younger customer base since she and her husband moved the store to Main Street.

“Each new retailer that comes downtown opens the door for another,” Harshman said.

Harshman said Reasons Shoes’ move to the mainland was a “tremendous confidence booster for downtown” retail.

The November 2012 opening of Evelyn & Arthur, at 1480 Main St., was another “great addition” downtown, said Harshman, who was the leasing agent for that commercial space, as well.

But the retailers eyeing downtown commercial space are selective. They want renovated or new space, such as the storefront at 20 N. Lemon Ave., where Reasons Shoes moved.

“They know what they want,” Harshman said of the retailers.

“They know what they need to make their businesses successful.”

George Morris, co-owner of the store that specializes in imported shoes, first scouted the space on Lemon Avenue seven years ago. Charles “Butch” Isaac, president of Isaac Group Holdings LLC, which owns the building, told Morris at the time that the space “was for Reasons Shoes.” Isaac persisted in trying to land Reasons Shoes as a tenant.

Reasons Shoes moved from St. Armands Circle Oct. 1, 2012, after realizing that downtown was becoming a more vibrant area for retail. Overall sales have been up since Morris and his

wife, Leonore, moved the store downtown. And the store is seeing a younger customer base, with about 20% to 25% more Sarasota shoppers — as opposed to tourists, Leonore Morris said.

The couple likes their new retail location.

“Downtown has gotten more and more vibrant,” George Morris said.

But, for George Morris, the best part of the move is the character of 20 N. Lemon Ave. They hired a contractor to put the finishing touches on the space, which was a cement and concrete shell before their buildout. The goal was to have an open, sunny atmosphere.

“It’s almost like being outside,”

George Morris said.

It took three months to complete the interior space, with white walls, large high windows and a ceiling painted navy to draw attention to the open, 38-foot high ceiling.

George Morris predicts more new retailers will move in nearby.

“We are going to see a considerable rollover of new kinds of stores on Main Street in the next three or four years,” he said.

Since 2009, other retailers, such as Optional Art, have also made the move from St. Armands to downtown.

Harshman attributes the recent retail influx to several factors. It started back in 2000 with a resurgence of interest in downtown residential redevelopment across the country. Then, property owners such as Isaac Group Holdings, which is also developing the delayed Pineapple Square mixed-use project, began renovating commercial space. As more and more retailers moved downtown, including the handful of new stores in 2009, other retailers, including chains and independent stores such as Reasons Shoes, felt more comfortable making the move.

“It is so encouraging to see these changes in the heart of our downtown in the middle of a recession,” Harshman said about the stores that have opened since 2012.

by Mallory Gnaegy | A&E Editor

The shows will go on at the Golden Apple Three new partners, with ties to the theater-producing Nederlander family that operates 20 venues nationally, bring the historic Sarasota theater into the present.

Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office deputies changed the locks at Golden Apple Dinner Theatre.

Former theater owners, the Turoffs, were evicted from 25 N. Pineapple Ave. after years of financial struggle. But, with the new year came a new name — and three new partners who now own the keys to “Golden Apple Celebrity Theatre.”

In December, it was announced that the historic dinner-theater’s doors would re-open Jan. 1 as the Golden Apple Celebrity Theatre, for the production of “Viagra Falls” — thanks to new owners Stanley Browne, John Finocchio and Robert Nederlander Jr. The three theater-producing veterans are working closely with Robert Turoff, who has taken on the role of operator/general manager.

When Browne and Finocchio first spoke with Turoff, a few months before the eviction, the conversation was to close a deal to bring “Viagra Falls” to the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre.

“We had no idea the theater

needed saving until the last minute, when we were called and they told us (they) had a lockout and were in over (their) heads,” Browne said from his New York City home.

Browne and Finocchio both live part-time in Sarasota and were the original presenters of the Off-Broadway production of “Viagra Falls.”

The Nederlander name is tied to a successful theater-dynasty family that operates nine Broadway theaters and about 20 other venues around the country. But the Golden Apple is not a Nederlander family project; it’s a collaboration among Browne, Nederlander and Finocchio.

Robert Nederlander Jr. is founder and President/CEO of Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment that operates productions across the nation and in China. For the past 12 years, Browne and Nederlander Jr. have produced, partnered and sponsored Broadway and OffBroadway productions.

Eight years ago, Nederlander

Jr. and Browne began taking steps to open a Broadway theater in Sarasota, but two potential deals collapsed: one with The Players Theatre and another with the failed The Proscenium realestate project, which included a performing-arts center. They put their theater plans on the back burner.

Although, taking over the Golden Apple wasn’t what the two men had in mind when they made a deal for “Viagra Falls.”

However, buying into the theater would work as a platform for their play, as a way to save a Sarasota cultural landmark and an opportunity to open the kind of theater Browne and Nederlander had envisioned eight years ago.

Browne plans to keep the doors open for the newly named Golden Apple Celebrity Theatre by way of a half-dozen new shows, cabaret programming, international entertainers and minor cosmetic updates.

“We’re not going to have an off season,” Browne explains. “We’re

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Three new owners opted for a new name and a fresh start for the Golden Apple Celebrity Theatre. going to be the place to come for quality theatrical entertainment, as well as cabaret, 12 months a year.”

The cabaret night will be based on piano bars, such as Don’t Tell Mama, in New York City, and will start at the end of January. There are also plans for a to-be-announced show before February.

Browne explained that the new Golden Apple Celebrity Theatre will act as a “farm team for Broadway.”

“(It) will be a place for artists and authors to express themselves, have an audience and see if (their production) will ring,” he says.

Browne believes Sarasota is a community conducive to the shows that could potentially be seen on Broadway because of how supportive it is of the arts.

“Sarasota’s character has always been that of an art population, which makes it clear why we wanted to open up a theater in the first place,” Browne says.

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+ A half dozen qualify for city election Six candidates will vie for two atlarge City Commission seats in the upcoming March election.

The qualifying period ended at noon Tuesday, Jan. 15. The following political contenders will appear on the ballot: • Suzanne Atwell, incumbent • Susan Chapman • Richard Dorfman • Linda Holland • Kelvin Lumpkin • Pete Theisen The City Commission election will take place Tuesday, March 12. Early voting will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 2 to Saturday, March 9, at the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections office, 101 S. Washington Blvd.

+ Contractor chosen for State Street garage

Sarasota city officials have chosen an engineering/construction firm for the State Street parking garage project slated for completion in 2015.

Over the next few weeks, city officials and Bradenton-based A.D Morgan will negotiate a contract for the $7.29 million project.

A.D. Morgan was tapped last month out of a list of eight firms vying to build the project.

In addition to providing parking one block from mid-Main Street, the project could also add retail space or residential units. Other possible options discussed include a top-deck pavilion roof with solar panels and a public park, and an open air-type farmers market on the first floor of the structure.

Once a contract is signed, A.D. Morgan planners will hold several public workshops to elicit input and

Meetings agendas

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 Regular City Commission meeting — 2:30 and 6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 22, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota.

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+ Bird Key sidewalk closed for maintenance A section of sidewalk on the John Ringling Causeway will be closed through January for a Florida Department of Transportation project to make minor maintenance repairs to the John Ringling Bridge.

From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, a portion of the sidewalk near Bird Key Park will be on closed to pedestrians.

The closed stretch of sidewalk will be used as a staging area for trucks and equipment parking, according to an FDOT representative. The sidewalk will be open for use after 5 p.m. daily and on the weekends. According to an email update from FDOT representative Albert Rosenstein crews are expected to complete the maintenance project by the beginning of February.

+ Estuary Program seeks committee members The Sarasota Bay Estuary Program (SBEP) is seeking new members to serve on the Citizens Advisory Committee. The committee provides citizen input and helps promote the SBEP mission and programs with the public.

Interested candidates can download an application at sarasotabay.org.

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Observer publication What’s the digital Deali-O? changes its name names tied to the “Gulf Coast.”

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Rosemary welcomes fresh faces Man arrested for Lido Key burglary Sarasota police arrested Francis Gerry Monday morning, after he allegedly burglarized a time-share unit. He is a suspect in a string of similar incidents.

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Blue Rooster co-owners Devin Rutkowski and Bill Cornelius describe the new establishment as a live-music venue and restaurant.

The men hope the venue will encourage downtown regulars to walk across Fruitville to the Rosemary District, which they’d like to see continue to flourish with new businesses.

“This area, between Orange and Central, has the most available vacant land in Sarasota,” says Rutkowski. “Hopefully, other like-minded people will see what we’re doing and will want to do something, as well. There’s so much opportunity here.”

Other business owners see an opportunity for expansion in the area and are taking advantage of the available real estate.

Christophe Coutelle, and his wife, Geraldine, who own C’est la Vie on Main Street, are in the process of opening a new French café and bakery on Fifth Street, called Lolita Tartine.

The café is scheduled to open in March, in the space previous-

ly occupied by the Sarasota Olive Oil Company. Coutelle says he wants the café to be a popular for locals to socialize and relax outdoors.

The owner of the building approached the couple about renting the space for their new business, and Coutelle says he was attracted to the location.

“I love the Rosemary District,” he says. “I really want to see that area become more alive. It deserves to be well-known.”

Coutelle hopes to mirror the success of C’est la Vie with Lolita Tartine, where he can appeal to the area’s artists and architects and help the district flourish.

“Before 2008, Rosemary was coming along very nicely, but then things kind of fell apart,” says Coutelle. “There are a lot of people who really believe in it, and I want to help bring it back to life.”

Sarasota police believe a man arrested Monday on a charge of burglary of an occupied dwelling is responsible for a string of similar incidents on Benjamin Franklin Drive, on Lido Key. Police arrested Francis Gerry, 59, after the occupants of a time-share unit at the Lime Tree Resort awoke around 4:30 a.m. and allegedly found a man in their room, according to a news release. The victims told police that the man claimed to be in the wrong room and quickly left.

The victims decided to take a short walk on the beach and returned to find the same man pacing in front of the room. The man left the area after one of the victims called police.

Police already had the area under surveillance as the result of a string of approximately five similar burglaries in motels and time-share resorts. The burglaries occurred since December and January on Ben Franklin Drive, according to Sarasota Police Capt. Paul Sutton.

The incidents occurred while victims were sleeping. The victims woke up to discover items, primarily cash and jewelry, were missing.

Det. Maria Llovio had provided officers with information about Gerry, a felon with 10 prior burglary arrests in Florida, three of which took place on Ben Franklin

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“It’s something he’s been doing for a long time,” Sutton said.

Officers Sean Gleason and Patrick Comac began tracking the area with Gleason’s canine.

Officer Dominic Harris spotted Gerry, who matched the suspect’s description, entering a taxi at the Lido Beach Resort.

The victims later identified Gerry as the burglary suspect.

Police arrested Gerry on a single charge of burglary of an occupied dwelling.

The Florida Department of Corrections website, dc.state. fl.us, states that Gerry was released from prison in October.

He remained in the Sarasota County Jail Wednesday in lieu of $15,000 bail, according to jail records. His arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 8.

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Co-owners Devin Rutkowski and Bill Cornelius describe their venture as a live-music venue and restaurant, and they take pride in the authenticity of both its food and live music.

The restaurant puts its spin on traditional Southern comfort foods, including its signature entrée, chicken and waffles. The venue boasts 24-foot ceilings, a mixing board, house speakers, stage monitors, a sound technician and, according to Cornelius, the best live music in town.

After scouting the Sarasota music scene for the last three years, Cornelius is confident that the venue will satisfy the town’s music-lovers by hosting some of the area’s best blues, bluegrass and roots musicians.

“I think people are hungry for something like this,” he says.

The Blue Rooster is located next to Darwin’s on Fourth Street, and both men say the Rosemary District offered an ideal location to bolster local talent.

“A lot of good musicians have to travel out of town to find a good venue,” says Cornelius.

“But, we’re both downtown guys. We want to build up and support downtown. It’s just a tiptoe across Fruitville.”

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Riverview IB students help earthquake victims in Italy Community service may be a requirement for International Baccalaureate students at Riverview High School, but one group of current high school seniors has set its sights on a more global reach.

Cristina Chiodi first thought to donate money to the victims of the Emilia Romagna, Italy, earthquake which took place May 20. She has family who lives in the area. At the end of June, Chiodi started to recruit fellow IB students to help organize a 5K and 1-mile run to raise money for the victims.

A core group of 20 IB students has been working on the project since then. The 5K and 1-mile fun run will take place Saturday, Jan.

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ect that fit with the internationalminded mission of the IB program.

They made connections with Italian non-profit organizations and local Italian governments, as well as the Italian Red Cross. They received a positive response from local businesses and the community. They even received words of thanks from the Italian victims on the group’s Facebook page.

“Knowing that we were making an actual difference would always help me continue working,” said Riverview student Alexis Boenker.

“It would always help me to think that only an hour out of my day is helping someone.”

Some days, students spent more than one hour walking door-

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In the long run, it taught them a valuable lesson.

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Smoking on the beach Ask any non-smoker if he or she would favor banning smoking on Sarasota’s beaches, or anywhere for that matter, and, of course, he likely would say yes.

In fact, it’s probably safe to say it would be difficult to find any non-smoker who likes to sit in the draft of cigarette smoke. It stinks. And we now know it’s not healthy.

So ban it. Don’t make the many (nonsmokers) suffer because of the few (smokers).

Well, not so fast. As Sarasota County commissioners found out recently, those crafty state lawmakers — who love power as much as they do in Washington — wrote legislation that gave them control of all smoking laws. Even though the best government is the government closest to you, the Tallahassee solons don’t see it that way.

As such, Sarasota County commissioners are unable to ban smoking on county beaches or on the county’s ball diamonds.

Understandably, county commissioners are frustrated. Who is Tallahassee to be telling them how to run our lives?

So now the commissioners know how we feel having Washington, Tallahassee, the County Commission and the City Commission telling us how to run our lives.

In truth, this doesn’t seem to be that big of a dilemma. There are options.

Do what the airports do: Perhaps erect glass-enclosed smoking rooms where the smokers can go inhale each other’s puffs all they want. At the least, do what already is done: designate clearly marked smoking areas at the beach and in the parks. Surely state laws don’t prohibit local jurisdictions from imposing fines for butt littering.

Our personal freedoms are eroding enough as it is. Banning smoking at the beach isn’t the answer; controlling it rationally is.

+ Debt ceiling: You lose again

The president lectured House Republicans again Monday, scolding them not to cause a federal government shutdown and the stopping of government checks by not voting to raise the nation’s borrowing limit.

As Peggy Noonan has pointed out, that is what he is all about — strife and drama.

Let the circus begin!

It’ll be exasperating once again to endure more fiscal cliff-like melodrama for the next two weeks. And for what? We already know the outcome.

Indeed, there is no reason in the world, none whatsoever, to think that the ObamaRepublican House-debt ceiling talks will result in anything other than a higher debt limit; increased borrowing and a greater burden on your grandchildren.

It has always been thus. And it will never change.

In his book, “The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America,” Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., explains why Congress will never cut spending: “Careerism, not ideological commitments, is the cause of our impasse today.

Both sides are preoccupied with the acquisition and maintenance of power more than reducing our debt and averting an economic catastrophe.

“If Washington politicians valued fiscal responsibility more than getting re-elected, we would see fiscally responsible behavior.

Our crushing debt burden … is proof that Washington politicians value re-election above all else.”

Coburn goes on: “The whole point of the Constitution was not to protect any particular branch of government per se, but the rights and liberties of individual Americans.

“If government grew beyond the scope of the Constitution, freedom would be limited by the burden of debt and regulation, which is exactly what we see today.”

Unfortunately, our petulant president and the majority of those who occupy the seats of the U.S. House and Senate — Republicans included! — fail to heed the advice of two of the smartest Americans ever: Thomas Jefferson: “A wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.”

James Madison: “There are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation.”

To the wisdom of Jefferson and Madison, you can add this: By virtue of Obama and Congress continuing their spending, and with the Federal Reserve Bank acting as their accomplice by printing ever increasing amounts of dollars, they are all vicious looters destroying your wealth.

Economic analyst William Buckler explains this thievery well in a recent edition of his Privateer letter: When the federal government borrows, it pays its creditor with a U.S. note that says it promises to pay. How is that promise to pay honored? By the government issuing more new promises to pay in the future.

And what is the collateral that assures the holder of the U.S. note will be repaid? “The full faith and credit” of the nation. Which means the laws Washington has written, giving the federal government a first-claim on the wealth of U.S. citizens.

“What is the end result?” Buckler asked.

“A monetary system which destroys wealth in order to function.”

OBAMA, TAKE NOTE “I have never understood why it is greed to keep the money you have earned but not greed to take someone else’s money.”

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+ Gun control

If it weren’t for the tragedy of the killings, it would be almost comical to take a bird’s view of what happens in Washington in the wake of any and everything.

They simply cannot resist: Something must be done! We need more laws! We must take action, so say the powerful in Washington, to prevent humans from acting like humans!

If you can, read the president’s 23 executive orders, apparently designed to help stop future Newtowns. The only conclusion you can reach: Big whoop. More paper shuffling and bureaucratic red tape for little benefit.

President Obama wants Congress to ban rapid-fire weapons. At the cost of whose safety? The bad guys will get the guns; they always do.

Here’s what’s puzzling: Yes, 22 dead in Newtown is a horror; so is the slaughtering of 12 in Aurora, Colo.

Now, contrast that with this: In 2011, 32,367 Americans died in auto accidents, 10,033 of those deaths involved alcohol-impaired drivers.

That’s 1,000 times more killed in cars than in Newtown and Aurora.

And yet, where are the president and Congress on banning automobiles and alcohol?

There are no easy answers. There is, however, a simple one: starting with the teaching of moral values and behavior, beginning at birth, in every home. What’s right and wrong. It’s a simple answer; extraordinarily difficult to enact.

Meantime, amid all of the gun hubbub in Washington, we would urge you to track down the commentary of “Topshot,” a Marine Corps Vietnam Veteran, who wrote on the subject of gun control at www.rebuildingfreedom.org. Here’s an excerpt: “… the countries with the highest homicide rates have gun bans, says researcher John R. Lott Jr. The three worst public shootings in the past year all occurred in Europe, which has enacted everything American gun-control proponents favor …

“Guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens is a constitutional right guaranteed … in the Second Amendment, and it is the duty of every citizen to see that ALL of the Constitution is enforced by the government entrusted by the people to do just that. ” If only they recognized they worked for us, not the other way around.

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Burns Court merchants group takes up a cause The business disruption from the 10-day street closure during the Chalk Festival was the main impetus for forming the group.

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The newly-formed Burns Court Neighborhood Association's board members include Marnie Matarese, secretary, and Andrew Marcus, treasurer.

Eleven members attended the first meeting. BCNA officers include: President LeeAnne Swor, owner of L. Boutique; Vice President William J. Fuller, attorney with an office in Burns Court; Secretary Marnie Matarese, broker associate with J Wood Realty; and Marcus, treasurer.

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The 10-day street closure during the Chalk Festival was the main impetus for forming the group.

“The street closures that came with that (event) were a big issue for us,” Marcus said.

Many of the merchants and property owners now involved

in BCNA have already met with City Manager Tom Barwin to talk about ways to prevent such a lengthy impact on local businesses during the event next year.

“Many of the merchants at that meeting were upset” about the effects of the festival, Marcus said.

Marcus has been a Burns Court property owner since 1998.

“It’s not Main Street but it’s close,” he said. “It’s a unique area.”

Another top issue for the neighborhood association will be lobbying for improvements.

“We will certainly look at ways to improve the area, capital improvements and funding,” Marcus said.

Matarese said, the real-estate firm of J Wood opened in Burns Square two years ago because of the location.

“We feel it is a special district of its own,” Matarese said. “We just feel we don’t have an association of our own. I understand we did have one, but it just kind of fell by the wayside.”

Matarese said, at the first association meeting, she met a handful of merchants and business leaders from the area whom she had not known.

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“We want to be a good communication vehicle.”

To help foster that communication, one of the first items of business is building an email database of association members.

“The next time the city says it will close Dolphin for a sewer repair we can let everyone know and ask how it will impact them,” Matarese said.

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For Burns Square property owner Andrew Marcus, it has seemed like one disruption after another.

Last year, Pineapple Avenue was closed twice for construction projects, including a sevenmonth project to build a new roundabout that started in the middle of high tourist season.

Then, in November, there was the 10-day street closure for the Sarasota Chalk Festival that took up valuable parking spaces and blocked off the quaint shopping and restaurant district’s main street.

Marcus and other property owners and merchants went to City Hall to lobby their complaints, but they soon realized they would be able to get more traction if they were part of an organized association.

Thus, the idea for the Burns Court Neighborhood Association was born.

The BCNA held its first meeting Thursday, Jan. 10. It is a neighborhood business group comprised of mostly restaurant owners, property managers and storeowners. But one resident has attended a meeting, and residents are welcome.

“We’re looking forward to getting the word out and getting more people involved,” said Marcus, who owns a vacant parcel on Dolphin Lane and is also a property manager at Montgomery Management Co.

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+ Former assistant superintendent faulted for Manatee school deficit

+ Colony foreclosure stalled

+ Sarasota County may tweak food truck policy

Investigators from the global consulting firm Navigant, hired by the Manatee County School Board in October to conduct an audit of the district’s finances, said former superintendent Tim McGonegal, who resigned in September, when the deficit was announced, had no knowledge of errors in budgeting until July 2012.

Instead, auditors blamed former Assistant Superintendent Jim Drake for the Manatee County School Board’s 2011-12 $3.4 million budget deficit, but faulted him for incompetence — not criminal or illegal activity.

Albert Robinson of Navigant, said Drake, who oversaw the district’s finances until he retired this past February, was responsible for the budget as its direct manager.

Robinson said Drake installed a flawed computing process to replace a reliable but cumbersome method — which had been in place for 10 years — that tracked employee compensation and benefits.

The flawed process resulted in the district failing to properly budget for employee benefits, teacher salaries and recurrent programs.

It produced errors in 17 of 18 schools the auditors tested.

The report, compiled from over 30 interviews — including ones with Drake and McGonegal — hundreds of budget entries, financial statements and emails, found a lack of a “lack of proper management support, oversight and leadership in the budget process.”

Longtime Colony Beach & Tennis Resort owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber placed three of his Colonyowned companies into Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, stalling a Colony Lender LLC foreclosure hearing that was originally slated to be heard Monday Jan. 14, in a Sarasota Clerk of the Court courtroom.

Resort Management Inc., Colony Inc. and Colony Beach & Tennis Inc. were placed into bankruptcy Friday Jan. 11.

The companies represent collateral on a $13 million debt owed to Colony Lender principals David Siegal and Randy Langley.

Siegal said he is preparing an application for the Tampa-based U.S. Middle District Court of Florida Bankruptcy Court to revert the Chapter 11 filing to a Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy.

If successful, Siegal said the conversion to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy could get Colony Lender’s Sarasota foreclosure back on track in a Sarasota courtroom by March.

Klauber declined comment and said he’s focusing more on getting the Colony back on track, rather than dealing with a foreclosure hearing.

The Colony Association, meanwhile, is watching the Colony Lender foreclosure closely because it’s anticipated a foreclosure could speed up a settlement.

Currently, the pending foreclosure doesn’t allow Klauber to deliver clear titles to any properties that sit in the middle of the resort as part of any proposed settlement because of the foreclosure proceedings.

Food trucks could have more freedom in Sarasota County, if county commissioners adopt changes to current street vendor regulations that are under staff review.

In December, local food-truck owner Eric Barfield challenged the fairness of restrictions on mobile food vendors, which include confinement to fewer zoning districts than restaurants and a 10-foot-by-20-foot size limitation.

Sarasota County Planning and Development Services Director Tom Polk in a Jan. 3 email to Commissioner Christine Robinson said staff determined language in the code regulating street vendors needed clarification, and Commissioner Nora Patterson requested a board discussion this month.

+ Firm to launch Siesta transportation service Two local entrepreneurs expect Siesta Shuttle Transportation to begin service from Westfield Southgate Mall to Siesta Key by Jan. 28 The shuttle will make round trips from Siesta Village and Siesta Key public beach every hour from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week. It will cost $5 for a round trip and children under 12 ride free, according to owners David Krbec and Patrick Green.

Siesta Shuttle owns one 40-foot Gillig Phantom bus, which offers on its rear 260 square feet of advertising space.

The firm Jan. 7 launched an eBay auction for six months of the ad space. Local companies and non-profit organizations made more than 20 bids ending with the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee’s $3,100 bid.

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Cops Jan. 4 NAP TIME 12:01 a.m. — 400 block Benjamin Franklin Drive. Burglary of a Vehicle.

A local resident returned from a trip to Indiana. He carried a bundle of clothes from his vehicle into his residence, and he left his vehicle unlocked because he planned to immediately return to finish unloading. He went inside to lie down and fell asleep. When he awoke, he went outside and found that someone had taken his iPhone, worth about $400, from his car. The resident told police officers he waited to report the crime because he wanted to call the insurance company. Because of the delay in reporting the burglary, the officer was unable to check for fingerprints.

BMX BANDITS 9 a.m. — 100 block Cocoanut Avenue. Criminal Mischief. An officer met with a resident who said that 12 to 14 unknown teenagers riding BMX-style bikes left black tire marks on the south side of the building.

According to the resident, it was the third time that had happened. The group of BMX bikers also moved the cement parking barriers to get access to the wall.

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Jan. 8 MR. CAN MAN 9 a.m. — 800 block Pompano Avenue. Burglary of a Structure. An officer responded to a burglary of a shed. The homeowner thought someone who lives nearby broke into the shed and stole four to five large bags of aluminum cans.

The neighbor said he took the cans because he thought the homeowner didn’t need them.

email from her creditcard company advising her of possible fraudulent activity on her card involving a $920 purchase at an electronics store. The homeowner went out to her car, where she keeps a credit card for emergency purposes, and she found that it was missing. The card was left in the cup holder. The contents of a bag were also removed and strewn about the backseat. An officer went to the electronics store and found out that the person who used the stolen credit card purchased two iPad minis. No further action was taken.

WALK SHOCK 4 p.m. — Marina Plaza. Burglary of a Vehicle. A resident parked her car before she walked across the Ringling Bridge, and when she returned one hour later, she found that someone had broken the front passenger-side

window. The thief stole a duffle bag and a purse that had been sitting on the passenger seat. The purse contained $860 cash and multiple credit cards and identification cards. Black pants, a red shirt, red shoes, a Samsung tablet, a cell phone and a bracelet were also stolen.

Jan. 8 A FEW TOO MANY 1 a.m. — 1400 block Main Street.

Theft. Bar employees called police about an intoxicated man who refused to leave. An officer contacted the man who was struggling to stand on his own. He was heavily intoxicated, slurring his words and drooling.

The officer transported the man to the hospital for treatment.

WHAT A HEADACHE 8 a.m. — 800 block Benjamin Franklin Drive. Lost Property. A tourist lost her wallet while she was on vacation. She realized the wallet was missing when she tried to make a purchase at a pharmacy.

YOU’LL PAY FOR THAT 6:58 p.m. — 1300 block Main Street. Petit Theft. A bar patron left a bar without paying his tab. The same patron, described as 6 feet tall, 190 pounds, with spiked hair, has done so before. Based on the description given, the officer was able to find the suspect in the MUGS computer system.

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THURSDAY, JAN. 17 Cocktails at Cà d’Zan, Ringling Museum — takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Cà d’Zan, Ringling Museum, 5401 Bay Shore Road. This event takes place the third Thursday of each month. Live music provided by Kettle of Fish. Cash bar and food available. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for kids. Call 359-5700.

Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce After Hours Business Card Exchange — takes place 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Gilligan’s Island Bar and Grill, 5253 Ocean Blvd. Tickets can be purchased $5 for members and $10 for non members.

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FRIDAY, JAN. 18 Authentic Florida Meets Real Florida — takes place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Girl Scout Event Conference Center, 4740 Cattlemen Road. This event, featuring Jack Perkins, Clyde Butcher and Jeff Klinkenberg, is a fundraiser for scrub-jay habitat restoration at Oscar Scherer State Park. Cost is $30 for presentation. Box lunch with speakers is an additional $40.

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St. Michael’s Community Barbecue — takes place at 5 p.m. at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, 5394 Midnight Pass Road. The Women’s Guild will host this barbecue, featuring Kansas pulled pork, baked beans, baked potatoes and ice cream. Tickets can be purchased at the parish office before Tuesday Jan. 15.

Cost is $12 for adults and $8 for children under 12. Call 3494174.

Paul Todd Jr. Concert — takes place at 7 p.m. at St. Thomas More Catholic Church Chelsea Center, 2506 Gulf Gate Drive, Sarasota. Paul Todd Jr. performs the Great American Songbook with his father Paul Todd, who accompanies him on the keyboard. They play varied music from show tunes to pop to spiritual. Tickets sold at Parish office between 8:30 a.m. to

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10th Annual New Balance Ringling Bridge Run — takes place at 7:30 a.m. at the Ringling Bridge. This annual run features a four-mile road race across the Ringling Bridge, as well as a one-mile fun run, which begins at 8:30 a.m., and a post-race family festival. Cost is $30 for adults, $20 for runners ages 18 and younger and $70 for family registration.

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SATURDAY, JAN. 19 NRA First Steps Pistol Course — takes place from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the AmericInn Hotel Conference Room, 5931 Fruitville Road. The Firearms Training Institute of Sarasota will host an instructive pistol course taught by local NRAcertified instructors. The course will cover the basics of safe gun handling and shooting. Cost is $87. Contact Dr. Gerald Colbert at 706-4358.

Sarasota Postcard Show — takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 4880 Fruitville Road.

Postcard enthusiasts are invited to this show, which will feature 20 to 25 dealers, buying, selling and trading old postcards and other paper collectibles. Cost is $3. Call 371-8326.

Sarasota Fine Arts Festival — takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the intersection of Gulfstream Avenue and Main Street. Hosted by the Humane Society of Sarasota County, this arts festival continues from 10

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Cynthia Sayer and Her Hot Jazz Trio — takes place from 8 to 11 p.m. at The Glenridge Performing Arts Center, 7333 Scotland Way. Presented by South County Jazz Club and GPAC, Cynthia Sayer, one of the top banjoists in the world, will perform. Cost is $20 and $15 for Glenridge family and students. Call 552-5325.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23 Ballroom Bootcamp — takes place from 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. at 3821 S. Tuttle Ave. Arthur Murray of Sarasota will hold a free, informative class aimed at novice dancers. Free.

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Cardinal Mooney senior Christina Warren put down the tennis racket a few years ago and joined crew.

Rowing Forward LAKEWOOD RANCH — Christina Warren has had her sights set on playing a Division I sport for as long as she can remember.

The Cardinal Mooney High senior envisioned playing collegiate tennis — the sport she had been playing competitively since she was 9 years old.

But that vision changed almost two years ago when the then sophomore, who was one of the Top 50 junior tennis players in the state, decided to drop her tennis racket once and for all.

“I just really didn’t like tennis,” Warren says. “I got burnt out. I really wanted to play a Division I sport, but I didn’t think I could do (tennis) for another six years.”

Cardinal Mooney High senior Christina Warren recently received a scholarship to row for Princeton University next year.

At that point, Warren’s dreams of playing collegiate athletics seemed to all but disappear.

Shortly after tossing her tennis racket aside, Warren’s mom, Julie, approached her about joining the Sarasota Crew.

Warren had no desire do participate in crew — a sport she knew next to nothing about.

She eventually gave in and attended her first crew practice with her younger sister, Caroline, at the end of her sophomore year.

Warren wasn’t quite sure what to expect at first; but after spending the next week working extensively with the coaches, she discovered she had a knack for the sport.

“It was kind of strange,” Warren says. “It didn’t seem that difficult.

It wasn’t really much of a workout. It ended up being really fun, though. It’s cool to go fast and see everyone working together.

“From that point on I never picked up a racket,” Warren says.

Warren rowed in the Crew’s third best boat in her first three regattas before spending all summer training. Last fall, Warren made the Crew’s top Varsity 8 lightweight boat comprising girls 130 pounds and lighter.

As a junior, Warren and her teammates won state and regional titles — a first for the girls — and advanced to nationals.

“I love my team,” says Warren,

who trains for four hours a day six days a week. “We’re all really close within the boats. We’re all best friends. I probably spend more time with the girls in my boat than I do (at home).

“They become like your sisters,” Warren says. “It’s very different from tennis. I’m fortunate that I have that now.”

Over the summer, Warren was one of three girls from the Crew and 32 girls nationwide chosen to participate in the U.S. World Junior National Team Selection Camp, in Connecticut.

“I was super excited,” Warren says. “It was an honor to be able to go. It’s really prestigious and to be able to go was a cool experience.”

It was at that point that Warren reverted her attention back to playing a Division I sport. Warren initially dreamed of attending the University of Notre Dame; but as other opportunities with crew began to open up Warren began expanding her options.

Stanford and Princeton, among other schools, recruited Warren, but in the end Princeton proved to be the right fit.

“Princeton appealed to me more,” Warren says. “I liked the coaches better and felt like I made the right choice.

“I’m just looking forward to racing,” Warren says. “There are only eight schools that have girls lightweight rowing, so it’s going to be super competitive.”

Now, as a senior, Warren is focused on helping lead the Crew to back-to-back state and regional championships with the hopes of medaling at nationals this summer.

In addition, Warren would like to improve her erg score, which is currently 7 minutes, 23 seconds for a 2K — the second-fastest erg time in the nation for her grade level.

“Tennis helped me a lot,” Warren says. “It’s very different from crew, athletically, because you’re using totally different muscles.

The thing that tennis helped me with the most is the mental aspect.

“Crew is really mentally tough,” Warren says. “You have to keep going and always be able to improve.”

Jan. 17 • ODA vs. Bradenton Christian (7 p.m.)* • Cardinal Mooney at St. Stephen’s (5:30 p.m.)

Jan. 18 • Sarasota at Venice (7 p.m.)* • Sarasota Christian at Bradenton Christian (8 p.m.)

Jan. 19 • Cardinal Mooney and Riverview in Wally Keller Classic at Charlotte High (noon) Jan. 21 • Sarasota vs. Ida Baker (7 p.m.)

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Jan. 22 • Sarasota vs. North Port (7 p.m.)

• ODA at St. Pete Canterbury (6 p.m.)

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Jan. 17 • Sarasota at Berkeley Prep (7 p.m.)

ODA at Cardinal Mooney (5 p.m.)

Jan. 18 • SMA vs. Universal Academy of Florida (4 p.m.)

Jan. 22 • Cardinal Mooney vs. Gateway Charter (7 p.m., district quarterfinals) • Riverview vs. North Port (7 p.m., district quarterfinals)

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Jan. 17 • Riverview at East Lake (7 p.m., district semifinals)*

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013

by Jen Blanco | Sports Editor

ODA, Sarasota Christian advance

Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara

Sarasota Christian’s Taylor Smith, No. 9, and Northside Christian’s Briana Meehan, No. 9, run after the ball.

Canterbury’s Paige Liebel, No. 12, tries to keep the ball away from Out-of-Door Academy’s Kimmy Comito, No. 2.

Sarasota Christian celebrates Kelsey Murphy’s, No. 12, goal during their game against Northside Christian.

Northside Christian’s Kayla Church, No. 11, and Sarasota Christian’s Danielle Buncik, No. 6, both run for the ball.

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Out-of-Door Academy’s Abby La Gasse prepares to the pass the ball as Canterbury’s Tegwyth Alderson-Taber, No. 21, and Dietta Hahn, No. 9, try to steal the ball.

Canterbury’s Courtney Copeland, No. 5, and Out-ofDoor Academy’s Juliet Onufrak, No. 20, fight for possession of the ball.

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The Out-of-Door Academy and Sarasota Christian girls soccer teams both won their Class 1A-District 8 quarterfinal matches Jan. 15.

The Lady Thunder blanked Canterbury 6-0. Melanie Mason scored a pair of goals and Juliet Onufrak, Skylar Jungers, Alli Gentile and Elana Ciaccio each added a goal for ODA. Sarasota Christian defeated Northside Christian 3-1. Kelsey Murphy, Taylor Smith and Danielle Buncik each scored goals for the Lady Blazers.

ODA and Sarasota Christian will now advance to the district semifinals Jan. 17. ODA will host Shorecrest Prep and Sarasota Christian will face top-seed St. Stephen’s.

Both games will be held at ODA.

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+ Lady Rams soccer advances to district semis

The Riverview High girls soccer team defeated North Port 3-0 in the Class 5A-District 8 quarterfinals Jan. 12.

Kendal Gollnick scored a pair of goals, and K.J. Davidson-Turner scored the final goal for Riverview.

The third-seeded Lady Rams will return to action at 7 p.m. Jan. 17 in the semifinals at second-seed East Lake.

+ Riverview basketball tops Braden River

The Riverview High boys basketball team defeated Braden River 54-40 in the final game of the Manasota Basketball Classic Jan. 12, at Lakewood Ranch High.

Austin Walker scored 17 points, and Nick Havener added 16 points to lead the way for the Rams.

+ Sarasota Christian takes win over Bayshore

The Sarasota Christian boys basketball team cruised to a 74-62 victory over Bayshore Jan. 12.

Henry Ford had 18 points and six assists to lead the way for the Blazers. Emmanuel Lambright and Blake Morrow had 10 points each.

+ Cougar basketball charges past Tornadoes

Antonio Blakeney scored 28 points to lead the Cardinal Mooney High boys basketball team to a 65-52 victory over Booker Jan. 11.

Ryan McMahon scored 13 points, and Jamie Glasser added 12 points for the Cougars.

Mike Jones scored 12 points to pace the Tornadoes. Blake Harper had 10 points, and Shamyren Waters added eight points.

+ Sarasota High grapplers finish third

The Sarasota High wrestling team finished third at the Massung Duals Jan. 12, in Lakeland.

Team captain Toby Baker, who is ranked No. 2 in the state in Class 3A, went 5-0 to win the 285-pound weight class and improve his record to 45-1. Daniel Emery (106), DeAundre Butler (113), Jiovanhi Mieja (126), Jarred Hardinger (138) and Chaz Pilkey (220) all went 4-1.

+ SMA soccer blanks St. Pete Canterbury

The Sarasota Military Academy boys soccer team shut out St. Petersburg Canterbury 1-0 Jan. 14.

Nick Dupras scored the lone goal of the match. Goalkeeper Frank Galambos had five saves.

+ Lady Thunder soccer wins season finale

The Out-of-Door Academy girls soccer team defeated Sarasota Christian 4-1 in its regular season finale Jan. 11.

Skylar Jungers scored a pair of goals and added two assists to lead

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the way for the Lady Thunder. Elena Ciaccio and Melanie Mason also had goals. Kimmy Comito and Juliet Onufrak each had an assist.

+ Sarasota Christian posts shutout win

The Sarasota Christian boys soccer team blanked Bradenton Christian 2-0 Jan. 11.

Gunnar Kral and Joshua Markowski each had a goal for the Blazers. Cam Murphy and Shane Shifflett each had an assist.

Goalkeeper Brandon Shine had nine saves.

+ GSJGA tees off Winter Tournament Series

The Greater Sarasota Junior Golf Association began its Winter Tournament Series Jan. 13, at the Royal Lakes Course of the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.

Nearly 50 players participated in the event.

Tournament winners include: Girls 12 and Under Gabrielle Tomeo (81) Girls 13-15 Nicole Polivchak (77) Victoria Cangero (82) Girls 16-18 Kadi Pallastrone (79) Yumi Fujii (80) Grace Gildner (81) Boys 12 and Under Max Coutsolioutsos (71) Drew Angelo (78) Boys 13-15 Jeremy Perna (70) Louis DelFabro (75) Zach Couto (75) Jeovani Veloz (75) Boys 16-18 Jordan Miller (68) David Spreen (74) Yuki Fujii (77) The next GSJGA event will be played Feb. 24, at The Meadows Country Club.

+ Sun Coast Senior Men’s Tennis League in full swing The Sun Coast Senior Men’s Tennis League is in the midst of its 31st season with more than 1,600 players from 30 tennis clubs in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

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Midfielder scores with Eagles Braden River Soccer Club U18 center midfielder Logan Moriarty will play his final high school soccer game Jan. 18.

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The Sarasota Military Academy senior and Braden River Soccer Club U18 center midfielder is simply focused on doing whatever he can to help his team win — whether it’s scoring goals, dishing out assists or keeping opposing players at bay.

Two years ago while playing for IMG Academy, Moriarty helped his U15 team capture the state cup for the first time.

Now, Moriarty is preparing to wrap up his final high school soccer season.

Moriarty joined the SMA soccer team last year. It was not only Moriarty’s first year playing high school soccer, but it also was the Eagles’ inaugural season.

“I like playing more with your friends,” Moriarty says of playing high school soccer.

“You know the people a little better because you see them every day at school.”

The Eagles finished 4-11-2 with Moriarty scoring a pair of goals and adding five assists. This season, Moriarty has stepped up his level of play and his hard work has paid off. Although the Eagles’ current record is exactly the same as it was at the end of last

season, Moriarty has become more of an offensive threat, contributing nine goals and five assists with one game remaining on the schedule.

“I’m helping the other players out more than I was last year,” Moriarty says. “I’d rather help the team out (than score goals). I always try to go out and do my best. I just try to be my own player.”

“Logan has the perfect blend of experience and skill in playing the game of soccer; and has shown the work ethic and leadership ability that I’m looking to develop in the soccer players at SMA,” coach Fredrik Sandstrom says.

Moriarty began playing soccer when he was 4 years old. The sport proved to be somewhat challenging at first, but it wasn’t long before the younger player was spending just about every day out on the field.

“I loved it and had a passion for it,” Moriarty says. “I just (love) the game — getting to play every day. The soccer field was five minutes from my house, so I could come out here whenever I wanted.”

Moriarty worked his way through the BRSC organization and will play his final season with the Rage this spring. In doing so, Moriarty hopes to draw the attention of college coaches with the hopes of fulfilling his dream of playing at the next level.

“Any school that will take me, I would love to play for them,” Moriarty says.

Contact Jen Blanco at jblanco@your observer.com.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

by Nick Friedman | Community Editor

Eric Mayes

Eric Mayes, the 18-year-old center on Booker High School’s basketball team, has been playing basketball since the seventh grade. He says the sport has helped him stay on the right path, and as he approaches graduation, he looks ahead.

How did you get started playing basketball?

I’ve been playing since seventh grade.

Coach Clark asked me to play. I got in trouble, and I had to go to the office. Coach told me to come try out for the team to help keep me on track, and it did. I’ll always remember that day.

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What do you remember about your first game?

I was pretty sorry. I didn’t know how to play. I didn’t know how to drop step. I didn’t know how to do anything. I traveled a lot. All I could do was catch and shoot.

How have you improved since then?

Lots of practice. I’ve had a lot of coaches help me with my drop step.

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My jump shot. It used to be my free throws, but I really improved those.

How do you plan to improve your jump shot?

It takes a lot of repetition. The key is to jump straight up and down, without fading away.

What is your fondest basketball memory?

My best memory is when I got two dunks in one game against Tampa Catholic. We ended up beating them and going to the playoffs. It was especially good, because they had beaten us by 30 before.

What advice would you give yourself if you could go back in time?

Listen to the people who are trying to help you. I used to be hardheaded, and I thought I was a lot better than I was.

It really hit me when I started playing against people who were much better than I was.

Do you have any college plans?

Yeah, I’m visiting a lot of schools. I’m looking at Missouri, Mississippi State, USF and Iowa State.

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Counselor Myra McPherson, left, and 2012 Girl of the Year Shayla Brown, second from left, announce 2013 Girl of the Year Zandy Sanders, right, as her mother and sister, Shakeyla Dozier and Shaiya Dozier, middle, look on. Sanders will speak in front of a crowd of 700 people at the Girls Inc. Celebration Luncheon in April.

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Girls Inc. Girl of the Year Zandy Sanders will represent Girls Inc. for the year.

Staff members at Girls Inc. surprised Zandy Sanders when they named her Girl of the Year, Friday, Jan. 11, at their Sarasota location.

Every year staff members unanimously select a girl who has shown leadership, strength and bold characteristics.

“She is kind and is definitely a good role model,” said Interim Executive Director Kay Mathers. “She shows when things are hard you don’t give up.”

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Temple Sinai hosted its annual Jewish Food Festival Sunday, Jan. 13. Attendees sampled food from dozens of booths, which included traditional Jewish recipes.

“My recipe was passed down to me from my mother,” said Alan Fishbein. “Back in those days, nobody measured, so it took me a few tries to get it down.”

After sampling the many dishes, guests also had an opportunity to view local art and peruse the temple’s used book sale.

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AJC honors leaders The AJC West Coast Florida Board of Directors held a cocktail party and open house Thursday, Jan. 10, at the AJC office on Main Street. Sue Jacobson, immediate past president, and Anne Virag, incoming president, were both honored at the event, which AJC Executive Director Brian Lipton hosted.

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+ A Spa and Salon moves to new location Sarasota’s A Spa and Salon recently moved into its new location at 8830 S. Tamiami Trail. A Spa and Salon is a full-service salon, which takes pride in making beauty simple, sustainable and affordable for everyone.

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+ Jonathon Parks Architect parking garage receives international recognition Jonathon Parks Architect has been recognized by the International Parking Institute for its design and photography of the Palm Avenue Garage in the annual Parking Professional magazine photo contest. The firm’s photographs received three of the highest honors, including the grand prize: the cover of the magazine’s January issue.

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Home in Harbor Acres sells for $2.4 million The following residential real-estate transactions took place between Dec. 31 and Jan. 4.

A home in Harbor Acres tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Roberta King, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1366 Harbor Drive to Harbor Capital Partners LLC for $2.4 million. Built in 1971, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,470 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $150,000 in 1977.

SARASOTA San Remo Estates

Todd and Jennifer Linehan sold their home at 1341 Tangier Way to T. Raymond Suplee, trustee, of Sarasota, for $960,000.

Built in 1964, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,112 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.21 million in 2002.

1350 Main

James and Madelon Cotton, of Atlanta, sold their Unit 1508 condominium at 1350 Main St. to Cliff Smith, of Sarasota, for $720,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,336 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $743,800 in 2007.

Lawrence Pointe

Melissa Wood, of Venice, sold her Unit 203 condominium at 101 Sunset Drive to James and Christina Mangie, of Sarasota, for $647,000. Built in 1978, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,938 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $650,000 in 2009.

Bayview Acres

SP1 Inc. sold the home at 6731 Avenue C to LFS LLC for $499,000. Built in 1983, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,920 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $570,000 in 2002.

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This home at 1366 Harbor Drive has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,470 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.4 million.

Bungalow Hill

Timothy and Carol Figgatt, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1018 Pomelo Ave. to Mark Anderson and Marcia Watson, of Sarasota, for $499,000. Built in 1942, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,299 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $55,000 in 1985.

Aqualane Estates

Colleen Cassidy, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1610 Meadowood St. to Janet Bailey, of Sarasota, for $463,200. Built in 1969, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,059 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $399,000 in 1996.

Condominium on the Bay

Vicki Cox, of Roseville, Calif., sold her

Unit 1206 condominium at 888 Blvd. of the Arts to Robert and Sara Arthur, of Washington, D.C., for $410,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,555 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $494,500 in 2011.

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Ted Miller, of Ocala, and Lidiya Miller, of Sarasota, sold their home at 4144 Swift Road to David and Kelly Nettles, of Sarasota, for $345,000. Built in 1962, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 3,683 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $270,000 in 2000.

McClellan Park

Gary Wilkinson and Michelle Wilkinson, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1620

Hyde Park St. to Jay Huffaker and Barbara Huffaker, of Los Angeles, for $325,000.

Built in 1925, it has three bedrooms, one bath and 1,282 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $55,000 in 1983.

Huntington Pointe

Oswald and Darina Buettner, of Sarasota, sold their home at 4276 Hearthstone Drive to Federico and Olga Brokate, of Sarasota, for $319,000. Built in 1992, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,291 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $215,000 in 1998.

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Christopher and Melissa Kaufmann, of Bayfield, Colo., sold their home at 7165 Captain Kidd Ave. to Nathan and Camille Pyatte, of Sarasota, for $236,200. Built in 1966, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,320 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $120,000 in 1999.

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Bradley and Paula White sold their Unit 75 condominium at 1756 Kestral Park Drive to Solange Chauvet, of Sarasota, for $228,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,368 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $209,000 in 2001.

La Linda Terrace

Jill Interval, of Winter Park, sold her home at 2205 Arlington St. to Timothy and Carol Figgatt, of Sarasota, for $227,500.

Built in 1954, it has three bedrooms, twoand-a-half baths and 2,396 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $75,900 in 1999.

Eagles Point at the Landings

Janet Levatin and Gail McLauchlan, trustees, of Rocky River, Ohio, sold the Unit 203 condominium at 5420 Eagles Point Circle to James and Sandra Oliver, of Fort Worth, Texas, for $217,500. Built in 1993, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,330 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $172,500 in 1996.

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Jeffrey Hole sold the home at 1951 High Point Drive to Amy Waters, of Aurora, N.Y., for $215,000. Built in 1941, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,128 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $118,000 in 1996.

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41 Bishopscourt Rd # 119 #A3969863 $175,000 Rosalie Phillips

Placida 941-473-7750 941-830-0999

211 Tremont Ln #A3970290 Diann Thelen

9230 Blind Pass Rd #A3956401 $8,700,000 Michael Hays

4313 Callista Ln #A3971113 $219,900 Pamela Charron

5310 Hyland Hills Ave # 2115 #A3969093 $155,000 Anja Deichmann

Sarasota $10,000 941-552-4200

5073 Higel Ave #A3970514 Kelly McKay

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South Gate

Suzanne Anderson, of Washington, D.C., sold her home at 2311 Tanglewood Drive to Robert and Melissa Mengarelli, of St. Johns, for $204,700. Built in 1968, it has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,461 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $340,000 in 2007.

PALMER RANCH Enclave at Silver Oak

Kevin and Deborah Stevenson, of Sarasota, sold their home at 8808 Enclave Court to Daniel and Lynne Doyle, of Sarasota, for $740,000. Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,390 square feet of living area.

Vineyards at Silver Oak

Dean Harloff and DeVonne Harloff sold their home at 5134 Cote Du Rhone Way to Joseph Arbanas and Kathleen Fisher, of St. Clair Shores, Mich., for $575,000. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,416 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $655,000 in 2006.

931 Blue Heron Overlook #A3969034 $3,699,000 Nicole Dovgopolyi

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-356-5849

Villagewalk

T. Norman and Carolyn Bush sold their home at 5751 Wilena Place to Benjamin Hopkins and Susan Hopkins, trustees, of Bend, Ore., for $405,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,008 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $412,400 in 2005.

Alain Housse, of Macon, France, sold his home at 5618 Modena Place to Helene Wolff, trustee, of Sarasota, for $255,000.

Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,534 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $279,900 in 2004.

Martin and Judith Levison, of Sarasota,

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Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-993-3388

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-284-7987

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16 Windward Ct #D5790160 $234,000 Pamela Neer

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4446 Meadow Creek Cir #A3971024 $184,800 Kristine Niehaus

3300 Beneva Rd # 212 #A3970215 $100,000 Joyce Naegele

6326 Midnight Pass Rd # 509 #A3961555 $2,100,000 Karen Chandler

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-544-4919

4948 Bay Shore Rd #A3962043 $1,995,000 Kim & Michael Ogilvie

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-376-1717

8260 Roseburn Ct #A3968380 $1,890,000 Mark McCann

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-685-7624

5021 Brywill Cir #A3970661 $1,750,000 Lenore Treiman

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-356-9642

440 Camille Dr #A3961883 $1,699,000 Harvey & Ethel Lovelace

Osprey 941-349-3444 941-586-7390

1416 Harbor Dr #A3954422 $1,666,500 Linda Dickinson

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-350-3304

3741 Tangier Terrace #A3940533 $1,590,000 Kristen Srur & Stacy Hanan

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-350-0612

409 N Point Rd # 1002 #A3967340 $1,500,000 Diane Hager

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-918-1977

505 S Casey Key Rd #A347498 $1,400,000 Nancy Moore

Casey Key 941-966-8000 941-374-2200

221 Osprey Point Dr #A3967767 $1,395,000 Betty Mullinnix & Steve Abbe

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-928-3441

6224 Midnight Pass Rd # 6224B #A3958268 $1,195,000 Tara Lamb & Judy Greene

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

1921 Monte Carlo Dr # 802 #A3971049 $1,195,000 Pat Mudgett & Mackenzie Mudgett

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-320-7758

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-376-4950

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-586-7959

Siesta Key $6,000 941-552-4200

2156 E Leewynn Dr #A3968800 Debbie Lane

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Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-376-1826

Mid Longboat 383.5502 • South Longboat 383.7591 • St. Armands 388.4447 • Main Street 951.6660 Palmer Ranch 966.8000 • Siesta Key 349.3444 • Venice 485.5421 • Englewood 473.7750

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dominium at 1064 N. Tamiami Trail to Magdalen Gondor, Cecilia Gondor and Magdolna Gondor, of Largo, for $210,000.

Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,084 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $285,000 in 2007.

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baths, a pool and 2,262 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $192,000 in 1999.

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REAL ESTATE / FROM PAGE 7B sold their home at 5617 Modena Place to Helene Wolff, trustee, of Sarasota, for $255,000. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,693 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $213,600 in 2003.

Frank and Linda Tornincaso and Anna Lepore, of Sayville, N.Y., sold their home at 7652 Bergamo Ave. to Lindsay Johnson, of Atlanta, for $217,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths and 1,672 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $210,000 in 2009.

Stonebridge

Kenneth Wilson and Kristin Wilson, trustee, sold the home at 7440 Ridge Road to John and Jean Hall, of Sarasota, for $360,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,329 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $259,000 in 2000.

Villas at Deer Creek

Lawrence Venable and Jolyn West, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., sold their home at 4460 Deer Trail Blvd. to Britt Sjoerdsma, of Sarasota, for $332,000. Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,409 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $272,000 in 2011.

Isles of Sarasota

Donato and Barbara D’Agostino, of Gaithersburg, Md., sold their home at 6047 Benevento Drive to Roger Paquette and Louise Landry, of Ontario, Canada, for $268,000. Built in 2009, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,549 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $289,000 in 2009.

of Nokomis, for $1.03 million. Built in 1979, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,411 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $680,000 in 1999.

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 Dec. 31 through Jan. 4, in order of dollar amounts.

Oaks II

Pamela Shoff, trustee, of Venice, sold the home at 603 Eagle Watch Lane to Erik Siljestrom and Maud Siljestrom, of Osprey, for $695,000. Built in 1992, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,872 square feet of living area.

CITY OF SARASOTA

Meridian I at the Oaks Preserve

Richard and Marsha Johnson, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 704 condominium at 385 N. Point Road to Gerard and Mary O’Connor, of Osprey, for $550,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,778 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $640,000 in 2003.

Address

Permit

Applicant

Amount

1535 Hillview Drive 1785 Harmony Lane 2506 Ringling Blvd.

1350 Main St. 1924 Webber St. 2442 Wood St. 1239 Rhodes Ave.

Wall/Fence Repairs Fence Re-roof Demolition Re-roof Fence

Jonathan Rosenthal Toni Greif, trustee Jack Taylor Dr. Isaac Zamora Allison Archbold Zita Roberts Oliver Suh

$20,000 $16,600 $7,875 $5,500 $5,000 $2,000 $900

SARASOTA COUNTY

Emerald Woods at Oaks III

Allen Angell, trustee, of Osprey, sold the home at 189 Turquoise Lane to Allen Angell Jr., of W. Olive, Mich., for $300,000.

Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,320 square feet of living area.

Rivendell

Daryl and Tina Bulle, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, sold their home at 720 Anna Hope Lane to George and Nadia Smith, of Osprey, for $266,000. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,133 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $240,000 in 2009.

Address

Permit

Applicant

Amount

1594 N. Casey Key Road 2007 Casey Key Road 1250 Rudder Lane 4014 Red Rock Lane 3750 Spanish Pine Court 1085 Hoover Circle 2079 Constitution Blvd.

2456 Whippoorwill Circle 671 Percheron Circle 4170 Westbourn Circle

Lights Underpinnings Re-roof Re-roof Re-roof Re-roof Re-roof Re-roof Pool Doors

Arthur Wood Michael Ferro Lewis Smith A.L. Matthews Jr. Susan Flynn Ed Poss Edward Valek Marsha Bryden Donald Chasteen Jim Salvatory

$43,474 $32,900 $26,350 $24,820 $21,740 $19,850 $14,000 $12,645 $12,500 $12,000

Source: Sarasota County; city of Sarasota

Bay Oaks Estates

Astrid Kouw and Chyenne Bidart, of Seattle, sold their home at 522 Pine Ranch E. Road to Frederick and Colleen Kirchhoff, of Osprey, for $218,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,078 square feet of living area.

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Low 68 67 64 64 64 61 60

Record Temps.

High Low 87 (2013) 28 (1996) 85 (2013) 28 (1970) 85 (2013) 28 (2010) 86 (1993) 24 (1927) 85 (1974) 23 (1981) 84 (1937) 25 (1981) 83 (1947) 27 (1964)

Average Gulf water temperature: 71

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Sunrise 7:22 7:22 7:21 7:21 7:21 7:21 7:20

Sunset 5:59 6:00 6:01 6:02 6:03 6:03 6:04

RED TIDE Very low, to low concentrations of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, were detected alongshore of southern Sarasota County this week, as of Friday, Jan. 11.

Paul Stryhas submitted this photo of the LeBarge Sunset Cruise on a Saturday night.

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14 “Calvin and Hobbes” girl 15 “Do ___ others as ...”

16 Salad toppers, often 17 Beaver construction 18 Find an application for 19 Nighttime, poetically 27 Siamese sobs 29 Awww-inspiring 32 Baseball Hall of Famer Monte 33 New Orleans athlete 35 Highest adult male voice 36 “Great minds think ___” 37 Extort money from 39 Try to outrun 40 Not yet up 41 Marathoners’ concerns 42 Material that’s worsted for wear?

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STEARN & FOSTER pillowtop California king mattress with box spring & iron frame. Also, 2 sets of marching sheets and pillow cases. Only 2.5 years old. Have bill of sale, warranty and all papers. Bought for $1800 at Sear’s. Selling for half price or best offer. 941-349-7302.

BRUSHED METAL Lamp for dining room. Value $180. Sell for $50. 941-923-3386.

CAMERA: VINTAGE Nikon Nikkormat 35mm with Nikkor-s lens, great condition, $85. 941-400-6232.

CAR COVER: for Lincoln Navigator. New/$350.

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COMPUTER DELL: Dual 1.5 GHz processors, Refurbished Desktop, $100. 941-756-6728.

COUNTERTOP: REFRIGERATOR, $60 & microwave, $30. RV stands, $15. Computer, stand, printer, $80 o/b/o. 941-922-4752.

FLOOR STEAMER: Shark Brand, new, 3 settings, extra pads. Cost $129. Sell $65. 922-2471.

FREE 60" rear projection TV. 58"Wx62"Hx28"D on rollers. 941-365-1095.

GOLF TRAVEL bag: soft side with wheels, $25.

Sony 5 Disc DVD/CD player, $25. 941-966-0618.

LANAI FURNITURE: Samsonite, metal, yellow, padded. Love seat, 4/chairs, 2/tables. Excellent condition, $200.00 obo. 941-349-0079.

LEATHER COAT: Never worn. Men's XL Robert Comstock. Orig. $650. $150. 941-224-1244.

MERITS STANDARD Wheelchair, like new, $35.

Carex Shower Seat, like new, $18. 941-921-7556.

ORIENTAL WHITE Cabinet: Green leaves, bird on front 36”Hx29”W. Inside shelf, $195.

941-388-3880.

ORNAMENTS: HALLMARK Christmas Tree Keepsake. 7 different light +motion styles. $10/ea. o/b/o for collection. 941-346-0262.

SAMURAI SWORD Set of three Dragon bronze handle swords with wooden stand, $120/obo.

941-924-5093.

SHELVING: HEAVY chrome, $50. Pontiac Fiero car cover, $75. Thick 4’ glass tabletop, $50.

941-302-0447.

SLEEPER SOFA, cream background. Reversible cushions. Good condition, $75. Siesta Key. 309-212-6205.

SOFA BY LaZBoy. Beige tones, 8 ft., very good condition, $175. 941-966-3684.

Autos For Sale 2000 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS GS only 38k seasonally driven miles, less than 3k mi/year.

Excellent condition, silver w/ grey cloth seats.

Must see! $6200. 941-587-2440.

2001 LEXUS ES300. Estate sale item. Well-maintained, one owner car with less than 33,000 miles on it. Stored in the garage its entire life and never smoked in. Leather seats, seat heaters, power sun roof and other features typical of this Lexus model. A beautiful car that is in excellent condition. $11,500 cash or certified funds only.

Steve, 941-383-2616.

2010 HONDA INSIGHT (hybrid): 44 miles/gal., excellent condition. Garage kept. N/S. EX Model, well equipped, 57,000 miles. Silver inside and out. $14,600 o/b/o. 941-244-7825 or 941-373-5770.

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Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ESTATE SALE Saturday, January 19: 9:00 – 1:00 (#’s at 8) Airport Mall 8251 West University Parkway (Old US 301 east of airport) DECORATOR/DESIGNER DELIGHT: This is a BIG sale of premium furnishings just perfect for that large home or rental unit: 4-piece oversized Marge Carson Opus sofa in mint condition; Century armoire/TV cabinet; Eddie Bauer wicker; Drexel-Heritage Insignia headboard w/ash commode-style nightstands; Drexel Cabochan series classic ash dining table w/8 chairs; Lazar Industries Recamier; Ferguson Copeland lunette-shaped sofa; chic chenille dining chairs w/crackle wood frames & bar stools; Hooker furniture desk w/coordinating chair & matching file cabinets; large green etagere, breakfast set; and for “mid-mod enthusiasts: Huppe of Canada birch bedroom set; 3 piece entertainment center; room divider & beveled pedestal mirror; high-end sleek polished aluminum desk by Smith Metal Arts, & much more! Lamps; big silk plants; etc. Lots of jewelry; 2 pieces Louis Vuitton luggage; Hummel & Swarovski collectibles; selection of Alaskan, Indian; African ethnic pieces, rare books; & St. John clothing.

Photos: www.thesarasotay.org Sale by: PREMIUM ESTATE LIQUIDATORS To benefit Y programs for at-risk children

ESTATE SALE Saturday, Jan. 19 - 9a.m.-2p.m.

1724 Baywood Way 34231 Off US 41, S of Clark by Suzuki Motors Eclectic: love seat, double chaise, 2 full beds, walnut farm table, vanity, oak phone booth, jewelry, jewelry supply items, pedestals, sectional sofa, plants, linens, prints, books, frames, patio sets, lots of linens, garage items & kitchen.

Sale by Julie McClure Pix: www.appraisals4u.biz or www.estatesales.net SAT 1/26: 9am - 5pm Moving Sale: 5557 Shadow Lawn Dr, Siesta Key.

ESTATE SALE Friday, Jan. 18 - 9a.m.-2p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 19 - 9a.m.-12 400 South Creek Dr. Osprey; turn on North Ln. off Us 41 Story & Clark baby grand piano, 3 oriental rugs, twin beds, single bed, trundle bed, double bed, vanity, 1900 lady's desk, chests, bookcases, desk, Bahamian style chair, glass desk, wicker coffee table, bistro set, coffee table, silver, wicker & metal patio sets, tea cart, pictures, sofa, love seat, 4 ice cream chairs, decorative accessories, boxes of stemware, refrigerator, linens, file, size 4 clothes, tools, Xmas & kitchen.

Sale by Julie McClure Pix: www.appraisals4u.biz or www.estatesales.net

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

WANTED WANTED! Private party wants to buy firearms, both military and commercial; war souvenirs, vinyl record albums, military surplus items. Any quantity. 941-525-0641. daleigp@comcast.net

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CONSTRUCTION FINANCING needed for a new Gulf front home to be built on Casey Key and offered for sale during construction. Approx. $2 million needed for lot release and construction escrow. Secured by first mortgage, 10 percent interest, approx one year. 941 525 0641.

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SALES POSITION. P/T. Must be available evenings & weekends. Located on Siesta Key. Retirees Welcome. 727-244-5906.

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No pets. Assigned parking. Water, sewer, pest control included. 941-374-3401.

ASHTON LAKES: 2BR/2BA, garage, lake view, 2nd floor, end unit, cathedral ceilings.

Non-smoking. $1250/mo. Annual. Unfurnished.

Call Ashton Realty, Inc. Joe Bonsall, 941-923-1945 or 941-356-6356.

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Call 941-226-5406 or LBurton177@aol.com BEAUTIFUL 3BR/3BA two story Townhome for rent! Private 3BR/3BA over looking lake/preserve!

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Must pass background check and provide at least 3 paystubs with references. First/last month security deposit required. MOVE IN February 1, 2013. Asking 1600.00/month Call me to schedule a showing! Deidre, 941-400-0181 THIS UNIT IS UNFURNISHED! PALM AIRE. Fabulous Golf/ water views. First floor, 2BR/2BA condo, W/D in unit, closet space galore. $1100/mo. First. Last. Security. Eileen, 732-740-9398.

SIESTA BEACH 1BR/1BA RENT TO OWN Large new pool, fishing dock, no view, $1200/mo.

941-586-8186.

SIESTA KEY $880 and up. Reserve Rentals, NOW! 1, 2, & 3 bedroom units. Monthly, Seasonal, Annual. Furnished/Unfurnished.

Call Siesta Key Realty, 941-349-8900 or visit siestakeyrealtyrentals.com SIESTA KEY 2BR/2BA across from Siesta Key Beach. View of Beach/Gulf, Cable and Internet included. Updated. Available April 1st, (1 month min.) 618-534-1791 for details and pictures.

Non-smoking, No pets.

TWO MINUTES to Siesta Key Crescent Beach access #13. Two bedroom, one bath, double sink, tub/shower combo, full kitchen. Lot’s of closet space with built-in dressers. Out door Deck, laundry room hook up’s & storage room, back yard back yard usage, parking for (2) two cars small pet (1) permitted. Yearly lease only, full application, credit and back round credit required. Contact Tom @ 239-682-1020.

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SIESTA KEY LUXURIOUS HOME Unfurnished 3BR/3BA Spacious, on Grand Canal. Saltillo Tile Floors, SS Appliances, Lush Landscaping, Pool & Boat Dock, $3600/mo. Annual Lease, 941-349-8900.

SIESTA KEY: Unfurnished Efficiency. Walking distance to Siesta Key Village. Full Kitchen & Bath, W/D connection, $600/mo + utilities. Available now! 941-349-8900.

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Homes For Sale BEST VALUE - ST ARMANDS A walled 3BR/3BA, pool, spa, gated, marble floors, granite kitchen. In the heart of the Key $699,000. Glenn Callaghan Re/Max Alliance Group, 941-928-9020.

NEWEST 2012 CONSTRUCTION ON NORTH LIDO PARK Mid 21st Century Eco-House 30 secs to beach, 3 mins to Circle, Reverse FPL meter, 4/3.5, south pool. $1,999,000. Glenn Callaghan Re/Max Alliance Group, 941-928-9020.

SUNRISE COVE 2BR/2BA with open lanai. View of Intercostal and Gulf. 1,200+ sq/ft. 2 pools, 2 tennis courts, boat docks. Completely updated throughout. Turnkey furnished. $375,000.

941-349-7257.

Homes For Rent ANNUAL RENTAL: Lakewood Ranch Country Club. Beautiful, bright villa, 2BR/2BA +den or office. 2 Car garage, large screened lanai, on golf course. Updated and immaculate. Available now. $1800/mo. Please call 941-400-5626 or 941-504-8818.

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VILLA: 55+, SARASOTA STRATHMORE RIVERSIDE VILLAS: 2BR/2BA, tiled floors and appliances.

Move-in condition.

2 Small pets okay.

Clubhouse, heated pool.

Inland water access at Marina.

Close to shopping and Siesta Key. 941-735-1668

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LIDO BEACH SPECTACULAR GULFVIEW 9th Floor/Balcony Turn-key Furnished 1059sqft 1 Bed/1.5 Bath 60 Day Minimum 941-356-1855 Available 2/1/13 www.VRBO.com/419009

ST. ARMANDS. Warm, inviting, spectacular kitchen, very open. Sat./Sun., 1p.m.-5p.m.

146 S. Washington Dr. $1,585,000.

Real Estate Wanted WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

Insurance MEDICARE SOLUTIONS Chances are you have: *Stacks of paperwork, *Annoying phone calls, *Many un-answered questions. If you are Turning 65, on Disability, or paying too much for your Supplement plan - get the plan that best meets your needs! Call Carole McCoy, Agent/Broker, 941-799-9472.

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Sod installation, mowing, mulching, trimming and more. 941-879-3397.

G.N.S. LANDSCAPE & Lawn Maintenance Contact us for all your landscape needs, 941-586-2064.

PERSONAL GARDENER. Experienced. Plant Select, Install, Maintain. Native, Ornamental, Butterfly. Reliable. 25+ years. Local References.

941-366-2919.

Masonry

ADULT & SENIOR CARE Nutritious Meal Preparation, Driver, Mobility Assistance, Med Reminder, etc. Call your experienced compassionate helper! Call Louise, 941-416-3014.

ALL TYPES OF MASONRY Specializing in concrete driveways, pavers, decorative concrete, stone work, patios.

Call for free and honest estimates.

941-525-2435

BONDED PROFESSIONAL GUARDIAN available for Caregiving to Elderly and Dev. Disabled.

Errands, Bill Paying, Companionship Services and Light Housekeeping. Bonded & Compassionate.

Call SueAnn 941-915-3797.

COMPANION. CARING, dependable, experienced. Errands, meal preparation, appointments.

Excellent references available. Call Connie, 941-921-9027.

COMPLETE CARE; non-medical and medical.

Errands, homemaking, transportation, medication supervision, meal preparation. Also, medical staff available 24/7. Call 377-4465 for more details or visit our mobile/online website at: eldercaresarasota.com Lic. #30211372. Bonded and Insured.

Painting/Wallpapering CANFIELD PAINTING. New Year’s Special! Free Estimates. Interior-Exterior. References Available.

941-400-2697.

CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

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941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

VIDA PAINTING Interior/Exterior, 30 years exp., local references, Free estimates, Insured. Call Rich, 941-321-4490, 941-360-2504.

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

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

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BETTY’S HOUSECLEANING Service. Residential and Commercial. High quality cleaning.

Reasonable rates. Licensed. References. Call 941-650-6180.

JD POOL and Lawn Care - Personal care of all your outdoor needs. Owner operated, reliable service. Call for your estimate 941-228-5471.

FREE ESTIMATES! Call Dotty, detailed cleaning.

24 Years Exp. Lic./Ins. Residential/Commercial.

Looking for year-round customers! Dottie, 941-321-6645.

JACK'S DETAILED Pressure Washing.

Specializing in flat work, but not all inclusive.

Will estimate any job. Licensed and Insured.

941-979-7095. E-mail: kwantj@yahoo.com

JUST NEW in town. Looking for year round cleaning jobs. Residential. Commercial. 20/yrs. experience. Please call Diane, 941-487-7223.

Tree Services

QUALITY DETAILED Green Cleaning. Houses, Condos, Offices and Commercial Properties.

Licensed, Bonded & Insured. Free Estimates.

Reasonable Rates. References.

Vangie, 941-365-5452.

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Furniture Repair

Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356

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

Quality Work. Call: 941-296-5427.

Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE 726-1802 LIC/ INS

Adult Care Services

MENNONITE LADY (Senior) seeks part-time Caregiver position for Ambulatory person (yearly) 8am-4pm, $140/day. 941-256-6395.

email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com

$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

LANDLORD ALERT!! We have Tenant’s!!!

Wanted: 1-3BR Homes/Condos, Furnished or Unfurnished. Siesta Key Realty Incorporated, 941-349-8900, www.siestakeyrealtyrentals.com

SNOWBIRD COTTAGE rental for 3 months in Sarasota; 5 min. walk to Bay. Most everything new! FRIENDLY dogs welcome. 5K plus tax. See Craigslist Jan. 12 under "no stairs" for pix or email owner/agent at eldowns53@yahoo.com for details and deposit info.

VILLA - VILLAGEWALK Resort living, 2BR/2BA +den, pool with pond view, immaculate, bright and airy. Concrete exterior walls, custom built-ins. Amenities are outstanding. $279,900. NANCY CASEY, Coldwell Banker, 941-966-9072.

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ASHTON LAKES: 2BR/2BA, 2 miles to Siesta Key. Available Jan., Feb., March, April. From $2800/mo. No pets. Non-smoking. Call Ashton Realty, Inc. Joe Bonsall, 941-923-1945 or 941-356-6356.

SEASONAL RENTAL AVAILABLE fully furnished 2/2 by beach. $4,400/mo, no pets. Call Shirley Dabringhaus, Sunset Realty 941-587-9288.

OUTSTANDING WATERFRONT 4BR/4.5BA overlooking ICW in rear. Fishing pier and boat dock deeded with home. $2,495,000.

Open Sunday 1p.m.-4p.m., 1261 Riegel’s Landing Dr. - Florida 1 Realty, 941-962-4769.

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Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

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

Seaside Management, 941-923-6077.

Condos For Sale STONEYBROOK GOLF Priced to sell. Updated 2BR/2BA +den, w/garage, quartz and granite counter tops, newer appliances. Immaculate. Maintained like new.

Golf/ Tennis club. $217,500. NANCY CASEY, Coldwell Banker, 941-966-9072.

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4568 Woodside Road - $1,100,000

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