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by Roger Drouin | City Editor

Residents grapple with larger homes Hudson Bayou residents say protecting trees is one possible way to preserve the character of their historic neighborhood.

+ Jolly good fellow Just as Observer advertising representative Bob Lewis loves to garden, he also cultivates relationships with all of his co-workers and clients. After 13 years with the Pelican Press, Lewis continues to be one the Observer’s most treasured team members. Hardly a day goes by that Lewis isn’t able to light up the office with his trademark broadcast voice filled with story ideas, polite hellos and kind words.

It’s a common sight Thursday mornings to see Lewis making his way through the newsroom with a dolly full of newspapers — no doubt on his way to hand-deliver a paper to each of his advertisers, as he has done for many years.

But, beyond his work life, Lewis values his family most. The feeling is mutual. He’s been married to his wife, Diane, for 56 years.

The steadfast couple have three children Rob, Jeff and Amy; six grandchildren, David, Bradley, Matthew, Mary Kate, Benjamin and Stephen; and he recently became a great-grandpa to a baby girl named Bella.

Ask granddaughter Mary Kate three words to describe her grandpa and “kind,” “gentle” and “caring” come to mind. The Observer staff agrees.

So, today, Thursday, May 23, the entire Observer team is happy to celebrate Bob on his 75th birthday.

Bob, we wish you a very happy birthday from the bottom of our hearts!

+ Going for the gold Sisters Francesca and Elizabeth Martel returned victorious Monday, May 20, after a weekend at the Special Olympics of Florida State Summer Games, in Orlando. The sisters, ages 15 and 14, respectively, competed for the first time in skills tennis. Elizabeth won a gold medal, and Francesca won silver.

Hudson Bayou residents love the great horned owls and other seasonal bird species that frequent the neighborhood.

At the neighborhood’s annual meeting May 18, residents talked about ways to try to make the area better for birds, from promoting native landscaping and bird feeders, to protecting older

trees that some neighboring property owners have cut down to make way for new construction.

But preserving trees for birds is only one aspect of a larger struggle for a neighborhood that finds itself in transition from smaller, older homes to new mega-homes that take up the

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Pomelo Place resident Richard Shaffett said he would like to see the neighborhood work closely with the city to limit the number of older pines, oaks and other trees that are cut down to clear way for newly constructed homes.

A neighboring property owner

cut down an oak that Shaffett guesses was more than 100 years old.

“It was beautiful,” Shaffett said.

“It arched over the street.” The neighbor was making way for the construction of a new home.

Rob Patten, president of the Hudson Bayou Neighborhood Association, says protecting trees is just one thing the neighborhood can do to preserve the

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by Roger Drouin | City Editor

Pastry Art owner passes the cup After owning Pastry Art for five years, Forrest Shaw sold the café to Chip and Katie Beeman, who own two local eateries, Main Bar, in Sarasota, and Katie’s Café, in Bradenton.

As Forrest Shaw walks into Pastry Art from the office upstairs, passing the stainless steel Grimac espresso machine, he shakes hands with a regular customer.

Shaw can’t make it more than 5 feet between the café’s wooden tables before saying hello and chatting with another regular.

He has come to know most of the loyal regulars at Pastry Art — the downtown café former Mayor Mary Anne Servian describes as “the closest space to a Sarasota public square.”

“Everything has been debated there, from the strong mayor proposal to the height of buildings,” said Servian, who first “cut her teeth” as a commission candidate outside Pastry Art Saturday mornings as the regular coffee klatch would discuss big city issues.

But, after owning Pastry Art for five years, April 30, Shaw sold the café to Chip and Katie Beeman, who own two local eateries, The Main Bar and Sandwich Shop, on Main Street, in Sarasota, and Katie’s Café, on State Road 70, in Bradenton.

Shaw said his wife, Alex Davis-Shaw, and he decided it was a good time to sell because the couple wants to be able to spend more time with their daughter, Akila.

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Forrest Shaw, right, has stayed on at the café to teach new owner Chip Beeman some of the “moving parts” at Pastry Art. ready (to sell),” Shaw said.

Shaw said the family will be able to take a few vacations now, something that was difficult while running Pastry Art. He will also go back to his previous career — this time as a freelancer — working with businesses as an Internet marketing consultant.

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HUDSON / FROM PAGE 1A scale and character of the neighborhood.

“In my opinion, this neighborhood is about tree canopy, older homes and a central community,” Patten said.

According to Patten, another option would be a different building code for historic neighborhoods in the city, such as Hudson Bayou, that address the scale of new homes that are built.

Patten isn’t opposed to new homes as long as they are designed in an effort to blend in with the surrounding neighborhood. He admires a new moderndesigned residence on his street.

Patten also doesn’t want to see property owners told what they can or cannot build, as is done in communities such as Nantucket, that have strict building codes.

But, like other Hudson Bayou residents, Patten has seen the neighborhood’s scale and character begin to change as some property owners raze older homes to “squeeze” a large home onto a small lot and chop down most trees in the process.

“Big houses on small lots pretty much guarantee there won’t be any trees,” Patten said.

“Strengthening the city’s tree code would help.”

The city’s tree ordinance only protects certain “grand” trees.

Patten said he would like to see an expansion of the kinds of trees protected.

Function of economics

At least three new larger homes are planned for vacant properties where smaller homes were razed in the neighborhood.

Patten is worried if the neighborhood continues to change, it

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Some Hudson Bayou residents say a home on Prospect Street, right, is too big for the property on which it sits and are concerned new homes are changing the dynamic of the historic neighborhood filled with older homes, left. could lose what makes it unique and draws new residents.

“If you destroy the reason people want to move into this neighborhood, then you begin to destroy the neighborhood,” Patten said.

Hudson Bayou resident Michael Schneiderman said he has seen a lot of older homes demolished, and he doesn’t like the outcome. Schneiderman raised the issue about mega-homes during the May 18 meeting.

“Most of the lots in this area are small,” Schneiderman said.

Schneiderman cited a new home at the corner of Orange Avenue and Prospect Street, at 1601 Prospect St., as an example of a home that he thinks is way too big for the property on which it sits.

City Commissioner Susan Chapman, who had previously served as president of the neighborhood association, agreed that the white Guy Peterson-designed home on Prospect Street

is “stark and imposing.”

“It was a house, as we understand it, that was designed for a larger lot,” Chapman said.

Homebuilder John Cannon, president of John Cannon Homes, Inc., has two new homes he plans to build for clients in Hudson Bayou.

The transition to larger homes in the area is largely a “function of economics” as properties become more desirable and more expensive. And people who want new custom-built homes want more space, Cannon said.

“To a certain extent, it’s urban renewal,” Cannon said.

Cannon also said the city has a series of regulations that limit height, setback and how close in proximity structures can be.

But, when designing a home in an established neighborhood such as Hudson Bayou, Cannon tries to design it so that the new fits in with the old.

Eight months ago, Cannon built the home at the southeast

corner of Wisteria Street and Osprey Avenue to reflect the character of older homes. The new home features a distinct Spanish revival-style, and mature landscaping borders it, including an oak tree in the front yard. The home sits a few blocks south of the Hudson Bayou neighborhood, but it showcases the homebuilder’s effort to blend new with the old.

“Although it is a new home, I wanted it to fit into the neighborhood,” Cannon said. “We made it look like it had been there for many decades.”

Whenever new homes come in to an established neighborhood, there is the possibility for disagreements he said.

“A property owner might want one thing, and a neighbor may want another,” Cannon said.

Continuing challenge

Chapman doesn’t think the issue of mega-homes in Hudson Bayou will make it onto a City

Commission agenda in the near future, unless more residents and other neighborhoods voice concern about the issue.

The issue could surface at the end of the month, however, when commissioners begin discussing a possible form-based code that could change the city’s zoning guidelines.

“A form-based code has a lot of design requirements or design guidelines in it,” Chapman said during the May 18 Hudson Bayou Neighborhood Association meeting. “One of the things we as a neighborhood need to look at, if this happens, is what we want to look like.”

Patten said Hudson Bayou is transitioning, and the change is going to continue to be a challenge for the neighborhood.

“This concerns me, too, the character of the neighborhood changing,” Patten said. “We have a specific character. We are OK with change. But let’s do it in a way that is consistent.”

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In six years, Sarasota could certainly earn a new nickname: Roundabout City.

A project to install roundabouts on the bayfront is growing in size and cost. City commissioners in April added two additional roundabouts — at the intersections of U.S. 41 and University Parkway, and U.S. 41 and 47th Street — to the scope of the project.

Now, a total of 10 of the multi-lane roundabouts are proposed for U.S. 41 along the bayfront.

On June 24, the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will vote on the addition of the two new roundabouts.

A yes vote would dedicate federal and state funding for the two new roundabouts, said Rod Warner, a roundabout proponent and member of MPO’s citizens advisory committee.

“That’s a big meeting,” Warner said.

The first two of 10 multi-lane roundabouts along the bayfront got the goahead from the Federal Highway Administration earlier this month, and crews could begin construction in 2015-2016, said City Engineer Alex DavisShaw.

The $7.9 million cost for the first two roundabouts will be funded, in part, with $2.5 million in state funding and $1.5 million in federal funding, said Robin Stublen, public information officer for the Florida Department of Transportation.

Warner said a series of nine roundabouts constructed in 2009, on State Route 179 in Sedona, Ariz., shows how the roundabouts can work in a series.

“The roundabouts made the tourists and the locals happy,” Warner said.

In addition, a pair of smaller single-lane roundabouts is in the works downtown.

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One of the circles, at Ringling and Orange avenues, would become the third roundabout on Ringling Boulevard.

Commissioners approved that roundabout in September. And city engineers have determined a roundabout can fit at that intersection, DavisShaw said.

Two similar roundabouts were completed last year, also on Ringling Boulevard, at the intersections of Palm and Pineapple avenues.

Another roundabout slated for Main Street and Orange Avenue could be completed by next spring, Warner said. (See sidebar.)

Warner said the roundabouts on the bayfront are designed to make it easier for pedestrians and bicyclists to get across the bayfront thoroughfare.

“This is a multi-modal corridor with roundabouts,” Warner said.

One of Sarasota’s newest roundabouts could be named after downtown advocate Paul Thorpe.

The Downtown Improvement District (DID) voted unanimously April 30, to send a letter to the City Commission requesting the planned roundabout at Orange Avenue and Main Street be named in honor of Thorpe.

City commissioners would have to vote on the request to name the roundabout and to place a plaque amid landscaping in the circle.

“Paul Thorpe has spent his whole life building up downtown, from when it was all boarded up to what it is now,” said Mark Kauffman, DID board member who suggested the tribute.

On April 25, then-Mayor Suzanne Atwell presented Thorpe with a key to the city.

The potential roundabout honor surprised Thorpe, who attended the April 30 DID meeting.

Ernie Ritz, DID board member and friend of Thorpe, said he thinks the roundabout would be a similar honor to when city officials placed a plaque at the John Ringling Causeway Bridge to honor bridge proponent Gil Waters.

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The study would look at ways to address the parking shortage, including the possibility of a parking garage and valet service.

A parking feasibility study could be the first step forward in the construction of a parking garage on St. Armands Circle.

During their regular meeting Monday, May 20, city commissioners heard from the St. Armands Special Business Improvement District (BID). The district agreed to fund the study up to $50,000, but the city would have to come up with the rest.

According to materials submitted to commissioners, the study would address “alternative methods in managing the shortage of parking spaces within the commercial district, which may include the feasibility of erecting a parking structure.”

Marty Rappaport, chairman of the BID, said parking is the single, biggest issue for the Circle. The district offered to fund the feasibility study because there is no available funding in the city’s current budget.

The city has not yet approved the concept of the parking feasibility study. The next step, Rappaport said, is for city officials to decide whether to conduct the study. The study would take a comprehensive look at the Circle’s existing parking situation and, in addition to a parking garage, would look at the possibility of a valet service.

The need for a parking structure was identified in the Circle’s master plan penned five years ago, Rappaport said.

At the time, the master plan pointed out a shortage of 750 to 1,000 parking spaces on the Circle, where parking for visitors is mostly limited to on-street parking. In prior discussions, two cityowned lots were pointed out as possible locations for a parking structure.

The biggest unknown for the construction of a parking garage is funding.

One possible source would be contingent on an extension of the St. Armands BID taxing district.

On May 14, the BID announced its second effort to mail out ballots for a 10year extension vote for the district.

The problem, Rappaport said, was not disapproval of the BID. Instead, nearly half of the landowners didn’t get to vote: 28 of the ballots came back in April to the Sarasota City Auditor and Clerk’s Office stamped “not deliverable as addressed, unable to forward.”

During the May 20 City Commission meeting, Mayor Shannon Snyder suggested a novel approach for ensuring that property owners receive the ballot.

“Can we use a prominent color — maybe hot pink?” Snyder asked.

by Nick Friedman | Community Editor

Siesta Overlay District workshop sheds light on codes

A zoning administrator decision prohibits Siesta Key businesses from using portable, or A-frame, signs.

Siesta Key merchants and property owners learned of a new zoning rule Tuesday, May 21, during an educational zoning-code workshop. Portable, or Aframe-style signs, which are commonly used on Siesta Key to promote valet parking, restaurant specials and no-parking zones, are now prohibited.

According to Sarasota County Code Enforcement Officer John Lally, regulation of these types of signs was previously determined by whether the sign was promoting a product. But, in a recent decision by

zoning administrator Brad Bailey preceding the workshop, all portable signs now fall under the same category, and none is allowed.

The new interpretation of the code was brought to light in the first of several potential future Siesta Key Village Association-hosted workshops in conjunction with Sarasota County staff members.

Led by Sarasota County assistant zoning administrator Donna Thompson, the first workshop was intended to ensure all business and property owners were famil-

iar with the zoning code, as outlined by the Siesta Key Overlay District, which was established in 2001 to govern Siesta Key. SKVA leaders want all new business owners to be informed about what is allowed and prohibited in the overlay district, which encompasses not only the Village, but also as far south as Turtle Beach and as far east as Stickney Point Road and U.S. 41.

Lally, the primary code-enforcement officer on the Key, says that during his threemonth absence, which ended in late March, several new businesses emerged on the Key. The meeting was a good way to “get everyone on the same page,” he said.

“This is the code, as it currently exists,” said Kay Kouvatsos, co-owner of Village

Café, at the start of the meeting. “In reality, some things might need to be changed in future workshops.”

Several business owners expressed concerns with signs for valet parking and the subsequent parking issues that accompany the service, and some merchants feel the code is too restrictive.

“With all the regulations that have been placed on the Village by the county, for some of us, it seems like the only option is to get sign spinners,” said Michael Regulbuto, owner of Salon Capelli, who has struggled to promote his business while meeting code requirements. “I think maybe we should take another look at the sign regulation.”

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Suzanne Atwell and Susan Chapman were sworn into office Friday after winning At-Large City Commission seats in the Tuesday, May 14 runoff election.

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Suzanne Atwell and Susan Chapman, the city’s two at-large city commissioners elected May 14, were sworn into office the afternoon of Friday, May 17, during a statutory City Commission meeting. Atwell and Chapman were elected Tuesday, May 14, in a runoff election.

Following the ceremony, commissioners selected District 3 Commissioner Shannon Snyder to serve as mayor for the next year.

District 1 Commissioner Willie Shaw was again selected as vice mayor.

Commissioners Paul Caragiulo, Atwell and Snyder voted for Snyder’s one-year

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appointment as mayor. Caragiulo made the motion for Snyder as mayor.

“I am very, very humbled,” said Snyder.

Snyder said the appointment surprised him.

“If I had known, I would have gotten a new suit,” said Snyder, who said his old suit fits a little loosely after he recently lost 110 pounds.

Sarasota has a ceremonial mayor selected from commissioners. The position historically rotates annually; often the vice mayor is selected as mayor.

In a brief interview after the meeting, Snyder said he will try to focus on fiscal issues, following the example set by outgoing Commissioner Terry Turner, who, during his term on the City Commission, emphasized the financial climate and highlighted the need for changes such as revamping the city’s pension system.

“I want the city to survive,” Snyder said. “I want employees to get what they were promised.”

Snyder also said he felt that it would be a challenge to follow Atwell, who had presided over meetings as mayor for two years.

Snyder credited former Mayor Lou Ann Palmer with getting him involved in local politics.

“I complained about a stop sign,” Snyder said. “So, she signed me up for a transportation committee.”

During his final remarks as a commissioner, Turner said the city needs to be run more efficiently in upcoming lean budget years. Options such as outsourcing and working with other organizations need to be considered, Turner said.

“We will need to manage the city a lot better,” Turner said. “It will not be comfortable.”

+ Monthly property sales surpass 1,000 More than 1,000 properties were sold in Sarasota County in April, the first time the tally crossed that mark since June 2005.

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over April 2012, when it was $175,000.

The median sales price for condos dropped slightly, from $191,000 in April 2012 to $185,000 last month.

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City commissioners approved phase two of the bayfront mooring project.

+ Commission approves second phase of moorings During its regular meeting Monday, May 20, the Sarasota City Commission approved phase two of a bayfront mooring field project.

A contractor completed the first phase of the mooring field in August, with 35 moorings. Phase two of the project will install an additional 35 moorings, at an estimated cost of $218,000, funded by a grant from the West Coast Navigation District (WCIND).

The mooring project is designed to prevent boats moored on the city’s bayThere were 714 single-family home sales and 303 condo sales in the county last month, according to the Sarasota Association of Realtors, for a total of 1,017 closings. That beat the April 2012 total of 886 closings by 14%, the association says in a statement. In April 2012 there were 589 single-family home sales and 297 condo sales.

The 1,000 sales mark, further, has historical significance. The association says there have been 10 months in its entire history, dating back 90 years, when total sales topped 1,000. The other nine months occurred in 2004 and 2005,

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front from breaking free during storms and crashing into other boats or property.

Before phase one was completed, the city grappled with a way to provide a secure anchorage and set up a method of disposing of waste from the moored boats. There were instances of sewage and trash reaching shore, including a portable toilet washing ashore.

During the meeting, Commissioner Suzanne Atwell said the first phase of the mooring field “seems to be working.”

“A lot of people were scared about what it would look like,” Atwell said. “It still looks lovely out there.” including an all-time high of 1,233 sales in April 2004.

“This historic number of sales is a testimony to the hard working, professional Realtors who belong to this association,” Sarasota Association of Realtors President Roger Piro said in the May 22 release.

In addition to the increase in total sales volume, the association, in its monthly statistical report released this morning, talks up the mostly good news on prices and the good news on inventory. On the median sales price, the figure for a singlefamily home was $217,000 in April, the highest since 2008 and a 24% increase

The city of Sarasota was featured in the May/June issue of Where to Retire magazine as a walkable city.

Sarasota was highlighted as one of eight cities for walkable living. Other cities on the list include: Decatur, Ga.; Charlottesville, Va.; Providence, R.I.; Tuscon, Ariz.; Boulder, Colo.; Ashland, Ore.; and Bellingham, Wash.

“Although the citywide walk score is a ‘somewhat walkable’ 56, Sarasota is well above Florida’s average score of 37 (‘car dependent’), and its downtown is especially navigable by foot,” states the magazine.

+ City of Sarasota offices will be closed Memorial Day City of Sarasota administrative offices will be closed Memorial Day, Monday, May 27.

Most Sarasota County government offices, libraries, recreation centers and transit services will be also be closed to observe the national holiday.

However, Payne Park Tennis Center will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., and the Arlington Park Recreation Center will be open from noon to 5 p.m.

Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) will not operate on Memorial Day. Sarasota County collection schedule for solid waste, yard waste and recyclables will remain on the regular pickup schedule.

The landfill at 4000 Knights Trail Road in Nokomis will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Also closed are Sarasota County’s chemical collection centers at 8750 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota, and at 250 S. Jackson Road, Venice.

The chemical collection center at 4010 Knights Trail Road, Nokomis, will be open on May 27.

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PASTRY ART / FROM PAGE 1A When Chip Beeman heard Pastry Art might be available for purchase, he immediately wanted to set up a meeting with Shaw.

Because, the meeting was set up through a third party, Shaw, didn’t initially know the Beemans were interested in purchasing the business. He felt they would be a perfect fit to run the café.

“That night when Chip and Katie came over with a third party, it was a reunion at the front door,” Shaw said. “We’ve been going to the Main Bar and enjoying the Famous Italian since 1989.”

Beeman took ownership May 1. The new owner said he has to learn the “moving parts” of the café, including the Grimac espresso machine, which was in need of a repaired steam wand last week.

Shaw will stay on at the café for a month to teach Beeman some of those moving parts, and there are veteran baristas on hand to help.

But, the most important skill the new owner must learn could take some time.

“This guy knows everyone,” says Beeman of Shaw while at Pastry Art last Thursday. “I have to start writing down all the names.”

Shaw has become a mainstay since 1994 at Pastry Art, an institution downtown where locals come to talk politics and politicians come to hear from locals.

Servian said she was relieved to hear that another local owner would be taking over the café.

“I would not be happy if it was going to some major chain or someone from the outside,” Servian said.

John Lucado, who visits Pastry Art a few times a week for the coffee, almond logs and conversation, said he will miss seeing Shaw around the café on a regular basis, although

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he will probably spot Shaw from time to time — albeit on the other side of the counter.

“Of course, I’ll be popping into Pastry Art as time permits,” Shaw said. “I have to stop in and say ‘hi’ to everyone, and we do have the best coffee in town, so I plan to continue to buy my coffee from the best.

My wife had been raving about Pastry Art coffee long before we owned it, and she continues her morning pilgrimage.”

Shaw, a proponent of a possible project to bring a streetcar to downtown Sarasota, also plans to stay involved in the grassroots organization, Sarasota Streetcar Initiative, and local politics.

Lucado agrees with Servian that it was good news a local owner is taking over.

“It’s important that our small businesses downtown keep their local flavor,” Lucado said.

Frequent customer Mark Sarason comes in to read magazines in Pastry Art’s comfy, brown leather chair by the front window. He isn’t a fan of franchises.

Sarason said he thinks the new owners “care about what happens to Sarasota” because they already own an independent eatery downtown.

Beeman said he plans to bring over a few specialty sandwiches from the Main Bar — including the Famous Italian and the Aztec. Other than that, the Pastry Art menu — and the coffee — will remain the same.

However, some changes will be coming to the café’s outdoor seating. After the city wraps up its first phase of a $1.9 million sidewalk improvement project in June, which will expand the seating area in front of Pastry Art, there will be space to add about five more tables outside, Beeman said.

Also, the Beemans plan to make the area non-smoking, so more patrons can enjoy the space. Beeman has already ordered a new set of outside tables.

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Village crosswalk lighting receives green light Merchants and residents helped design the project to aid pedestrians and cars.

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“There will be a little disruption, but nothing significant,” said Tom Maroney, transportation manager with Sarasota County. “We won’t need to close the road.”

The goal is to complete the project before tourist season, Maroney said.

Throughout the past 16 months, the county organized demonstrations so merchants and residents could see different manufacturers’ designs and products.

“They were designing on the fly what merchants and residents wanted,” Maroney said.

Stonelight LLC was ultimately selected to build the custom bollards that were designed with two purposes in mind.

The devices will light the crosswalks so pedestrians can see where they are walking, while also illuminating the crosswalks so they are visible to motorists on Ocean Boulevard, Maroney said.

Luckner hopes they will help control traffic, both during the day and at night.

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Sarasota County approved the $70,000 project earlier this month to add LED-lit concrete posts at seven crosswalks in the Village. Crews are expected to install the posts by October.

County officials worked with the Siesta Key Village Association, merchants and residents for more than a year-and-a-half to design the customized project, said Catherine Luckner, president of the Siesta Key Association.

For Luckner, the project has been a priority.

“I think everyone has been afraid, at times, for the people who visit here and just aren’t paying attention,” Luckner said.

Many Siesta residents, including Luckner, have seen someone on foot or bicycle get hit by a car in the Village, Luckner said.

In total, 14 bollards — or short vertical, concrete posts — will be installed at the crosswalks.

Sarasota-based Evolucia Lighting provided the LED lights used in the project at cost, a move that trimmed an estimated $30,000 from the original $110,000 cost of the project, Luckner said.

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Tax plan needs more vetting On June 18, Manatee County voters will vote on two questions that are loaded with big tax consequences.

On the surface, the questions appear straightforward and easy to comprehend.

But to paraphrase the adage, the details matter — a lot. Over the next two weeks, we will address on this page the details of both referendum questions. They’re not just Manatee County questions. The election results have implications for Sarasota County, as well. This week, we focus is on the indigent-care, half-cent sales tax.

First, let’s start by giving Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker credit for leading this effort. Regardless of your position on this question, credit Hunzeker for being willing to stand up for what he believes is the right and to do so in the face of strong opposition. He’s not like many of the Washington bureaucrats we’ve seen lately who show no conviction to take responsibility.

What’s more, we’ll credit Hunzeker for looking to the future and having the courage to risk his job and reputation for what he believes is the greater good.

The trigger for this indigent-care halfcent sales tax starts with Manatee history.

In 1984, the county sold its public hospital, Manatee Memorial, and used the proceeds to establish an indigent-care trust fund. In recent years, that trust fund provided about $9 million annually to provide medical and mental care to the needy. The largest portion of that amount goes to cover payments for patient treatment at Manatee Memorial — about $5.6 million a year.

On top of that $9 million, Manatee commissioners have allocated about $14 million a year from property-tax collections for similar needs — $23 altogether.

The largest portions of that $14 million have been spent on payments for patient treatment at Manatee Memorial, Medicaid matching funds and prison health services.

Federal and state governments mandate the spending on the latter two. Prison health services cost about $5.7 million a year; Medicaid consumes the second-largest amount, about $4.7 million a year.

Dilemma: Paying for indigents

Here’s the dilemma Hunzeker felt compelled to address: In 2015, the money in the trust fund will be depleted. That presents the County Commission with tough choices: continue to fund that $9 million via another source, say, higher property taxes; fund a lesser amount via another source; or discontinue the $9 million funding altogether.

If it’s discontinued, what would be the consequences? What would happen to Manatee’s economy if that $9 million disappeared from health-care providers?

And if that money disappeared while the indigent still visited doctors and hospitals, who ultimately would pay — Manatee’s insured residents?

For Hunzeker, this sticky dilemma triggered a lot to think about.

To begin, Hunzeker did not want to foist that $9 million shortfall as a new property tax on top of the county’s existing property taxes. Manatee County’s property-tax millage rates already are more than twice as high as Sarasota County’s rates (see box at right). This is a big economic problem.

It’s an economic disincentive for home buyers and businesses. If you’re a manufacturer that needs 50,000 square feet to operate and you want to be competitive, where would you prefer to locate — where your taxes are $7 per $1,000 of assessed value or $3.15 per $1,000 of assessed value?

Hunzeker will tell you Manatee’s millage rate weighed on his thinking. Then, when Hunzeker looked closely at why Manatee’s millage rate is so much higher than Sarasota’s, he saw Sarasota’s dirty little secret: Sarasota County government may have a lower millage rate, but Sarasota County government actually generates 16% more in revenues each year than does Manatee.

And it does so through an assortment of fees that Manatee County does not charge (see table below). Altogether, Sarasota generates $388 million a year in fees — money

REMEMBER THE FALLEN Memorial Day was first observed May 30, 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.

Wounds were still deep, then. Southern states wouldn’t honor their dead on the same date as the Northern states.

After World War I, the holiday became a memorial not just to those who died in the Civil War, but to all Americans who died in any war.

Memorial Day also became the holiday symbolized by the red poppy. Moina Michael, a teacher, wrote a poem and dedicated the latter years of her life to spreading the red poppy as a symbol of remembrance. Wrote Michael: “We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies.”

Monday is Memorial Day. Remember the more than 1.3 million Americans who have died in nearly 60 conflicts since the American Revolution.

Remember, too, all the victims of the Oklahoma and Midwest tornadoes. that does not get factored into Sarasota’s basic millage rate.

Voila. Hunzeker’s answer came to him.

Rather than tap property owners to make up the lost $9 million, Hunzeker thought the county could adopt a half-cent sales tax. That would raise the county’s tax rate from 6.5% to 7%, the same as Sarasota’s. But as Hunzeker figured it, the half-cent sales tax could generate close to the entire $23 million the county currently contributes to indigent health care. Manatee’s taxable sales in 2012 totaled $4.325 billion. A halfcent tax would generate $21.6 million.

With that, Hunzeker expanded his tax idea into a comprehensive plan that he believes is salable to taxpayers. His grand plan attempts to accomplish a lot. It would: 1) Fund indigent health care with a halfcent sales tax, avoiding a higher property tax; avoiding the loss of $9 million in revenues from going to local healthcare providers; and thus allowing the county to discontinue its $14 million to indigent health from property-tax revenues.

2) Broaden Manatee’s revenue sources by adopting fees on utility franchises, stormwater and ambulance services, thus mirroring more closely other counties’ revenues.

3) Allow, because of No. 1 and No. 2, the county to reduce property-tax rates.

4) Make, because of No. 3, Manatee’s millage rate more competitive in economic development circles.

The skeptics’ doubts

The plan appears ingenious.

But as you might expect, there are plenty of skeptics and opponents. Manatee’s Tea Party leaders stridently oppose Hunzeker’s plan. And they do so largely on two counts: They don’t like the idea of a new tax (the half-cent tax); and they don’t believe the County Commission will lower propertytax rates even if the half-cent healthcare tax is approved. They don’t trust government.

Others are skeptical of Hunzeker estimates that tourists would pay 30% of the indigent health-care sales tax (i.e. $6.5 million of $21 million). Hunzeker says this is an accepted percentage in government circles. According to longtime Florida economist Hank Fishkind, the amount tourists would pay is more like 20%.

Still others cast doubts on Hunzeker’s literature that says if the half-cent tax is adopted, it could lead to millage-rate reductions of 13% for unincorporated property taxpayers and 26% for property taxpayers in Manatee’s incorporated cities. Says Hunzeker: “My budget proposal at the end of this month will include those reductions.”

The opponents’ rhetoric aside, Hunzeker’s plan is too complex for taxpayers. It reminds us of the song about the shin bone connected to the knee bone, and the knee bone connected to thigh bone. Without one of those bones, the leg falls apart.

In the end, Hunzeker’s plan is a netrevenue plan. The county’s money would come from new sources — higher sales tax, new fees; with the cost borne by different payers. City taxpayers would benefit most; unincorporated residents would see their property-tax millage rate fall, but they’d see new fees on their tax bill (franchise and stormwater).

That’s assuming, of course, everything falls into place. The County Commission would have to go along, including negotiate deals with utilities and figure out, say, a stormwater fee scheme. All of that would take a lot of time. There are no guarantees.

Here’s another biggie: If the indigent sales tax is approved, the county must enact a plan for how that money will be spent and administered. If you look at the health plan the way it’s written, you’re likely to reach this conclusion: It’s a bureaucratic blob.

Hunzeker has valid ideas. But our recommendation to voters today is call him and the county commissioners and ask them to pull the indigent sales tax from the ballot.

The entire package needs more vetting.

MANATEE’S INDIGENT-TAX QUESTION 1) COUNTYWIDE INDIGENT CARE ONE-HALF CENT SALES SURTAX FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO QUALIFIED RESIDENTS

Shall Manatee County levy a countywide one-half-cent sales surtax for a 10-year period commencing Jan. 1, 2014? The proceeds of the sales surtax shall be used

to fund health care services for Manatee County residents, including elderly persons and children, who are indigent or medically poor. Such services shall include primary and preventative care by physicians, clinics, hospitals, mental health centers and alternative delivery sites in a cost-effective manner.

HOW COUNTY TAXES COMPARE Fiscal 2013 adopted taxes and surtaxes. UMSTU = Unincorporated Manatee Services Taxing Unit. Dollars in millions

Property taxes Voted debt service tax Other property taxes Water Wastewater Solid waste/recycling Sales surtax Stormwater EMS district Franchise fees Total Millage rates

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$1,610 $4 $137 $396 $487 $231 $127 $12 0 0 $3,004 10.7306

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$1,140 0 $246 $384 $427 $328 $127 0 $137 0 $2,789 7.6021

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$473 $24 $163 $384 $722 $159 $127 $91 $99 $71 $2,313 3.1530

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Seeds of remembrance Inspired by a mission trip to Israel, Longboaters Ed and Betty Rosenthal helped start a fruit orchard at Temple Beth Sholom to honor Holocaust victims.

Growing up, Ed Rosenthal was curious why his family was so small. He had no siblings or cousins, and he had barely any extended family. It wasn’t something that his parents discussed, and Rosenthal never gave it much thought until a recent mission trip to Israel with his wife, Betty.

While in Israel, the Longboat Key residents decided to visit Yad Vashem, the world’s largest Holocaust museum. As part of one exhibit, an audio recording continually plays the names of the 1.5 million children killed during the Holocaust. As the Rosenthals entered the exhibit, the recording began to recite the names of the children also with the last name Rosenthal.

“I never understood why I didn’t have much family,” says Ed Rosenthal. “But, as I was listening to those names, I started to put things together. It really hit home for us.”

He and his wife were sure the

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Betty and Ed Rosenthal were inspired to create a “Remember Me Orchard” after a mission trip to Israel.

Trees are dedicated to the lives of individual children who died in the Holocaust. timing was more than a coincidence.

“As soon as we stepped in, that was the first name we heard: Esther Rosenthal,” says Ed Rosenthal. “Of all the names that could have been playing, and of all the exhibits we could’ve been in, we just happened to be there when they were reading the Rosenthal names. I don’t know what those odds are.”

When they returned to Sara-

sota, the couple sought a way to continue to honor the lives of children lost in the Holocaust.

During their trip to Israel, they had visited a remembrance orchard and decided to create one of their own at their synagogue, Temple Beth Sholom.

After meeting with Temple Beth Sholom’s executive director, Mitch Weiss, Ed and Betty Rosenthal worked with the Jewish Federation of SarasotaManatee, the temple and fellow temple members, the Blumenthal family, to bring the orchard to life.

“It’s been a community labor of love,” says Betty Rosenthal.

The Yad Vashem website includes a database of Holocaust victims’ names and brief biographies of each. After finding a story with special significance, donors can commemorate that child’s life by contributing a fruit tree of their choice and plaque to the garden. Dedications cost $180, but a fund is available for those who cannot afford the cost.

The orchard opened in April with a dedication ceremony for the first seven trees, which have already begun to yield fruit, such

as avocado, mango and pomegranate. In addition to being a place of reflection, the Rosenthals say the organic, chemical-free orchard will eventually provide food for Temple Beth Sholom students, so that as they eat, they can remember a child who was less fortunate.

“As the last witnesses to the Holocaust continue to disappear, we wanted to leave something lasting for the next generation,” says Ed Rosenthal. “It’s so important that they never forget.”

For more information, or to donate a tree, visit templebethsholomfl.org/Programs/RememberMeOrchard.aspx

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Rick Rogala lost faith in his country as a prisoner of war in North Korea in 1968. Now, he cherishes his country.

When Sarasota resident Rick Rogala stands on stage and looks into the crowd at the Tribute to Heroes Parade this weekend in Lakewood Ranch, he will think of the last man to travel south down the Bridge of No Return.

That man was in a wooden box on ice, carried by military guards.

His name was Duane Hodges, and he had been dead for 11 months.

It’s the last memory Rogala, 66, has of North Korea, where he was one of 82 Navy crewmen held hostage by the North Korean military during the USS Pueblo Crisis.

And, it’s where his thoughts will turn when he speaks at the May 26 parade.

Rogala wants to see again the USS Pueblo, a ship originally used for freight and later as a spy ship, before he dies.

It’s a ship that nearly killed his American spirit; it’s a ship still held by North Korea.

Rogala enlisted in the Navy Reserve Sept. 1, 1966, because he

loved his country. The Navy sent him to the USS Pueblo about a year after he enlisted.

“I thought I was going to go see the world,” Rogala said. “I didn’t know what the heck we were doing. I didn’t know where we were going.”

On Jan. 5, 1968, the ship left Yokosuka, Japan, for Saesbo, Japan. Six days later, it headed northward with orders to intercept and conduct surveillance of Soviet Union naval activity in the Tsushima Strait and to gather signal and electronic intelligence from North Korea.

The Navy had designated the mission as non-risk, so the ship carried few weapons — only two .50-caliber machine guns and a few pistols.

On Jan. 23, 1968, four torpedo boats, three sub chasers and two fighter airplanes converged on the Pueblo.

Hodges was the only crewmen killed.

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Rick Rogala survived 11 months as a prisoner of war in North Korea. the boat and took it to a port at Wonsan.

Once at the port, Rogala walked off the boat, like the others, blindfolded by sheets.

On an overnight train ride to a prisoner of war camp, soldiers stuffed bread in Rogala’s mouth.

Later, Rogala would eat gummy rice served in fly-infested buckets.

“Hunger hurt,” Rogala said.

“I felt if they wanted to get me, they were going to get me. If they wanted to poison me, they would poison me. Or (they would) kill me a different way.”

Rogala dropped from 165 to 138 pounds in the 11 months.

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war camp, a worn military compound to which the Americans were taken in March 1968.

There, life started at 6 a.m., on a paper-thin mattress with a cardboard pillow, in a room with eight other Americans.

One American in Rogala’s room scribbled lyrics to songs he had memorized, such as “Along Comes Mary” and “Cherry Cherry.”

The songs became the soundtrack to his life in captivity, where he celebrated his 21st birthday.

As time went on, the eight roommates began to rally around each other, keeping each other alive and avoiding giving up on America.

“At first we thought the U.S. would save us in a few weeks,” Rogala said. “That became a few months. Then, we talked about how it’s going to be growing old and not seeing things happen back home.”

On Dec. 23, 1968, after the United States issued a written apology that it later retracted, the American captives were taken on a bus to the border with South Korea, before flying to San Diego.

Rogala returned home to Chicago three months later.

For a while, Rogala, chose to forget about North Korea.

But then came random times when Rogala couldn’t breathe, triggered by innocuous events such as spotting groups of Asian men.

Doctors diagnosed him with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Rogala also couldn’t block out the bitterness and shame he felt toward America; he felt his country had left him to die.

The Sarasota County Veterans Commission, of which Rogala is a member, endorsed Rogala’s mission to write letters to congressmen and the president and express his — and other Pueblo survivors — desire to get the ship back.

Rogala only recently began to love his country again.

In Sarasota, Rogala has gained perspective through friendships he’s built with other veterans.

Five years ago, his late wife, Regina, pushed Rogala to wear his USS Pueblo hat, fitted with pins and medals, including a Purple Heart and commendation medal.

“It took me a lot of time to wear this hat,” Rogala said. “I thank God for everything we have in America — true freedom.

I just hope that ship comes back.

It’s all I care about in my life, so I could put this behind me.”

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The honorees received certificates of congressional recognition.

Capt. Bobby R. Martin, a member of the American Legion Post 226 and the Alpha Co. of the Vietnam Brotherhood, was the special guest speaker.

Danny Bilyeu, representative of U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, presents certificate of congressional recognition to Sgt. Louis Yeostros.

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One of the most difficult aspects of military service can be keeping in touch with loved ones. Limited access to phones or calling cards can make deployment an even more difficult time for servicemen and women, as well as their families back home.

This Sunday, Gary Reinstrom, cofounder of the Jacobites Pipe Band, invites the community to help bridge the communication gap by donating gently used cell phones at the band’s seventh annual Memorial Day concert.

For the past month, Reinstrom has been collecting used cell phones for a national non-profit organization called Cell Phones for Soldiers, which recycles used cell phones to provide free calling cards to active-duty military members.

A meeting in the fall with the Arts Council and the Patterson Foundation spurred the effort. The Patterson Foundation emphasizes community partnerships, and, after the meeting, Reinstrom, along with the Jacobites and the First Brass Band, joined Church of the Redeemer and First Presbyterian of Sarasota to help collect cell phones.

Reinstrom says he felt he, as a musician, was in a good position to appeal to the community.

“Bagpipes and brass are reminiscent of our troops,” he says. “What I can do, as a musician, is generate enthusiasm.”

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As the concert approaches, Reinstrom says he hopes to continue to collect phones for members of the military and make an even larger donation near the Fourth of July.

“A lot of these men and women are over there, and they’re married, or they have kids,” says Reinstrom. “It costs them an arm and a leg just to call home.

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Siesta Key Kiwanis Club Rock, Paper, Scissors Beach Party — takes place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Siesta Key Beach pavilion, 948 Beach Road, Siesta Key. Join the club in honoring its Service Leadership Programs: the Pine View Key Club and Sarasota Middle School Builders Club. For more information, visit siestakeykiwanis.org.

Service to Community Awards ‘A Tribute to Veterans’ — takes place at noon at Michael’s On East.

1212 East Ave. The service honors individuals in the community who inspire patriotism, provide service to others and offer hope to veterans. For more information, contact Stacey Quaid, of Jewish Family and Children’s Service, at 366-2224, Ext. 142.

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Summer Olympics for the Kids — starts at 10 a.m. and goes until 4 p.m. at Children’s World, 4525 Bee Ridge Road. Kick off summer with the Summer Olympics. Children will have the chance to participate in several events. Prizes for participating will be offered. The event is free. For more information, call 955-6999.

American Jewish Committee Lunch and Learn — takes place at 11 a.m. at Michael’s On East, 1212 East Ave. The AJC presents its first summer lunch and learn featuring Rabbi Noam Marans, AJC’s director of inter-religious and intergroup relations. Reservations are required. For more information, contact Monica Caldwell at 365-4955.

keynote speaker will be John Rosentrater, who has served as director of the Sarasota National Cemetery since May 2012. high school marching bands, ROTC units, veterans groups, scouts, civic groups, elected officials and more will participate. Ceremonies include color guards and patriotic music. For more information, contact Jerry Derrick at 861-2899 or Jan Thornburg at 954-2613.

Sarasota Memorial Day Parade — starts at 10 a.m. at Main Street and Osprey Avenue. The city of Sarasota, in conjunction with the Sarasota Patriotic Observance Committee, will host the annual parade. The theme for this year’s Memorial Day ceremony is “Never Forget.” The

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Foster siblings stick together at Everyday Blessings The non-profit foster organization focuses on comfort by keeping foster siblings together.

Like most mothers, Alison Stripling loves her children. She beams with pride at school award ceremonies; she enjoys taking them to the beach on the weekends; and even the simple joy of an “I love you” or a hug can brighten her day. But Stripling’s own children are grown. These days, she spends most of her time with her four foster children.

As a full-time, live-in caregiver for Everyday Blessings, Stripling is one of three caregivers who devotes her time to the non-profit foster-care organization, which specializes in keeping sibling groups together.

“This kind of foster care is something

that’s really needed,” she says. “It feels like a calling for me. These kids need a parent figure, and we become like a little family — I call them my girls.”

For children in need of foster care, being separated from their siblings can be even more difficult. Everyday Blessings’ mission is to make the process as comfortable as possible for the children.

“Moving into foster care can be traumatic for the kids,” says Trish Adams, residential coordinator at Everyday Blessings. “So, if they can at least have their sibling there with them, that connection is comforting.”

Started in 2012, the Sarasota branch operates out of property leased from the

Frank G. Berlin Sr. YMCA and is funded by private donations as well as in-kind services. Everyday Blessings offers a home for as many as 12 children who come from abusive or neglectful families, and it partners with community agencies, such as the Safe Children Coalition and religious groups, such as Temple Beth Sholom and Harvest Tabernacle, as well as the children’s families to help transition them back into a safe, permanent home.

Children stay in the program for a minimum of one year, until they can be placed into a permanent home. The ultimate goal is to reunite the siblings with their parents.

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The Riverview High girls track team won the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 8A Academic Team Championship.

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The Outof-Door Academy eighth-grader Jason Fineberg ran for 167 yards and a touchdown in the Thunder’s spring game May 17.

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Riverview High scored 110 points to finish as the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 8A Academic Team runner-up for the 2012-13 school year.

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Thirteen-year-old Lakewood Ranch resident Jillian Santiago trains six days a week for three hours a day with the Sarasota Tsunami.

Thirteen-year-old Jillian Santiago began swimming for the Sarasota Tsunami one-and-a-half years ago. Now, she’s one of the top-ranked swimmers in the nation for her age group.

SARASOTA — Thirteen-yearold Jillian Santiago cuts through the water with blade-like precision.

Each stroke is deeper and more powerful than the last.

With her back gliding across the water and her legs kicking, sending tiny bursts of water into the air, the Lakewood Ranch resident and St. Martha Catholic School seventh-grader begins her final push toward the wall.

In an instant, Jillian stretches deep into the wall, out-touching her opponent by a mere onehundredth of a second to win the 100-yard backstroke at the Florida Swimming Spring Age Group Championships this spring.

After the race was over, Jillian, who swims for the Sarasota Tsunami, learned she had won what would be her fourth individual first-place victory.

“It’s something I’ll hold on to forever,” Jillian says. “That moment when you hear everyone cheering for you — it’s an amazing feeling.

“I like the pressure,” she says.

“It kind of helps me get over the fear of things. I just always tell myself, ‘You can go faster. This is your race. You know how you’re supposed to race.’”

With the win, Jillian won the high-point award for the 11- and 12-year-old age group — her fifth-consecutive meet earning the distinction. Following her performance, Jillian competed in the Florida Swimming versus Florida Gold Coast All-Stars Meet, at which she posted victories in both individual and relay events.

Jillian posted the fastest times by a 12 year old in the 100 and

200 freestyle in the area and is ranked No. 1 in four events. She also is ranked in the top 10 in the nation.

“When she races, she doesn’t just want to win, but she hates to lose,” Tsunami coach Ira Klein says. “She’s got a great attitude, and she’s always up and willing to work hard.

“She’s very mature,” Klein says.

“It’s rare to find athletes who have achieved what she’s achieved at such a young age. Mentally, she understands the things that need to be done.”

Now Jillian, who turned 13 years old in April, is busy preparing for the Florida Long Course Age Group Championships July 18 to July 21, in Gainesville, where she hopes to qualify to represent Florida in the Southern Zone Age Group Championships July 29 through Aug. 2.

“FLAGS is really competitive,” Jillian says. “The best swimmers in Florida are there competing, so it brings out the best in everyone. It’s always fun.

“Fourteen-year-olds usually make the Florida zone team, so to be 13 and make it would be pretty special,” she says. “It’s weird because now I’m the youngest. I just want to show everyone that it doesn’t matter how old you are, you can still swim fast.”

Jillian joined her first swim team when she was 6 years old, after hearing her mother, Julie, a former collegiate swimmer at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, tell her how much she enjoyed swimming.

Following in her mother’s footsteps, Jillian immediately felt at home in the water.

“I remember I was one of the

Jillian Santiago, 13, says she loves competing in sprint races because of the strength required to perform well in them. littlest kids there, and I just liked it,” Jillian says. “I like the calmness of it. It’s also an individual sport, so you only have to worry about yourself.”

Jillian grew up swimming in Las Vegas, before moving to Kentucky and then, eventually, to Florida, where she joined the Tsunami.

Today, Jillian trains under the guidance of Klein — her mother’s former college coach.

“It’s pretty neat,” Jillian says. “He tells me stories of all of the things that my mom accomplished, and I feel like I can do anything.”

Klein agrees the experience is unique.

“It’s a lot of fun,” Klein says. “I coached her mom when she was 20 and 21 years old, so I feel like I’m seeing what Julie was like

when she was 13.”

Jillian, who trains six days a week for three hours a day, swims the 50, 100 and 200 freestyles and backstrokes. However, the 100 freestyle is her favorite event.

“The sprint events are really fun,” Jillian says. “You have to have a lot of power, and I feel like I have power.”

Jillian plans to swim for Cardinal Mooney in high school and has aspirations of swimming for Notre Dame and qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Trials.

“My mom has always told me to never give up,” Jillian says. “She says, ‘You can swim fast even when you are tired. If you train hard and never give up, then it will all work out in the end.’”

Contact Jen Blanco at jblanco@ yourobserver.com.

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Cardinal Mooney High senior goalkeeper Victoria Krupa was named a 2013 US Lacrosse Girls High School first-team AllAmerican May 8.

Krupa was one of 17 players from across Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Central Texas to receive the honor.

Krupa also was named to the All-Academic team and received the Jackie Pitts Award. The Jackie Pitts Award is given to a senior who plays lacrosse and is invested in the development of the game in her community.

Krupa finished her final season at Cardinal Mooney with a 56.395 save percentage. She also recorded her first career shutout and notched two goals and two assists.

+ Youth baseball tourneys coming to Sarasota Prospect Wire will host its Florida state finals for four age groups of high school baseball players June 8 through June 12, at Ed Smith Stadium and the Buck O’Neil Sports Complex.

The tournament is designed to showcase the players’ abilities for college and professional scouts’ consideration. The event is expected to include more than 2,000 participants and 1,000 spectators each day.

“We are thrilled to bring the tournament back to Sarasota and the Orioles’ facilities,” says Matt Bomeisl, of Prospect Wire. “This is the largest amateur state championship in summer baseball.”

In addition, Suncoast Baseball will hold its second tournament in June, with up to 20 teams

I’ve been playing lacrosse my whole life. It’s honestly like a dream come true to receive such prestigious awards. Lacrosse is a game I’ve loved forever, so it’s a perfect (ending) to get all of those awards.

The Jackie Pitts Award means the most because it’s (centered) around how you play the game, but, more than that, it’s about giving back to your community.

I used to coach lacrosse, and in the offseason I teach middle school and youth camps all over the country.

It’s more about giving back. Lacrosse is my passion, so I’m so proud to be able to have received that award.

Lacrosse is such a small world, but I think that’s the best part. The people I play with in club and play against are some of my best friends; and a lot of us are going to be playing against each other in college. These are people I’ll know my whole life.

In eighth grade I was playing in a tournament and my team needed a goalie. My mom played goalie, but she never pushed me to play it. My mom wasn’t there that day, so I decided to be a little rebellious and go against my mom. They let me try it and I loved it. Everyone told me you have to be a little crazy to be a goalie. You can’t be afraid of the ball at all.

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Soccer Time Academy is a soccer-enrichment company designed to help prepare future soccer stars for the Special Olympics and to help players enhance their athletic soccer skills.

After mentoring for the Special Olympics while attending Lindenwood, Meyer wanted to give back to the community.

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Registration is now open for those interested in playing tackle football for the Sarasota Dolphins third- and fourth-grade team.

Only 25 players will be allowed on the roster. Some secondgraders will be considered for the team with a tryout.

Registration is $300 and includes equipment and a game jersey. Those who register before May 31 will save $50.

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eighth-graders who want to enhance their skills to prepare them for high school tryouts.

Finally, Level 3 is for high school freshmen and sophomores and will include in-depth education of how to contact colleges, prepare a bio for college scouts and advanced ball skills.

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ODA eighth-grader Jason Fineberg finished with 167 yards on the ground and a touchdown.

Learning Curve ODA Thunder make strides at spring football game with a young team leading the charge on the gridiron.

ODA head coach Brett Timmons talks with quarterback Nathan Strawderman during the second half.

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Eighth-grader Nathan Strawderman made his first start under center, after the Thunder veteran quarterback Evan Wilson graduated.

With half his roster made up of eighthgraders, The Out-of-Door Academy football coach Brett Timmons smiled at the way his team fought during its spring game May 17.

Although ODA fell 17-13 to St. Petersburg Northside Christian, Timmons remained optimistic about what lies ahead for the Thunder.

“I’m ecstatic,” Timmons says. “For a bunch of eighth-graders to play a team that’s primarily a varsity team and to be down by 10 at the time, I’m proud of these guys.”

Junior Drew Fineberg scored the game’s first touchdown on a 4-yard carry. Brian Kirshe added the extra point to give ODA a 7-0 lead.

Fineberg’s younger brother, Jason, took the reins in the second quarter, after his older brother went down with a knee injury.

Jason Fineberg, who intercepted the ball on Northside Christian’s opening possession and ran it back 28 yards to set up the go-ahead score, finished with 167 yards on the ground.

Trailing 17-7, Jason Fineberg found the end zone with no time left on the clock.

Eighth-grader Nathan Strawderman made his first start under center after the Thunder graduated veteran quarterback Evan Wilson.

ODA also was without Tyler Dietrich, who is expected to compete with Strawderman for the starting quarterback job, as well as Austin Hoppe, J.T. Fisher and Jake Romine — the majority of whom were out due to baseball obligations.

“The future is bright for this program,” Timmons says. “And, once we get the full complement of our guys back, I’m real excited.”

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Avery Johanning, Tucker Gravly, Grace Hollingsworth and Noelle Tenaglia sing “The Kindergarten Song” for parents in the sanctuary.

Graduating students say farewell to preschool during the Butterfly Ball.

First Presbyterian Church of Sarasota Preschool hosted its annual Butterfly Ball Friday, May 17, at the fellowship hall for the graduating preschoolers. In previous years, parents organized a silent auction and celebration for the children, but, this year, the silent auction was held in April at Michael’s On East. Children enjoyed pizza, watermelon and dancing.

Emerson Miller gives her little sister, Elle, a hug at the Butterfly Ball.

Mila Saba bites into some watermelon. Mila came to see her sister, Lily, sing at the Butterfly Ball.

Director Clare Carter thanks parents for coming.

Photos by Yaryna Klimchak

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Cadets Jonathon Higham, Benjamin Williams, Chapter President Mike Richardson, Erica Tenorio, Eric Chen and Jacob Nanfito

The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of the Air Force Association recognized two JROTC teams from Riverview High School April 13, at the Sarasota County Military Ball for their performance in Cyber Patriot V. The association presented the school’s senior JROTC Instructor Sgt. Maj. Roger Mitchell with a certificate of recognition, and congratulated the cadets in front of their peers. In their first year of competition, the teams placed second and sixth out of a field of 86 “All Service Division� teams in Florida.

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JORDAN Zachary Jordan has spent his life on the water. Last year, the 15-year-old Pine View School for the Gifted student came up with the idea for Amazing Water Experiences, or AWE, a program that provides children with the opportunity to kayak and experience nature.

Zachary contacted Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast with his idea to take kids kayaking through the south Lido mangrove tunnels; asked Sarasota Yacht Club to donate the venue and lunch; and

secured kayaks from Flow Kayaks. “It allows kids to learn about conservation; I think preserving our environment is very important,� Zachary says.

Zachary hosted AWE’s first event May 5.

He lead a tour of 25 big brothers and sisters along with their littles through the South Lido mangroves.

Zachary has been sailing with the Sarasota Sailing Squadron since he was 8. He also interns at Mote Marine Aquarium and enjoys fishing and scuba diving He volunteers with Sarasota Bay Watch, the Sarasota Youth Sailing Program and the Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program. Zachary even started a scuba diving club at Pine View and says he hopes to continue to host AWE events with Big Brothers Big Sisters and other organizations. — Yaryna Klimchak

baseball blast Tampa Bay Rays player Ben Zobrist and his wife, Julianna, visited Sarasota Ben and Julianna Zobrist, far right, Christian with sixth-grader Alexa Mast and School stuher mother, Tammy dents Monday, May 13, to share their story with kindergartners through 12th-graders. Zobrist discussed his transition from the minor leagues to the major leagues and the role his faith plays in his life. Julianna Zobrist sang songs from her current album, “Say It Now.� She also sang “Happy Birthday� to 16-year-old student McKenzie Lantz.

The Zobrists also signed autographs and met the varsity baseball team.

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singing sailors The Sarasota High School Singing Sailors chamber choirs competed in the Florida Vocal Association State Concert Performance Assessment April 25, at Florida Southern College, in Lakeland. The Chamber Girls Chorale group received the highest rating of “superior� in all categories in which it competed. The full SHS Chamber Choir received one “superior� and two “excellent� ratings.

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Pine View students honor classmates at Cobalt Dance Pine View School for the Gifted students packed the dance floor Saturday, May 18, at the Municipal Auditorium for the school’s Cobalt Dance. The tradition started as a potluck dinner in the ’70s at Pine View, and students still uphold the tradition of handing out Pine Cone Awards to classmates with quirky talents, such as “least likely to drown” and “most likely to become a celebrity wife.” Juniors organized the dance for the seniors and chose an Italian theme for Cobalt 2013.

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Home in Shoreland Woods sells for $2.3 million The following residential real-estate transactions took place between May 6 and May 10.

A home in Shoreland Woods tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. The Northern Trust Co., trustee, and Katharine Schindler, trustee, of Naples, sold the home at 3336 Old Oak Drive to Douglas and Sharyn Chapman, of Sarasota, for $2.3 million. Built in 1954, it has five bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 5,877 square feet of living area.

dominium at 1921 Monte Carlo Drive to Sheldon Thieszen, of Salt Lake City, for $350,000. Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,720 square feet of living area.

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Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 1027 condominium at 1299 N. Tamiami Trail to Leon and Ruth Solomon, of Sarasota, for $1.1 million. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath and 2,343 square feet of living area.

Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 1125 condominium at 1299 N. Tamiami Trail to Theodore and Harriet Oxman, of Sarasota, for $640,000. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,524 square feet of living area.

Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 207 condominium at 1301 N. Tamiami Trail to Gerald and Diane Levy, of Sarasota, for $615,600. Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,546 square feet of living area.

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Alan Kesten, of University Park, sold his Unit 201 condominium at 258 Golden Gate Point to Michael Folio and Cheryl Levin-Folio, of Sarasota, for $950,000.

Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath and 2,703 square feet of living area.

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Alex and Joan Gutierrez sold their home at 709 Treasure Boat Way to Scott and Rachelle Ratchinsky, of Houston, for $1.55 million. Built in 1967, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,936 square feet of living area.

Dovwick LLC sold the home at 569 Commonwealth Lane to Robert and Carol Spector, of Sarasota, for $700,000. Built in 1972, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,180 square feet of living area.

Steven Bernard and Leilani Hew-Bernard, of Woodstock, Ga., sold their home at 759 Birdsong Lane to Mustafa Darwish, of Dallas, for $500,000. Built in 1977, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,872 square feet of living area.

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home at 3921 Maravic Place to M. Jenelle Dohan, of Sarasota, for $755,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,666 square feet of living area.

Josef and Milinka Sukola, of Ontario, Canada, sold their home at 6905 Point of Rocks Road to Crescent Point LLC for $935,000. Built in 1993, it has two bedrooms, four baths and 2,628 square feet of living area.

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James and Janet Pitcher sold their Unit 33 condominium at 400 Golden Gate Point to Elaine Gustafson, of Lakewood Ranch, for $685,000. Built in 1965, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,245 square feet of living area.

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Robert and Sally McGill, of Norwich, United Kingdom, sold their Unit 202 con-

Lynn and Margaret Swan, of East Lansing, Mich., sold their Unit 307 condominium at 5880 Midnight Pass Road to Gene Riegsecker, of Goshen, Ind., for $899,000.

Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,037 square feet of living area.

Richard Lennon, trustee, sold the Unit 309 condominium at 5880 Midnight Pass Road to James and Andrea Greene, of Media, Pa., for $552,000. Built in 1982, it

has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,713 square feet of living area.

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Daniel Gutwein and William Sjoblom, of Argyle, Texas, sold their home at 5245 Calle Menorca to R. Jack and Victoria Chapman, of Sarasota, for $734,000.

Built in 1969, it has three bedrooms, eight baths, a pool and 2,984 square feet of living area.

William and Susan Fitzgerald, of Sarasota, sold their home at 5421 Plaza Des Las Palmas to Philip Falcone and Steven Galiffa, of Line Lexington, Pa., for $370,000.

Built in 1946, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,378 square feet of living area.

Siesta Isles

William and Margaret Ames, of Sarasota, sold their home at 5510 Shadow Lawn Drive to Peter Bruder and Carolyn Botyos, of Long Beach Township, N.J., for $715,000. Built in 1963, it has two bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,170 square feet of living area.

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Greg Winokur, of Pittsburgh, sold his home at 7111 Pine Needle Road to Marc and Judith Schweiger, of Longmeadow, Mass., for $640,000. Built in 1969, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,971 square feet of living area.

Ocean Beach

Richard Crowne, trustee, of Sarasota, sold his home at 4644 Higel Ave. to Howard and Sherry Davis, of Newton, Mass., for $530,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,703 square feet of living area.

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the home at 5239 Winding Way to Marcia Staples, of Sarasota, for $475,000.

Built in 1958, it has three bedrooms, one bath, a pool and 1,194 square feet of living area.

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Glenn McClintock, trustee, of Canton, Ohio, sold the Unit PH-E condominium at 1325 S. Portofino Drive to Paula Klecka, trustee, of Bay Village, Ohio, for $399,000.

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Edward and Ellen Snowdon sold their Unit 34 condominium at 1257 S. Portofino Drive to Curtis and Diane Corbin, of East Lansing, Mich., for $235,000. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 929 square feet of living area.

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by Nick Friedman | Community Editor

Military officers serve up scholarships

Venice Police officers

Nathalie Barr and Natalya Green

The Military Officers Association of Sarasota held its regular luncheon Friday, May 17, at Michael’s On East. Police Chief Bernadette DiPino was the featured speaker, and the association honored four JROTC cadets with merit scholarships.

Memorial honors officers In honor of National Police Week, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office hosted its annual memorial service Wednesday, May 15, at Faith Lutheran Church. Other participating agencies included the Sarasota, Venice, Longboat Key and North Port police departments, the Florida Highway Patrol and the Sarasota County Fire Department.

“It’s a nice opportunity to get away from work and remember those who have died in the line of duty,” said Sheriff Tom Knight. “It reminds you how easily something like that can happen, and it’s important to honor those people.”

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Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino

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by Nick Friedman | Community Editor

HAND-IN-HAND

Art enthusiasts get crafty at downtown festival Sarasota arts- and-crafts lovers filled the bayfront Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19, for the 10th annual Downtown Sarasota Craft Festival. Attendees browsed vendors’ booths in search of the perfect purchase.

by Yaryna Klimchak | Community Editor

Supporters of a cleaner environment join hands.

Community members lend a hand in nationwide event

Tom and Tracy Frascone

Photos by Nick Friedman

Donna and Matt Shane

More than 40 community members joined hands Saturday, May 18, on Siesta Key beach, as part of the national Hands Across the Sand movement to protect coastal economies, oceans, marine wildlife and fisheries.

Supporters voiced their concern about damage caused from offshore oildrilling accidents; hydraulic fracturing; mountaintop removal mining; and coal-fired power plants.

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TINY TOTS

by Yaryna Klimchak | Community Editor

by Yaryna Klimchak | Community Editor

Students spell ‘success’ at Kiwanis Spelling Bee

Wednesday Peterson likes to paint dinosaurs and butterflies.

When she grows up she wants to be a doctor.

Photos by Yaryna Klimchak

Goodbye preschool, hello kindergarten Photos by Yaryna Klimchak

More than 100 third- and fourth-graders from Sarasota County participated in the Sarasota Kiwanis Spelling Bee Friday, May 17, at the Lee Wetherington Boys & Girls Club. Wilkinson Elementary School student Alan Curtis won $100, taking first place in the fourthgrade berth. Second- and third-place went to Tatum Ridge School students Savanna Stillwagner and Nicole Versovsky, respectively.

Melissa Smith helps her daughter, Wilkinson Elementary fourth-grader Sierra, prepare for the spelling bee.

Mia Morales will be attending Ashton Elementary School for kindergarten next year.

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The staff at Forty Carrots Family Center said goodbye to 28 preschoolers Wednesday, May 15, during the school’s preschool graduation and dance party.

Parents had their cameras ready as kids put on their orange graduation caps and sang a song before heading outside to play, eat and dance.

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Adult Bible Study 9:00 Nursery open for 10:00 service

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59

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49 (1917)

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94 (1994)

44 (1917)

Fri., May 17

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95 (1943)

48 (1917)

Sat., May 18

87

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97 (1938)

50 (1927)

Sun., May 19

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Mon., May 20

89

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RED TIDE According to a May 17 report, samples collected from areas alongshore of Southwest Florida showed no concentration of Karenia brevis off Sarasota beaches.

Lisa Greenberg submitted this photo of a sunset. The photo was taken from her backyard.

WEATHER PHOTOS: Enter your sunset, sunrise or weather-related photos and it could be published in one of The Observer’s newspapers. To enter your photos, visit YourObserver.com, and click on the “Contests” tab in the upper-right corner. Make sure you include where the photo was taken.

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41 Trunk of a tree 42 Drain blocker 44 Brewery kilns 46 H.S. facility 49 “Put ___ Happy Face” 50 Back at the front?

51 Water or gas carrier 52 German Mrs. 53 Loony one 55 The feminine side, in Chinese circles 56 “Caveman” star Ringo 58 Looks nastily 59 Loses control on ice, e.g.

61 What this puzzle’s theme is about 63 Bank deposit?

65 Dirty political attack 67 Kansas City baseball player 69 Gold Rush setting 70 Big beer glass

73 101, in a course name 75 Some Spanish Surrealist paintings 77 Adolescent years 78 Big name in retail jewelry 80 Treasure hunt aid 82 Drew, of fiction 84 Creme-filled chocolate cookie 85 “Mazes and Monsters” author Jaffe 86 North Carolina’s Fort ___ 88 “Next round’s on me!”

89 Cheerleader quality 90 African language group 91 Francis’ birthplace 93 1/3 of a WWII film title 94 West Wing underling 95 One-word advice 97 Sheet or pillowcase 99 Actress Nita who never made a talkie 101 Anyone’s game?

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11 Felicity 12 ___ noire 13 Nothing to write home about 14 Loving stroke 15 Big fight site 16 Keach of “Mike Hammer, Private Eye” 17 “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ___” 19 Diplomacy 23 Change, as the decor 25 Balls fielded by the catcher, perhaps 28 Molding type 31 Alluvial 33 Drug used in treating Parkinsonism 35 Take ___ (accept applause) 36 Actress Freeman and author Simpson 37 Outcast of the family 38 Goldfinger’s first name 40 Bird that feeds mainly on fish 43 Charitable person 45 Snooty attitudes 46 Scallion 47 Ball in a sewing room 48 Is compelled to 50 Cowboy competitions 52 Thighbones (var.)

54 “The Mikado”

costume 56 Tofu beans, to a Brit 57 Syllables that often precede la’s 58 Fondness 60 Intro for Juan?

62 Brain or ear section 64 “Dragnet” theme syllable 66 Change from residential to commercial, say 68 An arm and a leg 70 What to do “in the name of love” 71 Parrot’s mandible covering 72 Go off on a tirade 74 West Indies native 76 Music for a movie 79 Magna cum ___ 81 Bygone Toyota model 83 Chinese currency 85 Big name in hotels 87 In a silly, woozy way 90 Obama’s VP 91 Singer Murray or author Rice 92 Boot holder 93 Cheap hat material?

94 Completely off-base 96 Taking prescribed drugs, informally 98 Flooring choice, for short 99 Prefix meaning “drug-related” 100 Manhattan Project project 101 Like a 120-min. movie 102 Acting assignment 104 Lake Tahoe lift 105 Dip ___ in (test) 107 Run in place 109 Edible root of the taro 110 Act dizzily 112 Flanders on “The Simpsons” 114 Setting for many jokes 115 ___ segno (from the repeat sign, in music)

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BELINI ROCKER/GLIDER. Cream color with removable cushions. Excellent condition, $75.

941-374-0838.

BINOCULAR MICROSCOPE, lighted, rotating lens, 10x or 100x magnification, $100. Dissecting instruments, $50 o/b/o. 941-346-0262.

DINING ROOM set: fumed oak, w/buffet, 2 leaves & 6 chairs, $200.00. Firm..Cash. 941-377-7131.

EDGER: BLACK & Decker Edge Hog, good condition, $25. (941)918-9528.

ELVIS BUST, 19�, $100. 941-925-7443.

MINI COOPER roof rack by Mini, $200.

941-487-7388 or 941-730-8350.

OLD LP records including Mario Lanza albums, 32 in all. $50.00. 941-371-6486.

PATIO BAR: w/4 chairs, like new, etched glass top, $100. 941-927-3006.

REFRIGERATOR G.E., side by side, 27/ft., perfect condition, $185. 941-302-0447.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ESTATE SALE Saturday, May 25th - 9:30.M.-2P.M. 2615 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota Sofa, love seat, queen bed set.

Wicker: daybed, chests, armoire.

Painted buffet, bookcases, Oriental chest, decorative accessories, bar stools, Charm-Glo grill, pressure washer, garden statuary, china, glass, bric-a-brac.

A Nice Sale Sale Conducted by Palma Sola Sales Numbers at 8a.m.

GARAGE SALE. Saturday, June 1, 9AM-4PM 1060 Scherer Way, Osprey. Tools, sports, dishes, collectibles, much more.

ESTATE SALE Saturday, May 25 - 8:45a.m.-1:45p.m.

2604 Bougainvillea St., Sarasota 34239 Take Webber E. off US 41 to Jefferson.

One block & turn left on Bougainvillea Steuben glass grapes, pair of new Beautyrest twin beds, Speed Queen washer/dryer, single twin bed. Pair of wing chairs, Chippendale wing chair, pair of love seats sofa beds, miniature carriage clock, stemware, vintage wicker doll carriage, vintage colored pattern glass, Fostoria, cut glass, Noritake Azalea pattern, new extra large dog cage, oak dining table, set of Franconia Hawthorne, set of Cauldon china, set of Schumann china, sterling, chest, dresser, barometer, Schumann demitasse set, mystery books, craft items, air purifier, patio items, B & G. & Copenhagen plates, CDs, linens, lady's clothes, Cuisinart, Kitchenade mixer, garden bench, & kitchen items.

Sale by Julie McClure.

Pictures: appraisals4u.biz & estatesales.net after set up on Monday.

OUR BOOKS 1/2 Price BEE RIDGE BOOKS 4104 Bee Ridge Road Bee Ridge Plaza Trade-In your Paperbacks 941-377-8998

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Condos/Apts. For Rent DEER CREEK on Palmer Ranch Villa. 2BR/2BA + den, 2 car garage, lake view. Close to mall and Legacy Trail. Community pool, gated. $1900 month/annual. Available 8/1. 941-685-6726.

MOVING SALE Saturday, May 25 - 8:45a.m.-1:00p.m.

1809 Flower Dr., Harbour Acres House being torn down. Everything Goes.

Swiss cabinet, large mirror, big buffet, new microwave, Frigidaire dish washer, kitchen refrigerator, washer & dryer, double bed, Victorian marble top table, marble & wrought iron tables, 2 recliners, end table, king bed, dresser, patio set, screen, portable hot tub, small grill, older refrigerator, ladder, blower, power tools, rotisserie grill, & some kitchenware.

SIESTA KEY - Coquille, furnished, gulf side, 3BR/2BA, steps to beach, avail 8/1/13. Annual $2100/month, Seasonal 8/1 - 11/30 $1700/month.

941-228-4004

Condos For Sale

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DOWNTOWN SARASOTA. Enjoy the pleasure of downtown living in one of Sarasota’s best kept secrets. Walk to restaurants, shops, theaters, opera and more from this immaculate one owner 2BR/2.5/BA condo with amenities galore. An oasis in the heart of downtown for $193,500. Call Nina Dearing, Michael Saunders R.E. Company, 941-809-0038.

Merchandise Wanted

SIESTA KEY Condo: 1BR/1BA, ground floor, laundry, pool, furnished, walk to beach, shopping, restaurants. $170,000. 586-744-5488.

CASH FOR Old Military Items. Swords, uniforms, insignia & old guns. Call 941-416-3280.

Homes For Rent LUXOR MHP

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

$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

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

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

Homes For Sale DOUBLE WIDE Mobile home, new carpets, paint and refrigerator, lots of amenities including 4 pools, 433 Zacapa, Venice $17,900 0BO MUST SELL!!! Call Robert at 941-809-7654

Things To Do GULFSIDE MINI-VACATION IN NAPLES JUST $179 PER PERSON ***

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s !DMISSION TO OF LOCAL ATTRACTIONS 3OME ATTRACTIONS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FEES * Available through December 18, 2013. Holidays and weekends excluded.

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

Type of accommodation subject to availability.

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

SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, brings outside into rooms, started 1969, home on Siesta Key, 3BR/2BA/2CG, Deep water dock, large heavily wooded lot, tropical paradise, on private road. Needs exterior work, phone 941-349-4835 to discuss with owner/agent. NOT IN MLS. Firm, $1,950,000.

Out-of-State Property NEW YORK, Manhattan Club 57th/Broadway.

Flexible time share Junior Suite for sale $7000.

Confirmed week Aug. 31 - Sep. 7. To rent only $1800. Call 203-613 4779.

Real Estate Wanted WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS For Qualified Waiting Clients

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

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

Call 941-907-8141.

Help Wanted LOOKING FOR a motivated, energetic sales person with some experience in the swimming pool industry. Holiday Pools of West Florida is a well established pool builder in the Sarasota /Bradenton area with an outstanding reputation.

We are interested in a person that is willing to learn and is a go-getter as well as computer literate, some knowledge in “Pool Studio� or similar programs would be a plus. The job is commission based with the sky as your limit. Please respond to E-mail: tcmholidaypools@gmail.com

Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356 email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

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

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

Seaside Management, 941-923-6077.

This week’s Crossword answers

Condos/Apts. For Rent

Affordable Senior Housing

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

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 56733

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

Utilities & Cable Included

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Items Under $200 For Sale YAMAHA KEYBOARD: Model PSR 520 w/stand, very good condition, $175.00. 941-316-9527.

SIESTA KEY $500 and up. Reserve Vacation Rentals, NOW! 1, 2, & 3 bedroom units.

Weekly, Monthly, Seasonal and Annual.

Furnished/Unfurnished.

Call Siesta Key Realty, 941-349-8900 or visit siestakeyrealtyrentals.com

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THE SARASOTA OBSERVER/PE THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013 Thursday, May 23, 2013

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Classifieds 9B

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Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

Cleaning

Home Improvement/ Remodeling

Painting/Wallpapering

PEPPERTREE BAY, Siesta Key: 2BR/2BA, upstairs unit, Gulf views Turnkey furnished, garage. Available July through Dec. Lisa Beach Agent, 941-374-9133 or E-mail: llblab@aol.com

BRAZILIAN CLEANING Service by Maria.

Residential/ Commercial. Meticulous Cleaning.

Excellent References. Free Estimates. Reliable.

Lic./ Ins. 941-400-3342.

EDLA’S CLEANING SERVICES: Residential Commercial, New Construction. Meticulous, deep cleaning top to bottom. We Guarantee. Affordable & Reliable. Excellent References. Free Estimates.

Licensed & Insured. 30% off first cleaning.

941-536-7447.

FREE ESTIMATES! Call Dotty, detailed cleaning.

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

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

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

JIM ZALLER'S Carpentry & Home Repairs LLC. Carpentry, doors, door inserts, construction demolition and much more. Call 941-232-6744.

CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

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

941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

CUSTOM PAINTING, Wallpaper Removal, Misc. Repairs. Free Estimates. Established 1978.

Call Daniel at L.L. Armstrong Contracting.

941-323-5074.

PERSONAL GARDENER. Plant maintenance, selection, installation & design. Ornamental, Native, Butterfly. 25+ years experience, references. 941-366-2919.

Computer Services

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL. Family owned.

Call for free estimates. 941-756-4570.

OWN A MAC/IPHONE/IPAD? MacTutor offers 21 years experience. Unlimited free telephone follow up. (941)812-3887 www.FLMacTutor.com

Masonry

Furniture Repair

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

Call for free and honest estimates.

941-525-2435

IN HOME HEALTH CARE. Free assessment and policy review. Over 50 years of combined Exceptional Home Health Care BRIGHT DAY HOME HEALTH CARE. Just south of the Hospital. 941-955-8900. Lic#299993941 Bonded and Insured.

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

Quality Work. Call: 941-296-5427.

ART CLASSES. I can teach anyone how to paint.

2/Hr. Class $30. 27/Yrs. experience. Kathy, 941-704-0222.

Carpentry

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CARPENTRY & REMODELING. Serving Sarasota since 1982. Exterior siding and wood rot repairs.

Interior alterations, trim work and doors. Kitchen installations. Drywall repairs. Built-in cabinets and bookcases. CALL RON VOIT 941-228-7601

SUMMER SPECIAL. 1st initial clean 20% off.

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Bi-weekly client get 4th clean 1/2 off.

Deep cleans 25% off. Call Kim & Joanne, 850-687-0294.

CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE 726-1802 LIC/ INS

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Frank Beck Upholstery

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Siesta Key - 1248 Northport Drive Ideal location!!! Short walk to Siesta Beach and minutes to the Gulf from this charming 3/2.5. Deep water dock in exclusive Royal Palm Harbor. $999,000

Siesta Key - 1303 Dockside Place Just across the street from Siesta Beach this spacious 3-4/3 with deeded deep water boat dock and garage is ideal for the boater and beachgoer. $695,000

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#1 Agent in the Siesta Key Office for 22 years!

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3BD/2BA, 2,346 sq. ft.. 2 Living areas Caged pool overlooking canal. Close to Siesta Key Beach and Siesta Key Village. Bring your remodeling ideas $699,000 MLS#A3976956

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4285 ESCoNDiTo CiRCLE 4BR • 4BA • 3CG 4,186 SF $919,000 PRESTANCiA

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Top Producing Agent Team in Sarasota 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Joel Schemmel, J.D. 941.587.4894 joel.schemmel@sothebysrealty.com Sharon Chiodi 941.809.0380 sharon.chiodi@sothebysrealty.com Tracy Eisnaugle 941.232.3358 tracy.eisnaugle@sothebysrealty.com

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7661 CALLE FACiL 3BR • 2.5BA • 2CG 2,873 SF $479,000 PRESTANCiA

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