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+ Girl Scouts give dogs a bone Girls in Girl Scout Troop 764 made more than 500 homemade dog bones and 300 hand-sewn catnip toys for Lakewood Ranch-based Honor Animal Rescue last month.

“The girls loved helping out the homeless pets they are already talking about donating again next year,” Troop mom Stacie Workman says. “I think this is going to be an annual thing!”

+ Lakewood recognizes teachers Lakewood Ranch High School’s Student Government Association hosted its annual Faculty Awards Night for teachers at staff at the school May 1.

The event kicked off in the cafeteria with dinner catered by Lee Roy Selmon’s, before moving to the auditorium for a show put on by SGA seniors and an awards presentation.

+ Palm-Aire women welcome officers Ladies in the Palm-Aire Women’s Club held their last meeting of the season May 10, and made sure to install the club’s new officers before they left.

The new executive board for the 2013-2014 year are: Donna LeBlanc, president; Melanie Brokaw, vice president; Marjorie Brown, recording secretary; Barbara Robinson, treasurer; Cyd Buck, membership; Judy Hall, publicity; Margaret Laurich, ways and means; Pat Martin, corresponding secretary; and Joan Green and Helin Martin, past president.

The first meeting of the new season will be held Oct. 11.

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FAMILY TRADE The 1,009-acre Kibler Ranch site will be sold June 6, for the first time in about 100 years.

EAST COUNTY — Against a blood-orange sunset, the outline of cattle captures the beauty and tradition held on a more than 1,000-acre property in Myakka.

The Old Florida landscape — one filled with wild game, palmetto bushes, open land for cattle grazing, ponds and a stunning view of the Manatee River — is one that soon may be trading hands.

The property, which has been in the Kibler family since at least 1912, will be sold for the first time in more than 100 years, during an auction June 6.

“It’ll take your breath; it’s just beautiful,” said William Bone, president of The National Auction Group, which will oversee the property’s sale. “It’ll just be the perfect weekend retreat.

The hunting and fishing is just fabulous there. It makes money on its cattle operation, but the real jewel is the scenery. It’s one of the last great places in Florida.”

The historic 1,009-acre site has hosted American icons such as President Lyndon Johnson; U.S. Sen. George Smathers; Florida Govs. Lawtown Chiles, Claude Kirk, Farris Bryant and Spessard Holland; and famed business and legal professionals, including Publix founder George Jenkins and attorney Chesterfield Smith, among others.

The property boasts twoand-a-half miles of frontage on the Manatee River, as well as nearly two miles of frontage along State Road 64. It also houses a two-story, four-bedroom riverfront lodge and five smaller houses. Other structures include barns, stables and equipment sheds.

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Kibler and D.B. Kibler acquiring the Kibler property in the early forming A.D & D.B.

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PROPERTY DETAILS LAND BREAKDOWN: 211 acres of improved pasture; 20 acres headquarter area; 34 acres Hamlin grove; 20 acres Valencia grove; 270 acres wooded/hammock/scrub/native land; 454 acres wood acreage along river; and 40-acre hayfield BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS: 2,448-square-foot riverfront lodge; five houses ranging from 840 to 1,104 square feet; 4,300-square-foot barn; 2,300-square-foot-barn with open stables.

Jim Wilson no longer is serving as Lakewood Ranch Medical’s CEO.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Lakewood Ranch Medical Center is without its longtime chief executive officer.

Hospital spokesperson Jennifer Bryan said Jim Wilson, who has served as the hospital’s CEO since 2008, resigned May 6.

“We do not anticipate the temporary vacancy to have any impact on day-today operations at Lakewood Ranch Wilson Medical Center,” Bryan said.

“The administrative team presently in place at the hospital is fully prepared to address any issues with regard to patient, physician, employee and community needs.”

The hospital has started its search for a new CEO, but the timeline for filling the position “is difficult to predict,” Bryan said.

Linda Widra, Lakewood Ranch Medical Center’s chief operating officer, will oversee day-to-day operations in the interim.

Wilson declined to comment on his departure at this time.

Additionally, Lakewood Ranch Medical Center’s Board Chairwoman Cathy Layton resigned May 21. Layton, who served on the board for nine years, declined to say whether her departure was related to Wilson’s.

“I’m about to take over the chairmanship of Selby Gardens, which is a time-consuming and wonderful opportunity,” she said. “The board meetings for these two organizations overlap.”

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center and its sister hospital, Manatee Memorial, are members of the Manatee Healthcare System and subsidiaries of Universal Health Services Inc. During Wilson’s five-year tenure at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, Wilson worked diligently to build the hospital’s reputation

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by Josh Siegel | Staff Writer

Long-planned 44th Avenue East extension comes into focus Status of project phases First Street to 19th Street Court East: Construction bid opened May 23.

19th Street to 30th Street: Construction to begin late 2014.

30th Street East to 45th Street East: Construction to start summer 2014.

45th Street East to Lakewood Ranch Boulevard including 45th Street East to Caruso Road, Caruso Road to Creekwood Boulevard, and Creekwood to Lakewood Ranch Boulevard: To be completed in eight to 12 years, requiring funding of $67 million.

Tired of waiting and to the dismay of neighboring residents, Manatee County will pay as it goes for the east-west transportation project.

EAST COUNTY — Until 20 years ago, Manatee County didn’t start major road projects until it secured all the funding required to complete it.

A group of homeowners from Peridia and nearby communities wants one major county road project, one in the works since 1987, to be put on hold.

County officials, however, say they’ve waited long enough.

At a May 21 meeting, Manatee County public works and engineering staff gave its most detailed update yet of its longplanned 44th Avenue East extension, which will connect Cortez Road and its nearby beaches in the west to Lakewood Ranch, farther east.

The county is paying for and

completing the project in phases. Funding will come from gas taxes, impact fees, grants from the Florida Department of Transportation and bonds.

The county has funding, construction plans and permits to complete First to 45th streets.

Construction from 30th to 45th streets will start in about two years, maybe less. Some land still must be acquired for right of way.

After the stretch of road from First to 45th streets is completed, plans to build 44th Avenue east of 45th Street will be finalized.

The $112 million project is still eight to 12 years out from completion. Permitting for a bridge over the Braden River could take more than three years to obtain.

Commissioners already have

approved the 44th Avenue East thoroughfare plan, anticipating the need for another east-west roadway to accommodate projected population growth.

State roads 64 and 70, the current east-west routes, are already at their ultimate six-lane configurations and cannot be expanded.

Residents from Peridia, Wallingford, Manatee Oaks, Sable Key, Sable Harbour, Fairfax and Highland Ridge, in East County, take the most exception to a side project to the main project — the widening of 45th Street East (Lockwood Ridge Road), a 9.6-mile road connecting from Fruitville Road in Sarasota to 26th Avenue East in Bradenton, from two to four lanes. A petition against the project has more than 1,400 signatures.

Homeowners cite the potential for declining property values, noise, safety, pollution, traffic and a waste of taxpayer dollars and hope to convince Manatee County commissioners to halt construction at U.S. 301 until funding and permits to cross Braden River are obtained.

Loretto Sadkin, chairwoman for Peridia’s opposition group, offered two more recommendations for commissioners: stop the acquisition of land along

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Public Works Director Ron Schulhofer vowed the road would be built as planned and said the county is talking with permitting authorities about construction east of 45th Street.

“We don’t really see anything insurmountable,” Schulhofer said. “We intend to complete the entire project.”

Manatee’s finance director, Jim Seuffert, said low material costs make it feasible to finance the project now.

Commissioners expressed dismay with the waiting and sympathized with homeowners but felt uncomfortable voting on any alternatives to the project, with so much money already committed to it. However, they said other options should be explored.

Commissioner Robin DiSabatino motioned to prohibit trucks and the use of compression breaks along 45th Street East to improve traffic and limit noise, but it failed without a second.

County Administrator Ed Hunzeker said new proposals can be made when the commission looks at its capital-improvement projects in the next few weeks.

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Sarasota County officials opened the North Cattlemen Road extension May 24.

EAST COUNTY — East County resident John Krotec helped kill plans to build a Walmart Supercenter off Fruitville Road more than six years ago.

But the community activist surprisingly didn’t put boxing gloves up against plans to build a rowing facility — and extend North Cattlemen Road from Fruitville to University Parkway — soon after.

When Benderson Development project manager Paul Blackketter and a local rowing coach rolled out conceptual plans on a table before him, Krotec laughed to himself: Such an elaborate idea simply couldn’t be built.

But Krotec quickly realized he was wrong. Later that day, he watched Olympic rowers practice on the lake at what is now Nathan Benderson Park. He pulled their coach aside for insight. “(The coach) said, ‘I’ve been doing this for over 30 years, and if

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your community builds this lake, you’ll have the finest rowing facility on the planet,’” Krotec said.

From that moment on, Krotec was convinced.

And, more than two years after contractors broke ground on the 2.8-mile roadway extension that allowed the lake to be lengthened to accommodate a 2,000-meter rowing course and host international events, Krotec helped direct traffic, as more than 200 guests gathered May 24 along Cattlemen Road to formally celebrate its opening.

The roadway’s design, which was moved by about 300 feet to provide for the lake’s reconfiguration, includes four 12-footwide travel lanes, 4-foot-wide bicycle lanes and a 10-foot-wide sidewalk along the western side of the roadway, as well as two span bridges. “(The road) is going to alleviate a lot of traffic, and to me,

personally, it’s going to help our neighborhoods in a big way,” Krotec said after the ceremony.

“It’s a top-quality road. It’s going to showcase the park, too.”

Longtime Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson agreed.

“It’s a great day,” she said. “It’s been a connection (we’ve) needed for a long time. It facilitates not only regional transportation, but also it makes the rowing facility into something that qualifies us for national events.

This is a terrific moment.”

Sarasota County officials say the new roadway extension, which runs north from Brown Lane to DeSoto Road, provides drivers with a much-needed north-south alternative to both Interstate 75 and Honore Avenue.

Patterson also commended Manatee County commissioners, who partnered with Sarasota to help secure $13 million in fed-

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Creative Healing Cancer patient Paula Kozak, an Out-of-Door Academy art teacher, led a project for her students to create art to benefit local cancer patients.

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Manatee County’s ban on nitrogen-based fertilizers begins June 1.

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The new 2.8-mile North Cattlemen Road extension includes two bridges.

eral funding for the project and are jointly sponsoring a multimillion dollar bid to host the 2017 World Rowing Championships at Nathan Benderson Park.

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Out-of-Door Art teacher Paula Kozak encourages her student, Claire Cornetet, to use more green.

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LAKEWOOD RANCH — Meg Phillips, a freckled Out-of-Door Academy sophomore with healthy, flowing, orange hair, asked the old man hooked up to an IV what color he envisioned as representing cancer.

The man, a grandfather in his late 70s with bladder cancer, replied, “black.”

“He seemed like a normal guy,” Phillips said of the man, a patient at the Sarasota office of Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute. “He’s a grandfather. He’s a person. He seemed pretty chill.”

Phillips, one of seven Out-ofDoor Academy advanced art students assigned to interview seven cancer patients and create art for their colorless treatment room, is at ease around people with the disease because of her teacher.

ODA art teacher Paula Kozak has spent her Wednesdays and Fridays the last four months in that same treatment room, staring at empty white walls and plastic IV bags filled with electrolytes and medication.

The only color, an escape, comes from a large fish tank.

Kozak was diagnosed with stage III ovarian cancer in 2010.

That year, Kozak began a mission to make cancer normal for her students, something real they could touch, feel and experience.

Kozak took that conversation beyond the classroom, to the institute.

The students revealed their artwork to the Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute patients May 30, more than a month after the April 29 informational interviews meant to

guide the direction of the art.

Phillips has been in Kozak’s art classes since lower school at ODA. “Ms. Kozak is still Ms. Kozak,” Phillips said. “On the days she’s not here, I think, ‘Is she OK?’ But she’s made us become really self-sufficient.”

When Phillips interviewed her patient, even after many interactions with cancer in the classroom, such as hennadying Kozak’s bald head, she still felt nervous.

She quickly noticed the patient, the man in the yellow shirt, a Korean War veteran, carried a Kindle. She used it as a talking point and asked if he liked to read.

The man said he did, but, then, steered the conversation in a different direction.

He started talking about cats; about how he used to fear them but now has one at home, waiting for his return.

The man didn’t want to look at art that would be abstract and dull.

Back in the classroom, Phillips traced a Google image of two cats looking up at a glob of rainbow-colored grapes.

“I knew this would make the man chuckle, and that’s what he wanted,” Phillips said. “He wanted something not normal, that would take him on a little journey.”

Another, student, sophomore Francisco Marcano, interviewed a woman in her 60s who was suffering from brain cancer.

She lives next to a lake in Summerfield and revels in watching sandhill cranes dip into the water.

Marcano tried to recreate that serenity in his painting, an outdoor picture of trees and lush greens.

It’s a scene Kozak says patients prefer to think about, a journey away from needles and penicillin — the reality.

“These paintings bring back a memory or a moment, a distraction from what’s going into your arm,” Kozak said.

“The students cannot be in the treatment room with me, but their art will, and it will make me cry.”

Contact Josh Siegel at jsiegel@yourobserver.com.

MANATEE COUNTY — As the summer rains are set begin, so is a ban on nitrogen-based fertilizer.

Manatee County’s fertilizer ordinance, which goes into effect June 1, bans nitrogen-based fertilizers through Sept. 30.

The ban is one meant to promote environmental health, particularly of the area’s stormwater systems. Stormwater ponds in East County communities, for example, drain into the Manatee and Braden rivers and then, ultimately, into the bay.

“The potential reduction of nutrients (from the fertilizers) mitigates algae blooms,” said Ryan Heise, operations director for the Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority, which overseas the maintenance of about 300 stormwater ponds in Lakewood Ranch.

“From a residential perspective, that’s a good thing. Any reduction in those nutrients not only helps maintain the aesthetics locally, but also benefits the downstream water bodies.”

The ordinance also requires nitrogen-based fertilizers to be at least 50% slow-release for the remainder of the year.

It also bans fertilizers from being applied within 10 feet from the water’s edge. Additionally, phosphorous applications are banned year-round, unless a soil analysis proves a phosphorous deficiency and the deficiency is put on record with the county administrator, among other restrictions.

Heise said when it comes to stormwater ponds in Lakewood Ranch, algae blooms are the No. 1 complaint, accounting for about 75% of related maintenance requests.

Manatee’s fertilizer ordinance went into effect for the first time in 2012.

“We saw improvements last summer, but we’ve been doing a lot to mitigate algae blooms, and we can’t attribute it directly to the fertilizer ordinance,” Heise said. “We’d like to think it’s one of the tools we’re leveraging to help us with that.”

Heise said his department is coordinating with its commonarea landscaping contractors to ensure they are adhering to the ordinance.

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Lauren Grace Bittar was born to John and Kim Bittar, of Greyhawk Landing, at 9:46 a.m. May 7, at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 19-and-a-half inches long. Proud big sister is Emma. Proud grandparents are Sandy and Emmy Lou Gilbert, of Tara.

Carden Axl Cubria was born to Eric and Danelle Cubria, of Parrish, at 2:43 p.m. Jan. 10, at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center. Carden weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was 20 inches long. Proud big brother is Connor Jax.

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Graclyn Marie Hinerman was born to Justin Hinerman and Kaylee Luh Hinerman, of Country Creek, at 11:27 a.m. at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center. Graclyn weighed 7 pounds and was 19-and-a-half inches long.

Olivia Grace Evens was born to Timothy and Luz Evens, of Bradenton, at 5:23 a.m. March 7, at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center.

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by Josh Siegel | Staff Writer

Sales-tax may yield new health-care model In part II of our preview of a June 18 referendum on the half-cent sales tax increase in Manatee County, the East County Observer examines how new revenue would impact care in the community. down from the roughly $40 million it had in 2010.

Manatee County officials believe the account will be depleted by 2015.

On June 18, Manatee County residents can vote on a halfcent sales tax to pay for indigent health care.

The county hopes a new health-care model — the specifics of which have not been determined — would make the estimated $23 million per year of new revenue raised by the sales tax sustainable.

The Manatee County Health Care Alliance, a group of local health-care providers and public-health professionals, has recommended improving access to primary care though a new delivery model, which would decrease the dependence on emergency room care, the most expensive type of care.

Providing uninsured care at Lakewood Ranch Medical cost the hospital $3.3 million in 2012, when 12.6% of its emergency room patients were uninsured.

A study by the Health Care Alliance deemed 3,300 of 2011 ER visits in Manatee County as preventable hospitalizations.

Poor individuals accounted for a third of that group.

To limit emergency room visits, the county could build community-based interventions, such as accountable-care organizations

and patient-centered medical homes.

The Bill Galvano One Stop Center, at which a nurse and two physicians serve indigent patients, already serves as a good community-based model.

It provides $200,000 of free care a year.

In the early 1990s, Ed Hunzeker, Manatee County administrator, helped pass a half-cent sales tax for indigent health care in Hillsborough County, where he served as assistant county administrator for 15 years.

Thereafter, Hunzeker, Hillsborough leaders and the medical community ran their hospitals by a mantra: “It’s cheaper to treat a cold in the clinic than pneumonia in the ER.” “What we would like to do is work with the medical community to figure out a way to get indigent people out of the emergency room,” Hunzeker said. “It’s the same thing we did in Hillsborough. We have to introduce a little wellness to these folks. We first find out who they are and then get some case-management folks to steer them away from the emergency room.”

Hunzeker hopes that spending money on the front end of the health-care continuum will save money on the back end.

To that end, in February 2011, Blake Medical Center

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bought Pinnacle Medical Group, a clinic with five locations in Manatee County that provides care in family medicine, urgent care, cardiology, neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery.

At the time, Dr. Kevin Boyer, Pinnacle’s president and chairman, said the merger would better provide comprehensive health care to the community.

Even with a new plan, however, there’s no guarantee anything will change.

No one can stop individuals from going to the emergency room. And, there’s the argument that passing the sales tax increasing and replenishing the money for indigent care will encourage people from other counties to get health care in Manatee County.

Hunzeker says that won’t happen.

Patients who get care paid for by the county, the payer of last resort, must prove they live in Manatee County.

The county knows it must spend efficiently the money it provides.

Hunzeker believes Manatee has — and will.

Audit reports by CS&L CPAs of the county’s three for-profit hospitals sought to confirm

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The audits did not look at the sufficiency of the agreement’s procedures. It simply measured if the procedures, whether good or not, were followed.

A Sept. 30, 2011, audit of Lakewood Ranch Medical Center found the number of indigentcare cases the hospital sent to the county for reimbursement matched the amount the county ended up paying.

An audit from the same day of Blake Medical Center found the same compliance, as did an audit of Manatee Memorial in 2009.

“We have processes and procedures and verification and testing that we’re comfortable we are spending money appropriately,” Hunzeker said.

“But our health-care model can be more effective. I’m committed to try and do it differently.”

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EAST COUNTY — In the heat of the recession SERIES in 2008, the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners PART 2 of 3 scrambled to pay for an increased demand in health care for the indigent.

The costs to cover community care began to outpace interest rates, and the commission transferred the principal from a trust fund filled with money from the 1984 sale of what is now Manatee Memorial Hospital to another account that would be used to cover those costs.

For many years before that, county officials say the county didn’t spend any money from the trust fund, because the interest it collected covered costs.

After the decision to tap into the fund’s principal in 2011, however, the county signed a three-year agreement with Blake Medical Center and with Manatee Healthcare System, which runs Manatee Memorial Hospital and Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, to provide up to $9,033,820 in care annually.

The county spends another $14 million in property-tax revenues to pay for community health care, for a total of $23 million per year.

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But June 1, the teenagers will look at one another not as schoolmates or friends, but as competitors.

The students will represent Manatee County Public Schools as they compete in the National History Bee’s National Championship, in Atlanta.

“It’s a competition to see how much you know — to see how you compare to other kids,” Spencer said.

Both youths enjoy reading and learning about past civilizations. Spencer said his favorite part of history is the fact that each civilization had its own strengths.

“People are always improving, so history is always improving,” John added.

“People learn more.”

Spencer and John both prefer to study alone but have quizzed each other during class to better prepare for competition.

Both say they are excited about the opportunity to test their academic skills.

And, although Spencer admits he likes to keep to himself, John said he is eager to meet other students from throughout the country, as well.

“There will be a lot of people,” he said.

“It should be cool (making new) friends — make the best of it.”

Both youths said they are eager to advance in the competition, but they agreed they would not be heartbroken if they get eliminated in the first round.

“It’s an accomplishment just to get to nationals,” John said.

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These warriors were Japanese warriors who followed strict codes of honor called bushido.

SPENCER Schmidt, 13 Hobbies: Reading and baseball Favorite person in history: Ashoka, emperor of the Maurya Dynasty.

“He went from being a dictator to a peaceful ruler,” Spencer says.

John lin, 13 Hobbies: Piano, violin and karate Favorite person in history: Charlemagne, first emperor in Western Europe after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.

He was ambitious,” John says.

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NEWSBRIEFS + East County schools are the exception for FCAT scores FCAT results released May 24 show fewer than half of Manatee County’s thirdgrade students are reading or have math skills at or above grade level.

The county’s scores for third grade were stagnant compared to last year. This year, 49% of third-graders had satisfactory marks in reading and math.

Satisfactory means scoring higher than a 3 on a scale of 5.

Last year, only half of third-graders were proficient in reading, and 48% were proficient in math.

Fewer than 60% of Florida’s third-graders — 57% — are reading at or above grade level.That figure represents a slight increase from last year’s 56%.

An East County school, Gene Witt Elementary, did better than most, with 70% of its third-graders scoring a three or above in reading.

In math, 58% of Florida third-graders scored at or above grade level — a figure unchanged from last year.

Willis Elementary third-graders stood out in math, with 69% of its students scoring a 3 or above.

“We do have some bright stars, but I know Manatee County has the ability to have many more bright stars,” said Dr. Diana Greene, the district’s new deputy superintendent of instruction. “Now begins our work. We now have a baseline, and we will develop an action plan to address this for the next school year and have a pathway to fill the sky up with bright lights.”

Overall, less than half of the county earned satisfactory marks on the writing component of the FCAT, but scores did improve for fourth- and eighth-graders.

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Right ideas, faulty methods This is the second of two installments on the two questions on the June 18 Manatee County ballot.

Last week in this space, we presented the context for how and why the referendum question on the indigent-care, one-halfcent sales surtax came into being. In the end, we concluded this question has so many connecting parts that are necessary to fall into place to achieve the sales pitch — i.e. lower property taxes — that it’s too complex for taxpayers.

It’s not that taxpayers are incapable of understanding it; that would be an insult.

To the contrary, they are are smart enough to be skeptical of any government ballot item that hinges on trusting elected officials to carry out a promise in the future.

In this case, many voters rightly have tuned in to such comments as: If the halfcent, health-care sales tax is approved, this will give county commissioners the impetus to consider reducing property tax rates.

In other words, give us more money now, and we’ll consider lowering your taxes later.

Given the trifecta of government mistrust in Washington (Benghazi, IRS and trying to criminalize reporters), you have to believe large swaths of voters are in no mood to believe any government that says: “Trust us.”

To be sure, the political climate doesn’t help the sales-tax proponents’ cause. But as we said, the complexity of the issue, not the political climate, is the problem here.

Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker, author of this referendum question, has good ideas for figuring out how replace the county’s soon-to-be-depleted health trust for indigent medical care. And he has good ideas for figuring out how to lower Manatee’s general millage rate with an assortment of user fees. In the end, his plan is to be revenue neutral, with the funds coming from a wider variety of sources than primarily the property tax.

But rather than sell the indigent-healthcare sales tax as also a property-tax reduction measure, taxpayers would be more likely to embrace Hunzeker’s plan if each item were considered separately. Voters would be better able to digest each step.

As the sales-tax question and Hunzeker’s strategy is proposed, all of the subsequent steps remind us of any legislation that is pitched as “comprehensive reform.” Like Obamacare. It typically is loaded with costly unintended consequences.

But what about Manatee’s poor? How will they obtain medical and mental care if the sales-tax is rejected?

Sure, we have read and heard the pleas from the providers of those services that are likely to lose funding. They see crises looming.

But we also see this part of the issue as a test for county commissioners and the community.

The issue here is unless the half-cent sales tax is approved, the $9 million annual contribution from the county’s health trust to treat the indigent will go away by 2015.

What money, if any, will fill that void?

Will county commissioners raise taxes?

Will they cut funding elsewhere in the budget? Or will they let other sources and providers fill the vacuum? The ultimate question Manatee taxpayers should confront is whether taxation is the best way to address indigent health care.

We believe not, for a variety of reasons: Whenever a good or service is offered for free, it is abused and overused. Indeed, contrary to belief, medical care is not a right or an entitlement; it’s a limited resource. It should be dispensed as such, with two parties — patient and doctor, or patient and provider — agreeing voluntarily on the value of that service. This is what we do with food, another necessity. This is the way it should be in health care; it should not be controlled by government.

Furthermore, people respond to incentives. Free, taxpayer-provided medical and mental care creates no incentive for the users to change behavior. Of course, we know not all indigent users of these services are capable of changing behavior. Still, many

MANATEE BALLOT QUESTIONS 1) INDIGENT-CARE ONE-HALF CENT SALES SURTAX FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO QUALIFIED RESIDENTS

mental health centers and alternative delivery sites in a cost-effective manner.

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,

2) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTIONS

ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3, Florida Constitution: (c) Any county or municipality may, for the purpose of its respective tax levy and subject to the provisions of this subsection and general law, grant community and economic development ad valorem tax exemptions to new businesses and expansions of existing businesses, as defined by general law. Such an exemption may be granted only by ordinance of the county or municipality, and only after the electors of the county or municipality voting on such question in a referendum authorize the county or municipality to adopt such ordinances.

An exemption so granted shall apply to improvements to real property made by or for the use of a new business and improvements to real property related to the expansion of an existing business and shall also apply to tangible personal property of such new business and tangible personal property related to the expansion of an existing business.

The amount or limits of the amount of such exemption shall be specified by general law … The authority to grant such exemption shall expire 10 years from the date of approval by the electors … and may be renewable by referendum as provided by general law.

are. Health care cannot be forever free.

Finally, America’s not-for-profit charitable and religious organizations that administer to the poor are far more efficient and effective than any government-sponsored or managed program. What’s more, when these services are left to charitable organizations, donors have the option to give and direct their money where they want it to go.

That’s better than the government deciding winners and losers — and taking their slice of the money to fund their bureaucracies.

Although the indigent health-care ballot question may seem simple on the surface, it’s fraught with too many implications. We recommend Manatee voters reject the halfcent tax. As harsh and heartless as it may sound, let market forces address the loss of the funds from the county’s health trust.

The market is always more effective filling a vacuum than is the government. At the same time, we urge county commissioners to address the issue of property taxes versus fees separately from indigent health.

+ On question 2: incentives

Manatee County business leaders won’t like how we state this, but here are a few other ways to look at the second question on Manatee’s June 18 ballot: • Should the County Commission be allowed to give special property-tax breaks to new or expanding businesses — if the businesses create or add jobs?

• Or, put another way, should the commissioners be allowed to subsidize new or expanding businesses, via property-tax breaks, at the expense of everyone else — so long as the businesses create or add new jobs?

• Or, to put it still another way, should commissioners be allowed to pick winners and losers?

Our guess is most voters’ instinct is likely to answer “no” to these questions. Americans have a strong disdain for special interests. And yet, we create them all of the time.

Here are the arguments you hear in support of giving the commissioners this “taxabatement” authority: Manatee commissioners need this authority so the county can be competitive in the national and state economic-development arenas. As the county’s economic development and chamber of commerce officials will tell you, Manatee County is the only county in the Greater Tampa Bay region that does not have this economicdevelopment “tool” available to recruit and help expanding businesses. And as a result,

Shall the Board of County Commissioners of Manatee County be authorized to grant, pursuant to Section 3, Article VII of the State Constitution, property tax exemptions to new businesses and expansions of existing businesses that are expected to create new, full-time jobs in the county?

the county loses out to many companies and businesses considering relocating or expanding. This is hurting Manatee’s economic attractiveness.

Proponents also argue that granting these “tax-abatement tools” produces a justifiable return on investment. They say the economic multipliers far outweigh the cost of the property-tax subsidies.

Instinctively, this sounds right: What’s a small tax break if it means a particular business will hire 10 or 20 more employees that it otherwise might not? Those new employees buy homes, cars, groceries, insurance, medical services and on and on, fueling still more growth in the local economy.

And as the size and value of that subsidized company grows, when its tax break ends, it will be paying more taxes than it otherwise would have been if it didn’t receive the tax abatement to help it grow.

What’s more, the argument goes, taxabatements are a fact of life in economic development circles. Everybody does it.

Manatee, the argument goes, must stay competitive.

To paraphrase the late eminent economist, Milton Friedman, seldom is the other side of this coin considered. As Friedman explained many years ago to Forbes magazine, when governments give tax breaks and subsidies to businesses, government officials are assuming the new jobs that those subsidized businesses promise would never be created by anyone else.

To the contrary, Friedman said. Who is to say Manatee County’s other businesses and taxpayers would not create the same number or more jobs than the subsidized business if existing taxpayers were able to use the money that is taken from them to subsidize the new business?

In a perfect world, which, of course, is a dream, all cities, counties and states would discontinue their corporate subsidy programs. Instead, they would compete on what they should really focus, which is creating the right economic climate — low taxes and low regulation. Get out of the business of creating special interests.

While this newspaper has always been a strong proponent of business and economic growth, we have always opposed business tax breaks in the name of economic development. We still do.

Nonetheless, it won’t be catastrophic if Manatee voters give commissioners the authority to offer businesses tax breaks.

But here’s the catch: Any business that is awarded a break must be held accountable.

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East County business saddles up to help A local business invested more than $25,000 to upgrade bathroom facilities at Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy.

EAST COUNTY — As volunteer executive director of Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy, Gail Clifton’s focus is providing disabled children and adults with a quality therapeutic riding program — and making sure her organization has the means and facilities with which to do so.

SMART purchased a 23-acre estate for its programs in early 2012 and has been raising funds to pay off the entirety of its mortgage ever since. Those costs, combined with expenses for feeding and caring for horses, among other items, have been Clifton’s financial focus.

But, thanks to a local business, one lesser-prioritized project has reached completion, as well.

Earlier this month, 1st Choice Industries, a local full-service construction and maintenance company that also owns and operates The Ranch Grill restaurant, completed renovations on two bathrooms in SMART’s main administrative building to make them ADA compliant.

One of the bathrooms also includes a roll-in wheelchair-accessible shower. The company also added a ramp by the pool, so wheelchair-bound clients will be able to use it for therapy and other services.

“It’s a huge weight off our shoulders,” Clifton said. “We have staff who use wheelchairs, as well as clients. It needed

to be done. They just showed up (and made it happen.)”

Clifton said one staff member had to use the bathroom in another building on SMART’s campus, until 1st Choice improved the bathrooms in the administrative building.

Gary Simone, CEO of 1st Choice Industries, said the renovations — although more extensive than originally planned — seemed like the perfect project for his company to complete.

Self-described “horse people,” Simone and his wife, Eileen, live in Panther Ridge.

The couple stopped by SMART one day, for a tour.

Clifton, who showed them the property, mentioned the bathrooms in SMART’s offices needed to be made ADA compliant — a cost SMART planned to raise funds for in the future.

But the Simones had a different idea.

Their company would remodel one of the office’s bathrooms. After taking measurements and examining plans, however, their idea grew.

“One thing led to the next,” Gary Simone said. “It’s very pleasing to know we’re going to make a difference for a lot of people. We’ve been very fortunate, and we want to give back. ” Simone said other businesses, includ-

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SMART Executive Director Gail Clifton and Eileen, Gary and Darrin Simone, of 1st Choice Industries, stand alongside a newly installed wheelchair ramp by SMART’s pool. ing Painting by Hue, Karl Hees Engineer, Complete Access Plumbing, Concrete on Call and Ceramic Tile, contributed to the project, as well.

Clifton said she was overwhelmed by 1st Choice Industries’ gesture and the business community as a whole.

“We’ve had some really wonderful

things happen to us since we (moved out here),” Clifton said. “I think it’s important the community knows how (generous and caring) our business community is.”

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Contact Pam Eubanks at peubanks@ yourobserver.com.

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Smash and dash 7:26 p.m. — 5500 block of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard. Burglary. Unknown person(s) smashed out the passengerside front window of a person’s vehicle, which was parked in the lot of a school.

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May 22

7:03 a.m. — 4800 block of Raintree Street Circle E. Burglary. Unknown person(s) entered an unlocked vehicle parked in the victim’s driveway through an unlocked driver-side door. The person(s) took the victim’s keys to the car and a GPS unit on the front windshield.

3:13 p.m. — 8000 block of Natures Way. Lost Property. An elderly woman lost her gold bracelet at a memory-loss care center. She does not know how the bracelet came off her wrist. The woman’s son, who reported the incident, believes one of the center’s employees stole the bracelet. The center’s facility manager denied the accusation and said employees are checked before they leave the premises.

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RANCH / FROM PAGE 1A Kibler Inc. in the process.

“It was larger (at one time),” family member and property operator Tom Kibler said of the property. “My great grandfather (D.B. Kibler) and my uncle (A.D. Kibler) started buying the property.

I’ve seen records from 1912. My brother says there are some earlier ones.”

The company changed names around 1930, when D.B. Kibler, Jr. assumed the property. It became D.B. Kibler Inc. “It was a cattle ranch,” Tom Kibler said. “In the early ’60s, we planted orange groves.”

A company called W.R. Grace and Co. purchased 40,000 acres in 1969 for phosphate mining.

“My father and grandfather kept about 7,000 acres that wasn’t for phosphate mining,” Tom Kibler said. “They created Kibler Agricultural Corp., which (operates the ranch now).”

The Kibler family also received about one-half the mineral rights below 500 feet on the 40,000 acres Grace purchased.

Those rights will be conveyed with the property’s sale, as well.

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Tom Kibler operates the ranch today.

The property generates income from its cattle and citrus operations, but those operations could be continued or sold, at the buyer’s preference, Kibler said.

“It’s all for sale,” Kibler said. “It depends on what the buyer wants to do. If they want to get into the cattle business, (we’ll negotiate to add that component).”

HOSPITAL / FROM PAGE 1A and offerings for patients by bringing in cardiology, orthopedics, spine surgery and advanced cancer treatment. The medical center also partnered with Tidewell Hospice to open a hospice in-patient unit last June; it opened a pediatric unit in January.

Under Wilson’s leadership, Lakewood Ranch Medical also became the state’s first

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Tara, Braden River students groove to the beat at recital

The property will be shown daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. starting May 30. Individuals can contact The National Auction Group at 256-5041141 to schedule a tour.

Auction-day registration will begin at noon June 6, and the auction will begin at 4 p.m.

Bidders will be required to pay 10% down on auction day and must have $100,000 in the form of a personal check, business check or certified funds to bid on the property.

Tara Elementary School dance teams and the Braden River Middle School Panther Dancers showed off their moves at a recital Tuesday, May 14, at Braden River High School.

The event also featured appearances by Braden River High School dance teams, including the Black Pearls and the Silver Pearls.

Tara Elementary School’s B dance team grooves to “Dance for Life.”

Kibler said the family is not opposed to development, either.

He and his brother, David, and their two sisters, Jackie Thompson and Nancy Dew Ross, all live within an hour of the property.

The siblings “drifted” apart somewhat after their father’s death in 2009 and are ready to cash in on the property, Tom Kibler said.

At one point, the property was listed at $11 million.

The family now will use the services of Gadsden, Ala.,-based The National Auction Group to oversee the property’s sale.

“It’s different than a just a farm or something,” Kibler said. “We are thinking the auction process is going to help determine the highest price for it.”

Kibler said the family owns three other parcels, which total about 67 acres. Those properties are not part of the auction.

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Braden River senior pitcher Courtney Mirabella was named the Class 7A Softball Player of the Year by the Florida Dairy Farmers Association May 22.

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IMG Academy baseball player Brett Hanewich signed a national letter of intent to play baseball for Stanford University, where his sister, Corey Hanewich, is a member of the Cardinal softball team.

Above: Lakewood Ranch quarterback Chad Rex scrambles for yardage during the second quarter.

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Lakewood Ranch linebacker Allen Remedor wraps up a Naples Lely running back to eliminate a big gain.

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Cardinal Mooney High junior Demardre Patterson returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown, during the Cougars spring game May 23.

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Cardinal Mooney senior Grace Casagrande posted a 2:18.63 in the 800-meter run, at the Golden South Classic at The First Academy, to meet the national silver standard.

The Lakewood Ranch High football team defeated Naples Lely 21-0 in its spring game May 24.

Rising junior tight end Kyle Brady hauls in a pass late in the third quarter.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — The Lakewood Ranch High football team didn’t quite look like itself, appearing somewhat tentative and inexperienced on its first possession.

But, that’s to be expected when you’re without your top-three running backs and both your first-team offense and defense are standing on the sidelines.

For the first time in a spring game, at the request of Naples Lely, Lakewood played its JV squad the first quarter, before turning the reins back over to its varsity players at the start of the second quarter.

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Six-year-old Abby Hite finished sixth overall in her age group at the United Healthcare Ironkids Florida Triathlon May 18. She earned a berth in the Iron Kids National event later this year in Des Moines, Iowa.

Terez Davis started the game at running back for Lakewood Ranch.

The move allowed the Mustangs coaching staff to see all its players in action — a decision that Lakewood coach Shawn Trent says is key for the Mustangs heading into the fall.

“From a coaching standpoint, I think it makes it easier,” Trent says. “This way, you’re not at the end of the game down by seven, still trying to win the game, and maybe not putting in as many kids and you maybe should.

“I think it’s huge,” Trent says of getting his younger players onto the field. “We tried a lot, which drives me crazy at times, to get people in and get people out. We want to get those young kids on the field and see what they can do, because we’ve got some pretty good young kids.”

After a scoreless first quarter, Lakewood’s starters began making an immediate impact. The Mustangs forced three turnovers, resulting in three touchdowns, as the host Mustangs rolled to a 21-0 victory May 24.

Rising senior linebacker Ty McLeod intercepted a Lely pass on the Trojans’ first possession of the first half, setting up quarterback Chad Rex’s 52-yard completion to Cameron Pearcey. Rex capped off the drive five plays later with a 3-yard keeper on fourth-and-goal.

The Mustangs also forced three fumbles, two of which came in the second half, and a turnover on downs.

“Defensively, I think we have a chance to be pretty good,” Trent says. “We’ve still got a ways to go.

We made some mistakes, but the thing is we’re still very young.

“I thought they ran to the ball probably as well as we ever have,” he says. “They created some turnovers and did some good things.

If you can have a turnover margin like that, you’re probably going to win a lot more games than you’re going to lose.”

Without starting running back Chris Pearcey, who was resting a sore knee, and backup running back A’Shawn Angel, the Mustangs turned to rising senior tight end Wyatt McLeod.

Wyatt McLeod finished with eight carries for 29 yards and a touchdown. He also hauled in two passes.

“Wyatt’s a man,” Trent says. “A lot of times, Wyatt’s a man playing with boys. We’re trying to do things to help Wyatt out. Having those guys (back) will open some stuff up for Wyatt.”

Rex completed 10-of-13 passes for 194 yards and a touchdown.

Pearcey caught four passes for 104 yards.

“Chad did a good job,” Trent says. “He made some mistakes, and that’s going to happen. He’s still young. Between him and Wyatt, there’s a lot of stuff that you can do with those two kids.”

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+ PEMCO Pirates win championship The PEMCO Pirates posted a 14-0 record to win the Spring 2013 Miss Manatee Softball 8U division title.

After earning a first-round bye, the Pirates fell to Gator Air 11-5 for their first loss of the season. With the loss, the Pirates landed in the double-elimination losers’ bracket.

A series of rain delays prompted the girls to play five games in two-and-a-half days. The Pirates defeated KWOC (6-4), Square 1 Burgers (16-4) and Gator Air (14-5) to advance to the championship game.

In the championship game, PEMCO defeated Vogel Construction 12-6, forcing a second game to determine the tournament champion. The Pirates edged past Vogel Construction 7-6 to win the 8U tournament title.

Championship players include: Allie Thompsen, Emma Thompsen, Hailey Hirter, Hannah Ott, Kimberly Koelsch, Morgan McCabe, Mya Blue, Riley O’Neill, Samantha Rees, Sofia Tracy and Zoe Lipton.

+ Braden River searches for new baseball coach

coach, because Bowling’s son, Matt, is one of the applicants.

Braden River High is looking for a new baseball coach, after former coach Mike Verrill, who replaced Ryan Hilton two years ago, resigned following the Pirates’ 12-17 season.

The application process closed May 17. Braden River Athletic Director Bob Bowling said the school received about 20 applications. Bowling turned applications over to Braden River’s administrative team, which will be responsible for handling the process of interviewing and hiring a new

+ Pirates to retire No. 3 During the Athletic Boosters Banquet May 21, the Braden River High athletic department announced it would be retiring senior pitcher Courtney Mirabella’s jersey.

Mirabella, who led the state in strikeouts with 288, became the first player in school history to have his or her jersey retired.

Braden River will present Mirabella with her jersey during the Pirates’ first home football game Aug. 30.

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State champ to hit greens for the Virginia Cavaliers LWR High junior Danny Walker verbally committed last month to play golf for the University of Virginia.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Danny Walker knew he was making the right choice.

From the moment he set foot on the University of Virginia’s campus, the Lakewood Ranch High junior felt right at home. Last month, Walker verbally committed to play golf for the Cavaliers.

Walker also visited Auburn, Notre Dame, the University of Central Florida, the University of North Florida and Florida State, but Walker decided Virginia offered everything he was looking for, including solid academics, a fun campus and surrounding area and a coach with a strong passion for the game.

“It was a great opportunity,” Walker says of committing to Virginia. “It feels great to be committed to such a great school. I’m really happy that all of my hard work paid off and the stress of the recruiting process is over.”

Since joining the Mustangs golf team as a freshman, Walker has helped lead Lakewood to two consecutive Class 2A state championships. Walker also captured the Class 2A individual state championship as a freshman in 2010, shooting a 4-under-par 140 to edge past Riverview’s Mike Visacki.

With the recruiting process behind him, Walker, who trains at the Missing Link Golf Academy in Lakewood Ranch, will spend the summer working on his game and preparing for his final high school season with the hopes of bringing another state championship — this time in Class 3A — back to Lakewood.

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In addition, Walker plans to play in some amateur tournaments. In 2012, Walker, who is ranked ninth in his class and 24th overall in the American Junior Golf Association Polo Golf Rankings, tied for second at the Western Junior and was an honorable mention AJGA Rolex All-American.

Walker will sign his national letter of intent following the 2013 golf season.

“I’m really looking forward to the whole experience of college golf and being around an environment that will help me reach my goals.”

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Friends, classmates honor Witt student The Gene Witt Elementary “orff”estra and chorus performed a special concert for Lexi Brown, a classmate who was killed by her father in January.

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nn Kale’s dog, Regis, lived to see his owner become the oldest graduate of the University of South Florida SarasotaManatee in 2007.

It was a fitting moment, shared by two Neighborhood: Peridia personalities linked by the lives they’ve Neighbor touched. since: 1997 Alone after her husband died in 2000, Kale, 86, turned to substitute teaching and bought Regis, a West Highland terrier, to be her sidekick.

She trained Regis to be a therapy dog for Manatee County Schools. He served there since 2003, until he died in February.

Every Wednesday, Regis would listen to students read inside Kale’s Reading Cottage in the media center of Rowlett Magnet Elementary.

Inside the pink hut, similar in appearance to a gingerbread house, students would shake Regis’ paw after reading and give him a small treat.

Kale would respond for Regis, giving each child a cookie and a hug.

Together, Kale and Regis read to class-

IN HER OWN WORDS: On why she decided to get her bachelor’s degree from University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee at age 80, becoming the school’s oldest graduate: “Someone once told me, ‘Gee, you will be 80 years old by the time you graduate.’ I responded, ‘Yeah, but I will be 80 years old anyway if I don’t do it. My age won’t change.’”

On the award she gives every year to a Rowlett Elementary fifth-grader, called Mrs. Kale’s Turnaround Award.

“It’s for students who show courage in overcoming obstacles and grow both academically and with their behavior.

It’s amazing to see the kid’s smile.” rooms during literacy weeks, book fairs, art fests and fundraisers.

Regis inspired Kale to write. Her fifth book, a children’s book, details their bond.

It’s called “Regis the Wonder Dog.” — Josh Siegel

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Supporters take swings for charities

Education and golf enthusiasts joined forces Friday, May 17, as they hit the golf course for the Phil Galvano Classic, at The Legacy Golf Club in Lakewood Ranch.

“We will be able to provide $300,000 to public-education classrooms because of this event,” Sen. Bill Galvano said. “It is a real honor and privilege to do this in honor of my father.”

Keep Manatee Beautiful held its 19th Annual Golf Tournament May 24, at Tara Golf & Country Club.

The event, the nonprofit organization’s biggest fundraiser of the year, featured a putting contest, closest-tothe-pin contest and a raffle.

Photos by Pam Eubanks and Josh Siegel

Above: East County resident Ron Reagan with Manatee County School Board member Chuck Fradley Left: Nick and Tracy Mayernick

Sen. Bill Galvano, center, brought his family: William, wife, Julie, Jacqueline and Michael.

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

County Club Village home sells for $1.35 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between May 13 and May 17.

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Jeffrey and Patricia Friedman sold their home at 6819 Dominion Lane to Boris Bozic and Kathy Gregory, of Ontario, Canada, for $1.35 million.

Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,889 square feet of living area.

Richard and Patricia Podell, of Morristown, N.J., sold their home at 7928 Royal Queensland Way to Kenneth and Susan Jordan, of Bradenton, for $799,600. Built in 2001, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 4,119 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $555,000 in 2010.

Earl Romero, of North Baldwin, N.Y., sold his home at 7519 Abbey Glen to Russell and Cheryl Johnson, of Lakewood Ranch, for $590,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,102 square feet of living area.

River Club South

Richard Schuchard and Holly Schuchard, trustees, sold the home at 9916 Old Hyde Park Place to Robert Seay, of Bradenton, for $690,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,688 square feet of living area.

Kenneth Rambo, trustee, of Lake Suzy, and Alan Rambo, trustee, of Bradenton, sold the home at 10239 Silverado Circle to Richard Loughrey and Mary MeigsLoughrey, of Bradenton, for $275,000.

Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,642 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $325,000 in 2007.

Richmond Park

Ann Crowley, trustee, and Charles

rooms, three baths, a pool and 3,232 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $594,900 in 2005.

U.S. Bank, trustee, sold the home at 6423 Indigo Bunting Place to Maury and Kimberly Pinto, of Bradenton, for $360,000.

Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,876 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $432,100 in 2004.

Mote Ranch

Terrence and Nancy Boswell, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6723 Coyote Ridge Court to The K&R Trust for $462,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,947 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $447,500 in 2004.

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This home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch, which has four bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,889 square feet of living area, sold for $1.35 million.

Crowley, of University Park, sold the home at 8034 Collingwood Court to Kathryn Lawrence, of Surrey, United Kingdom, for $595,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,878 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $575,000 in 2004.

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Susan Porterfield, trustee, and Ralph Porterfield sold the home at 10609 Conch Shell Terrace to Byron Barton, of Bradenton, for $495,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,631 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $500,000 in 2008.

Robert and Levina Meinken, of Delavan, Wis., sold their home at 724 Foggy Morn Lane to Eugene and Mary D’Amico, of New Hartford, N.Y., for $315,000. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,977 square feet of living area. It

previously sold for $320,000 in 2002.

Douglas and Sheryl Ferrie, of Naples, sold their home at 9716 Portside Terrace to Deborah Young, of Grand Rapids, Mich., for $275,000. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,677 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $312,000 in 2003.

Greenbrook Village

Daniel and Lora Rees, of Bradenton, sold their home at 13219 Brown Thrasher Pike to Samuel and Tracie McHugh, of Ontario, Canada, for $476,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 3,099 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $495,000 in 2004.

Joanna Ginder, of Bradenton, sold her home at 6611 Chickadee Lane to Santu and Vidyartee Lakhwani, of Lutz, for $385,000. Built in 2005, it has four bed-

Hampton Green

K&B Investments LLC sold the home at 8002 Hampton Court to Ann Crowley, trustee, of University Park, for $405,000.

Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,254 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $570,000 in 2005.

Kathryn Lawrence, of Surrey, United Kingdom, sold her home at 7944 Hampton Court to Xenia Schmidt, of Berlin, for $355,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,153 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $550,000 in 2006.

GreyHawk Landing

Gregory and Elizabeth Melita, of Bradenton, sold their home at 430 Petrel Trail to Domenic and Sheila Bianco, of Bradenton, for $397,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,252 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $544,400 in 2005.

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8119 Santa Rosa Ct #M5837722 $469,900 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

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3609 57Th Avenue W Dr #M5827064 $198,000 Patty Brooks

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-545-1194

7803 Grand Estuary Trl # 304 #A3975969 $177,500 June Howell

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5908 Garden Lakes Majestic #M5837755 $175,000 Judy Browning

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4075 Overture Cir # 4075 #M5836747 $169,500 Debbie Capobianco

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1867 Rita St #A3977866 $164,900 Robin Bowman

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These are the largest East County building permits issued by Manatee County for the week of May 13 through May 17, in order of dollar amounts.

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Permit

Applicant

7408 Pine Valley St. 7507 Crosshill Court 5619 Southernmost Lane 12806 Daisy Place 7519 Greystone St. 8006 Heritage Grand Place 11403 Gramercy Park Ave. 139 166th St. N.E. 13519 Matanzas Place 7506 Ladybank Crossing 29718 Betts Road 7413 Haddington Cove 7511 Haddington Cove 8017 Hampton Court 15206 Linn Park Terrace 6602 Seven Pines Drive 5742 48th St. Circle E. 5241 Canterbury Drive 4629 Blue Marlin Drive

Garage Pool Fire Repair Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Re-roof Pool Windows Boat Lift

James Johnson Carlos Diaz Jade Hartman George Kruse John Campanella Carlos Rodriguez Stephen Downes Michael Matras Larry Mulkey Debbie Cross David Stevens Ambrish Piare Emily McClelland Todd Emmerson Donald Staley Roberto Chiesa Daniel Petrov Timothy Richards Leslie Feist

Amount $100,000 $67,000 $57,264 $56,349 $54,412 $53,450 $50,928 $50,000 $43,010 $40,901 $39,000 $35,250 $32,340 $30,900 $26,807 $22,050 $21,690 $20,046 $18,750

10006 46Th W Ave #A3973504 $1,900,000 Anne Mitchell

Bradenton 941-388-4447 941-725-0227

Source: Manatee County

Douglas and Jennifer Grosso, of Sarasota, sold their home at 14817 17th Ave.

Sarasota 941-907-9595 941-350-9395

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4689 Oak Hollow Dr # 2 #A3978217 $122,500 Deke Brinkman

Braden River 941-748-6300 941-915-4167

4860 Hamilton Oaks Ln #A3978428 Diane Lyons

2415 Landings Cir #A3969899 $3,995,000 Kim & Michael Ogilvie

5535 46Th E St #A3978061 $149,900 Mary Hellhake

106 51St Avenue W Dr #M5837639 $79,900 Joe Foster

Sarasota $3,200 941-552-4200

8205 Grand Estuary Trail # 302 #M5836247 $2,200 Laurie Rastovski

Sarasota 941-748-6300 941-704-2394

7918 Royal Birkdale Cir #A3972048 $750,000 Pamela Charron

Lakewood Ranch 941-951-6660 941-993-3388

8211 Regents Ct #A3978032 $658,000 Nancy Phillips

University Park 941-907-9595 941-400-6078

6900 Corral Gate Ln #M5837532 $599,000 Elizabeth Gardini

108 61St E St #M5837502 Debbie Vogler

2011 21St W St #M5836753 Lynne Callahan

$775,000

Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-720-3278

11014 Big Bass Pl #A3970644 $699,900 Howie Drourr

East County 941-907-9595 941-812-6476

Carlos and Sayde Rivera, of Orlando, sold their home at 8106 Spring Marsh Drive to H. Peter and Brenda Skouras, of Bradenton, for $375,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,574 square feet of living area.

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Braden River 941-907-9595 941-544-0763

Bradenton 941-907-9595 941-812-7634

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5114 19Th E Ln #M5837490 $149,900 Laura Tracy Clekis

Charleston Pointe at University Place

650 Golden Gate Pt # 501 #M5829384 $839,000 Debbie Capobianco

802 Village Green Pkwy # 5822 #M5836880 $149,000 Joanne Jenkins

2403 12Th W Ave # 1 #M5837282 $74,900 Maria Christenson

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-228-7878

207 73Rd St #A3978630 Kevin Carroll

$649,000

Holmes Beach/Bradenton Beach 941-748-6300 941-465-8843

Sarasota 941-748-6300 941-356-0096

7238 Lake Forest Gln #M5836897 $595,900 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-730-0777

$580,000

Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-705-3328

7503 Weeping Willow Dr #A3966264 $555,000 Joanna Sternberg

Sarasota 941-907-9595 941-928-7345

6660 Saint James Xing #A3975028 $550,000 Edward Haggerty

University Park 941-907-9595 941-685-6154

1001 Beach Rd # A-301 #A3973171 $535,000 Judy Wright

Siesta Key 941-907-9595 941-232-8041

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-920-3583

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-345-9080

2625 Terra Ceia Bay Blvd # 706 #M5836256 $1,500 Laurie Rastovski

Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-345-9080

Bradenton 941-951-6660 941-376-1717

Bradenton 941.748.6300 • Lakewood Ranch 941.907.9595 • IMG Academies 941.752.2683

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E. to Gary and Claudia Greene, of Bradenton, for $395,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,858 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $425,000 in 2008.

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Prescott, Ariz., sold their home at 347 Snapdragon Loop to Robert Kelley and Vanna Tucker, of Bradenton, for $389,000.

Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,139 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $525,000 in 2007.

Glenn and Jeanne Voshell sold their home at 13014 Peregrin Circle to Charles Bender and Deborah Bender, trustees, of Bradenton, for $355,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,977 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $375,800 in 2003.

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East County resident Elizabeth Sullivan submitted this photo of a sunset from Creekwood.

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Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

Le Coultre Atmos clock, clock/cabinet, Lalique eagle head, set of Wedgwood Gold Florentine china, modern coffee table, desk, standing & table lamps, dinette set, wall shelf unit, small tulip table, and modern prints, 2 steel & leather Vasarely chairs, 4 panel mirrored screen, full length fur coat, very large mirror, dining set, country French cabinet, elephant collection, Lucite chair &TV stand, king bed set, area rugs, Schwinn treadmill, man's bike, some tools and nice accessories.

ESTATE SALE Saturday, June 1st - 9:30.M.-3P.M. Sunday, June 2nd - 12p.m.-3p.m.

3514 Tangier Terrace San Remo, Sarasota (Located off N. Siesta Dr. before bridge.)

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2 Sectional sofas; 1 having crocodile trim and 1 Tommy Bahama. Pair of leather chairs, tooled leather top desks with turned legs, 2 queen Tommy Bahama bedsets, California king bedset, large Oriental rosewood dining room table with 10 chairs and matching sideboard, with lazy susan and inlaid mother of pearl.

Occasional chairs, lamps, tables, Frigidaire washer and dryer, Maytag side by side and G.E. Profile refrigerators, 2 electric fireplaces, Chinese rug, bar stools, glasstop coffee and end tables, bikes, outdoor kitchen and patio furniture, hot tub, Waterford, nice glassware and decorative accessories, linens, china, glass and bric-a-brac.

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

Reserved Space LP Reserved Space

955.4888

2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Sport, Super Charged V6, Outstanding Military Items, Sterling Silver, Estate Jewelry Including Diamonds & Gold, 1930's Boy Scout Uniforms & Badges Incl. Eagle Scout, 1930's Indiana University & Other University Memorabilia, Mid-Century Furniture, Patio Furniture, Books Incl. Nazi Books & Memorabilia, Listed Artists Oil Paintings, Area Rugs, 33 RPM Old Records, Kitchenware & Garage Tools, Bric-a-Brac & Much, Much More.

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DESK: WOODEN, like new, $199. 941-752-3371.

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ESTATE SALE SAT. JUNE 1 - 8:45A.M.-1:45P.M. 13458 PURPLE FINCH CIR. GREENBROOK LAKEWOOD RANCH

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