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by Nick Friedman | Community Editor

The city budget, which dedicates significant resources to covering rising pension costs, is still $2.5 million short of being balanced.

+ Friendly fishing Morgan Leslie caught a shark and eight other fish July 2, at Suncoast Charities for Children’s Friendliest Catch Outing. The event was part of the 29th annual Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix Festival. For more event photos, see 20A.

The Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association is putting on a doggy parade Saturday, July 20.

Fashionable pups can win prizes for best dressed.

Sign up your dog for the parade by emailing info@ wetnosessarasota.com.

Registration is $5, and the doggy costume parade will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 20, in Five Points Park.

by David Conway | News Editor

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Judge Rick De Furia’s 11-year career as 12th Judicial Circuit judge was marked by respect and empathy for litigants.

De Furia shows respect on and off the bench The Hon. Rick De Furia reflects on a long and varied career as he prepares for retirement, effective Aug. 1.

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Twelfth Judicial Circuit Judge Rick De Furia looks different today. Although several weeks still remain before he officially retires, he looks the part as he walks about the Sarasota County Courthouse. He doesn’t have court this afternoon, and he’s forgone his typical robe-and-tie wardrobe in favor of a more casual look. He’s more aptly dressed for one of his daily strolls or

+ Illuminated alumna New College alumna and internet law expert Jennifer Granick recently co-wrote op-ed columns in The New York Times and The Atlantic arguing that the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance of phone calls, emails and other online communications is illegal. Granick studied political science at New College and graduated in 1990. She is currently director of civil liberties at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society.

bike rides on Longboat Key, where he lives, and he is wearing light blue Converse Chuck Taylors, navy shorts and a light-blue, short-sleeved button-down shirt.

De Furia scans his identification card and unlocks the judicial chambers door that leads to his office in the courthouse. As he makes his way down the hall, his coworkers are quick to tease him about his unusual courtroom attire.

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At a City Commission workshop Monday, city officials presented a $191 million proposed budget for fiscal year 2013-14 — an 8.4% increase over last year — with a $2.5 million deficit still waiting to be addressed.

City Manager Tom Barwin said the city of Sarasota’s preliminary budget reflected a cautious optimism that some cuts associated with the economic downturn of the past few years can be scaled back, because the budget also includes a 5.6% increase in revenues. Still, Barwin said he believes the budget keeps the city living within its means.

“The story of this budget is the story of a resilient community rebounding from the dramatic impacts of the Great Recession,” Barwin said.

A net of 11 jobs will be reduced from FY 2012-13. The police department will see a net reduction of 11 full-time jobs and carry 17 fewer sworn-officer positions.

Still, police spending is the largest budgeted area from the general fund, making up 50.3% of the roughly $58.6 million in general fund expenditures. This is due in large part to rising pension costs: Currently, about 80 cents must be matched in pensions for every dollar of police salary, Barwin said.

Fire pension, retiree medical and other post-employment benefit costs represent another 17% of general fund spending. According to city Finance Director John Lege, more than one-fifth of the $14.9 million budget increase over 2012-13 came from increases in general, fire and police pensions.

Other significant areas of increased spending include $3.4 million for the purchase of vehicles and radios; $3 million for repair of shoreline damage caused by Tropical Storm Debby; $2.6 million for the

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ON THE SET

“Oh, so you do have legs!” says one voice During the filming of the movie, from within a room.

“Presumed Innocent,” Rick De Furia had “Yeah, you’ve had your show,” he responds the opportunity to work with Harrison with a laugh, still walking. “Now, that’ll be Ford — an experience he says he won’t $5.” soon forget.

Inside his ninth-floor office, De Furia has “It was incredible,” says De Furia. “I already begun the tedious process of packwas sitting in the dressing room, and he ing his belongings. Stacks of boxes and loose walks in and asks me to run lines with decorations surround his desk, and he him. He’d changed some of the diaapologizes for the clutter. logue and wanted “I’ve always been the sentimental to go over it with type,” he says. “I don’t know what me. Afterward, I I’m going to do with all this stuff. I didn’t know if I can’t bring myself to throw any of it should stick to the away.” script or go with the Even with half of his things al“Presu changes, so I asked ready in boxes, the walls and Innoc me d someone.

They just e nt” shelves of his office are overflowtold me, ‘You just ing with memorabilia and keepdo whatever Mr. Ford 1990 sakes accumulated throughout says.’” his career. Photos of him with Cary Grant, George H.W. Bush and other notable public figures hang on the wall; a 7-inch record, titled “Peter Ponsil Lost His Tonsil,” is framed near the door — a Getting into character Born in the small town of Little Falls, N.J., nod to an inside joke between him and his former judicial campaign manager; and he’s De Furia graduated in 1968 from Ithaca uncovered countless other forgotten gems College in New York before attending Stetin the process, including a hula-girl clock, son Law School in St. Petersburg. One year into law school, he left to serve in the Army complete with hip-swaying action.

De Furia’s office décor is as varied and fas- Reserves. Afterward, he joined a private jet cinating as his career. In law, he has worked company as a public relations specialist and as a prosecutor, public defender and county he met many celebrities and dignitaries on and circuit judge. He’s also spent time as a the job.

After completing law school, he began news anchor, television commentator and a professional actor, appearing in soap operas, working in 1973 as a state attorney, then as commercials, television shows and movies, an associate for a local law firm, before deincluding “Presumed Innocent,” in which he ciding to run against an incumbent candidate for county judge. exchanged lines with Harrison Ford.

“Everyone thought I was crazy,” says De Different as his endeavors might seem, De Furia. “We knocked on probably 24,000 Furia sees a common thread among them.

“Being a good actor is more than just doors, and we ran a good campaign and memorizing lines,” he says. “You need to ended up winning.”

After six years as a county judge, De Furia be a good listener, and you need to be alive decided to pursue a passion he’d enjoyed in the moment. The most important thing for a judge is to be prepared and be a good since high school: acting. He completed a listener. I try to be compassionate and give two-year program at the FSU Asolo Coneveryone in the courtroom the respect they servatory, and he was able to find work in New York as a freelancer while remaining deserve.”

a senior judge in Florida. During this time, he also worked as a television commentator and news anchor for SNN, before returning to the bench full time in 2002, as a circuit judge.

Change of pace

Even a brief conversation with De Furia reveals his charm and quick-witted sense of humor. His penchant for sarcasm and practical jokes is evident in his interactions with his colleagues, who recall times he’s planted stuffed birds, exercise bikes and other absurdities in their offices, and he’s always been a key member of the roast committee for retiring judges. This kind of optimism is important to De Furia, who says his day-today duties as a judge can take an emotional toll.

“The job is very stressful, and it’s emotionally draining,” says De Furia. “That’s not something most people would think about, but there are times at night when I struggle with, ‘Did I make the right choice?’

There are still a few cases that weigh on my mind.”

But the job has also provided him with some of the greatest rewards, including the chance to use his power to help rehabilitate young people and those struggling with addiction, causes he says he’s especially interested in. If he could change one thing about the judicial system, it would be to place more emphasis on rehabilitation for nonviolent drug-possession offenders.

De Furia says he’ll miss his coworkers and serving in a job he finds especially important, but he’s looking forward to new ventures. At the age of 66, he says his retirement is not a time to slow down, but an opportunity to devote himself to his other passions, whether that means television, acting or, as he puts it, “something fun.”

“I’ve got to find another job,” he says. “I’m not good at sitting around. Being involved in something upbeat and positive will be a nice change of pace.”

His most immediate concern: being on the other end of the retirement roast.

“They asked for my acting reel,” he says.

“They’ll have plenty to work with.”

Shared memories Fellow judges share their favorite memories of working with Judge Rick De Furia: County Judge Phyllis Galen: “When I first met Rick, I was a prosecutor and he was a senior judge. It was an armed robbery case, in which the defendant was a cross dresser, and there were some sensitivity issues to the case. He always showed everyone the utmost respect, and his actions were the epitome of how a judge should treat everyone.

It made a marked impression on me as I became a judge.

“He loves to play tricks on people, so one Halloween, I wanted to get him back.

I bought a set of mangled fake teeth from a costume shop and put them in a glass of water on his bench.

He went so far as to pull the security footage to find out who had done it, and he had the bailiffs serve me with a fake arrest warrant.”

12th Judicial Circuit Judge Charles Williams: “He has a unique personality and a great sense of humor. When he was up for election for the position he’s in now, he was running unopposed.

We played a joke on him to make it look like someone had registered to run against him on the last possible day.

His face turned white, but he didn’t break stride; he just started to gear up for the campaign. We couldn’t bear to keep the joke going.”

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City seeks to decode new zoning rules As Sarasota begins the planning stages of rewriting its zoning regulations, downtown Bradenton has entered its second year under form-based code.

In the wake of the City Commission unanimously approving the development of a new form-based zoning code, it’s clear that many city officials are excited about a potential switch from the current regulations.

What’s less clear is what exactly that switch might mean.

One point of reference sits to the north; downtown Bradenton has just begun its second year under a form-based code.

Tim Polk, Bradenton’s director of planning and community development, says it’s still too early to clearly see the effects of the change, but said he is satisfied with the city of Bradenton’s decision.

“I think, overall, it’s been a success because we’ve been able to maintain our DNA in terms of architectural character,” Polk said.

Karin Murphy, a consultant Sarasota hired to assist with writing the new code, also helped write Bradenton’s form-based code. At a City Commission meeting June 17, she echoed a common refrain of Polk’s — that form-based code’s value rests largely in providing predictability for both developers and for residents.

“There’s a lot of unpredictability about what the built form would look like,” Murphy said about developments under the

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This rendering of the downtown area affected by Bradenton’s form-based code accompanied its zoning guidelines. current code. “Under a form-based code, working with the community, we get a more holistic look at what those features would be.”

Unlike Sarasota, which is considering rewriting its entire code, Bradenton’s form-based code applies only to an area around its downtown. It is centered primarily around three downtown redevelopment districts. One reason Bradenton avoided rewriting its entire code was the cost, Polk said.

Under form-based code, Sarasota could establish a series of transects that would allow urban, suburban and transitional neighborhoods in between to be managed differently.

City Manager Tom Barwin said while a citywide revision is under consideration, priority areas would be addressed first rather than waiting to pass a comprehensive code.

“We’re not going to wait for two-and-ahalf years to drop a document onto a city council,” Barwin said. “We’ll look at areas where there seems to be a lot of economic interest and activity first.”

Barwin mentioned the North Trail, the Rosemary District, north Sarasota and edge neighborhoods around downtown as areas that could be targeted first.

Polk says Bradenton was able to write its code to preserve the current state of individual areas. In an area consisting of mostly single-family detached housing the code didn’t interfere with that neighborhood.

And, Bradenton was also able to include incentives for redevelopment to better accomplish the city’s goals in the area the code affected.

Still, the final product wasn’t perfect.

Bradenton’s code has been amended twice

URBAN DESIGN STUDIO An Urban Design Studio, located in the Federal Building, will offer residents an opportunity to check in on the work planners are doing and offer opinions on form-based code.

City Manager Tom Barwin says staff has begun work on setting up the studio this week. The first step, once that is completed, he said, is internal scoping — referencing all the city’s prior planning documents to ensure the new code will be a natural evolution. By August, they hope to hold a series of open houses.

“We want to get the community to be familiar and comfortable with the studio and their role in designing our future,” Barwin said. since being passed, most recently to change setback and parking regulations, a move necessary to attract national retailers.

Bradenton’s transition to form-based code was relatively mild. The main change the city was interested in was creating predictability for developers, a stated interest of Sarasota, as well.

In Sarasota, the changes could be more drastic. Murphy called the city of Sarasota’s current zoning regulations old and unpredictable, and many city officials believe form-based code is a game-changer.

by Nick Friedman | Community Editor

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Since construction began in March, construction crews have poured the foundation for the rainforest pond at Selby Gardens.

Project progress Construction on the Children’s Rainforest Garden began in March; the project is still scheduled for an early November opening.

In the four months since the project began, construction workers have installed irrigation systems for the garden’s waterfall feature, and crews are now working to shape the rebar that will become the faux-rock structure. These rocks will be home to plant life and serve as the garden’s foundation.

Tandem Construction has also laid foundations for the decks and elevated walkways and poured the concrete foundation for the rainforest pool, which will collect water beneath the waterfall.

In August, crews will add texture and paint to the rock structures and frame the canopy towers.

Above: The renovated Great Room will include decorative fabric kites, which can be lit with custom colors for events. Right: Construction on the outdated Great Room began Monday, July 8.

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eople seeking to host a private event in the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Great Room by the Bay will soon have access to a venue as aesthetically pleasing as the rest of the organization’s outdoor gardens, thanks to financial assistance from one board member and in-kind services from local architectural and construction companies.

Board member Sandy Rederer says that with its native plant life and bayfront views, Selby Gardens is a popular venue for weddings and other private events, but that its Great Room, which was constructed in the late 1980s, had become outdated. He and Selby staff wanted to ensure that the facility offered guests a view that was on par with the rest of the garden, so several months ago they identified its renovation as a high-priority project.

Construction of the Children’s Rainforest Garden initially caused the renovation to be put on hold, but the timing is now working in its favor. The combination of construction crews already

onsite and the slower summer season made the timing optimal to pursue the project now.

Thanks to Rederer’s loan and Milton Schenk LLC, Tandem Construction and Fawley-Bryant Architecture’s inkind services, renovations to the Great Room officially began Monday, July 8.

“I was personally interested in the renovation, because I wanted to see the organization keep abreast of the competition in terms of its facilities for parties, weddings and recreation,” says Rederer. “It’s a part of the gardens’ business that has been very good and has been growing over the last few years, so this will be another boost.”

The $121,000 project includes mostly aesthetic renovations to the building’s main assembly room and restrooms, and not the classrooms or food-preparation area. Project coordinator Milton Schenk expects the project to be completed by the end of August, and upgrades include plans to replace the carpet, outdated sprinkler system and light fixtures and paint the interior

white. But, the biggest new feature will be a system of decorative fabric kites in the room’s vaulted ceiling, which can be custom-lit in different colors.

“People have been doing their own decorations in the room, and now there will be a permanent addition to the most basic décor,” says Rederer.

“I think it will make the room much more desirable and make it on par with the visual beauty of the garden.

Everyone from employees to donors and guests will appreciate a betterlooking facility.”

The Banyan Entry at the new Rainforest Garden.

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NEWSBRIEFS + SCAT service changes begin July 13 Several Sarasota County Area Transit routes will undergo changes to their schedule, while other routes will be adjusted. The changes are scheduled to take effect Saturday.

Route 90X, North Port-Venice-Sarasota express, and 100X, North Port-Sarasota Express, will begin to operate Saturdays. Both routes will also add new trips. The Saturday schedules will be the same as on weekdays.

Time-schedule adjustments will be made to the following routes: 1A (Fruitville via McIntosh), 5 (Osprey-Swift), 6 (Beneva), 8 (Newtown-U.S. 301), 13 (Venice neighborhoods), 71 (Downtown-Booker High School) and 1713 (Tamiami Trail Sunday). Several routes in Venice and North Port will also see route adjustments.

A full list detailing service changes can be found at scgov.net.

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At the Downtown Improvement District meeting July 9, board members discussed the use of thermoplastic pavers instead of brick pavers in repairing four crosswalks at Palm Avenue and Main Street. The current plan would close the intersection for 16 days and cost $57,000. There was interest in discovering whether the thermoplastic option would be both quicker and cheaper.

“I know the city has experimented with it in the past,” senior city planner Steve Stancel said regarding the thermoplastic pavers. “I don’t know if it was an earlier version, or if it’s been improved, but it generally does not stand up to the traffic.”

Rod Warner, council chairman at First Church, spoke to the board to request the crosswalk at North Pineapple Avenue and State Street be added to the scope of the project. The board said it had yet to receive cost estimates regarding that work, and it delayed any decision until that information was gathered. Board members also said

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Regular City Commission Meeting — 2:30 and 6 p.m. Monday, July 15, Commission Chambers, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota.

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City Commission Budget Workshops — 8 a.m. Tuesday July 16 through Thursday, July 18, Commission Chambers, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota.

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City Commission Special Meeting — 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, Commission Chambers, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota.

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that any improvements at that crosswalk would be considered its own project.

The City Commission will consider the improvements to the intersection at its July 15 meeting, and the thermoplastic option will be presented to the commission if information is gathered by then. Work on the project is slated to begin July 24.

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McCrane keeps an eye on Sarasota’s safety

Since McCrane began his position in 2005, the Emergency Management System has been activated four times in Sarasota County.

2005 — McCrane started his first day with the system enacted for Hurricane Wilma.

2008 — Tropical Storm Fay 2010 — An H1N1 outbreak 2012 — Tropical Storm Isaac

intimidating situation, McCrane saw an opportunity to put his skills to use.

After retiring in 2003 from the Army, McCrane began working for emergency management at the state level, where he was also immediately put to the test. His duties spanned from the Florida Keys to Pensacola and beyond, and the heavy hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005 drastically sped up his learning curve.

“I probably earned 20 years of experience in those two years,” he says. “I think there were eight hurricanes; there were just backto-back disasters.”

So, immediately charged with spearheading Sarasota County’s emergency management system in 2005, McCrane says he simply fell back on the valuable experience he had gained at the state level. He recommended a voluntary evacuation for homes and mandatory evacuation for mobile homes.

“When I came here, my predecessor had more than 20 years of experience,” he says. “I didn’t have that, but I had the advantage of being able to apply the lessons I had learned from those two years (with the state).” As emergency management chief, McCrane heads a team of five employees to prepare the county for any type of disaster or emergency, manmade or natural. In the event of a hurricane, his team is typically in

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Emergency Management Chief Ed McCrane stands near the hurricane-tracking chart in the Sarasota County administration building. charge, but, in other instances, its job is to support the appropriate on-scene responders and provide information to the public.

One of the major challenges McCrane and his team face is making everyone aware of the proper procedures and evacuation routes, especially in a city with a constant influx of tourists and transplants. He says it’s also difficult to make everyone realize that the dangers associated with hurricanes do, in fact, exist here.

“People think it can’t happen here, because it’s been so long since Sarasota has been hit,” says McCrane. “And, everyone has heard how Sarasota is protected

by a Native American blessing of some sort. Believe me, nobody hopes that’s true more than me, but that’s not how you plan.”

Emergency management is a year-round task. When not responding to an emergency, McCrane and his team host regular training and informational sessions to help spread knowledge and prepare residents for worstcase scenarios.

“We do have information that can save lives,” says McCrane.

“We try to provide that as often as we can, to as many people as we can. It’s rewarding to know that something we tell someone could save their life.”

Be prepared McCrane offers tips for preparing for a hurricane. Above all, he says, the most important thing is to have a plan. Visit scgov.net for more information.

• Listen for weather updates on local stations and NOAA Weather Radio.

• Check, update and maintain disaster supplies.

• Set refrigerators and freezers to their coldest settings to help preserve food in the event of power outages.

• Refill prescriptions.

• Clear lawn of loose furniture and other potential airborne objects.

• Protect windows and glass doors with plywood or storm shutters.

• Maintain a full tank of gas in case of power outages.

• Acquire cash in case of power outages.

If you go Disaster Preparedness Day — takes place from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Sarasota Farmers Market.

Sarasota County Emergency Management will present information on a variety of subjects, including evacuation routes and shelters, personal, family and home preparations and planning for the needs of pets and medications for all family members.

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Heading into the office on his first day of work eight years ago, Sarasota County Emergency Management Chief Ed McCrane had his work cut out for him.

Sarasota County’s emergency management system had already been activated in response to Hurricane Wilma, and officials were already looking to McCrane for answers.

“All the chief officers were assembled in a command room,” he says. “They had an empty seat for me, and I walked in and sat down. They all turned and looked at me and asked, ‘So, what’s your recommendation?’”

In what many would find an

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BUDGET / FROM PAGE 1A construction of a new bus-transfer station; and $1.7 million in water and sewer facility upgrades.

At a February meeting, commissioners directed staff to take a balanced approach of revenue increases and spending cuts to balance the budget, leaving a potential millage rate increase on the table. At that time, the FY 2013-14 deficit was projected to be about $5.7 million.

Changes that address the deficit in the proposed budget include one-time transfers from other reserve funds, position reductions and an increase in the city’s taxable values from last year of 4.57%. Combined, adjustments since February have reduced the deficit roughly $3.2 million, leaving $2.5 million to be covered.

To fully bridge that gap via tax revenue, a millage increase of .4385 mills would be necessary. For a house with a taxable value of $200,000, this would represent a tax increase of $87.70 more than the current millage rate of 2.9249.

Lege said there were still non-tax solutions available to reduce the deficit, including the use of more than $1 million from the Revenue Stabilization Fund and a potential increase in parking revenues of $250,000. Still, a deficit of more than $1.2 million would remain.

Barwin said the city was focused on the strategic enhancement of the quality of services. Though the city will have 577 full-time budgeted positions — a 25.7% reduction from 2007 — Barwin said the city will seek to restore employee training programs. By the end of FY 2014-15, he hopes all city employees will receive 40 hours of training per year.

Other emphasis areas Barwin mentioned include the increase of maintenance standards for public properties, a focus on addressing the issue of homelessness and the rebuilding of the city’s infrastructure. The budget includes more than $13 million in fixed-capital

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Historical column seeks home in park

Proposed expenditures for FY 2013-2014 Transportation: 5.4% Parks & Landscape Maintenance: 5.2% All other: 9.9%

A downtown property owner wants to donate the sandstone pillar to the city. It could be placed in Five Points Park.

The city of Sarasota has received an application donation for a Corinthian column gifted to Sarasota in the 1980s. The column commemorates the relationship between Sarasota and Glasgow, Scotland.

Chris Brown, a property investor who owns the land on which the column sits, suggested in his application to the city that the column be relocated to Five Points Park.

According to a memo from City Manager Tom Barwin, Five Points is believed to be the location at or near which the city of Sarasota was originally settled.

The column, which came from a church in Glasgow, was given to community representatives on the 100th anniversary of Sarasota’s settlement.

The plaque that accompanies the column marks Dec. 28, 1885, as the date when 65 Glasgow Scots first settled in the city of Sarasota.

Currently, the column sits at 1400 Main St., located at the southeast corner of the Five Points roundabout. Brown acquired the property on which the column sits in May. He thinks the monument may have been sitting on the property for the past 30 years.

How a gift so public in nature came to be placed on private property is a question to which Barwin says he’s still

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improvements, he said. “As the economic, cultural and quality-of-life beacon on Florida’s Gulf Coast, the city of Sarasota must remain committed to excellence and continuous improvements,� Barwin said of the targeted spending areas in the proposed budget.

The City Commission will hold budget workshops from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, and Wednesday, July 17. The preliminary millage rate will be set July 17.

seeking the answer.

Barwin said the area of the sidewalk near the intersection is traditionally reserved for the public, but that the land on which the column sits is fenced off as if it were private property. He said the city will move forward with the application process while looking for a new home for the column.

Although the city has yet to accept the donation, Brown said his interactions with city officials regarding the column have been positive. “I’m sure it’ll be put to good use where people can enjoy it,� said Brown.

No specific location in Five Points Park has been targeted, and Brown is open to other locations if a suitable spot cannot be found in the park. Barwin said the potential placement of two other sculptures in Five Points Park could affect the city’s decision.

The donation will be considered at the Parks, Recreation and Environmental Protection Board meeting today.

Barwin believes as the application travels through committee the history of the column will become clearer. “Those committees are populated with individuals who have been active in the city for years, so I expect that to be part of the information that’s gathered during the short review process,� Barwin said.

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The Institute for the Ages operates with purpose Director Tom Esselman says the institute, which serves as a conduit between innovators and the older population, has found its niche as it enters its second year in operation.

A year ago, Tom Esselman took charge of an organization for which he couldn’t quite define the purpose.

The Institute for the Ages was born out of a SCOPE (Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence) initiative that examined the significance of being the oldest, large county in the nation. It took two years for the institute to secure funding, locate office space and, finally, hire a director — Esselman, who, in July 2012, left his job as an innovation leader with Hallmark to head the group. Esselman, then, was tasked with nailing down what exactly he would be directing.

In the first six months, he focused on making connections locally and nationally, with the knowledge that the organization was supposed to create profit-generating projects that addressed the needs of older people. The national part was relatively easy: Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Phillips, Motorola and Hallmark all expressed interest in interacting with older people. Hooking the locals, however, proved to be the bigger challenge.

In January, the institute took on its first project, organizing a pilot study for San Francisco-based technology company Lively to test a product that tracked the movement pattern of seniors. It was in organizing this program — and seeing the positive reaction from the people who participated in it — that Esselman finally knew precisely what The Institute for the Ages aimed to accomplish.

“Connecting innovators to older adults is what we're here to do,” Esselman said.

“We're here to be a connector. Up until the start of this year, I didn't really have it down that succinctly.”

The institute’s Facebook page states the group’s mission as being “to transform aging through the authentic voice of the older adult.” When the organization was founded, the assumption was tapping into that voice would be the easy part — 32% of Sarasota County residents are older than 65 years old, and 48% are older than 55.

What it found was just being adjacent to the seniors wasn’t enough.

In recruiting people to participate in that first pilot study, the staff had to be clear that its intention wasn’t to sell anything, but to be a conduit to make sure the older person’s voice was heard.

This, Esselman says, is naturally appealing to a generation that often feels it is becoming more and more marginalized.

When the pilot program concluded in April, the institute had 65 people in its Community Powered Research Network, a registry of older people around Sarasota with which interested organizations can connect. Today, there are more than 900 people in the registry. Esselman believes this growth is reflective of the area’s vast potential for groups seeking to learn about aging. It also shows the broad appeal the institute now holds for the region’s older community.

The institute serves as more than just a link between older people and other organizations. Through what it calls “conversation circles,” it offers the opportunity for older people to engage with one another on topics of interest. Recent examples include “Positive Aging and Happiness,” “Meaningful Involvement” and “Technology and Aging.”

This social interaction was attractive to

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Institute of the Ages Director Tom Esselman would like to see Sarasota instinctively thought of when a group is interested in working with an older population.

Youthful Energetic Seniors, a group that meets through the Evalyn Sadlier Jones branch of the YMCA. Marian Dodson, director of membership programs at the YMCA, said the group had focused on fitness for seniors, but was missing a social aspect. Youthful Energetic Seniors linked up with the institute to bridge this gap, connecting the members of YES to the Community Powered Research Network.

“I think it’s a tremendous value,” Dodson said of the Institute for the Ages.“I think it's a matter of recognizing the fact that people are living longer and to make sure they have the services that are necessary for maintaining quality of life,” With the organization’s goals in sharper focus, Esselman is able concentrate on his mission for the future. Over the next year, the institute will primarily focus on grow-

ing its registry and getting more impactful organizations to recognize the value of connecting to the older population. At the end of June, the institute signed a contract to work with Care Innovations, a joint venture between General Electric and Intel.

The most significant event in the institute’s history will be held in February, when Sarasota hosts the seventh annual International Positive Aging Conference. For Esselman, this represents both a significant short-term accomplishment and the first step toward his larger goals.

“We're ultimately looking to help businesses relocate here, to have research and development centers set up here and to see the creation of various experience centers, where things that older people do and care about can be created by people who invite the outside world to participate,” he said.

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Give up? They didn’t at Iwo What does it say about a commu+ We have our own Egypt nity whose behind-the-scenes City The American press dutifully has reHall manipulators scotch an effort to ported how ousted Egyptian President bring to Sarasota’s bayfront one of the Morsi usurped his constitutional powgreatest American icons depicting one ers and acted as the tyrannical dictator of the greatest moments in American he clearly wanted to be. history?

But where is the media outrage over It’s so deflating. It says the political President Obama’s brazen disregard influencers are parochial; devoid of for the U.S. Constitution? grand vision and aspirations to reach On July 2, while Congress was on its higher; devoid of determination to be holiday break, a Treasury Department more and better than what is. staffer posted a blog on the departAnd it says they haven’t a clue of or ment’s website announcing the Obama care so little about what happened administration would not enforce an at Iwo Jima and what it means in the Obamacare deadline for employers greater context of our heritage and even though it is stated explicitly in the what we teach future generations. law. The deadline, however, still would Yaryna Klimchak We’re referring, of course, to Longapply to individuals.

Iwo Jima veteran Harold Ronson, left: Should he give boat Key resident Harold Ronson and With that obscure announcement up?

Sarasota Public Art Fund founder Thomas Savage, Sarasota Public Art Fund founder (where is the transparency?), Obama right: “You can’t fight City Hall” in Sarasota.

Thomas Savage and their efforts did what Morsi did in Egypt — ignored to bring to Sarasota’s bayfront the his constitutional oath and the law. original, 1945 steel-cast monument of ism, and it should be in a place to be seen Article II of the U.S. Constitution says: Marines raising the American flag on Iwo every day, not at a cemetery of solitude.

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will Jima. Call it a masterpiece of sculptor Felix That’s why this is such a dilemma for faithfully execute the Office of President de Weldon.

Ronson. It’s not his nature to quit. of the United States, and will to the best of But, thanks to Sarasota City CommisAnd then there is Savage, whose fight to my ability, preserve, protect and defend the sioners Suzanne Atwell (what happened bring “Unconditional Surrender” to SaraConstitution of the United States.” Article to her in such a short time?) and Susan sota’s bayfront was almost the city-politics II, Section 3 further states, “He shall take Chapman and Vice Mayor Willie Shaw, the equivalent of Iwo Jima. A Wounded Warrior care that the laws be faithfully executed.” commission voted 3-2 nearly three weeks from that fight with City Hall, Savage has Obama is doing neither with his unequal ago to send plans for the monument and more wisdom now than he had before. So and discriminatory implementation of a bayfront plaza to accommodate the Iwo when Vice Mayor Willie Shaw switched his Obamacare that Congress passed into law. sculpture and the “Unconditional Surrenposition — after telling Savage he supportIndeed, he acts — and often walks — as der” statue through an extra public-hearing ed the project — Savage believed the war if he is the imperial king. The rule of law process of the Sarasota Art Review Comwas already over before it started. He knew clearly doesn’t apply to his administration. mittee. In other words, give it the kiss of the project would never make it through The list of violations is long. A sampling: death by sending it to the kangaroo court of Sarasota’s nabobs. “You can’t fight City • Launching military action in Libya Sarasota’s negative nabobs.

Hall,” he said.

Savage, having endured this process Not in Sarasota, anyway. We’ve seen it too without congressional consent.

• Violating religious freedom with his for the Unconditional Surrender statue, many times. order requiring faith-based organizations recognized what the three commissioners This is what is so sad and frustrating to distribute contraceptives. did and decided to give up on what was to about the politics of the city of Sarasota.

• Appointing agency “czars” without be a privately funded, $1.4 million project.

There is an entrenched, behind-the-scenes Senate approval.

Know when to hold ’em, and know when to group that undermines every effort to move • Forcing Americans to buy health insurfold ’em. Savage discerned the latter. ahead, that undermines the aspirations ance. (Article I, Section 8 gives Congress And that is a dilemma for Ronson. and efforts of others to make Sarasota more the power to regulate commerce and Ronson is not a quitter. than a third-tier, albeit physically beautiful, levy taxes. It does not force Americans to For heaven’s sake, he was there — at Iwo bayside city. Ask Denise Kowal, originator engage in commerce.)

Jima. He witnessed before his very eyes of the Chalk Festival. Ask John Simons, who • Refusing to enforce laws that he doesn’t the carnage that occurred, serving then as had a vision for downtown Sarasota. Ask like. Obama directed Attorney General a Navy sailor carting Marines from their Richard Dorfman. Ask City Commissioner Eric H. Holder Jr. to ignore the Defense of ships to the Iwo beaches in landing craft.

Paul Caragiulo. Ask Wal-Mart. The list is Marriage Act and even work against it in He participated in that famous campaign of long. the federal courts. grit and guts — and never quitting.

Yes, there’s a public process for public art.

• Violating equal protection and voting If you talk to Ronson, you get a sense of But what good is it when the chattering rights. The 14th Amendment guarantees the magnitude of the Iwo Jima campaign. class undermines it? This is the nature of “due process” and “equal protection of You get a sense of the horror those Marines Sarasota civics: Rarely, if ever, does the pro- the laws.” The 15th Amendment guaranendured. And that they did it for a cause cess begin with the can-do attitude of “How tees that “the right of citizens to vote shall worth dying for — to keep America free. To can we make this happen?” In Sarasota, it’s not be denied or abridged … on account keep America free so even the nabobs have all too apparent, the vision is small, and the of race … ” Holder dropped pursuit of the freedom to be negative. process begins with the attitude of “no.” the New Black Panther Party members Iwo Jima has been etched in Ronson’s Savage’s ambitions and aspirations of who were caught on video intimidating mind for nearly 70 years. Some of what he raising the funds and obtaining City ComPhiladelphia voters in 2008. witnessed is as vivid today as it was then. mission approval by November, in time for And these violations don’t even touch on And he truly believes the American people the Marines’ annual birthday celebration, the IRS targeting, NSA surveillance and FBI must never forget, as he puts it, “what they were, as he admitted, aggressive. But they wiretapping scandals. did there.” need not be cast in stone. If the public and A serious question is: How much more For Ronson and Savage, de Weldon’s the City Commission will is there, Savage are Americans going to tolerate before original casting of the famous Joe Rosenand Ronson still may be able to persuade they bring this tyrannical, unconstitutional thal photograph — to be placed in a plaza the monument’s seller to give them more behavior to a halt? on Sarasota’s bayfront — would serve as a time to raise the funds.

It’s difficult to imagine a military takeconstant reminder and lesson for future over in the United States. It’s not so difficult Against all odds, the Marines took Iwo generations of American greatness; of how to imagine the few constitutionalists in Jima. Remembering how they persevered Congress (Sens. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, to his generation preserved freedom and makes you want fight the nabobs of City name two) bringing impeachment charges defeated tyranny; how his generation never Hall, to make this a city with high aspiraagainst the president. It’s a solid case. gave up. It’s a symbol of American can-dotions and big ambitions.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Thursday, July 11 Hermitage Visual Artists Talk — takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at Art Center Sarasota, 707 N. Tamiami Trail. Hermitage Artist Retreat artists-in-residence Terry Adkins and Tameka Norris will speak about their work and their lives as artists. These artists will address topical issues in contemporary American culture. Cost is $5.

For more information, call Lisa Berger at 365-2032.

Friday July, 12 and Saturday, July 13 Sarasota Improv Festival — starts with shows at 6 p.m. Friday at Florida Studio Theatre, 1241 N. Palm Ave. The festival offers two nights of comedy with 10 different comedy groups. The acts, from all over the country, will perform on the Cabaret stage. Professional improvisers will teach improv workshops at the festival. Cost varies: weekend passes are $59; nightly passes are $49; and single show passes are $10. For more information, call 3669000.

Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14 Brides Against Breast Cancer Charity Wedding Gown Sale — general admission starts at 1 p.m. at Westfield Southgate Shopping Center, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail.

This event offers an opportunity to find designer wedding gowns at a reduced price while donating to a good cause. Brides Against Breast Cancer contributes to programs for cancer patients and their families. Admission is free. For more information, email moreinfoplease@bridesabc.org.

Saturday, July 13 A Midsummer Night’s Wish — takes place from 7 to 10 p.m. at The Ritz-Carlton Members Beach Club, 1234 Benjamin Franklin Drive, Lido Key. Cost is $100 and includes an evening on the beach and poolside with beer, wine and specialty drinks, along with island food. All proceeds benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Northern Florida. For more information, contact Alene Fowler at alene. fowler@suncoastwish.org or call 952WISH.

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SIGNING OFF 6:00 p.m. — 9000 block of Midnight Pass Road. Grand Theft. A man staying at a resort left his laptop after checking out.

When he called the owner, the laptop was not found in the room. The owner said the only person with access to the room was the front desk clerk. After being questioned about the laptop, the clerk submitted a letter of resignation.

Saturday July 13, Cuts for Mutts Cut-A-Thon — takes place from noon to 4 p.m. at The Forum Salon 1991 Main St. The salon will offer free haircuts with a donation. All proceeds benefit the shelter pets at the Humane Society of Sarasota County.

Shelter pets will be in attendance.

For more information, call 955-4131 or email ccleary@ hssc.org.

DIRTY DANCING 10:50 p.m. — 900 block of Beach Road. Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer. A young male and female were dancing in the pavilion at the beach when an officer attempted to walk around them. The male turned to the officer and began grinding against the officer’s left side.

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PHONE BATTERY 2:00 a.m. — 5000 block of Ocean Boulevard. Battery. An employee of a bar was leaving the establishment when another man, an ex-employee, yelled at him. When the employee turned around to face him, the ex-employee threw a cell phone and struck the employee in the face. The ex-employee gathered the pieces of his cell phone and left the bar.

Festival of Russian Music — starts at 7:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. A concert highlight will feature an 80-piece balalaika orchestra.

The festival will also feature balalaika ensembles from cities throughout the United States. Also, virtuoso balalaika, domra and bayan artists from Russia, Great Britain and America will make solo appearances. Cost is $20. For tickets and more information, call the box office at 366-8450, Ext. 1

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SNEAKY, SNEAKY 1:46 a.m. 2000 block of Main Street.

Introduction of Contraband. A man was found urinating inside a trashcan outside of a convenience store. He was asked if he had any contraband on him and said no. After he was arrested, he was searched in the booking area, and a deputy discovered a small plastic bag of marijuana in the man’s buttocks.

Monday, July 15 Operation Wedding Gown — takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Sarasota Brides and Formalwear, 4051 Clark Road. The bridal salon will host a wedding gown giveaway, by donating designer dresses as a special thanks to our servicemen and women. To qualify, brides or their fiancé must be serving in the military; either be currently deployed, have a future deployment or have been deployed within the last five years to Iraq, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Qatar, Libya, Kuwait, Korea or Japan. Brides must pre-register for the event. Those interested in participating may visit the website bridesacrossamerica. com to register for the event.

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The man said he was able to chase down one of the burglars, but the woman hit him in the face, which allowed them to get away.

PARTY HARD 1:19 a.m. — 1400 block of Main Street.

Trespassing. Two bouncers said a man at a nightclub was being aggressive with other patrons and causing a disturbance.

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Fourth of July offers spectacular sights Despite a rainy day, thousands of people enjoyed the Fireworks Spectacular Thursday, July 4, at Bayfront Park in Sarasota.

Others watched the show from Selby Gardens.

And some people chose Siesta Key to view fireworks from the beach.

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SARASOTA. Sisters Reaghan and Emorie Lawrence play with sparklers.

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SIESTA KEY. Evan Gueli was all smiles on the Fourth of July.

SARASOTA. Sisters Ella and Olivia Kolb played with Angelina Trevino at Bayfront Park.

SIESTA KEY. The fireworks lit up the sky on Siesta.

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Thirty members of the Siesta Key Sertoma Club worked side by side with the County Parks and Recreation crew to clear a path for an exercise trail on Siesta Beach. The 1.25mile trail was a community project located between the tennis courts and firehouse, which still exist today. The then-4-month-old Sertoma Club, County Parks and Recreation Department and J.C. Penney department store sponsored the project. Parks and Recreation first marked the trail before Sertoma members cleared a 4-foot path through the wooded area. The trail was meant as a walking and jogging path and included 20 exercise stations along the way. Each station had a sign telling people what exercise to do and the number of recommended reps, and the equipment was meant to accommodate both children and adults. J.C. Penney provided the signs for the exercise stations. This path on Siesta Key and the one at McIntosh School were the first two public trails in Sarasota County.

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Getting to Siesta Key Beach in mid-July 1976 was as difficult as it is today during season. But, this particular day, the hang-up was a sailboat passing under the drawbridge. Photographer Mac Brenner snapped this photo as he was stopped in traffic while trying to get to the beach.

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Patients at Sarasota Memorial Hospital saw an 11.5% rise in their hospital bills from 1984 to 1985. According to hospital officials, state legislators were to blame for about half of the increase. Costcontainment legislation and increased funding for the state’s retirement program were cited as reasons for nearly 6% of the jump in patient charges.

Assistant Administrator Dale Beachey attributed 4.2% of the increase to the then new indigency pool and 1.5% to funding a puffed-up state retirement program. But it was the patient who had to bear the brunt of a cost-containment bill, which required a $1.4 million contribution to the indigency pool, according to Beachey.

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The Burrows-Matson House, which is host to an environmental art photography exhibit by artist Pamela Callendar through Aug. 29, is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. The grounds are open every day from dawn to dusk. Admission is free.

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337 N. Tamiami Trail, Osprey Explore 30 acres of outdoor museum and the only archeological exhibit in the nation built inside of a shell mound. Connect with Florida’s pioneers by visiting the first produce packinghouse, charming chapel and pioneer cemetery. Open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

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When’s she’s not training at Evie’s Golf Center, Pallastrone tees off at the Meadows Country Club, which has become her home course.

adi Pallastrone wasn’t born with a golf club in her hand.

She didn’t spend her days toddling around her backyard hitting plastic golf balls back and forth across the lawn.

In fact, the Pine View High School senior didn’t even set foot on a golf course until she was 10 years old.

It wasn’t until her father, Rudy, a former golfer, decided to sign her up for lessons at Evie’s Golf Center in Sarasota that Pallastrone began to show an interest in the sport.

But, Pallastrone’s passion for the sport didn’t develop overnight.

After spending countless sessions learning how to swing a golf club and the rules of the game, Pallastrone started to grow tired of the sport’s repetitive nature.

“At first, I didn’t really like it,” Pallastrone says. “I got kind of bored doing the same thing over and over again. But there’s actually a lot more involved than you think, and it’s really fun.”

It wasn’t until she took her game to course that Pallastrone realized there was more to golf than just swinging a club.

“I like the mental aspect of golf and having to choose what kind of shot to take,” Pallastrone says.

“There are so many ways to do one thing.”

After taking her initial set of lessons, Pallastrone began competing with the Greater Sarasota Junior Golf Association.

Since then, the 16-year-old has developed into one of the area’s premier golfers, having won the past five GSJGA tournaments for the 16-to-18 female division.

duced to golf,” Pallastrone says.

“It’ll be neat to come back and see them doing some of the same things that I did when I was playing on tour.”

She also is one of three junior representatives on the GSJGA board.

“I get to see both sides that most people don’t get to see,” Pallastrone says. “It means they really value my opinion and what junior golf can do for you.”

Next month, Pallastrone will begin preparing for her final high school golf season.

Pallastrone joined the Riverview High girls golf team four years ago and has been the team captain the past two seasons. As a freshman, Pallastrone helped lead the Lady Rams to a sixthplace finish at the FHSAA Class 2A Finals.

Pallastrone advanced to the regional tournament as an individual last year and has aspirations of leading her team past the district tournament and hopefully reaching the state tournament as an individual.

“In our matches, four people’s scores count to move on, so we strive for every person to do as well as she can,” Pallastrone says.

Following her senior season, Pallastrone hopes to land a golf scholarship. Pallastrone, who plans to major in pre-medicine for pediatrics, has been looking at Queens University of Charlotte and Stetson University.

In addition, Pallastrone hopes to qualify for the 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur, which will be held at Rolling Green Golf Course near Philadelphia.

“That was my dad’s home course when he was younger, so it would be really (special) to play where he’s a champion,” Pallastrone says. “My dad won the club championship there 30 years ago.”

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“When I started working with him, I wasn’t anything special,” Pallastrone says. “He’s definitely my favorite coach who I’ve ever had. He teaches me what to know on the course. It’s all about the mental aspect.”

On June 26, Pallastrone teed off in the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship sectional qualifier at Lake Wales Country Club, where she shot a 77 on the 6,200yard course.

Pallastrone put herself into a six-person playoff for the second alternate spot and ultimately won the playoff after two holes.

With the win, Pallastrone secured the second Florida alternate spot for the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship July 22 through July 27, at Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Fort Wayne, Ind. “It kind of means that all of my hard work paid off,” Pallastrone says. “I had to be as good as I can be. It’s just amazing. I never thought I would make that, especially being only 16.”

Most recently, Pallastrone tied for 20th at the Florida Girls’ Junior Championship July 1 through July 3, at The Oaks Club in Osprey. It was Pallastrone’s first time playing in the event.

“The best girls from Florida were there,” Pallastrone says. “I was very excited, and it was a really fun and great opportunity.”

Now, with her latest tournament behind her, Pallastrone will spend the remainder of the summer volunteering and competing in the GSJGA Summer Series.

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Casey Key home sells for $2,275,000.

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The city of Sarasota Pipe Band members play and march in the parade.

Suncoast Grand Prix festival organizer Lucy Nicandri, right, and her team wave to spectators.

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Why would you recommend this camp to another kid?

If you like animals, and you like touching animals, and you’re not afraid, they let you go behind the scenes and feed them, pet them and hold them.

What’s your favorite part about this camp?

I just like interacting with the animals.

What’s your favorite animal?

I can’t say; I love all the animals equally.

What kind of things do you do here?

They teach us about the animals and where they’re from. They teach us about all the different types of snakes and if they are venomous or not. It’s pretty fun.

What’s one of your favorite things you’ve learned here?

I like learning about snakes and reptiles I really didn’t know about when I was younger, and having fun. I learned a lot of games; we signed shirts on Friday. We have lots of fun.

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When I was younger, my grandma took me here once. The first time I fed the flamingos, that’s when I started liking the animals.

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Two-bedroom home on Casey Key sells for $2,275,000 The following residential real-estate transactions took place between June 24 and June 28.

A home on Casey Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Paradise Yacht Club Inc. sold the home at 3917 Casey Key Road to John Briggs III and Leslie Briggs, trustees, of Nokomis, for $2,275,000.

Built in 1956, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,679 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $2.85 million in 2005.

feet of living area. It previously sold for $325,000 in April.

Ross Hiner and Margaret Maglich, of Englewood, sold their home at 3024 Meyer Drive to Christopher and Amy Fulton, of Sarasota, for $261,500. Built in 1971, it has three bedrooms, one-and-a-half baths, a pool and 1,868 square feet of living area.

Adams Heights

Valerie Daniels, trustee, of East Providence, R.I., sold the home at 730 47th St. to James and Barbara Vulopas, of Atlanta, for $352,500. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,326 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $489,500 in 2006.

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Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 1020 condominium at 1299 N. Tamiami Trail to Judith Sellinger, of Sarasota, for $885,000. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,849 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $820,400 in 2003.

Harbor View on Golden Gate Point

Marty and Nancy Kranz and Kevin and Mary Casey, of Hastings, Minn., sold their Unit 502 condominium at 650 Golden Gate Point to Michael Post, of Sarasota, for $850,000. Built in 1962, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,949 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,213,200 in 2006.

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Cameron and Marie Jones and Robert and Elaine Gaydosh, of Cranberry Township, Pa., sold their PH1608 condominium at 800 N. Tamiami Trail to Richard and Veronica Tobin, of Washington, D.C., for $775,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,624 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $540,000 in 2009.

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Riggs Landing

Dale Montgomery and Lewis Core, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 302 condominium at 1762 Bay St. to Stanley Axelrod and Susan Cohen, of Sarasota, for $570,000.

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Ilona Mitchell, of Punta Gorda, sold her home at 5559 Merrimac Drive to Vasco Costa Jr., of Sarasota, for $555,000. Built in 1964, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,623 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $485,000 in 2004.

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U.S. Bank, trustee, sold the Unit 12 condominium at 226 Golden Gate Point to Timothy and Marling Capadalis, of Sarasota, for $511,600. Built in 1968, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,823 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $425,900 in 2012.

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Elizabeth Meyer, of Sarasota, sold her home at 1731 Bay St. to Harry Rosenblum, of Sarasota, for $382,400. Built in 1925, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,799 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $325,000 in 2002.

South Gate

Jan and Simona Horcickova, of Praha, Czech Republic, sold their home at 3444 Jaffa Drive to Cheryl McLain, of Sarasota, for $356,500. Built in 1956, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,131 square

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Alexander Price, trustee, and Maria Price sold the home at 847 Freeling Drive to Ian and Linda Jamieson, of Surrey, United Kingdom, for $1,497,000. Built in 1954, it has four bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,034 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $112,300 in 1998.

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Timothy Ryan, of Toms River, N.J., sold the Unit 1 condominium at 675 Beach Road to Richard Fraziero, of Wilbraham, Mass., for $1.3 million. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,091 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,225,000 in 2004.

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Lisa Matthews, of Sarasota, sold her home at 761 Siesta Key Circle to Daryl Miller, of Sarasota, for $875,000. Built in 1974, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,732 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $459,000 in 2004.

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225 Hourglass Way # 101 #A3966610 $304,900 Harvey & Ethel Lovelace

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-586-7390

1745 Gulf Blvd # 3 #D5793228 $289,000 Randall McLendon/Joni McLendon

Englewood 941-473-7750 941-504-5675

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

by Sarasota County and city of Sarasota for the week of June 24 through June 28, in order of dollar amounts.

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CITY OF SARASOTA Address

Permit

Applicant

35 Watergate Drive 1347 Harbor Drive 405 Sapphire Drive 1200 S. Orange Ave. 1020 S. Orange Ave. 1836 Clematis St. 2844 Bay St. 1917 Goldenrod St. 1863 Irving St.

Remodel Pool/Deck Lanai Addition Pool/Spa Pool Alterations Pool Renovation

Andrew Cervasio Rocky Crittenden Jane Nutter-Johnson Arthur Schwatrz Edward Schindler Louis Du Treil Janis Getty Mark Sultana John Logan

Address

Permit

Applicant

624 Eagle Watch Lane 138 Island Circle 6140 Midnight Pass Road 100 Pierson Lane 347 Woods Point Road 5115 Oxford Drive 1242 Sea Plume Way 4269 Hearthstone Drive 3500 Bayou Louise Lane

Alterations Addition Remodel Remodel Roof Doors Elevator Re-roof Remodel

Kevin Fitzpatrick David Pfeil Kathy Hibshman Lynn Brooks Chloe Fleming Samantha Peshkin Roger Vogel Robert Mills Alok Sharma, trustee

Amount $350,000 $58,809 $56,089 $39,000 $37,600 $30,816 $30,000 $30,000 $30,000

SARASOTA COUNTY Amount $150,000 $144,356 $80,000 $62,824 $60,135 $55,750 $42,000 $39,000 $33,000

5137 Jungle Plum Rd #A3969755 $5,995,000 Lenore Treiman

Siesta Key 941-966-8000 941-356-9642

Source: Sarasota County; city of Sarasota

Sandy Hook

John and Bonnie Bond and Thomas Bond, of Sarasota, sold their home at 44 Rockwell Lane to William Bortz, of Sarasota, for $825,000. Built in 1957, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 1,986

Punta Gorda 941-639-0000 843-227-0849

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25374 Panache Ln #C7045011 $154,900 Diana Deyampert

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-539-8850

1770 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 706 #A3952777 Diann Thelen

4300 Higel Ave #A3951718 $10,975,000 Karen Melk

115 Wayforest Dr #N5780727 $259,000 Nancy Richardson

1894 Wharf Rd #A3980378 $130,000 James Styers

Siesta Beach

Sarasota $4,500 941-552-4200

1567 Waterford Dr #N5780320 Robin Sullivan

550 Dove Pointe Pt #A3954446 $2,189,000 Karen Landis

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-400-6049

462 Bowdoin Cir #A3934801 $1,995,000 Michele C Burnett

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-928-1542

285 Sugar Mill Dr #A3971128 $1,995,000 Kim & Michael Ogilvie

Osprey 941-951-6660 941-376-1717

5740 Midnight Pass Rd #401F #A3972341 $1,774,000 Kristina Talkie & Judy Arreola

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-266-8658

905 Macewen Dr #A3972852 $1,700,000 Melba Jimenez PA

Osprey 941-951-6660 941-356-3970

580 N Macewen Dr #A3961414 $1,590,000 Betty Mullinnix & Steve Abbe

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-928-3441

1501 Caribbean Dr #A3973984 $1,449,000 Linda Dickinson & Kelly Quigley

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-350-3304

332 Treasure Boat Way #A3977516 $1,350,000 Kristine Niehaus

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-376-4950

392 Cezanne Dr #A3972974 $1,299,000 Harvey & Ethel Lovelace

Osprey 941-349-3444 941-586-7390

1539 S Orange Ave #A3971118 $1,169,000 Donald Geikie

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-356-8457

128 Golden Gate Pt # 202A #A3978317 $1,099,000 Peggy Mock

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-3584

162 Puesta Del Sol #A3969885 $1,085,000 Drew Russell

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-993-3739

Alfred and Judith Luberski, of Surrey, England, sold their home at 5117 Oxford Drive to Mary Langfield, of Sarasota, for $760,000. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 1,760 square feet of living area.

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Venice 941-485-5421 941-223-9771

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-356-4135

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5927 Guarino Dr # 2C #A3980195 $264,900 Marlene & George Marshall

square feet of living area. It previously sold for $225,000 in 1989.

204 Millet Pl #A3980169 $228,000 Ryndie Brusco

406 Cerromar N Cir # 327 #N5780196 $124,900 Cindy Dillander

Nokomis/North Venice 941-951-6660 941-809-6913

Venice 941-493-2500 941-716-3203

Venice $3,500 941-485-5421

3039 Rose St #A3970386 Lisa Gullick

Sarasota $2,400 941-552-4200

Siesta Key 941-951-6660 305-458-0066

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

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Clarence and Agnes Matthews, of Sarasota, sold their home at 4001 Roberts Point Road to Derek Houghton, of Ontario, Canada, for $832,500. Built in 1977, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,402 square feet of living area.

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THANK YOU

catching confidence

by Yaryna Klimchak | Community Editor

Children and community members fish for a cause

to our generous sponsors who made the fireworks possible!

Landlubbers and boaters took to the Gulf July 2, during the Suncoast Charities for Children Friendliest Catch Outing, as part of the 29th Annual Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix Festival.

The volunteer boaters took children out for a morning of fishing followed by an awards ceremony with food from Chick-fil-A and Sam’s Club.

GRAND FINALE ($5,000 +) Siesta Key Beach Concessions

Photos by Yaryna Klimchak

Louis Amico catches a ladyfish on his outing with community volunteers.

Rebecca Jordan and the Chick-fil-A cow

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Abel’s Ice Cream Bee Ridge Self Storage Captain Curt’s Crab & Oyster Bar Daiquiri Deck Raw Bar Gilligan’s Island Bar & Grill Gold Coast Eagle Distributing Mattison’s Restaurants Observer Media Group/Pelican Press

Rental Depot Sarasota County Parks & Recreation Siesta Key Farmers Market Sir Speedy U.S. Tent Rental UPS Store on Siesta Key Village Café

LAND OF THE FREE ($2,000 +) Jamaica Royale

HOME OF THE BRAVE ($500 - $999)

Volunteers Emma Hochstetler and Pat Horner

Hibiscus Inn & Suites Mary Lund Miguel’s Restaurant Richard Franchi Siesta Key Association Wentzel’s Heating & Air Conditioning

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STARS AND STRIPES ($200 - $499)

Beachaven Association Best Western Plus - Siesta Key Broken Egg Conconuts of Siesta Key Crescent Towers David Brosnahan Excelsior Beach to Bay Condo Garrett Butulis Gilligan’s Island Bar & Grill John Henthorne

Andrew Tyack Andy Futey Annette Duda Badger Bob’s Services Beach Terrace Association Bee Ridge Self Storage Bill & Liz Rusling Bob & Eileen Parkinson C.B.’s Saltwater Outfitters Carey Caruthers Carrabba’s Italian Grill CG Designs Charlotte Owen Christine Hendren Comfort Shoes Conditioned Air Crescent Siesta Key Condo Crystal Sands Cynthia Riddell, Esq Darrick Aynes Dee Ardito Deirdre Keyes Diane Checik-Temple

John Tympanick Mark Reynolds Marsha Novi Michael Saunders & Company Midnight Cove Monica Rivera Palm Bay Club Ronald L. Parrish Sandpiper Beach Club Sarasota Surf & Racquet Club

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Siesta Key Condominium Council Starlight Limousine Susan DelGreco The Anchorage Condo Association The Inn on Siesta Key Tropical Shores Beach Resort Village Café Vision Asset Management Yvette Currier Zambelli Fireworks

ROCKETS RED GLARE (<$199)

Dr. Marguerite Barnett Ed Farley Ed Zentz Fleet Auto Glass Flowers by Fudgie Foxy Lady G. Fried Flooring America Giselle Mas Gulf and Bay Club Horizons West Association Imelda Sanchez Island House Beach Resort Island Reef Owners Association Island Visitor Publishing James & Vicki Rollo Jamie Castro Jeanette Sergio John & Marsha Zoslocki Josh Rennals Karin Otterstrom Kevin Knoth Kimerly Christie La Siesta Condominium

Lauren P. Kohl, Attorney at Law Leaf & Angelika Wanless Lee DeOvies Lilly Felder Linda Bye Mary Lund Massage Experience, Siesta Key Midnight Cove II Next to the Best Nick & Julia Marsala Notary to Go Palm Island Association Pat Denault Phil & Penny Trego Ralf Reade Ralph Ragan Rental Depot Sandra Camacho Sea Club II Sea Shell Condominium Seaside Resort Rentals & Management Siesta Dunes Siesta Isles

Josh Compton fished with Scott Stottlemyer. Compton caught eight fish, including trout and ladyfish.

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TemperatureS

Record Temperatures High

Low

High

Low

Wednesday, July 3

90

74

100 (1998)

65 (1971)

Thursday, July 4

90

73

100 (1998)

62 (1948)

Friday, July 5

92

74

96 (1995)

60 (1948)

Saturday, July 6

92

74

96 (1995)

60 (1948)

Sunday, July 7

93

76

98 (1995)

66 (1948)

Monday, July 8

93

75

100 (1948)

65 (1984)

Tuesday, July 9

93

74

95 (1995)

63 (1948)

Average Gulf water temperature: 85 RAINFALL

Sunrise / sunset

Wednesday, July 3

3.02

Thursday, July 4

0.16

Thursday, July 11

6:43a 8:29p

Friday, July 5

0.00

Saturday, July 6

0.00

Friday, July 12

6:44a 8:29p

Sunday, July 7

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Saturday, July 13

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Monday, July 8

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Sunday, July 14

6:45a 8:28p

Tuesday, July 9

0.00

Monday, July 15

6:45a 8:28p

Tuesday, July 16

6:46a 8:28p

Wednesday, July 17

6:46a 8:27p

Year-to-date: 2013 2012

23.04 in 23.72 in.

Sunrise Sunset

Month-to-date: 2013 2012

6.16 in 0.61 in.

 Jay Kaufman submitted this sunset photo, taken over Memorial Day weekend on Siesta Key.

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941-922-4849.

FOR RENT. Inside boat slip at The Boat House, Longboat Key. Up to 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122; LOA. Great location. $225/mo. 352-634-4788.

EASY CHAIRS (2): matching, yellow, comfortable, $30 each. 941-924-5093.

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941-360-0612.

HIGH CHAIR: Cosco, folds, $15. Pack N Play: Cosco, $25. All in very good condition.

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HOOVER VACUUM cleaner, model #4500, $25.

Magellan Road Mate 800 GPS, w/all accessories, $50. 941-383-9700.

KINDLE. ALMOST new. Put 2 books on it, then went back to paper. $50. 941-955-5787.

KRUPS COFFEE Machine Model XP4050 Excellent Condition! $80 O/B/O. 941-726-3144.

941-600-4177.

LARGE WICKER chair w/cushion, $15.

941-383-9700.

PRESSURE WASHER: 6 H.P., Campbell Hausfeld, Briggs & Stratton motor $125.00 941-342-6167.

RECLINER: GREEN sail cloth, comfy, good buy. $35. 941-587-8271, Nokomis.

SIX PANELED bi fold doors. White, 30" wide x 84" $75. 727-365-7766.

TABLE TOP: 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, glass, round, $60. Shelving: nickel steel, 6 shelves, $50. TV, $20. 941-302-0447.

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Furnishings REFRIGERATOR: GE side by side, white, new condition. $100. Sleeper sofa, plaid, new. $300 954-655-2949.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales COMMUNITY GARAGE Sale, Saturday, 7/13, 8-noon, Stonehaven Condos, Clark Rd., just east of Honore. Furniture, kids clothing/toys, jewelry, household items and much more.

ESTATE AUCTION ART & ANTIQUES SUNDAY, JULY 14TH @ 1PM Inspection Sunday Day of Sale 11am-1pm The sale will be held at our Auction Gallery located on the Southwest corner of 301N & University Parkway.

Quality Estate Auction Featuring: Victorian, Country, and Custom Furniture, Jewelry, Antique Clocks, Paintings & Sculptures, Pottery, Garden Art, Oriental Rugs, Native Artifacts, Old Collectibles and more!

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Religion ST. JUDE O holy St. Jude, Apostle & Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of JESUS CHRIST, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need. To humbly beg to whom GOD has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return I promise to make your name known and need to be invoked.

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Fun and quality kitchen items by Goodfriends of Spain, Emile Henry Baker, Cuispro, Bazar Francais copper, Sheffield, Rosenthal, Wedgwood, Bellini, Knobler, etc.

Nice linens, beautiful lamps, mirrors and decorative items.

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38 Completely ft. lanai. 55+ community, kitchen, 38 ft.(nolanai.

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In April, just four months after getting his driver’s license, Francisco Serrano received a scholarship to The Royal Ballet School in London. He learned to dance just three years ago.

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“At the finals in New York, once you looked out, there were hundreds of people looking at you,” Francisco Serrano says. “Once I finished and everyone started clapping, it sounded like millions of people were out there screaming.”

Off Beneva Road, hidden in a strip mall that’s anchored by Kmart and a handful of unoccupied parcels, is Sarasota Cuban Ballet School. Opened in 2012, the school is as unassuming as its location; In February, within a year of opening, the school received the designation of “Outstanding School” at the 2013 Atlanta semifinals of the national youth scholarship dance competition, Youth America Grand Prix.

On June 28, inside the powderblue studio with a mirrored front wall are the teenaged Summer Intensive students taking class with Ariel Serrano, co-founder of the school and former principal dancer with Sarasota Ballet.

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Serrano says his favorite variation he performed was the classical “Don Quixote.” “In the story, I was a barber, and I had to act very Spanish-like and accent (meaning movement, not language) my head,” Serrano says. “When I dance, I try to express the character I’m trying to be and that’s all I think about.” all, maybe top 12, but once I got best overall dancer,” Francisco pauses and his face lights up. His jaw drops, demonstrating the reaction he had. “I didn’t believe it — I was stunned for a good half-hour.”

In April, Francisco performed in the finals. Before the show, he found out he’d be getting a scholarship to the Royal Ballet school: “That was my dream come true,” he says. “I really envy that place, and Carlos Acosta — he was the principal there — he’s one of the people I look up to.”

Francisco’s parents were both in disbelief regarding their son’s accomplishments. He says his dad, “who is really talkative,” didn’t know what to say.

“Yeah, I cried,” Serrano says.

“There was a little tear down my

cheek and inside me, lots of tears As a parent, I’m watching him in whatever he does, whether he’s beautiful or not — I support him.”

Francisco hopes to postpone his attendance to The Royal Ballet School until 2014 — he hasn’t been to London and has some things to wrap up first. He’ll finish the summer intensive at Sarasota Cuban Ballet School, participate in the summer intensive with Carreño Dance Festival and says he’ll hopefully enter in a few more competitions.

He has other goals, too.

“I’m going to try to do a lot of things on my own,” he says. “I’m going to do my own laundry, cook for myself and try and wake up at 7:30 a.m.”

When does he plan to start doing this? He rolls his eyes and gives a big sigh. “Soon — I tried one day and it didn’t work out.

It’s hard waking up at 7:30 a.m. and I’m not the best cook!”

But, according to his father, Francisco is destined for a great career — even if he can’t cook yet.

“When I was 16,” Serrano says, “there’s no comparing them — he’s so far ahead (of where I was).”

Serrano has been dancing since age 10; Francisco has only learned to dance in the past three years. Although, when Francisco was an infant, Serrano and his wife used to dress him up in ballet costumes and shoes.

“He would take the shoes off,” Serrano says with a laugh.

“I wanted him to dance! I was working his feet when he was little.”

But Serrano was still supportive of Francisco when he showed no interest in the art and, in-

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After seven years, Francisco had played enough baseball to make him fall out of love with the sport. Around the same time, his little sister, Camilla, was taking a ballet class that needed a couple of boys — and, as a good older brother would do, Francisco volunteered.

Ballet became his game; and he set his sights on the major league.

“I’m not really sure what London will be like,” Francisco says.

“I’ve heard how (great) it is, and what people say about it sounds amazing — it’ll be really great.”

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He likes it when it’s just his parents and him, because it’s private and he feels more comfortable — but that doesn’t mean they don’t pick apart his movements, he says.

“There were always funny moments with my parents,” Francisco says of his parents’ interactions with the three students preparing for the competition (Allie Burman, Adriana BaezHitchcock and Francisco). “My dad would tell jokes from time to time, or if someone’s steps didn’t come out right and he or she would get frustrated — my dad and mom would always pick us up.”

Francisco says there were talented male dancers at the February semi-finals in Atlanta.

“I wasn’t expecting anything at

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footwork as he says the French terminology associated with each step, before the two boys in the class mimic the movements.

“Panchi,” he says, using a nickname to single out the 16-yearold slender dancer to his right, and then he rattles off a few directions in Spanish. Panchi repeats the footwork a second time, incorporating the new directives to perfection.

“Eso es (that’s it),” Serrano says. “Eso es, son!”

The dancer to whom Serrano is speaking is actually his son, Francisco. The younger Serrano recently took eighth in the Youth America Grand Prix New York finals and was overall best dancer in the Atlanta semi-finals. His dancing left such an impression that representatives of The Royal Ballet School offered him a twoyear scholarship to study in London.

Following class, Francisco puts on leg warmers and sits down to talk about his career. Even though he has just earned his driver’s license, “career” is not a premature thought — he has his sights set on becoming a professional ballet dancer.

Francisco explains that he traded traditional schooling for home schooling in the ninth grade so he could practice six hours a day, year-round. He has learned from whom he calls “the best teachers in the area,” his parents. Leading up to the semifinals in Atlanta, Francisco prepared three variations daily for four months, his parents sitting in the corner at every practice.

His mother, Wilmian Hernandez, is the other co-owner of the ballet school and is also a former professional dancer.

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What is Sarasota’s most architecturally significant neighborhood? It’s undoubtedly Lido Shores, that sandbar just north of St. Armands where the Sarasota School of Architecture took root and blossomed during the 1950s.

Many of the iconic homes are still there, and architecture aficionados come from all over the world to drive by and marvel.

But the old standbys — the Umbrella House, the Hiss Studio — are getting some competition. In the past several years, a new generation of Lido Shores Modern has appeared, mostly designed by the local heirs to the style. On a casual tour of the area, these newer homes attract just as much attention as the old ones.

Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference.

One of the most intriguing is the home that Jonathan Parks recently designed for Janet Minker and Elliott Himelfarb. It embodies all the elements of the Sarasota School style — brilliant light, wellproportioned volumes, clean lines — but with a twist. You can peek inside.

Several discretely placed plate

glass windows allow glimpses into the interior, something rare in the original Sarasota style, in which the homes presented a blank (albeit well-designed) façade to the street. The local dog walkers and joggers catch glimpses of an interior totally in sync with the home’s exterior, and the owners catch glimpses of the neighborhood’s famous modern architecture. It’s the perfect house in the perfect place. *** Janet Minker and her husband, Elliott Himelfarb, had vacationed in Sarasota for years. (Her cousin, Jay Hunsberger, is the principal tubist for the Sarasota Orchestra.) When they decided to move here in 2008 from Bethesda, Md., they were planning to buy an old house in the Southside Village area and remodel. But after taking a class at Pierian Springs (the local adult-education center), they fell in love with the Sarasota School style. And when the perfect building lot appeared — right in Lido Shores — they began talking to architects.

Jonathan Parks was the best fit.

He has had a practice in Sarasota

since 2000 and is best known for the spectacular “sailboat” parking garage on downtown’s Palm Avenue.

“I liked the atmosphere at his office,” Himelfarb recalls. “It was a hive of activity.”

The owners-to-be presented Parks with a wish list — lots of light, four bedrooms (including a tucked-away guest room where visitors could come and go), a swimming pool and a great kitchen.

“Elliott’s the cook,” Minker explains. “He likes to grill and makes a good pasta with clam sauce.”

The home Parks designed gave the owners everything for which they asked. Although it appears simple, almost austere, its plan is a little more complicated than it first appears. The main living area is in the north wing — a large living room, a separate dining room, the carefully thought-out kitchen and an office that could be used as a bedroom. An elegant entryway, high ceilinged, with glass on both sides, separates the two wings, with the south wing expanding to three different levels.

It contains the garage, three bed-

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“Natural light is very important to us,” says Minker, and with 88 pieces of glass — some opening, some not — the home glows with sunlight. Solar shades, operated electrically, diffuse the sun when necessary.

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Himelfarb made sure the kitchen was exactly what he wanted, with an island facing the living room and a four-color marble backsplash behind the sink. The custom Wolf stove has two gas burners and two induction burners. A pantry/utility space is in a completely enclosed core that provides some separation for the three main rooms.

With both husband and wife working at home, special care was given so that each had a space that suited his or her needs — and was far enough away from the other to offer a feeling of privacy.

Minker, a graphic designer (she also writes a blog called lidoliving. blogspot.com) uses a studio/bedroom overlooking a side street, while Himelfarb (who’s involved in several design and construction businesses) works in a secluded space off the living room.

The couple is still furnishing their home. Most pieces are modern classics, although a French Empire daybed, covered with silk pillows, sits in the living room. In the dinning room, Himelfarb designed and built the modernistic dining table, which complements the art on the walls, including pieces by Jenny Holzer and the Starn Twins. *** Though Minker and Himelfarb were initially uncertain about liv-

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Just around the corner, the younger students are learning how to pluck and properly hold their bows in technique class. And a couple of doors down, there’s a group learning the names of the notes they are playing. They know they are playing F-sharp, and they know how it sounds.

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JEWELRY “I love to stack different types of jewelry.”

“My look is more dressy because of my job — If I cannot put myself together, how will a client trust me to put their house together.”

DAYTIME  TOM FORD SUNGLASSES : “I never go anywhere without a pair of sunglasses, especially on job sites.”  LOUIS VUITTON HANDBAG “This is the bag I carry most often since it goes with everything — and it’s called the ‘Artsy’ bag so I had to have it.”  BCBG DRESS + BEBE BELT “This dress is comfortable and it flows well. So easy to pair with nude shoes.”

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 TED BAKER HANDBAG “If I go out after work, I will switch handbags to a smaller clutch.”  GUESS SHOES “I generally have to change my shoes when I’m at job sites, but I wear my heels as much as possible — it drives the contractors nuts.”

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 TKEES FLIP FLOPS “I’m in heels all day, so these are fabulous for when I can get out of heels. I keep them in my handbag. Influence carries them in tons of colors.”

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 LAVANILA: THE HEALTHY DEODORANT “My mom had breast cancer, so I’m always trying to find products that are aluminum free and are made of natural ingredients — and that actually smell good.”

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