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by David Conway | News Editor

Trust ‘chief’ on DiPino’s mind Though Police Chief Bernadette DiPino has taken heat from inside and out of the department, she remains focused on community-based policing.

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Oma McCall and Phil King

+ Memory lane It had been 35 years since Oma McCall, of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, and Phillip King, of The Glasser Schoenbaum Human Services Center, had seen each other.

King and McCall used to live on the same street in Noblesville, Ind., but they made a fresh Sarasota connection when they recognized each other during the chamber’s “First Monday” event Monday.

“She told me I hadn’t changed a bit,” say King.

For a photo gallery of the chamber event go online to yourobserver.com.

Bernadette DiPino is an agent of change. It goes beyond being the Sarasota Police Department’s first female chief — she’s prioritized an institutional, philosophical change of direction, internally and externally.

She knows that, inherently, that will open her up to criticism, that there will people — including peo-

ple within the police department — resisting her efforts.

“I often kid around: There are some people who like playing in the mud, and they’re all dirty, and you’re like, ‘I wanna get you out of the mud, and I wanna spray you clean with a hose and make you all nice and shiny and clean,’” DiPino said. “And they say, ‘Eh, I’m used to

the mud. At least I know what I get with the mud.’”

Since taking over as the head of the police department at the end of last year, DiPino has been fighting to overcome the hurdles she believes are

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+ Siesta Key native competes in Austria Brown University junior and Siesta Key native Hunter Leeming competed in the Under 23 Rowing World Championships July 24 to July 28, in Linz, Austria, as part of Team USA. Leeming and his team took the silver medal in the Men’s 8+ competition.

+ Residents organize high school reunion Two Lakewood Ranch women are hoping to organize graduates of Miami Senior High School, in Miami, who live in the Sarasota/Bradenton for a reunion luncheon.

Anyone interested should contact Belle Meirowitz Nathan at bellechuck@tampabay.rr.com, or Mimi Gross Krall at meemzk@aol.com.

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Sarasota resident Andrea Ferrari competed in the female 40 to 44 division of the Olympic triathlon Saturday, Aug. 2, on Siesta Key. She finished in 30th place overall with a time of 3:00:00.10. For more photos, see page 13A.

FUNDING PENSIONS

by Nolan Peterson | News Editor

County avoids pension quagmire Unfunded pension liabilities aren’t a concern for Sarasota County due to a statewide pension program that ranks among the best in the country.

Thanks to a state-mandated retirement program, Sarasota County has sidestepped the unfunded pension liability headaches plaguing the city of Sarasota and municipalities across the country.

Unlike city employees, whose pen-

sions City Hall sets and funds, county workers receive retirement benefits through a statewide program called the Florida Retirement System (FRS).

FRS is managed in Tallahassee and is mandatory for county governments, said Steve Marcinko, manager of em-

ployee health and benefits for Sarasota County.

Employees have two options, Marcinko said. They can choose a traditional pension, which deter-

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DIPINO / FROM PAGE 1A rooted in complacency, to a natural inclination to fight change.

Whatever the basis, early on, those hurdles have often come from within the department.

Mayor Shannon Snyder is one of DiPino’s most outspoken critics. He said, even though the police union was strongly opposed to him in his most recent election, he’s been receiving considerable support from law enforcement entities for taking a stand against DiPino.

“The one thing I really have to compliment her for is that I’m no longer the most hated person at that police department,” Snyder said. “I have never seen an agency close ranks so far and so fast and so tight as those guys have over her leadership.”

Snyder’s complaints are varied: He’s upset by what he considered a slow response to crimes in high-crime areas; by attempts to divert more officers to high-crime areas; and by a lack of training and succession planning.

Above all, though, he’s concerned about Sarasota’s crime numbers. He points to a ranking of the 100 most dangerous cities in the country from the website NeighborhoodScout, on which Sarasota comes in at No. 100, as evidence some significant — and visible — changes need to be made. The list was published before DiPino took over.

“I hear every buzzword I’ve heard in law enforcement for the past 30 years, but I haven’t seen any action,” Snyder said.

Much of DiPino’s action to date is not easily evaluated through figures. She said her process in her first seven months was like

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renovating a house: She looked at the organization’s structure; looked for things she wanted to keep and things she wanted to change.

Her priority was a focus on community-based policing, on getting officers to embrace a customer-service mentality and work alongside the residents of the neighborhoods they patrol.

She acknowledges it hasn’t been a seamless transition, but believes progress is being made.

“Rome wasn’t built in a day,” DiPino said. “It’s going to take a little bit longer than that for there to be effectual changes, but I’ve seen some significant changes within the organization, personally. I’ve seen it within the community, too.”

DiPino has put in significant

work with the community. She said she has met with more than 100 citizen groups — easily, her assistant confirms — to teach them about community policing.

City Manager Tom Barwin cited DiPino’s availability to the general public as her greatest success in her tenure, thus far.

He said the relationship between the police and residents had deteriorated before DiPino took over, and that a good working relationship with neighborhoods was essential to quality policing.

By attending so many meetings, he said, she’s ensuring the relationship between the police and the citizens is repaired on multiple levels.

“When your chief is out there every day meeting with the public, exposing herself to receiving

information and then communicating information, it also helps discipline the whole organization,” Barwin said. “If something is getting out of line or there’s some behavior that’s not in line with community standards or expectations, she’s going to hear about it.”

Still, the process has not been entirely smooth externally, either. Perhaps most notably, Sheriff Tom Knight spoke at a County Commission meeting June 18 about his issues with the SPD. He was critical of its performance in recent months, and said the sheriff’s department has increasingly had to cover for city police.

“I can assure you of one thing: Their decrease in crime is highly attributable to your sheriff’s of-

fice,” Knight said. “I know that.”

DiPino called the situation “unprecedented,” but said she’s worked with the sheriff to mend it. They met a week after Knight made his comments — with which she still disputes the accuracy — and DiPino said she believes they will be able to work together going forward.

“We came up with agreement to work together for the best of the community, and that’s what my commitment is,” DiPino said. “I will continue to do everything I can to keep our community safe and use the resources that are available” Knight declined to comment about his relationship with DiPino, and sheriff’s department spokeswoman Wendy Rose said the department was trying to move on from the incident.

As she draws closer to a year in her new position, DiPino delineated some goals for the immediate future. Training and succession planning is a high priority for a department that had been lacking in both areas.

Homelessness, prostitution and drug crime will all be areas of emphasis.

One thing won’t change, though: her focus on working with the community. Although lowering the crime rate is important — and Sarasota’s crime rate fell 10% last year and 5% so far this year, DiPino notes — what’s more important to her is continuing to ensure citizens and police can work together.

“Even in communities where the crime rate is down, if the community doesn’t have trust of the police, it doesn’t matter that crime is down,” DiPino said.

“There has to be trust, there have to be relationships.”

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Commissioners discuss new development After City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo criticized the commission for its lack of focus on investment, other officials spoke about the city’s approach to development and how they work with one another.

Explaining why he decided to run for a County Commission seat next year, City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo said there was a philosophical divide between himself and the rest of the commission, particularly when it came to spurring economic development.

“There’s no sense of urgency with how to open up to investment, how to get more players in the game,” Caragiulo said about the City Commission. “That’s going to be very difficult to operate if you don’t have that philosophy.”

The response from commissioners was mixed. Susan Chapman agreed that a philosophical divide existed — unlike Caragiulo, she feels removing regulations is not an effective route to development. Still, she said she is able to work effectively with other groups who disagree with her on that point and that any inability to work with the commission is specific to Caragiulo.

“Is it a personality issue?” Chapman said. “Yes, I’d say so.”

Mayor Shannon Snyder said Caragiulo’s complaints were valid. Snyder said the city would point to forthcoming condos and hotels as evidence that they were doing a good job of attracting investors, with City Manager Tom Barwin saying there are currently about 150 housing units in development and three or four hotels ready to go into the ground. Despite that, Snyder said, individual neighborhoods are still struggling to develop.

“We definitely need more investment, but it’s not a positive attitude at City Hall,” Snyder said. “I would guess it’s not going to change with the current makeup of the commission.”

Suzanne Atwell pointed to initiatives to fight homelessness and the work of Police Chief Bernadette DiPino as ways the city is seeking to attract developers — by addressing problems that might otherwise scare them away. She agreed there might be a difference of opinion among commissioners, but said it didn’t have to be an irreparable divide.

“Being a member of this five-person body is about how we work collaboratively, how we look at the greater good,” Atwell said. “I didn’t get some votes, but you learn that you’re looking at the greater good of the city.”

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RESPONSE ROUNDUP City commissioners responsed to Paul Caragiulo’s comments and how they feel the city is working to attract investment.

CITY MANAGER TOM BARWIN: “The economic activity here is dynamic.

Maybe it’s a combination of that we’re coming out of this great recession, but, from everything I’ve seen, we’ve got a city government that is proactive, openminded and receptive to working with businesses and developers. The vast majority of the feedback I’ve gotten is positive. I think it’s wonderful that people are continuing to have high expectations and demands … ” MAYOR SHANNON SNYDER: “I would tend to agree with Commissioner Caragiulo that there’s not a welcoming attitude at City Hall as far as investment goes … I don’t think his opinion is alone. I don’t think it’s going to change. I think there’s a ‘no’ attitude at City Hall. People aren’t treated graciously when they come in to invest; they’re not accommodated with minor things.

I’ve had businesses say they’re interested in moving into the area, and I couldn’t, in good faith, tell them to come into the city.”

VICE MAYOR WILLIE SHAW: “As a group we work well together. …

There were some priorities that we all agreed on strategically at the beginning of the fiscal year, and those are the things we’ve been working toward. There’s always the openness to opportunities if they present themselves to us. I think, with the downturn, we haven’t seen that much interest in this area.

Maybe I’m missing something, but there’s been a great showing of interest (from the commission) toward this community getting new businesses coming in.”

COMMISSIONER SUZANNE ATWELL: “I’m a pretty half-full person; I’m very positive about the way the city’s going … This is a new day in so many respects.

I feel very positive about people being in a situation in which the city, the community and the citizens are welcoming to whoever comes here. The more people I talk to — beginning with the people who want to come and live here — it’s absolutely fascinating. In the past 20

years, I think it’s grown exponentially — people’s attitudes (toward welcoming newcomers). Now, yes, there’s a lot of work we need to do to bring more businesses here, to bring more people here who are willing to set up shop, set up their lives, set up their families. I could go into many, many numbers about how many businesses we already do have here, how many people are living here. I think what I would like to focus on is, the state of the city is extremely good.”

COMMISSIONER SUSAN CHAPMAN: “We have different points of view on what constitutes economic development. I am relying on a lot of studies, a lot of research that says that corporate welfare and deregulation does not actually produce economic development.

I have the viewpoint that good schools, good infrastructure and high quality of life is what creates economic development. So, yes, there is a philosophical divide … I don’t think he has the incentive or the will to (work with people with opposing philosophies)… I think he’s been planning to run for County Commission for quite a while.”

by Nolan Peterson | News Editor

SKA wants independent look at Big Pass plans Concerns prompt the Siesta Key Association to hire a third-party coastal engineer to review a proposed dredging project for Big Pass.

The Siesta Key Association wants a fresh set of eyes to look at plans to dredge Big Pass.

SKA unanimously passed a measure Aug. 1 that allots $2,000 for an independent coastal engineer to review a study from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Sarasota due Dec. 7.

“It’s a very tricky business,” said Peter van Roekens of the association’s board of directors.

“When they did a similar dredge off New Pass, it damaged the channel.”

The proposed dredging project is meant to harvest sand from the pass to counter erosion on Lido Key. Dredging could also make the inlet more navigable.

This would be the first time Big Pass has been dredged, and SKA is concerned with unknown consequences, such as how the proposed dredging project will affect navigation in Big Pass and impact Siesta beaches.

Van Roekens insisted the association’s move was not antagonistic toward the proposed dredging project, and he cautioned that it’s is too early to cast judgment on the project before more details are released.

“This is something we just need to be careful about,” van Roekens said. “The people doing the study are well qualified,

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Siesta Key Association board members Catherine Luckner and Michael Shay discuss a proposal to dredge Big Pass. but people other than those who proposed the study need to validate it.”

The plan to dredge Big Pass has a $17.5 million price tag, and the city will be on the hook for $3.8 million. The rest will come from federal sources. The city’s contribution will come from Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenue.

County Commissioner Nora Patterson, who attended the association’s Aug. 1 meeting, said she was not in support of the project in its current form.

“I’m nervous about the groins,” Patterson said, referring to plans to build three erosion-control jetties at the southern stretch of Lido Key. The groins are intended to slow beach sediment’s southern drift and are included in the dredging plans.

“If you just took the groins out of the project, it probably would be OK,” Patterson said. “But the Army (Corps of Engineers) has said the groins are an integral part of the project.”

Sarasota County Coastal Resources Manager Laird Wreford

said the presence of the groins could be problematic.

“When you put structures in a fragile and dynamic coastal system, you can have unintended consequences,” he said.

Save Our Sand, a group Siesta residents formed in 1993, blocked a city of Venice bid to harvest Big Pass sand. SKA stopped a similar proposal in 2007. Wreford said he expects the community to have concerns and that there will be plenty of opportunities for public discussion and input.

“The plan is to pull together all the modeling and be able to take it to the community to address concerns,” Wreford said.

“So far, from what I’ve seen, they are indicating that there will not be negative impacts from the structures. Once they present their findings, then it’s up to the policy makers.”

Starting in September, the Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Sarasota will present their proposal to various community groups, including area boating groups and the county’s Coastal Advisory Committee.

The Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Sarasota will formally present their plan to the community Dec. 5, with a public meeting scheduled Dec. 7, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

The permit process is estimated to take two years, with construction beginning shortly thereafter.

IN OTHER NEWS Other topics discussed during the Aug. 1 SKA meeting include: • Noise complaints from the Turtle Beach campground.

• Trash concerns related to the Independence Day festivities.

• A proposed measure to allow low-speed vehicles on Siesta Key. There will be a meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 20, at the Siesta Key Chapel to discuss the measure. Siesta Key residents are encouraged to attend.

• A nationwide propane tank recall.

• Sheriff Deputy Jason Mruczek responded to concerns about a trend in thefts at Siesta Key Beach. He advised residents to not take valuables, such as cellphones or wallets, to the beach.

• Siesta Key junior lifeguard coordinator Richard Hinkson thanked the association for its support of the program.

IF YOU GO

The next Siesta Key Association meeting is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

Sept. 5, at St. Boniface Church, 5615 Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key.

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Outdoor displays and the Crystal Classic were hot topics at Tuesday’s Siesta Key Village Association meeting.

SKVA President Cheryl Gaddie, who led the meeting, said the association was continuing to research what changes, if any, could be made to the county ordinance banning businesses on Siesta Key from displaying items for sale outside their doors.

“We want to do what’s best for business,” Gaddie said, “and still be fair.”

Kevin Cooper, executive director of the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce, said that any modifications to the existing ordinance “need to be clearly defined and easily enforceable.”

Also up for discussion was the Siesta Key Crystal Classic. Brian Wigelsworth, a professional sand sculptor and sand manager for the event, reported that a national sponsor recently made a $20,000 donation to the annual event.

Cooper discussed the economic benefits of the sand sculpting competition, which brings 30,000 to 50,000 visitors to Siesta Key each year. Half of those visitors come from outside Sarasota, Cooper said.

“Any time people from outside come to Siesta Key, it means more rooms sold,” Cooper said.

The SKVA relies on a tourism-marketing grant from Visit Sarasota County to

 Planning Board Regular Meeting — 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, Commission Chambers, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota.

advertise the event. Cooper said it was important to collect data from Siesta Key businesses to demonstrate a return on the grant’s investment.

Gaddie said events, such as the Crystal Classic help promote Siesta Key as a tourist destination.

“Continuing to introduce people to Siesta Key is vital to us,” Gaddie said.

The Siesta Key Crystal Classic will run Nov. 12 through Nov. 18, on Siesta Key Beach.

+ Benderson Park recieves first nod for championships It’s not yet official, but Sarasota’s Nathan Benderson Park may be the future venue for the 2017 World Rowing Championships.

Officials from the Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Association learned Monday that a council from the International Federation of Rowing Associations, called FISA, is recommending to hold the event at the park, located just south of University Parkway, off Cattlemen Road.

FISA’s congress is slated to make an official decision on the venue in September.

The other site being considered to host the competition is in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

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$376.5 million in unfunded liabilities. The workshop will focus on the general employees’, police officers’ and firefighters’ defined pension plans, as well as the General Employees’ Defined Contribution Plan. Commissioners approved a change to move general employees from a pension to a defined contribution plan two years ago.

+ Landmarks fight vandalism with cameras The Community Foundation of Sarasota County recently awarded the Historical Society of Sarasota County a $3,770 grant for a security-camera system for the historic Bidwell-Wood House, built in 1882, and the Crocker Memorial Church, built in 1901.

The grant comes from the Frances T. Bourne Fund at The Community Foundation of Sarasota County. The security-camera system consists of seven HD cameras with a video monitor and is intended to discourage vandalism to two of the county’s oldest establishments, both located in Pioneer Park. According to site manager Linda Garcia, the two establishments have experienced recent bouts of vandalism, including a smashed concrete birdbath last week and damaged flower boxes. “We’re so happy to have the cameras now,” said Garcia. “We’ve been wanting them for a long time. We’ve never been able to identify anyone; we’ve only been able to look at the aftermath. It was just out of reach, financially, but we applied for the grant through the Community Foundation, and we were approved last week. It will be a wonderful thing for us to have.”

+ City Commission to hold annual pension workshop As unfunded pension liabilities loom as an ongoing problem for Sarasota, the City Commission will hold a workshop at 2 p.m. Aug. 23, for reports on the city’s various pension plans. The annual State of the City’s Pension Plans workshop will

include presentations from the plans’ attorneys, investment consultants and actuaries. Topics of discussion will include trends in pensions statewide, comparisons to how other pension plans are funded and updates on how the investments that help fund the plans are faring.

According to the city’s 2012 comprehensive annual financial report, the city is on the hook for almost $296 million in unfunded pension liabilities at the assumed rate of return for investments.

Individual pension boards set the rate of returns. Several commissioners, including Susan Chapman and Shannon Snyder, have called the 7% assumed rate of return used for the general employees’ and police pensions unrealistic. A 6% rate of return on all pension fund investments, which those commissioners have said is closer to accurate, would leave the city with about

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“It took a lot of people — a huge partnership — to make it happen,” said Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center CEO Paul Blackketter said. “We could not do it without Sarasota and Manatee counties and the state of Florida.”

Blackketter said getting the recommendation “was tough,” but the hard work of preparing to host the event will begin if the congress approves the recommendation this fall.

+ Judge Lazzara orders sale of Sarasota Nadel property The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission continued its quest to repay victims of deceased Ponzi-schemer Arthur Nadel with a July real-estate sale, according to court documents.

United States District Judge Richard Lazzara authorized the July 18 sale of a five-acre tract of land that sits on Fruitville Road east of I-75, which once belonged to Nadel. Pearl M. Fitzgerald bought the parcel, which houses a 2,500-squarefoot building at 15576 Fruitville Road, for $181,600 July 22, according to the Sarasota County Property Appraiser website.

Nadel, who robbed hundreds of Sarasotans through a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of more than $160 million, died last year at the age of 79 at the Butler Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina while serving a 14-year prison term.

+ Sherrif’s Office announces saturation-patrol results Sarasota County deputies cited 15 drivers for driving under the influence during five days of saturation patrols in July, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.

Saturation patrols, which are conducted in lieu of “DUI checkpoints,” include patrol and traffic deputies targeting certain zones simultaneously to monitor driving.

In July, the initiative also resulted in 174 other citations for traffic offenses.

Deputies will conduct saturation patrols Aug. 10, Aug. 17, Aug. 24 and Aug. 31.

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+ Welcome Now in his second month with the Sarasota Observer, David Conway, 23, is settling into his role as one of the paper’s news editors.

Originally from Chicago, Conway graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

He brings to the Observer sports-reporting experience with the Columbia Missourian. He also interned as a news reporter for the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago.

Conway plans to bring his experience working at a community newspaper and reporting on local government to his coverage at the Observer.

If you’ve got a news tip, give him a call at 366-3468, Ext. 360, or email him at dconway@yourobserver.com.

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Peterson, a 2000 Pine View High School graduate, returns home after 11 years of military service that included tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as an Air Force special operations pilot.

Peterson recently completed a master’s degree in journalism at Northwestern University, in Chicago, and is also a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Before covering the Sarasota County beat, Peterson worked as a freelance journalist writing stories about national security and his personal adventures.

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by Nolan Peterson | News Editor

Helicopter unit leaves criminals no place to hide It was a normal night for Sarasota Sheriff deputies/pilots David Bouffard and Brent Wineka. The Sheriff’s Aviation Unit pilots were relaxing between flights Nov. 6, at Venice Airport, when dispatch radioed that a jewelry store had been robbed and the suspects were on the run.

Bouffard and Wineka, wearing militarygreen flight suits, donned their helmets (Wineka’s had a black U.S. flag on the back) and loaded into the 2005 Bell 407 helicopter. Preflight checks were done in an instant.

Bouffard, with more than 6,000 hours of flight time under his belt, made every movement in the cockpit from muscle memory, each action an automatic response to the one before. Preflight checks complete, the deputies/pilots lowered the night-vision goggles resting on their helmets to their eyes, transforming the darkness of night into flat green images. They lifted off and headed to the action.

En route, the pilots ran checks on the tool of their trade — a high-tech infrared camera, known as FLIR, which hung off the front nose of the helicopter. The camera creates images based on radiated heat and differences in temperature. Humans appear as glowing white blobs in the black-and-white images displayed on the screens in the cockpit. The camera is operated with a special controller located in the front right seat, where Wineka sits.

Boston law enforcement used a similar camera to find marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in April, and the technology is employeed in combat operations in Afghanistan.

“Being able to see at night is huge,” Bouffard said. “Criminals have nowhere to hide.”

Although the camera is a tool to track suspects and vehicles, Sheriff’s Aviation Unit pilots have also used the infrared sensor to search for lost children and walkaways from assisted-living facilities; hunt poachers in Myakka; and assist search-

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office Aviation Unit won third place in a national competition in July for its use of infrared technology in apprehending robbery suspects.

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Deputy/Pilot Brent Wineka patrols the skies of Sarasota County using a variety of hightech tools, including night-vision goggles and infrared cameras. and-rescue operations.

“The more value we have, the better,” said Deputy Steve Boone, chief pilot for the Sheriff’s Aviation Unit. “I haven’t come across a situation in which we couldn’t use the FLIR, or it wasn’t useful.”

A deputy radioed that he had spotted a rental car with tinted windows, a telltale sign for a getaway car, and was going to check it out. Thirty seconds later, the driver hit the gas and the chase began. Bouffard and Wineka, using the call sign Air-1, were already overhead and immediately located the suspects’ vehicle with the FLIR camera. The supervisor-in-charge radioed the pursuing deputy, ordering him to back off.

With Air-1’s eyes on the fleeing suspects there was no need to endanger the public

with a high-speed pursuit.

While Bouffard piloted the helicopter from the left seat, Wineka operated the sensor and visually pursued the suspects while the car was driving opposite the direction of traffic.

“One of FLIR’s biggest advantages is the ability to keep eyes on a suspect at night in a car chase,” Boone said. “We can track suspects without endangering the public.”

When the five suspects bailed from the vehicle, Wineka called out updates to deputies pursuing on foot. Bouffard, simultaneously piloting the helicopter and looking out the window with his night-vision goggles, was able to follow two suspects who splintered from the main group.

The suspects hunkered down in thick

overgrowth along the edge of a lake, unaware the two pilots orbiting above were announcing their movements to every deputy in Sarasota County.

Within minutes, Bouffard and Wineka were able to talk deputies onto the suspects’ positions — all five were arrested.

“I have the best job in the department,” Bouffard said. “It takes a lot more time and manpower to catch a suspect without our help.”

For their use of the FLIR camera in the pursuit and arrest of the robbery suspects, Bouffard and Wineka took home third place from among 40 entries at the FLIR Vision Awards presented at the 2013 Airborne Law Enforcement Association conference in July.

Aviation Unit pilots used the FLIR camera, which carries a $267,000 price tag, to find 87 people in Sarasota County last year; that number comprises both missing-persons cases and arrests. The Aviation Unit’s combined day and night operations in 2012 resulted in 46 missing-person finds and 155 arrests. FLIR video footage is also admissible in court as evidence.

The Aviation Unit flies a regular schedule of day and night patrols, and its pilots are always on-call if deputies on the ground radio for help.

“If someone on the ground thinks it’s important, we go — no questions asked,” Wineka said.

As for privacy restrictions, Boone said it is legal to use the FLIR to watch private property from the air. But, he insisted the camera is incapable of looking inside structures.

The Aviation Unit includes four pilots and seven tactical flight officers (TFOs).

TFOs are dedicated sensor operators serving an additional duty.

Asked if there was one thing he’d like the public to know about his job, Bouffard said, “We don’t fly over your house on purpose. I promise.”

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Knight said I2A has been the key to reducing crime in Sarasota County.

“Having intelligence and being able to act on it makes us much more fluid,” Knight said. “We’re actually predicting where crimes will occur.”

One of the effects of high-profile stingsm, such as Booster Buster, is that prolific offenders decide to take their criminal enterprises elsewhere, said Jernigan.

“We send a message that shoplifting and organized crime within these establishments will not be tolerated in Sarasota County,” Jernigan said.

The Sheriff’s Office reported that suspects arrested in Booster Buster made calls from jail to warn other shoplifters to stay away from Sarasota retailers.

“We’re very happy with what Sheriff Knight has done,” County Commissioner Nora Patterson said, referring to the success of Booster Buster and the falling crime rate. “He has the support of the commission.”

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deputy field interviews and other confidential techniques. Then, a cadre of five intelligence analysts and seven detectives at the Crime Analysis Unit (CAU) analyze the data and send it to deputies in the covert surveillance TAC unit.

I2A was central to the success of Operation Meltdown — a 2011 crackdown on scrap metal thieves that resulted in 62 arrests.

Booster Buster is the perfect example of the I2A model, said Lt. John Jernigan, a 24-year veteran of the Sarasota Sheriff’s office who works in the TAC unit and helped lead the operation.

“Intel analysis showed us that we were seeing a spike in retail theft at our local businesses,” Jernigan said.

“We then matched that intel to known prolific offenders to predict where and when they operate and what techniques they use. This all factors into how we deploy our resources.”

Maj. Kevin Kenney said the cornerstone of I2A is to be proactive and not reactive to crime.

“It’s hunting, not fishing,” Kenney said.

Since Knight took office in 2009, crime is down 21% in Sarasota,

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The results from the sheriff’s latest intelligence-led policing sting are in, and criminals understand the message: Stay away from Sarasota County.

Sheriff Tom Knight announced at an Aug. 1 press conference the success of Operation Booster Buster — a crackdown on retail theft and organized crime rings that resulted in 59 arrests. The bust marks the latest in a string of high-profile, Sheriff’s Officeled operations against crime sprees that parallels a steady, overall drop in crime rates countywide.

Collaborating with area businesses, the Sheriff’s Office used crime mapping and intelligence analysis to identify and arrest prolific offenders — concentrating manpower and resources where it was needed most.

The Sheriff’s Office released video that showed shoplifters stuffing hundreds of dollars of stolen goods down their shirts and pants. The offenders will sometimes hit up to 14 stores in a day, the Sheriff’s Office said.

“These are criminals who do this for a living,” Knight said.

Area retailers that cooperated in the bust include: WalMart, Home Depot, Bealls, Bealls Outlet, Burlington Coat Factory, Target and Sports Authority.

“I’ve never seen an effort like this before from law enforcement,” said Gregg Greer, district manager for asset protection at Sports Authority. “I was impressed. I stand behind the Sheriff’s Office and will work with them anytime.”

Retail theft is a multimillion-dollar problem locally, Knight said.

The eight-day operation was another success for Knight’s intelligence-led policing program called “Intelligence 2 Action” (I2A).

“Rather than just saturating an area with deputies, we are able to strategically deploy manpower and go after the small percentage of criminals who commit the vast majority of crimes,” Knight said. “It’s the most manpowerefficient way of fighting crime.”

I2A revolves around intelligence data gathered through crime mapping, confidential informant reports,

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How districts compare Everyone likes to see how he compares to his peers.

That’s especially so in education. It’s no mystery, then, why consumers see so many publications produce national rankings of colleges and universities.

So it is locally and among the states.

Parents love to see how their child’s public school ranks compared to the schools across town. Or, how their district ranks compared to all of the districts in the state.

In that vein, the table at right shows how the students in Florida’s 67 public school districts and a few independent districts performed this past school year on the state standardized tests.

Sarasota County is a star — one of seven districts whose students’ cumulative scores earned the district an A. Manatee County? No so good — a C. The Manatee School District ranked 43rd among the 71 districts ranked — below the median.

As you browse the accompanying list looking for patterns or regions where the schools may be better or worse than elsewhere in Florida, it would be difficult to reach many conclusions.

Of course, at the bottom of the list, it’s probably no surprise that every one of the “D” and “F” school districts — a dozen altogether, are predominantly rural and among Florida’s poorer counties.

The median income in Madison County, for instance, is $36,557; and the high school graduation rate among its adult population is 76%. That compares with a median income of $64,153 and highschool graduation rate of 92.5% in St. Johns County, a suburban county south of Jacksonville that includes Ponte Vedra and the city of St. Augustine.

At the other end of the spectrum, among the “A” school districts, it’s probably not surprising to see that three of the districts are located in affluent suburban areas — St. Johns, mentioned above; the Sarasota County School District, arguably somewhat of a suburban Tampa Bay district; and Seminole County School District, which abuts Orlando and Orange County.

Santa Rosa County School District isn’t too much of a surprise, either. It draws many of its students from the military families at the Air Force and Naval bases near Pensacola.

And you might expect the university laboratory schools — Florida State University Lab School and the Florida Atlantic University Lab School, both in the college-town and state-government city of Tallahassee, to be among the best-performing schools.

But the anomaly among the “A” school districts is tiny and rural Gilchrist County School District, with only four schools and total enrollment of 2,700 students. The two high schools are combined middle and high schools.

Gilchrist is so small it has only one traffic light in the county and has no four-lane roads. One of its big events of the year is the annual Suwanee Valley Quilt Festival in March. Its superintendent is a

SCHOOL DISTRICT GRADES

DISTRICT POINTS 2013 FAU LAB SCH 597 A 573 A ST. JOHNS FSU LAB SCH 553 A GILCHRIST 546 A SARASOTA 543 A 529 A SANTA ROSA SEMINOLE 529 A

OKALOOSA 523 B NASSAU 522 B 516 B MARTIN BREVARD 515 B PALM BEACH 513 B 509 B FLAGLER COLLIER 508 B 505 B SUMTER CLAY 504 B MONROE 504 B 503 B WAKULLA CITRUS 499 B 498 B WALTON CALHOUN 497 B DADE 495 B 495 B UNION

LEON 493 C ORANGE 492 C BROWARD 490 C 490 C FL VIRTUAL DIXIE 489 C C HILLSBOROUGH 489 488 C PASCO 486 C LEE 485 C ALACHUA 484 C GULF 484 C HERNANDO 481 C JACKSON DUVAL 479 C 479 C OSCEOLA PINELLAS 479 C 478 C LAFAYETTE VOLUSIA 478 C BAY 470 C 469 C CHARLOTTE 465 C MANATEE LEVY 463 C 461 C INDIAN RIVER LAKE 459 C 459 C LIBERTY GLADES 458 C 456 C FRANKLIN ESCAMBIA 452 C HIGHLANDS 452 C 452 C WASHINGTON BAKER 451 C 451 C MARION 450 C ST. LUCIE COLUMBIA 445 C 445 C TAYLOR 440 C HOLMES POLK 440 C

OKEECHOBEE 430 D 427 D SUWANNEE PUTNAM 425 D HENDRY 415 D BRADFORD 411 D GADSDEN 410 D HARDEE 402 D DESOTO 395 D

HAMILTON 388 F MADISON 377 F JEFFERSON 369 F DEAF/BLIND 331 F

LOCATION Panhandle Northeast Panhandle Big Bend SW/Gulf Coast NW/Panhandle Orlando

NW/Panhandle Northeast Southeast Space Coast SE/Gold Coast Northeast SW/Gulf Coast West Central Northeast SE/Gold Coast Panhandle Big Bend NW/Panhandle Panhandle SE/Gold Coast North Central Panhandle Orlando SE/Gold Coast Big Bend Tampa Bay Tampa Bay SW/Gulf Coast North Central Panhandle Tampa Bay NW/Panhandle Northeast Central Tampa Bay Big Bend Space Coast NW/Panhandle SW/Gulf Coast SW/Gulf Coast Big Bend Southeast Central Panhandle South Central Panhandle NW/Panhandle South Central NW/Panhandle North Central North Central Southeast North Central Big Bend NW/Panhandle Central South Central North Central North Central South Central North Central Panhandle South Central South Central Panhandle Panhandle Panhandle

Source: Florida Department of Education

1982 graduate of one of the county high schools.

Clearly, this district’s families take pride

THE CASTAWAY by Jorge Blanco

HOW THEY COMPARE

The 2,700 students of tiny and rural Gilchrist County, sandwiched in the Big Bend of Florida between Alachua County (Gainesville) and Dixie County, outperformed Sarasota County’s 40,910 students in the most recent year in terms of district rankings. Here is a brief comparison of the two counties.

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Population 386,150 16,940 Median age 52.5 40.6 Income $49,212 $38,467 Hi-school grads 91% 81% Below poverty 11% 17.9% Public Schools 47 4 Enrollment 40,910 2,700 Per student* $18,909 $10,119 * Total spending per student includes debt service and capital projects

in their schools. And it proves that more money is not the answer to a great education. Look at the table above and compare the total per-student spending of Gilchrist County versus Sarasota County. Remarkable.

+ Message to businesses

Sarasota City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo’s announcement last week that he intends to leave the City Commission to run for the Sarasota County Commission should send an alarming message to business leaders.

For that matter, it should send an alarming message to city of Sarasota homeowners, as well.

Caragiulo, as he is wont to do, did not mince words last week when he spoke to this newspaper about his decision.

We’ll say he probably was more diplomatic than he might otherwise be, but his message was succinct.

Plain and simple, he said he wants to leave the City Commission because county commissioners have a much more welcoming attitude toward economic investment than do the city commissioners.

We’ll be blunter than Caragiulo: There is no point trying to work with city commissioners who chase away and block economic growth at every turn.

And now it’s an unbeatable block of obstructionists — Vice Mayor Willie Shaw, Commissioners Suzanne Atwell and Susan Chapman and, to a slightly lesser extent, Mayor Shannon Snyder.

For Sarasota’s business leaders, here’s the idea to ponder: While there are many, many business owners who want to see Sarasota become a place that keeps its young and develops a more robust economy, much of the ability to attract investment will hinge on government’s acceptance of investment.

Caragiulo gets that. Without him, there’ll be no one. The city needs commissioners who understand business and economics. Otherwise, Sarasota is destined to go nowhere.

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mines the ultimate benefit payout based on years of service, or an investment plan that allows employees to manage an employer-funded investment account, similar to a traditional 401(k). State actuaries set the percentage requirement for employees’ contributions to the 401(k)-style plan in April, Marcinko said.

“Actuaries are transparent about the assumptions they use and their calculations,” Marcinko said.

“It’s a more stable system for pensions,” Marcinko added, comparing FRS to municipal pension programs like those in Sarasota and Detroit.

“And it allows employees to have more flexibility with their retirement.”

FRS was ranked as a “top performer” in a 2012 Pew report on state pension programs.

According to a joint project between the Fiscal Times and the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, FRS ranked among the top10, state-run pension programs in the country.

Marcinko said most county employees are happy with FRS benefits, and “there is a decent amount of transparency with where the money is going.”

FRS covers more than 600,000 state and local employees, with about 500,000 using the traditional pension plan.

The state-run program is 87% funded and is based on much more conservative assumptions than many municipal pension programs, said Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson.

“FRS has been more responsibly managed than most municipal systems,” Patterson said. “When the economy crashed and assumptions about earnings weren’t taking care of the deficits, FRS was aggressive about

+ My take on why the Iwo Jima statue effort had to be abandoned Dear Editor: I am the veteran of the Iwo campaign who proposed donating the Iwo Jima statue to Sarasota.

And I want to thank the Observer newspapers for your generous and thoughtful coverage of that effort, and make clear why it had to be abandoned.

I have carried the memory of what I witnessed on Iwo Jima all my life: heroism, blood and guts.

We clearly knew what we were fighting for. Many of us came home and had successful careers. In our senior years, it is payback time. I serve on local arts and human services boards locally, for example, and support other charities in New York City, where I live part time.

But this is not about me. It is about what happened to our offer to donate the Iwo monument to Sarasota, which is beyond belief. Having received commitment from three commissioners to support it, we set about raising $1.5 million to buy the icon, move it here and build a plaza, complete with flower gardens and benches to be shared with our favorite sailor and nurse and enjoyed by Sarasotans and visitors alike.

Suddenly, our commissioners called for a vote we knew nothing about, using every excuse to kill the program. My team and I were speechless. The Iwo icon belongs on the bayfront, not in a cemetery. It is not about death; it is about life, the spirit of America, success and the costs of our freedom.

It is not about art, either. It is about patriotism. But there are people in this town who feel they can tell us what is and isn’t art and what we should and shouldn’t like. Who are they to tell us what our values should be? How many of them fought for the freedoms they enjoy?

Hello, Bradenton. Our town has a gift for you.

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raising the funding level.”

According to both Marcinko and Patterson, FRS is also less of a burden on county employee salaries compared with city employees’ salaries.

County employees contribute 3% of their pay to the system; city workers pay 8%.

“The city’s pension plan is not sustainable,” Patterson said.

Another benefit to FRS, Patterson said, is that, if county employees want an increase in benefits, they have to argue their case in Tallahassee.

“There is always pressure to raise benefits that state leaders are more removed from, and they feel less pressure,” Patterson said. “I’m well aware of the issues of giving additional benefits when the economy is booming. I think the city got itself in a pickle with benefits that are too rich for the system to sustain.”

Sarasota City Mayor Shannon Snyder said a state-run program like FRS has the advantage of avoiding “petty local politics.”

“City Hall is all emotion and no rea-

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son,” Snyder said. “We don’t have the political will to address the unfunded pension problem.”

Snyder said he would support consolidating city pensions into the FRS system, but added there was no way to currently make that work. According to Snyder, municipal pension liabilities must be solvent before they can be consolidated into FRS. And City Hall is a long way from solvency, Snyder said.

Snyder advocates contracting out Sarasota Police services to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office so that new hires can be picked up by the FRS system, allowing the city to fully fund pension funds already promised to current Sarasota police officers.

“Half of the Sarasota Police Department will retire in five years,” Snyder said. “The best thing we can do is contract with the Sheriff’s Office. That’s where savings could come from.”

The city of Sarasota’s unfunded pension liability is estimated to be between $295 million and $376 million. City commissioners recently voted 3-2 to raise property taxes by 8.5% to fill a budget deficit.

The Sarasota City Commission will hold its annual State of the City’s Pension Plans workshop Aug. 23, to discuss the city’s pension programs. The meeting is open to the public.

Florida House Republicans proposed a controversial plan to close the FRS’ traditional pension plan to new members next year and move all future employees into the 401(k)-style plan. Republicans claim the proposal will save taxpayers $10 billion over 10 years, citing a study that Democrats dispute.

Democrats fear the change would disrupt the funding for employees already committed to the traditional pension program.

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The man and the woman started arguing, and the man went out to turn the air conditioning on his car. The man told the woman his car was well ventilated and he wouldn’t be inside the restaurant for long.

1:30 p.m. — 1100 block of Myrtle Street. Petit Theft. In the process of moving, a man left some property in his front yard. While he was inside, a marine battery and some pots and pans were taken from the lawn. The man said he gave another person permission to take a mattress off the property and believed that person may have taken the other items, as well.

RETURN POLICY 5:50 p.m. — 2100 block of North Washington Boulevard. Petit Theft — Shoplifting. A man tried to return two packs of batteries to a store without a receipt. The store’s manager checked security camera

footage, in which she saw the man take the batteries, put them in his back pocket and walk around the store for a few minutes before walking up to the cashier and attempting to return them. After being confronted about stealing the batteries, the man attempted to give them back.

August 4 CANDY LAND 3:54 p.m. — 2100 block of North Washington Boulevard. Trespassing. The manager of a store said a woman regularly comes into the shop with her children, allows them to run around and eat candy she does not pay for. The manager said one of the children began chewing gum and the woman wouldn’t pay until confronted, which the manager said has happened on numerous occasions.

August 3 MOPED, MORE PROBLEMS 2 a.m. — 800 block of North Orange Avenue. Motor Vehicle Theft. A man said his moped had been taken from his driveway between 2 and 8 a.m. The keys were not with the moped, and it had a full tank of gas. No evidence was found at the scene.

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1976

Florida became one of 10 states to welcome small, European-style motorbikes.

The new legislation allowed anyone older than 15 to ride the bike with no helmet, operator’s license or insurance, as long as the bike was less than 1.5 horsepower and could not exceed speeds of 25 mph.

— According to the Aug. 5, 1976, Observer archives

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Jay Riley, third from right, and Tripp Schwenk, second from right, stand with fellow athlete counselors and Happiness is Camping staff.

For Jay Riley, giving back means happy campers

1989

Coca-Cola Co. got Sarasota bubbling when it filmed a commercial in August 1989 on Siesta Key beach. The California-based production company Plum Production Co. filmed a 20-second commercial on the beach, complete with beach chairs, a beach shack and a spaceship, which took off at the end of the commercial.

The commercial was a $500,000 production, and the extras were paid $33 each.

— According to the Aug. 10, 1989, Observer archives

When Sarasota resident Jay Riley was 12 years old, he was diagnosed with leukemia. For three summers, he attended Happiness is Camping, a Hardwick, N. J., summer camp for children with cancer.

He says the camp provided an escape and helped him cope with his treatments.

“It was the first time I’d ever been to sleep-away camp,” says Riley. “It was great to be surrounded by kids going through the same thing. It took my mind off of the stress of my everyday problems and treatment and put me in a different place.”

Now, more than 20 years later, Riley says he has a better appreciation for the lasting impact the camp had on his life.

“Of course, you appreciate it at the time,” he says. “But, it wasn’t until I got older that I realized how much it meant for these people to volunteer their time to help brighten my day.”

Two years ago, Riley attended the camp’s

1986

Juan Rodriguez, a Sarasota native and Riverview High School graduate, rode the wave of skimboard popularity in the 1980s when he created custom boards made in molds with wood and fiberglass. He produced about 5,000 boards each year and sold boards locally. He also exported them to Japan, Venezuela and Costa Rica.

Each board boasted a custom paint job from Ringling students.

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He asked me if I would go with him, and I jumped at the idea. It’s such a great cause.”

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Cabana Inn aims to lose bad rap, plug into music scene Scott and Beverly Woolridge are fighting to revive the historic bar and establish it as the area’s premier music venue.

Bright afternoon light pierces through the Cabana Inn, causing the handful of regular patrons at the bar to squint as Scott and Beverly Woolridge walk through the front door. After adjusting to the light, the customers recognize the couple, who took over in January as new managers, and they exchange friendly greetings.

Just past the bar, on the newly built 10-foot-by-20-foot stage, established local drummer Mike Fender is breaking down his drum kit. He excitedly calls out to the new managers to continue a conversation they’d started the night before.

“These musicians are starting to feel like our extended family,” says Beverly Woolridge. “They all have certain times they stop by, and we’ve gotten to know them all so well. It’s to the point where if we don’t see them in here when we expect to, it’s a little weird.”

Just a few months ago, the scene inside the Cabana Inn was a drastically different one. The mere mention of the bar’s name evoked negative connotations and uneasy feelings. Built in 1958, the historic South Tamiami Trail bar and motel was once heralded as a family vacation destination, but, over the last 15 years, poor management eventually drove

s and into In the late 1950 bana Inn Ca e th the 1960s, family vacation was a popular destination.

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After six months of management, Scott and Beverly Woolridge have faced challenges but are determined to restore the club’s reputation.

the bar into disrepair, and the hotel and club became synonymous with violence, prostitution, drug use and employee theft.

“The best way to put it is that the bar was sorely mistreated,” says Scott Woolridge. “It had become a hangout for all the wrong kinds of people, and it really made a lot of people not want to come back here. We had no idea exactly how bad things were until we actually took over. ” The Woolridges took over after forming a relationship with the bar owner through their DJ and entertainment business. It was clear the bar needed new managers, and the owner offered them the job of cleaning up the bar’s image under a lease-with-option-

to-own contract — no small task.

After working with police to eliminate loiterers, they began cleaning up the bar. They stripped and refinished the floors, removed years of tobacco soot from the ceilings and windows, cleaned bar equipment and restrooms they say hadn’t been touched in years, replaced the air conditioner and refrigeration system and built a new bar and stage. The list continues.

The hotel rooms are currently in disrepair, and the couple says they’re working with the bar owner to tackle those renovations after the bar.

The biggest positive change to the bar, however, hasn’t been cosmetic. The most noticeable difference is the bar’s atmosphere,

which the Woolridges attribute to the local musicians who have rallied around their mission to rebrand the bar as the area’s premier music venue. Local acts, such as R.J. Howson, Damon Fowler, Thorson Moore and Kettle of Fish, have all begun booking shows at the venue to help usher in a new crowd.

“The musicians have really embraced what we’re trying to do here,” says Scott Woolridge.

“We’ve got some great people advocating for us, and the tides are starting to turn. We seem to see new faces every night.”

With renovations under way and a new crowd of patrons and musicians supporting the cause, the Woolridges say they look forward to season picking up, so they can continue to create the new Cabana Inn. “We’ve got to be very picky and very careful,” says Scott Woolridge. “We have one chance when people come in the door, and we can’t have even a hint of the vibe

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Triathletes push to the finish line

Athletes swam, biked and ran Aug 3, during the Siesta Beach Olympic and Sprint Triathlon. About 400 people participated in the event.

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The Sarasota Crew masters rowing team, which was formed four years ago, includes about 30 rowers, who range in age from 22 to 64.

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The Sarasota Crew masters rowing team will compete in the USRowing Masters National Championships Aug. 15 through Aug. 18.

SARASOTA — The Sarasota Crew masters rowing program is feeling the heat.

And it’s not just the intense summer sunshine beating down that has the program’s roughly 30 members on edge.

With only one week left, the Crew are

preparing to take on some of the nation’s top rowers right in its own backyard.

From Aug. 15 to Aug. 18, the Crew will compete in the USRowing Masters Championships, at Nathan Benderson Park. Rowers will compete in 200 events

during the four-day competition, which will be held in Florida for the first time since 1990, at which time the event was held in Miami. “We’re really proud of that,� Co-Capt.

Sue Gutek says. “The recognition is (huge).

There aren’t that many places in the country that are able to host (the championships). “The sport of rowing is becoming more popular across the country,� Gutek says. “So, to have Benderson and a site like this, and for it to be in Sarasota — that really puts us on the map.�

It’ll be the first time the Crew have participated in the Rowing Masters Championships as an entire team since the program was established four years ago.

Gutek, who joined the team seven years ago, is planning to compete in two Women’s 8 events — a mixed quad and a Women’s 4 event in the 50 to 54 age group. “That’s the beauty of rowing,� says Gutek, who competed in the World Championships two years ago in Canada. “You can row as a single rower, or you can row with a team. I enjoy the diversity the sport (brings). It’s so rewarding and so much fun.�

The Crew has been practicing five to six days a week over the past month, in preparation for the USRowing Masters National Championships. Over the last week, the team has been practicing out at Benderson in hopes of gaining a competitive edge.

The team has aspirations of following in the footsteps of the Crew’s varsity team, which won state-and-national championships earlier this year, by winning a couple of medals of its own. “Rowing is a sport of seconds,� Co-Capt.

Jerry Burson says. “You’re always working to shave off time. We are definitely feeling the heat, but I think we’ll do OK. “Since joining the Sarasota Crew, I’ve seen the excitement the junior program has obtained,� Burson says. “My goals for the masters program are to duplicate that success they’ve had on the water.�

Burson is no stranger to the USRowing

Crew wants volunteers The Sarasota Crew masters rowing program is looking for volunteers for the US Rowing Masters National Championships Aug. 15 through Aug. 18, at Nathan Benderson Park.

Regatta volunteer coordinator John Krotec needs several hundred volunteers to help during the four-day competition.

For more information or to volunteer, contact Krotec at row.volunteer@ gmail.com or call 400-7333.

Masters National Championships. The Sarasota resident will be making his 12th appearance at the event.

Burson began rowing when he was 10 years old. He went on to row for Michigan State University, before competing in his first USRowing Masters National Championship “When I was younger, I did OK in other sports, but I never really excelled,� Burson says. “I liked the team concept with rowing.

I learned at an early age that it takes a lot of discipline and dedication.�

Burson moved last fall to Sarasota, after researching the top areas to row and retire. “I picked out where I was going to live based on the boatyard,� Burson says. “I knew if it wasn’t 10 to15 minutes away, then I had to find somewhere else to live.�

Burson plans to row in the lightweight single and lightweight double races, as well as a pair of quad races at this year’s national championships. “Since the program is relatively young, a lot of our rowers are new to this level of competition,� Burson says. “We’re going to be racing against some of those rowers who have been racing since I grew up.�

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Minnah Stein learned to sew when she was 10 years old. Her mother, Madonna Jacobs Stein, says that Minnah has always loved drawing. She remembers catching her drawing as a child in the middle of the night by night light and says Minnah’s hands are often covered in marker.

Middle-schooler Minnah Stein uses her creative talents to give back to people impacted by cancer.

Thirteen-year-old Minnah Stein lives by her family’s motto, “You make a living by what you get and a life by what you give.”

Every year, for the holidays, the Steins adopt a family, and Minnah helps pick out the gifts for the children.

For her seventh birthday, Minnah asked friends and family to give her cash instead of presents so she could make a donation to the World Wildlife Fund.

When Minnah was 10, her aunts, Materesa Lewis and Nena Hakmati, taught her how to sew clothing for her doll.

Then, last year, she began taking lessons every other Saturday with sewing instructor Anna Av-

ery at Say It With Stitches.

“I find it really fun and enjoy creating things myself as opposed to buying them,” Minnah says. “I feel like they are more special when you make them and they have value.”

When Minnah realized her newfound craft could be used to help others, she jumped at the chance.

After reading in December about The Pinheads, a group of women impacted by cancer, in the Sarasota Observer, Minnah reached out in February to the Center for Building Hope to see how she could be involved.

Since that time, Minnah has sewn and donated dozens of pillows to Center for Building Hope. For her batmitzvah July 6, she asked guests to give her fabric for her projects.

She calls sewing pillows a “happy accident.” Her first attempt to sew a cloth doll ended up looking like a stingray.

Minnah’s next project is to design and sew 24 pillows for boys and girls at Healing Hearts Camp, who have lost someone to cancer, as part of the family connections programs at Center for Building Hope.

Although it is difficult for the Pine View eighth-grader to find time to sew as much she would like during the school year, she calls it a “labor of love.”

Minnah is also currently learning to quilt so that she can contribute to Restore Innocence, a non-profit that aids victims of child trafficking. Avery and other women across the country all contribute to a quilt that is given to a victim of human trafficking.

“I like giving back and sharing with those people who probably do not have something like that,” Minnah says. “I just have always thought it would be great to help those less fortunate than me.”

Thirteen-year-old Minnah Stein designs and sews pillows for Center for Building Hope. She first draws her design, colors it and transfers the drawing to printing fabric paper. She chooses the fabrics she wants, cuts it into squares, cuts out her design and applies it to the square cloth. Then she stuffs the pillows and sews them together.

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AJC’s Summer Lunch and Learn comes to end with an impression Community members socialized July 31, at Michael’s On East, during the final lecture of the American Jewish Committee’s 2013 Summer Lunch and Learn Series.

Guest speaker Steven Bayme, director of the Contemporary Jewish Department of AJC, discussed “American Jewry Post World War II: Is the Golden Age Past.”

More than 150 people attended the lunch and a question-andanswer session followed Bayme’s talk.

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Beau Ciel condo sells for $1.75 million The following residential real-estate transactions took place between July 22 and July 26.

A condominium in Beau Ciel tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Kenneth Weber, trustee, of Morgantown, W.Va., sold the Unit 1201 condominium at 990 Blvd. of the Arts to Geraldine Rothman-Serot, trustee, of Sarasota, for $1.75 million.

Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,100 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2,175,000 in 2007.

Brown, of Sarasota, for $266,000. Built in 1976, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,216 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $160,000 in 1996.

Village Green Club Estates

Joseph Pepe, of Sarasota, sold his home at 3305 Sheffield Circle to Elizabeth Skinner, of Sarasota, for $260,000. Built in 1969, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,769 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $210,000 in 2012.

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Sandra Chororos, of Sarasota, sold her Unit 61 condominium at 340 S. Palm Ave. to Thomas Touhill and Ruth Touhill, trustees, of Sarasota, for $1,175,000. Built in 1998, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,075 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1 million in 2004.

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Unit 1201 at 990 Blvd. of the Arts has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,100 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.75 million. sold for $626,000 in 2003.

Priscilla Stowe, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1391 Harbor Drive to Adam Gersh and Wende Kozlow, of Sarasota, for $1,064,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 4,704 square feet of living area.

Larry and Priscilla Mitchell, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1399 Harbor Drive to Mark Horn, of Sarasota, for $725,000. Built in 1951, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,129 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $230,000 in 1995.

Avondale

Nebojsa and Jamie Trninic, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1932 Irving St. to Dean Anderson and Tihda Vongkoth, of Sarasota, for $805,000. Built in 1955, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,776 square feet of living area. It previously

Grove Heights

Randy and Mary Edington sold their home at 1939 Grove St. to Mary Hawkins, of Sarasota, for $695,000. Built in 1948, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,604 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $310,000 in 2009.

The Landings

Gregory and Holly Gamble, of Sarasota, sold their home at 4638 Pine Harrier Drive to James and Joan Stone, of Sarasota, for $460,500. Built in 1986, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,068 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $400,000 in 2010.

Condominium on the Bay

Janis Krums, of Cedar Grove, N.J., sold

his Unit 1207 condominium at 888 Blvd. of the Arts to Jeffrey Burzinski, of Chaska, Minn., for $445,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,288 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $318,000 in 2011.

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Peter and Janet Scharff, of New York, sold their Unit 22 condominium at 1358 Landings Drive to Henry Hodgson and Elissa Wyatt-Hodgson, of Sarasota, for $345,000. Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,912 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $280,000 in 2012.

Pelican Cove

Oliver and Carolyn Hart, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 153 condominium at 1520 Pelican Point Drive to James and Suzanne

Collier Woods Jr. and Anjali Austin, of Tallahassee, sold their Unit 2206 condominium at 1268 11th St. to Byron and Deborah Westerfield, of Versailles, Ky., for $233,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,279 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $285,900 in 2007.

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Michael Lofino and Barbara Gigante, trustees, sold the Unit 3 condominium at 5923 Midnight Pass Road to William and Tracey Cirioli, of Houston, for $1.4 million.

Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 3,833 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $2.05 million in 2006.

Hidden Harbor

Beverly Collingwood, trustee, sold the home at 5150 Jungle Plum Road to Robert and Sondra Goodman, of Sarasota, for $1.2 million. Built in 1956, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,207 square feet of living area.

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6157 Midnight Pass Rd # F12 #A3967870 $304,000 Christine Del Monte

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-266-6733

39 Mark Twain Ln #D5793216 $289,000 Joanne Pattona

Rotonda West 941-473-7750 941-626-0880

5474 Chanteclaire # 59 #A3982079 $249,900 Marci Mcfarland

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-961-3390

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TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest city of Sarasota and Sarasota County building permits issued for the week of July 22 through July 26, in order of dollar amounts.

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CITY OF SARASOTA Address

Permit

Applicant

Amount

505 S. Orange Ave. 1505 Hillview Drive 337 N. Shore Drive 1188 Tahiti Parkway 1540 Hillview Drive 1255 N. Gulfstream Ave. 3025 Hatton St. 1087 40th St. 3727 Tangier Terrace 2052 Alameda Ave.

Alterations Seawall Re-roof Re-roof Mechanical Remodel Re-roof Re-roof Mechanical Mechanical

Richard Bellack Stephen Knoop Wadha Suwaity Alan Maibach Jeff Kints Lee Bellapigna Ephraim Horst, trustee Janet Lincoln Judy Kinberg Graham Edwards II

$60,000 $54,000 $21,250 $17,800 $17,085 $16,589 $12,480 $7,300 $6,395 $5,243

SARASOTA COUNTY Address

Permit

Applicant

1600 Baywood Way 5300 Ocean Blvd.

7836 Esperanza Circle 4183 Boca Pointe Drive 5580 Cape Leyte Drive 4208 Boca Pointe Drive 1961 Baywood Court 644 Tarleton Lane 912 Mac Ewen Drive 4057 Crockers Lake Blvd.

Remodel Remodel Re-roof Re-roof Pool/Spa Re-roof Remodel Re-roof Re-roof Remodel

Steven Duerwaehter Joan Strange George Nozicka Bruce Boegel Christina Proud Dan Zimmer, trustee Randall Chumley Jacobus Meerman Peggy Close, trustee Richard Goora

Amount $359,423 $80,000 $51,800 $46,900 $42,650 $41,800 $40,000 $38,000 $33,900 $33,600

447 Meadow Lark Dr #M5838875 $3,750,000 Kere Lewis

Sarasota 941-907-9595 941-685-3270

Source: Sarasota County; city of Sarasota

Curran and Pamella Smith, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 502 condominium at 6500 Midnight Pass Road to Steven and Susan Seidor, of Randolph, N.J., for $680,000.

Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 1,607 square feet of living area.

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-323-4133

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5131 Country Meadows Blvd #A3982076 $174,900 Sally Anne Newman

Punta Gorda 941-639-0000 517-881-1467

1800 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 605 #A3975542 Diann Thelen

136 Osprey Point Dr #A3970693 $3,900,000 Sania Allen

2403 Constitution Blvd #A3980140 $199,000 Denise Mattmuller & Nora Johnson

6607 Sabina Rd #A3981470 $135,500 Matthew Cannon

Sarasota $6,500 941-552-4200

705 Harrington Lake Dr # 14 #N5781188 Robin Sullivan

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-320-7758

3431 Edmondson Ct #A3969922 $1,999,000 Melba Jimenez PA

Siesta Key 941-951-6660 941-356-3970

8260 Roseburn Ct., Founders Club #A3968380 $1,799,000 Mark McCann

Sarasota 941-587-5999 941-685-7624

129 Main St #A3974692 $1,799,000 Nicole Dovgopolyi

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-356-5849

5740 Midnight Pass Rd #401F #A3972341 $1,749,000 Kristina Talkie & Judy Arreola

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

517 S Shore Dr #A3955284 Susan Noah

$1,350,000

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-468-9286

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

Osprey 941-349-3444 941-586-7390

1999 Bel Air Star Pkwy #A3979987 $1,199,000 Lee Byron and Sue Keal

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-350-5542

415 L Ambiance Dr # B302 #A3975224 $1,190,000 Bibi-Ann Allard PA

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-685-0422

7521 Westmoreland Dr #A3979204 $1,100,000 Dan Freed

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-735-0770

677 Fernwalk Ln #A3977541 $949,000 Betty Mullinnix & Steve Abbe

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-928-3441

2385 Fiesta Dr #A3981095 $849,000 Linda Dickinson & Kelly Quigley

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-350-3304

Siesta Isles

Robert and Marti Walsleben, of Sarasota, sold their home at 911 Contento Circle to Judith Berger, of Sarasota, for $665,000.

Built in 1968, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,411 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $520,000 in April.

YourObserver.com // See a map of this week’s incident locations.

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-232-8055

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-228-2030

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24474 San Rafael Rd #C7045808 $229,900 Richard Van Houten

1655 South Dr #A3976652 $2,250,000 Pat Mudgett & Mackenzie Mudgett

2441 Foster Ln #A3982091 $199,000 Stacy Liljeberg

4410 Warren Ave # 307 #A3975682 $109,900 Don Hughes, PA

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-544-6103

Port Charlotte 941-966-8000 941-374-1941

Venice $3,000 941-485-5421

4636 Hidden Forest Dr #A3982086 $1,650 Lisa Gullick

Sarasota 941-552-4200 941-321-6973

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-266-7829

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

106287

Sea Shell

It previously sold for $250,000 in 1993.

RE N TA L

and Deborah Pruett, of Sarasota, for $1.05 million. Built in 1980, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,891 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.15 million in 2012.

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by Nick Friedman | Community Editor

Breakfast buffet served 7am to 11am Monday – Friday 7am to 11:30am on Saturday

Bakery, Carry-out, Catering and Gifts 3713 Bahia Vista St., Sarasota 941-955-8007 derdutchman.com H O U R S Mon-Thur, 6:30am to 8pm | Fri & Sat, 6:30am to 9pm | Closed Sundays

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Must present coupon. May not be combined with any other discount or special offer.

Valid only at Der Dutchman in Sarasota, Florida. Expires August 29, 2013

Photos by Nick Friedman

Larry Eger, Linda Harradine, Lee Haworth and John Patterson

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Tiger Bay discusses the justice system

Above: Barbara Richards, Judge Charles Williams and Kathy Killion

Tiger Bay Club members gathered Aug. 1, at Michael’s On East, for the organization’s regular meeting.

A panel, consisting of Larry Eger, Linda Harradine, Judge Lee Haworth and John Patterson, discussed financial barriers to the justice system and possible remedies for the situation.

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TemperatureS

Record Temperatures High

Low

High

Low

Wednesday, July 31

90

76

101 (1972)

65 (1968)

Thursday, Aug. 1

90

76

101 (1972)

65 (1968)

Friday, Aug. 2

90

75

96 (1986)

64 (1976)

Saturday, Aug. 3

92

77

98 (1925)

65 (1976)

Sunday, Aug. 4

90

82

97 (1989)

66 (1971)

Monday, Aug. 5

92

81

96 (1993)

70 (1971)

Tuesday, Aug. 6

90

76

95 (1970)

69 (1947)

Average Gulf water temperature: 90 RAINFALL

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Thursday, Aug. 8

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Friday, Aug. 9

6:58a

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0.16

Saturday, Aug. 10

6:59a

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0.00

Sunday, Aug. 11

6:59a

8:12p

Tuesday, Aug. 6

0.73

Monday, Aug. 12

7:00a

8:11p

Tuesday, Aug. 13

7:00a

8:11p

Wednesday, Aug. 14 7:01a

8:10p

Year-to-date: 2013 2012

28.04 in 29.73 in.

Month-to-date: 2013

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2012 .88 in.

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ACROSS 1 Undo a dele 5 Despise with a passion 10 1976 Wings hit, “___ In” 15 Deputy on “The Dukes of Hazzard” 19 Opera highlight 20 Economics textbook feature 21 Acid in protein 22 Fairway warning 23 Maine, compared to the other 49 26 At no charge 27 Canine, but not a dog 28 “___ do” (“Sorry, that’s impossible”) 29 Daniel Webster, notably 31 Misfortunes 32 Certain evergreens 33 Candy pioneer Emil J. ___ 34 Acted immorally 37 “That ___ so bad” 38 Divides into three 41 “Method” conclusion 42 Cold onion and potato soup 44 Former coach Parseghian 45 Snooty attitudes 46 City of Seven Hills 47 Mixed-breed dog 48 Demo ending?

49 “Wheel of Fortune” host Sajak 50 Kind of insurance 54 Glittery rock 55 Signature comedy routines 57 Deep place?

58 Lots and lots 59 Country on the Irish Sea 60 Post office device

61 Dwight’s two-time opponent 62 Totals, as a car 64 Political coalitions 65 Like some income on a 1040 68 Yukon dog 69 City in England 71 Phrase that ends a single life?

72 Pretentious 73 ___ State (Big Ten school) 74 With the stroke of ___ 75 Bryn ___, Pa. 76 Music genre 77 Like good leather 81 “The End!” at the Cannes Film Festival 82 Like a perfect diamond 84 Made a boo-boo 85 Big name in business planes 86 Pan-fry 87 Plants from which poi is made 88 Cleft locale 89 St. Francis of ___ 91 Info-gathering, for short 92 Spaghetti sauce herbs 96 Converse casually 97 Hawaii, compared to the other 49 100 Merlin, e.g.

101 It’s comforting when doubled 102 Critic, by nature 103 Vocalist Fitzgerald 104 Water container before indoor plumbing 105 Snack bar beverages 106 Great ___ Mountains

107 Dinner’s often on him?

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1 Mentally together 2 City betrayed by a horse?

3 Blarney Stone land 4 Needleworker’s output 5 From way back when 6 Annoying tykes 7 Chopped diner side 8 Be choosy?

9 From Bonn or Cologne 10 Surgical knives 11 Actresses Thompson and Watson 12 Suffix for “orchestra” 13 Funny duet?

14 Driver 15 Wipe out entirely 16 Natives of Raleigh, e.g.

17 Creme-filled cookie 18 Divination practitioner 24 Like Swiss cheese 25 Cox of “Beverly Hills Cop” 30 Bulldoze, in Leeds 32 Bygone AMC car 33 Rainbow ___ (1980s doll) 34 “All My Children” and others 35 Pelvis-related 36 Ship route joining the Atlantic and Pacific 37 Hardly he-men 38 One of the senses 39 Swap 40 Satisfies completely 42 Beetle maker, for short 43 Clobber, in the Bible 46 Sprints 48 Tree of Lebanon 50 Word with “white” or “Way”

51 British racecourse site 52 Flier’s choice 53 City on the Arkansas River 54 Heights in the Mideast 56 Hardly classy 58 Keats’ “___ a Grecian Urn” 60 Thrown, as David’s stones 61 Made a pot, in a way 62 Place to tie up your boat 63 Bucolic 64 Archaeologists’ finds 65 Bumped, as the bid 66 Buzz Aldrin, really 67 Backs, anatomically 69 Get a gut feeling 70 Currycombs comb them 73 Affectedly devout ones 75 Assigns an incorrect title to 77 Asian and swine, for two 78 Arrives at 79 Object in a quiver 80 White collar workers?

81 Pretend 83 Cafe customer’s call 85 Orchard fruit 87 Prefix meaning “four” 88 River’s little cousin 89 Summit 90 “Jaws” star Robert 91 Regretted 92 “Beetle Bailey” bulldog 93 Former Steelers coach Chuck 94 Scandinavian seaport 95 Wild, desperate guess 98 Palindromic exclamation 99 America’s uncle

Thursday, August 8, 2013 Thursday, August 8, 2013

Items Under $200 For Sale Items Under $200 For Sale Garage/Moving/Estate Sales Things To Do OFFICE CHAIRS: (2) Executive, grey, w/chrome ADVERTISE YOUR MERCHANDISE Items Under $200 For Sale Items Under $200 For Sale Garage/Moving/Estate Sales Things To Do GULFSIDE MINI-VACATION frame, $30 ea. (1) Grey w/arms $25. 941-371-3376. with the total value of all items $200 or less in DESIGNER’S DREAM ESTATE SALE

IN NAPLES OFFICE CHAIRS: (2) Executive, grey, w/chrome YOUR MERCHANDISE this section for FREE! LimitADVERTISE 1 ad per month, GULFSIDE MINI-VACATION frame, $30 ea. (1) Grey w/arms $25. 941-371-3376. valuenext of all $200 or less in DESIGNER’S DREAM ESTATE SALE 15 words or less. Pricewith mustthe betotal included to items JUST $179 PER PERSON *** August 9th & 10th ROCKING CRADLE: Antique Solid Wood, from IN NAPLES this section for FREE! Limit 1 ad per month, each item. No commercial advertising.

Friday, August 9th - Numbers out at 8a.m.

England. Excellent Condition, $185.00. Call 15 weeks words in or 1less.

Price must be included next to JUST $179 PER PERSON *** Ad runs 2 consecutive Observer.

August 9th & 10th ROCKING CRADLE: Antique Solid Wood, from Your Mini-Vacation Includes: Sale 9a.m.-4p.m. both days 941-383-1210. item. No commercial advertising.

(No phone callseach please.)

Friday, August 9th - Numbers out at 8a.m.

England. Excellent Condition, $185.00. Call s #HECK IN 3UNDAY THROUGH 7EDNESDAY ONLY runsand 2 consecutive (Please provide your Ad name address) weeks in 1 Observer.

Your Mini-Vacation Includes: Sale 9a.m.-4p.m. both days 941-383-1210.

1747 Hawthorne Street s 'ULFSIDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR NIGHTS

SOFA: 7/FT., off-white, tone on tone, 5 cushioned.

(No phone calls please.)

Email ad to: s #HECK IN 3UNDAY THROUGH 7EDNESDA Sarasota, 34239 $100. s #ONTINENTAL "REAKFAST "UFFET (Please provide your name and941-556-9547. address) classified@yourobserver.com 1747 Hawthorne Street s 'ULFSIDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR NIGH SOFA: 7/FT., off-white, tone on tone, 5 cushioned.

Email ad to: Online at: s $INNER EVENING VOUCHER AT YOUR CHOICE Sarasota, Hollywood Regency Furniture and other misc. 34239 $100. 941-556-9547. s #ONTINENTAL "REAKFAST "UFFET classified@yourobserver.com www.yourobserver.com furniture, mirrors, old church windows, OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS PLUS ADDITIONAL OFF STEP LADDER: 7' fiberglass, w/225 lb capacity, Online at: s $INNER EVENING VOUCHER AT YO Or mail to: Regency Furniture ND EVENING DINNER AT 4HE 4URTLE #LUB

and other misc. jewelry, china, glass andHollywood many household items, $45. (Palmer Ranch area) 941-923-6056.

The Observer Group www.yourobserver.com furniture,items mirrors, old church windows, OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS PLUS ADDITIONA STEP LADDER: 7' fiberglass, curio w/225cabinets, lb capacity, too many decorator to list.

Or mail to: P.O. Box 3169 jewelry, china, glass and manys ,UNCH DAY VOUCHER AT YOUR CHOICE OF household items, $45. (Palmer Ranch area) 941-923-6056.

ND EVENING DINNER AT 4HE 4URTLE #LU TWO GOLF Caddies, good condition. $15.00 LOCAL RESTAURANTS PLUS ADDITIONAL LUNCH PER Sarasota, Fl 34230 The Observer Group curio cabinets, too many decorator items to list.

Please contact Ken at 941-356-3318 s ,UNCH DAY VOUCHER AT YOUR CH each. Personal exercise floor mat, used once.

P.O. Box 3169 PERSON AT 4HE 4URTLE #LUB

for $15.00 any additional information.

ASSORTED PAPERBACK books 2 boxes @ $15.00. 941-926-7254 TWO GOLF Caddies, good condition.

LOCAL RESTAURANTS PLUS ADDITIONAL LUN Sarasota, Fl 34230 Please contact Ken at 941-356-3318 $15.00 each and 8 boxes @ $10.00 each. s !DMISSION TO OF LOCAL ATTRACTIONS 3OME each. Personal exercise floor mat, used once.

PERSON AT 4HE 4URTLE #LUB

for any additional information.

ASSORTED PAPERBACK books 2 boxes @ Estate Sale Conducted by 941-378-2121 $15.00. 941-926-7254 ATTRACTIONS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FEES $15.00 each and 8 boxesWHITE @ $10.00 each.Dresser. Excellent condition. s !DMISSION TO OF LOCAL ATTRACTIONS WICKER Antiques & Chatchkes. * Available through December 18, 2013. Holidays and weekends BIKE: TORKER Boardwalk, 6 speed, deluxe seat, Estate by 941-378-2121 6 drawers, $199. Call my cell at 941-400-9681.

Pictures & more information visit:Sale Conducted ATTRACTIONS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FE excluded. $200. O/B/O. Excellent condition. 941-228-5984.

WHITE WICKER Dresser. Excellent condition.

Antiques & Chatchkes. estatesales.net Based on double occupancy. Tax,*tip & resortthrough fees extra.

Available December 18, 2013. Holidays and w BIKE: TORKER Boardwalk, 6 speed, deluxe seat, drawers, $199. Call my cell at 941-400-9681. Look under Pictures & more information COTTAGE STYLE coffee table/end table.

Autos 6For Sale Type of visit: accommodation subject toexcluded. availability. $200. O/B/O. Excellent condition. 941-228-5984.

Maple top, white legs, 2 drawers. $100. estatesales.net Bayside condominiums available atBased different rates. occupancy. Tax, tip & resort fees ext "Designer’s Dream" on double COTTAGE STYLE coffee table/end table.

Call 941-544-0990.

Look under ** An 18% gratuity will be added byType Autos For Sale lunchofand dinner vendors. accommodation subject to availability.

TOYOTA$100.

SOLARA SLE V6 CONVERTIBLE, Maple top, white legs, 22004 drawers. ***Limited to one per customer. Bayside condominiums available at different rates.

"Designer’s Dream" FREEZER: APARTMENT size, $65. 2 Adjustable 83,100 miles, Silver w/Grey Leather interior, Call 941-544-0990. ** An 18% gratuity will be added by lunch and dinner ve ESTATE AUCTION ART & ANTIQUES outdoor lounges $70. 36" table, 2 chairs, $50. garaged, newer Michelin 2004 TOYOTA SLE V6 CONVERTIBLE, tires, PowerSOLARA Windows, ***Limited to one per customer.

FOR RESERVATIONS, SUNDAY, AUGUST 11TH @ 1PM FREEZER: APARTMENT size, $65. 2 Adjustable 83,100 miles, Silver w/Grey Leather 941-346-1895. interior, Mirrors, Locks, JBL audio, CD, Keyless entry. No ESTATE AUCTION ART & ANTIQUES outdoor lounges $70. 36" table, 2 chairs, $50. garaged, newer Michelin tires, Power Inspection Sunday Day of Sale 11am-1pm Windows, CALL (800) 243-9076 or (239) FOR597-3144 RESERVATION GARMIN 1450 GPS. New, still in box. Sell for 50% accidents! Looks & drives great. $10,800 OBO SUNDAY, AUGUST 11TH @ 1PM 941-346-1895.

The sale will be Mirrors, Locks, JBL audio, CD, Keyless entry.

Noheld at our Auction Gallery CARFAX Call 941-587-2440.

922511am-1pm Gulfshore Drive North, Naples, Florida 34108 off new cost. $75. 941-961-3482.

Inspection Sunday Day of Sale CALL (800) 243-9076 or (239) 5 located OBO on the Southwest corner of GARMIN 1450 GPS. New, still in box. Sell for 50% accidents! Looks & drives great. $10,800 www.vanderbiltbeachresort.com GREMLIN GUITAR with hard case, $70. (4) black TheParkway. sale will be held at our Auction Gallery 301N & University CARFAX Call 941-587-2440.

9225 Gulfshore Drive North, Naples, Flo off new cost. $75. 941-961-3482. chairs for $10. 941)358-8511, (941)730-1776, LEXUS ES-330, 2006. Original LBK owner, 48,000 located on the Southwest corner of Quality Estate Auction Featuring: www.vanderbiltbeachresor GREMLIN GUITAR with hard miles, case, $70.

(4) black condition, white. $16,000. excellent (941)730-8252.

301N & University Parkway.

Business Opportunities Victorian, Country, and Custom Furniture, chairs for $10. 941)358-8511, (941)730-1776, LEXUS ES-330, 2006. Original LBK owner, 48,000 Quality Estate Auction Featuring: HAAN STEAMER. New paid 89.00. Sell $70.00. 941-780-5490; avanga42@aol.com.

Jewelry, Antique Clocks, Paintings & Sculptures, miles, excellent condition, white. $16,000.

(941)730-8252.

JAN PRO CLEANING FRANCHISE: $950 Down Business Opportunit Furniture, Call 941 355 840.

Rugs,Victorian, Asian andCountry, Military and Custom Required, Financing Available for growth, Includes Autos941-780-5490; Wanted avanga42@aol.com.Pottery, Oriental HAAN STEAMER. New paid 89.00. Sell $70.00.

Jewelry, Antique Clocks, Paintings & Sculptures, Collectibles, and more!

JAN PRO CLEANING FRANCHISE: HP DESKJET 940c PRINTER, $25.00. customers. Earn up to $10,000 Month+.

Call 941 355 840.

Military Required, Financing Available for grow 13% Buyer’s Pottery, PremiumOriental Rugs, Asian Call 924-5093.

Calland 941-907-8141.

Autos Wanted Collectibles, and more!

WE BUY CARS. HP DESKJET 940c PRINTER, $25.00. TOP $$ PAID FOR YOUR customers. Earn up to $10,000 Month 3% Discount for Cash or Check ION AUDIOPROFILE Turntable, $29 New, converts VEHICLES. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

MANICURE ? PedicureCall By941-907-8141.

Mirian. Local in your 13% Buyer’s Premium Call 924-5093.

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CAREGIVER FOR Longboat lady:Help 12-hours, Wanted Saturday, Aug. 10 Boats Off Tuttle, 5 blocks S. of Fruitville Holmes Foot Buddy, new/in box, warms feet, $25.

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CAREGIVER FOR Longboat lady healthy cooking, personal care, wheelchair turntable model, complete instruction book. $40.

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LUXURY UPDATED Waterfront 2 BD Condo available August 1st. Recently updated, Condo on the Bay 11th floor with the best Bay/ Gulf views with endless Sunsets. Condo includes stainless steel appliances, dishwasher, wine cooler, w/d, microwave. and lanai with beautiful gulf/bay views. Covered parking, resort bayside pool, recently redone boat docks and kayak docks as well. Workout area with weights, treadmill, lifecycle and sauna. $2500 per month.

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LONGBOAT KEY CLUB: 2BR/2BA, views of Gulf & Bay, 11th Floor, 1500 sq. ft., fully updated, quality finishes, furnished or not. $850,000 941-896-2810.

OVERLOOKING ANNA MARIA SOUND. Gated community, 3BR/2BA, tennis & geo-thermal all season pool, private elevator, vaulted ceilings from 10 to 15/ft., on a penninsula with saltwater views from every room. Spacious foyer, living room with 30/ft. of 8/ft. high sliding glass doors, dining room, 23/ft. kitchen/breakfast area, 2700/sq.ft. with wrap-around terraces. Mexican and Brazilian tile, oak and teak floors, 2 fireplaces, Italian marble in master bedroom. Enormous garage and storage.

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Call Steve Goldman, Broker/Associate, Wagner Realty, 941-374-1019.

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CITY OF BRADENTON BEACH is accepting proposals (RFP13-03) through 9/6/13 at 3:00 p.m. to lease 1+ of 3 structures on its City Pier, including a restaurant. All commercial properties extend over Sarasota Bay. Site visit with staff 8/15/13, 10:00-12:00pm. For more info. contact (941)778-1005 or www.cityofbradentonbeach.com

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the inLets 3711 hawk island Drive Cindy Migone

941.228.7356 $919,000

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noKoMis bayshore Road Terry Herschberger

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north border Road Paula Y. Wesley

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941.812.7438 $850,000

whitfieLD estates

noRth VeniCe faRMs

VeniCe isLanD 700 armada Road Mike Debitetto

941.492.7515 $500,000

941.525.8111 $500,000

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siesta Key

PaLMa soLa

6157 Midnight Pass Road, a Chris Price 941.284.8008 premiersir.com/id/A3979306 $390,000

212 69th street north west Devon Davis & Jesse Carr 941.720.2053 premiersir.com/id/M5837769 $379,900

RoyaL st. anDRew

heRon CReeK 5470 Club View Lane Gwen Heggan

555 south gulfstream avenue, 204 Cheryl Loeffler 941.302.9674 premiersir.com/id/A3971380 $347,500

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745 eagle Point Drive Terry Herschberger

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941.468.8439 $1,800,000

2011 Riverview boulevard Martha Marlar 941.812.0455 premiersir.com/id/A3961776 $849,000

516 blue heron Drive Terry Hayes

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941.350.6885 $689,000

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premiersir.com/id/A3975636

premiersir.com/id/N5779210

941.228.9206 $499,900

14041 bellagio way, 317 Keith & Sharon Whitfield

VeniCe goLf & CountRy CLub

941.468.1297 $339,000

510 Cheval Drive Melissa Caldwell

premiersir.com/id/N5780561

941.266.8829 $379,000

premiersir.com/id/N5779880

941.468.0673 $337,900

941.587.4894 $2,645,000

siesta Key 5411 avenida Del Mare Judie Berger

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LaKewooD RanCh 941.928.3424 $1,095,000

15815 Clearlake avenue Greg Hudson

941.302.1485 $999,000

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Manatee RiVeR Region

teRRa Ceia

RiVo at RingLing

wateRLefe

941.228.7356 $580,000

1771 Ringling boulevard, Ph104 Jo Rutstein 941.587.9156 premiersir.com/id/A3957159 $559,000

10812 winding stream way Pat & Peter Evans 941.928.8424 premiersir.com/id/M5837710 $519,900

LiDo Key

PaLMeR RanCh-tuRtLe RoCK

941.302.4256 $498,000

1700 ben franklin Drive, 10C Perry Corneau 941.650.4626 $440,000

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925 bayshore Drive Charlotte Hedge

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941.350.0100 $794,000

5098 timber Chase way Sharon Chiodi 941.809.0380 $419,900

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PoRt ChaRLotte

MyaKKa City

Mission estates

4621 grassy Point boulevard Susan Dahn 941.408.3021 premiersir.com/id/N5779358 $369,900

7818 Verna bethany Road Craig Cerreta 941.993.2502 premiersir.com/id/M5828472 $369,000

2471 sonoma Drive east Courtney Green 941.809.8432 premiersir.com/id/A3981809 $349,900

LaKewooD RanCh

heRitage haRbouR

foRest at hi hat RanCh

Venetian goLf & RiVeR CLub 342 Cipriani way Gary Garner

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Longboat Key 2410 harbourside Drive, 134 Cheryl Loeffler 941.302.9674 premiersir.com/id/A3978525 $1,999,000

941.320.0722 $799,000

osPRey

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Casey Key 2910 Casey Key Road Joel Schemmel

704 51st street northwest Martha Marlar 941.812.0455 premiersir.com/id/A3975802 $799,000

saRasota 1939 high Point Drive Helena & Per Nordstrom

boCa RoyaLe 4 Dominica Drive Bob Linthicum

941.302.3100 $1,635,000

saPPhiRe shoRes sun Circle Carolyn & Gary Collins

LauReL oaK 2619 Dick wilson Drive Jerry Zaback

941.302.1485 $2,699,000

anna MaRia isLanD

RiVeRView bouLeVaRD

7706 westmoreland Drive Fernando Viteri 941.400.7676 premiersir.com/id/A3978953 $699,000

941.468.8439 $699,000

941.350.0100 $2,950,000

VeniCe

640 Rountree Drive Mark Huber

22 Riverfront Drive Helena & Per Nordstrom

the ConCession 19428 ganton avenue Greg Hudson

7115 Presidio glen Debbie Rempert

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941.223.8343 $329,000

124 winding River trail Debbie Rempert

premiersir.com/id/A3981844

941.223.8343 $329,000

9327 swaying branch Road Brian Wood 941.928.8408 premiersir.com/id/A3959189 $85,800

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