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OUR TOWN + Help keep our eyes on health The East County Observer is busy preparing for its September special section of Health Matters. If you have a healthrelated story idea, calendar listing or business announcement, please email your ideas or fall event announcements to Managing Editor Pam Eubanks at peubanks@yourobserver.com by Aug. 29. Please be sure to include “Health Matters” in the subject line.

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SMR announces improvements Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch is planning three major facility improvements for the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch announced this week it again will be expanding its amenity offerings.

The company is planning a threepart expansion that includes improvements to and an expansion of the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club’s Athletic Center and Royal Lakes Golf Course.

“It’s another part of the ongoing (effort) to amenitize,” SMR spokesperson Lisa Barnott said, noting recent openings such as Premier Sports Campus and the Ancient Oak Gun Club. “The whole goal is to bring new people to Lakewood Ranch, while keeping the ones who are here happy.”

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Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch plans to expand the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club Athletic SEE AMENITIES / PAGE 8 Center by about 6,900 square feet.

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Heritage Harbour adopts budget

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Heritage Harbour South CDD residents will not see changes in operating-budget assessments for fiscal year 2013-14.

+ Lakewood senior honored at 4-H event Katie Ciemniecki, a senior at Lakewood Ranch High School, recently attended the Florida 4-H State Congress, at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She competed in the leisure and performingarts event.

Ciemniecki won first place with her presentation of “My Trip to Ireland.” She was awarded a trophy and a certificate of merit.

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BACK TO SCHOOL

Lakewood Ranch Baptist Church’s Little Ranchers Learning Center recently ended its summer camp series for its preschool program.

Children ages 2 to second grade attended weeklong camps that featured themes such as “The Great Adventure,” “Let’s Go to the Movies,” “The Outback!” and “Wacky Water Week.

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Gullett Elementary preschooler Eli Krick was all smiles as he entered his new classroom Aug. 19.

HERITAGE HARBOUR — Supervisors on the Heritage Harbour South Community Development District received little public comment as they signed off on the district’s 2013-2014 fiscal year budget — the first developed by a completely resident-run CDD board.

The new $413,000 ope rat ing-a nd-ma in tenance budget keeps assessments the same as last year for Heritage Harbour residents in Stoneybrook and Lighthouse Cove.

Including debt-service assessments, residents will pay between $489.25 and $1,64.54 annually, depending on the size of their respective lot.

The Stoneybrook Golf Club will be assessed $35,363.90.

District Manager Greg Cox said the most dramatic savings in the budget will stem from changes in district management, because

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CDD raises concerns over asset management

Heritage Harbour South Community Development District supervisors continue to discuss whether to resume control over district assets the Stoneybrook Homeowners Association manages. Now, however, they are focusing on defining expectations.

At the board’s Aug. 15 meeting, district attorney Andy Cohen raised concerns about Stoneybrook’s contract with security provider Envera, which remotely controls access through the community’s gates, as well as the fact the HOA is not following an agreement with the

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LAKEWOOD RANCH — Trying to break through the muddled fate of the gate at Balmoral Woods and Lakewood Ranch boulevards, Bob Burstein made an emphatic promise.

“The gate will not close Jan. 1, or tomorrow or in the near future,” said Burstein, chairman of Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 6. “We will go through fiscal year 2014 as we are.”

At the first joint workshop between Lakewood Ranch CDDs 2, 5 and 6 Aug. 13, Burstein promised to delay a decision of the Balmoral gate’s fate until after fiscal year 2014. However, supervisors made preparatory moves to ensure a decision will be collaborative — and that joint workshops will become habitual.

Lakewood Ranch Town Hall staff, who oversees the business of the CDDS, now has advertised for CDDs 2, 5 and 6 to have joint workshops every month.

Their next meeting will be at 2:30 p.m.

Sept. 17.

“There is a consensus that we will make decisions as a unit,” Burstein said. “We’re one group with our own responsibilities.

There is no friction between boards.”

Currently, the Balmoral gate has transponder-only access from 10:30 p.m. until 6:30 a.m., and a security company mans it during the day.

Supervisors want to find a more efficient way to run the gate.

Last month, CDD 6 supervisors rejected a joint proposal from CDDs 2 and 5 to add a third shift for security services and to share

equally in costs for all gates accessing the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.

The chairs of the three districts already have held four meetings, Burstein said.

“Communication among us is fundamental,” said Alan Silverglat, a CDD 5 supervisor. “People sometimes feel decisions are made in a vacuum of comments and would welcome the opportunity to bring concerns to you (CDD 6).”

As the CDDs vowed to come together, an emotional audience still had doubts.

One woman tried to settle a stream of accusatory comments.

“Why is there all this emotion and animosity?” she said. “Let’s see how we can make this one Lakewood Ranch.”

From the start, Burstein has said CDD 6, which has the final say on the Balmoral gate because it is within CDD 6’s boundaries, will make a decision that benefits everybody.

His district decided to delay a decision until the next budget cycle because supervisors want to ensure they make good on Burstein’s word.

In another push for collaboration, unrelated to the discussion about the Balmoral gate, CDD 6 agreed to assign a liaison to the Country Club/Edgewater Village Association’s Safety Committee.

Supervisor Dick Moran already represents CDD 2 on the committee, while Marty Cohn, of CDD 5, also attends meeting.

Supervisor Doug Ferry will represent CDD 6.

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Lakewood Ranch CDDs adopt budgets Residents in Lakewood Ranch CDDs 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 all will pay higher assessments for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

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Bayside Community Church staff and members prayed the gifts will make it to Zimbabwe as the boxes take a three-month journey across land and ocean.

Bayside Community Church packs gifts for Zimbabwe This month, church staff and members packed boxes with gifts to be delivered to two schools in Zimbabwe, where items will arrive in December.

EAST COUNTY — For students at two elementary schools in Zimbabwe, Christmas is already on its way — $50,000 worth of toys and supplies packed into boxes to be delivered by truck, then by ship and, again, by truck.

Members of Bayside Community Church stuffed a truck, locked its swinging doors and leaned a hand against it, reciting an unrehearsed prayer, Aug. 13, as they readied those Christmas gifts for departure.

With no bow to add, a church employee pulled the doors back open, whipped out cans of green and red spray paint and wrote, “To Zimbabwe with love,” onto a piece of cardboard.

Bayside calls this effort “Christmas in July.” The first-time event signals the church’s effort to create a presence in Zimbabwe, where Bayside officials are working to start a church campus.

Nearly 70 church staff and members filled the truck with containers, packed into boxes, with goods for elementary school students at two schools — Tategulu Primary School and Mkhithika Primary School — in Cowdray Park, Zimbabwe, an impoverished suburb of Bulawayo, the secondlargest city in the country.

“To see the church be so generous is amazing,” said Gregg Ellery, executive pastor. “It’s easy for us to make sure kids miles away have a spectacular Christmas. This is why we do what we do — love on people.”

Preparations began in July, when church staff members gave the containers to church members with the direction to fill each with $15 worth of gifts — jump ropes, dolls and other items.

From here, the goods will be trucked to Miami and then to Charleston, S.C. From there, the boxes will float by ship to Durban, South Africa, before they are

trucked to Bulawayo and, then, to the schools.

The transportation process is so involved that the goods will not arrive until Christmastime.

The Rev. Randy Bezet and others will fly to the schools the second week in December to throw a Christmas party for the students, who will receive the gifts at that time.

The “Christmas in July” event occurred at each of Bayside’s three campuses.

Bayside’s outreach to Zimbabwe began in April when Children’s Cup, a humanitarian and spiritual-aid organization based in Louisiana, invited church officials to Cowdray Park.

Children’s Cup, which works with churches to provide food and water, medical care, education and discipleship to impoverished places in Africa, has been working with Bayside for more than 10 years.

“My wife and I went with Randy (Bezet) and his wife to tour the neighborhood and schools,” Ellery said. “We prayed over potential land (for a potential campus) and prayed over the schools. This was the beginning.”

In October, Bayside began a sponsorship program with Children’s Cup and One Child Matters, an organization that operates faith-based, child-sponsorship programs. One Child Matters helped Bayside pick 500 children for church members to sponsor.

Each month, participating Bayside churchgoers each donate $34 toward each child they sponsor for the program.

In May, Bezet and Don

Champion, a church volunteer with ties to Africa, visited Cowdray Park again.

In 1999, Champion, a retired transportation internal consultant with ExxonMobil (then called Mobil) helped roll out a program that set requirements that made it safer to deliver gasoline to Zimbabwe, Malawi, Cameroon and Nicaragua.

With Bezet, Champion used his ties and knowledge to curry favor with the Bulawayo government, a requirement to earn trust in the country.

“You have to understand the people and understand the cultural differences,” Champion said.

“You have to know how to apply the DNA of Bayside to a place that needs it but has never experienced it.”

On the day of the box-packing, Ellery’s wife, Valerie, a teacher, was at the schools in Zimbabwe, working with the teachers and “praying for more favor.”

Ellery said that Bayside is “real close” to getting the favor it needs to open a campus near the two elementary schools — hopefully, in eight months to a year.

For now, Bayside is content preparing for Christmas — in August.

“God we ask that you protect this, as it floats across the ocean, as it gets trucked across the ground and as it arrives in Cowdray Park in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, three months from now,” Ellery recited in prayer, blessing the truck that would deliver Christmas gifts to the children there.

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LAKEWOOD RANCH — Lakewood Ranch residents will see increases in their community development district assessments for the 2013-2014 fiscal year, primarily due to costs associated with construction of Town Hall’s new maintenance facility and to increases in costs for irrigation water.

Braden River Utilities, Lakewood Ranch’s irrigation provider, increased its rate for the second year in a row.

Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 6 residents will see the largest increase in assessments, with homeowners paying 26.9% more than in fiscal year 2012-13.

Town Hall Chief Financial Officer Steve Zielinski’s $862,070 operating budget for CDD 6 uses no reserves.

He warned of the district’s potential inability to obtain future financing unless it saves more money.

Zielinski projects CDD 6 to have $120,900 in reserves by Sept. 30, compared to $829,200 for CDD 1. As of Oct. 1 2012, going into the current fiscal year, the district had only $37,000 in reserves.

“We should really be at $160,000 in reserves,” he said.

“Setting aside 15% of your operating budget for reserves is really the minimum bar to be fiscally prudent and responsive.”

District 6 also will pay an extra $47,500 for improvements to roads. The district’s limited reserves mean CDD 6 must improve assets in phases.

That fact will not limit CDD 6 from updating technology at its gatehouse, an added $27,000 expense that includes a design study. The improvements are required to update transponder readers that are 12 years old, said Ryan Heise, director of operations, and have nothing to do with changes to the operations of the much-discussed gate at Balmoral Woods and Lakewood Ranch boulevards.

“No one wanted to increase the budget like we did,” said Richard Williams, CDD 6 vice chairman. “To meet standards and complete our transition (to a resident-controlled board), this is what we had to do.”

In CDD 5, supervisors adopted a $2.3 million budget that includes a 7.4% increase in assessments. It will restore an anticipated $152,200 budget shortfall for fiscal year 2013, after the district dipped into reserves to fund storm drain repairs ($242,000) and litigation costs ($235,000).

Without those costs in 2014, overall expenses will decrease by $206,600.

CDD 4 adopted a $1.8 million operating budget, including a 7.8% increase in assessments.

Supervisors are preparing for repairs to mitigate beach erosion along the Braden River to drain its projected $573,100

IN OTHER BUSINESS:

• Operations Director Ryan Heise introduced Town Hall’s new landscape manager, Eddie Tanguay.

• Town Hall will host a newresident orientation at 4 p.m.

Sept. 10.

CDD 1:

• The board selected Robert Swiatek, the president of the Summerfield/Riverwalk Village Association, to replace the retiring Jean Stewart as CDD 1’s newest board member.

Chairwoman June Stroup dissented in the 3-1 vote, as she expressed worry about potential conflicts of interest with Swiatek’s homeowners-association commitment.

There is no rule against serving on a CDD and HOA. “I don’t see any conflict of interest,” Supervisor Alan Roth said. “He understands how governance in Lakewood Ranch works, and his law-enforcement experience can be useful here.”

Swiatek will report to the board in September and keep his position for the remainder of Stewart’s term, through November 2014.

• The board gave staff the go-ahead to install six light poles at the Summerfield Park basketball courts. Estimated costs are $17,000.

CDD 2 & 5:

• CDD 2 and 5 supervisors revised the language of their palm tree-removal policy. Both districts will remove and stump grind any street palm tree that is dead. The districts will not replace the palm trees.

CDD 4:

• The CDD 4 board picked Spectrum Underground Inc. to repair erosion near the Braden River, along a trail behind Greenbrook Adventure Park.

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• The board gave Eva Rey, Town Hall executive director, approval to enforce parking rules at Town Hall. The East Manatee Fire Department officals told Rey that, during Music on Main, people are parking on Town Hall’s property in places that prevent emergency access to the building.

Rey said Town Hall will put up two signs, at both entrances to Town Hall, warning that illegal violators will be towed.

in reserves.

CDD 2 adopted a $2.8 million operating budget, with a 9.6% assessment increase. The district is facing a 27.9% increase in landscaping expenses because of the economic rebound.

CDD 1 adopted a $1.8 million budget, after a 4.9% increase in assessments.

The 2013-14 fiscal year budgets take effect Oct. 1.

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New Out-of-Door dean finds a home Adam Seldis hopes to impart a global message to students at The Out-of-Door Academy. place he earned admission to on a music scholarship, a teenage Seldis taught 8- and 9-year-olds how to play the violin.

“I knew then teaching was where I wanted to go, but I knew I didn’t want to teach music,” Seldis said.

After earning his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Northumbria, in England, Seldis took a year off and moved to New Zealand, where he was a teacher aide to children ages 8 to 13 — a demographic for which he had little patience. The experience made Seldis want to change careers.

In his mid-20s, he decided to find a more lucrative career.

From 1999 to 2003, he served as a senior insolvency administrator for Smith & Williamson Chartered Accountants, in London.

He consulted businessmen who knew more than he did about how they could improve.

“It was absurd,” Seldis. “Here I was straight out of college trying to tell people what to do.”

That’s when he decided to become a teacher.

“The same day I passed a major accounting test, I said to myself, ‘What are you doing with your life?’” Seldis said. “‘Stop being an idiot. You’re a teacher.’”

It took one year for Seldis to earn a teaching certificate.

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Adam Seldis comes to Out-of-Door Academy from Yokohama, Japan, where he taught at the world’s second-oldest international school.

College, a school for high school students. There, he also met his wife, Maggie.

Newly married in 2010, Seldis wanted to explore the world.

He moved to Japan to head the social-sciences department and teach at the Yokohama International School. There, Seldis taught high school students mostly from western backgrounds. He also got a first-hand look at the exam-centric educational system that defines Asian culture.

He learned, as ODA promotes, that finding success in a fastchanging world requires skills gained outside the classroom.

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ma program. It features a system of categories that incorporate activities and achievements that define a global citizen. If a student is deemed proficient in all 15 categories, which is rare, they earn a Global Citizen diploma with distinction.

One student traveled to Tohoku, Japan, in 2011, after an earthquake and tsunami hit the country. She spoke to people who had lost their homes and created a cookbook of their family recipes; she dedicated the proceeds to recovery efforts. Her success, shaped by Seldis’ program, tells an important message he hopes ODA students take to heart.

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Seldis’ career has taken him everywhere, from Yokohama, Japan, to Wellington College, in the United Kingdom.

But his heart, which has always pumped for teaching but once strayed to the more lucrative accounting field, is here, at The Out-of-Door Academy’s Upper School in Lakewood Ranch, where Seldis, 36, began his new job Aug. 1.

Although he has spent his life teaching everywhere and everything — from music to economics — Seldis, ODA’s new assistant head of Upper School, finally has a home.

“I am struck not only by the journey this school has been on so far, but also the fact that it is entering a very interesting chapter in its life,” he said. “It’s gotten over the growing pains, and it’s ready for the rest of a fantastic journey.”

It’s a journey familiar to Seldis, who grew up outside Cambridge, England.

Born into a sort-of musical family — both of his brothers are or were professional musicians, although his parents have no musical talent — Seldis turned a gift of song into mentoring.

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that comes an obligation to help others,” Seldis said. “Don’t be insular. There’s a big world over there. It’s a global world, and you need to know how to work with these people.”

Seldis proved his adaptability when, seeking a more permanent place to live after he and his wife decided they wanted to start a family, he learned about ODA at a job fair in Philadelphia.

There, Seldis shined in the speed-dating-interview format and proceeded to Skype chats, which he carried out from Japan.

Now, Seldis will take on a more administrative role — one with which he had to become comfortable.

“It’s still my big love to stand in front of a class and teach economics,” Seldis said. “No one becomes a teacher to sit at a desk. Suddenly my job is 90% administration and 10% teaching. But, in doing that, I can impact teaching and learning in a broader sense.”

At ODA, Seldis will help develop the academic program and administer discipline. He will assume some of the day-to-day responsibilities of Noel Dougherty, head of Upper School. He will also teach one class, history.

His wife just joined him in the new home they purchased in Lakewood Ranch. Their first child is due in October.

“I feel at home,” Seldis said.

“I’ve found that educators here will walk over burning oil if it makes them better at teaching and learning. And I will do the best job I can so that I am walking there with them.”

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Gov. Rick Scott also honored a local businessman with the Governor’s Business Ambassador Award.

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EAST COUNTY — Florida Gov. Rick Scott showed his support of Sarasota and Manatee counties’ efforts to build sports tourism in the area, with an Aug. 15 visit to Nathan Benderson Park, as the venue hosted the USRowing Masters National Championships.

Scott toured the site, before joining in a press conference, during which he noted the state lost 832,000 jobs in the four years leading up to his election.

“That made no sense,” Scott said. “We should be the absolute tourist destination in the world, but it won’t happen unless we invest and make things like this (park) happen.”

The state has committed $10 million, in total, to the park and efforts to bring the International Federation of Rowing Associations’ 2017 World Rowing Championships there. The site has been recommended for hosting the regatta, with formal approval expected in September.

Benderson Development, along with Sarasota and Manatee counties, led efforts to lengthen the lake at Nathan Benderson Park to accommodate a 2,000-meter rowing course and for the creation of the regatta venue itself.

During the ceremony, Scott honored Randy Benderson, president of Benderson Development, and his family, with the Governor’s Business Ambassador Award, which recognizes individuals and companies for significant contributions to the Florida economy.

“It’s a great honor for our family and

Top: Sen. Nancy Detert walks with Gov. Rick Scott as he tours Nathan Benderson Park.

Left: Local businessman Randy Benderson and his family received the Governor’s Business Ambassador Award from Gov. Rick Scott. our company,” Benderson said of receiving the award. “Our company spends a lot of time trying to bring businesses to our community, and it’s wonderful to be recognized for it.”

Benderson Development is responsible for many of the shopping destinations along University Parkway between Interstate 75 and just west of Honore Avenue, among others. It also has partnered with Taubman Centers to construct the Mall at University Town Center, just north of Nathan Benderson Park. The mall is slated to open in October 2014.

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Synagogues from Bradenton to North Port will be welcoming prospective members from 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 25. Attendees can tour the facilities and meet staff and synagogue members.

The nine participating congregations, representing various denominations and sizes, are part of the Synagogue Council of Sarasota-Manatee.

The event is free, and no reservations are required. Refreshments will be provided.

Participating congregations include: Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Congregation Kol HaNeshama (Reconstructionist), Congregation Ner Tamid (Non-affiliated), Jewish Congregation of Venice (Independent), Temple Beth El, Bradenton (Reform), Temple Beth El, North Port (Conservative), Temple Beth Sholom (Conservative), Temple Emanu-El (Reform) and Temple Sinai (Reform).

The Manatee County School Board approved a new communications director Aug. 12.

Stephen Valley, most recently the senior communications officer and media analyst for Consolidated Analysis Centers Inc., will be the Manatee County School District’s director of communications and family and community engagement.

Since 2009, Valley has worked for Consolidated Analysis Centers Inc., out of Tampa, as a liaison among strategic communication leaders at its headquarters in Arlington, Va., and Afghanistan, Pakistan and Baghdad and U.S. embassy public affairs staff in the Middle East and Central Asia.

In his new role, Valley will be responsible for district marketing and informing parents and community members about district activities.

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IMPROVEMENTS: • Expansion of the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club Athletic Center by 6,900 square feet. Pickleball courts also to be added.

• Addition of a double-ended driving range and practice area at the Royal Lakes Golf Course.

• Construction of a new clubhouse at the Royal Lakes Golf Course.

Clubhouse will include a golf shop and casual dining area, as well as a paved parking lot.

ASSETS / PAGE 1 CDD on how it contracts with vendors.

“I don’t object to having the HOA manage (the asset),” Cohen said. “My issue here is the contract; some of the provisions are pretty burdensome.”

Supervisors directed Cohen and District Manager Greg Cox to meet with Tony Burdett, a representative of Heritage Harbour’s developer, Lennar, to discuss the issues.

BUDGET / PAGE 1 property-management company Rizzetta & Co., for which Cox works, has assumed management of all the district’s assets.

Morris-Riley Development Management previously oversaw the district’s stormwater system.

“It’s going to end up with an overall savings,” Cox said.

However, legal costs associated with a lawsuit between the CCD and the Stoneybrook Golf Club and Lighthouse Cove Homeowners Association exceeded project-

First on the list of projects is the addition of a doubled-ended driving range and practice area at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club’s Royal Lakes Golf Course; it will be similar to the range at the club’s existing facility.

Those improvements will be followed by the construction of a permanent 10,000- to 12,000-squarefoot clubhouse with a golf shop and bar and grill, as well as a paved parking lot. Currently, a doublewide trailer, with a gravel parking lot, serves as a golf shop and clubhouse for the course.

SMR President and CEO Rex Jensen envisions a two-story building that overlooks the greenway and maximizes interaction with the outdoors through the use of patio space and architectural elements.

“Its primary focus will be food and beverage,” Jensen said of the facility, noting a survey of members dictated a more “casual” option than SMR originally had planned for the site.

SMR also is planning to expand its 11,000-square-foot athletic center by about 6,900 square feet to give the facility more space, in general, and for fitness classes.

“We want to expand that building as much as we can on the existing

ed budget numbers for the item by more than $40,000 in fiscal year 2012-13.

As of July 31, the district was about $74,000 over budget for fiscal year 2012-13 because of legal fees associated with the lawsuit concerning assessments for stormwater maintenance, Cox said. However, Cox said he did not expect the district to have to dip into its emergency fund to cover the costs. Instead, budget savings found throughout the year would offset legal fee overages.

“I think you’ve taken some large expenses and you’ve contained them somewhat,” Cox said. “It’s under control, but it hurt.”

Supervisors moved $134,580 from two line items under the stormwater-control category and one miscellaneous line item into the miscellaneous contingency category.

Supervisor Michelle Patterson said the dollars moved did not have a specific purpose attached to them and supervisors moved them to help provide better accuracy in budgeting in future years.

Contact Pam Eubanks at peubanks@yourobserver.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR + Bridge comparisons are ‘apples to oranges’

Dear Editor.

In response to the article about the Fort Hamer Bridge in the Aug. 15 edition of the East County Observer, let me comment on the statement concerning cost.

You say, as does Mr. Peate, that the cost of the Fort Hamer Bridge will be $30.2 million, and the Rye Road alternative would be $80.8 million. That is like comparing apples to watermelons.

The Fort Hamer Bridge will be a two-lane bridge with no improvements to either the north or south side two-lane roads approaching the bridge.

The Rye Bridge would be a fourlane bridge, two lanes of which

would be new, with widening the roadways from State Road 64 to Golf Course Road to four lanes.

Why do we need to make the Rye Road Bridge four lanes when millions were recently spent to build a new bridge at the same site? The Fort Hamer Bridge will be 2,570 feet long, and the Rye Bridge is a couple of hundred feet long. Hardly the same in either case!

The $30 million cost for the Fort Hamer Bridge is based on costs projected several years ago. My bet is the Fort Hamer Bridge will cost well more than $50 million by the time construction starts in two years.

By the way, the Fort Hamer Bridge has never been described as a hurricane evacuation route.

site,” Jensen said, noting a high demand for classes and heavy use of the gym area. “It will be quite a project.

We’re pulling the trigger right now (to get started), but we (have to go through design and permitting, still).

We’ll do it as rapidly as we can.”

The expansion will include upgrades to lighting and the air-conditioning system, as well as exercise equipment. Pickleball courts will be installed, as well.

Jensen said design work is in process for all three projects, which will be completed as quickly as possible, with construction likely starting in 2014 for all three.

“This is a big deal for us,” Jensen said, noting plans were put on hold when the economy slowed. “It’s time to expand our facilities to accommodate the demand (we have).”

Jensen said he expects the investment for all three projects to be about $5 million, although that figure is only a guess until architectural and other details have been confirmed.

Jensen also noted he hopes the facility improvements will generate new membership — a change that will offset completely or minimize potential increases in dues for country club members, at least for now.

Contact Pam Eubanks at peubanks@yourobserver.com.

POTENTIAL TIMELINE • Design, engineering, architectural and permitting for all three improvements to occur in 2013 and 2014.

• Construction of the driving range to occur in 2014.

• Fitness center renovations to begin in 2014 and finish in 2015.

• New clubhouse construction to start in 2014 and finish in 2015.

In other business: • Supervisors voted 3-2, with Lee Bettes and Richard Lane dissenting, to set future board meetings for 6 p.m. the third Thursday of the month, starting in October.

• Supervisors voted unanimously to hire Rick Schappacher, of Schappacher Engineering, as the district’s new engineer.

Schappacher has been providing engineering services to the district on an interim basis.

• Supervisors asked district counsel and the district manager to meet with a representative of the Stoneybrook Golf Club about an existing agreement that allows the golf club to permit divers into CDD-owned lakes, on occasion, to collect golf balls. Revenues are shared with the CDD. The district also will research options for the dis-

Do you know what was really lost here? When this project was proposed 12 years ago, it was a federal project paid for by the government. The county commissioners, in their wisdom, pulled out of the project just after the DEIS was completed. The rules, etc., for this project are the same as 12 years ago, but the difference is that now the county is footing the bill.

Donald McFadden Bradenton

+ Hurricane season is in full force Dear Editor, We really are in the middle of hurricane season.

At this time of year, most people have, or should have, prepared for the inevitable hurricane that will affect our area.

If you are one of the few who has grown complacent or misplaced your Hurricane Guide, you are not alone.

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• Supervisors discussed the further erosion of lake banks at golf course holes 10 and 17, despite the installation of riprap there.

Schappacher said the original repair was not done correctly.

• Supervisors noted time is allotted at each meeting for representatives of the Stoneybrook and Lighthouse Cove homeowners associations and for the Stoneybrook Golf Club, as per stimulated in a settlement agreement.

Representatives of those organizations have not spoken at or attended the last several meetings, and supervisors said they wished for more participation.

• The next board meeting is set for 5 p.m. Sept. 15.

A location has not yet been set.

logging on to lwrcert.org On this valuable site, you will find information on planning and preparing your home for a hurricane and what supplies, and how much to have on hand, to get you and your family through the storm. You will also find data about the county disaster-shelter system, including human special-needs shelters and pet-friendly shelters.

You should review the Lakewood Ranch CERT website for traffic routes, if you plan to evacuate and what you need to take with you. The decision to go or stay is entirely your decision. For the safety of your loved ones, be prepared now, one way or the other, to stay or go.

In addition to information on the next training dates to become certified as a Lakewood Ranch Community Emergency Response Team volunteer, you will find valuable links to county, state and federal disaster resources. Remember go to www.lwrcert.org Dave Forgash Lakewood Ranch CERT

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Polo Grill plans renovations Renovations soon will begin on the Polo Grill and Bar restaurant, which will stay open throughout the remodeling process.

The restaurant’s current chairs will be refinished to create a new look, seen in front.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Six years after opening, the Polo Grill and Bar, home to the East County’s largest banquet venue, will be getting a facelift, albeit only to the restaurant area.

Polo Grill owners Tommy and Jaymie Klauber are busy preparing to renovate their roughly 25,000-square-foot dining area.

The restaurant will remain open during renovations.

“It’s going to be a different place,” Tommy Klauber said.

“Our goal is to add intimacy, brightness and more comfort.”

Jaymie Klauber agreed.

“We needed to go to the next step,” she said. “We needed to create a style more conducive to the style of dining (we offer).”

The new design includes some structural changes, including closing off the kitchen, noise mitigation between the restaurant and bar areas and also the sectioning off of the back part of the restaurant into a separate dining area that can be reserved for parties and other events.

The private-dining area will be called the “tack room” and will be

used for regular dining when not reserved.

The main area of the restaurant will be reorganized and designed to create space that fosters a sense of intimacy.

“I would have liked to do (these changes) from day one,” Tommy Klauber said. “I don’t think the restaurant was properly finished, even according to the (original tenant’s) plan.

“We wanted to make sure we were going to be here after five years,” he said of the timing for the project. “We see us being here for a long time, and we want to make this investment now. The economy has grown.

It’s a good time to do it. We don’t want to close at all (during renovations); we ask the public to get excited about it and pardon our dust.”

Jaymie Klauber’s mother, Nancy Barrie, an interior designer, has been working with her daughter to pick out colors and fabrics for the new design. She called the new scheme “smart and elegant.” Jaymie Klauber said the colors will complement

Above: Rendering of design changes to the main dining area Left: Interior designer Nancy Barrie and Polo Grill and Bar co-owner Jaymie Klauber look over fabric samples.

the Murano glass lights the restaurant already has.

“It’s fun, but a little stressful,” Jaymie Klauber said of finalizing design details. “We can’t walk in here anymore without getting excited. It’s going to look totally different.”

The restaurateurs are using the opportunity to re-brand the

facility, as well. The Polo Grill will have a new menu — although signature dishes will remain the same — and new staff uniforms, among other changes.

The Klaubers anticipate a grand re-opening of the restaurant in November.

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The victim estimated damages at $150.

The deputy approached the vehicle and smelled marijuana. The man inside the vehicle had marijuana in his pocket. The offender also admitted he had a bag in the back of the vehicle that contained a “large amount of marijuana.” The deputy arrested the offender, who was transported to jail without incident.

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Party for a Purpose — runs from 5 to 9 p.m. at Polo Grill and Bar’s Fête Ballroom, 10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch. The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association will host this event, which features shopping with more than 30 local merchants represented, a fashion show, giveaways and door prizes.

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Ashley Bongart spent the summer traveling to some of the region’s top USTA and College ITA tournaments in hopes of improving her game.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Ashley Bongart is taking the college ranks by storm.

After spending the summer competing in a handful of USTA and College ITA tournaments across the region, the Lakewood Ranch High junior is drawing the attention of college coaches and athletes alike.

Bongart, who turned 16 years old a few months ago, has defeated players from Florida State University, Auburn University, the University of Tennessee and Furman University, as well as former The Out-of-Door Academy tennis player Caroline Dailey, who will play for the University of South Carolina this year.

Bongart also faired well against Auburn’s No. 2 singles player, before losing a close twosetter.

“This summer has gone really well,” Bongart says. “I’ve beaten a lot of girls who have been tough. I’ve been playing a lot of college tournaments, and I’ve beaten some of the girls already.

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Bongart made the decision to spend the summer traveling to different top-tier tournaments in the hopes of developing her game, particularly her serve, and becoming more explosive and aggressive on the court.

“College is coming up soon; I’m just trying to get better, so I get looked at by different colleges and get noticed,” Bongart says.

Bongart, who began training at the Lakewood Ranch Tennis Center when

she was 8 years old, hits the court for an hour or two twice a day.

She spends time training with her coach, Chris Marquez, as well as her father, Ed, who also is her high school tennis coach.

“It’s good to have a variety,” Bongart says. “They both know what’s best for me, and Chris has helped develop me a lot.”

Additionally, Bongart often will hit the court with Dailey and Taylor Lederman, who recently signed with the University of Kentucky, for additional practice.

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With her junior year upon her, Bongart will spend the next few months training and competing in preparation for the upcoming high school season. She also plans to start competing in national and minor league professional tournaments.

“She’s established herself in Florida,” Marquez says. “Now, she needs to get out in that competitive field and develop her game. College tennis is a whole new ball game.”

Bongart, who captured Class 3A No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles titles this spring, has aspirations of playing Division I tennis for a nationally ranked program and becoming one of the top college players in the country.

Bongart has been a Florida Gators fan since she was a child, but she’s keeping her options open. Marquez has received positive feedback on Bongart from a number of college coaches, including from Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, the University of Mississippi and Georgia Tech, among others.

“Her upside is very high, and coaches see that,” Marquez says.

“It would mean a lot to play college tennis,” Bongart says.

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Registration for the Lakewood Ranch Little League 2013 fall season is under way.

Registration is open to all players ages 4 to 15. Cost is $75 for T-ball and coach pitch; $130 for AA machine pitch; $175 for AAA and Minors; and $190 for Majors and Juniors.

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With the championship, the team received a bid to the national championship Dec. 29 through Dec. 31, in Pasco County.

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Matthew Belisario, Braden Schwartz, Ben Klein, Obed Antoine, Daniel Rodrigues and Justin Schwartz attend Braden River Middle School.

Left: Tom McAndrew with his sons, Thomas and Owen, fourth- and second-graders, respectively, at Bashaw Elementary School. Owen looks forward to art and physical-education classes.

Manatee County public schools held open houses Aug. 15 and 16. Students met their teachers, toured their new classrooms and reunited with friends, before starting the new school year Monday.

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Alexis Suter and Mike Tarerico with Gianna, Bella and Ginger Tarerico. All the girls attend Tara Elementary.

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Country Club Village home sells for $1.25 million The following residential realestate transactions took place between Aug. 5 and Aug. 9.

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. W. Richard and Bette Waters, trustees, of Longboat Key, sold the home at 6811 Belmont Court to Aaron and Courtney Kennedy, of Lakewood Ranch, for $1.25 million. Built in 2006, it has five bedrooms, five-anda-half baths, a pool and 5,178 square feet of living area.

ing area. It previously sold for $163,000 in 2009.

Terry Tramell, of Ocala, sold the home at 14147 Cattle Egret Place to IH2 Property Florida LP for $280,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,073 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $355,000 in 2006.

Fannie Mae sold the home at 6545 Field Sparrow Glen to Carlos and Elvia Tolentino, of Bradenton, for $247,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,990 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $279,000 in 2004.

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Nancy Swart, trustee, of Davenport, sold the home at 7219 Marlow Place to Douglas Cassman, trustee, of Bradenton, for $750,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 4,072 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $745,000 in 2009.

Country Meadows

Wayne Hull, of Lakewood Ranch, sold his home at 510 Country Meadows Way to Arden and Janine Varney, of Bradenton, for $590,000. Built in 2009, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,435 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $455,000 in 2009.

SunTrust Mortgage Inc. sold the home at 14716 Fourth Drive N.E. to Jeff and Halli King, of Bradenton, for $374,900. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,931 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $523,800 in 2007.

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This Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home, which has five bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,178 square feet of living area, sold for $1.25 million. ski, of Fort Myers, sold their home at 405 147th Court N.E. to Jeffrey and Jacqueline McLanahan, of Bradenton, for $329,500. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,185 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $268,000 in 2010.

Greenbrook Village

Matthew and Stacey McLaughlin sold their home at 6678 Coopers Hawk Court to Donald and Elizabeth Klein, of Lakewood Ranch, for $565,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,899 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $517,900 in 2004.

Lucas Clarke, of Bradenton, sold his home at 13402 Purple Finch Circle to Chris and Kath-

leen Wilkinson, of Bradenton, for $359,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,472 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $385,000 in 2007.

John and Linda Murillo, of Bradenton, sold their home at 13522 Glossy Ibis Place to IH2 Property Florida LP for $329,000.

Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,616 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $251,500 in 2002.

Gregory and Renee Rieth sold their home at 6514 Blue Grosbeak Circle to Eric and Sevim Schennum, of Bradenton, for $300,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,073 square feet of liv-

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Robert and Julia Wuerdeman, of Bradenton, sold their home at 8319 Curlew Court to Michael and Debra Dunbar, of Bradenton, for $565,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 3,929 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $540,000 in 2012.

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Harold and Christine Patrie, of Boynton Beach, sold their home at 9603 Royal Calcutta Place to Ryan and Karen Tichy, of Bradenton, for $529,900. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,590 square feet of living area.

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William and Diane Wakely sold their home at 10104 Day Lily Court to Chester and Sherry Schickling, of Bradenton, for $492,500. Built in 2003, it has

three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,068 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $590,000 in 2004.

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Dennis and Carmela DeSalvo and John DeSalvo, of Seaville, N.J., sold their home at 12044 Longview Lake Circle to Joseph and Alice Jordan, of Virginia Beach, Va., for $475,000. Built in 2012, it has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,240 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $427,900 in 2012.

Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch

Michael Bilous, of Windham, N.Y., sold his home at 7758 U.S. Open Loop to Jason and Jennifer Frisbie, of Leander, Texas, for $467,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,900 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $470,000 in 2008.

Anthony and Tanya Eckhoff, of Bradenton, sold their home at 7365 Wexford Court to Joseph and Joanne Scarmato, of Nyack, N.Y., for $350,000. Built in 2008, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,892 square feet of living area.

Suzanne Klementowski, of Lakewood Ranch, sold her home at 7326 Wexford Court to Cecilia Covais, of Bradenton, for $348,000. Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,167 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $504,000 in 2006.

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8418 Grosvenor Court 112 170th St. E. 8201 Heritage Grand Place 4710 Claremont Park Drive 14806 Secret Harbor Place 7127 Treymore Court 14319 Silver Trout Drive 13607 Second Ave. E. 6609 Pebble Beach Way 13603 Fourth Ave. N.E. 8032 Desoto Woods Drive 4716 Spinnaker Drive 10155 Cherry Hills Ave. Circle 6004 38th Ave. E. 6107 Misty Oaks St. 5036 Inverness Drive 4202 Murfield Drive E. 4624 Shark Drive 5608 37th Ave. E. 4832 78th St. E.

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6518 Oakland Hills Drive to Steiner Hansen Jr. and Barbara Hansen, trustees, of University Park, for $330,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,940 square feet of living area.

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Hugo and Julie Kummer sold their home at 7708 Broadmoor Pines Blvd. to David and Toni Zarghami, of Jacksonville, N.C., for $440,000. Built in 1987, it has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,810 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $280,000 in 1994.

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Vincent and Mary Kennedy, of Eden Prairie, Minn., sold their home at 6733 Virginia Crossing to Richard Castaldo and

Rita Monte, trustees, of Newport Coast, Calif., for $355,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,928 square feet of living area.

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Rocco and Patricia Dinapoli, of Bradenton, sold their home at 7317 Loblolly Bay Trail to IH2 Property Florida LP for $335,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,380 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $235,400 in 2000.

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Brent and Monica Dunham, of Sarasota, sold their home at 12335 Lavender Loop to Rodrigo Rius and Brenda Reeves, of Bradenton, for $289,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,230 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $339,000 in 2007.

Fannie Mae sold the home at 304 Snapdragon Loop to David and Sofia Page, of Bradenton, for $288,300. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,020 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $310,900 in 2004.

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