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Construction worker numbers remain stalled.

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by Nolan Peterson | News Editor

Big Pass dredging plans unveiled A controversial plan to mine Big Pass for Lido Beach sand was presented to the public for the first time at a Wednesday meeting.

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+ Sarasota High hosts centennial Faculty and staff gathered Monday, Sept. 16, in the Media Center at Sarasota High School, to celebrate the school’s 100th anniversary.

“What an honor to be a part of the history of this school. And, like we say here at SHS, we are the first and finest,” said Assistant Principal Janel Dorn.

The original building of the school opened its doors Sept.

15, 1913.

Michael’s On East will host a more formal centennial celebration for the school in May.

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Mackenzie Stutzman and Superintendent Jeffrey Shank

+ Rule the school Sarasota Christian fifthgrader Mackenzie Stutzman got a chance to be superintendent for the day Sept. 5, after bidding at the school’s annual auction in February.

She surprised elementary students by extending recess time, signed purchase orders, answered emails and met with staff to discuss important matters.

Mackenzie even brought in a special guest, a former teacher who retired a year ago, to give an art lesson to her fifth grade class.

Her class also got extra recess time with their physical education teacher, and she granted a free period to a few teachers. At the end of the day, Mackenzie announced the next day would be “no uniform day.”

Plans for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to mine Big Pass for Lido Beach sand made their public debut at aWednesday meeting of the Sarasota County Coastal Advisory Board (CAC).

With about 40 people in attendance, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Project Manager Milan

Mora presented the estimated $22.7 million project to the public for the first time.

Mora outlined the project’s key features and addressed several concerns the project is likely to generate among area residents.

Mora said the project intends to construct an 80-foot-wide

berm along a 1.6-mile stretch of Lido Beach. The 1.3 million cubic yards of sand needed for the project will likely have to come from Big Pass, Mora said.

“The city and the county have spent a lot of time, effort and funds to find offshore sources,” Mora said. “The only logical so-

lution is to recycle sand in Big Pass.”

Mining New Pass has not been completely ruled out, however, Mora said. But a sand-sharing agreement between the city of Sarasota and Longboat Key excluded New Pass from the project’s first round of sand mining.

Mora called other proposed sources for Lido Beach sand,

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Girls learned the value of philanthropy Wednesday, Sept. 18, during Mighty Micro Match Day at Girls Inc. of Sarasota County. Getzemany Roque, 7, donates Girls Inc. currency as Dream Harbor Community Bank employees Fiona Ryan, 10, and Zuleima Martinez, 10, handle the transaction.

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by Nolan Peterson | News Editor

School Board stiff-arms charters The Sarasota County School Board took a stand Tuesday against charter-school proposals driven by outside interests.

The Sarasota County School Board had one question for outof-county charter school applicants Tuesday: What are we not already doing that you intend to fix?

Representatives of four Sara-

sota charter-school proposals presented their visions and defended their applications to the School Board at a Tuesday workshop. The Sarasota County School Board pushed back against proposals from the Pivot

Charter School, headquartered in Fort Myers, and the Sarasota Academy of Math and Science, governed out of Hillsborough.

The concern, according to School Board members, was that if Sarasota is one of only five of

Florida’s 67 districts to earn an “A” grade and was fourth in the state in student achievement in 2013 and no one in the community is asking for the schools, then where is the need?

“We have a concern with sharing our referendum dollars with out-of-county provid-

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such as Egmont Key and offshore shoals, “impractical.”

Mora acknowledged concerns about the inclusion of three erosion-control jetties, known as groins, in the Army’s plans.

Mora said the three groins, between 250 to 500 feet in length, would impede the erosion of Lido Beach and extend the renourishment cycle from three years to five years — potentially saving the county millions of dollars in the long run.

“Groins are not meant to stop the flow of sediment at the expense of downstream beaches,” Mora said, acknowledging concerns among Siesta Key residents that the groins will impede the southerly flow of sand down Sarasota’s beaches, potentially cutting off Siesta Beach from its natural source of renourishment.

In response to a question about the necessity of the groins in the project’s plans, Mora said excluding the groins from the plans would “send the whole project back to the drawing board,” potentially delaying its implementation by 12 to 15 years.

“Our modeling depends on the groins,” Mora said.

Mora also said the proposed dredging of Big Pass will not affect nearby beaches.

“The computer model gives no indication of increased erosion on Siesta Key,” Mora said, referencing computer modeling of potential impacts of mining Big Pass shoals for sand.

Mora added that the dredging of the Big Pass shoals would have “minimal” impacts on the navigability of the pass.

To receive congressional approval, the Army Corps justified to Congress that the project was financially prudent and environmentally sound. Mora said the project was initially authorized in 1999, and a congressionally authorized feasibility study was completed in 2004.

Mora said he hopes to start the permitting process in one to two months, and the project could break ground as early as 2015, depending on what funding Congress is willing to provide.

The project will next be presented Oct. 22 to a joint meeting between the Sarasota City Commission and the Sarasota County Commission.

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ers,” School Board member Shirley Brown said Tuesday. “What are you offering that we’re not already providing?”

The concern, Brown said after Tuesday’s workshop, is that out-of-county governing bodies are taking advantage of Sarasota’s high test scores and availability of funding for corporate gain.

“Our students are high-achievers,” Brown said. “So charter schools can come here and have their students do well on standardized tests and use those results to validate their model.”

Superintendent of Sarasota County Schools Lori White said the School Board decided at a recent workshop to no longer give capital dollars to charter schools whose parent organization resides outside of Sarasota County, thereby excluding proposed charters such as the Pivot School and the Sarasota Academy of Math and Science from district funds.

“The charter schools that are successful in our community have local governing boards,” School Board member Carol Todd said. “We jealously guard our referendum dollars.”

The district has about $8.68 million, drawn from its referendum and capital millage, available to fund charters.

Throughout all four of Tuesday’s presentations, School Board members quizzed presenters on where their governing bodies were located, and if any members of their respective boards were Sarasota County residents.

“We have not had an unsuccessful charter school since 1998,” School Board member Jane Goodwin said. “We have to be very, very careful.”

Representatives of both the Pivot School and the Sarasota Academy of Math and Science defended their proposals, saying they were offering Sarasota parents a choice and would be a source of competition for other area schools.

“We think we will be a good fit for the community,” said Chris Card, representing the Pivot Charter School. “But, if you don’t agree, we’ll go elsewhere.”

“We need choice, but we need appropriate choice,” Todd said in response to the Pivot

School’s presentation. “I see not one person from the local community standing up and saying we need this school. If there’s a need not being met, it’s on us to do better, not rely on people from outside to come in.”

There was a tense moment when it was revealed that a land-development company out of Hollywood, Fla., which owns property in Sarasota, drove the Sarasota Academy of Math and Science proposal.

“It’s absurd,” Todd said in response to the revelation that a developer was behind the application. “As a steward of Sarasota County taxpayer dollars, I can’t support this.”

“There’s a kind of, ‘If you build it, they will come’ attitude about all of this,” School Board member Frank Kovach said. “It appears to be corporate driven and without any local support.”

The School Board also listened to proposals from the Sarasota Military Academy for the addition of a middle school and from representatives of the proposed Horizons Unlimited Creative Learning Academy for a charter elementary school.

The School Board critiqued both presentations for inadequate and improperly completed applications.

“It was almost disrespectful to submit the application,” Todd said to the Sarasota Military Academy delegation.

Charter-school applicants will have the opportunity to provide written responses to the School Board’s questions, and the applications will be reviewed again with the answers included. The proposals cannot be re-written, however.

Eleven charter schools currently operate in Sarasota County. Applications for new charter-school proposals were due Aug. 6, and the School Board has 60 days to make a final decision. Six proposals were originally received for the 2014-2015 school year; two were withdrawn.

The final vote is scheduled for Oct. 15. Applications the district denies can be appealed to the Florida Department of Education.

The next Sarasota County School Board meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Oct. 1, at the Landings Administration Building, 1980 Landings Blvd., Sarasota.

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SLAPP fight

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by David Conway | News Editor

Commissioners split on legislative priorities City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo presented the city’s major legislative priorities to the county’s legislators, but he doesn’t stand behind all for which he’s advocating.

Sarasota City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo had just a couple of minutes to present six major legislative priorities on behalf of the city to the county’s state legislative delegation Wednesday.

It was a small window to communicate a stance on issues that could substantially affect the city’s future. Without pension reform, the city’s long-term financial outlook is dire. If the communication services tax is repealed, the city loses $4 million in annual revenue. Proposed legislation prohibiting red-light cameras would lose the city more than $1 million, too.

Caragiulo encouraged presenting as few priorities as possible for maximum emphasis — and two of the six major priorities have drawn his ire. One, which Vice Mayor Willie Shaw proposed, endorses the repeal of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, and the other, which Commissioner Susan Chapman proposed, would offer protection from lawsuits for members of neighborhood associations.

“One, I don’t agree with it in principle,” Caragiulo said. “Two, it’s sort of just distracting from things that are pressing for

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the city financially.”

Chapman said her priority — which would target strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP — stems from a 2006 case against the Bayou Oaks Neighborhood Association.

SLAPP cases, filed against those who petition the government or speak about a subject of the public interest, are often seen as jeopardizing free speech. Rather than bear the expenses of a legal defense, the defendant could cease his efforts regardless of whether the plaintiff is likely to win.

Anti-SLAPP legislation already offers protection from these lawsuits to homeowners association and condominium association members; Chapman wants to see that protection extended.

“If there had been anti-SLAPP legislation protecting neighborhoods, it would have been dismissed immediately,” Chapman said of the Bayou Oaks case. “Instead, it went on for two years.”

Chapman was not enthused by the fact that Caragiulo, far from passionate about the anti-SLAPP legislation, would be advocating for the cause in front of the legisla-

tive delegation. She disagreed with the extent to which his personal outlook seemed to be affecting how he was preparing to present the legislative priorities.

“I think he considers himself somehow the lobbyist for the city, but I don’t think he is,” Chapman said.

Caragiulo said a major reason he didn’t support the anti-SLAPP legislation as a major priority was because it wasn’t an issue already on the table among the state legislators.

“You’re asking, in essence, the legislators to draft a bill,” Caragiulo said. “That’s not normally the way it works.”

Caragiulo and Chapman do share some common ground, though: Both commissioners questioned the utility of Wednesday’s meeting. Caragiulo described the hearings as “pretty perfunctory” and said substantive conversation was infrequent.

He said conducting more serious, effective dialogue with state politicians was an ongoing process.

Chapman said state legislators would be more motivated by appeals from their constituents than by the priorities of a single

2014 Major Sarasota Legislative Priorities: • Support legislation that provides comprehensive firefighter and police officer pension reform.

• Support state funding for homeless programs and aid groups that oversee them.

• Support the repeal of the Stand Your Ground statute.

• Support legislation that will extend anti-SLAPP protection to neighborhood associations.

• Oppose legislation that restricts or eliminates the city’s authority to levy or expand the communications services tax.

• Oppose legislation that would repeal the city’s authority to use red-light cameras. city commission.

“I’m a little skeptical about why even have legislative priorities; they consider us five citizens,” Chapman said. “They pat us on the head and do what they want.”

by Nolan Peterson | News Editor

Labor shortfall threatens construction boom An ongoing shortfall in skilled labor is limiting the pace of construction and driving up building costs — threatening the recovery of an industry showing renewed life after the Great Recession.

When the economy derailed in 2008, Doug Sutter, vice president of Sutter Roofing Co., made a tough choice. He decided to keep as many of his workers employed as possible through the lean years of the Great Recession, sacrificing his bottom line to keep a firm grip on what he predicted would one day be a limited commodity — skilled labor.

“We really did a good job of trying to keep our core guys through the downturn,” Sutter said. “We tried to find ways to keep guys busy because we knew finding skilled labor would be a problem coming out of the recession. We saw this coming.”

After five years of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a shortage of skilled labor threatens to take the wind out of the sails of Sarasota’s resurrected construction industry. The problem is that a lack of workers threatens to drive up construction costs and limit the amount of projects contractors are able to tackle.

“I hope we can keep the boom going, but we have to get more people into the industry,” Sutter said. “The labor shortage is a big, big concern, particularly in skilled labor.”

The construction industry in Sarasota County is considered a bellwether for the area’s economy and a driver of economic growth. According to a county report, property tax revenue is projected to increase by about $6 million next year, due to a 4.2% increase in property values countywide. And many area businesses and lawmakers point to a new round of development projects popping up around the county as an indication that Sarasota’s economy is on the mend. But the skilled-labor shortfall could limit the economic benefits of resurgent development and add uncertainty to government budgets.

Mary Slapp, executive director of the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange, acknowledged that an increase in building costs may affect the scale of new projects, but said the real casualty of the labor shortfall will be the pace of growth.

“I hear from the general contractors that they're not going to bid because they don't have the labor,” Slapp said.

Brian Jones, director of development for Core Construction, said he noticed smaller sub-contractors turning down jobs, but it wasn’t until CECO Concrete Construction, the nation’s largest concrete subcontractor, stopped taking new jobs in Florida for

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Area contractors, such as Sutter Roofing Company, contracted for the Sarasota County Courthouse roof-replacement project, report that a labor shortage in the construction industry could raise building prices and slow the pace of area growth.

2014 that the scale of the problem became apparent.

“That caught us off guard,” Jones said.

“We didn’t expect a contractor as big as that to start canceling jobs.”

The problem is one of supply and demand. In 2006, prior to the downturn, the Sarasota County area construction industry employed more than 32,000 workers, according to Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (FDEO) data. But the recession hit Sarasota’s construction industry hard. By 2010, the construction workforce slimmed down by more than half, dipping below 15,000 workers. And, despite the recent development rebound, the industry workforce has been stuck at around 15,000 for the past two years and shows little to no signs of growth. The FDEO reports that Sarasota’s construction workforce was 15,600 in July 2013 — a 3.2% drop from July 2012.

“These things have a way of working themselves out,” Jones said, referring to the labor shortage. “But it means prices will have to go up.”

Slapp said that much of Sarasota County’s construction workforce uprooted to other areas of the country such as Texas and the Carolinas, where construction was less affected by the economic downturn.

“When you have to feed your family, you go where the jobs are,” Slapp said. “Now we have to find a way to lure them back.”

Construction jobs by the numbers: 32,200: Sarasota construction industry workforce, July 2006 15,600: Sarasota construction industry workforce, July 2013 7%: Current estimated unemployment rate for Sarasota County 7.1%: Current estimated Florida unemployment rate 7.3%: Current national unemployment rate 320,000: Number of construction workers who dropped out of the national workforce during the Great Recession $27,220: Median annual construction worker salary in Florida $49,350: Median annual construction worker salary in New York Sutter added that new government regulations such as E-Verify and the Affordable Health Care Act’s employer mandate are burdens for businesses seeking to hire new workers.

“It certainly thins the herd,” Sutter said, referring to E-Verify, an Internet-based program used to determine an employee’s eli-

gibility to work in the U.S. “But, there really isn’t much of a herd, anyway.”

The labor shortage could also throw area governments a budgetary curveball.

Scott Lempe, chief operating officer for the Sarasota County School Board, said cost increases could send some projects to the chopping block.

“I anticipate the costs to tick up,” Lempe said. “If the cost of material or labor goes up dramatically, then it would force us to reevaluate the number and magnitude of projects we can take on.”

Sarasota County Commissioner Christine Robinson said the county budget has yet to feel the labor shortage’s effects.

“In the short term, I don’t see it as huge problem,” Robinson said. “But we may have to take another look at our budget in the future.”

Robinson said an increase in construction costs would likely lead to a decrease in funds available for smaller projects that periodically pop up and are paid for out of the county’s unfunded projects list.

“We tend to budget conservatively,” Robinson said. “If costs start to go up dramatically, our unfunded project list may be unfulfilled. We’ve already seen the price of asphalt affect our road renovations.”

According to area contractors and lawmakers, luring skilled workers back to the area is not the only solution to the labor shortfall. There should also be an emphasis, they said, on locally run skilled-labor training programs.

Slapp lauded skilled-labor programs at SCTI intended to teach marketable skills.

“Folks are going to be leery about going into the construction industry after the recession,” Slapp said. “But skilled tradesmen will never be out of work. We need to emphasize the importance of learning a skill and being a good worker.”

Robinson added that programs such as a proposed local hiring initiative and the Suncoast Workforce project facilitate linking contractors to workers, allowing for a more efficient use of the existing labor force.

Sutter, whose company recently secured contracts to do the roofing renovations at the Sarasota County Courthouse and the new Macy’s being built at the Mall at University Town Center, said the labor shortage hasn’t forced him to turn down any projects — for now.

“Our biggest concern used to be securing financing and keeping our workers employed,” Sutter said. “Now it's trying to find enough workers to get all our new projects off the ground.”

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NEWSBRIEFS + Chris Brown buys Main Street building Property owner Chris Brown has increased his foothold in downtown Sarasota with the purchase of the property at 1410 Main St. Brown, who bought the property from Harry Walia, said he doesn’t have any particular vision for the building at this point.

Walia purchased a Siesta Key property from Brown for the exact same price — $1.35 million — on the same day that Brown made his purchase. Walia will take ownership of the building at 5214 Ocean Blvd.

Brown is also the owner of the building at 1400 Main St., another property formerly owned by Walia. In August, the city’s Development Review Committee considered Brown’s proposal for a major encroachment at 1400 Main St. Brown will go before the City Commission to find out if commissioners are interested in approving the major encroachment.

“We want to see what the response is,” Brown said. “If they don’t want it, I understand, and we’ll go in a different direction.

If they do want it, great.”

+ St. Armands BID receives 10-year extension Fifty-four of the 69 ballots cast for an extension of the St. Armands Circle Business Improvemement District voted to approve a 10-year extension of the district Wednesday.

Four votes came back with a no vote, and 11 votes were not returned and also considered no votes.

“We are good for another 10 years and ready to get back to work,” said Marty Rappaport, chairman and organizer of the BID, which is a taxing district that St. Armands Circle property owners voted to create to help finance improvements on

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 Lift Station No. 87 community meeting — 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota  Sarasota Board of County Commissioners second public hearing on the 2014 budget — 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at the Robert L. Anderson Administration Center, 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice  County Commission regular meeting — 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24 and Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the Sarasota County Administration Center, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota  Special City Commission meeting — 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota

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The first official business for the BID is a $50,000 St. Armands parking feasibility study, which the BID will fund, that the Sarasota City Commission supports. The commission will review bidders for the feasibility study soon.

The study will concentrate on two parcels — one at the corner of Fillmore and Monroe drives and the other on a parcel on North Adams Drive behind the Columbia Restaurant. The study is the BID’s first step toward obtaining a parking garage for the Circle’s shoppers.

+ Correction A Sept. 12 article about parking in Burns Square misidentified the name and title of Mark Lyons. He is the city’s parking division manager.

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EXTENSION DISCORD

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Foundation goes big CRA extension talk upsets county commissioners with new concept A new organization aims to reverse local brain drain by connecting idea people with money people.

County commissioners have objected to the Downtown Community Redevelopment Area Extension Study Committee’s discussion of potentially creating new CRAs.

Some local residents, backed with some seed money, want to solve a continuous economic development issue in Sarasota: brain drain, in which students and young professionals leave town for better jobs and business opportunities elsewhere.

The latest salvo at the problem is BIG — Bright Ideas on the Gulf Coast. The project, funded by $100,000 from the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, is essentially a connector organization that aims to put people with ideas with people who can financially support those ideas. The ideas, said BIG Project Director Suzette Jones, can be for a business, a product or anything in between.

Said Jones: “We want anyone with an idea who can solve a problem.”

Jones, who has started several businesses, including a franchise-based fitness center for executives, said her role is to then make sure the idea moves down the execution assembly line.

“We aren’t the funders,” Jones said.

“We are the matchmakers who put people together. And no one around here does that.”

The project officially launched Sept.

18. But Mark Pritchett, senior vice president for community investment at the foundation, said the idea for the idea lab was actually hatched in late 2011. That’s when some foundation officials, along with Dean Eisner, a retired auto industry executive who lives on Longboat Key, batted around ideas about how to re-

David Merrill was unmoved after receiving a warning message from the County Commission, which suggested he avoid talking about new community redevelopment areas in Sarasota County.

Merrill, the chairman of the Downtown Community Redevelopment Area Extension Study Committee, had a philosophical response to the commissioners’ letter, which told him to devote his attention solely to the downtown CRA. “I’ve always enjoyed the naturalist John Muir’s quote,” Merrill wrote in an email. “‘When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.’”

Merrill believes CRAs in other areas are inexorably linked to the downtown CRA. The extension committee will file a report in January with the city and county about whether the downtown CRA, set to sunset in 2016, should be extended.

CRAs, put in place to revitalize blighted areas, are funded via Tax Increment Financing. TIF dollars come from city and county property taxes within the CRA, money that’s set aside for redevelopment projects in the area.

To consider a possible extension from the county’s perspective, Merrill said the committee has to factor in the aftermath of that decision.

“There is a glaring equity issue,” Merrill said. “If downtown Sarasota is

verse the brain drain.

Eisner suggested modeling it based on The Launch Pad, a University of Miamirun program that offers entrepreneurial support. The group also studied other like-minded organizations, including Cleveland-based JumpStart. BIG, said Pritchett, is ultimately a combination of those concepts under an “entrepreneurial support ecosystem.”

“We want to build a collaboration of ideas,” said Pritchett. “But we don’t want to be an organization that tells people where to go and then forgets about them. We want to follow up.”

That’s where Jones fits in. Her role will be to connect people and follow through with the idea generators. The $100,000 from the Venice-based foundation, Pritchett said, will be used to pay Jones’ salary and for branding and marketing.

One challenge the project faces is to develop a separate identity from other local organizations with similar goals but different missions. That list includes the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce; the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County; the HuB, a business incubator; and several angel networks and business-accelerator funds. Foundation officials met with leaders at most of those organizations, said Pritchett, and no one wants a turf war.

“Our goal isn’t to duplicate what they do,” said Pritchett, “but to complement these groups.”

extended in its current area, getting $3 million a year, why doesn’t it open it up to the other areas?”

Merrill, a former Sarasota mayor, lives in Osprey. He said if the county decided to continue to fund the downtown CRA, he would immediately seek a CRA for Osprey. He figured he’s not alone, and the county would have to account for that when making a decision.

County Commissioner Christine Robinson sees Merrill’s approach differently. She thinks it’s a shortcut — instead of justifying the downtown CRA, he’s telling commissioners to approve all CRAs. Robinson said the discord could cast the final extension report in a questionable light, because she believed the committee was trying to take the easy way out.

“I hope the committee can get a hold of what’s going on and start to steer this in a direction that will be helpful to us, rather than taking a position that’s creating animosity in the rest of the county,” Robinson said.

At first, Merrill was unflinching in the face of criticism, saying he would continue to discuss matters he thought were relevant. Now, however, Merrill is willing to acquiesce to the commission, even if he’s not thrilled. In the end, he says, it just makes his job easier.

“It’s going to be their problem, not mine,” Merrill said.

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the stigma surrounding it with her new documentary, ‘The Silent Majority.’

Lively chatter floats through Mediterraneo as couples and families enjoy an authentic Italian dinner. Owner Dan Baroni opened the restaurant in January 1996 after a lifetime of working in Italian restaurants. Baroni grew up in Lake Maggiore, Italy, where he helped his parents run their family restaurant. He moved in 1986 to New York where he managed Ciao Bella and Mezzaluna, both Italian restaurants.

The 4,000-square-foot restaurant is currently undergoing renovations that should be completed in four weeks. “We are not changing because there is something wrong but to keep up with the times,� Baroni said.

Interior designer Renzo Rivolta is designing the restaurant in a rustic, contemporary style. The restaurant will be repainted a smooth cappuccino color, and the bar top will be replaced with white Italian marble. One wall will have a booth lining it, and new tiles will cover the floor. Mediterraneo seats 170 people.

Baroni says that after 17 years in business, it is time for a facelift. He has wanted to renovate the restaurant for the past few years and says now is the right time. “Business is doing very good, and we want to keep it that way and keep it fresh,� he says.

In conjunction with the renovations, Baroni is working on a few new menu items with the restaurant’s chef, but says all of the original items will remain the same.

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she says. “We’re devoted to this, because we really want to help teens find solutions that we didn’t have when Lindsey was in her teen years.�

Glass spent most of her life as an acclaimed crime novelist in New York, but, three years ago, she and her daughter, a screenwriter in New York and Hollywood, teamed up to begin making documentaries. Glass became a full-time Sarasota resident in 2002. “Working together has been ex-

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For her second film, Glass wanted to focus on an aspect of addiction she says is too often overlooked: preventative programs and teens who are making healthy decisions about drugs and alcohol.

The film features four segments, each focusing on a different program in Sarasota and Hillsborough counties that is helping teens prevent addiction; she hopes other communities will take note. “As a country, we think of addiction as something incurable and hopeless, and it isn’t,� says Glass. “We want to lift the stigma of addiction, so that any family can say, ‘I have a kid who is a recovering addict or struggling with addiction,’ and say it the same way you would talk about diabetes or heart disease. As soon as families are able to bring it out into the open, people will be able to start asking for help.�

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At a 2011 luncheon for the premiere of her first documentary film, “The Secret World of Recovery,� Leslie Glass remembers hearing a collective gasp as she told the crowd of nearly 400 people that she was the mother of a recovering addict. It was the first time she’d ever told anyone. “When you come out with it for the first time, you have a sense of shame about it,� she says. “What did I do wrong as a parent that I have a child who’s had these difficulties? I think that’s so common; people don’t want other people to know.�

Glass originally intended to highlight other people’s journeys through recovery, but, through the film, she ended up sharing her own experience with her daughter Lindsey’s struggle with addiction. She found that sharing their story helped lift the weight of the stigma surrounding addiction, and she hopes to build on that progress with her second documentary, “The Silent Majority.�

The film airs Sept. 19, on PBS member station WEDU. She and Lindsey Glass worked together to produce the documentary, which highlights area programs that help teens make healthy decisions about drugs and alcohol. “Lindsey and I want to create an environment in which it’s natural to start talking about these issues and find preventions and solutions instead of pushing it under the carpet,�

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Chapman has stood in opposition to a taller garage; she has criticized proposals for lacking “human scale,” a point of emphasis in the 2020 master plan. She also said that preliminary architectural designs have been uninspiring, though city staff said any architectural work was extremely preliminary.

“I think it’s clear we need to spend more time on the architecture, but, until we have a basic plan to start to move forward, it’s almost premature, in some respects, to talk about the architecture,” said Steve Stancel, the city’s chief planner.

Before the commission began its discussion, City Attorney Robert Fournier said there were three options for the garage’s design. The most basic plan, which Fournier said was the most expeditious and carried the least risk, would only provide a ground floor of commercial space in addition to the parking levels.

The other two plans would increase the mixed-use aspect of the garage, either by selling the air rights above the parking levels or by building a secondary pad site adjacent to the garage for commercial usage.

A city agreement with Pineapple Square requires the State Street garage to be built by February 2015, though Mayor Shannon Snyder said there would be no grounds for legal action if the city were a few months late in completing the construction process.

Fournier said the commissioners would have to take action in the near future regarding the garage’s design to achieve that 2015 completion date. Still, he said it was OK that the commission is still weighing its options.

“At some point, a decision has to be made; I didn’t think that had to be today,” Fournier said. “You need to make an informed decision.”

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The city has been working for more than six months on preliminary designs for the State Street garage, but city commissioners still need more information before deciding on a concept plan for the structure.

For the first time since discarding proposals from developers for commercial space due to legal concerns last month, the commission revisited plans for the garage. After discussing options first presented in June, commissioners asked the city’s Urban Design Studio to draw up new designs before any action is taken.

The commission asked to see two designs from the Urban Design team. One would allow for space above the garage to be sold for retail services. The other would include shallow-depth liner buildings to mask the garage frontage.

Commissioners Paul Caragiulo and Susan Chapman wanted to see designs featuring liner buildings, allowing for additional commercial space without building up in the garage. Before the developers’ plans were discarded, city staff had been recommending a plan that would have resulted in a 10-story structure.

The zoning code requires liner building at street level for the garage. Karin Murphy, the director of the Urban Design Studio, said hiding the garage’s façade with liner buildings would be optimal from a design perspective, and that residential units could be a good fit for liner buildings at the State Street garage.

Commissioner Suzanne Atwell, an advocate for allowing developers to build commercial space above the garage, asked Murphy if it was possible for the garage to fit in architecturally without the liner buildings.

“Liner, in the form-based code, is the preferable option, but we can mitigate the bulk and the mass through the architectural treatment and the vertical elements,” Murphy said.

Atwell didn’t insist on a 10-story garage — the tallest the garage could be built under city regulations — but she said a mixed-use project would be best realized by selling the air rights above the garage.

Purchasing Manager Mary Tucker said liner buildings would not be as popular with developers as the larger retail levels in the garage.

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Flood insurance: catastrophe Politicians do a lot of dumb things in this country.

For at least the past 150 years, our national politicians increasingly have enacted the lies that they can give people something for nothing (or something for less than it really costs) and that it’s OK to confiscate the property of one to give an unearned benefit to another.

Or, you just print more money and make future generations pay.

This, of course, is why the nation is $17 trillion in debt.

And this, of course, is why Floridians’ rising flood insurance rates are causing coastal property owners to squeal.

Since 1968, the start of the National Flood Insurance Program, Congress has never charged the real cost of flood insurance. It’s not inaccurate to say, thanks to Congress (and the American taxpayers, virtually every waterfront property owner in this area and along America’s coasts lives less expensively than he otherwise would.

And thanks to this politically expedient policy, Congress has allowed the National Flood Insurance Program to fall $18 billion in debt.

But finally, recognizing the insanity of their way, Congress in 2012 adopted the Biggert-Waters Act, a phased-in plan that will increase flood-insurance rates up to 25% per year for four years for vacation homes, businesses and repetitive-loss properties located in the most vulnerable

flood zones. The idea is to make those who choose to live and do business in harm’s way carry the full financial burden of their decision. What a concept.

Predictably, lawmakers from states with the highest flood claims and largest number of flood-prone properties are now feeling backlash from constituents. Take U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida. In a recent letter to two committee chairman, Nelson penned classic political double-speak: “I’m not opposed to making the floodinsurance program more financially stable, but it won’t do much good if it turns out folks cannot afford coverage.”

Nelson wants the rate increases delayed a year to allow Congress to “gather more information” about how many people will be affected and the cost.

Unfortunately, senator, you can’t have it both ways — fiscally sound and low cost.

Fact is, there is no easy, painless way out.

Many municipal commissioners and coastal property owners alike now worry that the rising flood-insurance rates are going to do more than cost property owners in higher premiums. They worry that higher insurance costs are going to make coastal communities less attractive and thereby adversely affect property values.

Perhaps so. But here’s what we’re also seeing: Having witnessed the devastation that comes from weakly constructed homes and businesses on the coasts, those who choose to buy and tear down the

REMEMBER NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN? As you witness the Obama administration’s foreign-policy fiascos with Syria, Iran and Vladimir Putin, it’s worth reviewing history. As we know, history repeats.

We’re thinking of Neville Chamberlain, the British prime minister who negotiated with Adolph Hitler. The following excerpts on Chamberlain are from Spartacus Educational, a British online encyclopedia: — Ed.

specifically forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles. Some members of the House of Commons, including Anthony Eden and Winston Churchill, now called on Chamberlain to take action against Hitler and his Nazi government.

Hugh Christie, an MI6 agent based in Berlin, met with Hermann Goering. He reported his conversation with Goering and included information that Germany intended to take control of Austria and Czechoslovakia. He also told Christie that Anthony Eden, Chamberlain’s foreign Germany mainly wanted “a free hand in secretary, did not agree with Eastern Europe.”

[Chamberlain’s] policy of In March 1938, Christie told appeasement and resigned the British government that in February, 1938. Eden was Adolf Hitler would be ousted replaced by Lord Halifax who by the military if Britain joined fully supported this policy. forces with Czechoslovakia Winston Churchill, against Germany. Christie Chamberlain’s leading critic warned that the “crucial queswithin the Conservative tion is: ‘How soon will the next Party, argued in the House of step against Czechoslovakia be Commons: tried?’ … The probability is that “The resignation of the late Chamberlain the delay will not exceed two or foreign secretary may well be three months at most, unless a milestone in history. Great France and England provide quarrels, it has been well said, arise from the deterrent, for which cooler heads in small occasions but seldom from small Germany are praying.” causes.

International tension increased when “The late foreign secretary adhered to Adolf Hitler began demanding that the the old policy which we have all forgotSudetenland in Czechoslovakia should be ten for so long. The Prime Minister and under the control of the German governhis colleagues have entered upon anothment. In an attempt to solve the crisis, er and a new policy. The old policy was the heads of the governments an effort to establish the rule of law in of Germany, Britain, France Europe, and build up through the League and Italy met in Munich in of Nations effective deterrents against September, 1938. the aggressor.

On Sept. 29, 1938, “Is it the new policy to come to terms Chamberlain, Adolf Hitler, with the totalitarian powers in the hope Edouard Daladier and Benito that by great and far-reaching acts of Mussolini signed the Munich submission, not merely in sentiment and Agreement, which transferred pride, but in material factors, peace may to Germany the Sudetenland, be preserved?” a fortified frontier region that In February, 1938, Adolf Hitler invited contained a large GermanKurt von Schuschnigg, the Austrian chan- speaking population.

A.H. cellor, to meet him at Berchtesgarden.

When Eduard Benes, Hitler demanded concessions for the Czechoslovakia’s head of state, Austrian Nazi Party. Schuschnigg refused who had not been invited to Munich, and after resigning was replaced by protested at this decision, Chamberlain Arthur Seyss-Inquart, the leader of the told him that Britain would be unwillAustrian Nazi Party. ing to go to war over the issue of the On March 13, Seyss-Inquart invited Sudetenland. the German Army to occupy Austria and The Munich Agreement was popular proclaimed union with Germany. The with most people in Britain because it union of Germany and Austria had been appeared to have prevented a war with

30- and 40-year-old homes in flood-prone areas are rebuilding better, storm- and flood-resistant structures. They’re lowering the risk, which in time will reduce the cost of insurance and incentivize private investors to take the risk.

The best scenario over time is for the federal government to get out of the floodinsurance business altogether. If Sen. Nelson and his colleagues in Washington were governed by the threat of term limits rather than the next election, they might have the courage to do exactly that — end the National Flood Insurance Program.

Take a page from the late President Calvin Coolidge. When floods ravaged his home state of Vermont in 1927, Coolidge declined to send his fellow Vermonters any federal aid. Natural-disaster relief, Coolidge believed, was not the job of the federal government. Indeed, here’s proof it’s not: Taxpayers gave the National Flood Insurance Program a $17 billion loan to cover claims after Hurricane Katrina. A few years later, because interest payments were so large, the flood-insurance program had to borrow another $1.7 billion. Seven years later, only $600 million in principal has been repaid. Government officials say they doubt the loan will ever be paid off.

Shut down the National Flood Insurance Program and watch how the private sector fills the void. Better and fewer homes will be built on the coasts. A win for taxpayers and the environment.

Nazi Germany. However, some politicians, including Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden, attacked the agreement.

These critics pointed out that no only had the British government behaved dishonorably, but it had lost the support of Czech Army, one of the best in Europe.

Chamberlain told his private secretary: “If Hitler signed it and kept the bargain, well and good … if he broke it, he would demonstrate to all the world that he was totally cynical and untrustworthy … this would have its value mobilizing public opinion against him, particularly in America.” …

In March, 1939, the German Army seized the rest of Czechoslovakia. In taking this action, Adolf Hitler had broken the Munich Agreement … … Chamberlain now realized that Adolf Hitler could not be trusted, and his appeasement policy now came to an end. After the invasion of Poland, Chamberlain was forced to declare war on Germany. On the outbreak of the Second World War, public opinion polls showed that Chamberlain’s popularity was 55%. By December, 1939, this had increased to 68%. However, members of the House of Commons saw him as an uninspiring war leader.

On May 7, 1940, Leo Amery, the Conservative MP, argued in the House of Commons: “Just as our peace-time system is unsuitable for war conditions, so does it tend to breed peace-time statesmen who are not too well fitted for the conduct of war. Facility in debate, ability to state a case, caution in advancing an unpopular view, compromise and procrastination are the natural qualities — I might almost say, virtues — of a political leader in time of peace. They are fatal qualities in war.

“Vision, daring, swiftness and consistency of decision are the very essence of victory.” Looking at Chamberlain, Amery then went on to quote what Oliver Cromwell said to the Long Parliament when he thought it was no longer fit to conduct the affairs of the nation: “You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

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Sandwiches in paradise Jimmy Buffett and a devotion to Parrothead culture lured Chip and Katie Beeman to move from Oregon to Florida nearly a decade ago.

But an Italian sandwich, specifically one sold at the Main Bar and Sandwich Shop in downtown Sarasota, got the couple to stay. They loved the Italian and the place that served it so much, actually, that they bought the joint.

The Beemans, who ran three Subways in Portland, Ore., for nine years, now find themselves in an unusual spot: They own two of the most prominent eateries in town at two of the busiest intersections.

One is the Main Bar, near Main Street and U.S. 301, which they bought in 2004. The other is Pastry Art, on Main Street and Lemon Avenue, which the couple bought in May. The Beemans also own Katie’s Café on State Road 70 in east Manatee County. Chip Beeman declines to say what he and his wife paid for the restaurants, or what each location does in annual sales, though he says the trio is growing.

Still, owning three restaurants through the recession can be dicey. Beeman, however, says he survived, and thrived, through an undying commitment to consistency that can be replicated in any business that sells different variations of the same product.

“Consistency,” says Beeman, “is a word I use a lot.”

The Main Bar, for example, sells at least 100 Italians every day. The sandwich, on a toasted bun, is made with salami, ham, provolone cheese, tomatoes, chopped peppers, onions and a Main Bar-exclusive blend of oil, garlic and spices.

Chip and Katie Beeman own two popular downtown eateries, Main Bar and Pastry Art. The couple’s mantra, built on making subs in the Northwest, is consistency sells.

Chip Beeman has owned the Main Bar and Sandwich Shop, a local lunch hotspot in downtown Sarasota, for nine years.

Beeman learned the value of uniformity in the chaos of a busy restaurant while at Subway. A mentor there taught Beeman that consistency with everything that goes in and out is the only way to build long-term success.

“I learned to look at each line item,” says Beeman. “There are so many items that come into a restaurant.”

The lessons took. The first Subway the Beemans bought, in fact, grew into the No. 1 store in the Portland region in sales, out of 160 locations. But the couple

sought to exit the Northwest in the early 2000s. They wanted to get away from the rainy cold months, and, says Beeman, they wanted to forgo a business like Subway dominated by teen employees who can be unreliable, unpredictable and rather inconsistent.

They chose Florida for the warmth and fond memories of a Jimmy Buffett concert they attended while on vacation years ago in Key West. They looked for a restaurant to buy in Clearwater first and, later, on Anna Maria

Island. Then they heard about the opportunity to buy the Main Bar, which opened in 1958. They jumped on that.

Beeman says the Pastry Art opportunity was pretty similar, in that the chance to own a local institution outweighed the inherent industry risks. Beeman wrote a nine-page success strategy plan after he closed on the Pastry Art deal in May, and he refers to it nearly every day.

One move, for instance, was to force out homeless people known to congregate and smoke

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cigarettes around Pastry Art’s front door. He put up no smoking signs, and he bought new tables and chairs. Says Beeman: “It made them stop wanting to come here.”

Beeman made a few other changes at Pastry Art. He added some Main Bar sandwiches to the menu, and he expanded the coffee selection. But while the empire grows, Beeman is determined to never lose sight of his consistent motto. That includes regularly encouraging employees to remain proactive about issues when he’s not around.

“I tell them to make a decision, even if it’s wrong,” Beeman says.

“If it’s wrong, I’ll fix it.”

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You can impact not only your children’s generation, but your grandchildren’s generation, so that one day, no one will have to hear the words, ‘You have cancer.’

— DAVE STRICKLAND, MANATEE COUNTY AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

DAVE STRICKLAND Board chairman // Manatee County American Cancer Society

Dave Strickland is doing 30 years. The board chairman of the Manatee County American Cancer Society has just volunteered to participate in Cancer Prevention Study-3; a 30-year, 300,000-person study, designed to determine what causes cancer, as well as discover new treatment methods. But, for him, it’s not a sentence — it’s a chance to make a difference.

Cancer Prevention Study-3 is the third in a series of nationwide studies, which seek volunteers between the ages of 30 and 65. The study spans 30 years and consists of an initial blood sample and survey, followed by additional questionnaires every two to three years. The research conducted in the studies pro-

vides highly valuable information that can be used to treat and prevent different forms of cancer. The first study provided the research that linked cigarette smoking to cancer; the second study found a correlation between obesity and cancer.

As board chairman, Strickland is a champion for the study, which means he’s responsible for actively seeking participants, but he also personally decided to volunteer. The Bradenton native says he sees the study as one of the most meaningful ways in which he can give back to his community.

“I live here; I grew up here,” he says.

“It’s a chance to make a difference in a very important way.”

Strickland says that, like many people, he’s also driven by personal reasons to donate his time to the ACS. “Like just about everybody, I’ve been affected by cancer,” says Strickland.

“I’ve lost two aunts in the prime of their lives. Three weeks ago, my brother was diagnosed with a third-stage, rare form of incurable cancer. I see the effects it has on folks, and this is my chance to make a difference.”

Strickland says he hopes that through this study, researchers might discover a cure for this form of cancer or new ways to treat it. For him, the study has personal significance, but

WHERE TO ENROLL Cancer Prevention Study-3 enrollment dates are: • 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Doctors Hospital, 5731 Bee Ridge Road • 6 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at Blake Medical Center, 2020 59th St. W. Bradenton • 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at Manatee Memorial Hospital, 206 Second St. E., Bradenton. he also takes pride in knowing that the study will impact not only the next generation, but also generations to come.

Eventually, he hopes nobody will be affected by cancer.

“I’m a champion for this study, mainly for my brother,” says Strickland. “I’m my brother’s champion, because I want to see this impact of what he’s going through, so people like my kids and myself never have to hear someone tell them over the phone, ‘I have cancer.’”

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Riverview High golfer Jeremy Perna was named the 2013 Greater Sarasota Junior Golf Association Player of the Year for the boys 13-15 division.

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Sarasota High runner Zackery Summerall crossed the finish line in 15 minutes, 52.40 seconds to win the Bradenton Runners Club Invitational Sept. 14.

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Cardinal Mooney running back Demardre Patterson scored three touchdowns to lead the Cougars to a 44-7 victory over Lake Placid Sept. 13.

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ODA freshman running back Jason Fineberg looks for a running lane on the Thunder’s opening possession.

The Out-of-Door Academy football team won before it even stepped out onto the field.

The Thunder, a team comprised primarily of freshmen, accomplished a feat from which many would have shied away.

The players stepped off the bus, suited up and walked united into Tornado Alley.

Sure, they had their reservations.

After all, they were a small Class 3A school facing a Class 5A school hoping to return to prominence.

They had been outscored 81-16 in their first two games.

They had lost the majority of their senior leadership to injury, and, in the days leading up to their non-district game at Booker, the

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FORWARD Gabrielle Holt always has worn Nike running shoes because of her narrow foot, and, right now, she rotates between five different pairs.

Riverview High alumna Gabrielle Holt has aspirations of working for the Nike Sport Research Lab, which specializes in product development.

Splashes of color dot the floor around Gabrielle Holt’s feet.

Each one tells its own story.

Pale tangerine signifies countless hours spent in the Florida sunshine.

A vibrant Tiffany blue depicts Holt’s passion for color.

And the newest addition — gray with streaks of blue and purple — shows the importance of comfort and durability.

Each color offers its own unique glimpse into Holt’s personality, but it’s what holds the color together on the inside — the biomechanics — that captures Holt’s attention.

To most people, they are simply running shoes — Nike running shoes, to be exact. The telltale swoosh says it all. But, for the former Riverview High cross-country and track runner, they are sources

of inspiration and motivation.

Holt is hoping to turn her passion for running and her love of shoes into a lifelong career.

Holt has aspirations of working for the Nike Sport Research Lab, putting athletes through scientific testing and training drills to help determine product development.

That information is then turned over to the design lab, which creates the actual shoe.

“The Nike Sport Research Lab is at the forefront of the process,” Holt says. “I’m interested in the scientific part of it.”

Holt first became inspired to work for Nike after reading an article in Running Times magazine during her sophomore year of high school. The article was about a runner who had the same perpetual injury and how Nike was

using biomechanics to assist her.

Holt, who always has worn Nike shoes because of her narrow foot, was immediately enthralled with the idea.

“It just clicked,” Holt says. “It would definitely be a dream come true to be there. I’m really passionate about health, in general, and anything to get people active on a fitness level is really important to me.”

An avid runner, Holt was first exposed to running after talking to her aunt, Regina Morris. Morris, an avid marathon runner, showed Holt all of her running medals and told her the benefits of running long term.

Holt first took to the track in eighth grade, focusing on the 200-

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Sole Mates Gabrielle Holt owns about 30 pairs of shoes, ranging in color from basic black to bright orange and vibrant blue. And she always makes sure to have at least three pairs of running shoes available at any given time.

Although, she admits she would have more if she could.

“I love shoes,” Holt says. “Going into Fit2Run is like a little kid going into a candy store. I have snapshots of the walls of sneakers. When I get a new pair of running shoes, it’s like Christmas — and color definitely makes a difference.”

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The Out-of-Door Academy boys golf team defeated Southeast 160-234 Sept. 9, at Tara Preserve Golf Course.

Gary Deng and Tomas Vicek both shot 39 to lead the way for the Thunder. Ricardo Vicek shot 40. Max Coutioultsos shot 42.

Josh Silverman added a 44, and Cisco Marcano shot 45.

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The Rams finished ahead of Cardinal Mooney, Sarasota, Booker and Sarasota Christian.

Riverview won 17 of the 22 events. Spence Atkins powered the Lady Rams with victories in the 100-yard freestyle, 200 freestyle, 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay.

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ball team fell to Manatee HEAT 23-25, 19-25, 25-20, 25-24, 15-12 Sept. 16.

Cheyenne Miller contributed 16 kills, two aces and five blocks to power the Lady Blazers. Briana Eddy had six kills, two aces and two blocks. Heidi Miller added 11 kills.

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With the win, the Lady Thunder improved to 5-1 (2-1).

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Thunder lost both of its quarterbacks — junior Jimmy Kuebler left to focus on baseball, and freshman Nate Strawderman transferred to Lakewood Ranch.

Two other reserve quarterbacks were out with injury, forcing ODA to turn the ball over to its No. 5 quarterback, senior wide receiver and defensive back Jeremy Herrin, who is playing football for the first time this season.

Facing more adversity in three weeks than most teams face in an entire season, the Thunder easily could have disbanded.

Instead, ODA focused on what it could control: to never give up.

The end result was another lopsided loss. This time, it was a 55-0 shutout.

But, for a team that hung with Booker for the first couple of series, it showed perseverance.

It showed tenacity. And it showed a willingness and drive to overcome.

“I told them before we stepped out on this field that, ‘You’re winners,’” coach Brett Timmons says. “‘Everything in your surroundings will tell you to quit and stop, but you came out here and you competed. No matter what the scoreboard says, you conquered your fear. You conquered adversity. You looked adversity in the face, and you stared it down.’”

ODA knew it was going to face its fair share of challenges this season with 16 of its 32 players being freshmen. But, that was before the Thunder lost seven of its starters, leaving the Thunder with 16 freshmen, three sophomores and three seniors who are healthy enough to play. As a result, ODA has been forced to forgo its freshmen football season this year.

And the ODA coaching staff has transitioned its focus to using this season as a learning opportunity.

RUNNING / FROM PAGE 13A and 400-meter runs. But Holt soon found that sprinting wasn’t for her and transitioned to distance running before the start of her freshman year at Riverview.

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“This is a glorified freshmen football season for us,” Timmons says. “It’s actually a 10-week spring football season for us in the sense that we’re using this opportunity to develop, to grow, to understand the speed of the game.

“By playing against teams such as Booker, Cardinal Mooney and Bishop Verot, now as freshmen they understand what it takes,” Timmons says. “The risk is having such lopsided losses that the kids would get despondent about it, but that’s our job as coaches to always point out the positive side.”

With seven games remaining, the Thunder is seeking to build on the previous week’s achievements — ones that didn’t necessarily make it into the box score.

The hope is that by going up against players who are stronger, faster and have been in their respective programs for the past two or three years, that ODA will learn what it takes to compete at the varsity level and be better for it in the end.

And, so far, the Thunder is buying in.

“I’m very pleased and surprised at what my guys have responded,” Timmons says.

that you can keep going when you know other people can’t is really (exciting),” Holt says. “My aunt is definitely my inspiration.”

Holt spent the next four years running cross-country and track for the Lady Rams until graduating in May.

ODA senior linebacker Max Provost attempts to bring down Booker running back Bill Jackson in the second half.

ODA freshman Josh Lerner carries the ball early in the first quarter.

Over the summer, Holt enrolled at Florida State University where she plans to major in exercise science. She also hopes to land an internship with Nike next summer to gain more experience and move one step closer to fulfilling her dream.

In addition to preparing for her future,

Holt also plans to join some type of running club at FSU as a way to meet new people and maintain an active lifestyle.

“The thing I definitely miss the most about cross-country is the family atmosphere,” Holt says. “Saying goodbye to them was really hard.”

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Sarasota Children’s Garden celebrates International Talk Like a Pirate Day Children dressed up like pirates and embarked on a treasure hunt in celebration of International Talk Like a Pirate Day Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Sarasota Children’s Garden. Before boarding the Black Pearl, children took a quiz to test their pirate knowledge, practiced talking like a pirate and learned how to use a compass.

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Home on Casey Key sells for $2.3 million um at 1350 Main St. to Walter and Barbara Carey, of Fairfield, Conn., for $675,000.

Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,336 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $580,000 in 2007.

The following residential real-estate transactions took place between Sept. 2 and Sept. 6.

A home on Casey Key top all transactions in this week’s real estate. George and Susan Nielsen, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1504 Casey Key Road to Donald Wilborn and David Wilborn, of Nokomis, for $2.3 million. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,623 square feet of living area.

Glen Hammock

James Amato and Donald Attanas, of Sarasota, sold their home at 3249 Glenna Lane to Charles and Shirley Sax, of Sarasota, for $625,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,231 square feet of living area.

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Sheri Trine, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 1002 condominium at 35 Watergate Drive to Robert and Linda Easterle, of Sarasota, for $1,975,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 3,751 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.04 million in 2003.

Michael Dixon and Marian Dixon, of Eufaula, Ala., sold their home at 1763 South Drive to Richard Katz and Kathleen Katz, of DeKalb, Ill., for $560,000. Built in 1951, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,256 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $865,500 in 2006.

Bay Plaza

Joseph and Cheryl Abraham, trustees, sold the Unit 1503 condominium at 1255 N. Gulfstream Ave. to William and Christine Chocallo, of Sarasota, for $1,125,000.

Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,310 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $800,000 in March.

Bungalow Hill

Allan and Margaret Foodman, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1118 Citrus Ave. to Michael D’Agostino, of Sarasota, for $1,087,800. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath and 3,182 square feet of living area.

Sarabande

Theodore and Harriet Oxman, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 64 condominium at 340 S. Palm Ave. to Donald and H. Anne Kelly, of Alexandria, Va., for $860,000.

Built in 1998, it has two bedrooms, two

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Unit 1002 at The Tower Residences has four bedrooms, four baths and 3,751 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,975,000.

baths and 1,774 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $800,000 in 2010.

Phillipp Gardens

James and Kathleen Lyons, of Sarasota, sold their home at 5423 America Drive to Curran and Pamella Smith, of Sarasota, for $820,000. Built in 1973, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,526 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $17,400 in 1975.

1350 Main

Kenneth Barr and Edith Barr-Dunn, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 1502 condomini-

baths and 2,650 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $362,500 in 2005.

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First Federal Bank of Florida sold the home at 5719 Riegels Point Road to Vernu and Vatsnin Visvalingam, of Sarasota, for $999,000. Built in 1982, it has five bedrooms, four baths, one half-bath, a pool and 2,584 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.79 million in 2008.

Tivoli by the Sea

George and Susan Loesel, of Bay City, Mich., sold their Unit 602 condominium at 625 Beach Road to Craig and Katherine Misch, of Bradenton, for $635,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,144 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $550,000 in 2008.

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FV Land LLC sold the Unit 505 condominium at 5920 Midnight Pass Road to William and Tracy Cirioli, of Houston, for $577,000. Built in 1971, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,352 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $495,000 in 2002.

David and Susan Payne sold their Unit 301 condominium at 800 N. Tamiami Trail to James and Janice Baker, of Sarasota, for $473,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,830 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $345,000 in 2009.

Jeffrey and Patricia Sherer, of Remsenburg, N.Y., sold their Unit 1102 condominium at 800 N. Tamiami Trail to Terry Logan and Billie Lindsay, of Sarasota, for $340,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,323 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $529,000 in 2007.

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Vincent Hinman and Richard White sold their home at 6423 White Sands Terrace to Anne Chauvet, of Sarasota, for $450,000.

Built in 1961, it has four bedrooms, two

Donald and Margaret Palmer sold their Unit 203-N condominium at 6310 Midnight Pass Road to Molly Naples and Deanne Lay, of Buffalo, N.Y., for $430,000.

Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 894 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $119,700 in 1987.

Leslie Pitstick, trustee, sold the Unit 17 condominium at 6150 Midnight Pass Road to Fred and Karen Koyen, of Sarasota, for $420,000. Built in 1967, it has

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Endless Combinations & a full Bar Lunch, Dinner or Late-night dinning 5250 Ocean Blvd. in the heart of Siesta Village 941-349-8697 325 John Ringling Ocean Blvd. Top of the Circle 941-388-DECK (3325)

S I E S TA K E Y

BRINGING ITALY TO SIESTA KEY Sun.-Thu:4-10pm Fri-Sat: 4-11pm Happy Hour: 4-6pm daily.

Reservations Recommended • 5104 Ocean Blvd.

941-349-1423 • www.cafegabbiano.com

CLOSED FOR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND RENOVATION w w w. c r ow s n e s t - ve n i c e . c o m

NEW ENGLAND SEAFOOD AT ITS BEST! Mon.-Thurs. 11:30-9 pm, Fri. & Sat. 11:30-9:30 pm Open Sundays 11:30-9pm • 5157 Ocean Blvd.

941-349-2323 • www.sarasotalobsterpot.com

marina restaurant tavern

VENICE’S WAT E R F RO N T LANDMARK SINCE 1976.

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THE KEY’S BEST HAPPY HOUR AND DINNER SPECIALS! Serving Daily 11am-9pm • Happy Hour 3-7pm Indoor & Outdoor Dining. Enjoy our Covered Patio 8865 Midnight Pass Rd., Siesta Key 941-349-2280

Eat

Clayton’s Breakfast

SEAFOOD, BURGERS & MORE Lunch Mon. - Fri. • Dinner Mon. - Sat. • Sun. seasonally Locally Owned & Operated • 1920 Hillview St., Sarasota 941-952-0045 • www.hillviewgrill.com A CASUAL NEIGHBORHOOD RETREAT M-F 11am-11pm • Sat 5:30-11pm • Sun closed Enjoy our solid comfort food • 1818 South Osprey Ave., Sarasota 941-955-7761 • www.knickstavernsarasota.com

then conquer

THE WORLD

FOOD AND FUN FOR ALL AGES Lunch & Dinner Served from 11:30 am Live Entertainment 7 Days a Week • 1600 Harbor Drive S. 941-488-1456 • www.sharkysonthepier.com

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VENICE’S WATERFRONT LANDMARK SINCE 1976.

Boat or Car • Lunch & Dinner • Open Daily 1st Floor Tavern • 1968 Tarpon Center Dr. 941-484-9551 • www.crowsnest-venice.com

ky’s Shar on the pier

121605

SOUTHSIDE VILLAGE

COME SEE OUR NEW LOOK SEPTEMBER 26!

MARINA REMAINS OPEN DAILY 8AM-6PM

SIESTA KEY’S MOST AFFORDABLE KID FRIENDLY SEAFOOD RESTAURANT! Open Daily for Lunch & Dinner • 1200 Old Stickney Point Rd. 941-349-3885 • www.captaincurts.com

VENICE

Carmen Ramsey, Luz Latimer, Candy Anderson and Linda Prenosil

121075

90318

Open 7 days a week ~ 365 days a year 10:00 A.M. ~ 2:30 A.M. Weekly Sunday 12 noon ~ 2:30 A.M. 90318

1256 Old Stickney Point Rd., Siesta Key | 941 - 349 - 2800 | claytonssiestagrille.com

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

OBSERVER WEATHER

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TemperatureS

Record Temperatures High

Low

High

Low

Wednesday, Sept. 11

91

75

98 (1925)

62 (1924)

Thursday, Sept. 12

89

74

95 (1948)

65 (1966)

Friday, Sept. 13

89

73

95 (1963)

65 (1966)

Saturday, Sept. 14

90

75

95 (1997)

64 (1913)

Sunday, Sept. 15

94

73

95 (1951)

62 (1984)

Monday, Sept. 16

91

73

95 (1958)

62 (1976)

Tuesday, Sept. 17

91

73

95 (2005)

65 (1927)

Average Gulf water temperature: 88 RAINFALL

Sunrise / sunset

Wednesday, Sept. 11

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Thursday, Sept. 19

7:18a 7:31p

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Saturday, Sept. 14

0.00

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7:18a 7:30p

Sunday, Sept. 15

1.04

Saturday, Sept. 21

7:18a 7:29p

Monday, Sept. 16

1.19

Sunday, Sept. 22

7:19a 7:28p

Tuesday, Sept. 17

0.15

Monday, Sept. 23

7:19a 7:27p

Year-to-date: 2013 2012

43.54 in. 39.99 in.

Tuesday, Sept. 24

7:20a 7:26p

Wednesday, Sept. 25

7:20a 7:24p

Sunrise Sunset

Month-to-date: 2013 2012

4.93 in. 1.56 in.

 Dixey Behnken submitted this photo of a sunset over the Intercoastal Waterway.

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Sept. 26 Last

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Oct. 11 First

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73 Angelic figure 75 Frantic or free 77 Coffee server 78 Always, to an old poet 80 Neap or ebb, for example 81 Teens may fake them 82 Say further 83 Ignored, as a bridge suit 85 Weep, and then some 86 Hospital posting 92 Old greeting for Caesar 93 Narrow, steepsided valleys 95 Philanthropist 96 “The ___ Josey Wales” 98 Unhealthy chest sounds 99 Make good on a debt 100 By ear 101 One awaiting a catch 103 Elite Navy group 104 Means of restraint 105 Prosperity, as of the public 106 Math branch, briefly 108 Down the road 111 Granolalike 115 Port between Buffalo and Cleveland 116 Very small amount 117 100, in Italy 118 Proclamation of the czar

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40 Airport landings 41 Shiny cotton fabric 44 Truman’s defeat of Dewey, e.g.

45 Closes in on 47 Stopwatch button

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Ultimate point Raven remark Blow a fuse, say Frome of literature Hush breaker Like many hams Often illegal road action Entertainer Falana Heavy burden Borders on Prom attendee Bridge ancestor Concealed Concert souvenir Muslim magistrates The sweat of Caesar’s brow Compose Greets the day ABC, to CBS Greeting from Popeye Taking too much interest Damp at daybreak, as grass Repulsive Newton subject Inventor’s brainchild “There’s ___ like home” Ground, as teeth Lecherous man Area between mountains Japanese prime minister Kakuei Majestic Fervidness Astonishes Emperor who fiddled around?

Location A Reiner of Hollywood High school subj.

Did some noshing Fraternity letter Ultimate suffix Word before a maiden name

09-19-13

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Items Under $200 For Sale

Autos Wanted

Merchandise Wanted

Help Wanted

ADVERTISE YOUR MERCHANDISE with the total value of all items $200 or less in this section for FREE! Limit 1 ad per month, 15 words or less. Price must be included next to each item. No commercial advertising.

Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks in 1 Observer.

(No phone calls please.)

(Please provide your name and address) Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com Online at: www.yourobserver.com Or mail to: The Observer Group P.O. Box 3169 Sarasota, Fl 34230 BRUSH GUARD. Toyota heavyweight black professional from 1998 4Runner SR5. Excellent condition. $135. (941)927-1421.

WE BUY CARS. TOP $$ PAID FOR YOUR VEHICLES. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

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

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale

I PAY cash for vintage clothing! All eras wanted.

Call Emma, 941-451-7847.

OFFICE CLEANERS needed evenings. Beautiful facilities in Sarasota area. Starting rate, $9.

440-552-6506.

COMPUTER 2.2GHZ Quad Core refurbished $175, 941-756-6728.

DRIFTWOOD CEDAR Stump: 33"H/58"W, landscaper/gardener prize,w/character/design lines, $100. 941-922-6468.

ELECTRIC HOSPITAL Bed. Barely used. Bargain at $199. 941-349-4835 ELECTRIC LAWN Mower: like new, 3 years old, $100. New Delta Miter saw, $100. 941-922-9535.

FRAMES: 20+, mostly wood, 5x7 to 12x14, cardboard, 15 white mats. Entire box, $10.

941-953-5222.

G.E. OVEN & stove top, Nutone hood, works perfectly, $150. 941-388-5013. E-mail for pics: LFNTN@copper.net LAWN MOWER Troy Bilt 160cc, 21' CUT, easy start $50.00. Call Dan 941-929-7659.

LBK MOORINGS: 73ft. Boat Slip $149,000. Easy in and out, unobstructed bay view, water, cable, wireless included. Owner Financing. Other slips available 45ft. to 194ft. Bettie R. Perry, Broker/Owner.

Associated Realty LBK. 941-961-0372

Boats ChitwoodCharters.com Cruise or Fish Hyatt Sarasota Docks 32’/53’ Yachts - 2hrs./2 months 941-383-5232

Furnishings

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales DESIGNER GOING out of Business Sale/Separate Garage Sale. Friday, 9/20, and Saturday, 9/21, 8am to 6pm. 5774 Carriage Dr., Mote Ranch off University Parkway. Furniture and home decor, artwork to jewelry. 1000’s of items. Don’t Miss This Sale!

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

PETMATE “PET Taxi� Cat Carrier, $25. G.E. Juicer, like new, $45. Unique collage, $55. 941-952-1097.

ROLL-A-WAY SINGLE bed, used 5x. Lite weight. $100.00. Call 941-735-1937 WASHER: ROPER $45.00. Dryer: Whirlpool, $35.00. Dishwasher: Whirlpool, $45.00. Desk, $35.00. 922-6859.

Autos For Sale MERCURY MARQUIS LS 1999. Excellent Condition. Over $3400 in new parts. $2600.

941-371-0642.

NEW STORE OPENING SOON IN SARASOTA

NOW HIRING: SALES SPECIALISTS

Religion

DEPARTMENT SUPERVISORS

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

Say 3 OUR FATHERS, 3 HAIL MARYS & 3 GLORY BE’s. Publication must be promised.

ST. JUDE, PRAY FOR US ALL WHO INVOKE YOUR AID. AMEN. This novena must be said on 9 consecutive days. Thank you St. Jude for answering my petition. CR

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

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

Things To Do SALE OF THREE ESTATES Saturday, Sept. 21 - 9:00a.m.-1:00p.m. (#’s out at 8:00a.m.

Airport Mall (Old US301) 8251 15th Street East

2005 Toyota Solara Convert., nice! $11,488 2007 Dodge Nitro SXT, 27K/mi., $11,988 2006 Buick Terraza CXL, 7 passenger van, leather, loaded. $8988 2008 Mazda Tribute I GT, 5/spd., 4/cyl., extra clean, 99K miles, $7988.

2002 Ford Ranger Edge, EXT Cab, 67K/mi.! $8988 2005 Lexus IS300, black/tan, 132/K miles, $9988.

2007 Chevy Impala LS, 70K/mi., $8988 2005 Cadillac CTS, clean, 57K/mi. $11988 2009 Chevy HHR LS, 82K miles, great tow vehicle. $8988.

2002 Mitsubishi Lancer, Oz Rallye, 5/spd., $4498 Hawley Motors II 5741 Pinkney Ave. (1 block west of MacIntosh, off Clark) 941-312-5890

Photos: www/sarasotaymca.org Sale conducted by Premium Estate Liquidators to Benefit Y programs for at-risk kids

CASHIERS

ADOPTION: CARING and understand Teacher and Physician’s Assistant promise unconditional love and education to child. Expenses paid. Sandy and Clint, 1-800-968-9851. www.sandyclintadopt.com.

FL Bar #0474835.

Storage

Large selection of beautiful abstracts, still life & figural paintings by the late Bill & Lucille Miller, who won many awards for their work.

Also greeting cards, Japanese paper Washi covered eggs, ornaments & framed doll scenes.

Huge art corner: boards; frames; brushes; charcoals, etc. Furniture: circa 1830-50 mahogany lion’s head chairs; spindle back leather rocker; queen sleigh bed; ultra suede sectional sofa; 2 dining tables/w chairs; glass top table w/plexi-glass base; patio table/6 chairs; 2 grey office desks; 3 dark wood desks; etc.

Lots of collectibles: rare Brush Pottery; Red Wing pottery (including Lotus pattern dinnerware); 2 collections of Fostoria; British Royal Commemoratives; vintage wooden spools and buttons; portable Singer sewing machine.

Nice costume jewelry, vintage Yves St. Laurent clothing; Beneton boots, books galore, baskets, some silver plate and lots more.

OVER 30 VEHICLES IN STOCK $10K OR UNDER

Announcements DBA ANNOUNCEMENT: Usmani N Consulting Local professional with over 10 years experience in corporate training and education. Providing instructional design for your small business needs. Providing training needs assessment, design, development and implementation. Mobile: 310-414-7593. Email: nusmani2002@yahoo.com

Personals

PERSIAN AND Tribal carpets from our personal collection acquired over a 20 year period while living abroad. Room size carpets, runners, and smaller carpets. Photographs by E-mail. Carpets can be seen by appointment in Longboat Key. Cash only. E-mail: waa1204@gmail.com or vcabahrain@gmail.com

MICROWAVE: GENERAL Electric Spacemaker Under Cabinet. Brand new! $200 O/B/O. 941-355-7525.

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

DESIGNER WAREHOUSE SPECIALISTS WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR PRO SERVICES MANAGER WE OFFER:

• Competitive salaries & beneďŹ ts • On-the-job training • Flexible work schedules (Must be available weekends) • A fun working environment

For consideration, please apply online at: http://www.flooranddecoroutlets.com/career-opportunities.html

Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug Free Workplace

GULFSIDE MINI-VACATION IN NAPLES

121453

Positions Wanted

JUST $179 PER PERSON ***

Your Mini-Vacation Includes: s #HECK IN 3UNDAY THROUGH 7EDNESDAY ONLY s 'ULFSIDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR NIGHTS

s #ONTINENTAL "REAKFAST "UFFET s $INNER EVENING VOUCHER AT YOUR CHOICE OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS PLUS ADDITIONAL OFF ND EVENING DINNER AT 4HE 4URTLE #LUB

s ,UNCH DAY VOUCHER AT YOUR CHOICE OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS PLUS ADDITIONAL LUNCH PER PERSON AT 4HE 4URTLE #LUB

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

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

Type of accommodation subject to availability.

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

HOUSEHOLD MANAGER/PRIVATE CHEF. Eight years of experience. Master's Degree.

Intelligent, reliable, responsible and experienced. lmbinteriordesign.com for resume.

Email lmbrei@gmail.com.

Condos/Apts. For Rent LONGBOAT KEY - FAIRWAY BAY - Two level townhouse available January-April. 2 master bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, two month minimum, no pets. Beautifully furnished. Pool, tennis and exercise room, private beach access. Call 303.440.7009 or 720.440.1779.

THE LANDINGS, Sarasota. Like new 2BR/2BA +den. Totally renovated; new kitchen, baths, LED lighting, cork flooring, glass tile & sensor faucets.

Open floor plan, fireplace, garage, gated community, convenient to everything! Light, wonderful unit with beautiful lake view! Unfurnished annual $2000.

941.725.7255.

FOR RESERVATIONS,

Condos For Sale

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

SIESTA KEY Condo: 1BR/1BA, ground floor, laundry, pool, furnished, walk to beach, shopping, restaurants. 586-978-8123.

www.vanderbiltbeachresort.com

This week’s Crossword answers

Classified Ads Bring Results • 941-955-4888

Business Opportunities BUSINESS WANTED TO BUY By Private Party Sarasota or Manatee Counties.

Very Serious - Financially Sound Quick Settlement.

Email SCOTTLTP@AOL.COM, 267-246-5000 JAN PRO CLEANING FRANCHISE: $950 Down Required, Financing Available for growth, Includes customers. Earn up to $10,000 Month+.

Call 941-907-8141.

Reserved Space LP Reserved Space

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 56733

Help Wanted CARPENTER, EXPERIENCED, own tools and transportation. Exterior/interior work, clean cut.

Own Ins. preferable. Paul @ 941-238-8033.

Go online 24/7 to place your ad in The Observer Classifieds

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEER to research, design, develop, and test the manufacturing and installation of electrical equipment, components, and systems for various beverage bottling and packaging technologies. Job is in Sarasota, FL. Req: 2 yrs exp as Electrical Engineer in beverage industry + B.S., or educational equivalent, in Electrical or Electronics Engineering. Mail resume: KHS USA, Inc., Attn: M. Mercurio, 880 Bahcall Court, Waukesha, WI 53186

2013

This week’s Cryptogram answers 1. I called one of the great hotels we wanted to stay at and asked if they took children. The bright and helpful clerk replied: “only if the check bounces!�

2. We came back from our very grand European vacation and at customs were asked if we had anything to declare. “Yes, bankruptcy,� I replied.

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SARASOTA Observer

THE SARASOTA OBSERVER/PE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 Thursday, September 19, 2013 Homes For Rent

Real Estate Wanted

LUXOR MHP $450/mo-1 bed/bath mobile homes.

55+ community. No Pets.

5811 14th St. W. Bradenton.

Sarasota Real Estate Assoc., Inc. Greg Nowak 941-809-6034

WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS For Qualified Waiting Clients

Homes For Sale DELIGHTFUL & PRISTINE BUNGALOW NEAR HOSPITAL. 1421 S School Ave. mls a3982972 Extensive updating including hurricane shutters.

3beds/1bath & utility room. Nothing to do - just move right in.

Kristina Rain, GRI, Michael Saunders & Co. 941-320-2639.

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

25 Years Experience - References available

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals HOMESELLERS H

Find out what the home down the street sold for.

Free computerized list with pictures of area home sales

CANADIAN COUPLE wants 2 bedroom furnished rental JAN to MAY. Superior quality needed for superior clients. Contact msohl@aol.com SECLUDED 3BR/3BA, 3 car garage, pool, furnished home. Close to Siesta Beach. Long or short term. 941-320-8264.

Adult Care Services

Home Improvement/ Remodeling TIM’S HANDYMAN SERVICES. One call does it all - everything! 40 years experience. Call Tim 941-726-3144, 941-600-4177.

BETTY’S HOUSECLEANING Service. Residential and Commercial. High quality cleaning.

Reasonable rates. Licensed. References. Call 941-650-6180.

BRAZILIAN CLEANING Service by Maria.

Residential/ Commercial. Meticulous Cleaning.

Excellent References. Free Estimates. Reliable.

Lic./ Ins. 941-400-3342.

FREE ESTIMATES! Call Dotty, detailed cleaning.

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

Looking for year-round customers! We accept all major credit cards. Dottie, 941-321-6645.

HOUSECLEANING. I’ll Make Your House Sparkle & Shine! Perfectionist, Many Years Experience, Great References. 678-994-4223.

ND SPARKLE. We are a family business experienced in both home and office cleaning great rates. Call for a quote. 941-330-4466. Email: norgrasi@hotmail.com

OWN A MAC/iPHONE/iPAD? MacTutor has 21+ years experience teaching Apple products.

I speak English, not “Geek”! (941) 812-3887 www.FLMacTutor.com

Furniture Repair

RE/MAX Alliance Vargo Team

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

Quality Work. Call: 941-296-5427.

HISTORIC RED ROCK Area. West of Trail. Deadend Canopy Road. Immaculate 3/2/2, plus large screened lanai, half-acre treed lot, $1900/month includes yard care. No Pets, No Smoking. Annual lease, unfurnished. Available immediately.

941-966-3246.

INVESTOR SPECIAL: 3 bedroom, 2 bath. $32,900. Cash O/B/O. Bargain! 941-681-0373.

SORRENTO EAST Looking for the perfect vacation home or just a new home? Look no further!

This 3BR/2BA split plan pool home has been lovingly cared for. Updated with granite kitchen, tile roof, new windows, doors, A/C and so much more.

Quiet neighborhood yet close to everything.

Call 941-356-2131 or drive by 316 Signorelli Dr, Nokomis.

Priced right at $298,000.

FULLY FURNISHED Manufactured Home 2BR/2BA. Ideal location, attractively priced. Walk across the street to the community swimming pool and clubhouse. Sit in the front lanai and enjoy the lake view and a Sarasota sunset. Located in Park East Club, an active 55+ community.

Adjacent to shopping mall, dining and movie theaters. $29,900. OPEN HOUSE: Saturday, 10a.m.-2:30p.m and Sunday, 12noon-4p.m., 8435 Carrie Lane. Call Carolyn at 941-924-2455.

Real Estate Wanted RENTAL HOUSE: 2+BR/1+B, fenced yard for 2 dogs. Annual. $800-$950/month. 941-921-5054

CNA’S/HHA’S Homemakers/Companions Senior Home Companions provides personal care and non-medical care for Seniors. We are “For Seniors by Active Seniors”. F/T, P/T, Overnight and Weekend work available. We service Sarasota/Bradenton and Venice. 941-924-0494. www.Senior Home Companions.com FL Lic. #NR30211323 and #HCS5023

GULFSIDE A/C & Heating, LLC. SALES & SERVICE, FREE ESTIMATES! 10 MINUTE RESPONSE. Visa/MC/Disc. Lic. #CAC1816929 941-962-6863.

Auto Transport SHIP YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR SUV anywhere in the United States. Great rates, fast quotes. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

Home Improvement/ Remodeling

120347

Email classified@yourobserver.com

CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE 726-1802 LIC/ INS

Online at

www.yourobserver.com/classifieds We gladly accept all major credit/debit cards.

CARPET CLEANING

Call Gary Auto Body & Paint Inc. 4541 Clark Road, Sarasota

941-923-2564

The Service DirecTory 121545

Fax 941-362-4808

PROFESSIONAL TILE & MARBLE INSTALLATION

ESTABLISHED 1975!

You wouldn’t clean a good suit with water.

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WILLS, TRUSTS, PROBATE, ELDER LAW

Call 955-4888 to reserve your space.

DRY CARPET CARE

Law Office of

BOAT SERVICES

Specialize in Dry Cleaning Carpet, Upholstery and Oriental Rugs

Sharon M. Guy, P.A.

121488

Office in Palmer Ranch 8586 Potter Park Drive, Sarasota, FL 34238

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DOCKSIDE BOAT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

552-5766 Sharon M. Guy

Call 941-955-4888

STEVE ALLEN FLOOR COVERINGS

Paintless dent repair & detailing too!

ATTORNEY

4 EASY WAYS To Place Your Classified Ad

MITCHELL HANDYMAN. Painting, Carpentry, Tile, Pressure Cleaning. Total Home Improvements, Repairs. Small and large! 941-284-8488.

Full Service Scratch & Dent or Collision Service We do it all. We get it right!

941• 925 • 2447

JACK'S DETAILED Pressure Washing. Homes and flat work, window washing, pool decks. Free estimates. Licensed and Insured. 941-979-7095.

E-mail: kwantj@yahoo.com

BANYAN TREE Construction, LLC Design Build - 941.724.9633 High Quality remodel, additions, & new Fairfax Corp. CGC02495

Frank Beck Upholstery

Gulf Gate Village 6568 Superior Ave., Sarasota, FL 34231

Personal Services

Pressure Cleaning

AUTO SERVICE

Hours: Monday-Friday 9am - 3pm • Weekends by appointment

RICK STEAKLEY PAINTING. Interior/Exterior.

Pressure Washing. Wallpaper Removal. Drywall Repairs. Reasonable. Reliable. Professional.

30+/years experience. References available.

Free Estimates.

Lic./Ins. 941-228-7605, rlsteakley60@gmail.com

Pet Services

ALTERATIONS/UPHOLSTERY

Allow me to do my very best for you!

CUSTOM PAINTING, Wallpaper Removal.

Quality work at a reasonable price.

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Pool, fitness, clubroom, covered parking. Rate: $4,800/month in High Season. Includes all furnishings, utilities, WiFi. 2100 Constitution Blvd.

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Siesta Key’s Premier Condominium Community

Gulf & Bay Club Realty, Licensed Real Estate Broker 5730 Midnight Pass Road, Sarasota, FL 34242 LLC

5760 MIDNIGHT PASS RD,#D-602 Fully furnished 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo with beautiful views of the beach and courtyard. New A/C. Priced at $639,900 5760 MIDNIGHT PASS RD,#D-605 Fully furnished 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo with updated appliances and newer carpet. Great View.

Priced at $649,000

Marc Turgeon,GRI Sales & Rental Manager

941-349-3000

www.gulfandbayclub.com

Gulf & Bay Club is a gulf front, gated community located on over 30 acres with 780 feet of frontage on Siesta Key Beach. Amenities include 3 heated pools, 8 tennis courts, a fitness center with spa, a clubhouse with library and multiple barbeque areas.

Monthly Rentals Available

Thomas Fastiggi Broker

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Judie Berger

5411 5411 Avenida Avenida del del Mare Mare -- $1,095,000 $1,095,000

Trust THE THE REALTOR REALTOR WITH WITH PROVEN PROVEN RESULTS RESULTS under under contract contract IN IN 4 4 DA DAYS YS

Casey Casey Key Key Road Road -- Call Call For For Price Price

5505 5505 Cape Cape Leyte Leyte Drive Drive -- $649,000 $649,000

Siesta Siesta Key Key 1.5 1.5 blocks blocks to to beach. beach. Built Built 2003, 2003, 3,695 3,695 s.f., s.f., High High ceilings, ceilings, bamboo bamboo floors floors throughout, throughout, theater, theater, 44 car car garage garage

Priceless Priceless Gulf Gulf of of Mexico Mexico views views on on over over half half an an acre acre lot lot with with 123' 123' frontage frontage and and private private sandy sandy beach. beach. Create Create your your own own piece piece of of paradise. paradise.

105’ 105’ Siesta Siesta Key Key waterfront, waterfront, minutes minutes to to Siesta Siesta Beach, Beach, terrazzo terrazzo floors, floors, 33 beds/2 beds/2 baths, baths, 2-car 2-car garage garage

under under contract contract

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5415 5415 Azure Azure Way Way -- $1,249,000 $1,249,000

Casually Casually elegant elegant 3,063 3,063 s.f. s.f. Siesta Siesta Key Key waterfront waterfront home home on on Grand Grand Canal Canal beautifully beautifully rebuilt rebuilt in in 2006.

2006. 109’ 109’ of of seawall seawall with with boat boat dock/lift dock/lift

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757 757 Siesta Siesta Key Key Circle Circle -- $880,000 $880,000

452 452 Canal Canal Road Road -- $1,140,000 $1,140,000

Remodeled Remodeled vintage vintage Key Key West-style West-style home home on on sailboat sailboat water. water. Pool, Pool, boat boat dock dock and and lift. lift.

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x x 1229 1229 Point Point Crisp Crisp Road Road -- $2,850,000 $2,850,000 x 7508 x 7508 Midnight Midnight Pass Pass Road Road -- $2,275,000 $2,275,000 x 709 Treasure Boat Way x 709 Treasure Boat Way - $1,550,000 $1,550,000 x 701 x 701 Treasure Treasure Boat Boat Way Way -- $1,390,000 $1,390,000 x 1718 x 1718 Bayview Bayview Drive Drive $1,175,000 $1,175,000 x 1245 x 1245 Sea Sea Plume Plume Way Way -- $1,150,000 $1,150,000 x 524 x 524 N. N. Spoonbill Spoonbill Drive Drive -- $1,150,000 $1,150,000 x 452 x 452 Canal Canal Road Road -- $1,140,000 $1,140,000 x 7220 x 7220 Proctor Proctor Rd. Rd. -- $1,000,000 $1,000,000 x 1529 Eastbrook x 1529 Eastbrook Drive Drive -- $999,500 $999,500 x 1240 x 1240 Northport Northport Drive Drive -- $935,000 $935,000 x 631 Waterside Way $925,000 x 631 Waterside Way - $925,000 x 1529 x 1529 Key Key Royale Royale Drive Drive -- $890,000 $890,000 x 757 x 757 Siesta Siesta Key Key Circle Circle $880,000 $880,000 x 618 x 618 Owl Owl Way Way -- $800,000 $800,000 x 1919 x 1919 Grove Grove Street Street -- $745,000 $745,000 x 5440 x 5440 Avenida Avenida del del Mare Mare -- $745,000 $745,000 x 757 x 757 Tropical Tropical Circle Circle -- $730,000 $730,000 x 1226 Sea Plume Way $680,000 x 1226 Sea Plume Way - $680,000 x 550 x 550 Commonwealth Commonwealth Drive Drive -- $670,000 $670,000 x 5585 x 5585 Contento Contento Drive Drive -- $665,000 $665,000 x 3210 x 3210 Old Old Oak Oak Drive Drive -- $665,000 $665,000 x 5300 x 5300 Ocean Ocean Boulevard Boulevard #903 #903 -- $650,000 $650,000 x 5128 Windward Avenue x 5128 Windward Avenue -- $500,000 $500,000 x 1008 x 1008 Glebe Glebe Lane Lane -- $440,000 $440,000 x 2978 Bravura x 2978 Bravura Lake Lake Drive Drive -- $437,250 $437,250 x 823 x 823 Edgemere Edgemere Lane Lane -- $435,000 $435,000 x 7850 Chick Evans $400,000 x 7850 Chick Evans - $400,000 x 4555 x 4555 Tuscana Tuscana Drive Drive -- $362,400 $362,400 x 7809 x 7809 Allen Allen Robertson Robertson Place Place -- $350,000 $350,000 x 5044 Faberge Place $315,000 x 5044 Faberge Place - $315,000

Partial Partial gulf gulf views views -- Newer Newer Siesta Siesta Key Key pool pool home home within within blocks blocks of of Siesta Siesta Beach Beach and and Siesta Siesta Village.

Village. 55 beds/3.5 beds/3.5 baths baths

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Peter Peter G. G. LauGHLin LauGHLin has has built built aa stellar stellar reputation reputation providing providing one-of-a-kind one-of-a-kind opportunities opportunities in in Sarasota’s Sarasota’s luxury luxury home home market market since since 1990.

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a a boater’s boater’s ParaDise ParaDise in in Harbor Harbor aCres aCres 1384 Harbor Drive $4,479,000 This Italian-inspired waterfront home in Harbor Acres is a boater’s 1384 Harbor Drive $4,479,000 This Italian-inspired waterfront home in Harbor Acres is a boater’s paradise paradise with with 170 170 feet feet on on the the harbor, deep sailboat water and a custom oversized teak dock capable of docking a 100-foot yacht.

It has two lifts and room harbor, deep sailboat water and a custom oversized teak dock capable of docking a 100-foot yacht. It has two lifts and room for for other other boats boats or or personal personal watercraft. watercraft. Completely Completely rebuilt rebuilt from from 2006 2006 to to 2008, 2008, no no expense expense was was spared spared in in creating creating this this distinctive distinctive family family home, home, from from the the selection selection of of one-of-a-kind one-of-a-kind quality quality materials materials and and finishes finishes from from Europe Europe and and America, America, to to the the use use of of local local and and french french artists to create several spectacular trompe l’oeil.

Add a bonus area of 2,700 square feet plus a car enthusiast’s six-car artists to create several spectacular trompe l’oeil. Add a bonus area of 2,700 square feet plus a car enthusiast’s six-car custom custom garage garage with with full full workshop, workshop, and and you you have have aa complete complete palace. palace. MLS: MLS: A3983687 A3983687 Sotheby’s International Realty and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered service marks used with permission. Each office is independently owned and operated. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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siesta key 4011 shell road Joel Schemmel

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rivervieW BoulevarD

san remo estates 941.587.4894 $9,900,000

1310 tangier Way Andrew Bers

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siesta key

5100 riverview Boulevard Victoria Horstmann

941.518.1278 $2,650,000

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FounDers CluB

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3585 Founders Club Drive Don Carroll 941.539.2132 premiersir.com/id/A3981199 $1,299,000

50 Central avenue, 1108 Vittoria Rutigliano 941.962.5867 premiersir.com/id/A3983834 $1,200,000

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5740 midnight Pass road, 206F Peg Davant 941.356.4552 premiersir.com/id/A3978140 $1,699,000

1155 kings Way Drive Joe Vuono

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sorrento shores 521 south shore Drive Joel Schemmel

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941.383.2550 $1,999,900

941.587.4894 $1,100,000

premiersir.com/id/A3971439

941.544.0977 $1,495,000

1135 Bayshore Drive Bob Linthicum

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941.228.9206 $1,399,900

941.228.7356 $1,099,000

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941.302.1485 $995,000

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GolDen Gate Point

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650 Golden Gate Point, 202 Peter Laughlin 941.356.8428 premiersir.com/id/A3981103 $825,000

435 sorrento ranches Drive Terry Herschberger 941.468.8439 premiersir.com/id/N5780259 $764,900

1212 Ben Franklin Drive, 909 Karin Stephan 941.504.4435 premiersir.com/id/A3981045 $750,000

5611 Gulf of mexico Drive, 8 Mark Huber 941.356.2435 premiersir.com/id/A3983944 $749,500

Casey key

silver oak

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river CluB

3704 sandspur lane Valerie Dall’Acqua

8965 Wildlife loop Ken Ipox

941.445.7295 $729,000

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lonGBoat key 3970 royal road Cindy Migone

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941.812.7438 $625,000

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941.320.0722 $699,000

5 Gulf manor Drive Paula Y. Wesley

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941.492.7515 $698,000

Bay Plaza

Bent tree

BraDenton

4917 Cherry laurel Way Carol Clark & Paul Clark 941.350.4500 premiersir.com/id/A3983790 $559,000

9102 16th avenue Circle north West Devon Davis & Jesse Carr 941.720.2053 premiersir.com/id/M5840109 $449,900

veniCe

lake oF the WooDs

venetian Falls

437 lake of the Woods Drive Susan Dahn 941.408.3021 premiersir.com/id/N5781434 $319,900

1988 Batello Drive Chris & Elizabeth Shiparski 941.375.1148 premiersir.com/id/N5781477 $312,500

4700 lemon Bay Drive Carol Clark & Paul Clark

1771 ringling Boulevard, Ph106 Perry Corneau 941.650.4626 $400,000

552 Juan anasco Drive Carolyn & Gary Collins

1255 north Gulfstream avenue, 405 Jo Rutstein 941.587.9156 premiersir.com/id/A3983681 $599,000

rivo at rinGlinG

premiersir.com/id/A3984056

941.993.7279 $699,000

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941.350.4500 $399,000

3621 north Point road, Ph801 Charlotte Hedge 941.350.0100 premiersir.com/id/A3984028 $1,299,500

serenoa lakes 7471 Paurotis Court Greg Hudson

6911 river Birch Court Charles Totonis

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PrestanCia 7808 estrella Court Chris Price

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premiersir.com/id/A3984119

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637 Foggy morn lane Pat & Peter Evans

941.350.4500 $729,900

lonGBoat key 941.524.8299 $639,900

1125 Gulf of mexico Drive, 204 Cheryl Loeffler 941.302.9674 $629,000

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tavares 941.524.8299 $449,900

29324 Beauclaire Drive Janice Clary

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WaterleFe

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941.284.8008 $899,000

the oaks 438 Webbs Cove Carol Clark & Paul Clark

river CluB 6709 medinah Court Charles Totonis

941.993.3695 $1,749,000

premiersir.com/id/A3984167

meriDian at the oaks

8735 midnight Pass road, 601B Kathleen Ucci 941.302.2344 premiersir.com/id/A3977921 $895,000

premiersir.com/id/A3975073

Cherokee Park 1744 south Drive Gigi Silverberg

lemon Bay

nokomis 321 sunrise Drive Helena & Per Nordstrom

Palmer Farms 3584 sarasota Golf Club Boulevard Shellie Young 941.713.5458 premiersir.com/id/A3977850 $1,895,000

941.779.5530 $409,000

Forest at hi hat ranCh 941.928.8424 $300,000

9327 swaying Branch road Brian Wood 941.928.8408

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