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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

NETWORKING

Out-of-Door Academy and Booker students share global views.

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OUR TOWN

shared vision

SPORTS

TRADITON

ODA baseball welcomes USF alum as coach.

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Lakewood Ranch crowns new king and queen at homecoming.

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MERGE LANE

by Josh Siegel | Staff Writer

Manatee and Sarasota commissioners will meet to discuss the merger of both county transit systems and the possible privatization of the two services in a move to increase efficiencies.

Harriet Sokmensuer

Dave Graybill, Andrea Feldmer and Josh Baker

EAST COUNTY — For the neighbors who just collaborated to bring a world rowing championship here, an effort by Manatee and Sarasota counties to merge their transit systems is the link to connect a grand vision.

Commissioners representing

both counties have already met privately to discuss jointly operating their services — Manatee County Area Transit (MCAT) and Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) — under a single, private manager.

They will come together for a

public discussion Oct. 15, at a joint commission meeting dedicated to the topic, at the Bradenton Area Convention Center, where the commissioners will try to set an interlocal agreement allowing them to secure a procurement for private sector bids to

run a shared system.

“There are lot of good things happening in the near future,” said Jim Van Pelt, a public transportation planner for the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Plan-

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+ Pink on parade On Monday, Oct. 7, pink firetrucks visited the Center for Building Hope in Lakewood Ranch. The trucks are part of the Pink Heals Tour and are driving around the country to raise awareness for all types of cancer. Each stop the trucks make raises money for a different charity. The Center for Building Hope is an organization that offers free information, programs and services to help support and connect cancer patients, caregivers and family members.

Tervis Tumbler CEO Pat Redmond presented a check for $10,000 to the Pink Heals Tour.

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Clockwise from top left: Mason Plese, Adriel RiveraLopez, Caterina Gustave, Melody Klaymeier and Danny Fevrier

+ Stay cool Freedom Elementary students wore blue shirts Oct. 7, in honor of National Bullying Prevention Month.

The school has planned activities that promote respect and problem solving, including random acts of kindness. All students have been taught to “Stop, think and make the best choice” and to “Stay cool” in difficult social situations.

BY THE NUMBERS Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT)

Manatee County Area Transit (MCAT)

2,795,526 — annual passenger trips (FY 2012)

1,523,361 — annual passenger trips (FY 2012)

2,812,715 — annual passenger trips (FY 2013)

1,767,086 — annual passenger trips (FY 2013)

14.04% — fixed route farebox recovery FY 2012

10.8% — fixed route farebox recovery FY 2012

15% — fixed route farebox recovery FY 2013 (projected)

12.8% — fixed route farebox recovery FY 2013 (projected)

$2,798,444 — fixed route annual revenue miles in 2012

$1,328,020 — fixed route annual revenue miles in 2012

$2,929,609 — fixed route annual revenue miles in 2013

$1,236,676 — fixed route annual revenue miles in 2013

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

by Josh Siegel | Staff Writer

Braden River band marches on With the Manatee County School District coming off a multimillion-dollar budget deficit, money is tighter at schools this year. The result can be unseen impacts, but schools — such as Braden River High — are working to overcome them.

EAST COUNTY — Kendall Carrier gathered his defending class 3A state marching band champions this summer and told them they would not be traveling to road football games this season — nor would they have district

funds to fix or replace instruments.

The Braden River High School band responded to their director the only way they know how.

“Yes, sir,” they said.

“I told them straight up: We

have budget issues,” Carrier said.

“We are real with our kids. They took it in stride. They understand.”

Added John D’Amico, a junior

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Jason Lugo took orders from Braden River Marching Band staff during a Oct. 3 practice.

INDEX Briefs......................6 Classifieds ...........29

Cops Corner............9 Crossword.............28

Neighborhood.......19 Real Estate...........24

Sports...................13 Weather................28

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classroom connection by Josh Siegel | Staff Writer

GLOBAL

NETWORKING Carl Hobert, a Boston University professor, led a workshop at Out-of-Door Academy called ‘Rwanda: One Village, Six People.’

The day was meant to boost the global citizenship of students.

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ODA and Booker students, including Janum Trivedi, center, learned that posture often determined how diplomatic counterparts perceive one another.

Students played one of six roles, based on real-life: Bernadette, Frederic, Ancille, Joseph, Charles and Perpetune.

Students negotiated with other characters to reach an agreement on the division of a contested area of Rwanda, near its borders with Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The case study takes place in present-day Rwanda, the east African state still recovering from the 1994 genocide.

Students read background on the case study about two weeks before the event.

Set during a complex time in which the current president, Paul Kagame, pushes national development and education but faces allegations of political repression, the case involves ownership of a contested piece of land in the Gisenyi Province of northern Rwanda.

A wave of Hutus — the historical majority class to the minority Tutsis — has returned to Rwanda after the genocide.

Every few minutes, the students would switch circles and negotiate with new people — from both ODA and Booker —

about a different aspect of the dispute.

“At ODA, we know each other’s views before we walk in,” said Caroline Whitten, an ODA senior. “We know other students’ political beliefs. We know each other outside the classroom. We know what they will bring to the table. Here, we had to role play it and advocate for our character to people (from Booker) we’re not familiar with.”

In between each negotiating session, Hobert, often raising his voice and waving his arms, gave advice in diplomacy.

Hobert — who has traveled to Chad, Haiti and Rwanda with Axis of Hope — formed his hands into a “T,” like a timeout, explaining it signifies the most important diplomatic element: trust.

“When you go to somebody and say something, you better go to somebody else and say the same thing,” Hobert said. “You know what happens when you say something else?

You shatter the trust.”

At one point, he squatted to get eye-level with a student sitting in a chair. Hobert told

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the students good negotiation comes from seeing things at your counterpart’s level.

Trivedi, the ODA senior playing Fredric, claims Bernadette’s land as his own.

His family left the land during the 1962 Hutu uprising, and he possesses his father’s original title to the property.

Trivedi, like most, found it difficult to stay quiet while others shouted competing opinions.

But, as he learned, waiting out the chaos made his point settle in that much more.

In round two of negotiations, he told Joseph, whose job is to settle land disputes, that he would be willing to share half the land with Bernadette.

“It is important to get the opportunity to learn a b o u t s o m e thing that we’re not that familiar about,” Trivedi said.

“Sometimes we get too involved in our local community and forget there’s a larger world out there. It makes it personal when you have to assume a role and maintain that role even if you don’t agree with its world view.”

Hobert even arranged a Skype conversation between the students and Mathilde Mukantabana, the ambassador of Rwanda to the United States.

The ambassador took questions from the students.

Jillian James, a Booker

student, asked Mukantabana what it required for her to assume such a powerful position as a woman.

“Women haven’t had it handed to them,” the ambassador replied through the computer. “There were no women in power in 1994. We had to prove ourselves. We are at a very exciting place in Rwandan society because we feel empowered.”

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LAKEWOOD RANCH — Janum Trivedi, an Out-of-Door Academy senior, sat at the front of his seat and leaned forward, vouching for Fredric, a 22-year-old Tutsi herder who recently migrated from Uganda and wants to claim the land he left behind.

Trivedi, playing Fredric, a character from a case study based on a real person, negotiated for the herder’s fate like it was his own — knowing well the implications.

Students at ODA’s Upper School Lakewood Ranch campus reached outside their classroom wall’s during their Raising Global IQ workshop Oct. 2.

Carl Hobert, a Boston University professor, led a one-day workshop, called “Rwanda: One Village, Six People,” with both ODA seniors and students from Booker High School.

Kenneth Summers, an ODA teacher who teaches “Issues in Contemporary Society,” invited Hobert and Booker students to join his class for the workshop.

It was the fourth such workshop Summers has organized.

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There were three sets of circles.

Role-playing a case study based on real-world events, the students assumed the identity of a specific character.

Carl Hobert, the Boston University professor who led the workshop, demonstrated with Booker senior Eduardo Ortiz the importance of maintaining eye-level contact with counterparts.

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in good company by Josh Siegel | Staff Writer

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EAST COUNTY — Rosemary Altea fears death for two reasons, and they have nothing to do with her own fate.

If Altea were to die, she would leave her daughter and grandson behind, and she worries how those closest to her would handle it.

“I fear to leave my daughter and grandson in the physical sense,” Altea said. “Knowing what I know, I don’t fear the dying process.”

Altea, 67, a self-proclaimed psychic, spiritual medium and healer, will be a special guest at the grand opening of Gold Gallery Auctions in the Creekwood Crossing Shopping Center from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 17.

There, the internationally known New York Times best-selling author and teacher will discuss life after death and the art of psychometry — the ability, which Altea says she has, to absorb the energy of an object, such as jewelry and gold, and connect it back to the energy of its owner.

Jennifer Cascardo, Gold Gallery Auctions’ marketing director and Altea’s friend, convinced Altea to attend the event, the beginning of a planned return to the spotlight, after a few idle years.

Born in Leicester, England, Altea says she saw faces and heard voices as a girl.

“I didn’t think it was a good thing,” Altea said. “I was terrified. My mom was ready to send me to the towers (psychiatric).”

In her mid-30s as a single mother with a 10-year-old daughter, Altea met an old man who believed in spirits.

Soon, Altea says she discovered her spirit guide, Grey Eagle, who advised her to publish her first book, “The Eagle and the Rose.”

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Rosemary Altea says her ability to connect with the spirit world does not make her better than anyone. “I still steal cookies from the cookie jar,” she jokes.

Before she first realized what connecting with spirits meant for her personal life — that her needs always come second — Altea feared being alone.

“People ask me if I’m ever afraid, but I only see things from my perspective,” Altea said. “Scientists say this world is an illusion.

Truth is, people in spirit are more solid and real than we are.”

Even if that’s true, Altea admits maintaining relationships with ordinary people can be difficult. She hasn’t remarried. But that hasn’t stopped Altea from embracing her line of work.

“I think it’s very hard to have regular relationships because they always have to take second place,” Altea said. “It means more to help someone connect with that grandfather. I am not here to convince you one way or the other. I am here to change people’s lives.”

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by Josh Siegel | Staff Writer

Festival brings family together The annual East County rite, the Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival, will feel different this year after the loss of family patriarch, Jim.

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Eight-month-old Emma Pillsbury looks picture-perfect at last year’s Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival. family-oriented, and that really motivates us.”

Jim Hunsader founded the farm with his late brothers, Paul and Robert, in 1967. He died Aug. 17, a month before his sons, Mike and David Hunsader and their wives, Trish and Kim, along with some of his 14 grandchildren, opened the farm for its 47th season.

Up until the last two years of his life, when he battled with Parkinson’s disease and the remnants of a stroke he

suffered in January 2011, Jim Hunsader made sure the festival ran smoothly from the driver’s seat of his golf cart.

This year’s festival, held at Hunsader Farms, 5500 CR 675, Bradenton, will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. the next three weekends: Oct. 12 to 13, Oct. 19 to 20 and Oct. 26 to 27. Entry is $8 for adults; children 12 and under are free. Parking costs $5 per vehicle.

The festival will feature longtime favorites such as

children’s train rides, charity pumpkin games, a petting zoo and frog-jumping championships, but it also will include new acts, such as the Gunslinger Monster Truck Show and the Justino Zoppe Magic Show.

For the first time, specially served only the first weekend, there will be deep-fried Wisconsin cheese curds — going back to when the founding Hunsaders milked cows in Wisconsin before treading south for tomatoes.

New food vendors include Billy Boy’s Subs, Smoothie King and more.

The roster of craft and antique vendors is full for the first weekend and filling up fast for the next two.

Connie Hunsader, Jim’s wife, will assume her usual role, preparing pies in the Eat Shack.

In the days leading up to the festival, she steers Jim’s golf cart, its new nametag — a sticker that spells “Papa’s Cart” — written in cursive.

“She has a real eye for detail,” Trish Hunsader said. “Being out here has really brightened her up. It’s her therapy.

We all have a renewed energy and excitement.”

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HUNSADER FARMS PUMPKIN FESTIVAL When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 12 to 13, Oct. 19 to 20 and Oct. 26 to 27 Location: Hunsader Farms, 5500 CR 675, Bradenton Cost: Admission is $8. Children 12 and under get in free. Parking costs $5. Corn maze costs an additional $2. Attractions brought from outside sources have their own prices.

Details: 100 craft booths, live music and dance performances, live shows, hayrides, scarecrow displays, a petting zoo, frog-jumping championships and more Info: hunsaderfarms.com

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EAST COUNTY — They all acknowledge this year is different — how loss has shaken up 20 years of doing the same thing.

Every September since 1992, 30-plus members of the Hunsader extended family gather at their farm and prepare for the Pumpkin Festival.

As part of a seven-day-perweek ritual, they unload hay from a trailer.

They stuff and dress scarecrows and scatter them throughout 1,000 acres of land.

They plow a corn maze.

This year, it twists and turns to spell out, “Rest in peace, Papa.”

The Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival will kick off Saturday, Oct. 12, with the recent loss of the family patriarch, Jim Hunsader, tightening the core of an event all about bringing people together.

“People always wonder, ‘How do you keep doing this?’” said festival co-organizer Trish Hunsader. “It’s so much work.

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NEWSBRIEFS + Lakewood Ranch Town Hall to be early-voting place Lakewood Ranch Town Hall will be an early-voting location starting with the primary election in 2014.

Town Hall Executive Director Eva Rey and Mike Bennett, Manatee County supervisor of elections, recently met to discuss the issue, which had been debated.

Rey has assured that clubs and others who use Town Hall will not be displaced.

Previously, East County voters had to drive to the Supervisor of Elections office on 301 Boulevard for early voting.

“The voters in Lakewood Ranch have been asking for an early-voting location in mid-county, and this will serve as one of the few that will be in place for next year’s election,” Bennett said.

Town Hall will also be used as a polling place on the day of the primary vote and on Election Day in 2014.

Bennett said the county will continue to expand early-voting locations as a result of a 2012 law that expands early voting location options.

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in Lakewood Ranch originally approved in 2008, at its land-use meeting Oct. 3.

Commissioners voted 7-0 in favor of Schroeder-Manatee Ranch’s proposal for less commercial and office space in the first phase of the project and more residential housing than originally requested.

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does not exceed the impacts of the previous plan.

Phase one of the project, located east of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, west of Pope Road and north of State Road 70, originally called for 900 residential units, 460,000 square feet of retail space, 458,000 square feet of office space, a 300-room hotel and 36 acres of

the release. “In spite of the very real and difficult challenges we face in the citrus industry, our production team continues to do a great job.”

SMR Farms and Tropicana are partnering on a multi-year citrus fertilization project aimed at comparing traditional fertilizers with low-carbon-footprint products as part of Tropicana’s global sustainability efforts.

“We have a great relationship with Tropicana, and working with a top-line company like Tropicana certainly keeps us on our toes,” said Steve John, SMR Farms’ citrus production manager.

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For a fifth straight year, SMR Farms has been selected as a Tropicana Grower of the Year for the 2012-13 citrus harvesting season.

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MANATEE COUNTY AREA TRANSIT 5 — trolleys 25 — buses 28 — paratransit vehicles

111 — employees in the transportation division 10 — transit routes 3 — trolley routes

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When a district undergoes what turned out to be a $38 million shortfall, as the Manatee County School District did last year, schools have to cut back in areas that aren’t always seen.

Provided less internal account money for her school this year, just like all the district schools, Jennifer Gilray, Braden River High School’s principal, had to make tough decisions on how to distribute the money she did have.

There would be no money for the marching band to travel to away football games, such as the school’s final game at DeSoto County High School Nov. 8, she decided, and there would be no freshman football program this year. Freshmen could still play for the junior varsity squad.

The marching band also did not travel to a game at Sarasota High School Oct. 4. But they did march at Southeast High School Sept. 13, and they will perform at Palmetto High School, Nov. 1.

“You just have to make deci-

sions,” Gilray said. “These are not forever decisions. It affects all aspects of our organization. We are doing the best we can in a tough situation. We want to make sure kids get the best high school experience.”

Schools across the county had to make similar decisions, but most of the cuts don’t look the same, because a school decides individually how to budget its money from the district.

The district directly funds some accounts, such as the instrument repair and replacement account, which applies to all music-related programs within a school.

The district provided no money in that account this year — for any school. Schools could set aside money from their internal accounts for instrument maintenance, if they wanted.

Carrier says his school usually gets approximately $9,000 from the district for instrument repair and replacement — a common occurrence for a band whose practices routinely go four hours and whose season, counting summer camp, goes year-round.

Travel to a road football game typically costs $1,000 per game,

Tindale-Oliver, a consultant the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) hired, has identified three routes that can serve Lakewood Ranch. A project-review committee made up of MPO board members, MCAT and SCAT staff and Florida Department of Transportation employees will review the routes later this month and recommend one for the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners to approve.

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ning Organization. “It’s not if, but when. There is so much interaction between the two counties, it stands to make sense to have easier access between them.”

Manatee County leaders and transit experts believe any such system could be a model for the Tampa Bay region.

Pinellas and Hillsborough counties have explored the idea.

Ed Hunzeker, Manatee County administrator and a proponent of a merger since he assumed his position in 2006, says any shared transit system will increase efficiencies without adding costs to taxpayers.

He cites a system in St. Louis that began when he was chief financial officer of a regional transportation authority there in the 1980s.

That service, run by a private management firm, serves seven counties in two states.

Similarly, the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority serves Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties in the Orlando area.

Hunzeker says talk about shared bus service has nothing to do with recent growth in the counties. Rather, a change in leadership at both the transit agencies has pushed a longstalled and overdue idea.

“This is the starting point for a bigger project,” Hunzeker said.

“It has been a vision of a lot of people for a long time. This has nothing to with the Mall at University Town Center and the rowing. It has everything to do with improving the ability of people to get around. We can’t keep spending money on widening roads and building multi-roads. We can take advantage of efficiencies from shared transit, and with money saved from efficiencies we can expand service without going to taxpayers.”

MCAT’s 2013 farebox recovery, a measure of how much of the operating budget is offset by riders’ fares, was 12.8% — leaving a significant amount of the budget

for a private company to offset with cost-saving measures.

The conversation comes as an MPO consultant, Tindale-Oliver & Associates, completes a study to determine if bus service can serve Lakewood Ranch, a growing, urban-trending, masterplanned community with no mass transit.

Van Pelt says Tindale-Oliver has designed three alternative routes (see map) that identify how bus service would work in Lakewood Ranch. A projectreview committee made up of MPO board members, MCAT and SCAT staff and Florida Department of Transportation employees will review the routes later this month and recommend one for the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners to approve. State funding for the cause becomes available in fiscal year 2015-16, so implementation of bus service to Lakewood Ranch would not begin until then.

As Lakewood Ranch waits, MCAT and SCAT have already made moves to collaborate.

The two agencies co-operate Route 99, which travels north and south on U.S. 41, servicing passengers from Palmetto to downtown Sarasota. MCAT and SCAT have two buses each serving that route.

SCAT has a partnership with Benderson Development to design a transfer station at the northeast corner of North Cattlemen and DeSoto roads.

Van Pelt says SCAT and MCAT will meet at the location — by the Mall at University Town Center — to provide services east and west.

SCAT has also been working on a route that will also help serve shoppers and employers at the under-construction mega mall.

The two-bus route will start on U.S. 41 and will serve SarasotaBradenton International Airport and areas along University Parkway to University Town Center and Benderson Park.

Hunzeker said, depending on the proposals private firms provide in the procurement phase,

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the governments would decide if more buses or people are required for the expanded service.

A new shared system would still be publicly owned and funded, and the governments could still apply for federal grants to add buses and other capital.

Money from taxpayers, which Hunzeker and MPO officials say won’t change, won’t cross county lines.

When the governments receive the proposals, county staff will rank the best ones and commissioners vote on the best one. Or they can reject the plan all together.

A public hearing will likely come at some point.

The two counties do have obvious differences. SCAT, with more routes and, thus, capital and people, is unionized, while MCAT is not.

But the steps toward collaboration so far mean something.

“This level of cooperation far exceeds anything I’ve ever seen,” said Mike Howe, director of the MPO. “There is going to be a viable transportations system that connects Lakewood Ranch to the west. This is going to happen. Everyone is focused and committed.”

Carrier said, with most of the money going to pay for a bus.

The Braden River Marching Band also travels to competitions other than football, such as the annual Florida Marching Band Coalition State Championships (FMBC) at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, where the Pirates were crowned state champs last year.

The marching band’s Boosters association covers those expenses, mostly through selling concessions at football games and also through fundraisers.

Donna Love, the Booster president, says they raised $1,000 selling snow cones and taking donations at an event this year, and at least $3,000 at a walk-a-thon in September.

“We make a priority list of what’s absolutely necessary to pay for,” Love said. “We have a very supportive band family.”

Love said the Boosters have set aside some money for instrument repair and replacement, however, they do not have the funds to contribute to footballgame travel.

Braden River marching band members say they have become closer because of the budget

constraints.

After all, those five hours spent performing at an away football game can be utilized to work on a new production that will help them win another FMBC state title, they say.

This year’s production is called “Art” and, in it, the bandmates play music using art as props.

At a recent practice Oct. 3, Carrier and some of his band members rolled out giant paintings, such as “American Gothic,” from a storage trailer onto their practice field.

“It’s a bummer that we can’t travel everywhere, but it’s always good to have an extra run to prepare for competition,” said senior Sam Savage. “Some of the football players do come up to us in school and say, ‘It sucks you’re not there,’ because we are part of the whole hype thing.”

D’Amico, a drum major and leader, just enjoys creating art, wherever it happens.

“We are all mature enough to handle this,” D’Amico said.

“Instead of sitting around a lot at football games, we’re playing music out on the field.”

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COPS OCT. 2 GO FISH 4:40 p.m. —2000 block of 53rd Ave. E. Petit Theft.

Police were notified when a man walked out of a store without paying for fishing poles. The man had paid for smaller items, however.

The man stole nearly $300 worth of fishing rods. The property was returned to the store in new condition.

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SEPT. 18 DISAPPROVAL RATING 9:48 a.m. — 5000 block of University Parkway. Petit Theft.

A credit card was canceled after the owner had been notified that someone was making unapproved transactions.

SEPT. 20 NOT AN EASY FIX 2:58 p.m.— 6000 block of 33rd Street E. Theft After Trust.

An owner wrote a $350 check for the repair of his car, however, the check was cashed and no work had been done. When the victim went to back to the repair shop, he discovered that the man had fled the area and vanished. The victim has been searching for the repairman for two months with no luck.

SEPT. 28 HAPPY ENDING 8:50 p.m. — Unknown Address.

Information Only. A child was reportedly standing on the side of a road all day. When police went

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OCT. 3 CIRCLE THEORY 8 p.m. — 400 block of Cyrpress Creek Boulevard. Property Damage.

Someone broke into a gated property by breaking the automatic gate, causing about $800 worth of damage. Once on the property, the complainant told police it looked like the person had done donuts with a vehicle on the grounds.

Lockwood R i d g e Rd. Petit Theft/ S h o p lifting.

A woman tried to walk out of a store with several bags of candy in her purse. Security approached her and escorted her back inside the store where the authorities were contacted.

The bags of candy were given back to the business and the woman was brought to the central jail. The incident was video taped and has been turned in.

to check on the boy, he told them that he was dropped off that morning to catch the bus. According to the boy, he was reading a book when the bus came and he missed it. He told police he didn’t want to walk home for fear of getting into trouble with his mother, so he decided to wait for his mom to pick him up at 4:15 p.m. The boy had a packed lunch and appeared to be unharmed, although he did have sunburn.

Authorities contacted the boy’s mother, who picked him up immediately.

OCT. 1 FOOT PATROL 4:37 p.m. — 4000 block of University Parkway. Lost Property. While on patrol, one authority pilot had his knee on the kneeboard instrument panel, and the instrument fell off the panel and out of the helicopter. They immediately turned around to search for it, however, they were unable to find it.

Once they returned to the hangar, they searched on foot. They were unable to locate it.

OCT. 3 CUT AND RUN 5:55 p.m. — 1000 block of Lemon Fish Drive. Burglary.

Someone walked onto an open construction site and cut wires from their fixed position. The person then fled from the site by unknown means in an unknown direction.

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FAST ONE 7:50 p.m. —5000 block of 33rd Street E. Forge/ Counterfeit Bank Bill. At the drive-thru window of a fast-food restaurant, a man paid for his meal with a counterfeit $20 bill and then drove away.

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Everybody has a story to tell. It’s amazing what people say in that little room. There are some strong women out there, and it’s amazing what people can survive and go through. — KAREN DERITTER, BRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER

KAREN DERITTER Bridal consultant // Brides Against Breast Cancer

When she arrived, she began searching online for job and volunteer opportunities, and she found the Gulf Coast Community Foundation’s You’d Be Perfect For This website.

While browsing, she learned about an opportunity to volunteer at Brides Against Breast Cancer, a local nonprofit organization that contributes funds to programs for cancer patients, their families and caregivers.

Having been personally impacted by breast cancer, she saw the opportunity as a chance to relate to people with similar experiences.

“I thought, ‘Oh, I would be perfect for this,’” says DeRitter. “It fit the bill.

My mother is a breast-cancer survivor, so it’s nice to be able to give back and support other families going through the same type of thing.

I feel a connection, and I’m lucky to meet so many strong women who have survived and are able to tell their story.”

DeRitter worked as a volunteer for a few months, working one-on-one with brides to help them pick a dress, and eventually she was hired as a bridal consultant.

Just a few months after moving to Sarasota, DeRitter says her volunteer opportunity had not only helped her

As a newcomer to Sarasota, Karen DeRitter was searching for a way to connect with her new community.

After relocating in December from upstate New York, the retired schoolteacher began looking for ways to meet new people, get involved and learn a new set of skills that she could use to make a difference.

“I was concerned about moving,” she says. “I lived in a small community for 30 years, and I thought, ‘How do I start again?’ I’d asked my kids to do it when they went off to college, and here I was getting ready to do it again.”

become immersed in a new city, but it was also a rewarding experience.

She says she enjoys helping women plan one of the happiest days of their lives and that she’s thankful for the chance to meet and connect with the women who come into the store.

“Everybody has a story to tell,” she says. “It’s amazing what people say in that little room. There are some strong women out there, and it’s amazing what people can survive and go through. I’m lucky to be part of an organization that’s so passionate and committed to making a difference in people’s lives.”

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Six more chickens were housed in a private residence near Lena Road Industrial Park, the East County Observer reported Oct. 10, 2002.

The chickens were placed strategically throughout the county to attract virus-carrying mosquitoes. Chickens are able to contract the disease and then thwart it with antibodies, so their eggs are not affected.

Braden River Elementary School kicked off its monthlong push for pedestrian safety Oct. 3, 2007. The East County Observer reported Oct. 11, 2007, 500 students and parents walked, biked, rolled and scooted to school Oct. 3, for the school’s Walk and Roll to School Day, in honor of International Walk to School Day. The month-long event included other outdoor activities.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 11 Peace Faith & Film Series — starts at 7 p.m. at Peace Presbyterian Church, 10920 Technology Terrace.

Peace Presbyterian’s eighth annual Peace Faith & Film series takes place every second Friday of the month. Films begin at 7:30 p.m. and are followed by a discussion led

by Dr. David A. Thomas, an associate professor emeritus from the University of Richmond. The Oct. 11 film will be “42.” For information, email davidthomas1572@ comscast.net.

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Oct. 12 and 13; Oct. 19 and 20; and Oct. 26 and 27, at Hunsader Farms, 5500 CR 675, Bradenton.

The festival offers craft booths, live music and dance performances, hayrides, scarecrow displays, a petting zoo, pumpkins and more.

Admission is $8; children 12 and under get in free. Entrance to the corn maze is an additional $2.

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SUNDAY, OCT. 13 Pumpkin Patch — runs from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, at St. James UMC, 2049 Honore Ave. Runs through Oct. 31. For information, call 377-6180.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE Waterlefe Spooktacular Women’s Golf Tournament — starts at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 29, at Waterlefe Golf & River Club, 1022 Fish Hook Cove. All women golfers are invited to play in the Waterlefe Women’s Golf Association’s tournament.

It is open to all women golfers with a valid handicap, and scoring is better net ball of each two-person team for 18 holes. Information and registration forms are available at the Waterlefe Pro Shop. Deadline for registration is Oct. 15. There will be a check-in and breakfast snacks beginning at 7:30 a.m.; shotgun at 8:30 a.m. and lunch at the River Club following play.

For information, call 744-9771.

TUESDAY, OCT. 15 Lakewood Ranch Celebrating 15 years — runs from 4 to 9 p.m. at Polo Grill and Bar, 10670 Boardwalk Loop. Join members of the community, families and friends in celebrating Lakewood Ranch’s 15th birthday.

There will be free activities for adults and children, including face painting, a hay maze, NASCAR cars on display and a polo demonstration. Lunch is available for purchase for $10.

All proceeds benefit the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance. There will also be an aerial shot taken at 4:45 p.m. at the polo field. For information, visit lakewoodranch.com.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16 LWRBA October Executive Briefing — starts at 7:30 a.m. at Keiser University, 6151 Lake Osprey Drive.

Marc Simms, president of RPM Business Advisors, will discuss “How to Bridge the Generational Gap.” Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast provided.

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Junior Natalie Buffett recorded a school record 31 kills to lead The Outof-Door Academy volleyball team to a 3-2 victory over Bayshore Oct. 5.

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baseball by Jen Blanco | Sports Editor

ODA Thunder taps new head coach Former Venice High and USF outfielder Tim Orlosky was recently named The Out-of-Door Academy’s new varsity baseball coach.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Tim Orlosky couldn’t wait to get to the ballpark.

He spent all week thinking about it.

There was just something about the thrill of competition and playing around in the dugout with his teammates that the then 5-year-old couldn’t get enough of. The feeling only intensified the older he got.

Orlosky became enthralled with

the sport, and he soon realized he was right where he belonged.

“I wasn’t terribly good at the other sports that I tried, but baseball was easier and I enjoyed it,” Orlosky says. “I couldn’t wait to get there. I lived for it when I was younger.

“I like the competition and winning, but I also like the bond,” Orlosky says. “It’s fun to be a part of a larger group and the camaraderie

that comes with it.”

Now the former Venice High and University of South Florida outfielder is hoping to share some of his insight and passion for the game with his new team.

Orlosky recently was named The Out-of-Door Academy’s new varsity baseball coach. Orlosky becomes the program’s third head coach, replacing former coach Billy Dietrich.

“Tim embraces the core values that ODA stands for: excellence, respect, integrity and service,” ODA Athletic Director Brett Timmons says. “He has a desire to get back out into the community where he (played) baseball. He has so much respect, and I think he’ll be able to take what coach (Billy) Dietrich and (Mike) Verrill did and push us on to the next level.”

After graduating from Venice in 2001, Orlosky went on to play for Daytona State College, where

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ODA eighthgrader Max Coutsolioutsos shot 33 to lead the Thunder to a 151-237 victory over Southeast Oct. 3.

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Braden River freshman Mike Corletto scored two goals and an assist, and junior Zach McCoy added three assists to lead the Manatee Admirals hockey team to an 8-2 victory over Sarasota Oct. 4.

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Above: Junior Tiffany Buff, 16, energizes the crowd, along with her fellow cheerleaders.

Left: James Jeffcoat and several other players wore pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Lakewood Ranch quarterback Chad Rex accounted for four touchdowns, including three on the ground, to lead the Mustangs to a 35-21 district victory over North Port in the school’s homecoming game Oct. 4.

Senior tight end Wyatt McLeod scored a 1-yard touchdown before being named homecoming king, and Cameron Pearcey caught a 19-yard touchdown pass.

With the win, the Mustangs improved to 4-2 and 2-0 in Class 7ADistrict 10.

The Lakewood Ranch girls cross-country team scored 46 points to win the IMG Academy Cross Country Invitational Oct. 5.

Sophomore running back A’Shawn Angel returned to action after missing the last two games.

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Mascot Kylee Risdon puts smiles on fans’ faces as she performs silly stunts.

Sophomores Carly Palkovich, Olivia Ogles, Anna McDaniel, Caitlyn Duffy and Elif Akar Right: Lakewood Ranch wide receiver Cameron Pearcey caught four passes for 89 yards and a touchdown.

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sistant athletic director and assistant varsity baseball coach at Windermere Preparatory School in Orlando.

“I really like coaching,” Orlosky says. “I enjoyed playing, but the most rewarding thing about baseball is following the guys who I coached and watching them grow up. Watching them become men and good people is the most enjoyable part for me.”

Orlosky knew about ODA and had seen the progress the program had made over the past few years. So, when the position became available a couple of months ago, Orlosky jumped at the opportunity.

“It’s kind of like coming back home for me,” Orlosky says. “My No. 1 objective is definitely to grow the players, not necessarily talent wise, but to make them better people for having been in the program.”

In addition to his coaching duties, Orlosky also will oversee the maintenance of ODA’s athletic infrastructure, as the school’s new associate athletic director for facilities management.

Orlosky also will be responsible for making sure all of ODA’s athletic facilities are pristine and preparing them for all home competitions.

he was named an All-Conference Outfielder in 2002 and 2003 and 1st Team All-Region in 2003. He also helped Daytona State capture its first conference championship in 2003.

Orlosky went on to play at the University of South Florida, for which he batted .327 with seven homeruns, as the Bulls’ leadoff hitter.

“I felt less pressure at the plate,” Orlosky says. “Statistically, you’re going to fail more times that you’re going to succeed, and yet you can still be a great hitter.”

Upon graduation, Orlosky, who earned his bachelor’s degree in education, quickly began to miss being on the field every day.

Orlosky decided to reach out to his former coach and, before long, he returned to Daytona State where he served as the Falcons’ hitting and outfield coach, as well as the head coach of the developmental team.

Orlosky served as a JV assistant coach at Venice High before taking over as the JV head coach from 2008 to 2009, when he coached the Indians to a 19-4 record.

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The Braden River Pirates’ offense, left, waits for the snap.

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ODA player Maxime Provost and his teammates rush onto the field for Friday night football.

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The Braden River and Outof-Door Academy football teams returned to the gridiron in search of their first district wins of the season Oct. 4.

After building a 23-7 lead at halftime, Braden River withstood Sarasota’s second half comeback attempt — the visiting Pirates edged past the Sailors 30-27.

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+ Lady Thunder notch wins The Out-of-Door Academy improved to 9-2 with wins over Bradenton Christian, Imagine School and Bayshore this past week.

Natalie Buffett powered ODA with 50 kills, 14 digs, 15 perfect passes and three aces over the three-game span.

Cameron Graham added 45 digs, 55 perfect passes, 26 assists, 30 service points and four aces. Jenna Bloch had 23 digs, nine perfect passes, seven digs and three aces. Taylor Albano added 13 kills and six aces.

Monica Costa contributed 32 assists.

Samantha Emmons had seven kills, and Savannah Jones added four kills.

+ ODA swings past St. Stephen’s The Out-of-Door Academy boys golf team defeated St. Stephen’s 166-160 Oct. 1, at the Lakewood Ranch Country Club.

Max Coutsolioustsos shot 38 to lead the way for the Thunder. Evan Murphy and Gary Deng both shot 40. Francisco Marcano and Tomas Vicek each added a 42. Jon Eichenbaum rounded out the scoring for ODA with a 50.

Jack Cen shot 37 to lead the way for the Falcons. Christopher Pollen shot 39. Louis Song shot 43. E.J. Verbeke shot 47. Jack Berry added a 52, and Logan Tallman shot 58.

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The tournament is open to junior golfers ages 11 to 18. The winners of the boys 11 to 14 and 15 to 18 and girls 15 to 18 divisions will receive AJGA Performance stars and earn an invitation to the HJGT’s 2013 tour championship.

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The Lady Mustangs scored 46 points to edge past Braden River (48).

Ande McDonald finished third in 21:35.30, followed by Sara Kelly (fifth, 22:42.10).

Braden River’s Asia Borman finished fourth in 22:02.90 to lead the way for the Lady Pirates.

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Cindy Davis, Jeanne Thompson, Christine Zieg and Carole Rivinius scored 30 to win the scramble WGA nine-hole league Opening Day event Oct. 3, on Cypress Links.

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Sophmore Reide Ryans and her little brother, Reece, at the dance.

Seniors Chris Pearcey and Brianna Adams win prince and princess.

Marina Masterson is crowned homecoming queen.

Lakewood Ranch High School students celebrated a victorious homecoming Friday, Oct. 4, when they beat North Port High School 35-21.

At halftime, seniors Wyatt McLeod and Marina Masterson were crowned homecoming king and queen. Freshmen Katie Stincer and Nate Strawderman, sophomores Julie Castan-

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zo and Gabriel Overton, juniors John Merritt and Katie Molinari and seniors Brianna Adams and Chris Pearcey were crowned princes and princesses.

Lakewood Ranch held its homecoming dance the following night in the school’s gymnasium. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors dressed in their best for the occasion.

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Rheya Jackson dances in the middle of the dancefloor Saturday.

Isaac Bristol, D’Andre Hobbs and John Merritt looked dapper at the homecoming dance.

Juniors Jake Dube and Katie Molinari were part of the homecoming court.

Left: Senior King Wyatt McLeod and Queen Marina Masterson toss candy to fans during halftime of Friday’s game.

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Clockwise from top left: Debra Lewis won first place in the macaroniand-cheese cook-off; Ruth Byler won second place; and Laurie Dupuy and Lindsay Teuton won third place.

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Home in Lake Club sells for $900,000 Greyhawk Landing

The following residential realestate transactions took place between Sept. 23 and Sept. 27.

A home in Lake Club tops all transactions in this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real estate. David and Marcia Scott, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 15815 Clearlake Ave. to Ronald Carabbia, of Bradenton, for $900,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath, a pool and 3,347 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $850,000 in 2012.

Jason and Jenifer Conley, of Independence, Ohio, sold their home at 12719 Daisy Place to Jaroslaw and Iwona Kowalczyk, of Bradenton, for $340,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,293 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $420,100 in 2007.

Vil and Tawanda Johnikin, of Columbus, Miss., sold their home at 12338 Lavender Loop to William and Roma Rash, of Millsboro, Del., for $290,000. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,238 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $375,000 in 2007.

Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch

Phillip Falso, of Lakewood Ranch, sold his home at 7974 Royal Birkdale Circle to Lewis Lefer and Beth Cooper, of Lakewood Ranch, for $737,500. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,521 square feet of living area.

Alfred and Karin Martini, of Tampa, sold their home at 7115 Beechmont Terrace to Anthony and Barbara Baldessari, of Lakewood Ranch, for $715,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,131 square feet of living area.

Preserve at Panther Ridge

Patricia Horne, of Holmes Beach, sold her home at 8006 Panther Ridge Trail to Carl Verble, of Bradenton, for $512,500. Built in 2001, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,412 square feet of living area.

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This Lake Club home, which has three bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath, a pool and 3,347 square feet of living area, sold for $900,000. ton, sold her home at 13320 Purple Finch Circle to Bruce and Patricia Kaufmann, of Lakewood Ranch, for $430,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,559 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $355,000 in 2012.

Ryan and Ashley McIntyre, of Bradenton, sold their home at 14246 Cattle Egret Place to David and Wendy Cama, of Bradenton, for $279,900. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,073 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $330,000 in 2007.

Braden Woods

The Bank of New York, trustee, sold the home at 9022 63rd Ave. E. to William and Janine Strick-

ler, of Bradenton, for $376,800.

Built in 1997, it has four bedrooms, three baths, one halfbath, a pool and 3,761 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $610,000 in 2006.

Central Park

Central Park Lifestyles LLC sold the home at 4723 Tilden Park Court to Scott and Dominique Jarrett, of Eaton, Md., for $355,400. Built in 2012, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,468 square feet of living area.

Daniel and Beth McCloy, of Downington, Pa., sold their home at 4918 Newport News Circle to Lawrence and Valerie Osmond, of Ontario, Canada, for $228,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two baths 1,487

square feet of living area. It previously sold for $220,000 in February.

Mill Creek

Todd and Natalie Haught sold their home at 13704 18th Place E. to Venise Duchesne and Melanie Shaw, of Bradenton, for $355,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,890 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $476,000 in 2005.

Fannie Mae sold the home at 13603 Second Ave. E. to Charles and Judith Olson, of Sarasota, for $247,900. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,210 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $186,000 in 1999.

Heritage Harbour

Duy Huynh, of Bradenton, sold the home at 8512 River Preserve Drive to Melvin and Arlene Hurst, of Ephrata, Pa., for $320,000. Built in 2011, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,297 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $269,000 in 2011.

Fairway Lakes at Palm-Aire

Joann Meyer, of Newport Beach, Calif., sold the home at 5841 Fairwoods Circle to William and Jennifer Gardner, of Greer, S.C., for $299,900. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,994 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $178,000 in 1995.

Carriage Run at University Place

Marilyn Bate, trustee, sold the home at 7318 Meeting St. to Rich-

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7314 Edenmore St #M5840539 $399,900 Deborah Angelo Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mara

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707 S Gulfstream Ave # 902 #M5840567 $389,900 Jody Shinn

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1701 51St W St #M5837466 $365,000 Maria Christenson

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2590 Ranch Club Blvd #M5839692 $1,295,000 Joanna Sternberg

2825 Terra Ceia Bay Blvd # 1703 #M5838771 $361,855 Dana Preston

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1111 51St W St #M5837822 $325,000 Kathy Valente

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12934 Nightshade Pl #A3982476 $279,800 Robin Bowman

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25005 65Th E Ave #A3982497 $245,000 Lanny Emery

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6908 W 21St W St #A3979023 $275,000 Liza Knipe

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1760 Stickney Point Rd # 203 #M5840554 $229,000 Jonnie Dwyer

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10623 58Th E St #M5839499 $209,995 Leah Secondo

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6124 46th Lane E. 5511 37th Ave. E. 6310 209th St. E. 6707 197th St. E. 4936 Tobermory Way 6430 Shoal Creek St. Circle 4302 Murfield Drive E. 6305 Spyglass Lane 4524 Fourth Ave. N.E. 21911 Deer Pointe Crossing 9019 61st Ave. Drive E. 16127 Daysailor Trail 6539 Field Sparrow Glen 8064 Royal Birkdale Circle 8725 53rd Place E. 6159 Aviary Court 10705 Forest Run Drive 8423 Idlewood Court 14729 Fourth Drive N.E. 7304 Tori Way

Pool Garage Garage Re-roof Pool Re-roof Re-roof Re-roof Re-roof Solar Re-roof Pool Door/Window Mechanical Re-roof Pool Cage Mechanical Alterations Mechanical Mechanical

Mark Malacarne John Govoni Mark Coates Jeffrey Jackson Malcolm Rouse John Ryan Paul O’Reilly Lou Demarco Jr. Robert Fisher Robert Bendl Peter Kaszuba Jeffrey Friedman Charles Carey Alfred Bracciano Mao Chiang Phillip Funderburg Richard Lahr Dorothy Wilson Sylvester Schweiger Patrick Ryskamp

$54,290 $50,000 $25,051 $23,970 $17,807 $17,750 $17,150 $17,000 $14,995 $12,800 $12,552 $11,500 $11,000 $10,871 $10,000 $9,518 $8,918 $8,650 $8,064 $8,050

5008 64th W Dr #A3974762 $1,490,000 Adam Cuffaro

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ard Bailey II and Gudrun Bailey, trustees, of Vicksburg, Mich., for $295,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,116 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $294,000 in 2005.

to Thomas and Shelly Schappacher, of Bradenton, for $285,000. Built in 1997, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 2,257 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $305,000 in 2008.

Braden Pines

Riverwalk Village

John Beebe and Judith Beebe, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the home at 10104 Oak Run Drive to Larry and Amanda Daughtry, of Sarasota, for $290,000. Built in 1979, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,078 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $146,400 in 1994.

Country Creek

James and Carol Ricks, of Myakka City, sold their home at 14835 Seventh Ave. E.

6280 Riverview Blvd #A3959260 $4,500,000 Pam Taylor

505 30Th W Ave # 101E #M5838248 $46,900 Debbie Capobianco

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8135 36Th E St #M5839181 Kendra Vogel

7921 Wyndham Ct #A3985155 $699,000 Linda Driggs

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5624 Title Row Dr #M5838120 $695,000 Laura Tracy Clekis

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-915-4167

7909 Royal Queensland Way #A3982073 $629,000 Sherwin Taradash, PA

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-448-3301

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-224-4824

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-704-2394

5722 8Th Street E Ct #M5840650 $89,900 Kimberly Roehl

7135 261St E St #A3971455 $589,000 Jeffrey Porterfield

East County 941-907-9595 941-228-1047

7515 Rio Bella Place #A3984226 $575,000 W Edward Tarr

University Park 941-907-9595 941-266-3322

1229 11Th W Ave #M5838536 $37,900 Laura Tracy Clekis

101 66Th St # 3 #A3978672 $540,000 Kevin Carroll

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

4519 Barracuda Dr #M5838499 $539,900 Joe Foster

Bradenton 941-907-9595 941-812-7634

7648 Calle Facil # 7648 #A3984504 $525,000 Howie Drourr

Sarasota 941-907-9595 941-812-6476

403 Hillcrest Dr #M5814687 Kathy Valente

$499,000

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-685-6767

5913 55Th Dr E #A3974987 $464,900 Barbara Najmy

Braden River 941-383-7591 941-383-7591

18306 Prairie Wolf Gln #M5836784 $400,000 Paula Keegan-Bock

Parrish 941-748-6300 941-224-5909

Braden River 941-748-6300 941-447-9988

Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-915-4167

$2,450

Sarasota 941-907-9595 941-773-4372

11851 Hollyhock Dr #M5840288 $1,800 Laurie Rastovski

Lakewood Ranch 941-748-6300 941-345-9080

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-920-2301

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5577 Key West Pl # 5577 #M5839575 $3,000 Kendra Vogel

8867 White Sage Loop # 1503 #M5838227 $119,999 Rebecca Zimmerman

Braden River 941-966-8000 941-350-0612

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1708 Bayshore Gardens Pkwy #M5839334 $79,900 Elizabeth Gardini

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-920-4573

$750,000

Scott Deshais, of Wayne, Mich., sold his home at 11526 Pimpernel Drive to Michael and Maribeth Corcoran, of Fort Wayne, Ind., for $280,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,083 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $119,400 in 2011.

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2819 52nd Avenue W Ter #M5839863 $128,000 Jaymie Carter

4529 51St E St #A3980931 Kristen Srur

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by Harriet Sokmensuer | Staff Writer

Chad McDonald, Joe Hayes, Eric Wedin and Tom Stroud. Below: Maj. Dennis Dummer from the Manatee Sheriff’s Office filled in for Sheriff Brad Steube.

Community takes a stand against domestic violence Manatee and Sarasota leaders gathered Oct. 2, at the University Park Country Club, for the SPARCC and Hope Family Services Men of Courage Breakfast. Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight and Maj. Dennis Dummer, with

the Manatee County Sheriff, led a discussion about how domestic abuse impacts local communities. The breakfast marks the beginning of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Diabetics with heart Disease wanted for research stuDy

To join the trial you must be: • over the age of 50 • have type 2 diabetes and heart disease • able to attend multiple clinic visits and answer phone contacts over a three-year period

Patients included in the trial will receive regular health checks and medical testing, access to trial medication at no cost and blood glucose testing equipment. Compensation may be available for time and travel. No medical insurance is necessary to participate.

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Honoring Dr. Angus Graham, Jr.

Freshest Seafood Only Local shucked Raw bar

The Manatee County Rural Health Services Foundation invites you to an inspiring dinner celebration to honor the lifetime achievements of Dr. Angus Woodward Graham, Jr. in pediatrics and radiology.

Lunch Served Monday-saturday

Dinner Served Tuesday-sunday

Sunday Hours

Friendliest Atmosphere staff and Neighborhood Patrons

Fun for the Whole Family Real Food & Real good Times!

3pm-8pm

Wednesday ~ November 6, 2013 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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& f i s h m a941-907-0589 rket www.luckypelicanbistro.com

Can you find the lucky pelican?

6239 Lake Osprey Drive, Lakewood Ranch

This awards dinner is a fundraiser for The Manatee County Rural Health Services Foundation.

The Foundation is an independent philanthropic organization committed to supporting Manatee County Rural Health Services, Inc. (MCRHS) in its mission to promote innovations in care and assist in broadening access to healthcare to individuals in our community who are unable to pay.

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Located a mere 30 second drive off I-75 exit 213.

Next to the Holiday Inn....in the Lake Osprey Plaza

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Refreshed muscles, radiant skin and wellness at the right price –it’s all waiting for you at Massage Envy Spa.

Manatee chamber members power through lunch hour Members of the Manatee Chamber of Commerce met Wednesday, Oct. 2, at MacAllisters Grill and Tavern, for the organization’s Power Connection Lunch. Local business owners and employees made connections and exchanged business cards while enjoying lunch.

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OBSERVER WEATHER

Do you love taking photos? We want your best photos of sunrises, sunsets, rainbows, etc.

Submit your local weather photos for a chance to have your photo published in the paper!

See all of the winning photos each week by visiting The Observer’s Facebook page.

TEMPERATURES

Record Temperatures High

Low

High

Low

Tuesday, Oct. 1

92

72

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53 (1920)

Wednesday, Oct. 2

91

73

94 (1986)

49 (1920)

Thursday, Oct. 3

91

73

95 (1959)

58 (1984)

Friday, Oct. 4

89

75

95 (1923)

52 (1929)

Saturday, Oct. 5

89

73

93 (1959)

56 (1929)

Sunday, Oct. 6

87

72

95 (1989)

57 (1913)

Monday, Oct. 7

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75

94 (1973)

54 (1932)

AVERAGE GULF WATER TEMPERATURE: 84 RAINFALL

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 Nigel Judd submitted this sunrise photo, taken in at County Club East in Lakewood Ranch.

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18 Spooky quality 81 Handled, as a 20 Mountainside challenge homes 83 “That was ___ of 21 Castle the dancer fun!”

22 One way to avoid a 84 Breakfast fare collision 85 Wine vessel 24 Flying annoyances 86 Work to make one’s 25 Tenderfoot rights better?

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100 Poetic rhythm 43 “Get the message?”

103 Environmental 44 Roddy McDowall subgroup portrayal of 1968 105 Birth name 47 Naked indicator, for 50 Base neutralizer women 51 Mattel doll 106 Remove dust 52 ___ up (made bunnies secure) 108 Absorbed, as 54 Bathroom floor financial losses piece 109 Ancient portico 55 Tell an untruth 110 Treater’s words 56 Fuel of a sort 57 Workable or viable 112 Sewing junctions 113 Tries to ignore, in a 59 Word with “sea” or way “season” 118 Murphy or Izzard 60 Part of an English 119 Not as knotty exam, often 120 Calamity 62 Ink stain 121 Easily angered 63 ___ Butterworth’s 122 Villain’s facial 64 In tears, perhaps expression 65 Disregard or ignore 123 TV’s Carrington 69 Monastery head saga 72 Opposite of “in the future”

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11 Canines or bicuspids 12 Ore appraisals 13 Blast furnace output 14 Caterer’s liquid containers 15 They don’t sink ships 16 Primes the poker pot 17 Places for some newborns 19 Hone, as skills 20 Ill treatment 23 Wed without warning 29 How all men are created 30 City northeast of Indianapolis 32 Desert watering holes 34 Challenge in a piano lesson 37 Cape sighted from the Mayflower 39 Guest of honor’s place 41 Eight-legged creature 45 Base coats 46 It develops into a fetus 48 Away from the wind 49 Auto defect 51 Put on the canvas 52 Of great consequence 53 “What ___ can I say?”

56 John of “Atlas Shrugged” 57 Bowled over 58 One billion years 61 Certain terrier, informally 62 Encompass or surround 64 Home of the Jazz 66 Fill completely with food 67 Vermont harvest 68 Hit, as a fly 69 Just ___ (tiny amount) 70 Digestive fluid 71 Numskulls 75 College-years phenomena, for parents 76 Term of affection 78 Public commotion 79 Ad sales rep’s quote 80 Mr. ___ (“Green Acres” character) 82 Group of three 85 Affording a beautiful view 86 Enclosure with a manuscript, for short 88 Boxing champ Jack 90 Piece of tableware 93 Conditions of equilibrium 95 Like the preferred evil?

96 Oscar contender 97 Like Barack Obama’s father 98 Beauty or brains, e.g.

99 Stockholm native 101 ___ Hunt (Tom Cruise’s “Mission Impossible” role) 102 Find a new purpose for 104 Rhythmic verse 107 Send forth, as lava 111 Costa ___, Calif.

114 Ascot, essentially 115 “Ice Age” sloth 116 Asian new year celebration 117 Suffix with “access”

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Items Under $200 For Sale

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

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 CHRISTMAS TREE. Lighted, blue spruce, 7/ft., in box w/600 clear lights. $75.00. (941)907-3234.

GAS DRYER G. E., excellent condition, $75. Call 941-224-1244.

GE WASHER. 941-758-6259

Excellent

condition

$100.

SHIPS LANTERN: Vintage, 16" $100.00. Craftsman compressor, 12/gal., $35.00. Craftsman bench grinder, $40.00, (941)907-4188.

WASHER AND dryer, $200. Washer less that 6 mos. old. 941-780-3579.

Autos For Sale LEXUS 2006, ES330, 29,250 miles, burgundy, beautiful car. $16,995. 941-323-2849.

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

Boats

Homes For Sale

ESTATE SALE Saturday, October 12 8:45a.m.-2p.m.

3740 Eagle Hammock Dr. The Hammocks Off Bee Ridge at Iona

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Set of sterling, other silver, Lenox Summer Breeze, Rattan cabinet, pine cabinets (cost $8000), rattan chest, Vintage wicker armchairs, artwork, coffee tables, 1900s oak cabinet, set of Golden Pheasant china, bar chairs, coffee & end tables, slant front desk, nice linen sofa, 3 area rugs, king headboard, chiminea, patio items, silk plants, 3 bikes, 2 HDTV stands, stainless set, golf clubs, elliptical, good condition car seat, stroller, & other baby items, ladyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothes, linens & kitchenware.

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Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

Sofa bed, rattan, 2 china cabinets, glass top table and chairs, suede sectional, recliners including electric, chest, queen bed set, twin beds, bookcases, large collection of records, mirror, buffet, dinette, tea cart, paintings, china, glass and bric-a-brac.

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

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

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

WANTED: OLD Victoria magazines, good condition. Will pay $1/ea. Selling old movie star pictures.

941-360-3557.

Storage

Business Opportunities

Wicker: sofa and occasional chairs.

Full and queen bedroom furniture, patio table and chairs, desk, lamps, generator, tools, china, glass and bric-a-brac.

Other late editions.

Also, 2002 Chrysler Mini Van Limited.

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

MOVING SALE: Saturday, 8am-2pm, 3310 56th Dr. E., off SR 70 & 33rd St. Baby furniture, appliances, toys, bikes, clothes, garden tools, patio, housewares, dishes, holiday decor, jewelry, collectibles and more!

Personal & Business Bookkeeping Accounting/ Taxes I come to your home or office.

4 Bill Paying & Account Reconciliation 4 Organizing Personal and Business Files 4 Budgets & Financial Reports 4 Federal and State Tax Returns BONDED & INSURED Over 25 yrs. experience

JAN PRO CLEANING FRANCHISE: $950 Down Required, Financing Available for growth, Includes customers. Earn up to $10,000 Month+.

Call 941-907-8141.

email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

GREAT LADIES looking to care for you or your loved ones. Great Experience. Great References.

Not an agency. Jennifer, 941-879-4801.

Air Conditioning 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.

Cleaning BRAZILIAN CLEANING Service by Maria.

Residential/ Commercial. Meticulous Cleaning.

Excellent References. Free Estimates. Reliable.

Lic./ Ins. 941-400-3342.

Home Improvement/ Remodeling FREDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HOME IMPROVEMENT AND REPAIR. Painting, tile, kitchen backsplash, windows, drywall, fans, just ask! 941-744-7473.

STEVE ALLEN FLOOR COVERINGS PROFESSIONAL TILE & MARBLE INSTALLATION

Help Wanted

20 YRS. EXPERIENCE

DRIVERS: $5,000 Sign-On Bonus! Great Pay! Consistent Freight, Great Miles on this Regional Account. Werner Enterprises: 1-888-567-4853.

CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE 726-1802 LIC/ INS

ADORABLE TOWNHOME: 2BR/2.5BA, Greenbrook, Lakewood Ranch. One car garage, private screened lanai. $1100/mo. Association requires background and credit check. 941-907-8082/home or 716-863-2632/cell.

Telephone: 941-749-5646 yourbookkeeper@tampabay.rr.com

Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356

Homes For Rent

HUGE GARAGE SALE: Sat., 10/12/13, 8AM to 2PM, rain date 10/13/13 - Lakewood Ranch communities of Riverwalk, Summerfield, Greenbrook, E of I 75 & SR 70, look for posted signs at community and neighborhood entrances on Lakewood Ranch Blvd. and Greenbrook Blvd.

YOUR PERSONAL BOOKKEEPER, LLC Gail Sunray, Owner

RE/MAX Alliance - Vargo Team

Adult Care Services

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

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

ESTATE SALE Friday, October 11, 9:30a.m.-2p.m.

5383 Creekside Trail Carlyle-Palm Aire (Located off Whitfield)

Personal Services

For Qualified Waiting Clients

Merchandise Wanted

BLANKET CHEST, like new, solid walnut, excellent storage, 43â&#x20AC;?Lx16â&#x20AC;?Dx21â&#x20AC;?H. $200. Queen Anne Writing Desk, ladies, Link Taylor, cherry, 39â&#x20AC;?Wx18â&#x20AC;?Dx31â&#x20AC;?H. $150. Parsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chair, armless, brown leather, very comfy and great condition! $60.

Twin Poster Headboard, off-white, very good condition includes mattress set. $150. King Mattress Set, comfy and good condition. $100. Baby/ Toddler, steel, Easy Roller; attachment for momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bike, like new. $125. 941-893-5521.

www.AffordableHomeList.org or Free recorded message 1-800-596-5617 ID #1050

WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

ESTATE SALE Saturday, October 12, 9:30a.m.-3p.m.

7086 Fairway Bend Circle Palm Aire 34243

REGRETTABLY GIVING up large assortment Hand and Power Tools. All fair offers accepted.

941-366-8819, Leave phone number.

Furnishings

Free list with pictures

Real Estate Wanted

General Merchandise

ChitwoodCharters.com Cruise or Fish Hyatt Sarasota Docks 32â&#x20AC;&#x2122;/53â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Yachts - 2hrs./2 months 941-383-5232

Hot List Of Homes available under $300K

Painting/Wallpapering CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

Interior/ Exterior painting including drywall repair and retexturing. Wallpaper installation & removal, pressure washing. Residential & commercial, condos. Honest & reliable. Free estimates.

941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

Landscaping & Lawn Service

Pet Services DOGGY HOTEL/GROOMING. 24 Hour Daycare.

FREE Daycare with groom (we are the best).

3925 Brown Avenue behind Sleep King. doggyhotel.net 941-554-4620.

TIKI TIME PET SITTING! In-Home Pet Sitting! Leave your fur kids in their environment with trusted, loving care! Providing quality pet care for 10 years! No extra charge for multiple pets & Holidays! Excellent references.

480-694-0756 tikitimepetcare@gmail.com

Pools FULL WEEKLY POOL SERVICE FROM $65 per month including chemicals. For screened-in pools. Owner operated, reliable, personal service. Save money - call now. Blissful Pools, 941-705-0400.

CLASSIFIED LINE AD PRICE First 15 words ................... $15 per week Each Addâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l word ...............................50¢ 15% DISCOUNT for 4 week Run Yellow color $5 per Week Border as low as $3 per Week Call: 955-4888 Email: classiďŹ ed@yourobserver.com Online: www.yourobserver.com

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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

Find Treasure!

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 56733

LAKEWOOD RANCH LAWN & LANDSCAPE LLC. Unhappy with your current lawn service?

Try us for free! First week free with no contract when switching from current company. We offer complete lawn care and landscaping services.

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MOVERS

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Christoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clock Repair

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