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Lots for tots Residents of the Central Park community, including Scarlett Menard (above), celebrated the giving spirit, as well as some neighborhood fun, by organizing a Toys for Tots drive.

They collected about 200 gifts and enjoyed a parade Dec. 17 that included lighted firetrucks, decorated golf carts and a visit from Santa.

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Lakewood Ranch’s Dick Vitale and his wife, Lorraine, helped spread holiday cheer on Dec. 15 as 340 children attended the Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota County’s holiday party. The Vitales donated $10,000 to help purchase gifts.

Dick Vitale shared his message of dreaming big and being good to people.

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Artistic Director Jeffery Kin and CEO Michelle Bianchi-Pingel are spearheading fundraising efforts for The Players Centre.

The Diverging Diamond Interchange project is scheduled to be finished in September, easing traffic concerns.

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The Players could build Waterside theater complex in stages. SEE PAGE 6

East County drivers due to get more options in 2017. SEE PAGE 4

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MASTER PLAN EXPANDS SMR moves into Sarasota County in 2017 with Waterside community.

PAM EUBANKS SENIOR EDITOR

As 2017 opens, the southernmost section of Lakewood Ranch is covered in piles of dirt and stone, without a hint of the project about to spring to life.

By summer, though, the landscape of Waterside will begin to take shape with sparkling lakes, newly constructed homes and neatly manicured lawns.

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch’s first major foray into Sarasota County — Waterside at Lakewood Ranch — will be open for business with two homebuilders offering houses for sale. SMR also will finalize plans for the project’s downtown area as well.

“This is the year for Waterside,” said Rex Jensen, president of Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch.

At buildout, Waterside at Lakewood Ranch is slated to have 5,144 residential units, 390,000 square feet of commercial space, 90,000 square feet of civic space and hundreds of acres of preserves and wetlands on 5,500 acres.

The Waterside project generally runs from Interstate 75 to east of Lorraine Road between University Parkway and Fruitville Road.

It is located immediately south of the Sarasota Polo Club and the Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park.

The first phase of residential construction will include about

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775 units, primarily single-family homes with some condominiums or townhomes, across two parcels. Nearly every homesite will include waterfront property.

The development’s first builders, Homes by Towne and Pulte Group, have begun site work.

“We’re hoping to start on models in the late spring,” said Kohn Bennett, Florida division president for Homes by Towne. “It’s exciting.”

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Pulte will offer a model called Nobility in the new Waterside development.

Top: Waterside Place, Waterside’s town center, is designed to capitalize on waterfront views.

Above: The Waterside Place town center will be similar to the Lakewood Ranch Main Street area, which offers dining, shopping and entertainment.

announced prices yet for its future Lakehouse Cove community, but Bennett expects models to open in the fall. Homes by Towne is working on designs for the future community’s amenity center as well.

Pulte spokeswoman Sarah Garlick said model home construction and pre-sales are expected to start in April for the 246-unit Shoreview at Waterside community. Home prices will start in the $500,000s. A grand opening likely will be held in the fall.

“It’s a really great area,” Garlick said. “The Waterside project has been highly anticipated for such a long time. We’re anticipating a lot of demand in there.”

Jensen said Davis Development, the developer of The Venue apartments across from Lakewood Ranch Main Street, also is slated to start work on about 300 apartment units. The project will be located at Waterside’s western boundary, adjacent to Interstate 75 and just north of the Sarasota County water tower.

The new year also will be critical in the development of Waterside’s future town center, called Waterside Place. SMR will develop that project itself, with the entire year devoted to finalizing plans and completing engineering for the project.

SMR Vice President of Planning Richard Bedford is working out details of Waterside Place, but said it will include about 200 apartment units in more than 20 buildings. About half those buildings will have retail on the ground level.

“This will be more than enough to establish a nice downtown, where you want to go,” Bedford said.

As he pulled out renderings and maps of the project, he noted every roadway is designed to capitalize on the town center’s view of a mile long, 250-acre lake and keep drivers-by hungry to see more.

There will be a permanent spot for a farmers market, a culinary incubator building that can house up to 24 startup restaurants and bakeries, a boat dock, outparcels for waterfront restaurants, a public park, dog park and other features.

The Waterside Place project will take about two years to fully build out, but once construction starts, it won’t stop until everything is completed.

SMR will own and manage Waterside Place.

“We can’t take the risk of having anybody else do this,” Bedford said. “This town center is the golf course for Waterside. It’s where the social environment is. This is a downtown urban core.”

The Players Centre for Performing Arts, currently undergoing a capital campaign, plans to construct a new facility in the town center (see Page 6).

Its plans feature a 480-seat main stage auditorium with balcony seating, a 125-seat blackbox theater, a 100-seat cabaret theater with dining, and the main campus of The Arnold Simonsen Players Studio, the education arm of the organization.

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BERKLEY MASON STAFF WRITER

It won’t come overnight, but Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh said those who drive the roads in East County are going to feel some relief in 2017.

Four major projects — the Diverging Diamond Interchange, the Fort Hamer Bridge and extensions of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard and Lorraine Road south — are scheduled to be finished in the coming year, and with those projects come the promise that traffic congestion will be eased.

“I am excited with what we have coming in terms of new roads in 2017,” Baugh said. “I know people are upset about traffic congestion. I’m driving in it like everyone else. But I think these projects will help immensely. These projects will change our traffic patterns as we know them.”

Even so, Baugh said it will take some time for people to get comfortable with new routes.

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Nicholas Azzara, an information outreach manager for Manatee County, said the county is doing everything it can to keep up with growth.

“Building new infrastructure to keep pace with a growing population is a challenge throughout Florida, but especially in Manatee County, which, according to U.S. census, is the fifth fastest-growing county in Florida and 33rd fastest in the U.S.,” Azzara said.

He said the county has faced the challenge of improving its roadways without raising property taxes.

Local gridlock also could be eased with the help of developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, which is constructing the Lorraine Road and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard extensions as it expands to develop Waterside at Lakewood Ranch in Sarasota County.

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The Diverging Diamond Interchange remains on schedule and is expected to be finished by July or August.

ect spokeswoman who works for the Valerin Group.

Road improvements in East County are much anticipated.

Heather Kasten, executive director of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance, said the area’s businesses will see significant benefits.

“It’s a really exciting time to be in this region, and as the new developments are built, those connecting points on Lorraine and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard will be tremendous access points,” Kasten said. “Also, I think there is going to be more traffic to local businesses because people are going to have the option of going through the Lakewood Ranch region. From a personal perspective, to be able to zip over to the UTC mall, or to the Cooper Creek area, or Fruitville to catch a show in Sarasota, all of these pressure points we are feeling now are going to be relieved in a very short period of time.”

John Breiner, owner of Wolves Head Pizza and Wings on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard near State Road 64, said the projects should help his business tremendously.

“This will be a huge gateway, bringing more people to the area, and it will really alleviate traffic on Upper Manatee Road. It’s been a long time coming,” Breiner said. “I think with the opening of the bridge, people are going to be more inclined to drive this way because it’s easier access for them.”

Breiner said the projects will provide the area with some much needed alternate routes.

Darrin Simone, owner of the Ranch Grill at State Road 70 and Lorraine Road, agreed with Breiner.

“I’m sure the completion of the Fort Hamer Bridge will bring more people into our area, and to the rest of the area, too,” Simone said.

DIVERGING DIAMOND INTERCHANGE Estimated completion: July/ August; landscaping beautification by November Construction cost: $75.3 million Project: Construction, which began in August 2015 at I-75 and University Parkway in Sarasota/Bradenton, will add an auxiliary lane on northbound and southbound I-75, construct new bridges on I-75 over University Parkway, widen University Parkway and add I-75 bridges over Errie Creek and Foley Creek.

It also will realign the onramps and off-ramps at I-75/ University Parkway, make drainage improvements, add lighting and signals and a noise wall on the west side of I-75. The project includes new sidewalks, bike lanes and pedestrian walkways.

Effect: Studies of existing DDIs show a large reduction of major crashes, an overall reduction in delays, reduction in conflict points on the road and an increase in overall capacity.

FORT HAMER BRIDGE Estimated completion: Fall Construction cost: Fort Hamer Bridge, $23.5 million; Upper Manatee River Road improvements, $2.7 million; Fort Hamer Road, $6.49 million Project: The construction of a two-lane bridge. It includes

road improvements on both sides of the bridge, including paved bike lanes, improved shoulders, sidewalks and turn lanes. The bridge will connect Fort Hammer Road in Parrish with Upper Manatee River Road. Additionally, a traffic signal will be installed on the south side of the bridge. Construction began in March 2015.

Effect: Provides an alternate, more direct route for residents and business commuters, shortens drive time, relieves traffic from heavily traveled U.S. 301 and Rye Road, provides alternate route to I-75 and shortens travel time for first responders.

LORRAINE ROAD Estimated completion: July Construction cost: $17.4 million Project: Extend and widen 3.5 miles of Lorraine Road from University Parkway south to Fruitville Road.

Effect: The improvements and extension will provide an alternate north-south route for local traffic and should help alleviate congestion in the University Parkway/I-75 area.

LAKEWOOD RANCH BOULEVARD Estimated completion: July 2017 Construction cost: $8.65 million Project: Extend 1.7 miles of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard from just south of

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Another 1.7 miles eventually will be constructed to reach Fruitville Road after the right of way requirements are met.

Effect: The improvements and extension will provide an alternate north-south route for local traffic and should help alleviate congestion in the University Parkway/I-75 area.

IN THE WORKS 44TH AVENUE EXTENSION Estimated completion: The entire project isn’t expected to be complete for another six or seven years, but portions will continue to open until it eventually connects western Bradenton to Lakewood Ranch.

Construction cost: $130 million Project: The project starts at U.S. 41 in Bradenton and when it’s completed, will connect to Lorraine Road.

The section from 45th Street East to Lakewood Ranch Boulevard will include the construction of two bridges — one across the Braden River and another across Interstate 75.

Effect: Provides another east-west artery. When finished, the majority will be a four-lane, divided roadway.

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Theater’s drama builds Future Waterside theater establishes connections in Lakewood Ranch.

JAY HEATER MANAGING EDITOR

The Players Centre for Performing Arts hopes to build a Lakewood Ranch foundation in 2017, and it has nothing to do with concrete.

Michelle Bianchi-Pingel, the Players’ managing director and CEO, said it’s all about relationships.

Plans are in the works for a $30 million complex that will anchor the Waterside Place, or town center, area of the new Waterside at Lakewood Ranch development.

The project, on 4.5 acres, includes a 480-seat main stage auditorium with balcony seating, a 125-seat black-box theater, a 100-seat cabaret stage with dining experience, a rooftop bar, and a main campus for the Arnold Simonsen Players Studio, the

educational arm of the organization.

Although the Players Centre has its Sarasota waterfront building for sale for $12.5 million, Bianchi-Pingel said it is imperative to build a Lakewood Ranch financial support system in the upcoming year that could hasten the organization’s move.

“Lakewood Ranch doesn’t know us,” Bianchi-Pingel said.

“They are not engaged with us.

It’s almost like a dating process.

I can’t go to Lakewood Ranch and immediately marry them.”

The first date, so to speak, comes Jan. 13 at the Lou and Ann Marie Marinaccio residence at the Concession, 20818 Parkstone Terrace, Lakewood Ranch.

Tickets are $150 apiece, or $250 per couple. The Marinaccios are supplying the food, wine and valet parking, while The Players will present “The Best of Broadway — A Show Within Itself,” as the evening’s entertainment. The event also will include a live auction.

Tickets for the event, which

“Lakewood Ranch doesn’t know us. They are not engaged with us. It’s almost like a dating process.

I can’t go to Lakewood Ranch and immediately marry them.”

– Michelle Bianchi-Pingel, the Players’ managing director and CEO

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begins at 6 p.m., can be purchased online at ThePlayers.org.

It will be a first step at courting sponsors for the theater.

“They will be able to see the impact we are having,” BianchiPingel said.

Aiding in the cause is that during a Dec. 21 meeting, 30% of the new complex’s architectural design was unveiled by the architectural firms Westlake Reed and Leskosky and Schenkel/Shultz along with builder Willis Smith.

“Until that meeting, we really couldn’t put our fundraising into place,” Bianchi-Pingel said.

A second major task for The Players in 2017 will be to add five to seven new board members who are also “influential Lakewood Ranch business people.”

Besides expanding the board, The Players is looking to form a task force of five to 10 Lakewood

Ranch business types who can act as advisers.

Meanwhile, with the complex’s cost escalating from $18 million to near $30 million, The Players board will have to decide whether the project can be done all at once or in pieces.

“When we went on our national tour, every theater we visited sacrificed areas that compromised their future growth,” BianchiPingel said. “We didn’t want to do that. We didn’t want to start hacking away.”

If it isn’t feasible to spend $30 million up front, Bianchi-Pingel said the board will consider building in stages. The first stage will be a $10 million construction of a theater and dining element.

In that case, the theater could prove itself to the community while attracting sponsors.

“We could say, ‘Here is where

your name will be on the side of the building,’” she said.

Then there remains the labor of selling the Sarasota theater.

Bianchi-Pingel said research still is being done to decide if the asking price of $12.5 million is too high or too low.

“The property is directly across from the bayfront and the last unobstructed view of the bay,” she said.

The Players originally estimated it could open in about three years.

Along with the efforts to continue planning the new complex, The Players has to live up to its responsibility to present quality programming while it remains at its Sarasota location.

“We need to remind people that we have to steer the ship here,” Bianchi-Pingel said. “We have to be solid.”

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Observer “If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

Friedrich Hayek

“Road to Serfdom,” 1944 Editor / CEO / Matt Walsh mwalsh@yourobserver.com Vice President / Lisa Walsh lwalsh@yourobserver.com Publisher / Emily Walsh ewalsh@yourobserver.com Associate PublisherEast County Observer / Lori Ruth lruth@yourobserver.com Executive Editor / Kat Hughes khughes@yourobserver.com Managing Editor / Jay Heater jheater@yourobserver.com Senior Editor / Pam Eubanks peubanks@yourobserver.com Sports Reporter / Ryan Kohn rkohn@yourobserver.com Staff Writer / Berkley Mason bmason@yourobserver.com News Innovation Editor / Alex Mahadevan alexm@yourobserver.com Jay Heater

Project Manager Tom Rees, President Jack Cox and Vice President of Operations Reed Giasson have lined up an interesting project for 2017.

Halfacre not bugged by unusual projects

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To work with USDA, Lakewood Ranch builder learns about fruit flies.

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f those who run Lakewood Ranch’s Halfacre Construction Co. have learned one thing over the years, it’s that sometimes things can get a little, well, different.

Tom Rees, a project manager with Halfacre for 12 years, remembers sitting in a conference room at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa waiting for a meeting to start concerning a redesign for the United States Special Operations Command.

They were waiting for a colonel.

Eventually, a helicopter flew overhead and somebody parachuted out. A few moments later, the colonel walked into the meeting, still taking off his equipment following his jump.

The ability to make adjustments and handle unusual situations has been a trademark for Halfacre, and perhaps a prime reason it landed some plum assignments for 2017.

Perhaps the most unusual is a new United States Department of Agriculture research and development facility in Manatee County at 7527 Commerce Court, Sarasota. The 28,210-squarefoot building will be used to protect the area’s agriculture industry from non-indigenous insect outbreaks that affect Florida and the Caribbean.

Halfacre began construction on the $6.3 million project

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The USDA’s new building in Sarasota, built by Halfacre, will produce sterile fruit flies.

in November, but the planning started almost two years ago.

“I think this building will be my favorite,” said Reed Giasson, Halfacre’s vice president of operations and project manager for the USDA building. “It is the prototype. We are bringing in the equipment so they can make sterile fruit flies. They will raise them and hatch them here.

“There is a science behind it.

This is very state of the art.”

Roger Osborne, the CEO of North Florida Government Properties, which is the developer for the project, said the USDA building at 57th Street and Desoto Road releases a million sterile fruit flies each week. The new facility will release up to 200 million a week.

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The sterile fruit flies are being produced and released due to an epidemic in Florida. The sterile flies are released to impregnate female fruit flies, which have plagued the citrus industry. The

“We are bringing in the equipment so they can make sterile fruit flies. They will raise them and hatch them here. There is a science behind it. This is very state of the art.” – Reed Giasson, Halfacre vice president of operations

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Halfacre’s reputation for problem solving and adjusting to special circumstances helped land the project in March 2015.

Giasson has spent his time since learning about the process of making sterile fruit flies.

Besides the regular chore of using Leadership in Energy and Environment Design, or LEED, requirements, Halfacre had to build cook rooms used to make food for the bugs, research walkin coolers because the bugs roll up like BBs when cooled and then can be transported to the airport for release into the environment, and find out about towers that hold the fruit fly eggs. Every system, such as air conditioning and circulation, had to be doubled in case of a problem. Halfacre even picked out the property because something was needed near the airport.

“We chose Halfacre because we’ve seen the company’s work and know their team can handle the special nature of this type of construction,” Osborne said.

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A resolution that matters — Get involved O

ur county commissioner, Vanessa Baugh, was all worked up, which was a somewhat dangerous thing since she was driving.

You could tell she was crying, and this had nothing to do with gridlock preventing her from getting to the Mall at University Town Center in a timely fashion.

No, Baugh was choked up with pride, talking about her fellow Americans and thinking about her trip Jan. 20 to Washington, D.C., where she will attend a presidential inauguration for the first time in her life.

At 63, her political beliefs and her feeling of civic duty have taken her to an emotional peak that most of us — those who have lived a little — don’t experience anymore unless it’s the two-minute warning or we are pleading for the traffic cop to be lenient.

“This, I almost can’t describe,” Baugh said of heading to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. “I fully loved Ronald Reagan and I loved the Bushes when they were in office.

But this is the first time in my 63 years I have thought about going to an inauguration.

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Vanessa Baugh’s involvement in politics has her headed to the presidential inauguration.

“People want to be part of something important, and you can hear the excitement that is out there right now. There is so much electricity.”

Understanding that half the people in our country would

love to shut off the electricity in the White House, I want to veer away from any Hatfields vs.

McCoys political argument.

As we head into 2017, I hope the message can be different than just be a Republican or be

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Maybe your effort would help generate support of a traffic light on State Road 64 instead of a roundabout to create more of a break in traffic so those risking their lives to enter the highway have a fighting chance.

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Join a senior advocacy group, or the county’s health care advocacy board.

I’m not guaranteeing you will experience the kind of emotional high Baugh is riding to Washington, D.C., but I do believe it will charge some emotional batteries that have been stored for quite some time.

“Oh my gosh,” Baugh said. “It doesn’t get any better.”

Jay Heater is the managing editor for the East County Observer.

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The unified part might be pie-in-the-sky, but during 2017, please do listen to the standing up part.

“Be involved, know the issues,” she said. “Stop the complacency and get out and contribute. It is my belief every American should be involved.”

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Byron Teates’ leg of the relay race has come to an end.

The East Manatee Fire Rescue chief said he is ready to retire after 14 years in the top position.

“It’s like anything else, if you do it long enough,” Teates said at a Dec. 19 ceremony to dedicate the new Station Two firehouse at 803 60th St., Court E., Bradenton, in his name. “I’ve been doing this since I was 18 years old. There was a few years lapse, but basically it’s been 38 years that I’ve spent with the fire department. I felt it was a good time to pass the baton to someone else.”

That someone else is Lee Whitehurst, who begins his run Jan. 10 after Teates’ final day on Jan. 9.

It was spring 2003 when Teates was promoted to chief from his job as shift commander. As a token of East Manatee Fire Rescue’s appreciation of his hard work and dedication, a plaque bearing Teates’ name will be placed on the new Station Two building.

“I’m flattered,” Teates said.

Raised in Sarasota County, Teates actually began his firefighting career after moving to England in 1976. He worked with the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Fire Service before eventually moving to Manatee County in 1981. He joined the Braden River Fire Rescue District (now East Manatee Fire Rescue) in 1984.

He’s been there ever since.

When Teates first began volunteering at East Manatee Fire Rescue, the building, infrastructure and surrounding community looked nothing like it does now.

“When I first started, it was a metal building, and when I went down to talk to someone about joining, I knocked, they opened the front door and you could see from one end to the other because they didn’t even have dry wall yet,” Teates said.

Teates recalls that back in 1984, there were no other buildings in the area — the fire station was the only building on the road.

“There were no traffic lights or anything,” he said. “I think, if you look at the growth that’s occurred

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When Teates first began his career at the East Manatee Fire Rescue, it was a volunteer station.

It wasn’t long until, as the community around the station was expanding, it expanded to fulltime employees.

“There was only one full-time employee when I first started; all of the rest of us were volunteers, so transitioning from an all-volunteer department to a 74 full-time employee department, it’s been a chore keeping up with the growth around here,” Teates said. “The transition sort of began when we hired three shift commanders back in 1992, then we started adding several people every year after that, so it’s been a progression. It didn’t just happen overnight.”

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I hope through his retirement, when he’s not here, he continues to keep in touch with what’s going on.”

Teates plans to spend more time with his wife, Cathy Teates, and his four children — Christopher Teates, 40, Cristin Hines, 40, Mandy Holmes, 37, and Tricia Ames, 35.

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Grant allows students to be a cut above Engineering program at Braden River High receives $2,000 from the Manatee Education Foundation.

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Left: Kyle Holbrook, an engineering teacher at Braden River High School, begins the engraving process.

Below: A tumbler is engraved with a Braden River logo.

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A new AT&T science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, grant will allow Braden River High engineering teacher Kyle Holbrook to throw a curve at his students.

Holbrook has been working with his students with a universal laser engraver that only allows them to work on flat products.

“We’ve been using our laser system, but we have not been able to print on a curve,” Holbrook said. “We could only do key chains and flat products like that.

Now, with the new parts we were able to purchase with the grant money, we can take curved products and implement that into our manufacturing process.”

The $2,000 grant, which came through the Manatee Education Foundation in December, was one of three supplied to county schools in support of innovative programming with the hope of enhancing future and current programs.

Holbrook said he hopes his class sparks his students to become future entrepreneurs.

“We want the students to be in control of a small business,” Hol-

brook said.

Holbrook’s class will manufacture engraved tumblers. His students researched high-end Yeti tumblers, as well as less expensive brands that also claimed to keep drinks cold or hot for long periods. They will purchase tumblers, then engrave them with text and designs before marketing and selling them.

“We saw how popular these things were becoming, and also affordable,” Holbrook said.

As of now, Holbrook’s students are in the planning process for their new manufacturing business. They have created a custom tumbler engraving order form, which offers one of the three BRHS logos to customize a tumbler.

Holbrook and his students are still getting used to the new settings on their upgraded laser system. They were practicing by allowing anyone to bring in a tumbler they wanted to engrave

and then hand out as a Christmas present.

“We were treating it like a guinea pig,” Holbrook said. “They could come here and we would use the laser to make whatever engraving they wanted for free.

It helped us work on getting our settings right.”

Elijah Bolle, a ninth grade engineering student at Braden River High, engraved Harry Potter designs on three of his tumblers.

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Worth repeating, Echo Lake is open Lakewood Ranch’s new apartment community will offer 360 units.

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akewood Ranch’s newest apartment community is touting Lakewood Ranch’s “Live. Work. Play.” mantra as if it were a private, gated, single-family home development.

In fact, that’s precisely the idea behind Echo Lake Apartments, under development by Zilber Ltd., parent company of Homes

by Towne.

“We tried to re-create the whole lifestyle of a single-family gated community in Lakewood Ranch, but in an apartment community,” said Mike King, who manages the apartment portfolio of Echo Lakes’ developer and owner Zilber Ltd. The company is the parent of Lakewood Ranch builder Homes by Towne. “We go well beyond just your basic living space.”

Echo Lake, located at 11502 Echo Lake Circle in Lakewood Ranch, celebrated its grand opening Dec. 14 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and celebration. Four of 12 buildings are open, and the

complex has leased more than 107 units since opening Sept. 24.

There are about 60 tenants occupying units, King said.

“We’ve seen tremendous response to this product,” said King. “This is a sign of a strong market and strong demand.”

The complex offers one- to three-bedroom units starting at $1,175 a month for one bedroom, $1,375 for two bedrooms and $1,695 for three bedrooms.

When finished in May, the complex will have 360 units, as well as a 3.5-acre park at its northern end to complement its existing 10,000-square-foot clubhouse, a 2,500-square-foot zero-entry saltwater pool and a 2,300-square-foot fitness center with cardio equipment, free weights, a TRX system and a yoga room.

The park will have amenities including trails, two dog parks, a sand volleyball court, bocce courts and garden plots for residents to grow vegetables.

Rex Jensen, president of Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, said the project embodies SMR’s vision.

“Lakewood Ranch is all about lifestyle,” he said. “We think it’s a hand-in-glove fit.”

Construction on Echo Lake Apartments started Jan. 1, 2016.

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DEC. 22

COULDN’T CRACK THE CASE 3100 block of University Parkway, Sarasota SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: A woman called the Sheriff’s Office to report she had been shopping at a drug store and had purchased items, including gift cards and a nutcracker. She told the deputies the clerk at the store did not place the items into her bag. However, she didn’t return to the store to say the items weren’t in her bag until two days later. She asked deputies to review video surveillance to see if the items were packaged.

DEC. 20

SLEEPY SUSPECT 6200 block of 47th Avenue East, Bradenton Information only: A Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a call from a woman who said she had found a burglar inside her home sleeping. The woman said she neither knew the man or had given him permission to be in her house. The deputy interviewed the man, who said the woman’s daughter had invited him inside the home. Although the daughter wasn’t home, she confirmed his story. The man was told not to return to the residence.

DEC. 22

ALMOST MADE IT HOME 26th Avenue East and 42nd Street East, Bradenton Abandoned vehicle: Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to check out the report of an abandoned vehicle that was left in a ditch. Upon running the vehicle information, the deputies discovered the owner of the vehicle lived across the street from where it was found. Attempts to

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Figo in November.

Saviano already has events lined up for 2017, including an Italian Soccer Camp on June 5. He has also said he hopes to continue working with Luis Figo on soccer showcases. Whatever Saviano ends up bringing to PSC, it seems like 2017 will be another huge year for the facility.

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Senior Sam Hester became the first Lakewood Ranch boys basketball player to score 1,000 career points in the team’s 84-74 loss to Georgetown Prep (Maryland) on Dec. 28 during the Kingdom of the Sun tournament at Vanguard High School.

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The Out-of-Door boys soccer team won the Keswick Cup tournament at Keswick Christian School on Dec. 29. Filip Svoboda was named tournament MVP with five goals.

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On Dec. 28, Donald Betts and David Hirst shot 13 under par to win a Men’s Golf Association best ball event at Palm Aire Country Club.

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On Dec. 29, Barbara Costello and Ellen Hawley (26 over par) tied for first place at the Ladies Nine Hole Golf Association “Throw Out the Worst Hole” event at Palm Aire Country Club.

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Sophia Falco holds four school records in track and field for Lakewood Ranch High School.

Ten East County sports personalities command attention in 2017.

RYAN KOHN SPORTS REPORTER

As the East County area continues to grow in population, so does the number of prominent sports figures. Here is a look ahead to 2017 and top athletes to watch.

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SOPHIA FALCO, LAKEWOOD RANCH To know what kind of special athlete Lakewood Ranch senior Sophia Falco is, just flip through the school’s record books. She holds records in the long jump (20 feet, 5 inches), triple jump (40 feet, 5 inches), 100-meter dash (11.59 seconds) and 200-meter dash (24.11 seconds).

In 2017, it might just be a matter of how low can she go. Her team won the 2016 Class 4A state title thanks in large part to Falco, and will try to repeat in 2017.

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Braden River boys basketball player Deoni Cason scored 20 points in the team’s 65-57 loss to Cape Coral on Dec. 27 during the Smoothie King Classic at Bradenton Christian.

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DESHAUN FENWICK, BRADEN RIVER The Braden River running back will be a senior when he takes the field in the fall, and with former teammate Raymond Thomas graduating, Fenwick will have

less competition for carries.

He recently picked up scholarship offers from the universities of Mississippi and Missouri, both Southeastern Conference schools.

Fenwick runs with both power and speed, and has found success as a slot receiver in offensive coordinator Eric Sanders’ offense as well. In perhaps Fenwick’s best display of domination, he had six carries for 150 yards and two touchdowns, and a 65-yard touchdown catch, against Ida S. Baker last season — in the first half.

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MAX MUNROE, OUT-OF-DOOR ACADEMY He’s not a flamethrower, but Outof-Door Academy junior pitcher Max Munroe gets results.

Munroe was the only pitcher from Florida named to last year’s 15-and-under Perfect Game Tournament All-American team. Perfect Game is high school baseball’s largest scouting service. His fastball runs about 83 mph, but Munroe has the ability to work in a sharp curveball and has great overall command, according to Perfect Game.

The Thunder lost in the district championship game to Northside Christian last season, but with its ace Munroe back on the mound with more experience, they’ll look to advance even further this season.

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DAMIEN GORDON, LAKEWOOD RANCH The Lakewood Ranch boys basketball team may be led by its senior class, but a junior has the potential to be a breakout star in the future.

Damien Gordon is tenacious on defense, especially when it comes to steals. He was averaging 3.1 steals per game as of Dec. 9. He can also score, leading the team with 18 points Dec. 13 in an 83-54 win over Venice.

His athleticism is on display every time he attempts even a simple layup. As his junior season wraps up and travel ball begins in the summer, look for Gordon to become even more of a household name in recruiting circles.

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ANTONIO SAVIANO, PREMIER SPORTS CAMPUS The man behind Premier Sports Campus is Antonio Saviano. He’s been the director of sports since 2013.

Last year, Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch brought tons of revenue-generating events to the area, headlined by the European Showcase by Luis

DENALI SCHAPPACHER, LAKEWOOD RANCH The Lakewood Ranch senior outfielder is committed to play softball at the University of Central Florida, but first she and the Mustangs have one more chance to bring home a state title.

Last year, the softball team won the Class 8A District 8 title game, in which Schappacher had a home run, triple, two singles, and stole home, but lost in the regional semifinals 2-1.

Schappacher led the Mustangs in runs scored, steals, base hits, batting average and on-base percentage last season, and is a two-time Miracle Sports All-State selection.

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CHANCE SHARBONO, BRADEN RIVER The Braden River senior wrestler finished third last year in the 138-pound division of the Class 2A tournament. Sharbono feels he should have won, and he has worked hard to make sure his Pirates career ends with him raising a trophy above his head.

Sharbono’s workout routine is what sets him apart from everyone else. After the usual team practice, he will head out for a 30-mile bike ride. Two to three days a week, he does an additional low-weight, high-rep cardio lift session. He does all of this because, simply, it's what he needs to be the best.

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KATE WALKER, BRADEN RIVER In 2015, former Braden River swimmer Ryan Walker became the first Pirate to ever win a state title, placing first in the 100-yard breaststroke. His sister, Kate Walker, a freshman at the school, has a real chance to become the second.

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RYAN KOHN

Ready to ride the 2017 wave in East County

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’m not much of a New Year’s resolutions guy.

I believe people should make changes in their lives if and when they are ready to make them, not on an arbitrary date on the calendar. The changes are more likely to stick if you’re making them for yourself, and not because it’s a socially cool thing to do for the month of January before dropping them.

At this time of year, instead of resolutions, I get excited about looking ahead in my life.

The past 12 months have flipped the script on my life, mostly in a positive way. If the next 12 are anything similar, I can’t wait to find out what is in store for me.

There are a few things in particular that I’m interested to experience in the new year.

One of them is the development of the Braden River football team.

The Pirates’ season did not end like they hoped it would in 2016.

Instead, they were torched by Venice’s ground game in the second round of the playoffs. Next season, they’ll lose quarterback Louis Colosimo and running back Raymond Thomas offensively, and defensive lineman Deqwunn McCobb and linebacker Noah Arce on the other side of the ball.

That would spell trouble for a lot of schools, but I think Curt Bradley will keep his team playing at a high level. Running back Deshaun Fenwick is now receiving Southeastern Conference scholarship offers, young weap-

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The World Rowing Championships should provide thrills at Nathan Benderson Park beginning Sept. 23.

ons like Knowledge McDaniel and Travis Tobey will continue to get better, and lockdown corner Tyrone Collins (he of a Michigan scholarship offer himself) will keep the secondary sharp. Bradley can shore up the holes in the Pirates’ run defense. If Braden River can find develop another quarterback, the team could find itself in the state championship

hunt once again.

Baseball and softball season will be here before you know it.

As someone who played baseball growing up, I’m always looking to see the crop of talent that pops up each year, and this area has some really good prospects. Lakewood Ranch pitcher and first baseman Colton Zimring is headed to the University of Florida in the

fall, and I’m excited to see both his pop and his fastball. Braden River’s Sarah Crawford is headed to the University of AlabamaBirmingham, and it sounds like her athleticism behind the plate is extraordinary.

I’m also excited for the World Rowing Championships, coming Sept. 23 to Nathan Benderson Park. I’m more excited for the

spectacle than the actual rowing.

Fans from across the globe will be in attendance, bringing their culture with them. It will be a learning opportunity about the sport, and just about people in general.

My goal is to talk to at least one person from each country represented at the championships.

Mostly, though, I’m excited about meeting more of those who live in East County. I started at the Observer on Sept. 22, and my readers have been nothing but supportive. All the area schools have been a dream to work with, a welcome change from the team I covered at my last stop. Anyone who sends me stats and scores, you’re more helpful than you know. The people of East County whom I’ve met have all been affable, and I’ve genuinely enjoyed getting to know the community.

It’ll get a bit colder though, right? I’m still a Maryland man at heart; I need my winters to feel like winter.

Oh well. Maybe I will make one resolution, to take advantage of pools being open all year.

If I have to give up snow, that’s not a bad trade-off.

Ryan Kohn is a sports writer for the East County Observer. Contact him at rkohn@ yourobserver.com.

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Both are headed to Dartmouth College when they graduate (Colin is a junior, George is a senior), and Colin is recovering from major surgery.

This past October, Prince traveled to Children’s Hospital in Boston to mend a fracture to the bones connecting his hamstrings and pelvis. He also had scar tissue on his sciatic nerve, causing pain when he ran.

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They also make a good team.

They won the 14-and-under doubles division of the United States Tennis Association National Selection Tournament in Atlanta on Nov. 28.

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THUNDEROUS START TO 2017 Thunder by the Bay is just one of the special events the new year brings to East County.

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estivals, parades, circus acts and, of course, wine. When it comes to providing entertainment, the East County area offers a little something for everyone.

That will be obvious again in 2017, as entertainment choices dot the schedule throughout the year.

It all starts with a motorcycle festival, brand new to Lakewood Ranch, which is expected to draw more than 40,000 visitors over two days. Before you know it, the schedule comes around again to Holidays Around the Ranch 2017 in December.

Here are 10 can’tmiss entertainment opportunities you will want to write down on your calendar.

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ROCKIN’ AND RIDIN’ AT THE RANCH

JAN. 7 TO JAN. 8, AT PREMIER SPORTS CAMPUS AT LAKEWOOD RANCH Lakewood Ranch-based Suncoast Charities for Children has moved its longtime Thunder by the Bay event, tagged as “Rockin’ and Ridin’ at The Ranch” this year, from downtown Sarasota to Lakewood Ranch.

The festival will not only be a hub for motorcycle enthusiasts, but for the public as well with music by headliner Blue Oyster Cult and tribute bands.

Blue Oyster Cult, slated for a free show Jan. 8 beginning at 4 p.m., is famed for its hits “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,” “Burnin’ for You” and “Then Came the Last Days of May,” among others.

This year’s festival will include new events — motorcycle stunt performances, a tent with beer and food for purchase, and a Taste of Thunder, a tent with special craft, beer and spirit tastings.

“The festival footprint is going to be twice the size of what it was downtown,” said Lucy Nicandri, executive director for Suncoast Charities for Children, the nonprofit that organizes the festival and supports children, teens and adults with special needs through grants. “We can now expand and grow the event and add things we couldn’t have downtown.”

“I think it’s going to have a substantial economic impact on the businesses here,” said Heather Kasten, executive director of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance. “It’s another data point for putting Lakewood Ranch and this region on the map.”

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The Thunder by the Bay festival will now fire up the crowd in Lakewood Ranch.

Wallenda and his troupe; Russian hula hoop artist Alesya Gulavich; Cuban acrobatic artists Leosvel and Diosmani on a Chinese pole; and a horse-riding and vaulting act by Lev Gigolaev, among others. For information, visit circusarts.org.

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Russian hula hoop artist Alesya Gulavich is a Guinness World Record holder who will perform for Circus Sarasota at Nathan Benderson Park.

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FEB. 10 TO MARCH 5, AT NATHAN BENDERSON PARK As Circus Sarasota celebrates 20 years as Florida’s nonprofit circus, a visit to the Sarasotabased Circus Arts Conservatory’s “Synergy” show should rate high.

This year’s circus will feature acts such as high-wire walker Nik

FEB. 9 TO FEB. 12, AT ST. BARBARA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH If you like a bit of culture with your cuisine, St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church’s annual Greek Glendi is a must-do in 2017. The church’s 33rd annual Glendi is a Greek festival that evokes the sights, sounds and tastes that define the traditional Greek way of life. Enjoy Greek music and dancing demonstrations, vendors, tours of the church, family activities and, of course, plenty of delicious food. For information, visit bradentonorthodox.com.

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CHALK THE PARK

MARCH 5, AT NATHAN BENDERSON PARK Sarasota County will host this first-time event, Chalk the Park, and is hopeful it will be a success.

An amateur chalk drawing contest that is free to the public is one of the main draws. The event

is meant to introduce rowing and the upcoming World Rowing Championships, as well. There will be face painting, games, popcorn, hot dogs and snow cones.

Food vendors will offer specialty items. There will be a “learn to row and paddle board” offering.

For information, call 861-5884.

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TRIBUTE TO HEROES PARADE

MAY 28, AT LAKEWOOD RANCH MAIN STREET Lakewood Ranch presents its annual parade to honor its military heroes and first responders. Each year, the sidewalks of Lakewood Ranch Main Street are lined with spectators as Boys Scouts, military veterans, politicians and everyday folks who simply want to have a float in the parade march.

For information, visit lwrcac.com.

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WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP

SEPT. 23 TO OCT. 1, AT NATHAN BENDERSON PARK For the past two years, officials of Sarasota County and Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates have been rowing in the same direction — to prepare for the World Rowing Championships, which will attract athletes from across the globe. Starting

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This year’s event will be at a new venue, Nathan Benderson Park. “While the Sarasota Polo Club has been a fantastic host for our event, we are growing, and we made the decision to move to a venue that can continue to grow with us,” said Cathy Vallianatos, senior manager for community events for the American Cancer Society. “Our volunteer committee made the decision.”

The 2016 event had more than 13,000 participants and 257 teams together raising more than $285,000, including sponsorships, to fight cancer through research and patient services. For information, visit cancer.org.

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Sept. 23, rowers will converge at Nathan Benderson Park. The event also is what triggered, in part, construction of a finish tower, permanent restrooms and other facilities at the park, as well as an advanced timeline for the reconfiguring the intersection of University Parkway and Interstate 75, making it the culmination of a multi-county effort to improve the area’s infrastructure and transportation network. For information, visit wrch2017.com.

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OCT. 27, AT LAKEWOOD RANCH MAIN STREET It’s a ghoulish time of year, and Lakewood Ranch Main Street hosts Boo Fest, an annual event that rises to the occasion. The event, organized by Lakewood Ranch Community Activities, proves the perfect Halloween social for families, with trick-ortreating at Main Street stores, a costume parade and other spook-tacular fun. For information, visit lwrcac.com.

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MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER

OCT. 28, AT NATHAN BENDERSON PARK Few events conjure a sense of purpose like the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides

NOV. 11, AT THE SARASOTA POLO CLUB The 16th annual Suncoast Food and Wine Festival will return with flavorful purpose. The annual event, presented by the Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch, will feature dozens of restaurants offering up samples of their finest appetizers, entrees and desserts, as well as hundreds of national and international wines and craft beers. Live music and other festivities make this day at the Sarasota Polo Club one to remember. Each year, the club doles out about $100,000 to an average of 30 charities through a grant process. Over the past 15 years, Rotary has awarded more than $1.4 million to charities.

For information, visit suncoastfoodandwinefest.com.

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Jessica Joseph and Jillian Pelland prepare to sample wines during the 2016 Suncoast Food and Wine Festival.

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HOLIDAYS AROUND THE RANCH

DEC. 8, AT LAKEWOOD RANCH MAIN STREET Santa comes to Lakewood Ranch during the community’s annual Holidays Around the Ranch event. Santa trades his reindeer and sleigh for horses and a carriage as he leads a parade down Lakewood Ranch Main Street to kick off this holiday celebration, organized by Lakewood Ranch Community Activities. The event includes holiday favorites, including skating on an acrylic rink, sugar cookie decorating, music

and dance performances and treats like hot cocoa and egg nog offered by vendors. The event is so popular that shuttles from offsite parking have been set up. For information about the event, visit lwrcac.com.

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Thursday February 23: Bernard Haykel “Saudi Arabia in a Time of Social, Political, Economic, and Religious Change”

Thursday January 19: Dr. Mohsen Milani “The New Administration Thursday March 2: and Iranian Policy Thursday March 9: Thursday January 26: Jessica Lewis McFate “Women in Combat”

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SPORTING CLAYS TOURNAMENT Begins at 9:30 a.m. at Ancient Oak Gun Club, 16800 State Road 64 E., Bradenton. Thunder by the Bay will present this sporting clays tournament to raise funds for Suncoast Charities for Children. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $500 per team or $125 per person.

For information, visit thunderbythebay.org.

ROCKIN’ AND RIDING AT THE RANCH Runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, at Premier Sports Campus, 5895 Post Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. Thunder by the Bay will hold its music and motorcycle festival, featuring music by tribute bands such as Def Leggend, Diary of an Ozzman, KISS America and others. Parking and admission is free. There will be a “Taste of Thunder” area, food and wine tastings, vendors and more. VIP tickets are available for $100 per person. On Sunday, there will also be an 18-class bike show.

Entry into the show costs $20. The event builds to a performance by the rock band Blue Oyster Cult at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit Suncoast Charities for Children. For information, visit thunderbythebay.org.

FRIDAY, JAN. 6

KICK OFF PARTY Runs from 6 to 10 p.m. at Polo Grill and Bar, 10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch.

Thunder by the Bay presents this event kickoff party for the Rockin’ and Ridin’ at the Ranch Festival. Cost is $100 per person. For information, visit thunderbythebay.org.

SATURDAY, JAN. 7 TO SUNDAY, JAN. 8

SOCCER INVITATIONAL Runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at Premier Sports Campus, 5895 Post Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. This invitational soccer event is for U9 to U19 teams of all skill sets. The tournament fee covers referee fees, athletic trainers on site and more. For information, visit premiersportscampus.com.

TUESDAY, JAN. 10

BEGINNER EXCEL Runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at State College of Florida Lakewood Ranch, 7131 Professional Parkway E., Lakewood Ranch.

This is a Level 1 class on Excel.

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SATURDAY, JAN. 14

SUPPORT GROUP Meets at 5:30 p.m. at The Sheridan at Lakewood Ranch, 11705 Evening Walk Drive, Lakewood Ranch. This support group is a caregiver support group for Alzheimer’s disease patients. It meets at 5:30 p.m. For information, call 216-4464.

OPERA CONCERT Begins at 6 p.m. at the Palm Aire Country Club, 5601 Country Club Way, Sarasota. Join Opera for Animals: Singing is Saving (OASIS) for this benefit concert featuring opera singers and OASIS co-founders Carol Sparrow and Randolph Locke, special guest artists Stella Zambalis and Johanna Fincher, animals, a silent auction, raffles and a buffet dinner. Cost is $75 per person. Proceeds benefit animal welfare groups. For information or tickets, contact Carol Sparrow at 351-1007.

BUSINESS SOCIAL Runs from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club, 7650 Legacy Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. The Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance will hold its first social of the year for this “Grand Re-opening” of the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.

There will be complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a glass of champagne. A cash bar will be available. Cost is free for Alliance members and $10 for nonmembers. For information or to register, visit lwrba.org.

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Patti Hernandez, Meg Garofalo, Jan Lane, Patti Peotter-Bettes and Peggy Fainelli help raise scholarship funds at the Holly Jolly fundraiser.

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The Steltmanns hosted more than 100 guests who attended the Palm Aire Women’s Club Holly Jolly fundraiser Dec. 4.

The holly came in the tremendous decorations the Steltmanns had in every nook and cranny of their home. The jolly involved a wonderful party and the fact the event raises funds for scholarships and other charities.

Jan Ganz, the chairwoman of the event, said more than $13,000 in scholarships would be presented to students attending the State College of Florida and Manatee Tech.

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Pomello Park home tops local sales at $929,000 GREENBROOK VILLAGE

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home in Pomello Park topped all transactions in this week’s real estate.

Leander and Maureen White, of Bradenton, sold their home at 20104 65th Ave. E., to Enver Turan and Susan Akin, of Bradenton, for $929,000. Built in 2003, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 4,641 square feet of living area.

Stephen and Rhonda Harrison sold their home at 14738 Bowfin Terrace to Joseph and Amy Korenman, of Bradenton, for $772,500. Built in 2008, it has six bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,117 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $700,000 in 2014.

Jerry and Janice DeMario sold their home at 13415 Goldfinch Drive to George and Cynthia Peirce, of Bradenton, for $680,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,924 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $596,000 in 2005.

Timothy and Lisa Holler, of Bradenton, sold their home at 14614 Sundial Place to David and Sabrina Ashley, of Bradenton, for $589,300. Built in 2007, it has six bedrooms, four baths and is 3,691 square feet.

Jill Byrne and Michael Darr, of Bradenton, sold their home at 14028 Nighthawk Terrace to Armin Ebrahimpour and Jenifer Dodson, of Bradenton, for $389,900. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,418 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $332,500 in 2003.

Leonard and Jeanette DeRasmo, of Bradenton, sold their

5016 209 69th 64thStreet Drive AW A4136838 $1,549,000 A4171643 $919,000 Laurie M Capobianco Deborah Mock

1906 68th Terrace E A4153913 $689,000 Dana Preston

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home at 15218 Blue Fish Circle to James and Paula Dreksler, of Bradenton, for $340,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,073 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $412,000 in 2005.

Martin and Michelle Wilkinson, of Leeds West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, sold their home at 15729 Butterfish Place to IH6 Property Florida LP for $265,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,073 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $300,000 in 2008.

Michael and Jane Willcocks sold their home at 6480 Blue Grosbeak Circle to IH6 Property Florida LP for $265,000.

Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,058 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $208,200 in 2003.

COUNTRY CLUB EAST

John Neal Homes Inc., sold the home at 7520 Windy Hill Cove to Jeffrey and Julie Bummer, of Bradenton, for $685,000. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,438 square feet of living area.

COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE

Steven and Rhoda Rothschild, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

DEC. 12 - DEC. 23

home at 13503 Montclair Place to Ronald Croce, of Lakewood Ranch, for $675,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,937 square feet of living area.

ley Walsh, of Bradenton, for $375,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,966 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $327,500 in 2014.

Dennis Frendo, of Point Shores, Mich., sold his home at 7019 Twin Hills Terrace to Stephen and Rhonda Harrison, of Lakewood Ranch, for $568,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,485 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $570,000 in 2015.

WATERLINE ROAD

Samuel and Michelle Busby sold their home at 7613 Desert Inn Way to Stephen and Jennifer Ross, of Bradenton, for $475,000. Built in 2001, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,903 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $420,000 in 2011.

RIVERDALE REVISED

RYE WILDERNESS ESTATES

Daniel O’Toole and Diana O’Toole, of Glencoe, Ky., sold their home at 4312 Third Ave. N.E., to Barbara Zorin, of Bradenton, for $296,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,408 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $170,900 in 2010.

First 16805 LLC sold the home at 16805 First Ave. E., to Amanda Panico and Sam Tabachnick, of Bradenton, for $640,000. Built in 2014, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,969 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $468,300 in 2014.

McCormick Drive LLC sold the home at 16716 Fourth Ave. N.E., to Thomas and Ash-

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14919 6638 The Camargo MastersPlace Avenue A4160990 $949,000 A4160149 $782,000 Bryan Rudy Dudon Dwyer

Lakewood Ranch 941-349-3444 941-907-9595 941-809-9106 941-234-3991

6659 The 6638 SaintMasters James Crossing Avenue A4160990 $782,000 A4169732 $759,000 Nancy Dwyer Bryan Phillips & Beth Ann Boyer

Lakewood UniversityRanch Park 941-907-9595 941-400-6078 941-809-9106

7216 Teal 7202 Pasadena CreekGlen Glen A4172569 A4156467 $2,295,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

14610 7443 Mizner Newtonmore ReserveLane Court A4166107 $639,000 A4166041 $645,000 Tina Sherwin Ciaccio Taradash, PA

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-685-8420 941-448-3301

12247 6511 Moorings ThornhillPoint CourtCircle 201 A4161764 $624,900 A4159940 $620,000 Sandra Mugsie Maslen Quinlan

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-350-2833 941-726-0035

7930 22627Royal Morning Birkdale GloryCircle Circle A4161025 $599,999 A4148094 $599,000 Chris NicoleBaylis Ryskamp

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-807-1766 941-735-4713

12310 Thornhill 11723 Darsey Road Court A4168153 $565,000 A4150674 $595,000 Joe Deborah FosterAngelo O’Mara

Thomas and Monica Spetnagel, of Beavercreek, Ore., sold their home at 15308 Waterline Road to Lynn Turner, of Bradenton, for $632,000. Built in 1994, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 2,866 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $312,000 in 2000.

John and Candice Lundin sold their home at 4603 Fourth Ave. N.E., to William and Linda Bush, of Bradenton, for $620,000. Built in 1995, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,894 square feet of living area.

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Thomas and Margaret Herman, trustees, of Bradenton, sold the home at 7358 Windemere Lane

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706 631086th Watercrest Street Court Way 304 NW A4167326 $565,000 A4171108 $539,900 Jonnie Mark Boehmig Dwyer

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Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-348-9129 941-320-5823

13045 7134 Spikerush Peregrin Circle Court A4142243 $499,999 A4167540 $425,000 Kimberly Lynne Callahan Walters

Lakewood Bradenton Ranch 941-748-6300 941-907-9595 941-720-3278 941-907-0164

7101132nd 728 Whitemarsh Street Circle CircleNe A4168165 $459,000 A4166473 $408,000 Sylvia Autumn Zimmerman Moore

7158 6406 Westhill Watercrest Ct Way 303 A4160936 $350,000 A4163717 $349,000 Christine Deborah Angelo Mazur O’Mara

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-374-4015 941-730-0777

5131 115th 5804 54th Street Drive W E A4169208 $339,900 A4165519 $319,000 Trish Leah Chandler Secondo

Lakewood Bradenton Ranch 941-748-6300 941-383-7591 941-320-5823 941-350-5022

Bradenton Parrish 941-748-6300 941-907-9595 941-545-4430 941-306-9533

7319 Windemere 7321 Wexford Court Lane A4162722 $449,000 A4161107 $370,000 Theresa Bibi-AnnMeyers Allard PA

Lakewood UniversityRanch Park 941-951-6660 941-907-9595 941-780-5214 941-685-0422

5131 6590 54th Blue Grosbeak Street W Circle A4169208 $319,000 A4169135 $300,000 Laurie Leah Secondo Jarema

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8325 RanchBlvd Blvd• • Lakewood Ranch 8325 Lakewood Lakewood Ranch Lakewood Ranch

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19424 Newlane Place

Addition

Anthony Colucci III

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6918 Stetson St. Circle

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Christine Adelman

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222 Petrel Trail

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John Unger Jr.

$ 50,000

19433 Newlane Place

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Stephen Bunker

$ 47,820

6425 Willowshire Way

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Kenneth Howard

$ 41,600

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Dwight Beranek

$ 35,241

5922 53rd Lane E.

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$ 30,000

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13782 Sixth Place E.

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13523 Fourth Ave. N.E.

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11206 Marigold Drive

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4873 Sabal Harbour Drive

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Christopher and Catherine Cooper, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6149 Ninth Ave. Circle N.E., to Foster Acton, of Braden-

7710 8227 Lake Miramar VistaWay Court 305 A4172472 $279,000 A4144630 $248,000 Nicole Diane Fogo Ryskamp Harter

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4103 6590 11th Blue Grosbeak Street Court Circle W 204 A4172902 $300,000 A4169135 $274,900 Laurie Erica Thomas Jarema

610 8257Riviera Miramar Dunes WayWay 101 203 A4167541 $249,000 A4154546 $240,000 Joe Laura Foster Navratil

102 5717Riviera 34th Court DunesWWay 42 C-5 A4168342 $185,000 A4171736 $129,000 Gregory Cheryl Roberts Zies & Kathy Valente

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Lakewood Palmetto Ranch 941-907-9595 941-812-7634 941-806-7436

Bradenton Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-266-1450 941-779-3081

12515 4531 La25th JollaCourt DriveE A4165844 $294,900 A4169073 $250,000 Maria Ralph Christenson & Megg Faillace

4426 2720 31st 12thPlace Avenue E W A4168610 $209,900 A4163941 $219,900 Maria Erica Thomas Christenson

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20015 77th Avenue E A4114667 $1,875,000 Larry Mitchell

Lakewood Ranch 941-951-6660 941-330-0987

12510 Highfield Circle A4167622 $1,799,000 James Hope

Lakewood Ranch 941-951-6660 941-704-4623

8317 Catamaran Circle A4171529 $1,749,000 Barbara Najmy

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-705-1158

16206 9603 25th Clearlake StreetAvenue E A4153511 A4139990 $1,695,000 $1,599,000 Trish Deborah Chandler Angelo O’Mara

LakewoodParrish Ranch 941-907-9595 941-306-9533 941-730-0777

8306 Farington Court A4149933 $1,499,000 Alex Ley

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-504-6377

7041 8334 Portmarnock Grosvenor Court Place A4160732 A4172315 $1,450,000 $1,425,000 LauraAnn Beth Navratil Boyer & Nancy Phillips

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3924 Riverview 21306 Deer Pointe Boulevard Crossing A4160651 A4146990 $1,299,000 $1,100,000 Jody ChrisShinn Baylis

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10804 216 81st Riverbank Street WTerrace A4169182 M5903622 $1,075,000 $1,200,000 Judy Shinn Jody LaValliere

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Andrew and Tami Guz, of Lakewood Ranch, for $559,000. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,287 square feet of living area.

MISTY OAKS

Joseph and Lisa Rufo sold their home at 6123 Misty Oaks St., to Alina Jakubski, of Sarasota, for $540,000. Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,868 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $362,300 in 2009.

RIVERWALK RIDGE

Kevin and Mary Retherford, of Bradenton, sold their home at 12225 Greenbrier Way to Derek Parsons and Dominique MariePierre Parsons, of Sarasota, for $525,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,755 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $477,500 in 2014.

UNIVERSITY PLACE

Joseph and Roberta Meterchick sold the home at 7711 Ashley Circle to NuCompass Mobility Services Inc. for $480,000.

NuCompass Mobility Services Inc. then sold the home to Janice VanDyck, trustee, of Bradenton, for $480,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and is 3,061 square feet.

RIVERWALK VILLAGE

Jacqueline Fanara, of Lakewood Ranch, sold her home at 10812 Bullrush Terrace to Richard and Lisa Trueblood, of Bradenton, for $480,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,523 square feet of living area.

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Charles and Mary Carpeta, of Chapin, S.C., sold their home at 7750 Camden Harbour Drive to Douglas and Martha Nooney, of Bradenton, for $480,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,996 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $480,000 in 2015.

Robert and Elizabeth Serena, of Sarasota, sold their home at 7562 Camden Harbour Drive to Walter and Margaret Kearns, of Bradenton, for $458,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,346 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $361,700 in 2003.

Max and Laura Belle Jackson, of West Lafayette, Ind., sold their home at 7557 Camden Harbour Drive to Joel and Terry Thompson, of Bradenton, for $425,000.

Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,710 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $479,500 in 2003.

Wilmington Trust, trustee, sold the home at 9059 Willowbrook Circle to Edwin Stephenson, of Oxford, Ohio, for $300,000.

Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,416 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $389,900 in 2006.

Derek Stapleton, of St. Johns, Canada, sold the home at 8222 Summer Greens Terrace to Alexander and Corinne Doubiago, of Bradenton, for $219,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,412 square feet of

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pool and 2,506 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $350,000 in 2014.

Fannie Mae sold the home at 8014 Snowy Egret Place to Vicki Fernandez, of Bradenton, for $435,100. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 3,556 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $301,500 in 2002.

Renee Martone-Cecil, of Bradenton, sold her home at 11307 Rivers Bluff Circle to Frederick Scherma, of Alpharetta, Ga., for $375,000. Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,483 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $408,500 in 2004.

William and Carol O’Donnell, of Punta Gorda, sold their home at 8136 Snowy Egret Place to Franklin and Pamela Metzner, of Bradenton, for $407,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,560 square feet of living area.

Debra Pace, of Bradenton, sold her home at 12922 Nightshade Place to Allyson Sokol and Scott Sokol, of Lakewood Ranch, for $340,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and is 1,793 square feet. It sold for $272,500 in 2014.

Gregory and Shari Bench, of Sarasota, sold their home at 8023 Snowy Egret Place to Matthew Schulman, of Bradenton, for $400,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,103 square feet of living area.

Francis Lindbergh, of The Villages, sold his home at 12142 Winding Woods Way to Susan Repp and Donald Scahill, of Sarasota, for $270,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,432 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $229,900 in 2004.

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Kevin and Barbara Hollen sold their home at 14754 Second Ave. Circle N.E., to Marie Dickus, of Bradenton, for $435,000. Built in 2009, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,658 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $425,000 in 2014.

Brandon Howard, of Sarasota, sold his home at 6411 Meandering Way to I.W. Land Partners LLC for $235,000. Built in 1995, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,404 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $215,000 in 2013.

SUMMERFIELD VILLAGE

Balram and Shanti Jiawan sold their home at 102 147th St. N.E., to Dennis Dummer and Aida Lopez, of Bradenton, for $388,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and is 2,873 square feet.

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Michael and Erin Mulvihill, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 11803 Summer Meadow Drive to Elijah and Sarah Miller, of Lakewood Ranch, for $389,900. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a

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Charles and Cherry Jones sold their home at 7013 73rd Court E., to Daniel Lake and Kristine Gephardt, of Bradenton, for $360,000. Built in 2011, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,586 square feet of living area. It sold for $259,000 in 2011.

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James and Sarah Coghlan, of Killeen, Texas, sold their home at 5018 Tobermory Way to Phillip Gale, of Bradenton, for $358,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,831 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $334,600 in 2013.

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Christine Schulz, of Bradenton, sold her home at 6127 95th St. Circle E., to David Lokes, of Bradenton, for $349,900. Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,195 square feet of living area.

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8325 Lindrick Lane $1,499,000 | Web ID A4172451 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

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7304 Greystone Street $1,450,000 | Web ID A4172085 Laura Stavola 941.447.4875

5207 The Pointe $1,299,000 | Web ID A4167933 Lisa Morreale 941.400.9038

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13223 Palmers Creek Terrace $1,149,000 | Web ID A4139818 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

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