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Custodian makes a clean break. SEE PAGE 18

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Barrel of fun Summerfield resident Maggie White hopes to spook up support for The Food Bank of Manatee.

On Halloween, Oct. 31, from 6 to 9 p.m., she will be handing out candy in exchange for nonperishable food items. A Food Bank barrel will be in her driveway at 12010 Summer Meadow Drive. “Give a treat, get a treat,” White says.

Boo Fest set to celebrate ‘Wizard of Oz’ on Lakewood Main Street.

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Lakewood Ranch's Vickie Parker, 67, will play the role of the Wicked Witch at this year's “Wizard of Oz”-themed Boo Fest.

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Farmers market returns to Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

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Tod Durkin plans to have an anchor producer to ensure a good variety of fresh produce as a farmers market returns to Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

Tiffany Stripling stands in front of the gates to Oz she painted with Kathy Campbell on the doors of InFocus Family Eyecare on Lakewood Main Street in preparation for Boo Fest, which will held Friday, Oct., 28.

The theme of Boo Fest is “Wizard of Oz.” “We took an art class together back in the day,” Stripling said. “Halloween is my favorite holiday. Who doesn’t love the Wizard of Oz?”

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Upper Manatee River Road, north of Waterlefe’s main entrance, is closed to northbound traffic.

THE WRONG WAY AT WATERLEFE? The toughest drive at Waterlefe Golf & River Club may be getting to the course.

DETOUR ROUTE CONFLICTCONFLICT DETOUR ROUTE Currently, a detour on Upper Manatee River Road forces northbound Waterlefe residents to loop around on Third Avenue Northeast and Gates Creek Road and back to head south on Upper Manatee River Road and into Waterlefe’s main entrance. Waterlefe residents propose restricting through-traffic, but opening Upper Manatee northbound for residents only, just to Waterlefe Boulevard.

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s Waterlefe resident Ken Bumgarner and engineer Rick Schappacher stood in the median of Waterlefe’s public entrance, a gold SUV with a Pennsylvania tag slowly rolled northbound on Upper Manatee River Road.

Its tail lights kept blinking as the vehicle’s driver faced oncoming traffic and tapped her brakes in panic.

The driver was going north — the wrong way down a one-lane road. She had driven past detour signs and traveled two-tenths of a mile into oncoming traffic. With the detour, Upper Manatee River Road is closed northbound from Third Avenue Northeast to Gates Creek Road.

Bumgarner trotted from his spot on the sidewalk to help redirect the confused woman.

To Bumgarner, the instance epitomized a serious problem.

Two months after a detour was implemented on Upper Manatee River Road, drivers remain confused.

Bumgarner and Schappacher said the original detour plan for the area would have worked if barricades and signage wouldn’t have created a maze. The original detour plan only lasted a day before the county, in an effort to make the corridor safer, forced all northbound traffic, even those headed into Waterlefe, to exit at Third Avenue Northeast before coming back to the main entrance.

The plan should have wiped out the chance drivers would be headed the wrong way, but it didn’t.

Waterlefe residents complain the new detour plan is more confusing than the original plan, as evidenced by frequent drivers still going the wrong way.

The impact to Waterlefe is about to be compounded since season has begun and the golf course will be getting highervolume play. The return of winter residents also means more Waterlefe residents will be using the area.

The work being done on Upper Manatee River Road is part of Manatee County’s project to construct a bridge over the Manatee River, from Fort Hamer Road to Upper Manatee River Road. The county also is making improvements to Upper Manatee as part of the project.

Waterlefe is in the middle of it all, with its main entrance just south of the right-angle eastward bend of Upper Manatee River Road — where a new traffic signal will go. It will connect to the future Fort Hamer Bridge, slated for completion in summer 2017.

The northbound detour on Upper Manatee starts just south of Waterlefe’s public entrance and concludes north of it, at Gates Creek Road.

Johnson Bros. Corp. started the work outside Waterlefe’s entrance in August. That’s when the detour, and the confusion, began.

And now it’s become an issue with financial implications. With the Waterlefe golf course trying to attract players, the detour may be extended until spring, possibly as late as April.

“For us, we have a limited time to make our revenue,” Golf Course Committee member Steve Sanborn said, noting about 60% of revenue come from play between December and March. “This could be a substantial problem for the health of the golf course.”

About 60% of the course’s play comes from nonresidents, who might want to avoid the work area.

The detour already is impacting tee times, as golfers unfamiliar with the detour follow their GPS devices to Waterlefe’s back, gated entrance and are unable to enter.

“It doesn’t seem like a big deal, but it’s disruptive,” Sanborn said.

Trudy Gerena, spokeswoman for the project on behalf of Manatee County, said weather from hurricanes Hermine and Matthew slowed the pace of work and caused the detour extension.

“We estimate spring. We try not to put an exact date on it,” she said. “The contractor is aware everybody is concerned.”

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Bumgarner and Schappacher worry about the timing for the back gate closure, for the gatehouse at Waterlefe’s main entrance is undergoing renovations and only one lane is open to traffic.

Bumgarner, chairman of the Waterlefe Community Development District, which owns the golf course, is pushing the county to modify its detour plans for Upper Manatee River Road to what was originally proposed.

That plan would allow direct northbound entry into Waterlefe, while directing through-traffic onto the existing detour, which takes drivers onto Third Avenue Northeast, to Gates Creek Road and back onto Upper Manatee River Road.

He said the change is needed both for the health of the golf course, as well as to accommodate residents of Waterlefe’s 617 homes.

At the direction of the CDD board, Schappacher is continuing to advocate for detour changes for Waterlefe, as well.

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A produce-centric farmers market is sprouting in Lakewood Ranch.

Organizers expect the market to launch the evening of Dec. 7 in coordination with Lakewood Ranch Main Street’s monthly car show.

“We’re excited to bring this to the community,” said Mike Driscoll, president of the Lakewood Ranch Main Street Merchant Association.

Main Street had hosted Jen’s MarketPlace farmers market, which had a once-a-month Saturday morning presence on Main Street for about a year, ending September 2015. A contract with the market organizer was not renewed. Main Street property manager Amanda Zipperer cited scheduling conflicts and a need for a different mix of vendors.

The new farmers market will be more genuine, offering only fresh fruits and vegetables and unique foods, such as honey, jams and jellies.

“Our mission is to keep this a true farmers market that offers fresh products to the community,” Zipperer said.

Driscoll, co-owner of The Fish Hole Miniature Golf, said Main

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IF YOU GO LAKEWOOD RANCH FARMERS MARKET Starts: Dec. 7 Runs: 4 to 8 p.m. first Wednesday of the month, during the Classic Car Show (times may change) through April

Location: At Lakewood Main Street between Big Olaf Creamery and Naples Soap Co. Offerings: Fresh produce, jams and jellies and other food products. No crafts allowed.

Info: lwrfarmersmarket@ gmail.com

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Lakewood Ranch Main Street Merchants Association President Mike Driscoll and farmer's market organizer Tod Durkin believe a farmers market can thrive on Main Street.

Street merchants began revisiting the idea of a farmers market at the plaza in August. While Driscoll was at his business preparing for a meeting, Tod Durkin 275 came through the door and asked for information about Lakewood Ranch’s past markets.

“It seemed like an opportunity to try to bring back the Lakewood Ranch farmers market,” said Durkin of why he had stopped in the area. “This is where the farms are.

You can make the argument this is where a market should be.”

Durkin recently completed an economic impact study for the Sarasota Farmers Market, a 37-year tradition with 5,000 square feet of produce and plant offerings. It is ranked in the top 5% of more than 8,500 farmers markets nationally.

For the study, Durkin interviewed 900 marketgoers about their spending patterns and other details.

The results are what make Lakewood Ranch Main Street merchants hopeful: 75 % of patrons said they visited stores adjacent to the market and had an average per visitor spending of $37.26 at those stores.

Durkin said those statistics are high compared with national ones, but they show the benefit of farmers markets on the local economy.

He does not expect to see such high spending in Lakewood Ranch. The plaza’s size and structure are much smaller than the more than five city blocks covered at Sarasota’s event. But he and Driscoll hope it will thrive each Wednesday evening through April.

“What we found in Sarasota is that there is a big benefit to downtown merchants,” Durkin

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said. “Hopefully, we can bring that here.

“We have a dozen interested vendors,” he said, noting that one larger produce vendor will anchor the market to ensure there’s a good variety of produce. “We’re starting small to make sure we have the right vendors and logistics, and the vendors are successful. We’ll see what the community supports.”

The area is ripe with markets — 11 in Sarasota County and another three in Bradenton — but Durkin does not see any problems with competition because of the timing. He has spoken with vendors at the Wednesday morning Philippi Creek market and many of them say it will be convenient to repack the same day and head to Lakewood Ranch with their

Jessica’s Organic Farm: 4180 47th St., Sarasota (5.2 miles) Sweetgrass Farms: 8350 Carolina St.,Sarasota (6.5 miles) Fruitville Grove: 7410 Fruitville Road, Sarasota (6.9 miles) O’Brien Family Farms: 16505 State Road 64 E., Bradenton (9.4 miles) Seneca Farms: 10507 Fruitville Road, Sarasota (10.3 miles)

goods. The day and time also does not pit Lakewood Ranch’s market against Sarasota’s more established one as it did previously.

Driscoll said the idea is to enhance community offerings, while supporting Main Street merchants. He hopes the event will become an “outing” for families or a mid-week pick-up stop for fresh groceries before heading home.

“We put on 59 events last year, done through the landlord and the merchants,” Driscoll said.

“We all own our own businesses.

It’s important for us to feel we are supporting the community and it’s also important for the community to support us.”

For information about the market or to become a vendor, contact lwrfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

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Scarecrow tactics on Main Street Ugly, friendly attractions sure to draw cheers at Boo Fest on Main Street.

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C

ome Friday, Lakewood Ranch’s Vickie Parker will be spreading some green goop across her cheek before sliding her wig into place.

She will be getting ready for another night on the town.

Her nights are quite different than most as the 67-yearold Parker’s ensemble includes a green witch’s nose and a long, black, pointy hat. She will be getting ready to embrace her witchiness in another theatrical performance.

It’s time for Boo Fest in Lakewood Ranch.

“I’ve been in theater for 40 years, both directing and acting.

It’s in my blood,” Parker said.

“Last year (at Boo Fest), I dressed up as a zombie farmer. I was really ugly. My husband (Rick Parker) told me to lay down on the seat when we were on our way there.”

Parker’s stage on Friday will be Lakewood Main Street. She might be scary to look at, but she is friendly to approach.

“I’m going to be a friendly, ugly witch,” she said.

This year marks the 10th annual Boo Fest, the spooky, Halloween festival that returns to Main Street after a year at the Pre-

mier Sports Campus. This year’s theme is “Wizard of Oz.” Parker has appeared at Boo Fest the past three years.

“I’m going to talk to people about Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man,” Parker said. “The ‘Wizard of Oz’ is a show I’ve directed three times, so I know it pretty well. I’ll also talk about not getting wet. I don’t want to melt.”

Although parking could be at a premium during Boo Fest, guests can take a ride on the Haunted Trolley to Oz, which will have characters on board to accompany them on a ride from overflow parking at Magnolia Green 3, 6901 Professional Parkway.

Parking had been an issue before when Boo Fest was celebrated on Main Street.

“The original Boo Fest was always on Main Street, but it got so big we needed to come up with a new solution so people wouldn’t have to walk from University (Parkway) anymore,” said Kyanne Merrill, the events director at Lakewood Ranch Community Activities. “Now, with there being trolleys, it’ll help with the parking situation.”

The haunted house will be gone this year, but many other attractions have been added, such as the Spooktacular Dark Maze.

Last year’s event drew an estimated crowd of 4,500.

“I’m really glad it’s back on Main Street because everything is right there, and the atmosphere is more inviting,” Parker said. “It’s prettier, and it seems like there’s more of a celebration because of

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Lakewood Ranch’s Vickie Parker, 67, puts green makeup on her face. Parker will be dressed up as the Wicked Witch at this year’s Boo Fest.

IF YOU GO BOO FEST Where: Lakewood Main Street When: 6 to 9 p.m., Oct. 28 Overflow Parking: Magnolia Green 3, 6901 Professional Parkway

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SEASON FOR CHANGE Local restaurants gear up for busier times.

BERKLEY MASON STAFF WRITER

Put those cellphone flashlights away, you can see inside MacAllisters Grill and Tavern.

“It’s brighter in here,” said coowner Greg Bliss, who was talking about the renovations finished at MacAllisters just in time for season.

“I used to see people using their cellphones to read the menu. It’s more inviting, warmer, more spacious and there’s also a functional aspect (from the renovations).

With a more efficient bar and kitchen now, we’re better prepared for bigger volumes.”

Greg and Tina Bliss started running MacAllisters in January 2015, right at the peak of season.

“The first month that we took over, we were unprepared for the volume,” Tina Bliss said. “Our managers were working seven days a week for eight weeks straight because we were understaffed. It was incredibly busy, so we had to learn how to fly.”

Learning to fly meant tracking numbers so they could be prepared and staffed properly.

“We will keep adding more people to our payroll,” Tina Bliss said. “Our key managers are still the same as they were when we first took over, and they’re a big part of the success. They know as well as we do in terms of what’s coming.”

Like MacAllisters, many res-

taurants have been getting ready for season. That includes increasing the number of cooks and servers on staff.

Half Shell Seafood House, for example, has hired 11 new employees in preparation for season. MacAllisters hired 12 new employees, increasing the payroll to 60 workers. Ed’s Tavern has beefed up the staff with three new employees and Main Street Trattoria hired six new employees.

“During the first couple of years you figure out when you should start preparing so that it doesn’t catch you off guard,” said 36-year-old Jerry Stennett, managing partner at Half Shell for the past six years. “There was one time when we had our entire staff working double days or extra days, so we fixed that problem.”

“October for us is generally when it starts,” Stennett said.

“But it’s getting hard to tell because there’s so much competition with more restaurants in town, and that obviously will have some affect.”

Of course season doesn’t have an official opening day.

“Usually during November we experience a huge increase in business, once everyone sort of gets back and settles here,” said Bruce Mahnke, manager at Ed’s Tavern. “The big thing is to plan ahead to make sure you’re ready to go, and make sure that all of your promos are in place.”

MacAllisters, Ed’s and Half

Shell all did some renovations during the summer. The timing of that work, just before season, is not coincidental.

Business is much slower, so the owners wouldn’t take a hit if they needed to close.

Ed’s Tavern added tables, a copper bar, four 70-inch televisions, a fire pit in the outdoor deck area and barstools.

MacAllisters was closed for three weeks during September to add kitchen improvements,including new flooring and 20 additional seats at the bar. It also removed of several pillars.

“Lakewood Ranch Main Street is such a charming place, so our goal was to bring this back to being a meeting space, creating an atmosphere that would make the locals feel like this is their home away from home,” Tina Bliss said.

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Top: Kevin Lay, manager and chef at MacAllisters Grill and Tavern, fires up the grill in his restaurant’s renovated kitchen.

Above: Nicholle Betow, bartender at Half Shell Seafood House, makes a wild berry martini. The restaurant has hired 11 new employees to prepare for season.

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ON THE ROAD TO SERFDOM? If you assume the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were the nation’s governing starting points, you cannot argue that the nation’s governing path has moved and continues to move left, toward more government, less freedom.

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Bernie Sanders Socialism

Hillary Clinton Progressivism

Bill Clinton New Democrat

Donald Trump Populism

Ronald Reagan Conservatism

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What’s the best path?

Put aside the candidates’ sins and flaws. Think instead about the best path forward to lighten the next generations’ debt burden and improve their standard of living.

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he comments are universal: Everyone is exhausted, exasperated, sick … sick of the depths this election cycle has fallen.

Neither major political party’s presidential candidate has the character nor the temperament that Americans want in the Oval Office.

George Washington must be weeping in his grave.

So try putting the leading candidates’ character traits and past sins aside. Put a hood over their heads, or one over your own head and think of that vote atop your ballot as a vote for the future direction of the United States of America.

Forget the personalities. Think about what you want for your children. For your grandchildren. Your great-grandchildren.

That is the decision to be made.

Who — not just in the presidential race, but among all of the candidates — will best represent, promote and defend the best path for our nation and future generations?

If you haven’t voted yet, set aside your emotions, and start your analysis pragmatically. Put your emphasis on economics, on our nation’s financial well-being.

To be sure, all of us know about money. And all of us know about debt. And we know that when the interest on our debts — credit cards, auto loans, home loans — consumes larger and larger shares of our income, we know we are poorer, weaker and less secure. Less secure to be able

to handle that unexpected health crisis. Less secure for the flood. Less secure when the economy collapses and we have no job. Less secure for retirement.

This is the path we are on in the United States — $20 trillion in debt, $76 trillion if you include all of Medicare and Social Security’s unfunded liabilities. And it’s growing. Our nation is growing weaker and less secure by the minute. And we are passing this burden on to the next generations, sentencing them to lower standards of living. Admit it: You know this in your heart.

What’s more, here is one of the ugliest, most destructive parts of traveling this path: Few Americans realize that this debt is a pernicious daily tax, a spreading cancer that is destroying their standard of living even today. Every day the federal government prints more money to fund the federal government’s spending, that additional money supply devalues every dollar in your and your children’s pockets. It makes all of us poorer than we realize. It also makes us less free. When you owe, you are in bondage.

Is that the path you want for your grandchildren, to leave for your heirs?

When the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence they established what they believed, with all their hearts, with their blood, to be the moral foundation for a free society. Thomas Jefferson expressed it in those immortal words that Americans still value and defend with their lives today: “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness …”

Leave us alone, they said; tyranny from a ruling power will never be tolerated. The passion for liberty was so great in parts of the country after the American Revolution that many wanted no government at all.

Fifteen years later, the Founders followed the Declaration of Indepen-

dence from British tyranny with the Constitution — enumerating limited powers of a new federal government.

Today, few of us — liberal or conservative — could argue that over the past 240 years, our representatives in Washington, unfortunately too often with voters’ consent, have emasculated and strayed from the limits the Founders placed on the federal government in the original Constitution.

Just look at the size and extent of that government — more than 5 million employees, $3.8 trillion in annual spending (20% of the entire U.S. economy) and $76 trillion in debt.

Or look at the vicious and spreading assaults on the First and Second Amendments — codified among our unalienable rights.

If you believe in the Declaration of Independence and what the Founders succinctly spelled out in Amendment X in the Constitution — e.g. “The powers not delegated to the United States … are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people” — then examine closely the paths that the two presidential candidates have laid out for our future.

Which one prescribes a fiscal path that will lighten the destructive burden on future generations? Which one prescribes a path that will give the next generations greater freedom to pursue happiness? Which one prescribes a path that more closely aligns with the Founders’ visions of a free society in the Declaration of Independence and a restrained, limited government in the Constitution?

Go to the websites of the presidential candidates. Read their plans.

Put your emotions aside. Keep the bags over the candidates’ heads and character flaws. Conduct your own dispassionate litmus tests for whose policies will lead to more freedom or more serfdom. Draw your own conclusions.

House Speaker Paul Ryan is right about this: There is “A Better Way.” Think of what we’re leaving the next generations.

OBSERVER RECOMMENDATIONS FEDERAL

Senate — Marco Rubio House-District 16 — Vern Buchanan

FLORIDA

Senate District 23 — Greg Steube HOUSE District 72 — Alexandra Miller District 73 — Joe Gruters District 74 — Julio Gonzales Supreme Court — Retain Charles Canady, Jorge Labarga, Ricky Polston.

Yes District Court of Appeal — Retain all 10 judges. Yes

SARASOTA COUNTY

Clerk of Court — Karen Rushing Tax Collector — Barbara Ford-Coates County Commission — Mike Moran CHARTER REVIEW BOARD District 1 — Joseph Anthony “Tony”

Sawyer District 2 — Donna Barcomb District 3 — Pat Wayman District 4 —Jody Hudgins District 5 —David Samuel HOSPITAL BOARD At Large Seat 1 — Sharon WetzlerDePeters At Large Seat 2 — Tramm Hudson At Large Seat 3 — Cheryl Brandi Central District Seat 1 — William Noonan Northern District Seat 1 — Jim Meister

MANATEE COUNTY

COUNTY COMMISSION District 7 — Betsy Benac District 3 — Steve Jonsson SCHOOL BOARD District 1 — Edward Viltz District 3 — Misty Servia

AMENDMENTS, QUESTIONS

FLORIDA Amendment 1 — Solar Energy. No Amendment 2 — Medical Marijuana.

No Amendment 3 — First responder tax exemption. Yes Amendment 5 — Homestead Tax Exemption for Certain Senior, LowIncome, Long-Term Residents. Yes MANATEE COUNTY No. 6 — Half-cent sales surtax for public infrastructure. Yes No. 7 — Extend half-cent sales surtax for educational facilities Yes LONGBOAT KEY No. 10 — Whitney Plaza density referendum. Yes No. 11 — 4134 Gulf of Mexico Drive density referendum. Yes

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Chabad opens its toolbox to help build success

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f we all have the tools to be better people, the crescent wrench to my brain was frozen shut.

At least momentarily.

Sitting in front of Rabbi Mendy Bukiet at Chabad of Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch, I was about to find out a few secrets to making money.

Or so I thought.

You see, growing up not far from New York City in, well, some time ago, I was subjected to all the bigotry and stereotypes of the day.

I grew up in an environment where you would hear so-called Catholics offer their impressions of everyone who didn’t kneel at the same pew. Those meanspirited concepts disintegrated over time as I moved around the country and, simply put, got smarter.

One of the stereotypes was that anyone of the Jewish faith knew how to make and keep money. Sure, that is a very watered-down version of the concept, but you get the idea.

After living a little, I thought I had put all those old memories to rest.

Then I received a press release from Bukiet, who is about to embark upon teaching a class called “How Success Thinks: Jewish Secrets for Leading a Productive Life.”

After calling the rabbi and requesting an interview, I sat in front of him at Chabad and waited for him to explain how this class was going to help me become financially secure. If anyone would know, why not a rabbi?

Bukiet looked me in the eye and chuckled.

“If you want to make money, you go to a professional,” he said.

“When you are sick, you don’t go to a rabbi. You go to a doctor.”

But the title? Jewish Secrets

Jay Heater

Rabbi Mendy Bukiet is offering the class “How Success Thinks: Jewish Secrets for Leading a Productive Life.”

for Leading a Productive Life?

“Sometimes we define success by a bigger house or a bigger boat,” Bukiet said while watching some children play at Chabad, which is a type of community center. “But this class deals with success in general. Judaism looks at success differently. We need to know who we are, what we are. We need to understand our goals.”

Beginning Nov. 16 and running every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. for six weeks, Bukiet will teach the course developed by the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute.

He said the course will help adults, from college-aged students to seniors, get rid of the clutter around them and focus like a laser beam on concepts that will bring happiness.

Bukiet emphasized happiness is the end goal, and that idea is different for each individual.

“Success is to truly obtain happiness,” he said.

So let’s get real with this happiness concept, Rabbi Bukiet.

How did the concepts help you?

He thought for a moment, and then admitted a couple of his own frailties.

“My goal always is to have larger crowds when we have an event,” he said. “You don’t want 30 people, you want 500. So when you come in and see 30, it can bring a person down.

“At the end of the day, I have to look at it differently. When I look at larger events, sometimes I wonder who came? If I compare it to smaller events, I can talk to an individual, making an impact.”

Chabad of Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch is the result of 12 years of effort by Bukiet and his wife, Chanie, to be success-

ful. That meant starting with the Chabad at home, then in a public school, then rentals before they were able to purchase their site on Lorraine Road.

He measured success so much by growth that he determined he wasn’t giving enough attention to his wife and their seven boys.

“We always compare ourselves to others,” he said. “But we need to focus on what makes us successful, and stop trying to achieve someone else’s idea of success.”

For him, it meant growth would have to take a backseat to raising a family. To others, it might be mean something else, and he hopes to give people the tools to find their direction during his class. He said the class focuses on talking the talk, and walking the walk. It presents ways to practically apply the lessons.

It dawned on me this particular way of thinking had been discussed in my own church, and I am sure in others of all faiths.

Bukiet also stressed the class is open to the entire community, although it is taught with Jewish concepts.

“I hope to attract a lot of people to an important concept,” he said.

Just leave your financial planner at home.

For information on the class, call Bukiet at 752-3030 or email him at rabbimendy1808@gmail. com.

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

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COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 7 county. This issue is not new, but we need to move road construction and alternative transportation options forward to construction. We also need to adopt a fiscally stable, predictable budget that does not rely on reserves and retains the county’s low tax rate.

BETSY BENAC Age: 59 Hometown: Saginaw, Mich.

Party affiliation: Republican Occupation: Full time commissioner since 2012; Prior to that had a 33-year career as an urban planner About: Betsy Benac moved to Florida in 1982. As an urban planner, Benac worked with individuals and organizations to comply with government regulations and create livable environments. She was a part owner of an engineering and planning firm, WilsonMiller, sold in 2010.

Why are you running for office?

I intend to work for our citizens to ensure that the government supports and does not inhibit the opportunity to find good jobs, affordable housing and an excellent quality of life.

What do you believe will be the biggest issues that will arise due to expected growth?

Providing for mobility to avoid gridlock in key areas of the

What are the biggest opportunities within your district?

The proposed update to the Land Development Code and the Tax Increment Financing district provide opportunities and incentives for urban core redevelopment, maximizing use of existing infrastructure, an alternative to greenfield development, as well as affordable housing. Working with the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization and Florida Department of Transportation, we will prioritize and fund the long needed transportation improvements identified in the network area analysis.

What are three issues you deem most important not discussed above?

1. The previous commission, prior to 2012, watched the indigent care fund expire, and provided no leadership to address the issue. Today, through partnerships with nonprofits agencies, the budget for indigent care has been reduced to approximately 1/3 of the previous annual budget. Local government cannot and should not be

the provider of health care.

2. The comprehensive plan was adopted in 1989 and has not been significantly modified since its adoption. The comprehensive plan should be simplified to the maximum extent allowable by law, so that the community can rely on the regulations in the land development code, and not interpretations of the plan.

3. Phosphate mining. Mining is a property right, subject to stringent regulations. The Manatee County mining ordinance has been updated, and provides for regulations and protections, such as bonding, should restoration efforts not be successful. We need to assure that the regulations remain up to date and are enforced.

JACK RICHARDSON Age: 49 Hometown: Bradenton Party affiliation: Republican running as an independent Occupation: Attainable warehouse manager

About: Jack Richardson has lived in Manatee County in 1968, but became an activist three years ago when a developer applied to rezone a 77-acre agricultural property for development. Richardson has been an independent business owner for 22 years.

Why are you running for office?

I am deeply critical of how the current board runs the finances of our county, and I am deeply concerned about unbridled growth. It is the job of the commissioners to manage our resources, not just to vote for everything put in front of them.

We must manage our budget so we do not have to increase taxes.

We must provide an atmosphere to encourage attainable housing.

We must control the unbridled growth which affects everyone and everything around us. We must properly fund our critical services. We must truthfully explain the ramifications of the 44th Avenue extension. We must start to address the water issue, as well. None of this is happening with the current regime.

What do you believe will be the biggest issues that will arise due to expected growth?

Traffic is one of the big ones.

Also, growth as we know it today — aka urban sprawl — does not pay for itself; hence the reason for the proposed half-penny sales tax increase. Additional problems created are 1) a bur-

den on drinking water, and 2) a burden on services, such as the underfunded sheriff and EMS. This is not the end of the list.

What are the biggest opportunities within your district?

We have two under-utilized downtowns, low taxes, a good port, close proximity to major sports teams, a local college and beaches. Our downtowns are separated by the beautiful Manatee River. How much better does this get? Instead of concentrating on supporting urban sprawl out east, we need to concentrate on the downtown areas.

What are three issues you deem most important not discussed above?

The Tara Bridge is part of the grid pattern the board and developers are laying for massive new development out east. If their plans come to fruition, the residents of Tara and Creekwood will find themselves with a major artery through their backyard.

Myakka City is under threat of development, mainly because they have the last source of “free” water in Manatee County.

Attainable housing is a high priority, along with promoting culture and development in the downtowns and urban core. We also need a viable noise ordinance and a real entertainment district to retain the younger generation.

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LAKEWOOD RANCH CDD 1

LAURA FOX Age: 49 Occupation: Realtor Hometown: Tallmadge, Ohio About: Laura “Laurie” Fox moved to Lakewood Ranch with her family in 2001. She worked in the controller department for Allstate Insurance in Hudson, Ohio, for 13 years. She served on the Hurricane Andrew Catastrophe Team for 18 months, and was a director for Youth for Christ in Cleveland for 10 years, mentoring youth and at-risk teens. Fox serves on the board for the Bradenton Kiwanis. She has served on the Women’s Action Committee at Sarasota Memorial Hospital for more than 10 years and is the vice president of the Lakewood Ranch Hospital Auxiliary Committee. She has her own nonprofit, which fixes homes for the needy in Manatee County.

Why are you running for office?

I have lived in Lakewood Ranch for 15 years and love it. I have sold real estate in Manatee County for more 10 years, and I am proud to say we have one of

What experiences do you have that make you believe you are the right candidate for the job?

I have specialized in real estate in Lakewood Ranch for more than 10 years. I have met with hundreds of sellers and buyers in our community. I understand what buyers are looking for in a community, and I know what is important to protect our property values.

This district is the oldest in Lakewood Ranch and its infrastructure is starting to age. What should be done to ensure the community is maintained?

I honestly believe the people who are serving now are doing an excellent job. I am very conservative financially and a wise steward of my resources. As things in our community need replaced, I have many contacts and feel I would be an asset in negotiating prices.

This district historically has the fewest attendees at CDD meetings. How do you plan to increase public participation?

I believe we need to promote them more and combine it with a social gathering, i.e: Autumn: Come enjoy some “Cider and Doughnuts” and learn about our

neighborhood.

I think we need to do a newsletter. I am willing to head that up.

What improvements, if any, do you think the district should consider?

The traffic noise and the privacy of the homes that back on the lake. I think we need to put more landscaping to protect those homes.

KRISTIANA DRAGASH Age: 32 Occupation: Professional civil engineer Hometown: New Smyrna Beach About: Born in Ocala and raised in New Smyrna Beach, Dragash graduated from University of South Florida in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering, with a concentration in water resources. Dragash and her husband, Rod, have been married for 10 years and have an 18-month-old son, Brody, and

two rescue dogs. Dragash serves on the board of the Florida Water Environment Association.

Why are you running for office?

As a resident of CDD1, I have a vested interest in this community. There are a lot of 30- to 40-something’s living in our neighborhood with small children, and they need a voice. This demographic is currently underrepresented on the CDD 1 board and I’d like to change that.

What experiences do you have that make you believe you are the right candidate for the job?

Being an engineer, I have invaluable insight and knowledge as to how municipalities operate, what infrastructure we need to live, how it works, and how to plan, build and manage it.

I’m the vice president of the board of directors of the Florida Water Environment Association (FWEA), a volunteer-led association composed of about 1,400 members throughout the state.

This district is the oldest in Lakewood Ranch and its infrastructure is starting to age.

What should be done to ensure the community is maintained?

The county is proactively planning for pipeline replacements and completed an asset management plan last year that scored pipes based on age and other important factors. Though CDD 1 is the oldest CDD, pipelines typically last from 30 to 75 years,

so CDD 1’s infrastructure is still relatively new compared to other areas of the county. One way that you can help to ensure funding for future infrastructure needs is by voting yes for the No. 6 County Referendum, the half-cent sales surtax for public infrastructure.

This district historically has the fewest attendees at CDD meetings. How do you plan to increase participation from the public?

Two words: peer pressure! We have become really close with some of our neighbors here in Riverwalk and Summerfield.

They have been so excited and supportive of me running for Seat 2 of CDD 1. We are all friends on Facebook and I will be engaging them on important decisions.

One very important lesson I’ve learned from my experience in FWEA is that if you want help, you have to ask. People rarely say no if you individually ask them for help or input. It just takes a good leader and communicator who is willing to put in the effort.

What improvements, if any, do you think the district should consider?

There are a few alternative ideas I have regarding the maintenance of stormwater ponds, which is one of the CDD’s significant expenditures, but those ideas should wait for a board meeting for discussion.

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Longtime CDD supervisors retire Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 1 supervisors bid farewell at their Oct. 20 meeting to the board’s longtime chairwoman, June Stroup.

Stroup, who has served on the board for 16 years and began attending district meetings while it was still developer controlled, did not seek re-election for her seat. Voters will pick a new board member in November.

Lakewood Ranch Town Hall Executive Director Anne Ross presented Stroup with a bouquet of flowers in a crystal vase etched with Stroup’s name and details about her service to the community.

“We all appreciate her hard work and dedication to grow Lakewood Ranch into the vibrant community it is today,” Ross said.

Stroup, fighting tears, said her time on the board has been “fun.” She had moved from a 200-year-old town to Lakewood Ranch, when it was just beginning.

“It was an awesome experience,” she said. “We saw it grow and we helped it grow.”

In CDD 2, supervisors bid farewell to Dick Moran, who has served on the board for the past five years. He has worked with his district’s homeowner’s association closely since moving to the community more than a decade ago.

Ross presented Moran with a photograph of a sandhill crane that he took and was hanging on the walls at Town Hall.

Fellow supervisor Pete Bokach commended Moran’s “cool headedness” and desire to “do right.”

“That’s an important guide post for all of us,” he said. “You really don’t serve on a board unless you want to make the community better, and Dick always epitomized that.”

Donal Aviolo will assume Moran’s seat. Moran also is retiring.

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– State swim champ Ryan Walker on his sister, Kate Walker. SEE BELOW

Racing in the

GENE POOL 5 Braden River freshman hopes to eventually win a state swimming title like her brother.

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On Oct. 16, Ada Newton recorded a hole-in-one on No. 6 at Tara Golf and Country Club using a driver from 128 yards. Witnesses were Janet Bloom, Deb Caswell and Patty Lackner.

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Out-of-Door Academy senior P/IF Cam Smalley committed to play baseball for Eckerd College on Oct. 19.

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Braden River football’s defense shut out Palmetto in the team’s 35-0 road win over the Tigers on Oct. 21. The Pirates are now one win away from clinching a playoff spot.

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Out-of-Door Academy senior wide receiver Joey Runge had three catches for 145 yards and two touchdowns in the Thunder’s 35-14 loss to Windermere Prep on Oct. 21.

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In the University Park Fall Festival Golf Tournament on Oct. 22, the team of Marc and Ronni Loundy and Jay and Beckie Suverkrup took first place.

The team shot a combined 28-under to win by one stroke.

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NAME: Kate Walker SCHOOL: Braden River YEAR: Freshman FAVORITE STROKES: Butterfly and breaststroke.

HOBBIES: Playing cello, coloring.

POTENTIAL CAREER: Either psychology or dentistry.

DID YOU KNOW?: Her brother, Ryan, won a state championship last season as a senior in the 100-yard breaststroke.

cold scowl greets her swimming competitors at the starting blocks before each Braden River High School race. It’s a face of focus, of intimidation and of confidence.

Pirates freshman Kate Walker, who already has a couple of district runner-up finishes on her resume, doesn’t mean to scare her opponents, and in fact, she never knew she was producing such a glare. After enough people mentioned it, she finally understood what they were talking about while she watched her brother, Ryan Walker.

He made a similar face, and it carried the same impact.

Last year, Ryan Walker became the first Braden River individual swimming state champion, winning the boys 100-yard breaststroke in 56.41 seconds. He is now swimming at Drury University in Springfield, Mo., and Kate Walker hopes to follow in his footsteps.

“She’s got a great opportunity to end up more accomplished than me,” Ryan Walker said.

“It’s like she’s got a head start on everybody.”

Kate Walker finished second in both the girls 100-yard breaststroke and the girls 100-yard but-

terfly at Braden River’s Class 3A District 7 meet Oct. 21. Those are her two favorite strokes, because they’re two of the hardest strokes.

It takes a lot of strength to swim them with speed. Thankfully, the Walkers have natural strength.

“Someone asked me, ‘Do you lift weights?” Kate Walker said.

“I was like, ‘Weights? I don’t even know how to lift a weight.’”

Her performance at the district meet now sends her to the Class 3A Region 3 meet at 5 p.m. on Oct. 29 at the Florida Gulf Coast University Aquatics Center.

Kate and Ryan used to talk daily before the elder Walker left for

college, usually about swimming.

They now talk when they find the time, and Ryan still offers advice.

“He told my mom to tell me this, like, last week,” Kate Walker said.

“Freestyle. I need to stop swinging my arms. I don’t really extend and reach (like she should). I have a short stroke, short and choppy.”

Cyndi McMahon, the new head swim coach at Braden River, was previously the head coach at Manatee, where Ryan Walker swam his freshman year.

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Left: Last year, Ryan Walker became the first Braden River swimmer to win an individual state title by capturing the 100-yard breaststroke. He believes his sister, Kate Walker, has the ability to surpass his accomplishment.

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Exhausting competition can be a real pain

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his had to be a sport for the cuckoo.

I’m pretty sure running 1,600 meters, swimming 200 meters and then running another 1,600 meters would be the end of me, but that’s what biathle competitors did this past weekend at Nathan Benderson Park.

The finish of the 2016 UIPM Biathle/Triathle World Championships seemed like a neardeath experience. Flushed faces stared into nothingness as taxed lungs audibly gasped for air. The penned, post-finish area featured puddles of sweat and other bodily fluids.

Some athletes stumbled and fell to the ground, their legs unable to support them any longer. Most of these athletes did not cry or scream. They were too weary to make a sound.

Triathle and biathle are subsets of modern pentathlon, which combines laser pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, equestrian show jumping and running. Triathle eliminates the fencing and equestrian parts of that equation, and biathle takes it one step further by getting rid of shooting. The sports are done in one go, with a transition area linking the land and sea aspects of the sports. The clock does not stop during transitions, so competitors never get a chance to catch their breath once the event starts.

I asked Nathan Schrimsher, a

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Egypt’s Jana Elderwy and South Africa’s Donna Le Roux and Kiera Van Heerden celebrate their silver, gold and broze medals, respectively, at the 2016 UIPM Biathle/Triathle World Championships.

24-year-old U.S. Olympian in modern pentathlon, why he puts his body through this immense stress.

“To be honest, I’m still wondering the same thing,” Schrimsher said.

Schrimsher said the toll on the body, especially during training, is not fun. He gets joy out of where the sport takes him, which was to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the 2016 Olympic Games.

He’s been around the world and back, and made new friends everywhere he’s gone.

He does about 12 pentathlons a year, but this was his first bigtime triathle event, and even he

looked fried at the finish line, pouring water on the back of his neck and head to cool down as he bent over at the knees.

Schrimsher knows the value of a great medical staff. At an event like the World Championships, which featured both elite races and open races, volunteers have to be constantly on their toes, ready for any emergency that may arise.

Thankfully, the volunteers on hand were up to the challenge.

Drs. Val Gambina and Joanne Fava work together at the Functional Academy of Sports Training and Rehab, or FASTAR, on Cooper Creek Boulevard in

Bradenton. They’ve been volunteering at Benderson Park since 2011.

Gambina was named chief medical officer of the park three years ago. Fava has traveled with the USA Pentathlon team as a team physician. They both still volunteer their time nearly every weekend, making sure all athletes using the park get the medical care they deserve.

The biggest thing Gambina gets out of volunteering, she said, is practice.

“We call it practice because every day is something new,” Gambina said. “You always add to the repertoire of medical techniques that you do to help people. It makes you a better doctor.”

Gambina and Fava take the things they experience at events like this and bring them back to their practice. The goal is always to help patients heal as fast as possible, and the more they learn, the more successful they’ll be in the future.

Dr. Jimbo Haley, another medical volunteer at the World Championships, knows all about the ins and outs of running, shooting and swimming. He competed in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, in Modern Pentathlon, finishing 25th individually and third on Team USA. Haley agreed with Gambina about learning new techniques, recalling a chat with a Ukrainian physiotherapist in

which the two doctors swapped ideas on how to more rapidly treat patients.

Haley said a lot of the joy he gets from working with athletes stems from the instant reactions. It’s not like day-to-day medical work, when you have to wait days or weeks to know if a treatment is working. At races, results are seen immediately, and it’s rewarding, Haley said.

At the World Championships, all three volunteers were constantly scrambling from the finish line to the transition area and back. They might have done as much running as the athletes, albeit over a much longer period.

I was impressed by the efficiency. All finishers were asked if they were OK, then asked again.

Perhaps most importantly, they made the injured feel calm. A lot of the athletes who collapsed at the end line just had to drink water and walk off the pain.

There’s a 100% chance I would be one of the zombie-eyed competitors at the end of the race if I attempted it, but at least I’d receive excellent care.

I guess if you’re going to be a crazy athlete, that’s what you need.

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

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kids, and said it’s easy to see similarities in the two. They have a knack for inspiring other swimmers through their own passion.

“Ryan, when he came out the very first time (at Manatee), they almost worshipped the ground he walked on and said ‘Oh my gosh, look at that kid,’” McMahon said.

“I think the other kids see Kate and they yearn to be what she is.”

Kate’s mom, Christine Walker, is an assistant swim coach at Braden River. She said her daughter helps coach the novice swimmers in the program before her own practice begins with the club team, the Sarasota Tsunami. Her brother filled that role in the past.

After playing volleyball and soccer while growing up, Kate Walker settled on swimming. She Courtesy photo became frustrated in the other sports when teammates don’t lis- Kate Walker doesn’t get to spend as much time ten to the coaches or caused the with her brother, Ryan, now that he is swimming in team to lose because of mistakes. college. He still, however, gives her lots of tips.

She would rather participate in a sport where individuals concentrate on their own performance, she was impressed by her own but then can come together to strength and intestinal fortitude in that moment. celebrate as a team.

Kate Walker is still learning and Her most challenging moment in the water came two summers making refinements to her techago at a club meet in Clearwater. nique. She’ll get stronger, and She was racing the 200-yard but- she is confident that someday, terfly in a long course pool, which she will leave a similar legacy at meant she had fewer turns. It was Braden River to that of Ryan.

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The Lakewood Ranch boys and girls cross country teams will compete in the Class 4A Region 2 meet at Holloway Park in Lakeland for a chance to advance to the state championships. The boys team is led by senior John Rivera, while senior Andrea McDonald is a standout for the girls team. The girls race will start at 8:50 a.m., while the boys will begin at 9:30 a.m.

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Braden River football will celebrate its senior night with a game against Sarasota.

For the Pirates’ seniors to have a happy send-off, they’ll have to deal with Sailors senior defensive back Isaiah Priester, who had an interception on Oct. 14 against Lakewood Ranch. The game starts at 7:30 p.m.

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The Lakewood Ranch football team hosts North Port in its Homecoming Day game.

Junior quarterback Justin Curtis will need to find a way to inspire a struggling Mustangs offense.

Defensive lineman Christian Cahueque has a knack for getting into the opponent’s backfield, and Lakewood Ranch will need him to cause havoc against the Bobcats. The game starts at 7:30 p.m.

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After 18 years at Lakewood Ranch High, its head custodian readies to turn in his keys.

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or 35 years in the Manatee County School District, custodian Willie Lowery sweated the small stuff.

He remembered a time when a Lakewood Ranch High student came to him because his glasses were broken and he needed to take a test.

“He said to me, ‘Mr. Willie, could you please help me with my glasses?’ So I brought him to my office, I took a small clip and a pin, and I fixed his glasses so he

could take his test.”

After the student told his parents about the incident, they went to the football field the next day to give Lowery a box of candy.

“Kids never forget the small stuff that I do for them,” he said.

After working with the school district since 1981 at schools including Braden River Elementary and Braden River Middle School, the 64-year-old Lowery will retire in December from Lakewood Ranch High School.

He’s been head custodian at Lakewood Ranch since its first academic school year in 1997-98.

“On my last day, I’ll probably ride around the campus and look at all of the things that have changed since I’ve been here, all of the banners I’ve hung in the gym, the stuff I’ve hung up in some of the teachers’ classrooms,” Lowery said.

“I’ve done a lot right here at the Ranch.”

Not only did Lowery make

his mark in the hallways and classrooms, he touched the hearts of many of the students, including Lakewood Ranch senior Andrew Stevens.

Stevens is involved in the school’s theater program, and “Mr. Willie” has been on his speed dial.

“One time I needed a light bulb at the tech booth,” Stevens said.

“So I brought him the light bulb and he started calling the bulb a ‘squiggly’. The way he said it was so funny, he made it a really fun trip to get light bulbs.”

After working as a custodian at previous schools, Lowery was excited to be head custodian at Lakewood Ranch High School.

“It was a lot more work, but I sort of took it as a challenge,” Lowery said. “I had to figure out a lot of different things that I didn’t have to do before.”

After becoming a familiar

part of the scenery, Lowery will be missed.

“I’m worried our whole school is going to fall apart,” said office secretary Darla Walker, who has worked with Lowery since the school was built. “Willie has been an amazing gentleman and coworker. He puts his heart and soul into everything he does here.”

“He always has a positive attitude,” Stevens said. “He’s always smiling or singing to himself. He does the little things and makes them seem fun. This will be a big loss.”

Lowery hopes the void will be filled.

“I hope they choose someone who will take pride in the school, and take pride in what they do here,” he said. “That’s been my motto throughout my career. I always want things to look good, and I always took pride in what I did.”

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Willie Lowery, 64, has been head custodian at Lakewood Ranch High School since it opened.

He’ll be retiring in December after working for the Manatee County School District since 1981.

Willie Lowery, the head custodian at Lakewood Ranch High School , paints the lines for the freshman football game, one of the last times he’ll do it before retiring in December.

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s Sabal Harbour’s Linda Jannette and Joe Angers strolled along Lakewood Main Street Oct. 21, they were presented with lots of entertainment choices during the second annual Block Party and Club Day. The free event featured sponsor booths, raffles, giveaways, face painting, food, beer and wine.

And if none of those offerings caught their interest, they could just listen to the live music.

“We love Lakewood Ranch, it’s always nice out here,” Jannette said. “It’s such good weather.”

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FALL CARNIVAL Runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Braden River Library, 4915 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton . Families are invited to “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” at the library’s fall carnival.

For information, call 727-6079.

FRIDAY, OCT. 28 THROUGH SUNDAY, OCT. 30

SARASOTA PUMPKIN FESTIVAL Runs from noon to 10 p.m. all three days at Premier Sports Campus, 5895 Post Blvd., Bradenton. This eighth annual event features carnival rides, a costume contest, live entertainment, a pumpkin patch and other festivities. General admission is $10 for adults or $5 for children 12 and younger. Children under 3 are free. Parking costs $5. For information, visit sarasotapumpkinfestival.com.

SATURDAY, OCT. 29

BOO RUN Starts at 8:30 a.m. on Lakewood Main Street. Join the Lakewood Ranch Running Club for this 13th annual 5K chip-timed run through Lakewood Ranch. Runners are encouraged to dress in costume. Registration starts at 6:45 a.m. Kids dashes start at 7:45 a.m. More than 1,200 runners and spectators are expected to turn out.

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Cost is $35 for adults and $10 for children under 12. Proceeds benefit Another Day for Gray, a nonprofit to raise awareness and find a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Register at lakewoodranchrunningclub.com/ boo-run-5k.

SIP THE SUNSHINE Begins at noon at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota. This all-Florida craft beer festival will feature more than 100 beers from 50 Florida-based breweries.

After the festival, there will be a Sundown Session music festival featuring Blues Traveler. General admission to both events is $45.

For information or tickets, visit sipthesunshine.com/tickets.

HAUNTED HOUSE Runs from 6:45 to 9 p.m. at Nolan Middle School, 6615 Greenbrook Blvd., Lakewood Ranch.

The National Junior Honors Society will host this haunted house event. The eighth-grade wing will be turned into a haunted hospital, with blood and gore for older kids, while the sixth-grade wing will turn into a not-so-scary haunted hallway with Halloween scenery, Star Wars characters and other family-friendly sights.

Cost is $5 per person. All proceeds benefit the American Red Cross. There also will be trick-ortreating for kids 8 and younger.

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FRIDAY, NOV. 4

MUSIC ON MAIN Runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Main Street. Robin and the Retros will headline this monthly concert series with its sounds of the 1960s, 1970s and Motown. Guests can enjoy a family zone, vendor booths, live music and food and drink for purchase.

The evening’s proceeds benefit Family Promise of Sarasota. For information, visit lakewoodranch. com.

OBSTACLE RUN AND FALL FESTIVAL Starts at 6 p.m. at the Lakewood Ranch YMCA, 5100 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Bradenton. The Lakewood Ranch and Parrish

GIVING HUNGER THE BLUES Runs from noon to 9 p.m. at the Van Wezel, 777 Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. This concert series will feature Reverend Barry and Funktastic Soul, Gumbo Boogie Band, Jah Movement, RJ Howson and Twinkle and Rock Soul Radio.

Proceeds benefit the Mayor’s Feed the Hungry Program, the Women’s Resource Center and the Generso Foundation. Cost is $15 at the gate. Children 12 and hunger are free. For information, visit givinghungertheblues.org.

BOO FEST Runs from 6 to 9 p.m. on Lakewood Main Street.

Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp. will present this 10th annual family-friendly event, themed “Wizard of Oz.” Included will be a costume contest, a storefront window painting contest, family pictures, balloon art and performances by local dance academies.

The event is free. Overflow parking is available at Magnolia Green 3, 6901 Professional Parkway. A trolley will transport guests to Main Street. For information, visit lwrcac.com.

CAR SHOW Starts at 5 p.m. on Lakewood Main Street. Registration for vehicles is $10. There will be food, music and prizes. For more information, contact 371-1061.

YMCA branches are teaming up for this obstacle run for children along with the fall festival. Cost is $15 per participant and $10 for any additional family members.

Cost includes the run, an event T-shirt and full access to the fall festival. Register at manateeymca.org or call 798-9622 for information.

FRIDAY, NOV. 4SUNDAY, NOV. 6

CLAY COURT CLASSIC Begins at 8 a.m. at The Athletic Center at Lakewood Ranch, 8256 Legacy Blvd. First Watch presents the 2016 Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic. Watch top men’s and women’s college tennis players competing in the only college clay court tournament in the nation. Proceeds benefit The V Foundation for Cancer Research. For information, visit dickvitaleonline.com.

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COLOR RUN Starts at 10 a.m. at Premier Sports Campus, 5895 Post Blvd., Bradenton. Run through splashes of paint in this fun 5K fundraiser for cancer research and Alzheimer’s disease. Registration starts at 8 a.m. with on-site ,check-in ending at 9:30 a.m. A 5KColorFest Party will follow at 11 a.m. To register, visit 5kcolorfest.com.

SUNDAY, NOV. 7

PUTTS FORE MUTTS Begins with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. at The Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club, 15150 70th Terrace E, Bradenton. Registration starts at 11:30 a.m. and dinner is at 5 p.m. This event benefits the Humane Society of Lakewood Ranch. It includes golf, prizes, a raffle, auction, dinner and live music. A related tennis tournament at the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club starts at 2 p.m. (registration starts at 1:30 p.m.) with dinner

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SUNCOAST FOOD AND WINE FEST Runs from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Sarasota. Come out for an afternoon of live music by Kettle of Fish, a silent auction, cooking demonstrations, samplings of more than 100 wines and a variety of craft beers and food from more than 30 restaurants. Tickets cost $80 and include a voucher for a bottle of wine. Tickets must be purchased in advance of the event.

The Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch presents this event, which raises money for local charities and Rotary projects through a grant process. For information or tickets, visit suncoastfoodandwinefest.com.

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Jennifer Elsdon, an English teacher at Braden River High School, knows not everyone can make it back for the school’s homecoming Oct. 28.

Elsdon was thinking about 2012 graduate Bill Heller, who is serving with the U.S. Army.

“He was an incredible young man,” Elsdon said. “He was bright, talented, so caring and compassionate, and I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to teach him twice. So then, I began thinking about how we take our service members for granted.”

On Oct. 17, Elsdon’s fifth-period senior class held a packing party to prepare care packages for Braden River graduates serving in the military. They named the effort, “Homecoming for Heroes.”

Twenty care packages were sent to soldiers so they could feel included in Braden River’s Homecoming Day. “We got to thinking there’s a missing piece when it comes to homecoming,” Elsdon said. “We do all this stuff for alumni, but we have graduates serving active duty in the military right now, and as our alumni, they are truly not just a significant part of the Pirate Nation — they are significant to the world.”

The packages were sent in shoe boxes, and they included homecoming T-shirts, snacks, school newspapers, stress balls, football programs signed by the varsity football players and a handwritten letter stating the school’s appreciation for their service.

All of the items were donated by various campus organizations.

The biggest item in the package was the T-shirt, with “The Twelfth Man” on the back. All the students who sit in the spirit section wear the shirts on game night as they cheer on the football team.

Senior Karyssa Wong said the shirt symbolizes that even though the students are in the stands, they’re “in the game” with the

Senior Chandler Hill holds two homecoming care packages.

soldiers, cheering for them.

Elsdon is teaching a few seniors who have committed to joining the military. She said those headed to the service will know they will be receiving care packages in the future.

Heritage Harbour’s Antonio Ronderos, 17, enlisted in the National Guard and will begin his basic training Aug. 1. One of Elsdon’s English students, he packed care packages for those who are serving.

“I think it would be cool to receive a box like this from my school,” Ronderos said. “It probably means a lot to them.”

He hopes the effort becomes a tradition.

“We’re hoping it becomes a legacy that stays after the seniors leave,” Elsdon said. “The plan is to definitely keep doing this in the future.”

Senior Raymond Thomas signs a sports program for a Homecoming for Heroes care package.

Valuable strides in pink parade T he Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk on Oct. 22 at the Sarasota Polo Club could have been characterized as a pink parade.

Besides all the entertainment, such as live music and dance performances, those who participated in the three-mile walk covered themselves from head to toe in pink attire.

The event raised money for the American Cancer Society’s breast cancer research fund, which besides research, provides information and support about breast cancer.

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Above: Sarasota’s Kathy Schille, center, shows off a huge, pink ribbon while she dances with the American Cocktail Society, a nonprofit organization for awareness.

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home in St. James Park topped all transactions in this week’s real estate. Donna Maytham sold her home at 8001 Fairhaven Glen to David and Susan Payne, of Bradenton, for $715,000.

Built in 1994, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,216 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $692,500 in 2001.

Richard and Melody Arndt, trustees, of Grand Rapids, Mich., sold the home at 7127 Callander Cove to David and Catherine Izenson, of Pittsburgh, for $662,500. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,680 square feet of living area.

Joseph and Nancy Breen, of Bradenton, sold their home at 7123 Westhill Court to Jere and Patricia Marciniak, of Bradenton, for $420,000. Built in 2014, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,179 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $389,900 in 2014.

COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE

John and Jo Ann Schwab, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 13416 Kildare Place to William Perry and Regina Perry, trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, for $640,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,168 square feet of living area.

Stanley and Louise Levinson sold their home at 7106 Sandhills Place to William and Cheryl Brown, of Bradenton, for $400,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,269 square feet of living area.

16826 Berwick Terrace A4148286 $1,050,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

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5107 Riverview Boulevard A4166072 $940,000 Cheryl Roberts

7008 Twin Hills Terrace A4163995 $669,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

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668 Key Royale Drive A4164160 $649,000 Laurie M Mock

Kathleen Deibel sold her home at 7719 Latrobe Court to Ralph George, of Lakewood Ranch, for $344,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,675 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $186,400 in 1998.

RIVERDALE REVISED

Mary Widner, of Bradenton, sold the home at 336 46th Court E., to Robert Heemskerk and Natalie Watt, of Alberta, Canada, for $639,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,002 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $675,000 in 2008.

David and Laura Parraga, of Bradenton, sold their home at 4520 Barracuda Drive to Roger Rottschafer, trustee, of Middleville, Mich., for $480,000.

Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,064 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $630,000 in 2005.

James and Tracie Watje, of Bradenton, sold their home at 4715 Spinnaker Drive to Kevin King and Andrea Farkas, of Bradenton, for $479,900. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,051 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $305,000 in 2010.

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

OCT. 10 - OCT. 14

Mary Woodring sold her home at 4412 Shark Drive to Keith McGrath, of Bradenton, for $438,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,684 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $400,000 in 2015.

HERITAGE HARBOUR

John Iacobelli, trustee, of Strongsville, Ohio, sold the home at 7412 Heritage Grand Place to Mark Mahoney, of Bradenton, for $535,400. Built in 2010, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,873 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $500,000 in 2014.

Arthur and Phyllis Valadie, of Bradenton, sold their home at 515 Grand Preserve Cove to Douglas and Mary Becker, of Bradenton, for $390,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,505 square feet of living area. It sold for $365,000 in 2007.

RIVERWALK RIDGE

Leonard and Mary Ann Brzozowski sold their home at 12316 Lobelia Terrace to Mikel Miller and Tina Widlowski, of Bradenton, for $528,500. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,785 square feet of living area. It sold for $405,000 in 2011.

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John and Alison Scott, of Bradenton, sold their home at 22547 Morning Glory Circle to Cary and Heather Dunn, of Bradenton, for $525,000. Built in 2005, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,490 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $370,000 in 2010.

RIVER CLUB SOUTH

Elizabeth Maginnis, trustee, of Fairfax, Va., sold the home at 9964 Cherry Hills Ave. Circle to RPF Development Inc. for $500,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 4,067 square feet of living area.

POMELLO PARK

Jeffrey and Debra Green, of Worcester, Mass., sold their home at 22409 68th Ave. E., to David and Betty Jones, of Manassas, Va., for $449,000.

Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,442 square feet of living area.

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Joan Zettinger, of Bradenton, sold her home at 12770 Del Corso Loop to James and Maureen West, of Bradenton, for $440,000. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,266 square feet of

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210 3rd Street W 8402 A4166900 $200,000 Lynne Callahan

15410 Anchorage Place A4157541 $5,800,000 Barbara Najmy

Parrish 941-748-6300 941-348-9504

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-720-3278

7760 Holiday Drive Sarasota A4165009 $1,595,000

3.68 Acre Opportunity 50 West Bay Street Osprey A4158305 $3,995,000

BROADMOOR PINES

Marianne Wickel and Marianne SEE REAL ESTATE PAGE 25

606 Riviera Dunes Way 103 A4157995 $259,000 Joe Foster

11903 Major Turner Run A4161791 $225,000 Autumn Moore

7405 Vista Way 108 A4156409 $165,000 Heidi Cox

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Parrish 941-748-6300 941-320-5823

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1510 1st Avenue W 105 A4158728 $255,000 Kathy Valente

3603 101st Avenue E A4164191 $222,000 Vicki Gill

8943 White Sage Loop A4155237 $154,000 Susan Rodriguez

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16107 Clearlake Avenue A4166945 $1,850,000 Barbara Najmy

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19428 Ganton Avenue A4135661 $1,750,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara & Tom Cinquegrano

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6815 Belmont Court A4154232 $1,595,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara & Linda Driggs

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

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8334 Grosvenor Court A4160732 $1,450,000 Beth Ann Boyer & Nancy Phillips

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812 Riviera Dunes Way A4124509 $1,249,000 Debbie Vogler

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8710 Gulf Drive A4160253 $1,200,000 Erica Thomas

Anna Maria 941-748-6300 941-799-9365

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Ivan and Jane Barnsley, of Bradenton, sold their home at 13634 Seventh Ave. Circle N.E., to Dwight Blankenship, of Bradenton, for $385,000. Built in 1998, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,124 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $332,000 in 2004.

Waterfront Smart House

Kathryn James, of Bucksport, Maine, sold her home at 901 137th St. E., to Gerald and Lois Jean Meyers, of Bradenton, for $334,000. Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,432 square feet of living area.

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Wickel, trustees, of Hollywood, Calif., sold the home at 7809 Broadmoor Pines Blvd., to Robert and Tamara Hiler, of Woodinville, Wash., for $380,000.

Built in 1986, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,473 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $196,800 in 1987.

WATERBURY GRAPEFRUIT

Bartos Stealy, of Aurora, Colo., and Shawna Stealy, of Sarasota, sold the home at 5980 217th St. E., to Robert Cozzi, of Bradenton, for $364,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,923 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $249,900 in 2009.

MIRAMAR LINKS AT LAKEWOOD RANCH

Michele Turnquist sold her Unit 23 condominium at 8364 Miramar Way to Ronald Bellar, of Bradenton, for $348,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three-and-two-half baths and 2,733 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $332,500 in 2008.

TIDEWATER PRESERVE

Wayne Marcus, of Bradenton, sold his home at 5013 Lake Overlook Ave., to Richard and Donna Hibbard, of Bradenton, for $335,000. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,034 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $269,600 in 2014.

STONEYBROOK AT HERITAGE HARBOUR

Jeffrey and Sonja Reed, of Bradenton, sold their home at 8981

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Stone Harbour Loop to Craig Forsman and Diana Arnezeder, of Bradenton, for $324,500. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,951 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $238,000 in 2013.

Wendy Willis, of Bradenton, sold her home at 223 Golden Harbour Trail to Jason Fielding, of Bradenton, for $289,700. Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,951 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $458,200 in 2006.

WOODBROOK

Elaine Kaplan, of Charlotte, N.C., sold her home at 4638 Woodbrook Drive to Anthony and Anne Limon, of Sarasota, for $310,000. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,932 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $234,600 in 2012.

RIVER PLACE

James and Stephanie Fox sold their home at 6820 71st St. E., to Arvin and Catherine Mayberry, of Bradenton, for $295,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,142 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $295,300 in 2004.

VINTAGE CREEK

Karen Swartz and Maris Spriedejs, of Fountain Hills, Ariz., sold their home at 4642 Calsasique Drive to Jean Hoff, of Sarasota, for $295,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,311 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $305,000 in 2015.

GREYHAWK LANDING

Caravel Brazil LLC sold the home at 12467 Natureview Circle to

John Brennan, of Parrish, for $290,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,962 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $250,900 in 2011.

SAVANNAH PRESERVE AT UNIVERSITY PLACE

Christopher and Amy Olson, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 8049 condominium at 8049 Tybee Court to John and Susan Beausang, of Bradenton, for $282,500. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,664 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $264,900 in 2013.

GREENBROOK VILLAGE

Jennifer Keller, of Bradenton, sold her home at 6228 Macaw Glen to Robyn and Christopher Mueller, of Bradenton, for $260,000. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,598 square feet of living area. It sold for $200,000 in 2008.

Geneva Hensley and Sherraine Lomerson, of Bradenton, sold their home at 4910 Lakescene Place to Sally Malacarne, of Sarasota, for $280,000. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,563 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $215,000 in 2012.

GLENBROOKE

Jason and Jennifer DePaola, of Parrish, sold their home at 4804 Glenbrooke Drive to Earl Young Jr. and Pamela Deneweth-Young, of Sarasota, for $275,500. Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,611 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $180,500 in 2012.

Bradley and Ann Nelson, of Middlesex, Mass., sold their home at 5531 Napa Drive to Fakarava LLC for $269,000. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths and 2,121 square feet

RIVER ISLES

Kathryn Remenapp, of Mansfield, Texas, sold her home at 4503 Lakewood Ave., to Christopher and Michaelene Huntley, of Bradenton, for $218,000. Built in 1977, it has three bedrooms, two baths and is 1,638 square feet. It sold for $88,000 in 1994.

HARBORAGE ON BRADEN RIVER

Irene Ferrer, of Palm Beach, sold her home at 5014 58th Terrace E., to Ariana Gallegos, of Bradenton, for $252,500. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths and is 1,956 square feet.

Carrie Weymouth, of Parrish, sold her home at 5654 Simonton St. to Luis Collazo, of Bradenton, for $214,900. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two-anda-half baths and 1,628 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $195,000 in 2015.

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of living area. It previously sold for $223,100 in 2010.

Lanny and Fran Kramer, of Sarasota, sold their Unit V-201 condominium at 7810 Palm Aire Lane to Robert Lipkin, of Sarasota, for $227,000. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,541 square feet of living area. It sold for $115,000 in 1998.

SUMMERFIELD VILLAGE

Ruby Diehl, of Lima, Ohio, sold her home at 12341 Wood Sage Terrace to Silma Marbes and Carmen Irizarry, of Sarasota, for $225,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,506 square feet of living area. It sold for $117,000 in 1998.

GRAND OAK AT TARA

Michael and Rosanne O’Byrne, of Bradenton, sold their Unit 4-101 condominium at 6334 Grand Oak Circle to Joseph and Janet Rebhan, of Bradenton, for $220,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,659 square feet of living area. It sold for $174,900 in 2003.

Gary Owen, of Santa Barbara, Calif., sold his home at 4212 1st Ave. E., to Lindsey and Adam Colley, of Bradenton, for $209,700. Built in 1995, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and is 1,295 square feet. It sold for $235,000 in 2005.

NORTH MANATEE TWIN RIVERS

McCormick Drive LLC sold the home at 15811 33rd Court E., to Jordan and Christopher VanName, of Parrish, for $373,000.

Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,507 square feet of living area.

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Ladies in the University Park Women’s Club celebrated the fall season with a splash of color and history during their Oct. 19 general meeting and luncheon, held at the Oaks Club, in Sarasota.

The Oaks Club was once the home of Bertha Honore Palmer, “the legendary lady of Sarasota.” Guest speaker Kate Holmes, member of the Advisory Board of the Sarasota Historical Society, portrayed the former Osprey resident.

Her performance whisked members away to Chicago in the mid-1800s, where they met the “Queen of Chicago,” world traveler, art collector and astute business person, who helped organize the Chicago Women’s Business Club in 1888 to help women entering the workforce, among other accomplishments.

“If all of our history lectures were as exciting and interesting as Kate’s, we’d have aced the classes (in school),” said club President Maria Van Brunt in her closing remarks.

Brenda Deona welcomed everyone as she opened the annual fall meeting, followed by reports from the executive board and the steering committee.

“The season is shaping up to be fun and fabulous,” Deona said.

Moms Group hosts fundraiser

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Women’s Golf Association executive board members Ex Officio Kim Lester, President Brenda Deona, Vice President Lisa Deutsch and Treasurer Sandy Murray gather before a tournament. Not pictured is Secretary Christine Bonner.

Ranch women on course for fun The Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club 18 Hole Women’s Golf Association held its opening event and luncheon Oct. 4 with a scramble format followed by a buffet luncheon. The winning foursome —Dee Romito, Kevyn Rakowski, Cindy Roberts and Jayne James —shot a 55.

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The Lakewood Ranch Moms Group supported a fellow member and in doing it, raised money for families battling pediatric cancer.

On Sept. 24, the group hosted a gala at The Lake Club for the Love McKinley Foundation, which supports local families who have a child in treatment for cancer, and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Club member Karen Moore and her husband, Casey, started the foundation in May 2016 after their 3-year-old daughter, McKinley, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in 2015.

Eventgoers dined on donated food and drinks from Daily Eats, Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, Pasadena Liquors and Fine Wines. Boars Head and Titos Vodka also donated to the event.

In total, the gala raised $23,500, of which more than $13,000 came from raffle and auction purchases.

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University Park Women’s Club co-vice president Linda Schauer poses with guest speaker Kate Holmes and fellow co-vice president Anne Walsh.

Lakewood Ranch Moms Group President Jill Bennett and Alana Blasewitz, gala event coordinators, visit with Karen Moore, president of the Love McKinley Foundation.

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BY SALES VOLUME

8269 Archers Court $2,499,999 | Web ID A4144401 Fernando Viteri 941.400.7676

8388 Catamaran Circle $2,250,000 | Web ID A4151486 Linda Apple 941.586.0553

7807 Mathern Court $1,450,000 | Web ID A4161604 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

75 Grande Fairway $1,199,000 | Web ID N5910123 Maryanne Kurtz 941.441.6624

14809 Secret Harbor Place $999,000 | Web ID A4159787 Laura Stavola 941.447.4875

363 Ardenwood Drive $979,900 | Web ID N5909747 Bob Linthicum 941.228.9206

7339 Greystone Street $969,000 | Web ID A4166891 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

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7348 Barclay Court $919,000 | Web ID A4160141 Thomas Netzel 941.308.1083

6911 Winners Circle $898,000 | Web ID A4166877 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

7524 Rigby Court $874,000 | Web ID A4155948 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

13404 Blythefield Terrace $795,000 | Web ID A4166022 Linda Apple 941.586.0553

14738 Bowfin Terrace $794,900 | Web ID A4166831 Gregory Van Natter & Gloria Bracciano 941.730.1999

6 Saint Martin Circle $719,900 | Web ID N5907016 Bob Linthicum 941.228.9206

27441 Hole In One Place $699,000 | Web ID N5909137 Bob Linthicum 941.228.9206

5868 Palmer Ranch Parkway $669,000 | Web ID A4166732 Victoria Stultz 941.387.5676

5318 Napa Drive $665,000 | Web ID A4166483 Steph Lamb 941.915.8350

6620 225th Street East $650,000 | Web ID A4155811 Martha Marlar 941.812.0455

5812 Valente Place $599,000 | Web ID A4166306 Peter Laughlin 941.356.8428

13938 Siena Loop $574,900 | Web ID A4166842 Gregory Van Natter & Gloria Bracciano 941.730.1999

8420 Lindrick Lane $499,000 | Web ID A4157434 Stacy Haas-Goodwin 941.587.4359

7355 North Leewynn Drive $495,000 | Web ID A4162806 Sandra Appignani 941.383.2500

4520 Murcia Boulevard #15 $489,000 | Web ID A4157810 Joel Schemmel & Sharon Chiodi 941.587.4894

12418 Thornhill Court $462,900 | Web ID A4156748 Gloria Bracciano 941.730.1999

2710 North Beach Road #5 $459,000 | Web ID N5908493 Bonnie Price 941.350.3362

5734 Beaurivage Avenue $449,900 | Web ID A4157260 Devon Davis 941.720.2053

7251 Regina Royale $429,000 | Web ID A4158012 Joel Schemmel & Sharon Chiodi 941.587.4894

7263 Belleisle Glen $424,000 | Web ID A4167063 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

7124 34th Street East $412,777 | Web ID A4166833 Laura Pearson 941.993.5167

4314 Reflections Parkway $399,900 | Web ID A4167199 Shannon Rogers 941.920.5454

3921 Chatsworth Greene $368,500 | Web ID A4166739 Fernando Viteri 941.400.7676

2130 East Leewynn Drive $349,900 | Web ID ROGE101716IHE Shannon Rogers 941.920.5454

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