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Will impact fees stifle growth?

At least one county commissioner worries the new increases will price new homebuyers out of the Manatee market. SEE PAGE 3A YOUR TOWN

Aiden Letourneau and Christian Ordetx represent McNeal Elementary

Students launch a direct hit McNeal Elementary students took first place in accuracy during the catapult portion of the annual Manatee Technology Student Association (TSA) district competition Dec. 5 at Bayshore High School.

Eight elementary schools and 130 students competed in that category.

POLO PONY LOVE Trainer Nick Johnson knows what it takes to convert race horses into athletes that can excel on the polo field.

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Executive Director Kathy White, right, cuts the ribbon at the grand opening.

Main Street welcome The Sheridan at Lakewood Ranch, a senior assistedliving facility, added its first Welcome Center Dec. 3 to Main Street.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the opening. The main facility is scheduled to open early in 2016. The Welcome Center will have staff on site 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and by appointment on Sundays.

“People can be independent while living in a vibrant community,” Sheridan Executive Director Kathy White said.

JEN BLANCO SPORTS EDITOR

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— Nick Johnson takes a gamble every time he enters a racetrack.

But not by betting the races.

With his stat sheet in hand,

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he sizes up his equine options.

Last September in Charleston, W.V., the option was 4-year-old Never So Sweet, who caught his eye. At first glance, the thoroughbred had near perfect conformatio, and she didn’t shy away when he approached her.

After the filly passed his initial eye test, Johnson was ready to check her racing form. In eight races, Never So Sweet had finished seventh or worse every time. The fact she wasn’t a champion didn’t hurt her value to him.

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Builder named to UF hall of fame In 28 years, John McIntyre has built more than structures. He’s built a reputation for quality.

JAY HEATER MANAGING EDITOR

When it came time for Tara’s John McIntyre to toot his horn, he didn’t talk about all the money he has made, his Construction Hall of Fame award or $900 million of

Nick Johnson is in the process of training 16 horses for the polo field.

projects that he has overseen.

Sitting at his Sarasota office, McIntyre went a different direction when he talked about McIntyre, Elwell and Strammer General Contractors.

“We’ve done $900 million in SEE PAGE 6A

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Baugh vows to review impact fees District 5 commissioner worries that rise in fees could hinder economic development.

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elected by fellow commissioners as the 2016 chairwoman of the board, Vanessa Baugh knows her new title won’t win her votes on key issues.

That was evident during the Manatee County Commissioners’ Land Use meeting Dec. 3, when five of the seven commissioners voted against her and instituted a three-year plan for higher county impact fees.

While the title “Chair of the Board” won’t help her with influence, it does indicate qualities that should serve Baugh well as she embarks on a difficult mission over the next year.

“Being the chair is a leadership role,” said Baugh, who owns Vanessa Fine Jewelry on Main Street in Lakewood Ranch. “You have to be a strong leader who is trying to move the board to come up with solutions. It takes someone who can work with others.”

She might have to do a whole lot of working with others.

Baugh wants to persuade the board to reconsider its decision to continue a three-year stream of rising impact fees that she

believes could have a detrimental effect on the county’s economic development. Impact fees are taxes collected on new development.

“For me, impact fees are a necessary thing,” she said. “But there has to be a fine line, a balance. A lot of people say that the developer has to pay them. But it goes right down to the people buying the home.

“And it does have an economic impact. People are trying to qualify for the most they can. If you look at this, between the schools (impact fees) and the county (impact fees), a single-family, three-bedroom home could cost close to $23,000 in impact fees.”

The District 5 commissioner said that cost has made Manatee County the third-most expensive county on the west coast of Florida, behind Collier and Pasco counties, in terms of impact fees.

Those people who were looking in the Lakewood Ranch area might start shopping for a new home in another county.

If the homebuyers do stay, that $23,000 extra out of their pocket might translate into dollars not spent at local businesses. Baugh hopes that people understand that rising impact fees affect more

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than just the builders.

She doesn’t plan on dropping the issue.

“I can assure you that I will be bringing this back up to the board,” she said firmly. “I am going to be asking if we can take a look at this again.”

It could be a tough road. Baugh represents a district that is far larger geographically than any other in the county, which tries to keep an equal amount of registered voters in each district. It is a district that includes major developments planned in the near future with lots of new homes.

Baugh said a good place to start would be listening to the newly formed, 13-member Citizens

Financial Structure Advisory Board. The group was formed to present possible funding solutions to a county that is searching for answers. Baugh wanted the board to postpone its decision on impact fee increases in 2017 and 2018 until they listened to possible solutions from the new committee.

“This is a pet peeve of mine,” she said. “All the commissioners submitted a name to serve on this committee for only five months,” she said. “It seems to me that if we wanted to take that route, we should at least listen. It is possible they might come up with some great ideas. We have to be openminded.”

District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh was elected chair of the board for the Manatee County Commissioners Dec. 1.

Commission makes impact with higher fees Whether the higher fees handle growth or harm new building sales in Manatee County remains to be seen.

FEES WOULD FUND

Here are projects that have been deemed vital to an expanding population that would be funded by impact fee increases. Some costs that are projected: PARKS AND RECREATION

$1.2 million Aquatic facilities

$4.14 million

69 acres of amenities at parks for parking, restrooms, playgrounds, pavilions, signage, landscaping and utilities

$5.24 million

347 acres natural resource sites

$1.32 million 6,600-square-foot recreation building

$7.05 million 11 sports fields

$4.5 million 12.8 miles of trails

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$4.6 million 94 added vehicles

$11.5 million

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$1.5 million

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$3.8 million 3 EMS stations

$1.3 million 3 EMS vehicles

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ore worried about the impact of a growing community than possible hits to economic development, county commissioners voted 5-2 and passed impact fee increases at their Dec. 3 Land Use meeting.

That decision is expected to generate an estimated 14% increase in additional funds collected through fees or just more than $2 million next year.

“We’re heading for a fiscal cliff, and we need to do this,” District 1 Commissioner Larry Bustle said to his fellow commissioners.

“We need to have revenues in place to do these improvements,” District 2 Commissioner Charles Smith said. “Our only revenue sources are gas taxes, property taxes and impact fees.”

Meanwhile, Schroeder-Manatee Ranch CEO Rex Jensen told commissioners he opposed the increases.

“We ought to get in a room and work something out,” Jensen said.

“Raising impact fees isn’t just an abstract exercise of plugging a hole in a spreadsheet. One size doesn’t fit all.”

Jensen was worried that higher fees will limit development and economic growth in the county.

“We have to encourage economic development, and this (choice) doesn’t do that,” Jensen said.

Impact fees are one-time fees on new development that help fund county services, such as parks, law enforcement, public safety, libraries and transportation.

IS THE PRICE RIGHT?

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Sample costs of Manatee County impact fees on new single-family, detached homes of various sizes in the northeast sector of the county starting in 2016.

$10,484

$8,335 $6,093 $3,917

1,000 square feet or less

1,001 to 1,300 square feet

1,301 to 1,700 square feet

Manatee County hired an independent consultant to outline an impact fee schedule that would adequately prepare for expected growth.

The commissioners voted to adopt 80% of that proposed amount for 2016, 90% in 2017 and 100% in 2018.

District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh and Chairwoman Betsy Benac voted against the impact fee increases and said the commission should wait until the newly appointed finance committee had a chance to give its report in May. “We’ve got to come up with other revenue sources,” Baugh said. “I don’t want the county to become one of the most expensive places to live.”

Adding to the financial overload, library funding will come

1,701 to 2,200 square feet

2,201 square feet and higher

out of impact fees for the first time in 2016. To serve the growth, the county must provide 16,200 square feet of additional library space and 65,300 additional supplies by the year 2025, county documents show. Those projects would total about $6.2 million.

And even more stress on economic development could be created when the Manatee County Planning Commission reviews a proposal from the Manatee County School District Dec. 10 to impose a new school impact fee schedule. County Commissioners could consider that plan at the Land Use meeting Jan. 7.

The impact fees passed Dec. 3 follow a complicated formula based on square footage of finished living space. The impact fee to be paid varies on area of the county.

“We ought to get in a room and work something out.

Raising impact fees isn’t just an abstract exercise of plugging a hole in a spreadsheet.

One size doesn’t fit all.”

– Schroeder-Manatee Ranch CEO Rex Jensen

“We need to have revenues in place to do these improvements.

Our only revenue sources are gas taxes, property taxes and impact fees.”

– District 2 Commissioner Charles Smith

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The Simone family, parents Steve and Debbie and daughter Lisa, purchased the 13-acre property in October 2014 for $1.3 million. Since then, they’ve been opening the park by phases.

The former Timber Oak Lane property owner planned to open an RV park but never did. The Simone family started the park from scratch, installing the infrastructure and opening it in January.

A clubhouse and pool are under construction.

The Simones said demand is there to support the expansion.

“It’s a niche,” said Lisa Simone, the owner and manager.

Steve Simone said the RV park draws a “mixed bag” of occupants. Some people need a place while visiting family in the Lakewood Ranch area. Some just pass through. They also get Manatee County residents who just want a couple days away from their normal routine.

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His face pressed against the window of a school bus, Aiden Collins never had been on such a high hill.

And this one was made of trash.

During a field trip Dec. 1 to the Lena Road Landfill, Collins and 14 other students from Gilbert W. McNeal and Braden River elementary schools trekked up a 150-foot mountain of buried trash.

“This is so cool,” Collins said, smiling.

Noticing the children’s excitement, Patrick Gallagher, the school district’s energy and recycling specialist, flooded them with fun facts about “the dump.”

“This is the highest point in Manatee County,” Gallagher said

to the wide-eyed students.

Students learned about the importance of recycling and the landfill’s primary purposes.

The school district used to host annual tours of the landfill for fourth-graders. Due to budget cuts in 2008, the landfill hasn’t received much foot traffic from students since then.

The landfill has entered Phase Two of three phases that it will take to fill the site. Gallagher said it is important for students to learn ways to conserve space when it comes to dumping trash.

“I’d say we have about 25 to 30 years left at this landfill before it’s full,” Gallagher said.

Although the fourth- and fifthgraders, who are members of their schools’ robotics or engineering

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teams, aren’t quite ready to solve that problem, they focused on smaller ones.

Robotics team coach Sue Curry said her Braden River students are building robots that they can program to pick up and throw away trash as part of an assignment.

McNeal students are working on big-picture problem-solving, such as how to reduce the amount of wasted milk cartons at their school and within the county.

Students are reviewing options for saving the cartons, such as implementing a “No Thank You Tray.” Students can set untouched cartons there for another student to drink later. They don’t end up needlessly in the trash.

McNeal teacher Denise Touchberry said her students received a

“real world application” of where trash goes after being set out.

“The kids have never seen anything like this landfill before,” Touchberry said. “Kids don’t get a chance to see things on a large scale like this.”

Touchberry, whose son, Ramsey, attended Gene Witt Elementary School 12 years ago, remembers visiting the site with her son. Things have changed since then. Trash collected is buried within one hour of arriving at the site.

Throughout their tour of the landfill, students also stopped at the e-scrap shed, where old electronics are collected.

Old electronics don’t just disappear, said Cari Walz, an employee of the Household Hazardous Waste division.

Sometimes the equipment or pieces, such as lithium batteries, can be recycled.

“It’s interesting to see where our old stuff goes,” Collins said.

“I never paid much attention to where our trash went. This is really cool.”

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Hot dogs don’t decompose for 50 years.

Seventy-five percent of electronics scrapped in the county are TV sets.

County residents recycle 51% of what they throw away.

The county’s goal by 2020 is for residents to recycle 75% of their trash.

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sales and we’ve been in business for 28 years,” he said while sitting alongside company vice presidents Mark Freeman and Ryan McIntyre, his son. “We never have been in a lawsuit with a customer.

You always do what’s right.”

Among the things that have been right for John McIntyre has been giving back to the University of Florida. When he was inducted into that university’s Construction Hall of Fame Nov. 7, he was cited for making a difference in the industry, the community and at the University of Florida.

“John has been very involved (with the Rinker School of Construction Management),” said Dr. Robert Ries, the director of the Rinker School of Construction Management. “He is on our executive committee advisory council and he helps the school with its curriculum. He understands what the industry is doing and he brings that back into the education process.”

He also understands what it means to go through the University of Florida’s construction management program. Both his sons, Ryan and Allen, who works for Neal Communities, graduated from that program. Freeman earned a master’s degree from Florida’s building construction program in 1998 and both of John McIntyre’s partners, Fred Strammer and Greg Elwell, are University of Florida graduates.

In all, 14 executives in McIntyre’s company, which concentrates primarily on the commercial sector, have gone through the University of Florida construction management program. “Just to be accepted in the program is saying something,”

“We’ve done $900 million in sales and we’ve been in business for 28 years.

We never have been in a lawsuit with a customer. You always do what’s right.”

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John McIntyre said. “That proves you to be pretty smart. If you go through the program, you will be respected nationally. University of Florida graduates are in demand.”

As John McIntyre talked about his induction with a plaque sitting in front of him, he said it was a companywide honor that only was bestowed on him because his name is “first on the shingle.”

“He deflects too much of the praise,” Freeman said. “He’s earned (hall of fame recognition).”

Freeman was fresh out of the University of Florida when McIntyre gave him a chance 18 years ago.

“I was green,” Freeman said.

“I had done a little concrete and a little carpentry. He taught me everything I know. I remember that I just liked building things.”

John McIntyre said that building things is in his blood.

“I am a fifth generation Irish immigrant,” he said. “I came from a line of carpenters and fishermen, although my grandfather and my father were plastering contractors in the residential

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sector. And when they couldn’t build, they would fish.”

Ryan McIntyre said that even though a lot of people would look at his father as the manager of a large company, his hands-on ability is what has made him special in his industry.

“Ours is a means and methods industry,” Ryan McIntyre said.

“Sometimes you just learn the know-how. He can build something from a piece of dirt to the finished product and he can do it by swinging hammers and stacking bricks. It’s about how you get from Point A to Point B. Drawings don’t always show you how to do that.”

John McIntyre lived for years in Lakewood Ranch before moving

to Tara in 2007. Both his sons still live in Lakewood Ranch. He is a member of the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund Founder’s 50 (twice). He said he loves the area and has done more than 100 commercial projects in Manatee County.

All the time, he uses a simple philosophy that took him to the builder’s hall of fame.

“You build buildings that last, and stand behind them,” he said.

Eventually, he wants to turn the business over to the young guys such as Freeman and his son Ryan.

“Absolutely, the bar is set pretty high,” Ryan McIntyre said.

John McIntyre said of his son Ryan and Freeman, “They will be around the next 18 years.”

Ryan McIntyre, John McIntyre and Mark Freeman pose outside the company’s office in Sarasota.

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Ranch residents bring area taste of Cuba The Myara family plans to open two fast casual Cuban restaurants.

JAY HEATER MANAGING EDITOR

Lakewood Ranch’s Albert Myara has worked in the restaurant business most of his life, but his newest venture might have been his most natural, and simple, decision of all.

Myara, who currently owns Bogeys Restaurant and Sports Pub of Bradenton, and is a partowner of Ed’s Tavern of Lakewood Ranch, has decided to open Cuban restaurants, Mojos Paladar, in Lakewood Ranch and Sarasota within the next few months.

Why? The first reason is that Myara loves Cuban food. “I used to eat Cuban food five times a week,” he said.

Next, he wants to work with his two sons.

Adam Myara, who is 29 and a 2004 graduate of Lakewood Ranch High School, will manage the Mojos Paladar in Lakewood Ranch. Austin Myara, who is 19 and a 2014 graduate of Braden River High School, currently manages Bogeys, but will assist his brother in running Mojos Paladar in Lakewood Ranch.

Mojos Paladar in Lakewood Ranch will be in the Publix shopping center on State Road 70. It will have 48 seats and will be a fast casual restaurant. Hiring for the restaurant begins Jan. 4 and a mid-January opening is planned.

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Adam, Albert and Austin Myara will open new Cuban restaurants, Mojos Paladar, in Lakewood Ranch and Sarasota.

Mojos Paladar in Sarasota is expected to open in late February or early March and will be located at 1830 S. Osprey Ave. “Fast, casual dining is very popular now,” Albert Myara said.

“You will be able to get your food at Mojos Paladar as quickly as you can walk down the line.”

Customers will pick from a Cuban bowl or Cuban platter that

will include a choice of lechon asado (slow roasted pork marinated with citrus mojo sauce and topped with sauteed onions), pollo asado (slow roasted chicken seasoned with a combination of fresh ground garlic and herbs topped with sauteed onions), ropa vieja (shredded flank steak slow cooked with green peppers and onions in a light tomatoe sauce) or picadillo

(freshly ground beef slow cooked in a light tomato sauce).

Traditional Cuban sandwiches will be available and sides include tostones (fried plantains), maduros (sweet plantains) Yuca frieds and croquettas. Flan and Tres Leches are among the dessert offerings.

“I just love the flavors and the mojo sauce,” Albert Myara said.

The sauce was such an important part of the restaurant that the Myaras included it in the name of the restaurant. Adam Myara explained that “paladars” were underground restaurants in Cuba that weren’t controlled by the government.

“When you see ‘paladar,’ it means authentic Cuban food,” Adam Myara said.

Although Myara will love working with his sons, he was trying to steer them away from the restaurant business.

“They both have been around the business their whole lives,” Albert Myara said. “At 6 years old, Adam was washing dishes. He has done all the jobs in a restaurant.”

Adam Myara also has been involved with all steps of opening Mojos Paladar. “I am going to know every facet of this store,” he said.

At 19, Austin Myara has been getting a crash course in restaurant management by running Bogeys.

“One thing about Austin, there are no gray areas with him,” Albert Myara said.

Albert Myara really doesn’t have to run more restaurants, but he said, “Once you get hooked, it’s in your blood. I love doing this.”

The first reason Albert Myara wanted to open the two new Cuban restaurants is that he loves Cuban food. “I used to eat Cuban food five times a week,” he said.

The second: He wants to work with his two sons.

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Johnson, a Sarasota Polo Club professional who resides in River Club, bought her with the hope of finding a first-class polo horse.

It will be weeks before Johnson knows whether he made the right call with Never So Sweet, who now is called M&M. He wants to see how she reacts to her new surroundings and classmates.

She could be too hot, or hyper, around other riders or she might develop into a shining star.

It’s a gamble, but polo fans might be seeing her this season, which opens 1 p.m. on Dec. 13 at the Sarasota Polo Grounds.

M&M is just one example of a thoroughbred that Johnson has picked from the track despite a lack of racing speed. Since she was contending for a victory, Johnson reasons that she wasn’t pushed as hard as the other horses on the track. That makes her a candidate for polo.

Once back at the barn, Johnson finds out whether his new purchases can learn a new game.

“It’s a whole retraining process,” Johnson said. “You have to make sure they’re not scared in traffic. You don’t want them to shy away.”

It can take up to two years to get a polo horse ready to play its first chukker, and it’s up to Johnson to make sure each of the horses in his care is prepared well before it gallops on the playing field.

A native of England, Johnson has been training polo horses at the Sarasota Polo Club for the past three years after fellow polo professional Stuart Campbell, who liked the way Johnson rode, hired him to train his younger horses.

“He would mount me on his younger string to play for other teams to enhance their skills within the training program,” Johnson said.

Johnson spent the past two years training 15 of Campbell’s horses. He also trains horses for Sarasota Polo Club resident and fellow polo player Jaymie Klauber and Virginia International Polo Club player Maureen Brennan, among others, as well as three of his own, including M&M. When the polo season opens, Johnson will have 16 polo horses, ranging in age from 3 to 10, under his wing. Twelve of those are preparing for their first competitive polo season at the Sarasota Polo Club.

“It’s a very nerve-wracking job,” said Johnson, who will play for Wildcat this season. “Polo is 80% horse.”

Johnson is training four inexperienced horses, including his own Mary Lou, who aren’t ready for polo yet.

“Mary Lou knows the game already and has no fear, but she has a problem with being too ‘hot,’” Klauber said. “She is a bit bonkers. One of the things that stands out most to me about Nick’s relationship with horses is his innate ability to read them and know what they need. He understands that each horse is unique and they all have different personalities, and he plans their training program accordingly.”

The majority of Johnson’s horses are young thoroughbreds and they are primarily former racehorses right off of the track.

In the past, polo ponies were primarily Polo Argentino, a breed from Argentina, which is roughly 80% thoroughbred and 20% common breed of Argentina. However, with the cost of a plane ticket for a Polo Argentino increasing from $3,000 to $9,000 in a 10-year span, there are less to

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Polo professional Nick Johnson has been training horses at the Sarasota Polo Club for the past three years.

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Nick Johnson, who will compete for Wildcat this season, is in the process of preparing 12 of his horses for their first polo season.

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Where: The Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Lakewood Ranch Admission: $12 adult and children 12 and under are free. Tickets at the gate.

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Schedule: All Sunday matches begin at 1 p.m.

choose from, making the demand for former racing thoroughbreds even greater.

Ultimately it comes down to personal preference and what each polo player has at his or her disposal.

“I look for them to have great conformation, a kind, sane eye, being sound, and on the smaller side for thoroughbreds,” Klauber said. “There are some off-track thoroughbreds that are simply too big for polo, and occasionally they don’t have the mind for it.”

Johnson said he looks for thoroughbreds who have a wider, and more solid-looking build.

He usually sends potential polo horses to pasture for a break from their other forms of training.

After some down time, he begins the basic groundwork of polo, which includes saddling the horse and lunging it around in a circle, before eventually starting to ride.

Eventually, the horses are ridden in a pen to learn the moves,

which include learning to walk backward.

He moves to trot sets around the exercise track with five of his horses in tow. They need to be accustomed to working in close company. He also has to make it fun.

“I want the horse to enjoy the workplace because a lot of horses don’t want to leave the barn,” Johnson said.

After mastering trot sets, practice stopping and making lead and directional changes comes next.

After more than a month of work, the horse is ready to have its rider hit a ball.

“Training young horses is an art form,” Klauber said. “The pros put so much heart into making these polo ponies great. It is a time-consuming process for someone with patience, and it is often dangerous, so it is not a good idea for anyone other than professional, or expert riders.”

Johnson said good polo horses are well-balanced and able to hold themselves naturally at a canter without leaning on the bit.

They have to be very sensitive to pressure, to instantly follow their rider’s commands.

At that point a decision has to be made to either sell the horse or move forward to the match.

Johnson usually brings between eight to 10 horses to a match. One horse will be used for a warmup while the remainder will be rotated throughout the match’s six chukkers. Players must play a different horse during each chukker and can change horses at any point in the chukker. However, those same horses that have been previously played are also able to return in a later chukker.

“I’m very lucky to have the job that I have,” Johnson said. “I get paid to do my passion. My job is my hobby.”

NICK JOHNSON began riding horses when he was 2 years old in West Sussex, England.

He spent countless hours riding his first horse, Basil, around his garden with a mini polo stick in his hand.

It was his favorite way to spend his weekends when he returned home from boarding school. He knew right away he wanted to be a polo player.

“I was obsessed with riding,” Johnson said. “I loved horses.

Growing up, riding was considered to be somewhat girly, but I never saw it that way.”

Johnson, who played his first polo match when he was 11 years old, started training horses when he was 16 years old before turning professional during his last year of high school.

Upon graduation, Johnson received a contract to play for Lora Piana in Argentina. Following his stint in Argentina, Johnson returned to England to attend The Royal Agricultural University on a polo scholarship where he earned a degree in agricultural business management.

Johnson spent the next few years traveling abroad, playing in Barbados, before arriving in Sarasota in December 2012.

He met fellow polo professional Stuart Campbell, and he’s been training horses at the Sarasota Polo Club ever since. “I came and took a gamble,” Johnson said. “I didn’t know anyone.”

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Come on now, Karen, do you and Steve really spend much time in the theater? After all, you have exceptional options all over the house and the master bedroom is downstairs?

“We’re in there every night,” she said, and then laughed as if the memories poured back into her head.

Steve broke away from the guests for a moment and joined the topic, which has been at the top of his list since the couple had the home built in 2007. “When we moved in, that theater room was like the God,” Steve said. “We’ve probably had 50 people in there for the Super Bowl.”

Karen talked about dancing down the theater isles during a New Year’s Eve celebration as everyone watched the festivities on the big screen.

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“We are trying to put Florida on the American beer map. That’s our goal, and I am proud to be a part of that.”

– Jorge Rosabal, brewer at Darwin Brewing Co.

niversity of South Florida’s Sarasota-Manatee campus is brewing the next generation of craft beer masters.

For the second semester, USFSM has been teaching a new class, Introduction to Beer Science.

The class is held in the Lakewood Ranch culinary innovation lab.

After launching the class in the spring, the enrollment doubled in size from 12 to 24 for the fall semester.

For Jordan Bailey, a senior at USFSM who lives in Lakewood Ranch, the class began as an elective to fill the remaining hours for her hospitality degree.

While she had no intention of learning the trade for a career, she said the hands-on aspect of the class kept her engaged, and she successfully created a blueberry blonde ale from scratch.

“My beer is fantastic,” she said after naming it “The Beautiful Blue-eyed Blonde.”

What’s the drive behind the interest in craft beer?

Joe Askren, director and instructor at the culinary innovation lab, attributes the explosion of interest in local brews to the 20- and 30-something generation.

“People in their 20s and 30s, they’re not blinking at a $10 sixpack,” he said. “They appreciate flavor. This generation wants more than one flavor.”

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University class teaches students about the science of beer and craft brewery management.

BEER-OLOGY Hop-forward: Beer made with a high level of hops gives it a bitter taste, often associated with IPA beers.

Smokiness: Beer flavors get a smoky flavor if they are fermented in a wooden container.

Caramel: Beer flavor that comes from toasted barley.

Tasting tip: Askren said that the flavor describing a beer, i.e. a chocolate stout, doesn’t always mean there was chocolate used to flavor the beer. Chemical reactions in the creation process mimic flavors.

home to several micro-breweries already, such as Darwin Brewing, JDub’s, and Big Top BrewJessica Salmond photos ing Co. More breweries and craft beer shops are expected to open Jordan Bailey, a Lakewood Ranch resident and USF student, helped develin the next year, including Craft op this blueberry blonde ale that was paired with a mango salsa shrimptini.

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“Beer is the new wine for this time working with brew masters local breweries involved. The generation,” said Johnette Cap- to develop their own beer. The reaction they got was the oppopadona, major gifts officer for semester culminated with an site.

“All of the brewmasters have the college of hospitality. “This event Dec. 3, when the students’ generation saw their parents do beers were available for tasting this strong relationship,” Askren this with wine, and they’re doing and reviewed by a panel of local said. “They talk about best pracbrewmasters. tices. They don’t want a brewer it with beer.”

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Pablo Vargas scored a hat trick to lead the Lakewood Ranch High boys soccer team to a 7-1 victory over Bayshore Nov. 30.

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Coming off a careerhigh 27 points Nov. 30, Deoni Cason scored 18 points, 15 of which came in the first quarter, to lead the Braden River High boys basketball team to a 70-41 victory over Sarasota Military Academy Dec. 2.

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Braden River running back Dexter Hodo carried the ball 16 times for 58 yards in the 27-10 loss to St. Thomas Aquinas.

THE END OF A MOST REMARKABLE RUN Braden River falls short of state championship game with 27-10 loss to St. Thomas Aquinas.

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Aleah Robinson scored 15 points to power the Lakewood Ranch High girls basketball team to a 56-41 Class 7A-District 11 victory over Palmetto Dec. 1.

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Lakewood Ranch’s Maddison Krstec and Sydney Wicks each scored two goals as the host Lady Mustangs notched their sixth shutout of the season with a 5-0 victory against rival Braden River Nov. 30.

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Lakewood Ranch junior guard Sam Hester scored 18 points, including four 3-pointers, to power the Mustangs to a 70-35 victory over Manatee Dec. 2.

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RADEN RIVER — It might not have been the perfect storybook ending, but it was close. The 19 Braden River High School seniors who began their football journey four years ago with a 1-9 season almost reached this season’s state 7A title game.

From that disappointing first year under new head coach Curt Bradley, the Pirates went on a remarkable run that came to a close Dec. 4 with a 27-10 loss to defending Class 7A state champion St. Thomas Aquinas in the Class 7A state semifinals.

Although the Pirates finished 13-1 and had reached the state Final Four for the first time in school history, the players were crushed after the loss to Aquinas.

Even so, a sense of pride rose above the sadness.

“This season says a lot for the history of the Braden River program,” senior defensive lineman Dylan Tyson said. “Instead of teams thinking that Braden River is going to lay down and give up, they know that Braden River is an elite football program and arguably the best in Manatee County.”

After that 1-9 season in which the team was ranked 8,321 in the nation and 396 in Florida, the Pirates put together three consecutive winning seasons, highlighted by back-to-back district championships and perfect regu-

lar seasons. Braden River won its first regional championship this season as well as reaching the state semifinal for the first time.

“This season set the standard for Braden River football,” senior kicker Kyle Thoma said. “The young guys (on the current team) know what it was like to get to the Final Four. I hope that they get further than we did. I also hope that the integrity built these past couple of years continues through the program.”

Bradley was the driving force behind the turnaround. Following the 2012 spring season, he made a promise to his players that he would be by their side every step of the way.

The players bought into his program.

The Pirates lost their first nine games of the 2012 season and were shut out five times. It wasn’t until the second week in November, the final week of the season, that Braden River walked off the field win a win.

It was the start of something special.

Travis Williams (6), Jaylin Austin (3) and Juwaan Jenkins (back) celebrate following Williams’ 7-yard touchdown catch on the Pirates opening possession.

Bradley and offensive coordinator and associate head coach Eric Sanders were behind the transformation.

The state semifinal loss provides another building block for Bradley and his program.

“I wouldn’t want to be with any other team,” Bradley told his players. “And for you seniors, you’re always welcome back. There’s always a place for you here.

“There’s nothing else to say, but ‘Thank you.’ I love you guys so much.”

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Different paths lead to same honor

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igh school seniors Dylan Tyson of Braden River and J.T. Fischer of Lakewood Ranch have been experiencing opposite ends of the spectrum.

Tyson, a defensive lineman for the Pirates, was part of a terrific season that ended with a loss to defending Class 7A state champion St. Thomas Aquinas in the Class 7A state semifinals Dec. 4.

Meanwhile, Fischer, a running back for the Mustangs, saw a disappointing 3-7 regular season end after a 23-21 victory against DeSoto County Nov. 6.

Next month, those two East County rivals will unite as teammates. They were invited to represent the South in the annual Blue-Grey, All-American Bowl Jan. 9, at Raymond James Stadium, in Tampa.

Fischer and Tyson were two of five East County players invited to participate in the prestigious bowl game, which gives some of the nation’s best players the opportunity to showcase their talents in front of college coaches.

Braden River offensive lineman Alex Salguero, running back Jaylin Austin and defensive lineman Michael Walker also were chosen, but Tyson is the only Pirate who was agreed to participate. Fischer was the lone Mustang chosen for the honor.

“Being selected means the world to me,” Tyson said. “I

know that anyone could have been selected, and the fact that I was one of them is amazing.

Wherever I go, I’m always representing my school, as well as my family, and with this I feel that I will represent them very well.”

The two East County players learned they had been selected at the beginning of November.

After the initial shock wore off, Fischer and Tyson both were overcome with excitement at the possibility of being able to showcase their talents.

Both players share a passion for football and they hope to continue their careers at the next level. They are looking forward to learning more about the game and seeing how they stack up against some of the nation’s top prospects.

Fischer said he was honored that the all-star game picked him even though he hasn’t received any significant offers from college programs.

“I am just a football player who wants to play the game and be that teammate who will do whatever it takes to make the team better,” he said. n

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Justin Fischer, left, will represent Lakewood Ranch in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl Jan. 9 and Braden River senior Dylan Tyson was one of four Pirates invited. The game will be at Raymond James Stadium.

Braden River allowed a tying goal to the Tampa Lady Rangers Blue team with only 10 seconds remaining in regulation to knot the score at 3-3 in the Silver Championship game.

Tampa beat Braden River in penalty kicks for the title.

Congratulations to all nine Braden River players for never backing down and leaving it all on the field. They were Paige McElyea, Sara Zona, Abbey Bur-

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T H AT ’S T HE T IC K E T Lakewood Ranch’s Kailyn Scully and Braden River’s Larissa Labolt will help lead their respective teams Dec. 10.

The top match-ups this week in East County sports

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JUST ADD EMOTION How do you make a girls basketball game interesting between the state’s No. 2-ranked Class 7A squad and a struggling team that is 2-5? Just add the emotions of a crosstown rivalry. Braden River hosts powerful Lakewood Ranch in a game that tips off at 7:30 p.m.

The Lady Pirates haven’t beaten the Lady Mustangs since a 38-37 game on Dec. 19, 2012.

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FRIDAY, DEC. 11

TIME FOR NEW STREAK Led by junior guard Deoni Cason, who is averaging nearly 16 points per game, the Braden River High boys basketball team travels to Palmetto in search of its first Class 7A-District 11 win of the season.

The Pirates had a four-game winning streak snapped with a 65-53 loss to Venice Dec. 3 in their first district game of the season. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.

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CAN YOU SEE THE THUNDER? Undefeated teams tip-off at 7:30 p.m. when the Out-of-Door Academy boys basketball team hosts Fort Myers Canterbury School in a Class 3A-District 9 contest.

The Thunder is off to a 4-0 start this season, averaging 64.5 points per game while holding opponents to just 31. A win against Canterbury would propel ODA into first place in the district standings.

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FRIDAY, DEC. 11

Left: Point guard Chase Maasdorp has helped lead The Out-ofDoor Academy to a perfect start.

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Midfielder Julia Ortiz and her teammates will host Manatee in a key district contest Dec. 15.

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TUESDAY, DEC. 15

MUST NET A VICTORY The Lakewood Ranch girls soccer team will host Manatee at 7:30 p.m. in a battle of top Class 5A-District 8 teams.

Manatee handed Lakewood Ranch its only district loss of the season, a 3-0 shutout Nov. 20, and now with one district game remaining on the regular season schedule, the Lady Mustangs need a win to stay in the hunt for one of the top two seeds and a first-round bye in the district tournament.

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“A little light takes away a lot of darkness,” he said. “With the darkness trying to spread, it’s our job to bring light into the world.”

The event celebrated the first two nights of Hanukkah with the lighting of a menorah ice sculpture along with activities and food for the attendees. It was sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee and Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

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SANTA VISITS GULLETT Runs from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the cafeteria of B.D. Gullett Elementary School, 12125 44th Ave. E., Bradenton. Santa will be on site with candy canes for kindergarten through second-graders, and he will be available for photo opportunities with students.

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CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION Runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

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Country Club Village home sells for $1.25 million RIVER CLUB NORTH

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home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch topped all transactions in this week’s real estate. Scott and Diane Allshouse, of Coral Gables, sold their home at 6946 Westchester Circle to Barbara Bakus, of Bradenton, for $1.25 million. Built in 2000, it has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,154 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $800,000 in 2012.

Petro and Iryna Chyshkevych, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6201 Glen Abbey Lane to Kelsey Allen and Kevin Mueller, of Bradenton, for $550,000.

Built in 1994, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,920 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $439,500 in 2013.

GREENBROOK VILLAGE

Matthew and Linda Higgins, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 6708 Top Minnow Lane to Dennis Stevens and Claire Stevens, of Lakewood Ranch, for $542,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,185 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $340,000 in 2008.

Jeffrey and Amie Schantz sold their home at 6723 Pirate Perch Trail to David and Molly Overby, of Bradenton, for $411,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,385 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $391,400 in 2007.

Samuel and Joanne Napolitano, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6220 Burrowing Owl Cove to Thomas and Holly Crisp, of Bradenton, for $405,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms,

13309 Lost Key Pl A3997843 $819,000 Mary Pat Pihl

140 Riviera Dunes Way 1204 M5904078 $625,000 Peggy Horlander

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Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-932-7199

6710 Quillback Lane A4126985 $725,000 Monica Verinder

315 Sapphire Lake Drive 202 A4120595 $595,000 Michael Habony, Megg Faillace

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-704-4040

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-920-2494 941-713-9144

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three baths, a pool and 2,957 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $392,000 in 2004.

bedrooms, two baths and 2,790 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $335,000 in 2011.

Matthew and Shelia Rowden, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6212 Burrowing Owl Cove to IH6 Property Florida LP for $318,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,340 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $251,400 in 2003.

COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE AT LAKEWOOD RANCH

Margaret Callahan, of Gibsonton, sold the home at 6234 Willet Court to IH6 Property Florida LP for $252,500. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,073 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $218,600 in 2002.

Maura Stouffer, of Bradenton, sold her home at 15325 Searobbin Drive to Faith Peterson, of Lakewood Ranch, for $220,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,358 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $271,500 in 2005.

RIVER CLUB SOUTH

J. Victor and Madeline Ouellette sold their home at 10536 Cheval Place to Bruce and Diana Abbott, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., for $450,000.

Built in 1999, it has three

6809 Turnberry Isle Court A4136281 $674,000 Theresa Meyers

426 Spring Avenue A4138054 $590,000 Kathy Valente

Bryan Hokom, of Lakewood Ranch, sold his home at 7936 Suntree Glen to Marine Viereck, of Brooksville, for $385,500. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 2,289 square feet of living area.

GREYHAWK LANDING

Gene and Lois LeForge sold their home at 205 Petrel Trail to Richard and Elizabeth Stewart, of Bradenton, for $379,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,517 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $270,000 in 2010.

PALM-AIRE AT SARASOTA

Ronald and Linda Parker sold their home at 6992 Country Lakes Circle to Donald and MaryLou Boyd, of Sarasota, for $378,000. Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,968 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $260,000 in 2012.

BRADEN OAKS

Cooper and Deborah Sinz, of Bradenton, sold their home at

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6511 The Masters Avenue A4135427 $650,000 Laurie Jarema

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-321-3410

13604 Matanzas Place A4135021 $2,375,000 Kim & Michael Ogilvie

Anna Maria 941-748-6300 941-685-6767

8201 Championship Court A4126740 $585,000 Nancy Phillips

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-400-6078

7665 Portstewart Drive A4138351 $579,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

5904 38th Ave. E. to Robert and Carol Ostling, of Bradenton, for $370,000. Built in 1986, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,896 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $189,500 in 1996.

CENTRAL PARK

David and Ruth Raterman, of Bradenton, sold their home at 4805 Claremont Park Drive to Nick and Sylvie Racanelli, of Bradenton, for $357,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,176 square feet of living area.

Dawn and Robert Greene, of Sarasota, sold their home at 11765 Forest Park Circle to Madhu and Veena Gowda, of Orange, Conn., for $270,000.

Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,744 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $250,000 in 2013.

CARLYLE AT THE VILLAGE OF PALM-AIRE

David and Mollie Lafferman, of Sarasota, sold their home at 5123 Creekside Trail to Robert Jones and Susan Rodis-Jones, of Sarasota, for $349,500. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,989 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $203,200 in 2002.

Lakewood Ranch 941-951-6660 941-376-1717

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

130 Riviera Dunes Way 1004 A4134586 $549,000 Jody Shinn

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Lakewood Ranch 941-383-7591 941-350-5022

8852 17th Avenue Circle NW A4126345 $519,000 Sylvia Isaacs

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

13501 Brown Thrasher Pike A4133477 $499,999 Terri Thacker

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-376-1955

1810 17th Street W A4134063 $499,000 Kathy Valente

13441 Purple Finch Circle A4131859 $435,000 Lenore Treiman

Lakewood Ranch 941-966-8000 941-356-9642

11219 Rivers Bluff Circle A4137291 $425,000 Erica Thomas

Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-685-6767

Lakewood Ranch 941-748-6300 941-799-9365

14218 Sundial Place A4138092 $498,500 Diane Fogo Harter

3420 Wild Oak Bay Boulevard 116 A4133926 $399,000 Leah Secondo

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-445-2431

13212 Brown Thrasher Pike A4136645 $469,000 Jane Ebury

Lakewood Ranch 941-349-3444 941-726-9360

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-545-4430

7808 Heritage Classic Court A4126066 $365,000 Anita Shelare

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-232-6670

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TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Manatee County Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Nov. 23 through Nov. 27, in order of dollar amounts.

E AST CO U N T Y ADDRESS 12567 Highfield Circle

PERMIT Pool

APPLICANT Timothy Forkin

AMOUNT $67,000

8304 Grosvenor Court

Pool

Bert Grant

20905 77th Ave. E.

Pool

Denis O’Brien

$63,000 $55,674

315 Whispering Palms Lane

Pool

Wayne Lewin

$51,000

5010 Lakescene Place

Pool

Thomas Wandler

$49,272

13126 Prima Drive

Pool

Archie Griffin

$42,214

5055 Serata Drive

Pool

Lori Basilone

$31,000

7253 Golf Pointe Way

Eletrical

John Merlo

$28,000

5121 76th St. E.

Re-roof

Ruth Barg

$18,600

4319 Murfield Drive E.

Re-roof

Raymond Petersen

$15,700

Bruce Bedford

$15,600

12108 Summer Meadow Drive Re-roof 4424 Fourth Ave. Drive E.

Re-roof

Christian Welch

$13,000

9003 59th Ave. Circle E.

Mechanical

James Davies

$12,287

5005 72nd Court E.

Re-roof

Jay Hegemier

$11,375

12536 Natureview Circle

Pool Cage

Richard Dixon

$11,000

6905 67th Terrace E.

Pool Cage

William Myhalyk

$10,397

948 Springwood Circle

Re-roof

Mylene Lenosky

$10,199

6986 Superior St. Circle

Mechanical

Joan Kane

$9,500

7219 Coachlight St.

Mechanical

Thomas Fioretti

$9,140

7531 Rigby Court

Mechanical

Rebecca Bowman

$7,484

19428 Ganton Avenue A4135661 $2,295,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara & Tom Cinquegrano

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Alvin Liftman, of Sarasota, sold his home at 6009 Winchester Place to Louis and Monique Christophe, of Miramar, for $332,500. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,315 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $188,200 in 1996.

HERITAGE HARBOUR

home at 178 Wandering Wetlands Circle to Terri and Gary Vincelette, of Bradenton, for $320,000. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,006 square feet of living area.

6368 Golden Eye Glen A4133773 $289,900 Stacy Burton-Cunneen

Parrish 941-748-6300 941-685-6767

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-730-6194

6027 35th Lane E A4138004 $269,900 Kathy Valente

8341 Farington Court A4134879 $2,950,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara & Tom Cinquegrano

Ellenton 941-748-6300 941-685-6767

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-704-2394

20208 E 77th Avenue A4120315 $1,589,500 Nicole Ryskamp

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

7143 Beechmont Terrace A4132885 $1,550,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

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

3924 Riverview Boulevard M5904083 $1,499,000 Jody Shinn

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-705-5704

13219 Palmers Creek Terrace A4132928 $1,499,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

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

809 Riviera Dunes Way A4136343 $1,495,000 Debbie Vogler

Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-705-3328

216 81st Street W M5903622 $1,400,000 Judy LaValliere

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-504-3792

3908 Bayside Dr M5846838 $1,249,000 Cheryl Roberts

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-266-1450

7413 Haddington Cove A4137643 $1,099,000 Laura Navratil

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-806-7436

7509 Greystone Street A4134023 $1,075,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

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

14910 Camargo Place A4138342 $975,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

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

6806 Turnberry Isle Court A4133869 $849,000 Theresa Meyers

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-780-5214

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. sold the home at 9102 Heritage Sound Drive to Jeffrey and Sylvianne Forbes, of Nova

Lennar Homes LLC sold the

11102 35th Court E A4132876 $349,000 Kathy Valente

5016 64th Drive W A4136838 $1,699,000 Debbie Capobianco

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9712 Braden Run A4137447 $319,900 Diane Fogo Harter

5016 Brickell Park Cove A4137321 $289,000 Bryan Dwyer

3622 61st Terrace E A4123374 $259,900 Debbie Vogler

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-445-2431

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-809-9106

Ellenton 941-748-6300 941-705-3328

7702 Lake Vista Court 205 A4131811 $315,000 Nicole Ryskamp

8428 71st Avenue Drive E A4136465 $285,000 Pam Sweeney

8814 White Sage Loop A4136427 $174,900 Kathy Lewis

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

Lakewood Ranch 941-951-6660 941-266-9622

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-228-1213

The Concession 941-907-9595 941-730-0777/941-284-5049

Bradenton 941.748.6300 • Lakewood Ranch 941.907.9595 • IMG Academy 941.752.2683

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Scotia, Canada, for $281,000.

Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,033 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $369,900 in 2007.

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William and Deaneva Basso, of Bradenton, sold their home at 10660 Old Grove Circle to Kathleen Ryan, of Selden, N.Y., for $303,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,970 square feet of living area.

LONGPOND AT MOTE RANCH

Joanne Marino, of Wimauma, sold the home at 6943 Superior St. Circle to Ernest and Lynn Helleren, of Sarasota, for $300,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,781 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $158,700 in 2000.

ROSEDALE GOLF AND TENNIS CLUB

Richard Beriault, of University Park, sold his home at 8778 49th Terrace E. to Brien and Jacqueline Lehman, of Bradenton, for $290,000. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,837 square feet of living area.

VINTAGE CREEK

Robert and Maribeth Ditmars, of Sarasota, sold their home at 8072 Glenbrooke Lane to Pamela Hennick and Patricia Ann Bach, of Sarasota, for $290,000. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,090 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $112,700 in 1991.

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Jeffrey Silverman sold the home at 7422 Loblolly Bay Trail to Randal Fritsch, of Lakewood Ranch, for $282,500. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,179 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $289,500 in 2004.

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7215 Spikerush Court to Robert Zupp Jr. and Karen Manger, of Manalapan, N.J., for $280,000.

Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,116 square feet of living area.

COACH HOMES AT RIVER STRAND

James and Dale Bungay, of Nova Scotia, Canada, sold their Unit 2501 condominium at 322 Winding Brook Lane to Felix and Hedwig Sevilla, of Columbia, Md., for $260,000. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, two baths is 1,786 square feet.

WINGSPAN WAY AT TARA

Gerald and Donna Boeve, of Holland, Mich., sold their home at 6411 Wingspan Way to Alison Gutek, of Bradenton, for $259,900. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,724 square feet of living area.

BRADEN PINES

Jacqueline Sheflin, of Blairsville, Ga., sold the home at 9615 Oak Run Drive to Robert and Maria Rudd, of Bradenton, for $256,000. Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,679 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $120,000 in 1988.

WINDSONG ACRES

Howard and Candace Pence, of Bradenton, sold their home at 1204 111th St. E. to Larry and Veronica Seleska, of Bradenton, for $240,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,483 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $189,000 in 2013.

PERIDIA ISLE

Julia Donovan, trustee, of Ada, Mich., sold her home at 4027 Caddie Drive E. to James and Vicki Bondzeleske, of Columbus, Ohio, for $232,000. Built in 1997, it has two bedrooms, two baths and is 1,607 square feet.

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Amanda Sebastiano

Haile band students gather in front of the toys they collected in support of Toys for Tots.

Students band together for charity The Haile Middle School band collected more than 300 toys for less fortunate kids this holiday season.

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lthough John Mancini never had been in a Corvette before, he quickly adjusted, posing for a photo with his fellow Carlos E. Haile Middle School eighth-graders.

“This car is pretty nice,” Mancini said, smiling and running his hands over the steering wheel.

The Gulf Coast Corvette Club brought nine Corvettes to campus Dec. 2 for Haile Middle School band students to enjoy as a reward for their work in collecting items for Toys for Tots.

Haile’s band students collected

more than 300 toys, including dolls, plastic race cars and trains, for the program, which collects and provides gifts to more than 4,000 children in the county each year.

Donations were stored in the band room.

Although the school participates in the program every year, it was the first time it has partnered with Marine Corps League Desoto Detachment No. 588 to collect for the nationwide program.

Sitting in a Corvette was just a perk. Sixth-grader Carlie Phelps enjoyed trying out the driver’s seat of a yellow Corvette.

But she had her mind on some-

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thing else as well.

“It makes me sad to think of kids not having anything to open on Christmas,” Phelps said. “What we did helps make other kids happy, and that makes me happy.”

Marine detachment group members will distribute the toys to nonprofits, which in turn deliver them to children.

“The need for toys is great,”

Marine Corps veteran Dave Klein told the band students. “Christmas morning there still will be kids who wake up with no toys under the tree. We’re helping change that. You are helping change that.

“It’s important to instill a sense of giving at a young age. Toys for Tots makes kids realize not a lot of children are as fortunate as they are.”

“It makes me sad to think of kids not having anything to open on Christmas.

What we did helps make other kids happy, and that makes me happy.”

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72 Spelling of “Beverly Hills, 90210” 73 Between 12 and 20 76 Commuting option 77 Boot of Europe 78 Send, as for treatment 79 View with anxiety 81 Restroom sign 82 “How ___ things?”

86 Shared a boundary with 87 Opposite of celebrate 88 Make heatproof 89 Take off, as a brooch 91 Indian appetizers 92 The flu, for one 93 Attorney’s grp.

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Holiday Worship Guide Look for area services, programs and events to celebrate this joyous time of the year.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY

December 31 7:00pm

Christmas Eve Candlelight Services 7:00 and 10:30 pm Music and Carols 6:45 and 10:15pm

3131 61st St, Sarasota ph. 941-355-4729 www.NPCSarasota.org

Join us as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

Regular Sunday Service Hours

Christmas Day 10:00am

CELEBRATE THE SAVIOR’S BIRTH

Christmas Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols Hear the story of Christmas through words and music by candlelight, and sing your favorite Christmas carols

“Come and Behold Him”

A Christmas Cantata - Dec. 20 @ 3pm

December 24th at 6:30 PM 3530 Whitfield Avenue Sarasota, FL 34243

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church 7461 Prospect Road, Sarasota, FL

941- 355-2798

www.beautifulsaviorlcms.com

ADVENT LESSONS & CAROLS Dec 13 10:00 Service

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE Family Service 5:30 pm

SUNDAY SCHEDULE Communion Service 8:00 pm WORSHIP SERVICE 10:00 CHAPELKIDZ 10:00 Children attending the ADULT BIBLE STUDY 9:00 Family Service who would Coffee fellowship on deck Nursery open for 10:00 service

The Rev. Dr. Kathleen Wiggins

like to be angels and shepherds, please arrive by 5:15 for the 5:30 service.

SieSta Key Chapel 189242

5615 Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key (941)349-5616 www.bonifacechurch.org

189952

St. Boniface Episcopal Church

190166

SUNDAY DECEMBER 20 6:00 P.M.

190074

9:00am and 10:30am

The True Joy Of Christmas

CHRISTMAS CANTATA, Dec. 13 – 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE – 5:00 p.m.

SUNDAY SERVICES – 10:30 a.m.

941.349.1166 www.siestakeychapel.org

preSbyterian U S a 4615 GLEASON AVE | 1 MILE NORTH OF SIESTA KEY VILLAGE OFF OCEAN BLVD

188664

www.UnityOfSarasota.com

New Years Eve Burning Bowl Service

189899

(941) 955-3301

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The Rev. Charles Mann, Rector • 355-3262

December 24 6:00pm

190255

3023 Proctor Rd Sarasota, FL 34231

5900 N. Lockwood Ridge Road • just south of University Pky.

189975

Christmas Eve Candle Lighting Service

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CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES

188668

7750 Beneva Rd. Sarasota, FL 34238

Look for area services, programs and events to celebrate this joyous time of the year.

6116 Crestwood Avenue (West of US 41 - North of Stickney Pt.)

for Children, Youth & Adults

Presenting Special Music with Chancel Choir & String Quartet

Communion & Candlelight at both Services Nursery provided at both Services www.pineshorespres.org • (941) 922-1597

Sunday Worship Services in Advent - 10:30 a.m.

Christmas Eve Service - 7:00 p.m.

Carols, Communion and Candlelight Special Music @ 6:30 p.m.

189897

941-922-7595

6908 Beneva Road, Sarasota 34238 www.uccstandrew.org

~ 5:00 pm Early Service ~

~7:30 pm Traditional Service~

St. Andrew United Church of Christ

St. Boniface Episcopal Church

Christmas Eve in Candlelight

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 6:00 pm Christmas Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols by Candlelight

Children and Family Service 5:00 p.m.

CHRISTMAS EVE

Traditional Service of Lessons and Carols 7:00 p.m.

4:30 pm Family Service with Pageant and Eucharist 7:00 pm Christmas music for Choir, Strings & Organ 7:30 pm The Christ Mass 10:30 pm Christmas music for Choir, Strings, Organ 11:00 pm The Christ Mass

Pre-service Music 6:30 p.m.

CHRISTMAS DAY 10:00 am Eucharist with Carols 190005

NEW YEAR’S EVE, DECEMBER 31

First Church

A United Methodist Congregation

CANDLELIGHT – COMMUNION – CAROLS 4:00 PM Traditional Service • 7:00 PM Family Service 11:00 PM Traditional Service

188803

6:00 & 9:00 p.m.

Today a Savior is born–

5615 Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key (941) 349-5616 www.bonifacechurch.org

189951

10:00 am Feast of the Holy Name

190075

104 S. Pineapple Ave. (941) 955-0935 www.firstsrq.com

Pine Shores Presbyterian Church

Your family is invited to join our family to lift our voices as we celebrate our Savior’s birth!

ADVENT VESPERS BLUE CHRISTMAS SERVICE 7:00 PM December 16th 7:00 PM December 23rd CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES

Music begins ½ hour before each service

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11107 Palmbrush Trail, Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 • (941) 753-9365 Pastor Jeffrey R Gross • www.LivingLordFL.org

Candlelight Communion

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Christmas Eve

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Faith Lutheran Church

Come! God’s Son Is Born for All!

the Messiah.

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace!

EVERY SATURDAY EVE

5:30 p.m.: chapel worship with Holy Communion

EVERY SUNDAY MORN

9 a.m.: contemporary worship with praise band 10:45 a.m.: traditional worship with choir

CHRISTMAS EVE

7 p.m.: family candlelit service with children’s pageant 11 p.m.: candlelit worship with Holy Communion

Christmas Eve 5, 7 & 9 PM CHILDCARE PROVIDED

CHRISTMAS MORN 10 a.m.: Christmas carol worship with Holy Communion

Sunday, December 27 10 AM Every Sunday, 8:30 & 11 AM

Concordia Lutheran Church ConcordiaSarasota.org

189316

(along School Avenue, north of Sarasota High School)

189243

2185 Wood Street

189241

Peace Presbyterian Church 12705 E. State Road 64 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34212 941.753.7778 www.peacepcusa.org

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Housekeeping Meal Preparation Assistance With Daily Living Activities Merchandise Wanted Items Under $200 For Sale Respite Care COINS, STAMPS, GOLD & SILVER WANTED. ADVERTISE YOUR MERCHANDISE IMMEDIATE PAYMENT. Suncoast Stamp *Ask About Our Veteran Assist Program* with the total value of all items $200 or less in Company, 8520 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. this section for FREE! Limit 1 ad per month, 941-921-9761. Open Monday thru Friday 10-5.

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ACCOUNTING Family Joyfully awaits Miracle 1st baby. Excited 189200

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ENTERTAINMENT CENTER: 54”x71”x20.5”, solid wood, whitewash, glass doors / shelves, $100.

941-758-4365.

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SOFA AND Love seat: cranberry, green, cream, plain stitch pattern. Excellent condition, $200.

941-355-9057.

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WHEELCHAIR W/FOOTREST, $65. Statue: Oriental pagoda, cement, 3/ft./h, $60. Disney snowglobe, large, musical, $65. 941-359-8460.

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Autos For Sale 2004 CHRYSLER Pacifica: front wheel drive, 3 row seats, 99,000 miles, good condition, $3900 o/b/o.

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

Help Wanted DRIVERS: NEW Pay! $2,500 Sign-On Bonus!

Consistent Freight, Great Miles on this Regional Account. Werner Enterprises: 1-855-517-2507.

West of Trail. Deep water yacht basin. 3BR/2.5BA, pool. $1,500,000.

Longboat Key House on Canal. Davits/ Dock. $495,000.

Equestrian, 5 acres, pole barns, 8 stalls.

3BR/2.5BA, pool. $499,000.

10 Acres, 8 stalls. 3BR/2.5BA, pool. $550,000.

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2BR/2BA + Loft Townhouse. Water view, boat docks. $237,900.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

*Call for Details. Brooke O’Malley, CLUB REALTY 941-726-2677

ESTATE SALE Friday, December 11 - 8:45a.m. – 1:00p.m.

5627 Monte Rosso Rd. - Longwood Run

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GARAGE/MOVING SALE: Friday, December 11, 12th, 8:00AM−2:00 PM − Saturday, December 12, 8:00AM−1:00PM − Rain or Shine. 6043 Wingspan Way. Christmas items, bicycles, guitar & some military items. Furniture items. Golf items. Located Tara Preserve.

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2BR/2BA HOME. Shadowbrook Mobile Home Family Park, NO LOT RENT. 1200/sq.ft., 2 screened porches, association paid quarterly, including water and cable. $65,000. Call 941721-1704.

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PLAZA AT FIVE POINTS | 941.364.4000

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ST. ARMAND’S | 941.383.2500

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