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New home for the holidays?

The Lakewood Ranch Humane Society is wishing for a special gift for Christmas.

It is hoping to find homes for Robin and Crinkle, pictured above.

Both cats are short hair domestic cats. While the charge usually is $75, both cats can go to a new home for $37.50.

Call 361-1071 for information or go to hslwr.org.

Sarasota Polo Club welcomes those who want to try the sport.

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Are Manatee parks ahead of the field?

Race will have special ring In preparation for The Jingle 5K Run/Walk, which will take place on Lakewood Main Street Dec. 22, the volunteers at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center have been stringing bells into 2,000 sets of red and green shoe laces.

Every runner will receive the laces. “Everybody will be running and jingling,” said Margo Diener, pictured above, who is a volunteer at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center.

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If you drive to Lakewood Ranch Park on any given Saturday morning, the packed parking lot indicates the growing community appears to be overwhelming the parks system.

County officials say standards developed over time through their own research and national studies would indicate the parks system is sufficient, on paper. In reality, it doesn’t seem to be the case.

“We find that if we go by the standard, we’re ahead of the curve,” said John Osborne, Manatee County’s infrastructure and strategic planning official.

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Chain plans swap of hotel brands in Lakewood Ranch The Holiday Inn will undergo a $6 million transformation to become an Even Hotel.

BERKLEY MASON STAFF WRITER

The InterContinental Hotels Group obviously has noticed the Lakewood Ranch area is pretty hip when it comes to health and wellness.

It has selected the area to debut its Even Hotel brand in Florida, with a plan of transforming the Holiday Inn Lakewood Ranch into an Even Hotel.

Even Hotels is a concept developed by IHG in 2012 to provide travelers with a unique hotel experience, meeting all their health and wellness needs.

Even Hotels provide personal fitness professionals, spa-like bathrooms, natural eucalyptus fiber bedding, fitness equipment in individual rooms and flavored water stations throughout. Many other amenities related to health and wellness are offered as well.

“We're ecstatic about it,” said Robert Ferguson, corporate director of sales at Holiday Inn

Lakewood Ranch. “It's perfect for Lakewood Ranch and a higherend community. It will make us a step above everything else in the area, new and existing.”

Ferguson said the conversion should cost about $6 million and will lead to a new look for the hotel. The plans have yet to be finalized. Ferguson expects the renovation to begin at the end of summer 2017.

Although the Holiday Inn will be getting an entirely new look, the staff will remain the same.

Employees will be trained to staff the newer facility.

“We will simply add to our current staff,” Ferguson said.

“Our employees are excited to hear about it, and also concerned because it is a really big change.

It's a health and fitness hotel, so we will need to hire some exercise professionals.”

The hotel chain has two flagship properties in New York City and one in Norwalk, Conn. The chain hopes to have 100 Even Hotels open in North America in the next five years.

“Nobody has heard of it,” Ferguson said of Even Hotels. “There isn't one anywhere near here. We will be the first one in the Southeast, and the showcase hotel for them in the Southeast.”

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EAST COUNTY AREA PARKS Braden River Park, 5201 51st St. E., Bradenton Amenities: Baseball fields (lighted), batting cages, canoe launch, picnic tables, covered playground, soccer fields (lighted) Bennett Park, 400 Cypress Creek Blvd., Bradenton Amenities: Canoe launch, fishing pier, natural trail, play field, pavilion, picnic tables, playground with rope challenge, sand volleyball courts, soccer field, trails Conservatory Park, 8027 Conservatory Drive, Sarasota Amenities: Pier, trail with exercise stations, outdoor education area Creekwood Park, 7025 44th Ave. E., Bradenton Amenities: Dog park, gazebo, multi-purpose trail, pavilion, picnic tables, playground

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East County’s Eduard Grodski fishes at Jiggs Landing in April during the grand opening for the preserve’s concession stand.

Public has chance to offer its input through online surveys and workshops.

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“But what we’re hearing from our staff is we’re behind the curve.

Every one of our facilities is full.”

Manatee County officials, including Osborne, are asking the public for input as they work to prepare a master plan for Manatee County’s parks and recreation system.

Public workshops run through Jan. 12 as Manatee officials collect feedback about what parks and recreation amenities residents would like to see, where those amenities should go and what, if any, obstacles keep residents from utilizing the existing parks.

A survey for residents will be online through the end of January.

“We’ll take all that feedback and it will give us enough information to get a bell curve of where we need to get to,” said Danny Hopkins, Manatee’s recreation division manager.

In some instances, the findings may dictate a need for a new park.

In others, it may identify needs that can be met within the county’s existing infrastructure. For example, lighting unlit baseball fields or converting sod into artificial turf are both proven ways to increase capacity for athletic programs.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE Parks workshops: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 at the South Manatee Library, 6081 26th St. W., Bradenton; and 6 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12, at the Palmetto Library, 923 Sixth St. W., Palmetto.

For information or to take an online survey about the Manatee County parks system, visit planmanateeparks.com.

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Eight-year-old Olivia Trawick, of Parrish, travels to the Lakewood Ranch Park each week for her tennis lessons.

Kelley Klepper, lead planner for parks planning consultant Kimley-Horn and Associates, said the company is conducting an “existing conditions” analysis and will wrap up a needs assessment in late January. It also is conducting an online survey to match community needs with what’s possible.

Until then, he has no preconceived notions about what the community needs. Recommendations likely will come back to the county after the analysis is finished.

“We have to understand what’s on the ground, what people want and then fit it into the context of Manatee County,” Klepper said.

“We need to be realistic, but at the same time visionary. We want to

dream big on this, and we want to make these dreams a reality.”

There is no “one size fits all” for parks, he said.

Hopkins said the landscape for parks planning began changing significantly in Manatee County about eight years ago, when development in the greater Lakewood Ranch area began a more amenity-driven approach.

The change has relieved pressure on Manatee’s overall parks system, but the needs have not gone away completely. Neighbors of gated communities cannot use those amenities, and gated communities may not offer every type of amenity its residents desire. A nongated community may have a playground for young children, but not ballfields for older kids.

Although G.T. Bray and Blackstone Parks are the busiest, other facilities one day may become a hub for activity. For example, Bennett Park currently is underutilized, but it has space for improvements and will become more used as growth out east and along the Interstate 75 corridor continues. Osborne also noted the county’s demographics have changed, so needs in various parts of the county may have changed.

For example, Manatee County’s Millennial Movement, a task force of millennial-aged Manatee government employees formed in 2015, revealed millennials wanted areas in which to play Frisbee golf. Osborne said there are other amenities, such as BMX, a form of off-road bicycling, that do not exist in Manatee County that may be desired by the public.

Through the master-planning process, which began in April, the parks department already has a list of desired projects — a fenced dog park in Braden River District Park and replaced tennis courts at Lakewood Ranch Park, for example — that will be funded through the new half-cent sales tax approved by voters in November. Tax dollars must fund repair and maintenance projects, while impact fees are restricted to capacity-related improvements.

Consultant Kimley-Horn and Associates, retained over the summer to assist in the planning exercise, will evaluate Manatee’s existing level of service standards as part of the overall process.

Once completed in the summer, the master plan will create new challenges, particularly how to fund and implement findings, but the document will give Manatee County a clear vision for its parks and recreation system.

“The plan identifies the direction we need to go,” Osborne said.

“How we get there is up to the creativity of the community.”

Greenbrook Park, 6655 Greenbrook Blvd., Lakewood Ranch Amenities: Grills, pavilion, picnic tables, playground, soccer field John H. Marble Park, 3675 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton Amenities: Basketball courts, bocce ball courts, pavilion, playground, pool, remote-control race track, tennis courts (lighted) Lakewood Ranch Park, 5350 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Bradenton Amenities: Baseball fields (lighted), basketball courts (lighted), batting cages, football field (lighted), pavilion, playgrounds, racquetball, soccer fields (lighted, unlighted), softball fields (lighted), tennis courts (lighted) University Place Community Park, 7850 Copper Creek Blvd., Sarasota Amenities: Grills, multipurpose field, pavilion, picnic tables, playground, tennis courts (lighted)

EAST COUNTY PRESERVES Jiggs Landing, 6106 63rd St. E., Bradenton Amenities: Picnic areas, pavilions, wildlife viewing areas, dock, nature-themed playground, kayak concessions Rye Preserve (not pictured) 905 Rye Wilderness Trail, Parrish Amenities: Hiking and nature trails, kayak/canoe launch, bicycle trails, rollerblading, fishing, picnic areas, pavilions, wildlife viewing area, horseback riding trails, camping, education center

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Restaurateur consumed by her love of polo.

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It was 15 years ago and Jaymie Klauber was working as a fundraiser while living above Pattigeorge’s Restaurant on Longboat Key. She was busy, perhaps too much so, for a hobby. And yet, her husband, Tommy Klauber, thought he would buy her some lessons.

For polo.

“Tommy thought I would like it, but he probably also thought it would be like the tennis,” Jaymie Klauber said with a laugh.

Her set of 10 tennis lessons didn’t make it past eight. Certainly, polo was a lot more of a commitment.

Tommy was wrong.

Last week, Jaymie Klauber pushed a wheelbarrow in front of the stalls by their Sarasota Polo Club ranch ... yes ranch. She was feeding the seven thoroughbreds she now rides one chukka (7-minute period) at a time.

Today, it’s unlikely a person could spend the day with Jaymie Klauber without seeing the word polo. It’s on her clothes, her horse trailer and the restaurant she

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owns with her husband in Lakewood Ranch ... Polo Grill and Bar. It’s a huge part of her life and will be even more so now the Sarasota Polo Club season is set to begin on Dec. 30.

“It’s extremely addicting,” she said as she prepared a hay snack for one of her thoroughbreds.

“There is an interesting combination that includes your relationship with your horse and your communication with your teammates. There is such a camaraderie.”

Now 49, she thought back to those days 15 years ago, when she was introduced to the sport.

“Tommy thought I might enjoy the polo because I had ridden Western growing up in Pittstown, N.J.,” she said. “My dad and mom, Richie and Nancy Barrie, both rode.”

Her dad moved to Sarasota just before Klauber started her first lesson, so she already was thinking about horses. “But polo was just a different world for us, and I hadn’t ridden in 10 years.”

Then she met her Lakewood Ranch instructor, Stuart Campbell. He forced her to take English riding lessons for a month before he would let her hold a mallet.

“Tommy didn’t think I would make it through 10 lessons, but he bought me 10 more, and 10 more.

I was on a horse by 8 a.m. every

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“There is an interesting combination that includes your relationship with your horse and your communication with your teammates. There is such a camaraderie.”

– Jaymie Klauber Photos by Jay Heater

Left: Jaymie Klauber says hitting the sweet spot on a shot keeps her coming back for more.

Above: Klauber at one time had 11 thoroughbreds at her ranch, but now is down to seven. She uses one horse per each chukka (period).

day, and I was there until 11 a.m. I had to drive from Longboat across town and I did that for six years. I changed my job to part time. I was very disciplined.”

Her involvement turned from sport to lifestyle. She dreamed of owning a home at the Sarasota Polo Club, but never thought she would have the means. Eventually, in 2007, everything fell into place. Tommy and Jaymie moved to the Polo Club and bought Fred’s, which they turned into

Polo Grill and Bar. Jaymie’s life became a combination of running a restaurant, her Fete catering business and caring for the horses she loved.

The actual polo is the payoff for Klauber, who is a recreational player. Most of the time she plays in lower level competition that allows her to be more involved in the game. Four times last season, she was asked to play in the Sunday feature matches alongside the pros.

Although she can’t match the talent of the higher level players, she said it makes her game better, and besides, if she does anything right, she is a hero.

She isn’t the only player at the club who has been consumed by the sport. Member Tammy Wyman has played for nine years.

Wyman calls the sport great exercise that is therapy for her.

She said she was addicted after her first lesson and has enjoyed the social aspect of polo as well.

“The sport also can be a little intimidating,” Wyman said.

“There is a lot of power.”

It’s a lot of power that can be hard to control. Klauber has been “double barrel” kicked, breaking four ribs, and also has shattered her ankle falling off a spooked horse.

She also gets blasted by the wooden ball because the recreational players aren’t the best

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when it comes to aiming.

Sarasota’s Renee Dinan is a novice player who knows the sport can be a bit dangerous.

She doesn’t live at the club, but is working to get more involved.

A year ago she purchased her first horse, an Argentine thoroughbred, and is looking for more. “I am naturally competitive,” she said. “This is a full-body workout. The misconception is that the horse is working hard and the person is not. But you work everything, from head to toe.”

Klauber urges those who have interest to contact the club. She said the social aspect and interaction with horses is worth it.

Then there is the feeling of making perfect contact.

“There is kind of a sweet spot,” Klauber said, a faraway look in her eyes. “When you hit it, it makes that noise. It’s an amazing feeling.”

SARASOTA POLO CLUB Season: The opening game for the public is Friday, Dec. 30. Polo will be played every Sunday from Jan. 8 through April 9 with matches beginning at 1 p.m. The Friday special matches, the last Friday of every month starting with the opener, will be played at 3 p.m.

Admission: $12, with children 12 and under free.

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Central Park HOA hopes to add amenities New board president says a pool, community center are possible in the future.

PAM EUBANKS SENIOR EDITOR

For a few weeks in September, Central Park resident Lee Duis had a “For Sale” sign planted in his front yard.

He was unhappy with the lack of amenities and the unrest created by differing opinions about the community’s future.

After a visit from Homeowners Association board member David Sidnam, Duis decided against selling his house, and instead ran for the HOA board.

He was elected in November and named board president. Now he and the new HOA board — composed of Sidnam (vice president) and Duis, existing members Tom Vogan and Dave Sharp, and newcomers Ellie Wenzke, Charlie Schlesinger and Steve Lubrino — hope to improve the community, which has had a resident-only HOA board for just a year and a half.

“It’s a whole new dynamic,” Duis said.

Outgoing HOA board member Harry Benas said stress has been high, prompting three of four incumbents, including himself, not to run for re-election last month. The previous board focused on issues related to the HOA turnover, such as moderniz-

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Central Park Homeowners Association board members David Sidnam and Lee Duis worked together to raise about $16,000 to install playground swings. Duis was elected to the HOA board in November and will serve as its president in 2017.

ing facilities by converting streetlights to LED and installing aerators in the ponds, for example.

“When you first take over from the builder, there is a tremendous amount of work to do,” Benas said.

“The old board was looking to make sure everything was working as it is supposed to be. We had a lot of builder-grade stuff we’ve been replacing.

“The community is starting

to get more active and involved,” he said, adding some of the new board members had been working to put out holiday decorations.

“The community is starting to work together on projects.”

New board members hope to add amenities, yet keep costs low, and to create quality control standards for items like landscaping.

“Working on the HOA board is hard work,” Lubrino said. “As a

new board, we’re excited to bring a fresh perspective and to move forward.”

Duis, a local entrepreneur with two children, Elise, 8, and Lex, 6, hopes his business experience will benefit the community.

For starters, he plans to simplify Central Park’s committee structure. He said dozens of committees and subcommittees exist, and few have direct interaction with the HOA board that makes decisions on landscaping and other related budgetary issues.

The board will appoint individual board members as liaisons to committees to ensure board involvement and improve communication.

The separate landscape, ponds, parks and recreation and facilities committees will be replaced with one new “Facilities, Ponds and Landscape” committee.

The HOA already hosts communitywide events, including movie nights, a holiday party and a happy hour one Friday each month. Sidnam and Duis worked together to have playground swings — including an American with Disabilities Act compliant swing — added to the existing park features in the 826-home community.

They hope to further improve amenities by possibly adding a community pool and a community center. Sidnam said the park’s existing pavilion could be closed off and converted to an air-conditioned space.

Such new features will help

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make Central Park, which opened in 2010 with homes starting at approximately $127,000, more competitive with newer, amenity-centric developments, such as Indigo, Bridgewater and Esplanade.

Sidnam said even with amenity improvements, the Central Park board is committed to keeping HOA fees at existing levels or lower. They range from about $150 to more than $300 per month, depending on lot size and maintenance levels. Two years ago, homeowners saw a 30% increase in fees. In 2015, the bulk of residents saw about a 5% increase, but some sections in the community saw rates rise by about 20%, Sidnam said.

Monthly HOA fees are a searchable feature on websites like zillow.com, so keeping HOA dues down will be important for retaining and attracting new homeowners.

“We are competing, if you will, for new buyers,” Duis said.

“We have the opportunity to set the pace,” Sidnam said.

Resident Anthony Casto said he likes the changes he sees coming.

“As one of many younger families in the area with children, it’s refreshing that there is an energized group of people willing to step up, listen, be budget-minded and also open to more amenities,” he said. “People enjoy having things to do in their community and want people to be open to ideas, change and even a little fun.”

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

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Florida Railroad Museum spokesman Jim Zientara, of Lakewood Ranch, has helped increase the annual ridership from 30,000 to more than 53,000 since 2014.

Volunteer keeps track of trains at the Florida Railroad Museum.

PAM EUBANKS SENIOR EDITOR

At every opportunity, Lakewood Ranch financial planner Jim Zientara pulls out a business card made specifically for his role in his other “job,” the one as engineer with the Florida Railroad Museum.

Zientara, who works at Raymond James in Lakewood Ranch, isn’t really an engineer, but he does drive publicity for the museum, which is located in Parrish.

“When the people come, that’s the pleasure for me,” he said.

About two weekends a month, Zientara volunteers at the Florida Railroad Museum, working on its two scheduled daily runs.

He dresses in an engineer’s cap, blue-striped overalls and a cherry red scarf tied around his neck.

He walks through the train cars, conversing with guests and highlighting upcoming events, such as the Civil War reenactment and the North Pole Express.

The 73-year-old Zientara, who has two grown children and four grandchildren, has been on most of the rides himself.

At the Railroad Museum’s work station in the town of Willow, about six miles from the main museum, Zientara followed fellow museum member John Halash through train cars, talking about the history of each. One passen-

ger car is the only one remaining of the 100 built in 1920. Another is a Pullman overnight sleeper called the “Bradenton” used in the 1950s and 1960s when it serviced the eastern United States.

“Frequently, cities had a car named after them,” Zientara said.

“No one can use that name as long as the car is in existence.”

Like many train enthusiasts, Zientara’s affection for locomotives was sparked during his childhood.

At 5 years old, he and his dad, the late Joe Zientara, set up an American Flyer train set around the family’s Christmas tree. The train set was his biggest connection to the railroad until 1966, the year he married his wife of 50 years, Fran. Her sister and brother-in-law, Gay and Ed Liessem, now of Seattle, were involved in the National Model Railroad Association.

“We started going to the conventions because they were interested and that was our yearly family reunion,” Fran Zientara said. “Jim started buying model railroad cars and collecting them.

He naturally had an affinity for the big rail cars, too.”

In 1972, the Zientaras moved to Sarasota, but Jim’s fascination with trains never derailed.

“Anywhere I go on vacation, I look for trains to ride,” Zientara said. “They’re big. They’re powerful. They’re comfortable.”

The fastest train he’s ridden is the TGV in France that tops out at 200 mph. The slowest train was a cog train that climbs up mountains such as the one to Pikes Peak

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He attends conventions for model and large-scale trains alike and collects the more unique N-scale model train cars, which have a track gauge of 9 mm.

He has yet to visit the world’s biggest model railroad, which is located in Hamburg, Germany.

It’s called Miniatur Wunderland.

“It’s on my to-do list,” he said.

Zientara’s involvement with the Florida Railroad Museum, in particular, began about a decade ago, while he was a member of the Hole in the Head Gang, a local group of Florida Old West re-enactors. Zientara played a cowboy invading the train during a show that runs four times a year.

“When he found out about the Parrish railroad museum, he was gung-ho and that was it,” Fran Zientara said. “He said, ‘Boy this is fun.’”

Annual ridership for the museum was about 30,000 year at the time. Zientara and museum mechanics supervisor Glenn Miley began their public relations campaign in 2014. Jim Zientara is the spokesman, addressing television audiences, civics groups and private clubs.

Since then, ridership has increased to more than 53,000 annually. As an example, tickets for the North Pole Express special event went on sale Sept. 5 and 14,000 tickets were sold out

by Sept. 12.

Club president Pat Masterson is glad to have Jim Zientara aboard so he and the other museum members can focus on the innerworkings of the train.

“It’s a valuable asset,” Masterson said of having Zientara promote the museum. “Word of mouth is good. It’s like a virus spreading. That’s what we need.”

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Act of kindness blankets medical office T he story can give you chills.

It involves Lakewood Ranch’s David Norris, who knows all about the chills, and the subsequent importance of a warm blanket. First, a little background about David.

In February 2015, the CEO of financial planner Bottom Line Advisors Inc., was diagnosed with stomach cancer.

Along with that diagnosis came an expiration date, probably within four to six months.

The cancer was located toward the top of his stomach and it was effecting his esophagus. He couldn’t keep food down and it looked like it was time to get his affairs in order. No hope.

Fortunately for David, who is 67, he has been a fitness fanatic most of his life. He went past the no hope doctors and found those who told him his excellent condition opened the door for aggressive treatment. He headed to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

He prepared for the trip with a conversation with his wife, Bobbi. She understood many people battling cancer want to keep everything internal. That wasn’t going to be the case here.

Bobbi told her husband if he was about to fall down emotionally, he should lean on her. When she had a moment of fear or doubt, and she was ready to fall apart, she would likewise lean on him.

If they were leaning hard into each other, they would stay upright. And so it went.

Bobbi watched her husband deal with the effects of intravenous chemotherapy. He would sit in a treatment room and his whole body would shiver. She knew what she could do.

And that brings us back to the warm blankets.

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Dr. Miguel Pelayo, David Norris and Bobbi Norris stand next to a $4,000 blanket warmer purchased by the Norris’s Make a Difference Foundation.

prehensive cancer centers in the United States, MD Anderson provided its patients with blankets in a special warming cabinet. Bobbie could get one for her husband, and it made all the difference. With so much going on around him, the warmth allowed him to escape a little of the unpleasantness. “It meant the world to me,” he said.

Eventually, David transferred to the Lakewood Ranch clinic of the Florida Cancer Specialists for the final two months of his eight-month treatment program. Those final two months were going to be grueling since he was going to undergo radiation and chemotherapy.

It was there Norris met his

newest specialist, Dr. Miguel Pelayo.

“His coaching, his bedside manner, he’s the best,” David said of Pelayo.

You could tell David meant every word. He said he couldn’t have received better care from any doctor, anywhere, Sure, MD Anderson has tremendous resources, and meant the world in his recovery. Pelayo, though, meant something more. David always felt Pelayo was invested in his well-being. It was going to be a team effort.

Pelayo and Florida Cancer Specialists had everything David needed. Everything but a warm blanket.

Being a smaller cancer clinic,

Florida Cancer Specialists hasn’t accumulated the resources of a MD Anderson. Many of their clinics don’t have blanket warmers. “They can be almost a luxury,” Pelayo said.

On Dec. 9, David and Bobbi were at Florida Cancer Specialists’ Lakewood Ranch office to announce a fundraising drive to buy a blanket warming cabinet for more than 50 Florida Cancer Specialists offices. The first, a $4,000 unit, was delivered to the Lakewood Ranch office.

Florida Cancer Specialist CEO Brad Prechtl presented David and Bobbi a plaque commemorating their generosity.

“Our guest is one of our success stories,” Prechtl said.

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David has been successful much of his life and it has put him in position to give back.

Before his illness, he was operating a foundation aimed at helping those incarcerated in Manatee County. He would deliver items such as reading glasses to the inmates.

That effort will continue, but now he wants to raise $250,000 to buy blanket warmers.

“This can touch the lives of people,” he said. “We want to equip all the Florida Cancer Specialists offices. We will with God’s good grace and the power of prayer.”

Pelayo smiled throughout a 20-minute ceremony as David and Bobbi made their presentation.

“Their way of giving back really speaks to this area where we live,” Pelayo said. “Being a resident here, this was exactly why I wanted to come here. It does make a difference.”

Pelayo said he was impressed with the couple. “Bobbi was there by his side,” Pelayo said.

“And David had fire in his eyes.

He was strong to the finish line.”

With David’s recovery, there really isn’t a finish line. He will continue to raise money for blanket warmers, and his wife will help. Their website is makeadifferencetodayfoundation.org.

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Premier, Coastal formalize partnership New agreement should help Premier to attract more major sports events.

JAY HEATER MANAGING EDITOR

It was meant to be more symbolic than anything, but it served as one more sign that the Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch is growing into a major player on a national scale.

Coastal Orthopedics Sports Medicine and Pain Management is a month into its deal with Premier to provide physician support to the athletes competing at the facility.

When Premier recruits major events, it can now say the host package includes world-class surgeons being available in case of an injury.

“We have the ability to have a national renowned company (Coastal) on site for every event,” said Antonio Saviano, Premier’s director of sports.

Saviano said Premier has 45 events signed up to use the facility in 2017, its most ever. He hopes the collaboration with Coastal will help the facility to attract even more events.

“Where are we going to be five years from now?” Saviano said.

Coastal’s Dr. Daniel Lamar, who is the team doctor for the

United States Men’s Under 23 Soccer Team, said the agreement with Premier was meant to be a message to those hoping to utilize the facility.

“We’ve been helping these guys out for years,” Lamar said of Premier. “This concept was more about formalization. The whole goal was to provide a way to show that athletes will have immediate access to what we think is the best care.”

Coastal now has 17 physicians along with the only three sports medicine trained surgeons in the county, according to Dr. Arthur Valadie. As Premier grows, Coastal’s physicians are likely to be kept busy.

But it also means Premier continues to grow in terms of the amenities it offers.

“They continue to improve their facilities and what they are offering,” Lamar said.

Coastal added two physicians last year, and although its patients tend to be all age groups, and certainly only partially athletes, the growth of Premier will add business.

Valadie talked about the deal while attending a U.S. Under 17 Men’s friendly match at Premier.

He is that team’s official doctor.

“This complex has been seeing some significant events,” Valadie said. “We have been a sponsor out here for years, but they needed help covering their events. They were thinking, ‘Who can we

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Dr. Arthur Valadie of Coastal Orthopedics Sports Medicine and Pain Management says he hopes the deal his company struck with Premier helps the athletic facility to attract major events.

call?’”

Valadie said Coastal was happy to help.

“We want to be known as the (absolute best) sports medicine surgeons in the area.”

Valadie said Coastal donated the medical tables and supplies to the new training room at Premier’s showcase stadium, which was finished last summer.

He said the stadium just adds to the draw.

“Premier is so beautiful,” he said. “It is so big, it can host large events. And for this area, it is a showcase for development.”

With so many youth events at Premier, the staff at Coastal will

be dealing with a lot of kids.

“That has its own complexities,” Valadie said. “You are not only treating the child, but you are treating the family and the coaches as well. Everyone has their own agenda, but you need to let everyone know things will be OK.” Coastal will even get some exposure that comes with the territory these days.

“It’s a time where you see someone’s X-rays up on social media before the cast is on,” Valadie said.

“You see videos of the pins being pulled out.”

It all comes back to providing a safe environment.

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“We are excited to achieve the goal of player safety with immediate on-site medical care for all events at the Premier Sports Campus,” said Adam Greenfield, Premier Sports Medicine president and head athletic trainer.

“We look forward to working to create a top-rated athletic training room on campus to complement the on-site satellite medical stations we use for events.”

The 140-acre Premier Sports Campus includes 22 fields and hosts a variety of sporting events, including soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, rugby, football, Frisbee golf and punt/pass/kick football.

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Growth a top issue for new hospital CEO Lakewood Ranch Medical Center's top executive hopes to immerse himself into the community.

BERKLEY MASON STAFF WRITER

Upon finishing his first week on the job as the Lakewood Ranch Medical Center's new chief executive officer, Andy Guz understands one of his biggest challenges will be dealing with the fact people, like him, want to be here.

He said Lakewood Ranch's population boom does create issues.

“We have to make sure we are representing what the community needs in a hospital,” Guz said.

“Lakewood Ranch is the hospital of choice for the vast majority of the folks that live in the area. Were growing, just like the community is, and so, identifying the areas that we grow in will be key to the success of the hospital .”

Guz understands why so many people are moving to the area. He lived in Polk County from 2005 through 2008 with his wife, Tami, and they loved it. He moved away

to pursue other opportunities, but the couple always envisioned coming back.

“It was sort of a match made in heaven, in terms of a family move and professionally, for both me and my wife,” Guz said. “It's a great area for us to raise our kids (Ava, 5, and Lana, 4) and my wife was being contacted (for her musical career as a violist) and would fly down here to Orlando or Tampa, and play two to three times a year.”

Guz, 35, spent much of his first week meeting staff members, administrators and volunteers at the hospital. His last job was working as the CEO at Jennersville Regional Hospital in West Grove, Pa. He wants to use his experience leading smaller-sized hospitals to good use. He said a smaller hospital — Lakewood Ranch Medical Center is a 120-bed facility — could mean more time to spend with patients.

“We get to know our patients a little bit better,” Guz said. “We’re able to be a little bit more personal with them, and I think that both patients, and physicians, appreciate that quite a bit.”

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Andy Guz, new CEO at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, says the hospital’s smaller size allows his staff to spend more quality time with patients.

relations manager at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, said it has been apparent Guz possesses excellent communication skills.

She said it is incredibly important for administrators and physicians to work closely together and she believes Guz realizes that importance.

He also has started to immerse himself into the community.

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Run and Music on Main in Lakewood Ranch. “He gets the connection of his role here at the hospital with what we do everyday for the people who live close by,” she said. “How we really care.”

She has been impressed with how he has interacted with everyone along the way. She said he is approachable and he is able to understand the engagement of all the different groups and the importance of each of them.

His favorite hobbies are going to the beach, watching sports and

playing golf.

However, parenting tops his list.

“I spend a lot of time with family, and my two little kids (Ava and Lana),” Guz said. “I’m really trying to figure out what they like to do, so we try to give them the spectrum — do they want to play golf, or soccer, or gymnastics, maybe dance."

With so much on his agenda, he is looking forward.

“My wife, on top of being a musician, she’s a stay-at-home, and I kind of equate my job as CEO to that,” Guz said.

“If you asked a stay-at-home mom what she does every day, it’s going to change day to day based upon what the needs of the household are. It's the same thing here. My job is to put people in the right places with the right resources, and that’s really what this job entails. It’s a lot of communication, receiving feedback, evaluation of external and internal environments, and then, figuring out what we want to do to make sure we’re successful from here on out.”

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About your article of Dec. 8, “Bone to Pick,” I’ve been interviewed a few times over the years by investigative reporters, but never have I experienced a reporter with a ​predetermined personal​agenda as I have with Jay Heater’s article. To cover the front page with a picture of a beautiful dog standing behind the “bars” of the entrance gate to the Lakewood Ranch dog park ​ thinking about, in a thought bubble, his imminent encounter with ​a picture of ​two teeth​-​ baring, fighting pit bull type dogs, and with a caption beneath the picture, “He is going to have fun once he gets through the gates at Paw Park” was inflammatory and suggestive of a dangerous and unwelcoming park.

The article definitely demonstrated his disapproval and dismay over a community policy before he even asked his first investigative question to park members he met at the park about this policy; a policy, by the way, that has been in place for over a decade. Just because of one disgruntled out-of-town visitor, who demanded entrance to a members-only facility, does not justify such editorialized reporting. Are we the ​sole member-only facility [​ human or pet centered] ​that Mr. Heater knows in AnyTown USA that has an annual membership policy requiring annual dues? The $50 and $100 annual fee ensures Greenbrook Village that they do not have to solely pay for the park’s upkeep. It’s not difficult to understand.

There are plenty of free dog parks throughout both Sarasota

and Manatee counties to which this person could have gone and enjoyed for just a day or two visit​or just enjoyed one-onone quality time with their dog on any mile of the 100 miles of wooded trails throughout our beautiful dog-friendly community.

Is it so politically incorrect that we do not have a policy that allows per diem usage of our park? A recent general consensus of the members, which I wholehearted support, shows they would like to continue to not have a policy for out-oftown visitors to use the park on a day-to-day basis; simply for the safety and well being of their dogs that use the park. We, the members of the ​Lakewood Ranch Paw Park, are not exclusive nor elitist by nature and strongly object to being made to look that way to Mr. Heater’s readership.

We are simply willing to pay for our annual membership to ensure that we have the amenities that make our park a place we can bring our loved pets to play and socialize safely with other dogs they see on a routine, and at times, daily basis.

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The gardening club that started in October at McNeal Elementary in Lakewood Ranch was expected to provide students with significant lessons about science and nature.

But teacher Andrea Berninger, who is heading the volunteer club, was getting a few lessons herself.

Berninger had her students plant strawberries, but they were quickly destroyed by crows.

Then, Berninger surmised the perfect crop would be spinach, which is hearty and easy to grow.

“I couldn’t mess that up,” Berninger told herself when planting.

The spinach was wiped out.

“We were excited about the spinach because it’s supposed to grow well — strawberries are much harder — and I felt way more confident,” Berninger said.

“We came back after a weekend and all of our spinach was gone.

Then we did some research and found out that the rabbits were our culprit.”

The students were getting a different kind of lesson.

Berninger and Mary Sue Baur, another teacher at McNeal, started the club because the school had a greenhouse and enough open space for a garden.

Since everything was on a volunteer basis, students stepped forward to do planting and maintenance. Baur and Berninger would supervise the students as much as their schedules allowed.

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Above: Students Sara Zona and Madelyn Davies take care of tomato plants in McNeal Elementary’s garden.

Left: McNeal Elementary’s gardening club poses together with their scarecrow. Back Row: Niia Pierreantoine, Andrea Berninger, Ketsia Limexant, and Ella East. Center row: Madelyn Davies, Payton Gee and Olivia Harris. Front row: Sara Kona and Reese McCabe.

the day,” Baur said. “But it’s valuable for kids to have these handson experiences. Even the ones who aren’t gardening can go look at a crop, or wonder about what it takes to grow corn, or anything else we have out there.”

The teachers hope to make the club fun for students, but they also want to use it as an opportunity to educate them.

“The standard is that students need to explore the basic needs of living things, then label and identify the parts, and purpose of plants,” Baur said. “When gardening, the kids will have a lot of questions about it, and then they’ll get to investigate it like a scientist. They’ll be able to talk about what their garden project taught them, and keep track of

how things go.”

Like many of the students who have become involved, Berninger said she never has explored her gardening skills. The experience so far has been a “learning and trial-and-error type of thing.”

She has given her students most of the responsibilities.

“It’s very student-led, and we’re doing a lot of exploring on our own,” Berninger said. “I’m directing them, but I’m putting it all in their hands, too. They probably initially thought that I knew what I was doing, but now, after a few months of being with them, they’re feeling a sense of ownership. It’s a group adventure.”

When the gardening club first began, about 15 students were interested. About nine students

have remained loyal to the club.

“I’m seeing that there’s both a curriculum and social aspect of the gardening club,” Berninger said. “I don’t know if I just got lucky with these kids, but they really are working well as a team.

There are no egos getting in the way, and we are all working to see the fruit of our labor.”

The club is moving forward, and the garden is quickly expanding.

They are successfully growing tomatoes (both grape and cherry), peppers, spinach, basil, parsley, sunflowers, garden beans and coleus flowers.

Fourth-grader Madelyn Davies has been able to take home some of the plants to show her parents what she has been doing. She said

she has enjoyed the tasks some students believe are tedious.

“It’s fun to pull the weeds and take care of our plants,” Davies said. “The tomatoes are growing, that’s really cool, and I took home some of our basil and my parents made pasta sauce with it.”

Several of the club members have enjoyed eating their harvest, while others just like watching the plants grow.

Third-grader Payton Gee simply likes getting her hands dirty.

“I’m a morning person and I love to get dirty,” Gee said. “I also love doing the research because you get to see how things grow and stuff.”

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The Nolan Middle School girls soccer team defeated Buffalo Creek Middle School 3-0 on Dec. 9 to win the Manatee County District Championship.

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Juniors Emma and Sarah Fazio were named co-MVPs of the Lakewood Ranch girls basketball team’s 75-55 win over Bishop Loughlin (N.Y.) at the She Got Game Classic in Upper Marlboro, Md.

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Out-of-Door Academy sophomore goalkeeper Chloe Spingler held St. Stephen’s scoreless Dec. 8 in the Thunder’s 2-0 win.

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Braden River junior Amiya Hopkins had 12 points and 10 rebounds Dec. 8 in the girls basketball team’s 46-36 win over Venice.

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Braden River senior Deoni Cason had 15 points Dec. 9 in the boys basketball team’s 82-54 loss to Lakewood Ranch.

“They’re just great kids and they’re invested. They don’t ever miss practice or weights. It’s become a culture.”

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ELEVEN PLAYERS, ONE GOAL Mustang players use one-for-all mentality to chase a championship.

RYAN KOHN SPORTS REPORTER

T

he phrases are repeated before every basketball season.

No one is more important than the team. Everyone contributes. Everyone is important.

The difference at Lakewood Ranch High School is that those sayings are true. The Mustangs prove it every game.

It was true last season when Lakewood Ranch won the Class 7A District 11 title, and this year in Class 8A, it remains the same.

The Mustangs don't need a superstar or one leader.

“We don’t care about ourselves,” senior Sam Hester said.

“We do whatever it takes to win.

That’s it.”

Senior Devin Twenty believes the team would have had success before his junior season with better depth. Last season, they finally had it.

“We are growing,” Twenty said.

“We just keep getting better and better.”

Coach Jeremy Schiller is aware his athletes are special.

“We don’t have 11 good players,” Schiller said. “We have 11 great players.”

That level of depth would seemingly make the players uneasy, but Schiller said otherwise.

“There are no bad attitudes on the team,” Schiller said. “Everyone is excited. They’re just great kids and they’re invested.

They don’t ever miss practice or weights. It’s become a culture.”

Nine of the team’s 11 athletes played together in some form prior to joining the Mustangs. It is that bond that led to the elevation of Lakewood Ranch basketball.

The Mustangs won six games the year before the current senior class arrived, Schiller said. Then eight, when Hester, Twenty and Justin Muscara all made the varsity team as freshmen.

That trio’s sophomore year, when they were joined by classmates Blauvelt Georges, Brock Sisson and Kodey Elliot, plus

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Senior Devin Twenty is the only Mustangs’ player to average in double figures in points.

incoming freshmen Damien Gordon and Evan Spiller, the team exploded for 21 wins.

Last season, junior Jackson Kelley joined the varsity as a sophomore. The depth created in such a short time, plus the high level of experience for such a young team, led to the program’s first district title in 11 years.

“There’s nothing better than winning with the people you care about,” Hester said.

“I wouldn’t even call us all friends,” Muscara added. “We’re brothers. We literally have grown up together. We made this program.”

Lakewood Ranch has become a destination for basketball players.

Senior Cameron Lindblad transferred to Lakewood Ranch as a sophomore from a high school in Illinois. Before Lindblad made a final decision on a school, Schiller told him the deal. The program is filled with young, talented players already. You can come, but there’s no guarantee you’ll ever play significant minutes. Be ready to compete.

Lindblad was not scared away.

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Lakewood Ranch coach Jeremy Schiller rotates all the players on his roster into key situations.

The other Mustang who did not play travel ball with the rest of his teammates is Sam Jackson. That’s because Jackson didn’t play basketball growing up. He played football at left tackle, and he was really good at it. The 6-foot-6, 332 pound Jackson is committed to the University of Central Florida next season.

Jackson now gets key basketball minutes. Against Braden River on Dec. 9, he had six points, the same amount as Hester.

Every Mustang scored at least six points against the Pirates, an 82-54 home win.

Off the court, the team is loose.

Twenty controls the locker room and practice music, but said he gets requests from a lot of the guys about what to play.

It’s mostly hip-hop and rap, but only because Twenty would never hear the end of it if he played country music, which Twenty says “gets [him] in the mood.”

Every great team has nicknames, and the Mustangs are no different.

Most of them have no explanation. Jackson is known as ‘Big Show,’ named by some of the team’s resident wrestling fans.

Spiller is ‘E. Dougie.’ Hester is ‘Whopper.’ Gordon is ‘Diego.’

Muscara said the jovial nature of the team has even managed to wear down its coach’s defenses.

“He used to be a lot more strict,” Muscara said of Schiller. “Now he laughs at all the boy stuff we do.”

The Mustangs are fun, no doubt about it. The only thing left to see is how far they can go.

Hester said the team is more mature on the court and doesn’t make as many mistakes. Jackson thinks the team has a better grip on the offense.

“We still don’t know how good we can be,” Schiller said. “We’re not a finished project.”

BY THE NUMBERS n Senior Devin Twenty leads the team with 13.3 points per game. He is the only Mustang to average double-digit points per game. n Seven Mustangs average 5.4 points per game or more. n Junior Evan Spiller leads the team with 3.2 assists per game. n Senior Justin Muscara leads the team with seven rebounds per game. n Junior Damien Gordon leads the team with 3.1 steals per game. n Senior Cameron Lindblad has attempted 27 free throws, the most on the team, and is shooting 77 percent from the line.

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The Out-of-Door Academy Thunder boys soccer team hosts the Universal Academy of Florida at 5 p.m. ODA attacker Filip Svoboda is a tremendous weapon, scoring four goals against Imagine School on Dec. 2.

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The Lakewood Ranch girls basketball team will be tested when it hosts Lehigh Senior at 6 p.m. The Lightning are led by junior guard Cassidy Delva and sophomore forward Aleisha Curry. The Mustangs will need seniors Aleah Robinson and Shauntavia Green to have big games.

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The Braden River boys basketball team takes on Bayshore at home. The high-scoring Pirates have been a fun team to watch. Senior Deoni Cason can score from anywhere, senior wing Jacob Garrett is a 3-point specialist and junior forward Daniel Tart is a force in the paint. The game starts at 7:30 p.m.

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Lakewood Ranch Fillies tackle football girls football basics like how to properly throw a football to create a spiral and catching the ball away from your body. Two players, Nadia Cincotta and Karen Kay Lyvers, impressed them with their speed.

Teams only had two hours of practice time, so preparations had to be made in haste. The junior team’s playbook consisted of five set plays, most of them being sweeps and reverses.

Ally Boudreau said she believed her team’s greatest strength to be “speed and mental quickness,” and added that the team’s defense looked really good in practice.

Cincotta, Tommilyn Tharpe and Noelle Kourakos said they want the world to know that not only boys can play football.

I don’t think the whole world was watching the tournament, but the trio did make their point.

There was some impressive athleticism on display during the tournament.

In the junior team’s first game, against the sophomores, all signs seemed to be pointing toward a cake walk. Junior Kay Lyvers was an unstoppable force with the ball in her hands. Nothing but speed was necessary. Defenders were left grasping at air.

After the juniors took an early lead, adversity struck.

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The Lakewood Ranch High Fillies’ junior team and coaches.

the left side of the field and into the end zone. After she crossed the line, she fell to the ground, and stayed there.

She suffered a cramp in her left leg. The injury hit midway through her run, but she refused to give in to the pain.

After scoring the touchdown, though, Kay Lyvers had to do some thinking. While she was walking off the injury, she considered her future role with the girls track and field team and decided playing more offense probably wouldn’t be the smartest decision. She still played defense, though, and once even received a stern reprimand from the officials for tackling instead of pulling the flags.

Unfortunately, the juniors lost much of their offensive fire-

power. Although they survived to beat the sophomores, they weren’t so fortunate against the seniors in the championship.

Before the title game, the juniors practiced plays, or tried to, at least. There were lots of coaches with different ideas of what needed to be done, and they all pushed their own ideas.

I understand that impulse, but it ultimately may have been their downfall. Abigail Zion agreed.

She told me the most challenging part of the experience was sorting through all the different things coaches would tell her.

Boys.

The championship game was a defensive struggle. The seniors took a 1-point lead with a minute to go and held on.

Some juniors walked off the

field laughing. Others looked genuinely frustrated.

“Offseason workouts start tomorrow!” juniors head coach Noah Ben-Ghuzzi told his team.

Yeah, right.

He was kidding, but I don’t think anyone would complain if the team got together once in a while to practice for next year’s tournament. They will be the seniors, then, and they will have one last chance to show the rest of the school who’s boss.

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

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Lakewood Ranch High School calls it Filly Football.

Whatever you call it, it’s one of my favorite high school traditions.

The event pits girls representing all four grade levels against each other in a flag football tournament to see which reigns supreme. Players from the boys football team coach the girls in their same grade level.

At my high school, the boys would take care of the pompom duties for the game, but that didn’t happen here.

I decided to infiltrate Lakewood Ranch’s junior team to find out what the Filly Football experience was about from beginning to end. They appeared to be taking the games seriously despite the inherent lightheartedness surrounding the event, which I respected.

One of the coaches for the junior team was Mickey Koczersut, son of Lakewood Ranch head football coach Mick Koczersut.

I asked Mickey Koczersut if he tried to glean any coaching tips from his dad before the game.

“Not really,” he said.

Well, that settles that.

Koczersut and other studentcoaches, including Alex Dietz, Jack Hudson and Joey Sirignano, said they were trying to teach the

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n a night when Lakewood Ranch Main Street was celebrating its annual Holidays Around the Ranch, Mother Nature got in the Christmas spirit with some chilly temperatures.

Not everyone, though, wanted to bundle up.

“I’m such a Florida girl, and it’s freezing out here,” said Myakka City’s Carly Osteen.

“But for the kids to be able to experience Santa Claus and Christmas music, it’s so great.”

Lakewood Ranch Main Street and the surrounding areas were packed with families who wanted to enjoy the highlights, such as ice skating and the lighting of the Christmas tree.

Bradenton’s Shelly Bishop experienced Holidays Around the Ranch a year ago, and she couldn’t wait to come back.

“It’s such a great time,” Bishop said. “We are so fortunate to have something like this.”

The event was presented by Lakewood Ranch Community Activities.

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Above: Alex Short slides down the snowy slope during Holidays Around the Ranch.

Right: Mason Roberts and Liam Osteen sport their new Christmas light necklaces.

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Above: Lakewood Ranch’s Macklin Higgins tells Santa Claus what he wants for Christmas.

Left: Abby Bishop and her twin brother, Gabe Bishop, have a light saber battle.

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SANTA COMES TO TOWN I t was written all over the face of 5-year-old Sara Brantley.

The green Christmas tree with purple and blue ornaments on her cheek let everyone know just how much she was loving the annual Breakfast with Santa event at Stoneybrook in Heritage Harbour.

Brantley was just one of the many people who came to the community's recreation center for a feast of pancakes, provided by the Country Pancake

House, crafts, games, caroling, face painting and, of course, photos with Santa.

Brantley and other neighborhood children waited patiently for their visits with Mr. and Mrs. Claus and the photos of them they were able to take home.

“I asked for a cat watch,” Brantley said. “When you push on it, it tells the time.”

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STROLLING CAROLERS Runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

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BREAKFAST WITH SANTA Runs from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Polo Grill and Bar, 10670 Boardwalk Loop. This event will feature a breakfast buffet, festive music, an interactive dessert station and plenty of photo opportunities with Santa. Cost is $17.50 for adults; $12 for children ages 3 to 12; and free for 2 and younger.

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CHRISTMAS BIRTHDAY BASH Starts at 10:45 a.m. at Woodland Community Church, 9607 State Road 70 E., Bradenton. Woodland Community Church invites the public to celebrate Jesus’ birthday with games, crafts and treats.

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LUNCH WITH SANTA Runs from 1 to 3 p.m. at Main Street Trattoria, 8131 Lakewood Main St., Suite 101, Bradenton, Enjoy a buffet lunch and photos with Santa at this event. For more information, call 907-1518.

TUESDAY, DEC. 20

MUSICAL Runs from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Gullett Elementary School, 12125 44th Ave. E., Bradenton. Fifthgrade students at Gullett Elementary will showcase the musical play they have written and produced called “Holiday Magic.�

The play will be performed in the cafeteria. For information, call 727-2067.

THURSDAY, DEC. 22

THE JINGLE 5K RUN/WALK Starts at 6 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Main Street. The kid's Santa Dashes start at 6 p.m., the 5K Jingle Run/Walk starts at 7 p.m., and the 1-mile Holiday Walk begins at 7:10 p.m. All participants receive jingle bells, laces and lighted clip on flashers. Proceeds benefit the Lakewood Ranch Medical Center Auxiliary, which supports the Lakewood Ranch community and JoshProvides, a nonprofit whose mission is to improve the lives of individuals affected by epilepsy. Cost ranges from $11 to $35. To register, visit active.com/lakewood-ranch-fl/ running/distance-running-races/ jingle-5k-2016.

FRIDAY, DEC. 23

comes the public for this special Christmas celebration with food, games, rides, music, elves, pictures with Santa and even snow.

There will be a short Christmas candlelight service from 8 to 8:30 p.m. For information or to rent a booth at the event, call 907-9243.

SATURDAY, DEC. 24

CHILDREN’S NATIVITY Starts at 5 p.m. at Peace Presbyterian Church, 12705 State Road 64 E., Bradenton. Peace Presbyterian Church will hold a special Christmas Eve service with a children’s nativity, candles and communion. For more details or for a full lineup of holiday services, visit peaceusa.com.

TUESDAY, DEC. 27

CHANUKAH CELEBRATION Starts at 6 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Main Street. Chabad of Bradenton will celebrate Chanukah. Festivities include music, Chanukah art, face painting, Judah the Maccabee, a dreidel moon bounce and food for purchase. Admission is free. Some food fees may apply. A Menorah will be lit at Main Street. For information, call 952-3030.

FRIDAY, DEC. 30

POLO Starts at 3 p.m. at the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Sarasota. The Sarasota Polo Club kicks off its season with an afternoon of tailgating and polo. Gates open at 2 p.m. Admission cost is $12 for adults; children 12 and under are free. For more information, visit sarasotapolo.com.

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Dec. 17 and Dec. 18, at Premier Sports Campus, 5895 Post Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. Snow Fest will bring families together to enjoy the thrill of playing in the snow. More than 250 tons of snow will be brought to Premier for the event, which includes giant snow slides, pony rides, pictures with Santa, snowman building, a giant snow globe, live shows including Candy Cane Hula Hoopers and Jelly Bean Jugglers, a children’s amusement area, DJ Grinch, vendors and more. For information or tickets, visit snowfestsarasota.com. The cost is $7 general admission and $4 for kids ages 4-12.

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‘IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE’ Runs from 6 to 9 p.m at the Bradenton Riverwalk Pavilion, 452 Third Ave. W., Bradenton.

The Manatee Community Federal Credit Union will host the first Holiday Classic Movie on the Riverwalk, this year showing the 1946 holiday favorite, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The event will be full of holiday festivities, beginning with carolers, activities for families, a variety of food vendors and more. For information, visit manateecfcu.org or RSVP at 748-7704, Ext. 125.

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SATURDAY, DEC. 17

BRIDGE STREET CHRISTMAS Runs from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 107 Bridge St., Anna Maria Island. This annual Bridge Street Christmas event will feature Dickens Carolers, a hot chocolate bar, holiday entertainment and Santa. A portion of proceeds will benefit Turning Points, a nonprofit that aids the area’s homeless. Parking is available in the post office lot or along the public beach south of Bridge Street. A trolley can transport visitors. For information, cal 896-2222 or visit christmasonbridgestreet.com.

LUMINARY WALK Runs from 7 to 9 p.m. at DeSoto National Memorial, 8300 DeSoto Memorial Highway, Bradenton.. This evening will be full of music and history. Music includes the Manatee High School Orchestra, native American musician Juan Leon and opera soprano Natalie Almeter, among others. Walk along the

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FAMILY MOVIE Starts at 6 p.m. at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota. Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates Inc. is teaming with the Sarasota Film Festival for a special showing of the Disney favorite “Frozen.” Parking is free, but guests are asked to bring a non-perishable food item for All Faiths Food Bank. Gates open at 5 p.m. For information, visit nathanbendersonpark.org.

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Shuttles are available from King Middle School from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. For information, call 792-0458 or visit nps.gov/deso.

SATURDAY, DEC. 17 TO SUNDAY, DEC. 18

Bufford and Eric Yves Garcia in “A Christmas Carole and a New Year’s Yves.” The program includes such favorites as “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,” “Silent Night,” and “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” Tickets cost $45 and can be purchased at artistseriesconcerts.org or by calling 306-1202. Student tickets costs $10 and area available at the door.

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Far left: Riverview High’s Daniel Heed joins Braden River High’s Rachel Klosterman in re-creating the scene of Jesus’ birth.

Left: Erika and Kim Schmidt, of Mill Creek, help children with a candy cane craft.

Below: Lori Norgart supplies brownies and cookies to the guests.

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t was a trip to Bethlehem, and those who made the journey didn't have to leave Lakewood Ranch.

The Living Lord Lutheran Church presented its Night in Bethlehem event Dec. 10, letting patrons wander through the streets of a re-created Bethlehem underneath a beautiful sky.

Photos by Pam Eubanks

Center: Night in Bethlehem’s set was created by Mill Creek resident Jim Baar, pictured with his sons, Matt and Joey.

Left: Venice resident Dianne Weed, founder of The Way to Inspire and Give (TWIG), stands with pajamas collected for her organization, which supplies clothes to children in foster care.

Those who attended enjoyed a nativity scene, arts and crafts, snacks and singing.

For this year’s event, guests brought pajamas to donate to The Way to Inspire and Give (TWIG), a Venice-based organization that provides clothing to children in foster care.

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t was obvious some members of the Lakewood Ranch Women’s Club went shopping before they went to the market.

The club’s ninth annual bazaar fundraiser, called “Mistletoe Market” was held Dec. 5 at the Polo Grill and Bar in Lakewood Ranch.

“We love giving, and we get to look great while we do it,” said Country Club East’s Esperanza Barnes. “It’s a wonderful gathering, and since it’s Christmas, today is all about giving.”

Thirty local vendors set up at the event, selling goods such

as aprons, jewelry, baskets and small trinkets. All the proceeds from the event will be donated to Hope Family Services, SMART (Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy) and Solve Maternity Home.

Event chairwoman Mary Beth Steffens said the bazaar sells out every year.

“It’s so popular because ladies get to enjoy the shopping aspect and also the camaraderie,” Steffens said. “What could be better?”

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t might not have been quite a “Hair” raising experience, but Lakewood Ranch High School theater students certainly had a major undertaking when they developed their show “Pop Through the (St)Ages,” which they presented to the audience Dec. 9 and Dec. 10.

Theater teacher Roxanne Caravan said it was a lesson in pop culture. The theater students helped develop the show, which was an exploration of 100 years of pop culture. Students studied what musicals were indicative of pop culture at that time, and used it as a basis to develop a show with scenes from the 1920s to present.

“It was fun,” Caravan said.

“The kids had a lot of input.

We did it as a big curriculum project.”

Musicals scenes that made the list were from “On the Town,” “Grease,” and “Hair.”

Photos by Pam Eubanks

Top: John Patneaude and Savanna Katter perform a song from “On the Town.”

Left: Jackson Helwege played one of the leads.

– PAM EUBANKS

Top: Students perform “There Ain’t Nothing Like A Dame,” from the musical, “South Pacific.”

Above: Dana Cox leads the “Time Warp.”

Right: Protesters promote peace in a scene from “Hair.”

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Pomello Park home tops local sales at $680,000 BRIDGEWATER AT LAKEWOOD RANCH

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

Gregory and Jane Williams, of Bradenton, sold their home at 7005 207th St. E., to Laurie Brewer, of Bradenton, for $680,000. Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,230 square feet of living area.

Matthew and Melanie Ann Coakley sold their home at 5617 Cloverleaf Run to Richard Neumann, of Lakewood Ranch, for $655,000. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and is 3,920 square feet.

It sold for $659,700 in 2015.

Lennar Homes LLC sold the home at 13431 Ramblewood Trail to Eve and Marco Moor, of Bradenton, for $447,500. Built in 2016, it has six bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 3,985 square feet of living area.

RIVER CLUB SOUTH

Terry and Karin Nelson, of Bradenton, sold their home at 7222 Pine Valley St., to Eric and Cynthia Kozlowski, of Bradenton, for $650,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and is 3,694 square feet.

COUNTRY CLUB EAST

Stirling Equity Group LLC sold the home at 14639 Castle Park Terrace to Yvonne Hui Zhang and Frank ZhuSong Mei, of Longboat Key, for $638,000.

Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,673 square feet of living area.

WATERLEFE GOLF AND RIVER CLUB

Patricia and Jerome Gauthier,

5107 Riverview Boulevard A4166072 $940,000 Cheryl Roberts

7008 Twin Hills Terrace A4163995 $650,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

trustees, sold the home at 409 Sand Crane Court to Bernard and Dottie Jean Connolly, of Tehachapi, Calif., for $598,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,892 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $508,000 in 2002.

ENCLAVE AT HERITAGE HARBOUR

Lennar Homes LLC sold the home at 626 River Enclave Court to Daniel and Teresa Orlandi, of Bradenton, for $540,000. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 2,412 square feet of living area.

GREENBROOK VILLAGE

David and Sabrina Ashley, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 14722 Bowfin Terrace to David and Emma Kelly, of Tega Cay, S.C., for $533,000.

Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,212 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $381,000 in 2010.

Andrew and Morag Reid sold their home at 13848 Wood Duck Circle to Harold LeSage Jr. and Mark Perez, of Bradenton, for $430,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,578 square feet of living area. It sold for $350,000 in 2010.

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

NOV. 28 - DEC. 2

Leslie and Jane Muranyi, trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 6304 Royal Tern Circle to Ivan Ivanov and Mariya Ivanova, of Lakewood Ranch, for $340,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,244 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $300,000 in 2013.

H. Kenneth Myhre and Margaret Ozanne-Pariseau Myhre, of University Park, sold their home at 7004 Old Tabby Circle to The Joseph M. Novak Trust for $293,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,708 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $225,000 in 2011.

Frank Malickson, of Parrish, sold his home at 15303 Skip Jack Loop to James and Ann Feil, of Lakewood Ranch, for $260,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,536 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $132,900 in 2009.

RYE WILDERNESS ESTATES

Sean and Melissa Otto, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 14222 Tree Swallow Way to Gabriel Alberto Rivas Chen and Zulay Chu He, of Lakewood Ranch, for $241,900. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,423 square feet of living area.

It sold for $223,000 in 2015.

COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE

Christopher Cantell sold the home at 7320 Riviera Cove to Peter and Ellen Donshik, of West Hartford, Conn., for $517,500. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,398 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $689,000 in 2005.

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802 Gladiolus Street A4170813 $925,000 Mark Boehmig

Anna Maria 941-748-6300 941-807-6936

6831 Dominion Lane A4157225 $770,000 Tina Ciaccio

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

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

Ellenton 941-748-6300 941-705-5510

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

5211 21st Avenue W A4169543 $639,999 Deborah Capobianco

Bradenton 941-896-9981 941-704-2394

14610 Newtonmore Lane A4166041 $639,000 Sherwin Taradash, PA

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

12247 Thornhill Court A4161764 $620,000 Mugsie Quinlan

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

2202 Palma Sola Boulevard A4119059 $1,874,900 Debbie Vogler

8110 River Preserve Drive A4154324 $555,000 Lynne Callahan

David and Kristin Chambers, of Bradenton, sold their home at 433 147th Court N.E., to Albert and Cynthia Ganley, of Bradenton, for $480,000. Built in 2012, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,173 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $450,000 in 2014.

7354 Eaton Court A4162071 $599,000 Beth Ann Boyer & Nancy Phillips

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D.R. Horton Inc. sold the home at 16639 Second Ave. E., to Nicolas Alvarado and Silvia Urizar, of Bradenton, for $423,800. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,800 square feet of living area.

16315 Clearlake Avenue A4164194 $2,350,000 Drew Russell

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6553 The Masters Avenue A4169358 $558,000 Sue Cosgrove-Lee

Terry and Gerri Copper, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the home at 118 167th Blvd. E., to Richard and Jan Bigelow, of Bradenton, for $490,600. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,581 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $372,700 in 2009.

6310 Watercrest Way 304 A4167326 $539,900 Jonnie Dwyer

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-812-6283

6465 Watercrest Way 204 A4165274 $499,900 Christine Mazur

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

4901 9th Avenue W A4158010 $499,000 Kathy Valente

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-685-6767

7346 Edenmore Street A4161904 $459,000 John Camino, PA

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-685-5060

7414 Lake Forest Glen A4147142 $435,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

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

7134 Spikerush Court A4142243 $425,000 Kimberly Walters

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-907-0164

7806 Valderrama Way A4166929 $480,000 Janice Perry

5327 Saddlewood Terrace A4156642 $414,900 Sandra Maslen

Lakewood Ranch 941-951-6660 941-228-0848

Parrish 941-907-9595 941-726-0035

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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. 28 through Dec. 2, in order of dollar amounts.

Permit

Applicant

4913 Kincaid Park Lane

Pool

Robert Holewa

$ 65,525

5034 Benito Court

Pool

Sylvester Bonarti

$ 63,465

12413 Thornhill Court

Alterations

Robert Kretchmer

$ 58,483

7132 Marsh View Terrace

Pool

April Habich

$ 46,160

164 Wandering Wetlands

Pool

Patrick Arnold

$ 42,000

11833 Forest Park Circle

Pool

Douglas Mattoon

$ 40,803

16627 Second Ave. E.

Pool

Razvan Enoiu

$ 40,000

12118 Longview Lake Circle

Pool

Mark Boyd

$ 37,805

8488 Lindrick Lane

Garage

Dennis Whipple

$ 33,890

15418 Castle Park Terrace

Pool

Frank Casamassina

$ 29,000

6962 Mystic Lane

Pool Cage

Janice Renella

$ 25,842

13112 Peregrin Circle

8325 Lakewood Ranch Blvd • Lakewood Ranch

Mechanical

Circle

Brian Frambes

$ 25,000

Patricia Schmitt

$ 24,600

7646 Heathfield Court

Pool Cage

Lisabeth Bertsch

$ 24,512

4411 Shark Drive

Door/Windows

Raymond Jansen

$ 22,499

7205 221st St. E.

Re-roof

Wayne Wallace

$ 21,000

4005 65th St. E.

Door/Windows

Darryl Humphery

$ 19,236

5913 55th Drive E.

Re-roof

Tyson Green

$ 18,947 Source: Manatee County

Richard and Simone Dixon, of Cheshire, United Kingdom, sold their home at 12536 Natureview Circle to Joseph and Erica Molinar, of Bradenton, for $460,000. Built in 2004, it has six bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,854 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $372,500 in 2014.

Uma and Vimala Babu, trustees, of Las Vegas, sold the home

728 132nd Street Circle Ne A4168165 $408,000 Autumn Moore

5188 51st Lane W A4168389 $325,000 Leah Secondo

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

8341 Farington Court A4134879 $2,899,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara & Tom Cinquegrano

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-320-5823

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-545-4430

Palmetto 941-907-9595 941-812-7634

at 12420 Daisy Place to Stephen Rinko, of Bradenton, for $456,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,980 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $495,000 in 2007.

941.705.1158

15410 Anchorage Place

16107 Clearlake Avenue

A4157541 $5,800,000

A4166945 $1,850,000

6539 Flycatcher Lane

12603 Elgin Terrace

A4158926 $460,000

A4153536 $1,525,000

ROSEDALE HIGHLANDS

Thomas Meyer and Julie StonerMeyer, of Rock Island, Ill., sold their home at 9739 53rd Drive SEE REAL ESTATE PAGE 12B

7321 Wexford Court A4162722 $370,000 Bibi-Ann Allard PA

12515 25th Court E A4169073 $304,900 Maria Christenson

4513 Summerlake Circle A4168762 $249,900 Edward Haggerty

Lakewood Ranch 941-951-6660 941-685-0422

Parrish 941-748-6300 941-920-3583

Parrish 941-907-9595 941-685-6154

1618 3rd Street Circle E A4165574 $345,000 Ralph & Megg Faillace

7604 Lake Vista Court 404 A4146559 $275,000 Nicole Ryskamp

4146 Rocky Fork Terrace A4167483 $229,000 Erica Thomas

Palmetto 941-748-6300 713-9142 or 713-9144

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

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

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

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

16404 Clearlake Avenue A4171372 $1,349,900 Linda Driggs

Lakewood Ranch 941-951-6660 941-374-2920

3924 Riverview Boulevard A4160651 $1,299,000 Jody Shinn

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-705-5704

7040 Portmarnock Place A4166120 $1,250,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

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

216 81st Street W M5903622 $1,200,000 Judy LaValliere

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-504-3792

21306 Deer Pointe Crossing A4146990 $1,100,000 Chris Baylis

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

649 Regatta Way A4169028 $1,099,000 Jody Shinn

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-705-5704

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

Ellenton 941-748-6300 941-799-9365

The Concession 941-907-9595 941-730-0777

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MILL CREEK

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E., to Vincent Misciagna and Rhonda Misciagna, trustees, of Bradenton, for $455,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,387 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $375,000 in 2012.

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Ralph and Michelle Wilkie, of University Park, sold their home at 6706 Virginia Crossing to William and Marjorie Tucker, of University Park, for $435,000.

Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,928 square feet of living area. It sold for $385,000 in 2013.

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SATURDAY – JUNE 25

FINDS MOTORCYCLE “SPIN, ROLL & RIDE” FOR CHARITY

FESTIVAL GOLF CLASSIC – LAUREL OAK COUNTRY CLUB

TUESDAY – JUNE 28

SUNDAY – JUNE 26

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WEDNESDAY – JUNE 29

John and Shirley Easey sold their home at 12209 Clubhouse Drive to Thomas and Deborah Taylor, of Lakewood Ranch, for $410,000. Built in 1999, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,514 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $363,000 in 2014.

TUESDAY – JUNE 28

“THE FRIENDLIEST CATCH” FISHING TOURNAMENT FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN *(Invitation Only - Private Event)

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James and Lisa Lacey sold their home at 11855 Hollyhock Drive to Bernadette Mossman, of Lakewood Ranch, for $300,000. Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 1,937 square feet of living area. It sold for $239,900 in 2002.

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German Cardona-Ramirez and Mary Luz Cardona, of Bradenton, sold their home at 11408 Parkside Place to Jennifer Cardona, of Bradenton, for $250,000. Built in 1995, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,660 square feet. It previously sold for $163,000 in 2001.

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Branch Banking and Trust Co., sold the home at 13512 Fifth Ave. N.E., to Michael and Corrie Killingworth, of Bradenton, for $400,000. Built in 2003, it has five bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,273 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $366,000 in 2009.

Brian Panico and Amanda Panico sold their home at 13503 Third Ave. N.E., to Timothy Beasley, of Bradenton, for $390,000. Built in 1997, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,020 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $439,900 in 2006.

Oaksin O’Hara and Brenda O’Hara sold their home at 702 133rd St. E., to Patrick and Erika Cartner, of Bradenton, for $342,000. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,340 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $153,000 in 1993.

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Eric and Cheryl Bradbury, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6902 74th St. Circle E., to William and Anna Jordan, of Bradenton, for $368,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 2,930 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $341,500 in 2005.

Investor Trustee Services LLC, trustee, sold the home at 6981 74th St. Circle E., to Robert Donath, of Bradenton, for $359,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,175 square feet of living area. It sold for $257,300 in 2015.

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Dale and Cathleen Smith, of St. Petersburg, sold their home at 6730 71st St. E., to Janice Fishburne, of Bradenton, for $330,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and is 2,061 square feet. It sold for $302,800 in 2005.

minium at 6430 Watercrest Way to Sidney Stoltzfus and Janice Stoltzfus, trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, for $341,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,742 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $409,300 in 2005.

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Lee Duis, of Bradenton, sold his home at 11204 White Rock Terrace to Stephen Jones, of Bradenton, for $349,500. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,865 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $215,500 in 2013.

Stephen and Sandra Ralph, of Mt. Prospect, Ill., sold their home at 12328 Tranquility Park Terrace to Gary Monchnik, of Bradenton, for $296,000. Built in 2015, it has two bedrooms, two baths and is 1,844 square feet. It sold for $306,000 in 2015.

William and Delia Berry, of Franklin, Tenn., sold their home at 5031 Brickell Park Cove to Eric Emerson, of Bradenton, for $239,900. Built in 2010, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,246 square feet of living area. It sold for $188,700 in 2011.

Greyhawk Landing West James and Janice Hengel, of Bradenton, sold their home at 817 Honeyflower Loop to Ronnie and Brenda Sopcich, of Bradenton, for $347,500. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two-anda-half baths and is 2,184 square feet. It sold for $315,000 in 2014.

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Brian and Julie Ford, of E. Sussex, United Kingdom, sold their home at 4602 Egmont Drive to Grant and Katrina Parnaby, of Essex, United Kingdom, for $317,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,236 square feet of living area. It sold for $337,300 in 2005.

Carolyn Billington, of Bradenton, sold her home at 4538 Abacos Place to Rolf Halverson and Andrea Halverson, of Sarasota, for $269,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,972 square feet. It previously sold for $131,000 in 1999.

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Matthew and Jacqueline Bennett, of Bradenton, sold their home at 5308 Tide Point Way to Marion Jaenke and John Bergengren, of Bradenton, for $306,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and is 2,157 square feet.

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Wayne McMorrow, of Bradenton, sold his Unit 203 condo-

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

Faith Lutheran Church

Winter Solstice Celebration

CHRISTMAS DAY

December 21, 7:00 PM

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES

December 24, 6:00 PM

One service of Lessons and Carols on Christmas Day at 10a.m.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Candlelight Communion | 6:00 & 9:00 p.m.

Music begins ½ hour before each service 7750 Beneva Rd. Sarasota, FL 34238

Children and Family Service 4:00 p.m.

December 31, 7:00 PM Unity provides a meaningful way to honor this sacred time of the year.

LIVING LORD LUTHERAN CHURCH

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

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

Pre-service Music 6:40 p.m.

BLUE CHRISTMAS

7:00 PM Wednesday, December 21

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES

CANDLELIGHT – COMMUNION – CAROLS

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EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY

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

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

NEW YEAR’S DAY 8:00 & 10:00 am Eucharist

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

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

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Family Service

CHRISTMAS DAY 10:00 am Eucharist with Carols

The Rev. Charles Mann, Rector • 355-3262

Christmas Day 10:00am

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Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

St. Boniface Episcopal Church

104 S. Pineapple Ave. ● Sarasota, FL (941) 955-0935 ● www.firstsrq.com

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PATIO ROUND table and 4 chairs, $130. In River Club. 941-756-5079.

REFRIGERATOR HOTPOINT: very good cond., $125. 941-388-9418.

PIG COLLECTION: 50 pigs. Wood, glass, etc. $ 2.00 to $ 8.00 each. $175. (941) 806−6799.

Items Up to $200 Sell for Free!

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

General Merchandise COMIC BOOKS: various for sale, approx. 1,150 dated from 1970’s to 1990’s. Call for appointment, 941-351-5101.

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G.E. REFRIGERATOR: black, French doors with duel ice makers, great cond., $400. 941-753-7924.

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Join us this Christmas Season at the Tabernacle Church

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and School

• Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion Service at 6pm

Tabernacle Church 4141 DeSoto Road Sarasota, FL 34235 941-355-8858 www.thetabsarasota.org

Tabernacle Church located approximately 2 miles west of I-75 off University Parkway

• Christmas Worship Service at 10:15am

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Christmas Eve Service 7:00 p.m.

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ALUMINUM

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