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SMART makes its choice Former InStride Therapy executive director Jody Jorgensen assumes leadership. SEE PAGE 5A

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Picture perfect Morgan Mulholland, above, generated $2,000 with the sale of her portrait “Kona,” of a friend’s black Labrador retriever that had died.

The Lakewood Ranch High junior used watercolors for the work that sold at the HeArt & Soul Gala, held Jan. 30 at the Manatee Performing Arts Center in downtown Bradenton.

Mary Glass, the Manatee Education Foundation executive director, said Mulholland was among six East County students who had photographs and paintings on display at the auction, which generated $30,000 for county high schools.

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Whole new area to preserve Class act Principal Steven Royce has helped Tara Elementary School improve its School Accountability Grade from a D to an A. Royce now has been nominated for the Florida Department of Education’s Principal of the Year award.

He is among three principals selected statewide.

Royce is the only Manatee County nominee for the award, which will be given Feb. 8.

The recipient of the award will receive $6,000 for his or her school.

“It’s really exciting for myself and Tara Elementary,” Royce said.

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Sarasota County development gives neighboring Manatee an ecological gift.

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The 40-acre property bought by a developer for off-site mitigation is located in the center of Rye Preserve and has been privately owned for decades.

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Off-site mitigation is allowed in the Sarasota County comprehensive plan, but locating the site out of the county is unusual, said Matt Osterhoudt, senior manager for the environmental protection division of the Sarasota County development services department.

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The 40-acre property bought by the developer for off-site mitigation is located in the center of Rye Preserve and has been privately owned for decades.

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Such mitigation is allowed if it provides a greater ecological benefit as a whole. The two counties and the developer must enter into an inter-local agreement that specifies who will take care of the land in perpetuity and how quickly restoration efforts must be achieved. By stipulation, the 40 acres can’t be developed.

The next step for SJ Collins will be to apply for a development permit, at which time Sarasota County will discuss the time frame in which the off-site mitigation must be completed. Osterhoudt said mitigation construction and restoration areas typically are required to be completed within 30 days of the wetland impact.

This being an unusual situation, he said the time frame may be extended.

Jeff Garrison, of SJ Collins, said the site near Rye Preserve was chosen because it was a highpriority target. Located within the preserve, it’s been privately owned for decades and the county had never been able to persuade the owner to sell. However, being privately owned, it doesn’t get the same maintenance as the preserve.

“This 40-acre donut hole lets invasives have a safe haven,” he said. “Every year (Manatee County) has to go through and deal with these invasive species.”

Garrison said his team had to track down all the owners of the property — it had been divvied up over the years among the family—and get them to sign off on the deed.

“We’ve spent a lot of time on it,” he said.

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After Sarasota County commissioners approved the rezone request for University Station Jan. 26, Manatee County was presented 40 acres of privately owned land inside Rye Preserve.

University Station, an 8.24acre parcel at the southeast corner of University Parkway and Honore Avenue, will be home to Whole Foods, Wawa and Zoës Kitchen.

Developer SJ Collins Enterprises of Atlanta worked the land swap as mitigation because the center will develop 4.4 acres of wetlands at the Sarasota County site.

Due to the size and nature of the project, SJ Collins could not find any way to complete on-site mitigation. The developer, aware of Whole Foods’ eco-conscious business model, offered the alternative in Manatee County, a parcel it had purchased for $400,000.

Charlie Hunsicker, director of Manatee County’s parks and recreation department, said having the 40 acres under his county’s control has several benefits, including more land for the public with a parcel located in the center of Rye Preserve. Because the property was privately owned, the county could not access it to eradicate invasive species like Brazilian pepper trees. The invasive species were always growing into the preserve and causing additional efforts from county staff to maintain the native habitat.

The site, which includes forested wetlands, is located downstream from Lake Manatee. Since the 1980s, Manatee County has proactively purchased land downstream through which the “braided” portion of the Manatee River runs because it lessens the headache of releasing water from the lake with the risk of flooding a private property.

As part of the deal, SJ Collins will clean invasive plant species off the Manatee County property and turn the land over to Manatee County for maintenance.

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“This 40acre donut hole lets invasives have a safe haven.

Every year (Manatee County) has to go through and deal with these invasive species.”

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corridor while losing a wetlands area that might have been in danger anyway with all the construction around it.

After the Sarasota County supervisors meeting, Osterhoudt said the wetland was in an odd location now, after everything around it had been developed, but that it was still a healthy, functioning system.

“It did have those factors working against its long-term success,” he said.

The 40-acre wetland isn’t one of the more populous, herbaceous kind. It is a forested maple swamp, which Osterhoudt said is more rare and unique in an urban area than other swamp subsets.

Sarasota County staff had surveyed the wetland and found signs of a healthy, self-sustaining system. It still had maple trees and the right kind of undergrowth with no diseases or negative growths present except some

Brazilian peppers on the border. It was still exhibiting the proper soil moisture levels. It was still contributing, as it had done historically, to the Cooper Creek drainage basin which flows into the Braden River Water Shed. About 14% of the Braden River watershed resides in Sarasota County with the rest in Manatee County.

Garrison said the wetland was too isolated to provide quality habitat for native wildlife, which had to cross the roadways to enter and exit the area. Those thoughts were backed by Dana West, vice president of Environmental Consulting and Technology.

While the wetland, in its current state, still provided ecological value, West said it was limited.

Environmental concerns aside, residents of the area were overwhelmingly in support of the University Station project. The county received dozens of letters recommending approval.

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A lingering lawsuit between a group of The Shores homeowners and the Waterlefe Master Property Owners Association might be over.

Manatee County Circuit Court Judge John Lakin ruled Jan. 25 that owners of six properties in The Shores, a private gated community within Waterlefe, owe the Master Property Owners Association more than $111,200.04 in past-due assessments and interest collectively, as well as reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.

“I was in shock,” said Frankyln Dickson of the ruling, which followed a December trial for the case. “We won on all counts.”

Dickson, who served as president of the MPOA until the association’s annual meeting Jan. 25, informed about 200 residents who gathered to hear the news.

Not everyone was pleased.

Fred Moore, attorney for the defendants, said he is disappointed with the decision and expects the case is not over.

“I am working with my clients to explore their options,” he said.

“A request for a rehearing and an appeal is very likely.”

The “additional assessment” charged by the MPOA is valid. It is equal to the amount assessed by the Waterlefe Community Development District for annual operations and maintenance.

A supplemental document, entered in August 2015, to resolve the dispute going forward is valid and enforceable.

The decision brings a lawsuit that started in March 2012 a step closer to being finished.

If Moore’s clients choose not to appeal, then it will be over.

The case began when the MPOA filed to foreclose on liens against seven properties in The Shores.

Owners had refused to pay “additional assessments” charged by the MPOA because they believed the assessment was “illegal.” One property owner settled prior to Lakin’s decision.

The assessments were collected on behalf the Waterlefe Community Development District, which maintains common areas, stormwater systems, roadways and the entry gate, among other infrastructure. The Shores is not part of the CDD, although its homeowners must use CDD infrastructure to access their neighborhood.

The judge’s ruling gives the MPOA legal authority foreclose on its liens.

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Jody Jorgensen is still getting to know the horses at the facility, including Gracie, pictured here. She said she grew up riding bareback with a childhood friend.

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— Jody Jorgensen isn’t in the saddle, exactly, but she’s taking the reigns at a local nonprofit.

As of Feb. 1, she became the new executive director for SarasotaManatee Association for Riding Therapy, or SMART, a horseback riding therapy program for physically and mentally disabled people.

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fit,” SMART board member Darrin Simone said. “Her passion for the organization and understanding is great. We’re very excited.”

Jorgensen most recently worked as the executive director of Nokomis-based InStride Therapy, a Nokomis-based hippotherapy program similar to SMART. Although the Mote Ranch resident loves InStride, she likes that SMART also uses its riding programs to support breast cancer survivors and military veterans, among others.

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“I felt it was a more diversified opportunity for me,” Jorgensen said.

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will visit SMART, hopefully to become donors or volunteers.

“It’s key to have people understand what we do,” she said. “It’s emotional when you see (riders) out there and their connection with a 1,200-pound animal. We all have something we fight or struggle with.”

“I’m excited about that,” Jorgensen said. “I love to go to fundraisers. I love to go out to lunch, and I love people.”

Jorgensen hopes to raise capital for the goals within a year, although she knows it’s a tall order, especially when considering SMART’s annual budget is just less than $400,000.

With work in donor relations at Mote Marine Laboratory from 2003 to 2007 and other experiences, Jorgensen is confident she can educate the community about SMART and its mission along with building donor relationships. She also will write grants and look for other ways to raise capital.

Her efforts will focus on SMART’s May Derby Day fundraiser, the organization’s largest of the year, and may eventually expand to adding another fundraiser in October, for which planning is in the early stages.

SMART, which became a nonprofit in 1987, has been primarily run by volunteers, except for a four-month span last year when the board hired an executive director. Its administrative assistant and barn manager also are paid.

Gail Clifton, who served as the organization’s full-time volunteer executive director for more than a decade, reassumed the helm when SMART restarted its leadership search in July 2015.

She will stay on under Jorgensen as volunteer operations director.

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An educator who was a guide to students, the late Gene Witt will be honored with a memorial that points toward his favorite direction.

An outdoor classroom memorial site to be constructed at Gene Witt Elementary School will include a directional compass arrow that points toward Colorado, his longtime vacation spot.

His wife, Betty Witt, said they spent summers hiking in Colorado and enjoying the wildlife.

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shows how much people really loved and respected him and the impact he had. This project is driven by non-family members.

That shows how many lives he touched.”

Marshall is spearheading the fundraising campaign to raise the $25,000 needed to build the memorial. He hopes construction will start by June 10, and will finish by Aug. 10, students’ first day back to school.

Marshall plans to create a GoFundMe website to collect donations.

“Mr. Witt was all about a handshake,” Marshall said. “He knew a lot of people and businesses in the community. So we’ll reach out to them, former students, current students’ parents and anyone in the community who has a desire to help with this.”

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pal. “We wanted to incorporate Colorado in the design.”

Although Gene Witt Elementary was named after Witt, who died in February 2015, the school wanted to do something more.

“Once he died, the whole school started thinking about a way to honor him,” Marshall said. “Most schools in the district are named after someone and they always do something in remembrance of their namesakes. There’s a bench at Kinnan Elementary. We wanted to do something that reminded us of the man Mr. Witt was.”

Gene Witt’s grandson, Greg Witt, said the memorial site will measure 25 feet wide by 25 feet deep. The space will have a circular design, with trees lining it in a semicircle. A ledge will be designed for students. The memorial will replace a small garden across from the administration building.

Greg Witt is a project manager with Half Acre Construction and he is donating his time to help construct the space for his late grandfather. His help will save the school more than $10,000.

“He would’ve been humbled and so honored, touched dearly,” Greg Witt said of his grandfather.

“He probably would’ve said, ‘Why are y’all doing this for me?’”

Perhaps the most noticeable feature of Witt’s newest classroom space is the bronze eagle that will be perched on a column, facing the classroom, a reminder of Witt’s passion for nature.

Greg Witt, 35, said the memorial will be a reminder of the impact his grandfather had on the community.

“To me, he was my grandpa,” Greg Witt said. “He was a huge part of my childhood. This project means a lot to me, because it

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herever people go in eastern Manatee County, one thing is certain.

History is all around them.

Parks, roads, schools and lakes often bear the name of famous former residents whose impact will be remembered forever.

Or not.

If you aren’t familiar with some of the names attached to local landmarks, you probably aren’t alone. Here is a refresher course on why those names were attached.

5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota This an easy one since the park, which spans 600 acres and is visible from Interstate 75, was dedicated to Nathan Benderson in 2010. Benderson, who died in 2012, was a Buffalo, N.Y., native who built his company into a real estate giant and eventually moved its headquarters to Manatee County in 2004. He led East County-based Benderson Development for nearly 60 years and his developments have left an impressive imprint on the area.

He had incredible business savvy and vision for development.

MORGAN JOHNSON ROAD Off State Road 64 in Bradenton County documents show when Morgan Johnson was born in 1862, his father, Levin, was one of the first settlers in the southeastern portion of Manatee County.

Morgan Johnson, who lived on the Braden River for 55 years, followed in his father’s agriculture footsteps and raised cattle. He was known for his love of Manatee County and for his familiarity with the area’s history. He died in 1943.

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“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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Known for their foresight in buying land that eventually led to the establishment of the 5,500-acre Lakewood Ranch master-planned community, the Uihlein family acquired property in 1922 from John Schroeder, who was using his land as a timber plantation. Overall, the Uihlein family bought more than 48 square miles of land in Manatee and Sarasota counties.

The Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc. land eventually was used to graze cattle and to grow vegetables and citrus. The Uihleins were a prominent family in Milwaukee long before some family members came to Florida. Brothers Edward, August, Wilhelm and August Uihlein took over the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. in 1875 after the death of Schlitz, who was lost at sea.

Although Schlitz is listed as the company’s founder, August Krug, a relative of the Uihlein family, founded a restaurant and brewery that Joseph Schlitz eventually turned into Joseph Schlitz Brewing. Among the many Uihleins who made an impact here in Lakewood Ranch was Robert Uihlein Jr., an avid polo player who has an annual Sarasota Polo Club tournament named in his honor. His son, Robin Uihlein, was club president of the Sarasota Polo Club and another son, Jamie, started the Polo Under the Palms event.

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MARY FRAN CARROLL BRIDGE Lorraine Road, Lakewood Ranch The first CEO of Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, Mary Fran Carroll actually spent the majority of her career as a banker. She traveled to Sarasota in 1980 to explore the area for a bank client. Working for Northern Trust Co., in Chicago at the time. Carroll’s first trip to what is today Lakewood Ranch blossomed into a career with SMR, and she eventually became CEO and president in 1984. She spearheaded major projects such as the building of the area’s first two communities, Summerfield and Riverwalk, and was a factor in the creation of the Sarasota Polo Club in the early 1990s. To honor her dedication to the area, a bridge was built on Lorraine Road in 2004 and named in her honor. Carroll died in 2014 at 92.

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At 104 years old, Gus Andreone continues to impress his neighbors while he tees off three days a week on Palm Aire’s golf course. Andreone, an Ohio native, is the oldest and longest-serving PGA of America member. His age hasn’t affected his love of playing golf. Through Palm Aire Country Club member donations, the club was able to remodel its driving range, and that space is now known as the Gus Andreone Practice and Teaching Facility.

Besides a plaque commemorating that facility, a wooden statue of Andreone overlooks the range.

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He developed the land into an RV park, sold it, developed Cypress Creek Estates community, sold it and was left with 180 acres, which he eventually sold to Manatee County in 2003 for half its value at $1.8 million. The park was named in his honor after his death in 2006.

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t was a storage room upstairs in our home, and the garment bag hung inside a pine armoire for years, tucked away from the rest of the world.

Except for my world.

As a little kid, I used to venture inside that storage room, curious about that garment bag. I would unzip it and look inside, finding a Marine Corps uniform as if it were brand new on the sales rack. The uniform felt kind of rough, wool I guess. Some kind of medals were attached, and I believe some corporal stripes.

I knew nothing about the story behind the uniform or where it had been, even though it was my dad’s.

That was curious since I knew he was a Marine. In the bottom of that armoire was a Marine Corps manual, which I would flip through. I would come to the page with the Marine Corps hymn.

“From the Halls of Montezuma To the shores of Tripoli; We fight our country’s battles In the air, on land, and sea.”

I knew all the words because whenever we were riding in the car on a Sunday, my dad would sing it. Over and over.

Aside from his pride,he didn’t talk much about the Marines or of his involvement in Korea.

When he died, I was cleaning out

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Severely injured veterans attend a ceremony before the Homes For Our Troops benefit golf tournament at Rosedale Golf and Country Club on Jan. 30.

the house and in the back of his bedroom closet was a paper bag full of photos from Korea. It was the most information I would get.

All this ran through my mind on Jan. 30 as I attended the Homes For Our Troops benefit golf tournament at Rosedale Golf and Country Club. The event sold out in four days, which shows a little about the heart of our community.

I chatted with Army Capt.

Bobby Withers, who would look like any other guy except for that mechanical right leg that was needed to replace the one destroyed by a mine in Afghanistan. The Winter Garden resident was all smiles, too, swinging a golf club and enjoying a beautiful Saturday on the course.

What Withers didn’t say, at least to his playing partners or those who were present to help a very important cause, was that his body still is full of shrapnel

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He admitted that, at times, he wonders if veterans will be forgotten as our country distances itself from Afghanistan. Withers also said that he loves events like the benefit fundraiser, because it gets him into the sun. Sitting at home can lead to dark thoughts.

A USA Today report stated that 22 U.S. service veterans commit suicide each day while the Military Suicide Research Consortium estimates the number to be closer to seven. Obviously, either of those numbers is alarming.

If anyone doubts the importance of events like the one at Rosedale Golf and Country Club, they need to spend a little time with Withers. Besides raising funds to buy homes for these severely injured vets, those who participated in the fundraiser draw attention to our soldiers, who let’s face it, toil in anonymity both in service to our country and after they get home.

A big high-five goes to Rosedale Golf and Country Club for allowing me the honor of spending time with Withers, along with a couple of other severely injured veterans, Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Gordon and Marine Cpl. Josh Langston-White.

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A heavy wind whipped sand down the beach on Anna Maria Island as Kerri and Wes Carter picked up blowing pieces of garbage.

The Myakka City couple were living up to their word: That to pursue a monstrous goal, they were willing to toil at the bottom and slowly work their way up.

Along with Venice resident Eric Austin, the trio have started the Reef Medics Foundation, a nonprofit aimed toward raising awareness of the damaged state of the world’s oceanic reefs. At the end of the rainbow would be an educational facility in the Sarasota or Bradenton area that would hold seminars and training. They estimate the cost of such a facility at $15 million.

Earlier this month, they were working toward that goal, one gum wrapper at a time.

“It only takes one drop to create a ripple that goes across the ocean,” said Kerri Carter, who works for Raymond James in Lakewood Ranch. “We’re extremely passionate about this.”

Yes, but is passion enough?

“I do believe that anything is possible,” said Wes Carter, who works for North Port Recycling.

“It’s going to take time.”

Austin is an emergency medical technician who had no qualms joining the Carters to chase an overwhelming task.

“Most people don’t want to be the ones to get things started,” said Austin, who is a diver. “A lot of this involves getting shot down. But I’ve known Kerri since she was 16 and she doesn’t let anything go. She is familiar with nonprofits and she and Wes have an unbelievable push to do this.”

They proved during the beach cleanup, along with a handful of other volunteers who have joined the cause, they don’t mind getting their hands dirty on a cold, nasty day.

Austin noted how a piece of plastic can get sucked out to the gulf and tangled in a reef more than seven miles out. “Fish eat plastic and it kills them,” he said.

“Any trash here will be blown out into the water.”

“Reefs are a filtration system for the ocean,” Kerri Carter said.

“It is where the fish lay their eggs.

It is where everything begins.”

It was only a two years ago that she wasn’t thinking about reefs.

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“The only thing it takes to make a difference is persistence,” she said.

She has a spread sheet of contacts and businesses to visit as they look for sponsors, and they don’t mind making their pitch.

“It wouldn’t be the first time a person has called me crazy,” Wes Carter said.

Whether they raise $15 million or not, they are prepared to give it as much effort as they can muster.

“I would like to tell you that we would like to be Greenpeace,” Wes Carter said. “I don’t know. I do know that the loss of worldwide reefs would be catastrophic.

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2014, she met Wes. Among everything else, he loved her drive to make the world a better place, and he had the perfect cause.

“I’ve fished my whole life,” Wes Carter said. “You can see the desolation of what is going on underwater. When I was a boy, Tampa Bay was blue. I’ve seen the gulf change in color.”

After the two were married, Wes Carter found out that his wife was afraid of the water because she almost drown as a child. Now they spend much of their time talking about the sea.

“The damage isn’t something that will take a couple of hundred years,” she said. “It will affect our generation.”

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Sisters Cooper Bryan and Carson LeBlanc are fundraising queens at B.D. Gullett Elementary.

PENNY PUSHERS Gullett students collect more than $1,000 for the Pasta for Pennies fundraiser.

and Lymphoma Society’s School & Youth Campaign. The money goes toward cancer research and aids cancer patients with paying bills and other necessities.

“Cooper and her sister are my penny goddesses,” Gullett Principal Dr. Shirin Gibson said.

Cooper, who is now a thirdgrader, has been teaching her younger sister, kindergartner Carson LeBlanc, the art of fundraising for the cause. The duo has collected more than $1,000 in just a week.

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For the last four years, Cooper Bryan has been building a reputation at B.D. Gullett Elementary School.

The 9-year-old is the fundraising champion of her school in the annual Pasta for Pennies event, which benefits the Leukemia

from family and friends, and collections will be counted Friday to determine which two classes collected the most money.

The top two classes will have a pasta party, with food donated from Olive Garden, the company that created the fundraiser.

Monica Rice, a guidance counselor, said students have plenty of ways to build donations.

“Students can do chores around the house,” Rice said. “This isn’t a door-to-door fundraiser. We want children to ask their family and friends just for loose change.

This shows them how far a penny can go.”

For the first time, students can also receive donations online, which makes it easier for participants to generate donations from family and friends who live in other states.

So what’s Cooper and Carson’s

secret?

With the help of her mother, Dana, they reach out to family and friends daily and tell them about the fundraiser and the people it benefits.

Sometimes they share their mom’s story about how leukemia touched her life.

In 2007, Dana LeBlanc’s best friend, Jannon Barker, who was a teacher in Atlanta, died from leukemia.

“Pasta For Pennies helped pay for Jannon’s medical bills,” LeBlanc said. “They do so much, and the money they raise goes to helping families who can’t afford medical bills. I’ve seen this all work firsthand.”

When Cooper started kindergarten at Gullett four years ago, she learned the school participated in the program.

“We wanted to honor Jannon,” LeBlanc said. “Everyone has their causes and they’re all important and special. This is one that’s just special to us.”

Although her daughters take pride in their notoriety for being the “fundraising queens of the school,” they welcome friendly competition.

“Kids in class say they’ll raise more money than me this year and I say, ‘Bring it,’” Cooper said.

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CLOSE TO HOME When he was 5 years old, Matthew DeSantis was diagnosed with leukemia.

Then a kindergartner at B.D. Gullett Elementary, DeSantis spent months in the hospital rather than finger painting or learning the alphabet alongside his classmates.

He went through chemotherapy and after three years showed no sign of cancer. He goes back to All Children’s Hospital every two months for checkups, but so far he feels healthy and energetic.

Today he’s helping his school raise money for leukemia research through the Pasta for Pennies fundraiser and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. “I’m lucky to be cancer-free,” DeSantis said.

DeSantis plans to call family members for donations.

“This fundraiser is really kind and goes to help other people who have leukemia,” DeSantis said. “I’m going to help as much as I can.”

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13500 block of 5th Avenue Northeast Information only: A teenager was mowing his front lawn on a riding mower. He didn’t see a golf ball that was lying in the front yard. When he mowed over it, it shot out of the mower and hit the neighbor’s front door, which was made of glass, and broke the door. The reporting party requested an incident report be filed.

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9000 block of 58th Drive East Simple assault: A man filed a report with the Sheriff’s Office because earlier that day, the boyfriend of his ex-spouse confronted him in his workplace parking lot and made threatening remarks. The boyfriend believed the man to be involved in a recent breakin. The man said the boyfriend “got in his face” and threatened to hit him. The man drove away, but wanted the incident documented.

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The man yelled at the employees until the assistant manager told him to leave. The man did leave, then took photos of the employees’ tag numbers on their vehicles, and left before the deputy arrived.

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8300 block of Lockwood Ridge Road Information only: A supermarket employee called the Sheriff’s Office because a man approached her and made threatening remarks.

The woman was working near the self-checkout counters when a man approached and said “Mama, I’m not trying to scare you, but every (supermarket) with an electronics department is going to blow up.” The woman noticed an odor of marijuana. The man paid for his groceries and left.

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The Lakewood Ranch Community Garage Sale attracts buyers from out of county.

Garage sale door still open Lakewood Ranch explores options for its semiannual community garage sale.

PAM EUBANKS SENIOR EDITOR LAKEWOOD RANCH — Reception-

ists at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall have been fielding the question: When is the next Lakewood Ranch community garage sale?

They have no answer.

In November, the Lakewood Ranch Women’s Club, which had organized the semiannual community garage sale in the Summerfield, Riverwalk and Greenbrook communities for more than a decade, notified Lakewood Ranch Town Hall that it would no longer perform the task, which it performed on behalf of those

communities’ homeowners associations.

Gary Glass, community associations services director for Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, is working to remedy the situation. The first community garage sale of the year usually was held in March or April, but whether a solution can be found by then remains uncertain.

“The staff is committed to exploring all options to find a solution to continue the semiannual garage sales,” Glass said.

He will work with Lakewood Ranch Community Activities to see if another club would consider organizing the event. He is meeting with the board presidents of the Greenbrook Village Association and Summerfield/Riverwalk Village Association to discuss options, including having a resi-

dent from each HOA spearhead its community’s sales, as suggested

by Women’s Club President Patti Wrobel in her letter announcing the change.

The Women’s Club plans to donate the approximately 70 signs it has for promoting the event to Town Hall, once a decision is reached.

Glass said another option would be for Lakewood Ranch Community Development Districts 1 and 4, which make up Summerfield/Riverwalk and Greenbrook, respectively, to allow sign placement within main roadways and to have district staff place and remove them. During meetings last week, CDD supervisors said they prefer community-sanctioned yard sales, as allowed in the HOA’s rule book, rather than “pop-up” sales throughout the year.

Women’s Club member Frankie Bailey, who has been involved with the garage sale for the last 10 years and organized it the last five years, said the Women’s Club has considered discontinuing the event for several years. When the board considered it again last year, she did not object. She’s 76.

“Lakewood Ranch has grown huge and the traffic on the roads is horrendous,” she said. “For the women to put up the signs, that was really the issue. It just got really dangerous, especially for me.”

At each semiannual sale, ladies put out about 70 signs along Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, at community entrances, on major roadways and on side streets.

Organizers also took $5 donations from participating families, usually 100 to 150 households, and handled promotion of the event, Bailey said.

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“I never thought I would make it this far. I was in shock.

I am beyond proud of myself.” – Braden River junior Sierra Rawley on qualifying for the Class 2A Girls Weightlifting Finals. SEE PAGE 16A

SENIOR MAKES POINT WITH

PERSEVERANCE Lakewood Ranch guard transitions from student assistant to varsity team captain.

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Kristin Zarrella, a 2013 graduate of Lakewood Ranch High, set a new University of Southern Mississippi school record in the mile, finishing eighth in 4 minutes, 49.98 seconds at the Vanderbilt Invitational Track and Field indoor meet Jan. 30.

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In the 138-pound weight class, Braden River junior Chance Sharbono went undefeated to win the 37-team George Jenkins IBT wrestling invitational Jan. 29 and Jan. 30.

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Junior forward LaDazhia Williams scored 20 points to lead the Lakewood Ranch girls basketball team to a 4932 victory over Venice in the Class 7A-District 11 semifinals Jan. 27.

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Curtis Cobb had a career-high 21 points to push the Braden River boys basketball team past The Out-of-Door Academy 62-52 in the regular season finale for both teams.

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Lakewood Ranch sophomore forward Pablo Vargas scored the lone goal for the Mustangs in their 2-1 loss to Wiregrass Ranch in the Class 5A-Region 2 quarterfinals Jan. 29.

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very team has a leading scorer.

Anthony Suarez is not that guy.

The Lakewood Ranch senior guard isn’t going to score 20 points a game. Chances are, he is not going to score at all. That is simply not his role.

Suarez rarely contributes to the box score, but his teammates and coaches have thought so much of his selfless leadership they selected him as a team captain.

That is quite an honor considering the Mustangs are two wins away from their first district championship since 2005.

“He brings the team together,” sophomore guard Evan Spiller said. “He’s one of a kind. He brings an energy to the bench, and when he comes in, the crowd just lights up. No one else does that on the team.”

An avid basketball fan, Suarez is simply happy to be on the court, even if that means treating every practice as if it were a game.

If there’s a loose ball, Suarez is the first to jump on it.

“In practice, everyone’s opportunities are the same,” Suarez said. “I know I’ll get my opportunity eventually.”

Suarez got a big opportunity Jan. 28, when he made his first career start against Bayshore.

The lone senior on the Mustangs’ roster scored four points. It was his time to shine, a moment three years in the making.

“I was really happy for him,” junior center Sam Jackson said.

“It was the best thing that could’ve happened. It was a night to celebrate all of the hard work he’s put in over the last four years.”

As a freshman, Suarez was cut.

He knew he wasn’t good enough at the time, having only played in the local YMCA league. He wasn’t prepared for the competitiveness and intensity surrounding the program.

Following the tryout, Lakewood Ranch coach Jeremy Schiller encouraged Suarez to be a student assistant.

Suarez agreed and spent the season helping out wherever he could. During games, he would retrieve balls, keep statistics and do anything else the players needed.

The thought of walking away never once crossed his mind, and

“He brings the team together.

He’s one of a kind.

When he comes in, the crowd just lights up.”

– Evan Spiller, sophomore guard

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Lakewood Ranch senior Anthony Suarez treats every practice as if it were a game.

he became a student of the game.

“It definitely motivated me,” Suarez said of being cut. “If I would’ve quit then, I wouldn’t be standing here talking to you.”

The following summer, Suarez worked out every day with the Mustangs’ summer basketball team. He never missed a practice and often participated in extra training sessions. Suarez worked hard in the weight room in preparation for his next chance to make the roster.

“I used it as a learning experience,” Suarez said. “You have to still think that sometime you’re going to get a shot. I kept telling myself if you go 100% and do the best you can, then you’re going to get noticed.”

Suarez’s hard work and dedication paid off the following season when he made Lakewood’s junior varsity squad.

“It was very gratifying,” Suarez said of learning he had made the team. “I got noticed because I put

in the work. That’s what set me apart.”

After a year with the junior varsity, Suarez was named to the varsity squad. During his two seasons on the varsity, he earned the respect of his teammates.

As the lone upperclassman returning from a team that set a school record with 21 wins, Suarez knew he needed to be a leader.

It didn’t take long for Suarez to master them both.

“He really wants the team to grow and get better,” Jackson said. “He just has this way and presence about him. It’s very nice. You know he’s there for you.

You need someone that’s humble on the team. Anthony’s definitely that guy. He’s made me a better leader than I was when I came in.”

Once a freshman who struggled through eight weeks of conditioning, Suarez is now the definition of Mustang toughness.

“Not every team has an Anthony Suarez,” Schiller said. “He’s a special kid. Not every kid is willing to make the sacrifices Anthony makes every day when he is not playing as much in the game.”

He embraces his role.

“I love playing for Lakewood Ranch,” Suarez said. “It’s sad for me to think that this is the end.

I’m going to miss it a lot. Hopefully I’ll come back and help.”

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wish I could have been the photographer on hand to capture the incredible moment for Tarah Kayne and Danny O’Shea.

The Ellenton pairs skaters won the U.S. Figure Skating National Championships Jan. 23 in St. Paul, Minn.

I met Kayne and O’Shea last October and, believe me, they deserved this moment. It was three years in the making, and their hopes couldn’t even be derailed by Kayne’s hip surgery in July 2014, which kept them off the ice four months.

If you’ve ever watched one of their practices or discussed with them their passion for the sport, it’s not surprising they came out on top. The two live and breathe figure skating.

I’ve since watched their championship performance on YouTube, and they were the epitome of calm.

“Heading into the long program, we knew that we still had to fight for a win,” O’Shea said.

Their performance was flawless. With their hardest elements behind them, Kayne and O’Shea made the most of their moment.

They earned it and no one could take that away from them.

“The week at nationals was surreal, and we had so much fun skating for the crowd and receiving our first standing ovations,” Kayne said.

The two wrapped up a gold medal sweep for Ellenton skat-

ers, who also won gold medals in novice pairs (Elli Kopmar and Jonah Barrett) and junior pairs (Joy Weinberg and Max Fernandez).

Kayne and O’Shea will spend the next two weeks training in Ellenton before heading to Taipai City, Taiwan, for the 2016 Four Continents Championships where the pair finished second two years ago. nnn

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Ellenton pairs skaters Tarah Kayne and Danny O’Shea won their first U.S. Figure Skating National Championship Jan. 23.

I’m always amazed by the amount of weight some people can lift, especially girls.

Ten-pound dumbbells anyone? Yes, that’s me — on a good day. A few reps and my biceps and triceps are ready to call it a day.

So the thought of bench pressing more than my body weight?

It doesn’t even cross my mind.

It’s totally out of the realm of possibility. Well, at least for me.

Apparently it can be done.

Braden River junior Sierra Rawley will attempt to do just that at the Class 2A Girls Weightlifting Finals Feb. 6, in Kissimmee.

Rawley, who will compete in the 183-pound weight class, is the lone East County area weightlifter to qualify for this year’s tournament.

After picking up weights for the first time in competition last winter, Rawley was five pounds away from qualifying for last year’s regional tournament. She was devastated by the outcome and made it a personal goal to

qualify for this year’s state tournament.

“I never thought I would make it this far,” Rawley said. “I was in shock. I am beyond proud of myself.” nnn

Congratulations to Tim Sheredy, who runs the Tim Sheredy Golf Institute out of the River Club Golf Course, for being named one of the Top 25 elite junior golf coaches in the country. Sheredy was honored for his work in helping players, ages 13-18, move from the junior ranks to the college ranks.

Lakewood Ranch sophomore Sophia Warren, who helped lead the Mustangs to the state tournament for the first time since 2008, is one of the more than 30 students Sheredy trains on a routine basis. Since he started coaching nearly 20 years ago, Sheredy has coached a pair of American Junior Golf Association Players of the Year and 43 AJGA All-Americans, among numerous others.

“I was extremely proud,” Sheredy said. “All of the hard work and students’ successes was acknowledged.”

Jen Blanco is the Sports Editor for the East County Observer. Contact her at jblanco@ yourobserver.com.

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48-44 loss to Palmetto in the Class 7A-District 11 championship Jan. 29 might have changed the travel plans for the Lakewood Ranch girls basketball team, but not their main goal.

“Our goal is still the same, to win a state championship,” said Mustangs coach Tina Hadley.

Instead of hosting a firstround, Region 3 quarterfinal, Lakewood Ranch travels to Riverdale-Fort Myers to play 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4.

Palmetto rallied to beat the No. 1-seeded Mustangs, who scored the game’s first 12 points. Tied at 44-44 with 44 seconds to play, Palmetto scored the game’s final four points.

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The chamber held its annual clay shoot Jan. 29, at Ancient Oak Gun Club in East County. Members were invited to compete for prizes, bet on silent auction items and chow down on barbecue.

Ken Patton and Byron Teates, both of Turner Tree and Landscape, tied for top shooting honors, hitting all 50 targets.

Don and Vanessa Baugh, owners of Vanessa’s Fine Jewelry, competed in the tournament. Don Baugh said he has been shooting a long time, but Vanessa just picked up the sport six months ago.

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Dancer takes steps to embrace heritage Braden River Middle School student will display her talent at the Glendi Greek Festival.

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For Morgan Kirlangitis, learning about her heritage was a moving experience.

It moved her to dance.

The Braden River Middle School student is the granddaughter of The Rev. Frank Kirlangitis, who was the first full-time priest and founder of the annual Glendi Greek Festival at St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church in Sarasota.

As the church prepares for the 32nd annual festival, Morgan is practicing her dance steps.

She is a traditional Greek dancer for her church and has been perfecting her style since she was in kindergarten.

“You grow so connected to it,” she said. “You get connected to the church and being Greek.”

Along with 18 other students from the congregation who were taught by instructor Samira Choueiri, she will perform traditional dances at this year’s festival, held Thursday, Feb. 4 through Sunday, Feb. 7.

The Rev. Kirlangitis, who is now retired, has watched the festival grow from a small church

IF YOU GO 32nd annual Glendi Greek Festival

When: Thursday, Feb. 4 through Saturday, Feb. 6, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 7, noon to 8 p.m.

Where: St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, 7671 N. Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota Cost: Donations accepted Thursday; $4 for adults; children under 12 free Friday and Saturday.

gathering to one that attracts thousands of people who come to experience Greek food, culture and tradition. He’s also watched his granddaughter grow to love her heritage.

“She’s part of this so much,” he said. “We’re proud of her continuation.”

Morgan said that most Greek parents strongly encourage their children to stay involved with activities, such as traditional dance, but after sticking with it she realized she loved it.

“I get a lot of joy showing that to people,” she said.

Her interest in dance began when she watched her older sister, Mattea, begin lessons. Morgan always has looked up to her

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Jasmin Dakkak, a Pine View School student; Morgan Kirlangitis, a Braden River Middle School student, and Jenna Choueiri, a Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences student, show off traditional dances and costumes at a festival preview Jan. 21.

older sister. Once Mattea started dancing, Morgan followed.

Her sister didn’t dance for long, but the passion stuck with Morgan.

“A lot of young people don’t have that love of Greek dancing, but she fell in love with it,” her grandfather said.

There are more than 4,000 versions of traditional Greek dances, with moves and garments varying by region. St. Barbara’s dancers buy their costumes from Greek tailors and have them shipped to the United States.

The festival will highlight Greek foods, drinks, music and crafts.

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– JAY HEATER

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Above: Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Gordon gets encouraging words from Marine Cpl. Josh Langston-White before teeing off.

Left: Army Capt. Bobby Withers lost his leg in an anti-personnel mine explosion on his third deployment to Afghanistan.

Jerry and Nancy Foley of Rosedale show their patriotism before playing in the golf tournament.

Coral LeBon and Jada Banks of Braden River Elementary School’s Girl Scout Troop 180 hand out snack boxes.

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rmy Capt. Bobby Withers looked over the long line of golf carts, stuffed with people who came to the Homes For Our Troops benefit golf tournament at the Rosedale Golf and Country Club Jan. 30.

Simply put, he could feel the love.

Withers lost his right leg and much of his left leg when he stepped on a land mine during an enemy attack at Bagram Airbase on May 29, 2010.

“It’s easy to come home and feel forgotten,” said Withers, who was presented a new home in Winter Garden in November by Homes For Our Troops. “Today reminds you what you went over there for. It’s incredible. Your time is your most valuable resource, and it is something you can’t get back. These folks could be doing anything else today.

“It is fantastic that a community like this has our back.”

Tournament volunteer Bill Kennedy noted, “It works both ways.”

Indeed, tournament director Kathi Skelton noted that the 132 tournament spots sold out in four days. “It’s wonderful that the community has embraced this event,” she said.

Along with Withers, Marine Cpl. Josh Langston-White, of Crystal River, and Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Gordon, of Clermont, also played in the tournament and have been qualified in the program to receive new homes. Lanston-White lost both of his legs above the knee in Afghanistan and Gordon lost his right leg when a roadside bomb hit his vehicle in Iraq.

The Homes For Our Troops mission is “to build mortgage-free, specially adapted homes nationwide for severely injured veterans post9/11, to enable them to rebuild their lives.”

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GREEK GLENDI FESTIVAL Runs from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, at St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, 7671 N. Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota. Patrons can experience the sights, sounds and tastes that define the traditional Greek way of life.

Festivities include Hellenic dancing demonstrations, Greek cuisine, tours of the church, shopping and more.

Donations accepted for admission Thursday, cost is $4 Friday through Sunday.

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COMMUNITY FRIDAY, FEB. 5

JONATHAN CORTEZ Plays from 9 p.m. to midnight at the Polo Grill and Bar, 10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch. For more information, visit pologrillandbar.com.

SATURDAY, FEB. 6

RUMMAGE SALE Runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Heritage Harbour’s Beacon Lake Soccer Field. At least one charitable organization will have a truck on site and residents/vendors are welcome to donate unsold items to the charity after the sale. For information, call the Stoneybrook Rec Center at 750-9688.

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LEARN TO FISH SEMINAR Runs in two sessions, 10 to 11 a.m. or 2 to 3 p.m. at Summerfield Park Pavilion. Experienced fishermen from the Lakewood Ranch Anglers Club will teach children techniques to help them catch fish. Participants who complete the seminar will receive a free rod and reel, compliments of Fish Florida. Quantities are limited to the first 125 children to register. This event is for children ages 5 to 15. Register at lwrcac. com.

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MONDAY, FEB. 8

ORCHID WORKSHOP Starts at 1 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. The Gardeners Out East Garden Club invites the public to learn how to pot orchids with Helen Pausenwein, a member of the Florida Orchid Growers.

Pausenwein also will discuss the care of orchids. Orchids will be sold for $25 or those who bring their own orchid will be charged $15 for potting. For information, contact Flossie Paul at 536-0974.

COMMUNITY GARDEN MEETING Starts at 6 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. Organizers of a community garden at Greenbrook Adventure Park will share an overview of the garden, seek input and request volunteers for managing the garden, which they hope to open in February. For more information, contact Joe Sidiski at 756-7270.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10

CEO SQUAWK BOX Runs from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance office, 8430 Enterprise Circle, Suite 140. Enjoy breakfast while hearing from the CEO of The Patterson Foundation, Debra Jacobs. Seating is limited. Cost is $20. For information, visit lwrba. org.

THURSDAY, FEB. 11

‘THE ADDAMS FAMILY’ Shows at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11 through Feb. 13 and at 2 p.m.

Feb. 14 at Lakewood Ranch High School, 5500 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. Lakewood Ranch High School theater students will bring to life the theater production of “The Addams Family” based on the book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa. Cost is $10 for adults or $5 for students. For information, call the box office at 727-6100, Ext. 189.

FRIDAY, FEB. 12

SALES TRAINING Runs from 9 a.m. to noon at the Manatee Chamber of Commerce’s Lakewood Ranch office at the McClure Center, 4215 Concept Court, Bradenton. Learn the skills and effective ways to generate new business and increase earnings at “Help me sell and close the deal today” by Duwayne Keller of Dale Carnegie Training. Cost is $39 for Manatee Chamber members and Manatee Young Professionals; $34 for nonprofit members and $49 for nonmembers. Reservations are required to Lisa Reeder at 7483411 or manateechamber.com/ events.

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FATHER-DAUGHTER DANCE Runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Gene Witt Elementary, 200 Rye Road E., Bradenton. Fathers can lead their daughters to the dance floor as they wear their best formal outfits. The event is free to attend. For information, call 741-3628.

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FUSION GROW Starts at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 12 and ends at 11 a.m. Feb. 13, at Bayside Community Church, 15800 State Road 64 E., Bradenton. The overnight event is for students in sixth through eighth grades.

It aims to help students master the basics of prayer, worship and discovering spiritual gifts. Cost is $20. For information, contact Jen Karow at jen.karow@mybayside. church or visit baysidecommunity.org.

FRIDAY, FEB. 12 – SUNDAY, FEB. 28

CIRCUS SARASOTA Opens at 7 p.m. on Feb. 12 with winter performances through Feb. 28 at Nathan Benderson Park, 140 University Town Center Drive, Sarasota. Show times vary by date. Come out for an evening under the Big Top to see incredible circus acts. Tickets range from $15 to $55. Parking costs $5 per vehicle. To purchase tickets and for information and performance times, visit circusarts.org.

SUNDAY, FEB. 14

FALAFEL WITH YOAV Runs from noon to 1 p.m. at Chabad of Bradenton, 5712 Lorraine Road, Bradenton. The event offers a kosher falafel lunch prepared by Yoav Cohen. Cost is $5 for all the falafel you can eat. For information, visit chabadofbradenton.com.

FUNDRAISERS MONDAY, FEB. 15

GOLD LUNCHEON AND FASHION SHOW Starts at 11:30 a.m. at the Polo Grill and Bar, 10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch. The Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida will present this runway show sporting fashions by boutiques such as Clever Rose, Panache, Trebor Style and Ana Molinari. Sheri Nadelman will provide musical entertainment. Tickets cost $90 per person. Event sponsorships are available. For information, call 921-5358 or visit gsgcf.org/ donors/special-events/gl.

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Fans can enjoy music on both sides of the river. The It Works Stage, 10th Avenue and Riverside Drive in Palmetto, will showcase Christian music performer Brandon Heath, while Beatlemania Now takes fans back in time at the Riverwalk Main Stage. Both main event shows start at 4:30 p.m. Other music performers will be featured throughout the day on both sides of the river.

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Cost is $75 for premier seating that includes a catered lunch by the Polo Grill and an open bar; $50 for premium seating and a catered lunch; or $10 general admission. Also, a $50 premier tailgating parking slip is available that fits two vehicles on the pavilion side. Admission is not included in the premier tailgating parking slip. For more information, call 302-0933 or go to natesanimalrescue.org.

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TASTE OF MIXON Runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Mixon Fruit Farms, 2525 27th St. E., Bradenton. Mixon Fruit Farms hosts a free taste tour of select wines, cheeses, honey, jellies and other snacks. For more information, call 748-5829.

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The Women's Golf Association of the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club held a fundraising tournament — Think Pink — to raise money for the Suncoast Chapter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer awareness.

Approximately 210 club members participated, with more than $40,000 raised.

“As cases of breast cancer increase, this event has more meaning than ever,” said event chairwoman Lisa Deutsch.

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The school’s students again were able to enjoy playing in the white stuff when the annual tradition was held Jan 29. The snow was real, albeit manmade. Students from each grade spent a half hour outside playing in a snow pile and inner tubing down a snowy slope in the school’s front yard.

Middle school students involved in student government volunteered to help the younger kids go down the slope. They also served snacks. “We really push that if you’re in government, you’re serving,” said preschool teacher Dixie Sounders.

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home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch topped all transactions in this week’s real estate. Kenneth and Wendy Diamond, of St. Petersburg, sold their home at 12807 Deacons Place to Dean and Nancy Kudich, of Lakewood Ranch, for $743,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,849 square feet of living area.

Jesus and Sonia Mendoza, of Sarasota, sold their home at 6415 189th St. E., to Horst and Gloria Gerner, of Bradenton, for $720,000. Built in 2009, it has four bedrooms, three-anda-half baths and 4,017 square feet of living area.

GREENBROOK VILLAGE

James Fink, of Placida, sold the home at 15110 Sundial Place to Alessandro and Patricia Giannini, of Lakewood Ranch, for $665,000. Built in 2006, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,180 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $765,000 in 2006.

LWR Rentals LLC sold the home at 13851 Wood Duck Circle to Juergen and Linda Lafrenz, of Bradenton, for $432,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,578 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $349,900 in 2011.

Steven and Sheena Lambright, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 14125 Nighthawk Terrace to Louis and Shelly Harvey, of Lakewood Ranch, for $375,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,283 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $277,000 in 2010.

13659 Legends Walk Terrace A4142716 $925,000 Lorraine Neal

1801 97th Street NW A4130034 $775,000 Lynne Callahan & Debbie Vogler

David and Maribel Coughran, of Bradenton, sold their home at 15409 Lemon Fish Drive to Alexander and Kimberly Pastewski, of Bradenton, for $337,500. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,081 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $193,000 in 2010.

Loretta Milazzo and Tara and Kenneth Broderick sold their home at 14135 Cattle Egret Place to Gregory Bridgham and Sarah Canning-Bridgham, of Lakewood Ranch, for $327,500.

Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,068 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $265,000 in 2014.

U.S. Bank trust, trustee, sold the home at 6204 Burrowing Owl Cove to Teresa Hanes, of Bradenton, for $262,000. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,859 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $223,000 in 2002.

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WCI Communities LLC sold the home at 5122 Tidewater Preserve Blvd. to Louis Casella, of Bradenton, for $658,800.

Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,565 square feet of living area.

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13404 Blythefield Terrace A4138754 $875,000 Laurie Jarema

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WCI Communities LLC sold the home at 1115 Bearing Court to Adam and Stephanie Barlow, of Bradenton, for $569,400.

Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,026 square feet of living area.

Ben and Stacey Eby, of Janesville, Wis., sold their home at 906 Riverscape St. to James Fowler, of Wolcott, N.Y., for $528,400. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,780 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $438,600 in 2014.

WCI Communities LLC sold the home at 1112 Bearing Court to William and Stacie Schmidt, of Bradenton, for $477,100.

Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,749 square feet of living area.

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Phyllis Johnston and Brenda Beahm sold their home at 10638 Restoration Terrace to Donna and Henry Lasseter, of Bradenton, for $615,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,057 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $518,000 in 2009.

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

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

6809 Turnberry Isle Court A4136281 $674,000 Theresa Meyers

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6539 The Masters Avenue A4143469 $579,000 Judy Browning

STANHOPE GATE

Norman and Victoria Todd, of Osprey, sold their home at 6914 Stanhope Place to James and Sheryl Cobb and Robert Stuffings, of University Park, for $612,000. Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,951 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $480,000 in 2014.

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Rebecca Bowman sold the home at 12622 Fontana Loop to Dean and Wendy Van Zegeren, of Bradenton, for $545,000.

Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,587 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $424,700 in 2013.

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Ashton Tampa Residential LLC sold the home at 4907 Tobermory Way to Ngaire Lovenduski, of Bradenton, for $530,100.

Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,536 square feet of living area.

WCI Communities LLC sold the home at 10656 Glencorse Terrace to Nobu and Kwisoon Fukui, of Bradenton, for $435,200. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,507 square feet of living area.

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4239 Riverview Boulevard A4138112 $550,000 Kathy Valente

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-685-6767

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LOCAL LEGACY. GLOBAL VISION. 130 Riviera Dunes Way 1004 A4134586 $525,000 Jody Shinn

6202 193rd Street E A4139273 $1,549,000 Tina Ciaccio

Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-705-5704

523 Manatee Avenue A4142239 $525,000 Cyndi Hoopingarner

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Ellenton 941-748-6300 941-773-6575

Panther Ridge 941-907-9595 941-685-8420

13212 Brown Thrasher Pike A4136645 $469,000 Jane Ebury

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

11219 Rivers Bluff Circle A4137291 $425,000 Erica Thomas

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

7718 Lake Vista Court 408 A4138313 $375,000 Bryan Dwyer

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

13322 Torresina Terrace A4140395 $365,000 Ralph & Megg Faillace

Lakewood Ranch 941-748-6300 713-9142 or 713-9144

7134 Spikerush Court A4142243 $425,000 Kimberly Walters

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

7760 Us Open Loop A4143883 $399,900 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

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

7824 Heritage Classic Court A4132726 $364,900 Diane Fogo Harter

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

8113 Miramar Way 201 A4142724 $359,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

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

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E AST CO U N T Y ADDRESS PERMIT 8027 Warwick Gardens Lane Re-roof

APPLICANT Philip Marblestone

8492 Lindrick Lane

Garage

James Cole

$38,500

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20826 Parkstone Terrace

Fence

Louis Marinaccio

$38,000

6174 Ninth Ave. Circle N.E.

Re-roof

Robert Shusko

$35,000

5817 Carriage Drive

Remodel

Robert Catineau

$30,600

13405 Third Ave. N.E.

Re-roof

Donald Banks

$24,450

4319 Pro Am Ave. E.

Mechanical

Robert Gilmore

$22,219

6651 Oakbrooke Circle

Re-roof

Victoria Paoli

$17,500

9935 Cherry Hills Ave. Circle

Re-roof

Scott Gadeken

$15,750

5205 Bentgrass Way

Pool Cage

Vasilios Stavrou

$15,108

7215 Kensington Court

Remodel

Ronald Mason

$15,000

7907 49th Ave. E.

Re-roof

Cheryl Brady

$13,300

9217 65th Ave. E.

Re-roof

Sandra Rosenthal

$13,000

211 Heritage Preserve Run

Pool Cage

Orville Vladika Jr.

$12,972

6681 Coopers Hawk Court

Pool Cage

Sharon Noel

$11,940

6504 93rd St. E.

Re-roof

George Lamirata

$10,900

7908 Estates Drive

Mechanical

John Lucido

$10,625

14208 11th Terrace N.E.

Mechanical

Todd Albrecht

$10,274

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15311 Skip Jack Loop

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Charles Sell

$9,400

8705 Stone Harbour Loop

6003 93rd St. Circle E.

Re-roof

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$9,300

A4142843 $319,000

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BRADEN OAKS

Larry and Nancy Futch sold their home at 6519 The Masters Ave. to John and Jill Nealon, of Bradenton, for $500,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,511 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $418,000 in 2014.

Michael and Karen Richards, of Bradenton, sold their home at 3505 62nd St. E. to Robert and Angelina Smith, of Bradenton, for $485,000. Built in 1985, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 3,309 square feet of living area.

8448 Miramar Way A4142539 $379,000 SEE REAL ESTATE PAGE 10B

2257 50th Street Circle E A4141607 $258,900 Ryndie Brusco

5528 105th Terrace E A4140393 $210,900 Margaret Ann Quinlan

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

University Park 941-907-9595 941-400-4219

Palmetto 941-951-6660 941-809-6913

Parrish 941-907-9595 941-350-2833

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

4810 61st Avenue Drive W 27-A A4129351 $240,000 Ralph & Megg Faillace

7421 7th Avenue W A4131760 $209,900 Joanne Jenkins

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

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

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-228-7878

6215 Macaw Glen A4141694 $289,000 Bryan Dwyer

3224 10th Lane W A4135659 $235,000 Vicki Gill

2607 Waterford Way B A4127192 $139,000 Dana Preston

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

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

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

20015 77th Avenue E A4114667 $2,250,000 Larry Mitchell

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

2202 Palma Sola Boulevard A4119059 $1,999,900 Debbie Vogler

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-705-3328

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

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

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

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

6943 Winners Circle A4126251 $1,395,000 Tina Ciaccio

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

711 Hillcrest Drive A4140670 $1,200,000 Pam Taylor

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-920-2301

Palmetto 941-748-6300 863-529-7922

Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-705-5510

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

Bradenton 941.748.6300 • Lakewood Ranch 941.907.9595 • IMG Academy 941.752.2683

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7957 St Simons Street 7957 A4134967 $329,900 Catherine Lamphier

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Kirk and Keri Langlois, of Bradenton, sold their home at 721 148th Court N.E., to Valerie and David Isaacks, of Bradenton, for $456,500. Built in 2011, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,101 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $405,000 in 2014.

Carla Bob, trustee, of Fairfax, Va., sold the home at 14749 Second Ave. Circle N.E., to Darrell and Mary Stinger, of Bradenton, for $415,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,499 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $439,900 in 2007.

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Allan Kersten, trustee, sold the home at 7351 Kensington Court to Albert and Myra Burstein, of Sparks, Nev., for $409,000. Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,035 square feet of living area.

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William and Brenda Brown, of Gallatin, Tenn., sold their home at 17108 Fourth Ave. E., to Robert and Carla Hulderman, of Bradenton, for $405,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,405 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $366,200 in 2013.

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Larry and Brenda Rogers, of Palmetto, sold their home at 702 Woodview Way to Martin and Araseli Stanley, of Bradenton, for $348,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,659 square feet of living area.

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River Park at Mote Ranch Michael and Kathleen Del Signore, trustees, of Watertown, N.Y., sold the home at 6159 Palomino Circle to Lauren Ursone, of University Park, for $325,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,266 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $315,000 in 2014.

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Erica Hicks, of Las Vegas, sold her home at 6816 71st St. E., to Gregory and Angela Braasch, of Bradenton, for $300,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,272 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $275,100 in 2005.

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Richard Torrington, of Sarasota, sold the home at 12554 Cara Cara Loop to IH6 Property Florida LP for $290,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,280 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $450,000 in 2006.

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SUMMERFIELD VILLAGE

Carey Williams, of Bradenton, sold the home at 12630 Rockrose Glen to Adam and Emmanuelle Cecil, of Bradenton, for $285,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,823 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $203,000 in 2009.

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Joan Bohling, of Bradenton, sold her home at 7116 Drewrys Bluff to Joyce Wilson, of Bradenton, for $268,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,945 square feet of living area.

Lauretta Pierson sold her home at 5803 White Oak Bayou Court to Robert and Mary Ruda, of Bradenton, for $229,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,572 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $190,000 in 2011.

COUNTRY OAKS

Frea Cohen-Methvin and Ramon Alvarez, of Bradenton, sold their home at 5002 80th Ave. Plaza E., to Fred and Sheryl Phillips, of Deltona, for $243,000. Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,400 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $100,000 in 2012.

PALM AIRE AT SARASOTA

Monte Berkoff, trustee, of Lake Worth, sold the Unit V-159 condominium at 7112 Fairway Bend Circle to Mark Steinberg and Marilyn Steinberg, of Sarasota, for $212,000. Built in 1979, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,756 square feet. It previously sold for $107,500 in 1982.

NORTH MANATEE CREEKSIDE PRESERVE

Rickey and Jennifer Barnett, of Parrish, sold their home at 8944 39th St. Circle E., to Daniel and Kristina Furey, of Parrish, for $370,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,966 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $260,500 in 2013.

GAMBLE CREEK ESTATES

Debra Vought, of Geneseo, Ill., sold her home at 13168 50th Court E., to JoAnn Bryant, of Parrish, for $310,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,042 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $282,400 in 2011.

HARRISON RANCH

Michael and Michelle Clary, of Port Charlotte, sold their home at 9807 46th Court E., to David and Melissa Smallwood, of Parrish, for $305,000. Built in 2012, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 3,160 square feet.

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Peridia | 4/2.1 | $319,900 Sue Brite 866.600.6008 469883 Open Sun 1-4 | 4822 Peridia E Blvd Search A4130725 on CBHomes.com

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Summerfield Village | 3/2 | $274,000 Tina Renta 866.600.6008 501699 Open Sun 1-4 | 6560 Meandering Way Search A4142569 on CBHomes.com

Sarasota Spgs | 3/2 | $259,900 Randall Marks 866.600.6008 467486 Open Sun 1:30-4 | 4553 Linwood St Search A4143136 on CBHomes.com

Manatee Oaks | 3/2 | $254,900 Sue Brite 866.600.6008 468988 Open Sun 1-4 | 3116 50th Avenue E Dr Search A4143156 on CBHomes.com

River Strand | 3/2 | $254,900 Kyle Henson 866.600.6008 355263 Open Sun 1-4 | 404 Winding Brook Lane Search A4134241 on CBHomes.com

River Wilderness | 3/3 | $599,000 Judy Aarnes, P.A. 866.600.6008 476706 New | 11446 Savannah Lakes Dr Search A4140004 on CBHomes.com

Panther Ridge | 3/2.1 | $545,000 Dee Silvestrini 866.600.6008 481881 New | 22610 Night Heron Way Search A4143056 on CBHomes.com

Stoneybrook at Heritage | 3/2 | $379,900 Gary Hoskins 866.600.6008 500118 New | 222 Heritage Isles Way Search A4140347 on CBHomes.com

Sterling Lake | 4/2.1 | $335,900 Frank Castrogiovanni 866.600.6008 501641 New | 215 65th E Ave Search A4142820 on CBHomes.com

Isles of Sarasota | 3/3 | $319,000 Donna Rogers 866.600.6008 492688 New | 1544 Ernesto Dr Search A4142868 on CBHomes.com

Lake Sarasota | 3/2 | $269,900 Mickey Schweitzer 866.600.6008 468743 New | 3965 Hina Dr Search A4142975 on CBHomes.com

River Sound | 3/2 | $255,000 Jessica Ross 866.600.6008 484477 New | 1643 White Breeze Cv Search A4143463 on CBHomes.com

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