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VOLUME 24, NO. 23

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County goes with the flow Manatee County expands technology use to improve traffic conditions. SEE PAGE 3

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Ella Dyer and Stella Guido

Coasting to end of school year Ella Dyer, a fifth grader at Gilbert W. McNeal Elementary in Lakewood Ranch, capped her school year April 13 with a school trip to Busch Gardens.

Dyer, along with the rest of the fifth grade, enjoyed several roller coasters and other activities at Busch Gardens as the class celebrated its final days of elementary school before moving to middle school.

Dyer took several photos throughout the day, including a selfie with her friend Stella Guido to commemorate the trip.

“The rides were very thrilling, and it was most fun being with all my friends,” Dyer said.

Juggling lessons Circus performers give ODA students a three-ring physics lesson. SEE PAGE 8

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Junior Christian Ordetx tries his hand at juggling during an ODA field trip to the Circus Arts Conservatory in Sarasota to learn about physics.

Rob Scheer, CEO and founder of Comfort Cases, speaks at Esplanade.

More East County restaurants coming

Esplanade offers foster children uplifting gift About 150 Esplanade residents turned out for an April 12 packing party and helped fill backpacks for children in the foster care system at this year’s Esplanade Gives Back event.

The annual event was accomplished through a partnership with the charity Comfort Cases.

“To say that I am proud of what the Esplanade community has done to surpass our goal of 1,000 cases for Comfort Cases is an understatement,” said Rob Commissar, Esplanade’s lifestyle director.

Comfort Cases CEO Rob Scheer (above) thanked the Esplanade community and accepted the gifts, which came to 1,250 backpacks and $45,000.

Scheer was a foster child himself and homeless at the age of 18.

Culver’s and Tropical Smoothie among businesses headed to State Road 64/Pope Road shopping center.

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Steve and Dori Sherman expect to open their Culver’s on Pope Road in early December.

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Feeling CERTain in an emergency Lakewood Ranch CERT members receive emergency training from the experts.

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s local residents were picking up their first fire extinguishers as trainees with the Lakewood Ranch Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), a real-life emergency was developing in Port Manatee with the emergence of a large scrapyard fire.

Although the fire, which broke out on April 7, was not a threat to those nearby, plumes of smoke could be seen for long distances, and the attention of several fire departments was required.

“It does keep you mindful that something can always happen,” CERT President Jim Emanuelson said.

Emanuelson and his wife, Karen, had already learned that lesson in 2017 after moving to Lakewood Ranch from the Midwest the year before.

Initially, the couple didn’t realize the extent to which natural disasters had the potential to interrupt the community, but their thinking changed when Hurricane Irma made landfall and moved north through the state.

Although the damage to Manatee County was minimal, the couple saw a need in the community for greater emergency preparedness. In 2018, they decided to join Lakewood Ranch CERT, and in 2020, Jim became president and Karen became communications manager. Jim said Lakewood Ranch CERT has approximately 200 members, and that adding to and replenishing the membership base is always a priority.

The basic training course, which took place from March 30 to April 7, drew enthusiastic praise from those in attendance.

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“I hope I never have to use my training. I hope there’s never a tornado or a hurricane that comes through this area where our services would be needed.

But if it does happen, I’m going to be there.”

— Cindy Pierce

wood Ranch Community Emergency Response Team, Lakewood Ranch’s Cindy Pierce is confident she can help her community in a crisis.

“I’m so excited to be a part of CERT,” Pierce said. “I hope I never have to use my training. I hope there’s never a tornado or a hurricane that comes through this area where our services would be needed. But if it does happen, I’m going to be there.

I’m going to be there to help my community, and that’s why I signed up for the class.”

CERT is designed to train members of the community to supplement the operations of Manatee County’s Emergency Management through skills that include fire safety, search and rescue and medical interventions. CERT also educates the public on disaster preparedness.

It has been described by Emergency Management Chief Steve Litschauer as his “eyes and ears on the ground.”

Upon graduation of training, Pierce was given a backpack containing supplies including a hardhat, safety goggles, work gloves, a whistle, a hydration pack and bandages. She’s prepared if ever called to service.

The course began with three training sessions at the Lakewood Ranch

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WHO CAN JOIN?

Those who live in the community development districts of Lakewood Ranch can join the organization. Membership is free of charge, and districts include: n CDD1 (Summerfield) n CDD2 and CDD5 (Country Club

and Edgewater) n CDD4 (Greenbrook) n CDD6 (Country Club)

Courses this year n 6:30-9:30 p.m. June 16 and June 23 and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 18 and June 25 n 6:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 13 and Oct. 27 and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 15 and Oct. 29

Town Hall before concluding at the East Manatee Fire Rescue Station 1.

East Manatee Fire Rescue provides instruction on fire safety and utility control as well as light search and rescue operations. Beginning with presentations from Lt. Chad Gamble at the station, the final day of the course moved on to exercises

What do members receive? n CERT ID n Handheld emergency radio n Search and rescue outfit with gloves, identifying vest and helmet n CERT backpack with first-aid and search and rescue supplies n Hydration pack For more information, email cert@ lwrcert.org or call 404-8606.

that Jim Emanuelson said were some of the most action-heavy sessions.

Emanuelson also said fire rescue created a dummy that CERT members had to extracting from rubble; they folded a fire hose into the shape of a person.

“They even drew a little face on it, which was kind of funny,” Emanuel-

son said. “It was very heavy.”

Using piles of wood to simulate concrete slabs, Gamble taught the class about cribbing and blocking.

Cribbing refers to building a structure underneath the object being manipulated in order to create a stable foundation. Blocking refers to leveraging the object when cribbing is not sufficient.

Lakewood Ranch’s Sudi Hirmanpour, who participated in the training, said the rescue exercise was a mental and physical challenge.

“It’s so difficult because removing one object can have an unexpected effect on all of the other objects,” Hirmanpour said. “It can create collapses that would crush the victim.

You cannot just take a car jack and lift it up. You lift, stabilize, then you go an inch up, stabilize, another inch, lift and then stabilize. That’s a good lesson to learn.”

Lakewood Ranch’s Mike Roger said the exercise was effective in pointing out mistakes CERT members must avoid.

“Probably the most important thing is assessing the scene to make sure it’s safe for us,” Roger said.

Roger’s team did not notice an electrical cord underneath the materials, which in reality could have been a live wire.

“That was a real eye-opener,” he said. “We made some mistakes, but we learn from them, right? We’re not going to repeat them. So, that’s the great part about training.”

For Hirmanpour, the fire extinguisher exercise was also informative.

“It’s nice to get a sense of what those extinguishers feel like,” Hirmanpour said. “Once you know how to use it, then it’s easy.”

CERT instructor Nigel Pilling said being trained at the station differentiates Lakewood Ranch’s CERT program from others. An instructor since 2018, Pilling manages the training committee and organizes the four-day training program. He said he accomplishes it with plenty of help from East County Fire Rescue, as well as emergency management from Manatee and Sarasota counties.

“It’s something that contributes to the success and the ongoing engagement of the people who come through this program,” Pilling said.

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Clarke Davis is deputy director of Traffic Management at Manatee County Public Works.

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The intersection of 44th Avenue and White Eagle Boulevard includes both Adaptive Signal Control Technology, which has sensors to determine traffic flow, and Leading Pedestrian Intervals, which give pedestrians periods to cross with all traffic stopped.

County expands efforts to keep traffic flowing Manatee County’s award-winning Traffic Engineering Division steps up efforts to fight snarls.

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However, he said the new technology that led to the award will continue to boost speeds on the roadway while maintaining safety.

He said his department’s advancements in technology date back to 2010, when the Florida Department of Transportation began funding the Advanced Traffic Management System in Manatee County.

“That laid the groundwork for a lot of things that we do,” he said.

“Since that point onward, the county’s staff has strategically continued investment (in technology). As our new projects come, we incorporate those things.”

Since 2010, the county has been installing Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures, which provide real-time and historical data about the use of traffic lights, and Adaptive Signal Control Technology, which allows traffic signals to adapt to the changing uses of roadways.

Kakkad also highlighted some of the projects that will increase pedestrian safety, especially amid increasing levels of traffic, such as the Leading Pedestrian Intervals being implemented on multiple roadways, including the intersection of 44th Avenue and White Eagle Boulevard in Lakewood Ranch. Pedestrians are

“When I started my engineering career, there was no Google Street. It was the old-fashioned, go out in the field and do the dirty work.”

— Vishal Kakkad

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Vishal Kakkad, the traffic engineering division manager in Manatee County, said the county is making headway when it comes to using technology to lessen traffic congestion.

In March, the division was named a co-winner with the Florida Department of Transportation of the Agency Improvement Award from the National Operations Center of Excellence. The center is a partnership of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, with support from the Federal Highway Administration.

“It made me proud of my team,” Kakkad said of the award. “They make it work. It is a national industry recognition of our efforts we are making in our small part of our world here.”

Whether Manatee County residents understand that effort is debatable. The region’s growth can overwhelm Manatee County’s best efforts to relieve traffic congestion.

Offering an example of rising traffic levels, Kakkad said the volume on East County’s Upper Manatee River Road is more than 20,000 vehicles each day, while just five years ago it was closer to 10,000 vehicles a day.

Vishal Kakkad is Traffic Engineering Division manager in Manatee County.

The Traffic Control room in the Public Safety Building on 47th Terrace East is responsible for day-to-day management of traffic signals.

TRAFFIC CHECK

To view CCTV feeds of local traffic, visit SmartTrafficinfo.org This website brings together video feeds from Manatee and Sarasota counties to provide drivers with clearer expectations of road conditions.

Visitors will find a dashboard that includes a map with video camera locations, a Twitter feed with the latest updates on road incidents and closures, and a list of major events. Also included are external links that include a map showcasing travel times on different roads and real-time bus info.

“The idea is, make an informed decision,” Vishal Kakkad said about the website. “If you want to go and take a route on July for a weekend, or if you have family visiting, or if you want to go to the beach, click some of those cameras and see how the route is where you’re going to or coming from.”

In 2019, the website earned honors from the Intelligent Transportation Society of Florida, an event which was recognized by the Board of County Commissioners.

Those who suspect a malfunction in traffic light timing can call 311.

given time to cross the intersection when all lanes of traffic are stopped.

However, the most important addition to helping the traffic flow came in 2019, when Manatee County implemented ASCT measures at 20 intersections through a $1 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration.

According to the county’s statistics, ASCT typically lowers travel

times by as much as 20% when it comes to passing through busy intersections. Kakkad said ASCT is used on University Parkway, among other busy roads, and soon will be coming to most intersections along 44th Avenue and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

MANAGING CONGESTION

Clarke Davis, deputy director of traffic management at Manatee County Public Works, said the technology systems can help manage congestion in major areas such as State Road 70, University Parkway, State Road 64, US 41 and DeSoto Bridge, US 301, Cortez Road, Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, 53rd Avenue West, Lockwood Ridge Road and Upper Manatee River Road. He said Lorraine Road is also sensitive to interstate conditions.

“The day the bad thing happens on I-75, you’re more likely to need to make an adjustment,” he said of motorists clogging other arteries when forced off the interstate.

Signals using Adaptive Signal Control Technology have special hardware and software to continuously monitor the traffic corridors and can adjust their timing based on the information they receive.

Fiber-optic cables, which connect 95% of traffic signals in the county, communicate with the county’s traffic center to allow staff members to make adjustments, as well as communicate with the other signals to improve timing.

In simple terms, if few cars are using one cross street, the green light allows traffic to flow along the busier road.

Davis said that while the computer systems at these traffic lights are helpful for managing traffic, the public must not underestimate the work the department performs, including intervening in the decisions of the computer systems.

The human element remains vital as cameras provide feedback to the traffic center.

At the Traffic Management Center,

located in the Public Safety Building on 47th Terrace East, workers sit in front of a large projection screen displaying live feeds from different roadways, examining conditions.

“You need a lot of care from our team, investment from our leaders, and growth as we continue into the future,” Kakkad said.

Kakkad said the signals can be managed from the center without any need for staff members to travel into the field.

“If there is an incident out there, then we are able to affect signal timing changes from here,” he said.

“Traditionally, we would take a slice of time, and our folks would go analyze and put in a signal timing plan.

This is the next generation.”

HUMAN ELEMENT

Davis said staff members need to intervene during an extraordinary event, such as a crash. He said operators seek to “balance” the intersection.

Sometimes, keeping a main thoroughfare open longer can be annoying for drivers on side roads, but the net benefit is that traffic keeps moving.

Feedback provided by technology is studied and more-permanent timing changes can be made. For instance, if you are waiting through three red lights to make a left-hand turn, perhaps the time on the green light can be extended.

Resident feedback is valuable as traffic patterns are studied.

Kakkad said if motorists encounter traffic signals where the timing appears to indicate a malfunction, they should call 311, for the division’s staff can help.

Davis said, “People will say, ‘Hey, I hit every light red today.’ They know it feels wrong. Sometimes the progression just gets messed up for one reason or another, but they usually know before us.”

Kakkad said that despite the amount of work performed behind the scene, there is still a responsibility for staff at the department to enter the field as well.

“I’m traditional from that standpoint,” Kakkad said. “When I started my engineering career, there was no Google Street. It was the old-fashioned, go out in the field and do the dirty work. I still strongly believe that no amount of aerial or picture photography is going to do you justice. You have to be there.”

Kakkad said the purpose of the live cameras at intersections is traffic monitoring, not enforcement. The cameras do not record incidents, and the responsibility of traffic enforcement rests with the Development Services Department, which operates the Red-Light-Running Program.

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“I get calls once a week from moms telling me who to put there and that the area needs more restaurants,” Wolf said.

He said by early 2023, all outlets are expected to be open, and the shopping center, which is anchored

by Publix, is set to feature multiple restaurants as well as other services.

The announced tenants are Culver’s, Wellness Animal Hospital, Tropical Smoothie, Glitz Nail Salon, Great Clips and the UPS Store.

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“That whole section on the east side doesn’t have a ton of food options. I see a lot more restaurants going in now, but it’ll be a little behind the amount of people that are there.”

— Dan Beaulieu, co-owner of a future Tropical Smoothie

sphere, when it’s private,” Krajewski said. “That’s certainly what I strive to have in my hospital. When a patient needs extra special attention, I want to be able to give that to them, and same thing with the owners. Some people need extra hand holding because of what’s going on with their loved ones, and so I need to be able to do that and not necessarily

get back into another room and see somebody else.”

Krajewski said she settled on the location of Pope Road not only because she observed a demand for veterinary services in the area but also because she saw other animal hospitals becoming overbooked and wanted to offer them relief.

“I think they’re doing a great job in that area to build a community in that area,” Krajewski said, acknowledging the apartment buildings set to be constructed in the area of the shopping center.

Wolf said the apartments will include 250 units and will open at the same time as the other businesses.

Another option for both food and drink at the shopping center will be Tropical Smoothie.

Dan Beaulieu, a co-owner of a future Tropical Smoothie, said Tropical Smoothie is one of the fastest-growing brands in the country. He said since he branched out to the restaurant after opening Five Guys restaurants in 2008, Tropical

Outparcels: n Culver’s (expect to open in December) n An Asian-themed fast-casual restaurant (expected to open in early 2023) n A retail bank (expected to open early 2023) n Wellness Animal Hospital (expected opening in October) UPS Store (late 2022 / early 2023)

Smoothie has grown from 600 to 1,000 locations nationwide.

Like others who have opened locations in the area, Beaulieu also cited its underserviced and developing nature.

“That whole section on the east side doesn’t have a ton of food options,” he said. “I see a lot more restaurants going in now, but it’ll be a little behind the amount of people that are there.”

He chose the location because he believes in its business potential.

“We just saw the growth from Lakewood Ranch heading north and started to see White Eagle Boulevard construction booming, south of that center,” Beaulieu said.

n Glitz Nail Salon (expected to open late 2022) n National dental office (opening date TBA)

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Beaulieu co-owns the restaurant with his brother Matt Beaulieu and their friend Joe Hudson. The three owners comprise the company Two Bros and a Joe. The company currently operates the Tropical Smoothie at the intersection of 57th Street East and State Road 64 and is preparing to open a third location in Manatee County.

Wolf said that overall, he expects the shopping center to succeed with the demographics in the area, which consist of numerous families.

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A common theme ran through the comments of business owners moving to the area: the underserviced nature of this part of Lakewood Ranch.

Steve Sherman, owner of the Culver’s restaurant, said that as the community grew, he began searching for a location to open in addition to the Culver’s he already operated on State Road 70. He said he and his wife, Dori , searched for several years before finally settling on the area at Pope Road.

“We fell in love with that area,” he said. “With the growth in Lakewood Ranch being so tremendous, we wanted to pioneer that area while it was new, and we took the opportunity to be one of the first in.”

The restaurant will be the first Culver’s in Florida to feature a double-lane drive-thru.

The shopping center aims to meet not only the needs of the people in the community but their animal companions as well.

Dr. Nina Krajewski, who is opening Wellness Animal Hospital in the shopping center, is anxious to start her business and “treat some furry family members.”

A native of Sarasota, Krajewski established Dr. Nina’s Animal Hospital in Sarasota in 2005 but later sold the business to a corporation.

Krajewski said she quickly realized that the corporate side of veterinary services was not suited to her way of treating patients, so she decided to build a new private practice.

“Corporations are good, and they have their place,” she said. “I think that the thing that I enjoy about a privately owned practice is you really can spend more time with the clients.

It’s not necessarily about numbers.”

Krajewski said the close-knit team that forms through a private practice like this will also be a factor in the quality of interactions with pet owners.

She wants to create a positive experience rather than simply treat patients.

“In many cases there is more personability, or I would say a little bit more of a positive type of atmo-

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Friends of the East Manatee Library is hoping the Giving Challenge will help the nonprofit meet its $65,000 goal to help provide programs and extras at the 50,000-square-foot library, which is scheduled to open mid-2023 on Rangeland Parkway in the park adjacent to Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch.

Sue Ann Miller, president of the Friends of the East Manatee Library, said the money will allow the nonprofit to provide professional development for librarians as well as purchase equipment, including a self-checkout machine, and furnishings, such as tables, chairs and bookcases. A self-checkout machine can cost about $22,000.

Giving Challenge donations will be used to support the various programs, such as a summer reading program for children, storytime sessions and creative aging classes.

“People don’t know that so much is supported by the Friends,” Miller said. “We’re kind of the quiet folks in the back making it happen.”

For some nonprofits, like Beyond the Spectrum, a nonprofit education and therapy center for children with special needs, the Giving Challenge is the biggest fundraiser of the year.

Lora Carpenter, executive director of Beyond the Spectrum, said 100% of the proceeds from the Giving Challenge go back to the nonprofit’s students to provide therapies.

“Any size donation that comes through allows us to provide more therapies,” Carpenter said. “We can have more sessions or longer sessions and ensure the children are getting the best quality they deserve.

It helps us operate from year to year on a small budget.”

Besides providing in-house therapy at Beyond the Spectrum, funds from this year’s Giving Challenge will help the nonprofit build two playgrounds.

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A PHYSICS BALANCING ACT Sarasota Circus Arts Conservatory hosts ODA students in a unique classroom setting.

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Rikki Heddig-Rolfe Meaux, a Circus Arts Conservatory coach, instructed Fincher to hold onto the hoop with her dominant hand while extending her legs and other arm so as to put her body into a straight line.

AERIAL: Rikki HeddigRolfe Meaux, a Circus Arts Conservatory coach, demonstrates potential energy using a lyra hoop.

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Law of inertia: If a body is at rest or moving at a constant speed in a straight line, it will remain at rest or continue moving in a straight line at a constant speed unless impacted by a force.

TIGHTWIRE: Kady Haley, an ODA junior, tries her best to walk across the tightwire with help from Mara Christiani, a Circus Arts Conservatory coach.

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Students got to try their hand at aerial stunts using a lyra hoop.

Kinetic energy: Students jumped onto the hoop and extended their bodies to try to make a straight line before crunching up into a ball, causing the lyra hoop to spin faster.

Potential energy: Rikki HeddigRolfe Meaux, a Circus Arts Conservatory coach, raised the hoop higher and had students try different exercises, such as hanging from the hoop and moving their legs around or hanging upside down.

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Students had fun jumping and trying to do seat drops and flips on a trampoline.

Speed: Their energy influenced how fast they jumped.

Velocity: The speed and direction in which the students moved while jumping on the trampoline demonstrated their velocity.

Acceleration: When students changed the speed or direction they were jumping, they were demonstrating acceleration.

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Students attempted to walk across a tightwire without falling.

Friction: Walking across the tightwire, students got to see how their feet sliding across the wire caused friction.

Center of mass: Students held their arms out at their sides and tried to walk the tightwire with their center of mass directly over the rope.

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Fincher then crunched her body into a ball while holding onto the hoop, making it spin.

Besides learning some cool circus tricks, she learned about kinetic and potential energy as well as gravity.

A group of junior physics students from ODA went to the Circus Arts Conservatory on April 5 to learn how physics applies to the circus arts.

“You get a different level of engagement when you’re out in the world experiencing things,” said Caitlyn Dixon, the science, technology, engineering and mathematics director at ODA. “We do a great job of incorporating labs and activities in classrooms, but students engage differently depending on what your environment is.”

Through juggling, jumping on a trampoline, walking across a tightwire and doing stunts on a hoop, students got to see how factors such as mass, friction, gravity, kinetic energy, unbalanced forces, velocity and more impact the circus arts.

“It was cool to be able to see what goes into all these tricks,” junior Reece Phillips said. “It’s definitely difficult, and it’s amazing to see how hard people work to make it all possible.”

Seeing how physics could be applied in the real world piqued some students’ interest in learning more about the subject, as well as the circus arts.

“You don’t realize how much of it you use in real life,” Fincher said.

Doing the aerial stunts on the loop was a favorite among students.

“It made me feel like a monkey,” Phillips said.

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TRAMPOLINE: Junior Felipe Baffico practices different jumps on a trampoline.

JUGGLING

For many students, visiting the Circus Arts Conservatory was their first opportunity to try juggling. They started with throwing one ball in the air before adding a second and finally a third.

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JUGGLING: Junior Thomas Vicente works on juggling three balls.

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Unbalanced forces: When a student throws the ball in the air, the forces are unbalanced. There is more force being applied to one side of the ball than the other side.

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Cool project? Yes. Walkable? Not really

T

he best-laid plans can sometimes be rather screwy.

I was walking through Fruitville Commons with Keith Gelder, whose titles include president of Stock Luxury Apartment Living and vice president of land, and shaking my head a bit as I looked left and saw Cooper’s Hawk restaurant and right to see a 105,000-square-foot storage facility. It appeared they were using a common parking lot. An odd combination at best.

Those who live in the Lakewood Ranch area and are not familiar with Fruitville Commons are likely to know it soon enough. Stock Development closed on the 42-acre property in 2018 and originally intended to use the site only for its luxury apartments. If you drive Lakewood Ranch Boulevard just short of its intersection with Fruitville Road, you will see Fruitville Commons to the right.

Indeed, it’s Sarasota County, but in some ways more Lakewood Ranch than Sarasota, even though it’s billed as a “gateway to Sarasota.”

It could just as easily be billed as the “southern gateway to Lakewood Ranch,” even if Schroeder-Manatee President and CEO Rex Jensen never drove a Lakewood Ranch flag into the dirt there. The property was not part of the SMR empire, but it pushes up against it.

The property previously was owned by the family of David Walters in a trust, and once was the potential site of a Bass Pro Shops that never materialized.

Gelder, who was a driving force behind the purchase, had an eye on Lakewood Ranch’s growth in Waterside along with Sarasota County’s willingness to develop east of Interstate 75. The extensions

of Lorraine Road and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard to Fruitville Road sweetened the pot. The apartment project morphed into a mixed-use project. But Stock Development had to follow the rules.

Fruitville Commons is within the Fruitville Initiative, which has some specific rules for builders that were formulated in 2010 and approved in 2014 for about 420 acres adjacent to I-75 and along Fruitville Road. The project aimed at realizing a mixeduse, interconnected community.

That community was expected to be free of big box stores and “highway franchise” restaurants. It was supposed to include a grid of streets promoting small town walkability and ease of access.

Fruitville Commons combines a development of upscale luxury apartments, boutique hotels, office park and retail shops. Citria, the 300-plus luxury apartment enclave

by Stock Luxury Apartment Living, is the anchor, although two hotels (with a total of 240 hotel rooms) to the south side of the parcel are on the way, including TownePlace Suites by Marriott.

Cooper’s Hawk is open now and thriving while Big Top Brewery is on the way as is Paddy Wagon Irish Pub. There are various workout businesses and spas that follow a healthy-living theme.

So back to that point about Fruitville Commons’ layout being a bit odd. I am sure those living in the immediate vicinity wanted to protect the area from becoming a host for Walmart, and Bass Pro Shops, and Target, and Home Depot. I get it.

But these New Urbanism and walkability concepts have me stumped.

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Keith Gelder, president of Stock Luxury Apartment Living and vice president of land, said Stock originally was just interested in building apartments in what became Fruitville Commons.

ment complex and one that is easy access to, well, everything. You can get on I-75 in an instant, you can take Fruitville Road into Sarasota or you can fly down Lakewood Ranch Boulevard to the north.

Walkability?

If you are going for a stroll, it’s pretty around the apartment complex and peaceful. But I don’t know how much walking the apartment residents will do to Cooper’s Hawk or Paddy Wagon or Big Top Brewery or Irma’s Tacos. Even with all the development, it just isn’t a downtown area. If you don’t own a car, you will need to take a cab for access to the things you want.

This all comes back to scratchyour-head planning. If the general public gets involved with programs such as the Fruitville Initiative, it could tie the developer’s hands when it comes to the buildout. Of course, if the public doesn’t get involved, you might have a Bass Pro Shops — not that such a project wouldn’t appeal to many of us.

In my eyes, it appears the development in that area will resemble of bunch of strip malls that are ultraattractive to those who live within a 20-minute drive, and not so much those who live in the apartments (in terms of walkability). Those offer-

ings are great to me as someone who can reach it in 20 minutes. Do I love the thought of shooting down Lakewood Ranch Boulevard to eat at Cooper’s Hawk or getting a drink at the Paddy Wagon? You betcha.

Is it a walkable community? I would argue ... no. Is the Green in Lakewood Ranch a walkable community? I would argue no. Is Waterside Place a walkable community?

Somewhat.

Is that what the planners of the Fruitville Initiative had in mind, a project that served the region?

Maybe not. Even if I think it is pretty cool.

If they had known what was coming, would it have been better to put limits on the type of development allowed and let the builders do their thing? Probably so.

Those familiar with Gelder and Stock Development know it’s a quality outfit. Stock Signature Homes dominates the sales in the Lake Club. In my eyes, it would be best to turn these guys loose and let them do their thing — once the governing agency has decided what it wants on the site.

At Fruitville Commons, Gelder walked in the parking lot behind some of the new shops. It was hard to tell if he was in the front or the

back of the businesses. “(Due to the Fruitville Initiative) we basically had to build two fronts of the buildings,” he said.

“It made functionality difficult. In this parking lot, we are pairing high intensity and low intensity parking users. These mixed use projects can be tricky. When you put a preschool together with restaurants ... what goes where? To meet the requirements and be functional was a challenge.”

It’s obvious both Manatee County and Sarasota County will continue to allow development farther to the east. It’s going to happen. If you don’t want that expansion, vote for county commissioners who won’t stand for it.

But if you believe development benefits the county and the residents, then let the experts — I’m talking developers — do their thing.

Jay Heater is the managing editor for the East County Observer. Contact him at JHeater@ YourObserver.com.

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amantha Rees, a junior at Lakewood Ranch High School, spent every night before a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps orienteering competition preparing herself.

She would have a carb-heavy meal and spend time studying maps from previous years. She used Google Earth to study the terrain.

She runs at least twice per week and always leads the team’s practices.

Her hard work paid off. She finished the orienteering season ranked No. 1 in the state for females competing at the advanced level.

Throughout the season, William Cassidy, a JROTC instructor at Lakewood Ranch High, said Rees placed first in every competition except one, when she came in second.

Rees wasn’t the only one to see success at the Florida 2022 JROTC Orienteering State Championship April 9 at Kelly Park in Apopka.

The orienteering program’s yellow team, which is for beginners, placed first overall, and both the program’s orange team, which is for intermediate, and green team, which is for advanced, placed second.

Lakewood Ranch’s orienteering program ranked third overall in the state.

Although cadets compete in team divisions, orienteering also is an individual competition. Each cadet has to improve throughout the season for the team to achieve success.

Two Lakewood Ranch boys and three girls ranked in the top 10 of their advanced divisions.

Rees wasn’t able to participate in last year’s state championship because she was quarantined with COVID-19, making her first-place win in the female advanced competition at this year’s state championship even better.

“I have put so much time and effort into this team because I also run all of the practices, and at meets I’m in charge of making sure everyone’s where they need to be,” Rees said.

The season doesn’t come without its ups and downs. Rees and junior Muda Osman said cadets can tell when they’re having an off day.

For example, at a competition earlier in the season, Osman had the wrong map for the first 10 minutes of the competition. After he realized it, he went back to the start to get the right map.

“I knew I couldn’t win because I already lost 10 minutes, but I still did my best,” Osman said.

Cassidy said seeing the orienteering team’s continued success reaffirms the JROTC program’s decision to give up a drill team to start an

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IN THE TOP 10

Individuals in orienteering are ranked. Here are the Mustangs who ranked in the top 10 in the state: YELLOW TEAM (beginners) Male team n 1st —Senior Esteban Reyna n 5th —Senior Lucas Kedziora n 8th —Junior Juan Knuth n 9th — Freshman Denver Brown Female team n 3rd — Freshman Alyssa Bell n 6th — Freshman Jeanne Tovar n 9th — Sophomore Heidi Stenberg n 10th — Sophomore Sophia D’Orazio

Lakewood Ranch High junior Samantha Rees looks over an orienteering map.

Rees ended the season ranked No. 1 in the state for the female green team, which is the advanced category.

ORANGE TEAM (intermediate) Male team n 1st — Senior Andrew Legutko Female team n 4th — Senior Olivia D’Orazio n 5th — Senior Skye Stephens GREEN TEAM (advanced) Male team n 6th — Senior Reed Smith n 10th — Senior Matthew Boudreau Female team n 1st — Senior Samantha Rees n 4th —Senior Olivia Sahr n 9th — Senior Seraphina

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Lakewood Ranch’s orienteering team is the only team in the School District of Manatee County.

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Tara Elementary School teachers provide incentives to help their students achieve their academic goals while having fun. Here are some incentives they’ve used: n Visit from “Farmer Minor” n Promises from the principal

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After Tara Elementary School students read 1,484 books in two weeks, they were introduced to Daisy the pig.

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Paul Minor of “Pig Out on Reading” shows how small his pig Daisy was when she was a baby.

“They always have a goal every month they have to meet through the Renaissance Learning Program, but (the challenge) accelerated it because they all wanted to be able to beat the other class and also to be the top per-

son in the class,” Bederman said.

Third grade teacher Chuck Rogalla’s class won the competition. Third grader Ariella Skalskie read 22 books in two weeks, the most in Bederman’s class.

Bederman said reading more books helps increase students’ reading levels and also gets them to practice their vocabulary and remember important details.

“It’s just like anything in life: The more you practice, the better you get,” Bederman said.

Rivard said the reading challenge inspired students to help others who weren’t reading as many books.

“They would go get books for them and read with them and encourage them,” she said.

With the “Farmer Minor” reading challenge complete, Rivard’s class has decided to set a new challenge.

“They have options (for activities) in the morning, and now the majority of them are going right to the library and grabbing books and even sharing the books with each other and guessing what the pictures are,” Rivard said. “They’re reading to each other now. Knowing the pig is already gone, they’re still excited about reading.”

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ara Elementary Principal Laura Campbell put a small treat in her mouth and bent down toward Daisy.

Daisy is a pig. A real one.

Hundreds of students watched in anticipation and chanted, “Kiss the pig! Kiss the pig!”

Daisy moved her mouth toward Campbell and gave her what appeared to a kiss in the process of taking the treat.

The students cheered.

A March 30 visit from Daisy, her owner Paul Minor and Dixie Cup, Minor’s pug, was a reward for all of the students completing a challenge to collectively read more than 1,000 books in two weeks. Connecticutbased “Farmer Minor” travels across the United States with Daisy in attempts to stimulate reading among elementary school children via a program called “Pig Out on Reading.”

Approximately 575 students read

1,484 books in those two weeks to earn the “Farmer Minor” visit. In order for a book to count toward the challenge, students had to receive an 80% or higher on a comprehension quiz of the book they read.

Teachers said providing incentives, such as promising that “Farmer Minor” would visit, has helped students get more engaged in learning.

“Doing an incentive with (the challenge) motivates, helps with comprehension and overall reading practice,” said Lori Bederman, a third grade teacher.

Pre-K teacher Shannon Rivard said she created a chart in which each student could put a sticky note with the name of the book they read next to their names to keep track.

“They were competing with each other, which was cool,” Rivard said.

The third grade students decided to make the reading challenge into a friendly competition to see which class would read the most books. Bederman also challenged her students to see who could read the most books.

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“One of the prizes is to be on the morning news, and they have their names announced in front of the whole school,” Bederman said. “That motivates a lot of them who are reluctant to read. They’re so proud of themselves. You just see on their faces how excited they are, and my excitement is not only about them raising their reading levels but also seeing that they’re loving books.”

Rivard and Bederman said the reading challenge has inspired students who have been struggling with reading and writing or had little interest in reading to pick up books in their free time.

“The children that weren’t excited about reading or writing are getting sticky notes (for the classroom’s chart),” Rivard said.

“They’re doing that now, and they did not do that before. It’s reached all the levels of children in my room.

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MLB vet makes pitch for dogs Tommy John, known for undergoing revolutionary elbow surgery in 1974, helped the Lakewood Ranch Elks Lodge raise money for Southeastern Guide Dogs.

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When a Lakewood Ranch Elks Lodge member asked retired Major League Baseball pitcher Tommy John about a 1968 fight with fellow player Dick McAuliffe, John remembered it as if it were yesterday.

He was pitching for the Chicago White Sox at the time in a game against the Detroit Tigers.

McAuliffe, the Tigers’ second baseman, stepped up to bat. John said he was ahead in the count with two strikes.

After a ball, the fourth pitch was a doozy. McAuliffe thought John tried to hit him with it and charged the mound. Both teams emptied their dugouts and scuffled.

Dozens of Lakewood Ranch Elks Lodge members listened as John continued his story and shared others during the lodge’s fundraiser for Southeastern Guide Dogs’ Paws for Patriots program April 9.

John said his pitch wouldn’t have hit the head of an elk mounted high on the lodge’s wall, let alone McAuliffe.

“That’s how high it was,” John said.

“I go, ‘Now what’s the easiest way I can get out of this?’” John said. “I thought, ‘I’ll do a rolling block into him, take him down on the ground, and then everybody piles on, and it’s over.’ When I went down like that, he drove his knee into my shoulder and separated my left shoulder. Now I’m on the ground and writhing in pain.

That was it, and I was out for the rest of the year.”

After the game that night, John was flown to a hospital in Chicago, where he received a phone call.

“Worst tackle ever,” the caller told him.

“Who is this?” asked John.

The caller turned out to be Bill George, a Hall of Fame linebacker with the Chicago Bears.

John, who is now 78 and living in Sarasota, shared several stories about his days on the pitcher’s mound during his 26 seasons playing for six MLB teams.

Known for being the first person to undergo a surgery on an ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow in 1974, John said the surgery and a balance of perseverance and rest kept him in the game. The surgery was later named Tommy John Surgery.

“I wanted to pitch,” John said. “It was a job. I got paid very well, and I enjoyed it. I loved pitching. My thinking was I’ll pitch as long as I can. Whatever I had to do, I would do it. I threw six days a week. I took Sunday off. I figured if God rested on Sunday, so should Tommy John.”

Since 1999, 235 Major League Baseball players have undergone the procedure, according to a 2016 study in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery.

John said the cast from his surgery has found a home in the Smithsonian after he donated it adorned with signatures from famous people.

One of those signatures is from Danny Murtaugh, the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers when John was with the team in 1974.

John said that after his surgery, he wanted to “sit on the bench and be with the guys” during a game, but he needed Murtaugh’s permission.

Murtaugh said, “I’ll let you sit on the bench only one way: You’ve got to let me sign the cast.”

Murtaugh’s became the first signature on the cast, followed by all of the 1974 Dodger players, manager Tommy Lasorda and sportscaster Vin Scully.

Elks Lodge member William Caprio loved hearing from a baseball player he admired.

“I was very appreciative of him and what he did for the Yankees,” Caprio said. “Stand-up guy, very

HOW TOMMY JOHN MADE HIS MARK TEAMS n 1963-1964: Cleveland Indians n 1965-1971: Chicago White Sox n 1972-1978: Los Angeles Dodgers n 1979-1981: New York Yankees n 1982: New York Yankees, California Angels n 1983-1984: California Angels n 1985: California Angels, Oakland Athletics n 1986-1989: New York Yankees

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Sarasota’s Tommy John speaks to members of the Lakewood Ranch Elks Lodge with his dogs, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, by his side in the carriage.

Sean Brown, associate director of philanthropy for Southeastern Guide Dogs, speaks about how the nonprofit changed his life. Brown received a service dog from the nonprofit in 2018.

professional, all of what you want in a ballplayer. Very good.”

John signed baseballs to be part of a prize raffle with the money raised

going to the Southeastern Guide Dogs’ Paws for Patriots program, which provides service animals to veterans in need.

“You’re raising money for a great, great cause,” John said.

One of the Lakewood Ranch Elks Lodge’s focuses is helping veterans.

“The Elks have traditionally always helped veterans,” said Tara’s Frank Iannello, a loyal knight at the lodge. “We’ve seen firsthand how these dogs change the lives of these veterans. They can function in society, and they know they always have a companion that will protect them and support them.”

Sean Brown, an associate director of philanthropy for Southeastern Guide Dogs and owner of a service dog, said the money raised at the fundraiser would help the nonprofit provide service dogs to veterans.

Brown, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, said he was taking 16 pills per day before he received his service dog, Pella, from

MLB CAREER HIGHLIGHTS n 26 seasons as a pro, 288 wins, 2,245 strikeouts n Career earned run average of 3.34 n Career record of 4-1, with a 2.08 earned run average during seven League Championship Series starts n 2-1 record with a 2.67 earned run average during six World Series appearances n All-Star in 1968, 1978, 1979, 1980 AWARDS n 1976: National League Comeback Player of the Year n 1976: Hutchinson Award for player who “best exemplifies the fighting spirit and competitive desire” of former MLB manager Fred Hutchinson n 1977 and 1979: Cy Young Award, second place n 1981: Lou Gehrig Memorial Award for the player who “best exhibits the character and integrity of Lou Gehrig, both on the field and off it”

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“I needed that connection,” Brown said about his relationship with Pella. “I had to have an animal from the best. And ladies and gentleman, not just because I’m an employee, Southeastern Guide Dogs is the best.”

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“I’m in the biggest weight class. I’m a strong guy. I use chalk, and I lift away.”

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Lakewood Ranch High senior softball player Grace Hogie went 2-3 with a home run and three RBIs April 13 in the Mustangs’ 13-0 road win over Canterbury High.

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Country Club’s Lauren Larkin and Lauren Navas won a USTA 40+ doubles tennis national title in San Diego.

Lauren legion Both Lauren Navas and Lauren Larkin began playing tennis five years ago and have conquered the sport together.

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The Out-of-Door Academy senior baseball player Josh Cone threw five shutout innings, allowing one hit with seven strikeouts, April 14 in the Thunder’s 10-0 road win against Island Coast High.

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The Out-of-Door Academy senior girls lacrosse player Dani Taraska had four goals and an assist April 12 in the Thunder’s 15-2 home win over Cardinal Mooney High.

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Gary Kleiman sank a hole-in-one April 15 on the No. 1 hole at University Park Country Club.

Kleiman used a 3-hybrid on the 183-yard hole.

t first blush, the two Laurens — Country Club’s Lauren Navas and Lauren Larkin — seem an unlikely pair.

But it’s a pairing that resulted in a USTA National 40+ tennis title. The victory was in the National Tennis Ratings Program’s Level 3, which is for intermediate level players.

Navas, who bubbles with energy, started playing tennis five years ago after discovering that her Country Club gym membership came with a free tennis trial. Navas, 45, had never played tennis during her childhood.

The closest she came to playing a sport was “artistic rollerskating.”

There was something about tennis that convinced her to change that, in part the sport’s community. She had a handful of friends who played.

Getting to spend a few hours on the court with them was a blast, Navas said, even though it was not like her usual hobbies.

In October 2021, Navas got a message from one such friend. It was the other

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Country Club’s Lauren Larkin and Lauren Navas show off the custom towels and cupcakes that the Lakewood Ranch community made for them in support of their doubles title quest.

Lauren, Lauren Larkin, who wanted to know if Navas was interested in being her partner for a USTA sectional qualifying tournament in Tampa.

“If Lauren Larkin tells you to do something, you do it,” Navas said.

Unlike Navas, the 42-year-old Larkin was a multisport athlete in her youth, playing any sport she had time to try. That included volleyball, track and field and golf. Tennis, however, was new for her. She also started five years ago in Ohio before moving to Lakewood Ranch in 2019.

She continued her tennis journey here, but unlike Navas, who was content playing for fun and friendship at first, Larkin’s competitive drive from her athletic past came roaring back.

She wanted more. She wanted to be the best. When she saw an opportunity to play in the Tampa qualifier, she took it, and she knew the perfect person to play by her side.

“She (Navas) is the perfect complement to my net game,” Larkin said. “She’s talented from the backcourt. She can keep the ball deep on the opponents, which forces them to sometimes pop up a shorter ball that I can put away. When you play doubles, it’s a lot more strategic play than in singles. Your points are won from the serving line forward, and she’s the perfect partner for that.”

From their first practice as a pair, Navas and Larkin called each other “national champions” in the hopes of manifesting the title into reality.

They did, winning their USTA title April 1-10 in San Diego.

The pair won all six of their matches at the national event. Only once was defeat a real possibility, in the semifinals against Carrielu Dickerson and Carrie Clark of California.

Navas and Larkin lost the first set 4-2 and were down 3-0 in the second, one game from going home.

It was then the pair looked at each other and reassured themselves they would pull out the match.

“We had come so far to get there,” Larkin said. “We were not going to go home without winning.”

They were true to their word, coming back to win the match 2-4, 4-3, 4-1. Then they beat Rita Williams and Barbara Ignatius of California in straight sets in the final match.

The national title is something made all the more remarkable by the short time they had to practice. The pair had from October to April to get comfortable as playing partners.

Navas said they practiced as much as they could but not as much as they would have liked. As mothers with jobs, Navas and Larkin only had so much free time each week. The pair’s

TITLE TREK Round 1: Defeated Andrea Hudler and Esther Torres of Texas in three sets (2-4, 4-2, 4-0) Round 2: Defeated Claire Gallagher and Lisa Olney of New York in two sets (4-2, 4-0) Round 3: Defeated Carol Gamara and Tracy Wilkinson of California in two sets (4-0, 4-1) Quarterfinals: Defeated Farrah Serrette and Joy Riley of Georgia in two sets (4-1, 4-2) Semifinals: Defeated Carrielu Dickerson and Carrie Clark of California in three sets (2-4, 4-3, 4-1) Finals: Defeated Rita Williams and Barbara Ignatius of California in two sets (4-2, 4-3)

inexperience showed at the Tampa qualifier, where they lost in the finals.

It was good enough to advance to the sectional tournament, but it left Navas and Larkin disappointed. They made up for it at sectionals in January, winning the tournament.

On the court, the rollicking Navas repeats a quiet meditation to herself.

“I am a national champion,” she said. “I love my body, and I love myself. I’m a warrior and strong, and I can fight. I can angle, I can lob, and I can always win another point.”

Meanwhile, the soft-spoken Larkin becomes, as Navas said, “a net monster,” always slamming home points as hard as she can and even beating her chest when the pair picks up a key point.

“I’m running around in this mom bod, and she’s (Larkin) over here looking like an Olympic athlete,” Navas said.

Now that the duo’s national title journey is complete, the future holds no concrete plans. Both Navas and Larkin said they will continue to play tennis and hope to keep improving their skills, but there is no immediate goal of another doubles title. No matter where the pairs goes from here, they’ll have trophies to remind each other of what they accomplished together.

“I’m proud of us,” Navas said.

“It’s a testament to our hard work and our partnership, and the club has been so supportive. One of our friends (Megan McAloon) came out to San Diego to support us, and the rest were all following along from here. They had a fan club text group.

People helped order our outfits and made us custom towels. There was so much support, and that was cool to see.”

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ODA athlete scores on field, in classroom F or Lakewood Ranch’s Hallie Monserez, putting together a high school athletic career worthy of awards is academic.

Literally.

Monserez, a senior at Cardinal Mooney High, was named to the Florida High School Athletic Association/Florida Dairy Farmers Academic All-State Team April 6.

The award is given to an athlete in any sport.

She is the only athlete in Manatee or Sarasota counties to receive the honor this year. It’s a prestigious one. Only 24 graduating athletes — 12 boys and 12 girls — are named to the team each year. Members of the team are awarded with a $1,700 scholarship toward school, so it is a fruitful honor as well as one to be proud of.

The FHSAA and Florida Dairy Farmers consider a number of factors when deciding the team each year, including grade point average.

Monserez is a National Merit finalist with a 4.0 GPA. Monserez also is a top contributor in soccer, cross-country and track and field. She even contributed to a school record time in the girls 4x400 meter relay (4:07.64) at last year’s FHSAA track and field championships in Jacksonville.

Community service? Monserez boasts a list of more than 150 community service events. Extracurriculars? Besides sports, Monserez is involved with student government, the National Honor Society, the Mu Alpha Theta mathematics society and plenty more.

You get the picture. In everything she does, Monserez excels. She’s an obvious candidate for the award, yet she still handles the recognition with humility.

“It’s such an honor,” Monserez said. “I think it is a recognition of my work but also the help I have received from my coaches and teachers and counselors. I’m happy

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Hallie Monserez was a defender and captain on the Cardinal Mooney girls soccer team. She was named to the FHSAA/Florida Dairy Farmers AllAcademic Team on April 6.

Monserez volunteered at St. Michael’s Parish for two weeks in summer 2021.

I was selected.”

Monserez said she didn’t use any fancy tricks to manage her time, other than making sure she notes her various appointments on a calendar she checks often. Mooney’s online work system, Canvas, tells students when assignments are due, Monserez said. She makes sure to not miss a deadline. Other than that, her success in school might come down to the fact that she genuinely enjoys learning. Monserez said her favorite subjects are math and history, though that could change depending on the day. AP statistics, Monserez said, is one of her all-time favorites.

“I think it’s so fun,” Monserez said with a laugh, baffling the high school version of myself and, I’m sure, plenty of her peers. “It’s applicable to everyday life. You have to take it for basically any major in

college anyway, but I like it.”

For Monserez, that college will be Notre Dame. Her family has ties to the South Bend, Indiana, area, and Monserez grew up rooting for the Fighting Irish. She checked out other schools, Monserez said, but none could match Notre Dame’s mix of academics, high-level sports and spirituality. She is Catholic and said that visiting places like the school’s Grotto and Basilica is powerful in a way that is difficult to describe.

Monserez spent time working on her spiritual relationships while earning community service hours last summer. But unlike other students who, understandably, volunteer with local churches, Monserez did something a bit different. She spent two weeks in Wauchula with a group of nuns at St. Michael’s Parish, helping them run their religious education camp. Despite being

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raised Catholic, Monserez had never met a nun before the trip.

In Wauchula, she lived like them, too, getting up at 6 a.m. for “adoration,” in which you sit in the presence of the Eucharist (the Communion bread and wine) for an hour and meditate on what it means to you. She took kids to mass and a morning and evening prayer. It was a refreshing experience, sure, but her ultimate takeaway?

“Those nuns work their butts off,” Monserez said.

Monserez tentatively plans to major in marketing at Notre Dame.

She’s been working alongside Mooney’s marketing manager, Melissa Tomasso, to learn about best practices and has helped the school start a TikTok account, among other ventures.

One thing she will not be doing at Notre Dame, though, is playing

sports. Once the track and field season ends next month, Monserez’s competitive athletic career is over.

She’s concentrating on having a well-rounded collegiate experience, one she might not be able to have if the bulk of her time is spent playing a sport. It is something she has thought about a lot and has resulted in some positive changes, even while still in high school.

“This year, there has been a lot less pressure on me,” Monserez said. “I know I don’t have college coaches watching me. I’m just doing this for myself and my teammates. I’m truly having fun again. I think I’m in the best place I’ve ever been mentally.”

That mental freedom has resulted in Monserez making some of her favorite memories this year, like when the Mooney girls soccer team beat Oxbridge Academy 1-0 in the Class 3A regional quarterfinals on Feb. 8. With a 10-7-1 record, the Cougars were not a powerhouse this year. Oxbridge was 11-4-1 and heavily favored to win. MaxPreps had them ranked 10th in the class while Mooney was 24th. That didn’t matter much on the field. When the Cougars withstood the opening 10 minutes of the match, they realized they could hang.

Monserez said her renewed mental strength has her feeling confident as the track and field postseason meets approach. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter.

As Lakewood Ranch’s own Dick Vitale likes to say, Monserez is a winner in the game of life.

Ryan Kohn is the sports editor for the East County Observer. Contact him at RKohn@ YourObserver.com.

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I started taking it seriously during my sophomore year. I started doing it with the football team during our morning workouts. We’d wake up around 6 a.m. and get our lifts in.

It was a struggle at first, honestly, but I have learned to like it. This is actually the first time I have been able to do weightlifting as a sport in the spring. The past two years I have been recovering from injuries.

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What is the best advice you have received?

Your spot is never going to be handed to you. You have to earn your spot. My football coaches told me that during my sophomore season, and I’ll never forget it. I wasn’t playing as much as I wanted, and I was upset. After I heard that, my whole mentality changed.

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Above: Seniors Jacsyn Hockenbury and David Kochaniec celebrate being named prom queen and king.

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avid Kochaniec, a Braden River High School senior, held onto the hands of fellow seniors Marisa Cantarella and Kianna Arrazola as he anxiously waited to see if he would be announced as prom king.

When Kochaniec heard his name called, he shouted, threw his hands in the air and jumped in excitement. He kept cheering as the sash and crown were put on him.

“It’s amazing,” Kochaniec said.

After senior Jacsyn Hockenbury was named prom queen at Braden River High School’s prom April 14 at the Hyatt Regency in Sarasota, dozens of juniors and seniors started chanting her name in celebration.

Juniors and seniors danced the night away, making the most of one of their last big events before the end of the school year.

“It’s kind of crazy,” said senior Taylor Evans. “I don’t think I realized it was my senior year until all these events like prom started happening. I mean, we graduate in a month.”

Senior Ashauntay Floyd said she had been dreaming of prom for years and couldn’t believe it was finally here.

“I’m blessed to have a prom this year so I can go all out and have fun with friends,” Floyd said.

Above: Juniors Jathon PasickGerdeman, Nickolas Mapps and Austin Murch are ready to have fun.

Left: Senior Hannah King and junior Cameron Boyer take a break from the dance floor.

Senior Ashauntay Floyd says, “I’m blessed to have a prom this year so I can go all out and have fun with friends.”

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Above: Sarasota’s Justin Garza and Sara Crews love the food trucks at Ranch Nite Wednesdays.

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They were loving all the market had to offer, as were many others.

“We love everything about (Ranch Nite Wednesdays),” Bradenton’s Jane Ben-

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Ranch Nite Wednesdays runs weekly through May, with the market every second Wednesday of the month.

Attendees also enjoyed live music, food trucks and cornhole games.

“It’s been so great being out here at Waterside, seeing all of our community come together,” said Nikki Roenicke, owner of barre3 in Lakewood Ranch.

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SUNSET POLO HAPPY HOUR Runs from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane in Lakewood Ranch. Watch a polo match and enjoy tailgating, food, drinks and divot-stomping as the sun sets. This will be the final Sunset Polo Happy Hour of the season.

Gates open at 5 p.m. For more information, visit SarasotaPolo.com.

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BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMS ‘CHICAGO’ Begins at 6:30 p.m. at Braden River High School, 6545 State Road 70 E., Bradenton. Braden River High School’s Theatre and Dance Department presents “Chicago: High School Edition.” The show is rated PG-13 for violence and mild language. Tickets are $10 for students and School District of Manatee County employees and $15 for adults. Tickets must be purchased online at OnTheStage.

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More than 1,000 families participated in egg hunts broken down by age groups.

“You couldn’t ask for a better turnout,” said Lauren Clark, the mall’s director of marketing and sponsorship. “We like to do this event because it’s just a fun way to connect with the community and do something fun and free. This year, with kids being out of school, we thought, ‘What a great way to spend time on their day off.’”

The indoor activities included a Kids Safety Expo featuring 25 groups and agencies providing information on different forms of safety.

“They were giving away bike helmets, like really nice bike helmets, and it was a lot of fun,” Sarasota’s Marti Fox said.

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Sandra and William Ruppert, trustees, of Longboat Key, sold the home at 7420 Mayfair Court to Blair Weigel, trustee, of Bradenton, for $2,995,000. Built in 1998, it has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,808 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.95 million in 2003.

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Faith Peterson, trustee, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 12519 Highfield Circle to Doreen Rogers, trustee, of Chicago, for $2.6 million. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,411 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,575,000 in 2018.

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DUFAX Ltd. sold the home at 2406 57th St. E. to Christian and Karen Worley, of Bradenton, for $2,125,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,509 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,545,000 in 2005.

LAKE CLUB

Wael and Jennifer Alokeh, of Bradenton, sold their home at 8336 Catamaran Circle to John Texada and Courtney Ferris, of Bradenton, for $2.1 million. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,261 square feet of living area. It sold for $585,000 in 2011.

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Lawrence and Susan Horwitz, of Bradenton, sold their home at 13109 Malachite Drive to Sophia and James Mullen, of Scarsdale, New York, for $1.97 million. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths, a pool and 3,328 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,015,000 in 2020.

Michele and I. Stewart Geboff, trustees, of Venice, sold the home at 5051 Serata Drive to Yefim and Marina Estrin, of Lakewood Ranch, for $650,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,920 square feet of living area. It sold for $399,900 in 2016.

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Robert Pate, of Owens Cross Roads, Alabama, sold his home at 529 Mast Drive to Hillspoint Real Estate LLC for $1.4 million. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,930 square feet of living area.

It sold for $593,500 in 2013.

Jesse and Crystal Colston, of Bradenton, sold their home at 159 Americas Cup Blvd. to Lawrence Smith and Linda Faye Smith, trustees, of Bradenton, for $743,000.

Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,240 square feet of living area. It sold for $342,000 in 2017.

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Joseph and Phyllis Bousky, of Dunlap, Illinois, sold their home at 1023 Rainbow Court to Mehul and Manisha Parekh, of Columbia, Maryland, for $1,373,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,130 square feet of living area.

It sold for $737,200 in 2003.

Scott Silk, of Norwalk, Connecticut, and Julie Silk, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 617 Foggy Morn Lane to Kevin and Karen Randolph, of Bradenton, for $680,000.

Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,179 square feet of living area.

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Gregory and Lisa Kuypers, of Bradenton, sold their home at 4007

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Fifth Ave. N.E. to Todd and Carisa Albrecht, of Bradenton, for $1.35 million. Built in 2018, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,524 square feet of living area. It sold for $699,500 in 2019.

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Stephen and Giovanna Prodger, trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 6535 Cooper Hawk Court to Amy Tanaka and Paul Schwab, of Lakewood Ranch, for $1,132,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,955 square feet of living area.

It sold for $499,000 in 2011.

Richard and Karina Primerano sold their home at 6707 Quillback Lane to Anthony and Tiffany Mungo, of Lakewood Ranch, for $985,000.

Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,066 square feet of living area. It sold for $475,000 in 2012.

Angela Restrepo, of Clearwater, sold her home at 15127 Skip Jack Loop to Caro Street Holdings LLC for $599,900. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 1,887 square feet of living area. It sold for $275,000 in 2015.

Matthew and Lisa Buck, of Palmetto, sold their home at 6253 Willet Court to Alexander Clarke and Micki Lovering, of Sarasota, for $586,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,073 square feet of living area. It sold for $347,500 in 2020.

Wilder Plans Barrios and Iraida Fleites Nunez, of Bradenton, sold their home at 15319 Skip Jack Loop to Antonio and Nathalie Lopez, of Sarasota, for $410,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,536 square feet of living area. It sold for $387,000 in 2021.

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This University Park home at 7420 Mayfair Court sold for $2,995,000. It has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,808 square feet of living area.

it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,873 square feet of living area. It sold for $355,000 in January.

Carlos Eduardo Souza Lopes and Andrea Cypriano De Oliveira, of Tampa, sold their home at 7220 Spoonflower Court to Erin and Chadwick McCoy, of Lakewood Ranch, for $555,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,026 square feet of living area. It sold for $300,000 in 2014.

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and David Ferguson, of Sarasota, for $900,000. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,102 square feet of living area. It sold for $473,400 in 2016.

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Keith and Elizabeth Amos, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6714 93rd St. E. to Amy Buck Faundez and Carlos Rene Faundez, of Bradenton, for $875,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,953 square feet of living area. It sold for $420,000 in 2017.

Zebulon Holliday and Kathleen Sarah Holliday, of Bradenton, sold their home at 110 172nd St. E. to Karin

RIVER CLUB NORTH

Albert and Janice Cox, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6414 Glen Abbey Lane to David and Maura Templeton, of Bradenton, for $995,000. Built in 1992, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,532 square feet of living area. It sold for $47,500 in 1992.

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Donald and Rebecca Fuchs, of Evansville, Indiana, sold their home at 6682 Saint James Crossing to Robert Douglas Harris and Cheryl Lynn Harris, of Berne, Indiana, for $985,000. Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,643 square feet of living area. It sold for $445,000 in 2011.

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Greggery Wilhelm and Stacey Michelle Hann, of Mason, Ohio, sold their home at 6124 Cessna Run to Farzin Khorasanizadeh and Maryam Tafreshi, of Peoria, Illinois, for $970,000. Built in 2019, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,207 square feet of living area.

It sold for $445,000 in 2019.

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Michael and Martha Bartell sold their home at 6106 Cessna Run to Eileen Wolff, of Woodstock, Connecticut, for $770,000. Built in 2019, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,900 square feet of living area. It sold for $460,000 in 2019.

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William and Sharon Hendry, of Ontario, Canada, sold their home at 7507 Haddington Cove to Kyle and Judith Kappes, of Middleton, Wisconsin, for $950,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,405 square feet of living area.

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entral Park’s Dasha Schultz walked into her bedroom Feb. 20 to see her husband, Jason, watching the news about the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

Dasha, a native of Ukraine, saw a reporter in protective gear report on Russia’s bombing and immediately started messaging her friends who live in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, to see if they were OK. “They were asking me if I knew what’s going on,” Schultz said. “Being in Kyiv, they’re like, ‘We’re hearing explosions. I think the war started.’”

The news of the bombings and the uncertainty of the safety of her friends and family in Ukraine overwhelmed her. Her mind went blank.

“From then on, I was glued to the TV, constantly watching those reports,” Schultz said. “For a couple days, I was in such a terrible depression. I’m not usually depressed. I’m a very happy person. I tend to believe that we need to live our life to the fullest, but it was just such a dark time.”

Schultz knew she had to help.

A Zumba instructor, Schultz decided to host Zumba classes to raise money to send to Ukraine. She also posted on social media asking for humanitarian aid supplies that she could send to Ukraine.

“I felt like this is my duty,” Schultz said. “Even though I’ve lived here for so many years now, I still love my country. I love all my people that live there, so I feel deeper ties to it. I felt like I needed to help somehow.”

Schultz was born and raised in Donetsk, Ukraine, living there until 2008, when she moved to Southern Illinois to be with her mother, Iryna Cagle, and sister, Ekateryna Bondareva.

“I never wanted to move out of Ukraine,” Schultz said. “I always loved living there. I love my friends, my family, but it was hard for me because my mom was so far away when she moved. I was missing them a lot, and it’s hard to travel (to the United States from Ukraine).”

Her father, Sergey Bondarev, and grandmother, Vera Kazbanova, along with other relatives and several friends still live in Ukraine.

Most of her friends moved to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, in 2014.

“My dad decided not to leave (Donetsk) because it’s his land,” Schultz said. “He’s one of those old-

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When the war started, Kazbanova, who is now 96 and also lives in Donetsk, was too old to travel elsewhere.

“Everybody’s OK right now,” Schultz said of her friends and family who still live in Ukraine. “You never know where the explosion is going to happen tomorrow. What worries me the most is the bombings are happening in random places that you wouldn’t expect them to happen.

The targets are civilians; the targets are houses and apartment buildings.”

Schultz said Donetsk is rationing the water supply, but there is electricity, and some stores are open, so they can get food and medication.

“We just take it day by day and hope that this is all going to be over soon,” Schultz said.

After seeing the war had escalated in February, Schultz started looking for smaller local organizations that were on the ground in Ukraine helping refugees.

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Central Park’s Dasha Schultz identified these organizations working to help and support people in Ukraine as the war continues. Contact Schultz at Dasha.Bondareva@gmail.com with questions.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE Volunteer organization by Andriy Shabanov. They deliver medications to those whose lives depend on them. PayPal: PodCasta.Media1@hmail.com CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE Volunteer organization that evacuates and takes care of children and orphans from the most-devastated areas of Ukraine. Volunteers transport them to safety in western Ukraine. PayPal: Coint.Charitableffthefuture@gmail.com ECO KRAINA This organization delivers food and humanitarian aid supplies from western Ukraine to Kyiv, the capital. PayPal: Ekologichna.Kraina@gmail.com TSE MOE MISTO Volunteer organization that helps civilians and Ukrainian forces in Chernigiv, a city that devastated by the war. PayPal: da2223vss@gmail.com

between people here who want to help but don’t know what to do, how to help or which organization to donate to,” Schultz said.

Schultz and her family started collecting humanitarian aid supplies such as toiletries, blankets, hygiene products and more. She posted on social media asking for donations and her sister created an Amazon wish list.

She knew a local Ukrainian-American shipping agency that would help her get the supplies from Bradenton to Ukraine.

“It was funny because when we started this, I didn’t realize the scale of this,” Schultz said. “Every

single day my porch would be literally swamped with boxes. My neighbor’s kid started helping me, because we’re working throughout the day, by messaging me, ‘Your porch is full.

Do you want us to move everything to the back lanai?’”

Schultz said it was heartwarming to see so many people wanting to help and provide donations. She has packaged and sent out 400 pounds worth of humanitarian supplies.

In March, Schultz hosted two Zumba fundraisers that raised more than $2,000 in donations. Of that, $700 was used to pay for the shipping costs of the donated supplies and the rest was donated to nonprofits helping refugees.

Due to the cost of shipping, Schultz decided to stop collecting supplies and focus on monetary donations to support at least four organizations helping with anything from providing civilians with food and medical supplies to an organization trying to buy a generator for a hospital in Chernihiv, a city devastated by the war and out of power. Another organization focuses on children who have been displaced.

Her 9-year-old daughter, Sofia Schultz, wanted to help, so she decided to sell blue and yellow bracelets for $10 each. So far, Sofia Schultz has raised close to $500.

Then, Sofia and other children in the neighborhood decided they wanted to do more. They took it upon themselves to have a popsicle stand.

They raised $125.

“The kids were so excited to donate this money,” Schultz said.

“They brought this envelope with all the ones and singles and they’re like, ‘Here you go: This goes to Ukraine.’ I was in tears because that made me so happy and proud of our kids.”

Schultz, whose native language is Russian, has been speaking and writing in Ukrainian more often and has encouraged her daughter to learn more about Ukrainian history.

“She’s proud to wear the yellow and blue bracelets,” Schultz said of her daughter. “She wants people to know that she’s Ukrainian.”

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ENGLEWOOD 7108 Trout Lane Amee Sams & Beth Sargent

SARASOTA

$2,375,000 941.962.5867

SARASOTA $1,500,000 941.587.6660

123 Confidential Street Thomas Netzel & Sandy Gillette

$1,250,000 941.539.0633

SARASOTA $795,000 941.400.7676

1764 Sugarberry Trail Robyn Sadlo

STONEYBROOK COUNTRY CLUB $714,500 941.993.7279

$599,900 941.726.1998

$789,000 941.812.4219

STONEYBROOK COUNTRY CLUB 9416 Forest Hills Circle Ken Ipox

ARTIST ACRES | ENGLEWOOD 880 Van Gogh Road Megan George

6051 Brown Lane Tom Hedge Jr. & Robyn Sadlo

$12,000,000 941.587.4894

SARASOTA

8963 Whitemarsh Avenue Ken Ipox

5308 Hunt Club Way Vittoria Rutigliano

SARASOTA

3736 Meridale Road Joel Schemmel

4313 Highland Oaks Circle Fernando Viteri

SILVER OAK $5,499,999 941.447.1466

WILDWOOD ACRES

$639,000 941.993.7279

MARBELLA 4144 Via Mirada Cindy Taliaferro

6677 Mandarin Road Kevin Milner

$2,000,000 41.539.3287

WILLOW LINKS | MEADOWS $599,000 941.894.7269

5181 Willow Links #28 Jaci Krawtschenko & Jennifer Garrabrant

$324,900 941.284.3789

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23 CONTEMPORARY TOWNHOMES

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Situated in Sarasota’s uptown, Premier on Main boasts 23 contemporary townhomes.

Priced from $1,195,000, these four-level residences offer a sophisticated, modern sanctuary near the city’s captivating arts and cultural district.

2191 Main Street, Sarasota, FL 34237 | 941.920.1500 | TheFrankLambertTeam.com Sotheby’s International Realty® and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered service marks used with permission. Each office is independently owned and operated. Equal Housing Opportunity. Property information herein is derived from various sources including, but not limited to, county records and multiple listing services, and may include approximations. All information is deemed accurate.

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