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Home market soars despite rising costs Builders confident rising costs won’t slow Lakewood Ranch area home sales. PAGE 3

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Patriotic pet Coco, a 1-year-old Maltipoo, was dressed and ready for a holiday parade July 2 in Del Webb at Lakewood Ranch.

Her owners, Herman and Linda Martinez of Del Webb, said she loves to ride in parades and added that she had a great time July 2, especially since the rain cleared away and made way for a wonderful, dry event.

The Del Webb Lakewood Ranch Association of Veterans and Military Supporters put together the golf cart parade.

Benderson Park hosts full-blown holiday fireworks event.

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The Fireworks on the Lake 5K run was back at Nathan Benderson Park as Sarasota’s Shawn Drouin, Jeff Ealy and Andy Kish participated.

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Fun with foosball Gadsden Lee and Casey Lee (above) were ready to try out their handmade foosball arena at The Out-of-Door Academy’s Camp Banyan July 2 at the school’s Uihlein campus in Lakewood Ranch.

The brothers were tasked with making a game using recyclable materials, and after seeing some examples, Gadsden Lee, who is 10, and Casey Lee, who is 8, decided on foosball.

Other campers had the chance to play the boys’ game during camp as well.

“I hope they like it,” Gadsden Lee said.

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Ron Lambert, the Lakewood Ranch High director of bands, has decided to retire after 17 years with the School District of Manatee County.

Lakewood Ranch High’s longtime director of bands will retire.

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Firefighter ‘humbled’ by award Josh Dillard was awarded as East Manatee Fire Rescue District’s Firefighter of the Year.

“It’s never a mundane day when you come into work.

Even the typical medical call,

BRENDAN LAVELL STAFF WRITER

Josh Dillard has received an award for protecting the area he long has called home.

Dillard, who was born and raised in East County, received the honor of the East Manatee Fire Rescue District’s Firefighter of the Year for 2020.

He said the award, which was presented in June, was humbling to receive. Usually the awards are presented six months earlier, but the pandemic shifted the schedule.

The 31-year-old Dillard received the award for his work in the position of engineer, though he has since been promoted to lieutenant, which means he is now a fire officer.Battalion Chief Matt Talaska said Dillard has grown immensely as a firefighter in the past two to three years, aided by his ability to quickly grasp information along with his work ethic.

“The guy just doesn’t stop,” Dillard said. “It’s impressive the way he keeps working when most people would want to sit down and take a break.”

Dillard said the past year and a half has been challenging because of the pandemic. The number of calls received fluctuated, as some people were afraid to go to the hospital. Sometimes, when it was clear a patient did need to go to

the hospital, it took a lot of effort to convince that person.

“You don’t have the ability to force someone against their will to go,” Dillard said. “I try to inform them or try to create a little bit better trust in the fact that everybody was taking whatever precautions they possibly could, and that being at home and being scared to go to the hospital to get treated wasn’t going to make them get any better.”

Deputy Chief William Hall said Dillard was nominated for the award by three of his peers, who cited his performance when working on the scene of incidents, his public relations abilities and interaction with new firefighters.

Talaska said Dillard’s levelheaded approach is valuable on the scene of incidents and emergencies. The battalion chief said Dillard has the ability to quickly absorb what he is taught in his training and act on it when out in the field.

“Whether it’s a vehicle accident, or we need to extricate somebody, or a fire where we need to make access to places, he’s got a good working knowledge of most things,” Talaska said. “He’s a very well-rounded mechanical person. I know if we ask Josh to get something done, he’s going to do it.”

Talaska said Dillard understands how to tailor a lesson to

everything’s different. I never get tired of what I’m doing.”

— Lt. Josh Dillard

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Lt. Josh Dillard, born and raised in Manatee County, won East Manatee Fire Rescue District’s Firefighter of the Year award for his work during 2020. He has since been promoted to lieutenant.

FIREFIGHTERS HONORED Firefighter of the Year: Josh Dillard Rookie of the Year: Kyle Lamson Fire Officer of the Year: Steve Baker 25 years of county service: Lt. John Duffy 40 years of county service: Fire Commissioner Garry Lawson

different firefighters, regardless of age, experience or personality, so they can learn more effectively.

He said this ability will serve Dillard well as an officer, especially because he doesn’t mind walking other firefighters through something multiple times to make sure they fully understand.

Talaska said other firefighters want to work with Dillard because he is constantly aiming to learn and improve. Dillard said it’s easy to work with his fellow firefighters because they enjoy spending time with each other at work and

off the job, which makes it easier to communicate with each other while working.

Dillard also became a union representative for his shift, meaning he has worked on negotiations between the firefighters and fire district on a new collective bargaining agreement. He has also participated on the committee that is working on the merger between East Manatee and the Myakka City Fire Department.

Dillard became a firefighter in 2009, choosing the job over joining the Army or Marines.

“I didn’t want to be away from my family,” Dillard said. “So I decided to try my adventures in the fire service.”

He was first hired by East Manatee in 2012 after three years as a volunteer with the West Manatee Fire and Rescue District. He was awarded Rookie of the Year in 2013. Dillard said he enjoys the job because it never becomes routine.

“It’s never a mundane day when you come into work,” Dillard said.

“Even the typical medical call, everything’s different. I never get tired of what I’m doing.”

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Developers say the rise of remote work has led to an increase in the number of people looking to move to Florida from northern cities and suburbs.

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“This is a normal part of the housing cycle. We just follow these patterns.

We’ll all be fine. We’ll all see some great appreciation in our housing values, and then they’ll go down a little bit at some time in the future, but then they’ll rise again.”

— John Neal

THROUGH THE ROOF Increased cost of building hasn’t dampened homes sales in East County.

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espite the rising cost of building supplies that has helped shoot the price of East County homes skyward, area builders and Realtors don’t expect those costs to weaken a hot real estate market.

Neal Communities President and CEO Pat Neal said issues in the supply chain have begun to sort themselves out.

“We’re ramping up production for 2021, for 2022 and 2023,” he said.

In May home sales statistics for Manatee County, single-family sales increased by 66.1% to 739 sales over the previous May, and condo sales increased by 112.7% to 319 sales.

Production must be ramped up to meet the demand. But at what price?

Neal’s son, John Neal, is president of Neal Land & Neighborhoods, a development company affiliated with Neal Communities. John Neal said arguably the most impactful supply shortage has been lumber. The price of lumber nearly tripled at one point before starting to fall, though he said it is still 223% higher than it was in June 2020. He said his price for 2x4’s is 134% higher than it was a year ago.

Pat Neal said his price of a plywood sheet rose from about $19 to $87, though it is starting to fall.

He said the price of an oriented strand board, a type of wood used in construction, has risen from about $14 to about $45 per sheet since November. Each of his houses use anywhere from 97 to 160 sheets.

The cost of constructing most homes has risen $25,000 to $30,000 in lumber alone, according to John Neal. Pat Neal said that figure is as high as $45,000 for his biggest homes. John Neal said he worries about what that means for young families looking to buy starter homes, especially as

millennials come of age and start participating in the market. He said a 10% price increase is significant.

Other supply issues have cropped up. Kolter Homes Vice President of Marketing John Manrique said supplying enough garage doors and windows has been challenging. A specific type of pebble used in pool finish has been difficult to find, which can add an extra eight weeks to the completion of a swimming pool, according to John Neal. He said they’re ordering materials 12 to 16 weeks in advance to ensure homes are finished on time, something Manrique’s company has also done.

Pat Neal has been struggling to find paint recently. He has also been using alternative suppliers to find concrete and lumber. He said the average time to construct one of his homes has risen from 120 days to 160 days.

Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee President Alex Krumm said suppliers have been overwhelmed with an enormous amount of demand. Even though the cost of lumber, for example, is starting to fall, he said its price is still much higher than before the pandemic. Krumm said the supply shortages were caused by a lack of laborers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The plants were shut down,”

HIGH RISE

Here’s the median price of single-family homes sold in Manatee County for a 12-month period: June, 2020: $325,000 July, 2020: $359,000 August, 2020: $360,000 September, 2020: $350,000 October, 2020: $360,000 November, 2020: $350,500 December, 2020: $357,900 January, 2021: $380,000 February, 2021: $380,000 March, 2021: $395,000 April, 2021: $405,000 May, 2021: $400,000 Source: Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee

Krumm said. “A lot of the raw materials — lumber, for instance — are sourced from other countries, and they’ve been hit even a lot harder than the United States.”

John Neal said the shortage was caused in part by the manner in which suppliers plan their production. While companies used to keep stockpiles of materials and parts, the modern economy typically revolves around “just-intime supply.” The latter is more efficient but can lead to problems when there are unexpected bulges in demand.

John Neal said he expects the supply chain to fix itself within the next nine to 10 months. Krumm

said it isn’t likely to return to normal by the end of 2021, though he expects it will steadily improve.

When it does, Krumm said he expects the level of homebuilding to match and possibly even exceed pre-pandemic numbers.

Despite the increase in costs, Krumm said homes sales will remain brisk. He said a “perfect storm” has descended on homes in the region and will remain that way.

He was talking about the litany of factors that have coalesced and caused the price of an average single family home in Manatee County to rise from $463,015 in November to $567,549 in May, an average increase of $17,422 per month.

“I do not see a bottom falling out of this market,” Krumm said.

“What I do see is builders having more availability and more ability to build homes for people, which may level out the price increase a little bit, but it’s not going to slow the demand. We might see the rate of appreciation drop a little bit, but we are not going to see a market crash.”

He said the demand for homes will continue to be high.

John Neal agreed. He said those in other parts of the country have realized they can work from home. Why not Florida?

“We have low tax,” John Neal said. “We’re a great place.”

Krumm echoed those sentiments.

“If you can work from anywhere, why not work from the beach?” Krumm added. “People are making that choice and they’re making it nationally, and that’s why they’re moving here.”

Krumm said currently an average Manatee County home is on the market for about six days before it is sold. Practically speaking, he said that number is more like three or four days for buyers who are browsing homes because the last couple days of that six-day period are often used to collect final bids rather than showcase the house and attract prospective purchasers.

For new construction, Krumm said it would typically be 12 to 15 months before people could move into their new homes because of shortages in supplies and labor.

In a normal situation, that time would be about eight months.

“This is a normal part of the housing cycle,” John Neal said.

“We’ll all be fine. We’ll all see some great appreciation in our housing values, and then they’ll go down a little bit, but then they’ll rise again.”

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Developers say they believe the supply chain will self-correct, and once it does, they don’t think they’ll have any issue building enough houses, such as these along Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, to keep up with rising demand.

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Only a few businesses at Main Street at Lakewood Ranch closed on July 6 due to the approaching Tropical Storm Elsa as the East County Observer went to press Tuesday.

The greater effects of the storm were expected Tuesday night and Wednesday.

Officials had warned Elsa could strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico as it approached the region, but it was expected to remain a tropical storm at least until it moved north of Tampa.

Gov. Ron DeSantis made a prelandfall emergency declaration for 15 counties July 3 including Manatee and Sarasota counties. DeSantis’ declaration made available emergency protective measures, such as direct federal assistance and reimbursement for mass care, including evacuation and sheltering.

On July 4, Manatee County declared a local state of emergency

Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh said her settlement with Sarasota paralegal Michael Barfield, who sued Baugh and fellow commissioners James Satcher and Kevin Van Ostenbridge for Public Records Act violations, was the only way to get out of expensive litigation that would be costly to taxpayers.

Baugh said the $4,319.82 paid to Barfield, who filed the lawsuit in December, was to cover his costs for pursing the litigation.

“It’s obvious Mr. Barfield tried everything possible to take us away from the work for the people,” Baugh said.

The settlement agreement was signed June 19 in the Circuit Court of the 12th Judicial Circuit serving Manatee County.

Baugh’s costs for defending herself against Barfield’s lawsuit could be covered by the county, which covered the costs for Satcher and Van Ostenbridge to defend themselves. Commissioners are on summer break and don’t meet again until July 27.

The settlement concluded that none of the parties admit any liability associated with the lawsuit.

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Robert Turner, Ben Guth, Trevor Garofalo, Ray Sullivan and J.T. Bacigalupi are Myakka City Fire Department firefighters. East Manatee Fire Rescue District is discussing how their benefits will transfer post-merger.

East Manatee and Myakka City fire rescues begin discussions of how to combine resources, personnel.

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When Gov. Ron DeSantis approved the scheduled merger of the East Manatee Fire Rescue District and Myakka City Fire Department on June 21, it represented the most recent step toward making the idea a reality.

There are less than three months until the merger is scheduled to take effect on Oct. 1. The Manatee County Commission will need to vote to finalize the merger beforehand, likely in September, but East Manatee Fire Chief Lee Whitehurst said he expects it to pass without issue.

Commissioners already voted to approve the merger in August 2020.

Whitehurst said the two fire districts had been holding off on some aspects of the merger that couldn’t be started until after the state government approved the merger. Now that DeSantis has signed the bill, the two districts can begin discussing how buildings, vehicles and firefighters themselves will be affected by the merger.

“There’s a lot of other things we have been able to do,” Whitehurst said. “If, for whatever reason, it did not get approved, it would

FIRE DEPARTMENT MERGER TIMELINE

Aug. 18, 2020: Myakka City residents approve merger via referendum Aug. 25, 2020: Manatee County commissioners approve merger March 1, 2021: Bill approving merger is introduced in Florida Legislature April 29, 2021: Florida Legislature passes bill approving merger June 21, 2021: Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill approving merger Oct. 1, 2021: Merger becomes official, pending final approval from Manatee County Commission

have been just a waste of time, if anything. That’s fine. We can move on. But this other stuff, those are permanent things when you’re changing titles and deeds.”

East Manatee will soon assess Myakka’s two fire stations to see what might need upgrading and

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incorporate them into the fire district’s schedule for improving its own buildings. That could mean big tasks like strengthening them for hurricane season by installing hurricane-resistant glass, or smaller things like switching from incandescent light bulbs to LED bulbs.

After assessing how much improvements could cost, the district will decide where they fit in its five-year plan.

The East Manatee district will also take stock of its vehicles to see if there are any redundancies.

If it decides, for example, that it won’t need as many brush trucks as the two districts have together, it could return some that the Myakka district is currently leasing. Two of Myakka’s fire engines are at or near the end of their lifespan, so they will be retired.

Another aspect of vehicle evaluation is assessing how Myakka’s vehicles differ from East Mana-

tee’s vehicles, and therefore how much time it will take to train firefighters to work with the unfamiliar vehicles — whether it be 15 minutes or four hours. However, Whitehurst said his firefighters are finding out there aren’t as many differences as they thought there would be, which will make the process smoother.

On the human relations side, the districts have started to talk about what they should do with Myakka’s volunteer firefighter corps. East Manatee does not have volunteers. They will also discuss the sick days and vacation time of Myakka firefighters and how they will transfer to East Manatee.

One thing the East Manatee fire district has learned is that it won’t automatically inherit Myakka’s buildings and vehicles just because the county commission and Florida Legislature said it would absorb the Myakka fire

district.

Therefore, with the help of an attorney, the two districts are working on an all-inclusive legal document to make it clear that East Manatee is the successor to Myakka’s fire district and inheritor of all its property. This is a time-sensitive task, for the Myakka district will lose all legal autonomy after Sept. 30.

Whitehurst said it will also take some time to merge financial accounts and pay off outstanding financial obligations for Myakka, such as the remainder of its power bill, which will not expire until a few months after the merger.

Myakka City Fire Chief Danny Cacchiotti and Myakka’s board of fire commissioners are all retiring at the end of September, which means Whitehurst and the East Manatee fire commissioners will tie up any loose odds and ends that emerge after the merger is finalized.

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After deciding to make a swing ride using an Engineering Pathways STEM Lab kit, Lopez was able to make his design come to life within a few hours during a STEM-based summer camp for migrant students June 16.

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meaning how they could sell what they create.

“We’re going through all those steps that make them think a little more about how engineering results in real-world applications,” said Jason Troop, the camp advisor and tutor for the School District of Manatee County’s Migrant Education Program.

Campers spent time building small cars to compete against each other, constructing catapults to try to fling items into a basket, and assembling fair rides using a STEM kit.

“I keep throwing them challenges, and they keep meeting them,” Troop said.

Miqueas Millan, a rising seventh grader, said his favorite activity was building a rollercoaster. He spent the afternoon of June 15 designing and beginning

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to construct his rollercoaster and finished it June 16.

“It looks cool, and it was kind of easy to build,” Millan said.

Selia Rodriguez, a rising eighth grader, said she loved building a bridge that linked two tables together and had no support beams. The structure had to withstand a weight challenge when she was done.

Troop said the summer program gives students opportunities they might not have otherwise.

In past years, students have been on field trips to Mote Marine, the Manatee County courthouse and Sarsaota’s Ken Thompson Park for dip netting.

The pandemic has forced the camp to remain on the school campus and has impacted the number of students who are able to participate.

Troop said the camp usually has about 30 students participating, but about two thirds of those students are in summer school as a result of falling behind during the school year due to the pandemic.

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The STEM-based summer camp gives migrant students an opportunity to dive deeper into science, technology, engineering and math while creating projects using the knowledge they’ve gained. This year’s camp activities have included building cars, construction catapults and creating fair rides.

Anyone interested in supporting the camp and the School District of Manatee County’s Migrant Education Program can make a donation to the Migrant Scholarship Fund on the Manatee Education Foundation website, MEFInfo.org.

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Leaving on a high note

“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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Bands Director Ron Lambert leaves Lakewood Ranch High to pursue family, business interests.

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T

he Lakewood Ranch High School Marching Mustangs’ rehearsal often would go until 9 p.m., and Ron Lambert, the school’s director of bands, would be on campus well past 10 p.m.

After long days of arriving at the school early in the morning, teaching throughout the day, preparing for rehearsals, tending to other responsibilities and finally leading marching band practice, Lambert would be exhausted.

So Lambert, whose Marching Mustangs were perennial finalists at the state competition, sometimes would return to his office, pull out an airbed and go to sleep.

“Sometimes when we would host drum and bugle corps or simply work so late, if it was a better option, the airbed would come out,” Lambert said with a laugh.

Lambert was known for his dedication to the school’s numerous band programs, including the marching band, wind ensemble, wind symphony and jazz band.

After 17 years of dedication to bands in the School District of Manatee County, Lambert will retire Aug. 3 so he can focus on his family, his family business (RK Advisory Group, a health care business) and other musical adventures, which include continuing to serve as the assistant director of the 10-time world champion Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

“What I’ll miss most is the students,” Lambert said. “I think the kids can tell I love music and what it could do for them, so I think the sincerity I brought was respected.

I think I’m going to miss that the most. I’ll miss standing in front of those kids.”

Lambert said he enjoyed his 17-year tenure as a director in the School District of Manatee County because of the positive culture and support systems in place. He served as an assistant director at Lakewood Ranch High School for six years before becoming the director of bands at Southeast High School for two years and then returning to Lakewood Ranch High to be the director of bands.

“It’s just a wonderful place to work,” Lambert said. “The families and the kids are great.”

Throughout his 15 years with Lakewood Ranch High School, Lambert has taught generations of families.

“The bonds we have built are for life,” Lambert said. “One of the real joys is watching them grow up over the course of four years but then watching them come back to tell me what they’ve done in college or what they have accomplished in their professional lives.”

Lambert recalled when Mallory Shirey, who graduated in June, was the band’s mascot at 5 years old. Mallory Shirey would dress

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Ron Lambert, the director of bands at Lakewood Ranch High School, will retire Aug. 3.

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TAKE A BOW RON LAMBERT Age: 53 Residence: Apollo Beach Family: Wife Karyn Lambert, children Jessykka Lambert and Brandon Lambert and granddaughter Zoe Lambert Years in the School District of Manatee County: 17 Years at Lakewood Ranch High School: 15 Favorite marching band performance: “Crime Fighter Chronicles” in 2005 because it was the first time the band made the finals at the state competition Advice for students: Never let music out of your life and continue to follow your dreams Favorite moment as a performer: Playing the main stage at the Taste of Chicago in front of a crowd of 100,000 people.

Favorite instrument: Drums Instrument that best describes his personality: Tuba

in a Mustang horse costume and march in parades with the band.

She was a drum major for the Marching Mustangs her junior and senior year.

Gloria Shirey, the mother of Mallory Shirey, said Lambert added his personal touches while staying true to the foundation built by prior bands director Robert Schaer.

Marci Nauman, a parent of Lakewood Ranch High rising senior Ellie Nauman, said her

daughter was anxious about starting high school four years ago, but when she joined the band program, that anxiety was alleviated.

“Mr. Lambert created such a family so the summer when they had band camp leading up to her freshman year, she got to know so many students,” Nauman said.

“It made her feel comfortable. It challenged her to be better. She has taken that on and blossomed over the past few years.”

Ellie Nauman now will be leading the low woodwind section as a section leader.

“They support each other, care about each other and challenge each other to be the best musicians they can be,” Nauman said.

“He will take anybody into the marching band, whether you’ve picked up an instrument before or not, and there are people who will help you get better and teach you because that helps them improve the band program as a whole.”

As the band program continues to move forward, Lambert hopes the students, band leadership and families will continue the family atmosphere he helped cultivate.

“A lot of time goes into maintaining a standard of excellence, and I’ve worked hard so the program is set up to continue to be successful,” Lambert said.

Whether it was celebrating being a finalist at state competitions, grieving the loss of band members and parents or navigating how to perform during a global pandemic, the students and band program staff have supported each other as a family.

Marching band members Dashwood Payen and Matthew Powers died in April and September 2018 respectively. Two band parents also died during that time.

“As a family we worked through it,” Lambert said. “I think (the students) could sense it hurt me a lot even though it was my job to be strong for them. It’s one of those things where they knew I needed them.”

When the 2021-2022 Marching Mustangs had its first live performance at the school’s stadium April 24, Lambert didn’t know it would be his last performance.

He still was focused on next year, designing and setting up next year’s production, “Find Your Yellow Brick Road.”

“I was working to make this an awesome year following COVID,” Lambert said. “But the opportunity I have to grow my family business and have some personal growth was something I couldn’t pass up.”

A BUSY LIFE Ron Lambert has performed in several bands, led multiple bands and received several accolades. n Member of the Marching Illini at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign n Member of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps in Illinois n Assistant director of the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps n Assistant director of the 10-time world champion Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps n Associate director at the University of South Florida n Co-producer and arranger of the touring and offBroadway musical BattleDrum n 2018 Lakewood Ranch Teacher of the Year n Two-time Lakewood Ranch Fine Arts Teacher of the Year n Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship Award recipient for four years n Quarterfinalist for the 2017 GRAMMY Educators Award

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Love and laughs key to 60-year marriage T

ina and Bill Gardner didn’t mention love when they were asked about the keys to building a long and happy marriage.

Love for them is a given.

The Lakewood Ranch couple oozed love during their 60th anniversary party July 1 at Lakewood Ranch Country Club.

It was in their expressions.

Their laughs. Their stories.

Both are 82 years old, although they look and act much younger.

With two artificial hips and knees, and open-heart surgery, Bill Gardner plays golf three times a week. Tina, who has a nursing background, is all about a healthy lifestyle. Her husband has his golf, she plays tennis.

They sat at a table and ran through some memories, constantly looking toward a door to check for arriving family members. Their four children were all attending the event as were their 12 grandchildren (six boys, six girls) and assorted spouses and significant others. Twenty-five family members in all were eating filet mignon and salmon in the Wine Room.

As their family arrived, Bill and Tina Gardner shared stories about their first encounter.

Both grew up in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. As Bill tells the story, they were poor but didn’t know it.

Bill was an athlete as a kid, playing sports as much as pos-

sible. At the age of 16, he was doing what came natural to him, playing basketball outside a community center in Jeannette when he became thirsty. Across the street from the courts was a drug store fountain, complete with what once was called a soda jerk (counter person).

That soda jerk was Tina.

Bill entered the fountain and Tina moved to take his order.

She said, “What do you want?” and Bill relied, “Water.”

Tina took exception to his non-order, barking “Is that all you want?”

Bill leaned back in his chair at Lakewood Ranch Country Club and laughed. It was his first example of how direct his future wife would be for the next 67 years.

Her attitude almost was a bit scary to the teen.

I thought, ‘I wouldn’t want to be around her,” he said.

But it was the next night Bill went to a dance and Tina was there.

“I said, ‘Hi,’ and she asked me to dance,” he said. “I said, ‘I don’t dance.’

“She said, ‘You’re dancing.’”

Tina taught her future husband the square step (box step) that night.

“There was something about him,” she said. “But he needed to be worked on a little bit.”

After seven years of going steady, and working on each

other, Bill and Tina were married July 1, 1961.

They already knew they were opposites.

Their daughter Julie Warren, who like her parents lives in the Country Club, said if one liked it hot, the other liked it cold. If one liked it quiet, the other wanted it loud. One was a type A personality and the other laid back. It was like that with many things.

It never seemed to matter.

“They each had a special group of friends,” Warren said. “Mom plays tennis, she paints and she swims. Dad has a huge group of golf buddies.”

If they disagreed on many minor matters, they were in complete agreement on the important issues.

“Ever since I was growing up, I always knew they would be there watching my field hockey and lacrosse matches,” Warren said. “We had dinner every night around the table, and they always were there. It was loud and honest, and you always knew you were loved.”

Tina Gardner said she and her husband have emphasized family. When any one of them had problems, they knew to come to their family for answers. Tina said they would sit down and discuss the problem, then try to find solutions.

The anniversary party was the first time in two years the entire family had assembled due to the

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Bill and Tina Gardner of Lakewood Ranch celebrated their 60th anniversary July 1 at Lakewood Ranch Country Club.

pandemic. It was a night to trade stories, such as Tina’s insistence on eating healthy.

“Mom was vegetable juicing back in the day,” Warren said.

“We never had white bread at home. I used to trade my lunch for Ho Hos and Ding Dongs.”

Bill, who worked for 27 years as an Anne Arundel County (Maryland) auditor, administrator and lobbyist, might have snuck a few Ding Dongs in his day, but he credits his wife’s insistence on a healthy diet for his longevity.

Together, over the years, they ran a restaurant/deli, and five video stores. They made life comfortable for their children.

In turn, Bill said they passed tips along to them.

“Be true to yourself,” he said.

“It’s your life, you lead it.”

Tina added, “We always told

them, do what’s going to make you happy.”

The interview was over and, smiling, Bill and Tina went to meet their family members.

But, really, what is the secret to a long relationship?

“Just say ‘Yes, dear,’” Bill said with a wry smile.

Tina just shook her head.

“Absolutely you need to have a sense of humor,” she said.

And love.

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Interim head of school in the books New ODA interim head of school uses lessons he’s learned from books as inspiration for his educational career.

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Sarasota’s Jim Connor always has been an avid reader.

He reads two to three books at any given time.

Connor has often used the lessons he learns from books to guide his life, in which he spent 49 years using books to educate and lead young minds as an English teacher and later an administrator at independent schools in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Florida.

Connor now will continue to use the lessons he’s learned about how to build a society in E.M. Forester’s “Howards End” and lessons on how to give back to the community from Thomas Hardy’s “The Return of the Native,” among other books, to lead the Out-of-Door Academy as its new interim head of school.

“Those books have been my foundation around how I have come to see the world and come to be interested in education,” Connor said.

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“For the most part, you have kids who really want to be there,” Connor said. “They want to excel.

They’re surrounded by peers who provide that sort of positive peer interaction that helps them to know it’s OK to be a good student.”

What he loves most about independent schools is it’s not only an educational institution but also a business where the leaders have to be entrepreneurial to make the school stand out compared to a free public education.

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Books, such as E.M. Forester’s “Howards End,” have been a foundation for how Jim Connors views the world. Connors will use lessons he’s learned from books to lead The Out-of-Door Academy as its interim head of school.

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Classes might be done for the summer, but a local youth baseball team is taking its opponents to school.

The Lakewood Ranch Little League Intermediate (13U) AllStar baseball team is headed to the state tournament after winning its sectional tournament June 25 in Land O’ Lakes. The team has yet to play a full game, having run-ruled its opponent — winning by 15 runs after four innings or 10 runs after five innings — in all five games it has played. The state tournament runs July 9-11 in Pinellas Park.

The team’s offense has been its biggest weapon. It is potent top to bottom, something exemplified by the team’s second game in the sectional tournament, a 13-1 win over Pinellas Park Little League.

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West isn’t alone in having a power surge during All-Stars.

Carter Baker, Kuwain Claxton and Jordan Tremblay all have hit two home runs in a game. Claxton said one big hit motivates everyone to get their own big hit, creating an avalanche of offense.

“It’s kind of surprised me how well we have done,” Mason Plese said. “We have a lot of kids who have broken out. I didn’t know everyone before this. I didn’t know everyone was this great.”

Cooper Leiberick, one of the team’s pitchers, said playing with such a potent offense is a dream.

If you give up a run or two, Leiberick said, you don’t worry about it because you know your offense will make up the difference.

Jason Youngblood, the team’s head coach, said this group is the most talented team he’s had in 10 years of coaching youth baseball.

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The Lakewood Ranch Little League Intermediate (13U) All-Star baseball team won its sectional tournament June 25 in Land O’ Lakes to advance to the state tournament.

put the ball out of the park,” Youngblood said. “It’s fun to watch. They have come together as a group well. They’re playing great. We have been coming to the batting cages once a week to get everyone work. If you can hit, you’ll go far.”

The road will get tougher at states. In all likelihood, not every Lakewood Ranch game will end via mercy rule. The team is confident its streak of wins will continue, though, no matter how the wins come.

“I think it’s mostly about energy,” Trevor Kovatch said. “If one person gets down then the whole team will get down. If we keep a good energy and positive attitude for an entire game, we’re unstoppable.”

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“Mark my words, I’m going to throw 47 feet,” Simmons said in the video.

She didn’t post it anywhere before the event. It mainly served as self-motivation, a promise burning a hole in her pocket.

Six weeks prior, Simmons, a Mississippi State University signee, was winning gold at the Florida High School Athletic Association state championships in Jacksonville. There, Simmons had a toss of 44 feet, 3.25 inches.

A win is a win, and Simmons was happy taking home the medal, but she also knew she could have thrown farther. She just had to push harder.

After taking a few days off, Simmons went back to her training, breaking it into two sections — one four weeks and the other two weeks. For the first four weeks, Simmons didn’t worry about distance. Her focus was on lifting, to add strength and muscle, and on technique. Sim-

mons and her high school throws coach, Mark Stephens, noticed that she has a tendency to dip in the middle of her rotation, which takes away power. Stephens wanted her to “stay over her left side instead.”

Simmons was not slouching in the gym, either. She said during her workouts she would power clean 170 pounds, bench press 155 pounds, squat 275 pounds and dead lift 310 pounds. At the beginning of the four-week run, she would do eight reps of each lift, decreasing the number of reps each week to lighten the stress on her body.

In the last two weeks of training, Simmons said, she saw the results of the previous four weeks pay off. She was throwing better than she ever had, consistently besting her performance from the state meet. She felt good about herself, something she did not feel when she made a trip to the 2021 Adidas Indoor National Championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in February. Back then, Simmons was recovering from a shoulder injury and could not prepare the way she wanted. Simmons finished 10th at those championships, throwing 41 feet, 11.5 inches. It wasn’t the distance she

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As she heads off to Mississippi State, Simmons remains a shining example of what perseverance can bring.

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

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“I saw some of the same girls here and at the indoor championships,” Simmons said. “I didn’t make it to the finals then, but I was able to see the competition. A lot of the best throwers are from up north. You don’t see them much coming from Florida. I want to compete with the best in the nation, so the experience definitely helped me.

I learned what it was like.”

This time, Simmons was ready. She was throwing in front of her future college coach, April Thomas, for the first time.

Simmons said hearing Thomas scream her name helped keep her calm. On her final throw as a high school-level athlete, Simmons did what she promised to herself she would do, throw 47 feet, 3.7 inches, a new personal record. It was good for a seventh-place finish.

Not bad for someone who only started throwing seriously as a sophomore.

“When I started I didn’t even think I’d throw in college,” Simmons said. “Back then, hitting 40 feet was a huge number for me. Now, I want more. I see all this talent here and I want to compete with them. I want to beat them in college. I want to be a Southeastern Conference champion and a national champion.”

The day after her top-10 finish, Simmons said she was going to post her video guarantee to her social pages, stitched together with a video of her final throw. Simmons said it would serve as proof to others that goal setting works, that other athletes

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here are countless forms of artistic expression, both verbal and expressive.

Christal Brown has known hers from a young age — Brown loves to dance, and she’s made a career out of that passion. The associate professor of dance at Middlebury College in Vermont has her own dance-coaching company and has produced a series of dance works examining the impact of the human body.

To her, dance is one of the most efficient ways to communicate.

“What I love about dancing is that it gets me closer to people than I’ve ever been,” Brown said.

“It’s the medicine in the candy that cuts through all the kind of differences and the things that we put up walls for. It gets us right to the humanity of each other.”

On July 9-10, Brown will relay that message as part of the Sarasota Contemporary Dance studio’s In-Person Performance Series, where she will perform excerpts from her various dance pieces to a small audience.

The performance will be streamed on the July 9 and performed live on July 10.

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Dance has been a lifelong passion for Brown, but it started out very much as a fortunate accident.

Instead of being dropped off at piano classes when she was a young girl, Brown was mistakenly sent to her best friend’s ballet recital.

She grew enamored with the craft from there and started taking lessons at 9 years old. She started off with tap, ballet, jazz and aerobics at a small studio in North Carolina and found herself as an assistant there by the time she was 14.

That led to becoming renowned in tap dancing, followed by studying dance at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and at an independent study in California.

She said she has a fortunate career working with several organizations and prominent figures in the Black dance community such as Bebe Miller and Bill T. Jones over the years.

“By the shape of my career I’ve actually embodied every part of the African diaspora in modern and contemporary dance as we know it in America,” she said.

Brown had more time off from teaching at Middlebury College during the pandemic and decided it would be a good time to perform at the Sarasota Contemporary Dance studio. The performance will consist of a solo performance of “I’m Fine,” as well as her “What We Ask Of Flesh” series.

Brown had the idea for the “What We Ask of Flesh” series after reading a poetry collection of the same name that had her thinking about the idea of flesh and skin in a scientific and religious perspective.

The conclusion she came to is that flesh is the boundary between the world and the soul — the part of us that holds onto trace residue as things enter and exit our lives.

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It wasn’t the same.

Harris jokingly said it was much wetter this year than it was in 2020, but more importantly, the event’s typical festivities — live music, food, street vendors, the Kids Zone and more — returned July 3 after they were absent last year because of restrictions.

Banks Gregory, the 2-year-old grandson of Tara’s Trudi and Mac Gregory, spent much of the evening climbing up and tumbling down an inflatable slide in the Kids Zone.

“It’s more fun to have that feeling of community this year,” Greenbrook resident Amayah Hayden said.

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Barriers. A child should always be accompanied by an adult when near a pool or open body of water. For home pools, Florida law requires barriers, including child-proof locks on doors, a pool fence with self-latching gates, alarms and professional pool covers fitted for the pool.

Swimming Lessons. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children ages 4 and older learn to swim. It also encourages caregivers of children ages 1 to 3 to consider swim instruction for their child. Call 211 or contact your local YMCA for swimming lessons near you.

Emergency Preparedness. When a child stops breathing, there is a small window of time when resuscitation may occur. CPR techniques are easy to learn and can mean the difference between life and death. Call 211 or visit the American Red Cross to find a CPR class near you.

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• Drink plenty of water throughout the day, and do not wait until you are thirsty to drink more.

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mery Stewart stood next to Sailor, a brown miniature horse, and shook her head.

While she was trying to braid his hair, Sailor decided to lay down on the ground and roll over in the dirt.

“I just finished washing and grooming him,” the 9-year-old said with a laugh.

Stewart said Sailor usually is calm but that he also can get a “little crazy.”

She got to know Sailor during her first time at Hundred Oaks Farm’s Mini Horse/Mini Donkey Camp in Myakka City. The camp is run by Maureen Hudson, who teaches campers how to care for the animals.

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home in the Country Club topped all transactions in this week’s real estate. Rick and Barbara Shaw, of Sarasota, sold their home at 6923 Westchester Circle to Miklos Berente and Nora Zita Berente, of Lakewood Ranch, for $1.9 million.

Built in 2003, it has five bedrooms, five-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 6,010 square feet of living area.

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Michael and Deborah Stokes, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 12515 Highfield Circle to Michael Khalil and Melissa Calabro, of Bradenton, for $1.51 million. Built in 2009, it has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,287 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,375,000 in 2015.

Patrick O’Brien sold the home at 7006 Dominion Lane to Theodore Alton Hull and Kim Hull, trustees, of Bradenton, for $1.42 million. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,196 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $780,000 in 2014.

Sherri Baker sold the home at 13219 Palmers Creek Terrace to Thomas Paul Robert Jr. and Patricia Rose Roberts, of Lakewood Ranch, for $1.3 million.

Built in 2006, it has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,731 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $899,000 in 2019.

Liberto and Rosamelia Lecea, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 8219 Championship Court to Tamera and Charles Roulund, of Lakewood Ranch, for $629,000. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,507 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $401,000 in 2002.

Philip and Linda Grosz, trustees, of Middleton, Wisconsin, sold the home at 6632 Pebble Beach Way to Deidre Lane, of Lakewood Ranch, for $600,000.

Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,201 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $470,000 in 2019.

Michael and Jill Maciag, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 6655 Pebble Beach Way to James Christopher Leary and Cathy Ann Leary, of Lakewood Ranch, for $562,500. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,204 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $347,000 in 2016.

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Sara Mack, of Sevierville, Tennessee, sold her home at 6631 Pebble Beach Way to Timothy and JoAnn Bastress, of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, for $465,000.

Built in 2002, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,993 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $370,000 in 2003.

Stuart Reginald Minors and Rosalind Minors sold their home at 7018 Woodmore Terrace to Jeffrey Dadowski, of Pittsburgh, for $425,000. Built in 2002, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,560 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $265,000 in 2014.

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Thomas and Cindy Jones, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1719 Rye Road to Cory Worthington Lucas and Irma Guisselle Lucas, of Bradenton, for $1.1 million. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths, a pool and 4,898 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $800,000 in 2018.

Leroy and Cassandra Barnidge, of Bradenton, sold their home at 13610 Seven Ave. Circle N.E. to Matthew O’Brien and Erin Elizabeth O’Brien, of Bradenton, for $990,000. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 4,955 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $649,000 in 2013.

Philip Misiura, of Parrish, and Susan Misiura, of Bradenton, sold their home at 1911 148th Court E. to Andrew and Vicki Johnson, of Bradenton, for $670,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 3,926 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $410,000 in 2011.

Stephen and Elyssa Hackett, of Greer, South Carolina, sold their home at 14511 17th Ave. E. to Nicholas and Megan Mercurio, of Bradenton, for $499,000.

Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,164 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $375,000 in 2020.

Liz Ramos

This Country Club home at 6923 Westchester Circle sold for $1.9 million. It has five bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,010 square feet of living area.

for $440,000. Built in 2015, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,674 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $350,000 in 2017.

EDGEWATER

Ronald Magee, of Bradenton, sold his home at 8309 Sailing Loop to Charles and Amanda Duff, of Bradenton, for $879,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,899 square feet of living area. It previously sold for

$415,000 in 2010.

Moorings at Heritage Harbour The Moorings Properties LLC sold the home at 8809 Rum Runner Place to Katherine Ann Hart, of Boulder Creek, California, for $879,000. Built in 2017, it has four bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths and 2,390 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $745,900 in 2017.

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Joz and Trisha Brutus, of Bradenton, sold two properties at 7716 213th St. E. to David and Gabriela Bryson, of Avon, Ohio, for $915,000. The first property was built in 2002, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,817 square feet of living area. The second property was built in 2006, it has one bedroom, one bath and 858 square feet of living area.

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Shuxia Chen sold the home at 4632 Benito Court to Ramon and Maria Secades, of Bradenton, for $901,000. Built in 2018, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,025 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $703,100 in 2018.

Della Brod, of Henderson, Nevada, sold her home at 4907 Savona Run to Scott and Linda Kalkofen, of Wheaton, Illinois,

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Sharon Lynn King, of Port Charlotte, sold her home at 14109 Ninth Terrace N.E. to David and Elise Lawson, of Bradenton, for $850,000. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,800 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $680,000 in 2019.

SOUND AT WATERLEFE

Karen Eddy, of Bradenton, sold her Unit 8 condominium at 1045 Fish Hook Cove to Scott Philip Federico and Regina Ann Federico, of Bradenton, for $799,000.

Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, two-and-three-half baths, a pool and 3,240 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $660,000 in 2018.

GREYHAWK LANDING

2010, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,251 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $555,000 in 2019.

Arthur and Doris Zielinski, of Bradenton, sold their home at 414 Petrel Trail to Chad and Lisa Cambra, of Attleborough, Massachusetts, for $717,000. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,178 square feet of living area.

Lourdes Ana Perez sold her home at 327 Blackbird Court to Andrew and Cheryle Kocisky, of Bradenton, for $650,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,736 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $486,000 in 2006.

RIVERWALK RIDGE

Marc Andre’ Riffel and Annette Frances Riffel, of Bangor, Maine, sold their home at 6922 Honeysuckle Trail to Susan Kotlove, of Lakewood Ranch, for $737,000.

Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,405 square feet of living area.

CENTRAL PARK

Joseph and Nancy Gorman,

trustees, of Venice, sold the home at 4715 Balboa Park Loop to Sean and Jennifer Bureau, of Bradenton, for $735,000. Built in 2013, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,030 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $525,000 in 2020.

Mason and Anne Goetz, of Bradenton, for $707,500. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,875 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $449,000 in 2012.

William and Nancy Dodd, of Crete, Illinois, sold their home at 6235 Cypress Bend Court to Jonathan and Mikayla Blackwell, of University Park, for $607,000.

Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,094 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $289,800 in 1999.

Clancey Anne Mowll and Kauri Mowll, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 12237 Longview Lake Circle to Corey and Ashley Schmitt, of Bradenton, for $445,000. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,865 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $303,000 in 2019.

RYE WILDERNESS ESTATES

Sandeep Sethi and Purnima Pandita, of Wesley Chapel, sold their home at 109 170th St. E. to Ann Stivers, trustee, of Bradenton, for $730,000. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,072 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $433,400 in 2014.

MOTE RANCH

Brett Werle, of Hickory, North Carolina, sold his home at 6222 Stillwater Court to Andrew

Lakewood National Golf Club Angel and Lorena Miranda sold their home at 17513 Hickok Belt Loop to John and Julie Barrett, of Bradenton, for $705,000. Built in 2020, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,040 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $450,000 in 2020.

a pool and 2,915 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $520,000 in 2019.

SG Creative Flow Enterprises LLC sold the home at 18107 Polo Trail to Ethan Walter and Katrina Koloseus-Gagnon, of Lakewood Ranch, for $585,000. Built in 2019, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,268 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $425,000 in 2020.

ARBOR LAKES

Anthony and Maria Delvescovo, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, sold their home at 6010 Winchester Place to Frederick and Kathleen Humphrey, of Sarasota, for $660,000. Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,889 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $258,300 in 1998.

POLO RUN

Willie Brad Moore and Alba Inmaculada Colmenares, of Bradenton, sold their home at 17124 Polo Trail to Mark and Rebecca Crane, of Bradenton, for $680,000. Built in 2019, it has four bedrooms, three baths,

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YOUTH YOGA Runs from 10-11 a.m. at Bob Gardner Park, 2710 White Eagle Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. Lakewood Ranch Community Activities hosts Youth Yoga for ages 5-9. The event is free for Lakewood Ranch residents and $10 for nonresidents. More information, go to MyLWR.com.

YOGA FOR TWEENS Runs from 11 a.m. until noon at Bob Gardner Park, 2710 White Eagle Blvd., Lakewood Ranch.

Lakewood Ranch Community Activities hosts Yoga for Tweens for ages 10-16. The event is free for Lakewood Ranch residents and $10 for nonresidents. For more information, go to MyLWR.com.

SUNDAY, JULY 11 FARMERS MARKET Runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, 8330 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. The Market at Lakewood Ranch runs every Sunday through August. Vendors will be offering seafood, eggs, meats, dairy products and pastas among other items. For more information, go to MyLWR.com.

PUBLIC CONCERT Begins at 7 p.m. at the Nathan Benderson Park finish tower, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota. Florida Studio Theatre presents a free public concert, “On The Road Again.” The concert will feature “Country Roads,” “Surfin’ USA,” and “Deep in the Heart of Texas,” and will celebrate all that makes this country special from sea to shining sea. For

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THURSDAY, JULY 8 High: 89 Low: 76 Chance of rain: 50%

FRIDAY, JULY 9 High: 89 Low: 76 Chance of rain: 40%

SATURDAY, JULY 10 High: 90 Low: 76 Chance of rain: 45%

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SUNRISE / SUNSET

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Saturday, July 10

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Tuesday, July 13

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Aug. 15 First

Aug. 22 Full

RAINFALL Monday, June 28

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Tuesday, June 29

2.34

SUNDAY, JULY 11

Wednesday, June 30

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Thursday, July 1

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1 Sore 5 Duke Ellington’s “Take ___ Train” 9 Similar 13 Cathedral recess 17 Next to bat 19 Beat keepers 20 Detective Wolfe 21 First Pixar film with a Black lead 22 “The Crucible” judge?

(Note letters 2 to 5 in this answer and the 4 letters right below them) 24 Strength of character 25 Bro and sis

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37 “I’m not looking for responses,” on Twitter 39 First appearance 40 Pita dip, perhaps 41 Fin de ___ (late 19th century) 43 Stop holding on 46 Wanted poster letters 47 Bread that may be dark 51 Almost empty 52 Meditation sounds 53 This moment, more or less 54 Rom-com’s first encounter 55 ___-century modern 57 Lacking a time stamp 58 Guy on a ship 59 Hospital workers 60 Tailless primate 63 Hiking path 64 Feathery neckwear item 65 Chicago airport code 67 Gold measure DOWN 68 Pranks with rolls, briefly 1 TikTok request 69 Xavier Becerra’s dept.

2 Knickknack 70 Entourages 3 Gets wind of 71 Actress Christine 4 City west of Tucson 73 Creator of a diamond5 Quartet minus one topped scale?

6 Jabba the ___ 74 Green toppers for toast 7 Sends out, as light 75 Hereditary collection 8 Fancy neckwear items 80 Has as a tenant 9 Poet Maya 81 “Drivers License” singer 10 Sound of a frog hitting Olivia water 82 Self-centered “journey” 11 Eye part or flower 83 Prince, to a queen 26 “Annabelle: Creation” 46 “Elf” actor Ed tion (... 4 to 7 and the 12 “I’m kidding!”

85 Early round, informally actress 48 Naughty letters right below) 13 Attacks 87 Complete 10 reps, say 27 Short albums, briefly 49 No longer active (Abbr.) 70 2D surface 14 More tapered 89 Civil rights activist 28 The Sharks or the Jets 50 Feline toon with a bow 72 Robin Williams film 15 Narrow music category Chavez 29 Canon camera (... 4 to 7 and the letters about an aspiring doctor 16 Great Wall of China’s 90 Yankees legend who 30 Tiny bit of work right below) 73 Woman’s Day, e.g., middle? dated J.Lo 31 To this day 53 Make crack up briefly 18 Indian cheese 93 Come up again 33 Hang around 55 Oversee excessively 76 Crew propeller 19 Seems endless, with “on” 95 Internet issue?

35 Screwed (up) 56 Add to the poker pot 77 One may be congested 23 Burnable storage media 96 Busybody 38 Waited at a theme park 57 Future ensign’s sch.

78 ___ Bo (Abbr.)

97 “Hot Fuzz” director Wright (... 4 to 7 and the letters 61 Wedding acquisitions? 79 Gives too many personal 28 Barely show up?

99 Secure, as a skiff right below) 62 Classic Pontiac details (... 7 to 10 and the 32 “___ my treat!”

101 Preside over 40 Bygone Russian leader 63 Digit to dip in a pool letters right below) 33 Turkish coins 102 Heed 42 Part of Verizon Media 64 Study intensely 84 Tract of land 34 Take a breather 103 John, in Russian 44 System administrators, 66 South Beach, for one 85 Authors 35 Food court regular 104 Texter’s qualifier often 67 Rapper Lil’ ___ 86 “I swear!”

36 Entering gradually 105 JFK’s location 45 Not feel 100% 68 Sleepover game ques- 88 Liquor store sign 91 First part of an act 92 Charitable sort 94 Before, to a bard 95 Watch warily 98 Rent.com listings, for short 99 B.A. Baracus portrayer 100 Converted into droplets (... 2 to 5 and the letters right below) 104 Wedding vows 105 Pinot ___ 106 Aquatic activity involving masks 107 Not worth discussing 108 One unlikely to question a pose?

109 Mathematician Leonhard 110 Large ray in the ocean 111 Norway’s capital 112 Trim, as a photo 113 Deuce topper 114 Close to

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