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Is it a pro-builder system?

County commissioners say land-use changes are based on law. SEE PAGE 3

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Volunteer of Year GreyHawk Landing’s Heather Lemke was named the B.D. Gullett Elementary School “Volunteer of the Year” on May 19 during the annual Volunteer Breakfast and given the award by Principal Shirin Gibson.

Lemke’s son, Sebastian, is a second-grade student at the school.

“Gullett is a great place to volunteer,” Lemke said.

“The teachers and staff appreciate it so much, and the energy in a young learning environment is refreshing.

I absolutely love the time I get to spend there and the people I get to work with.”

Different roles, true heroes

They made the grade Braden River, Lakewood Ranch honor graduates.

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A reluctant hero and a fighter pilot serve as Tribute to Heroes Parade grand marshals.

JAY HEATER MANAGING EDITOR

When it comes to the Tribute to Heroes Parade in Lakewood Ranch, one of the co-grand marshals, Braden Woods’ Frank Royer, had it all wrong.

“I’m not a hero,” Royer insisted.

“I’m just a veteran. There are guys during my period who have done a lot more than I did.”

Royer then pointed out Hank Lackey, his co-grand marshal and a career Air Force fighter pilot, was more deserving. “I admire the guy,” Royer said of Lackey.

“He was a career military guy and a pilot.”

Even so, according to his fellow Veterans of Foreign War members, Royer’s service deserves attention as well.

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Graduate has priorities When Braden River High graduate and commencement speaker Jaylen Gonzalez took the podium May 18, he touched on important subjects, such as the fact he considers himself a poet.

But before he launched into his speech, he had to clear his most important task.

“By the way,” he said. “Hi Mom. I love you.”

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Lakewood Ranch High School senior Sophia Falco celebrates as her school’s graduation ceremony comes to an end May 20 at the Bradenton Area Convention Center.

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Town Hall seeks to amp up A/V system Budget for 2018 includes $65,000 for a new audiovisual system.

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As the Lakewood Ranch InterDistrict Authority board contemplates its budget for the 2018 fiscal year, it’s making sure to include funding to upgrade Lakewood Ranch Town Hall’s audiovisual system.

The proposed $3.9 million budget, approved May 16 and set for adoption in July, includes $65,000 for a new audiovisual system. That’s a onetime 6.6% increase for Town Hall operations, compared with the 2017 fiscal year.

“A lot of our clubs meet here and they do audiovisual presentations,” IDA Chairman Tom Green said of the project’s importance.

Board members, however, directed staff members to get the best price possible for such improvements.

IDA Executive Director Anne Ross said the improvements will help Town Hall better accommodate the needs of its clubs and group meetings. For example, Town Hall has meeting space that can be one large space or divided into up to three rooms. If three groups meet at the same time, only one is able to use the microphone system.

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Lakewood Ranch Executive Director Anne Ross says a new audiovisual system will be important to the clubs that meet at Town Hall.

“It’s limited in some ways,” Ross said of the current system.

“It can’t be segregated by salon.

Most of the components are 10 years old. (The new system) will be more functional.”

The proposed budget also includes increases for personnel salaries, wages and other expenses, such as insurance increases.

The IDA oversees issues common across Lakewood Ranch Community Development Districts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 and manages Town Hall and the opera-

tions department. Those districts incorporate the IDA’s budget into their own budgets.

The IDA underspent in 2017 by $145,000, so the board is offsetting an overall 4.7% increase in the budget with those funds.

Districts collectively will see a roughly 0.3% decrease from the IDA. “We have taken some of the surplus we’ve accumulated and we’re returning those back to the districts,” Green said.

Lakewood Ranch CDDs 1, 2,

4, 5 and 6 continue to hold budget workshops in May. They will approve tentative budgets in June and adopt their final budgets in August. Town Hall Financial Director Steve Zielinski said he expects districts to see budget increases of about 3% to 4% primarily as a result of irrigationrelated infrastructure improvements and increases in irrigation water usage.

In other business, during CDD meetings May 18: n Ross updated the boards

regarding state legislation on small cellular technology and how it could impact Lakewood Ranch. She said SchroederManatee Ranch officials verbally committed to help pay for the hiring of consultant Ken Schmidt, of Steel in the Air, to guide the districts through cellular lease negotiations and other cell-related issues. n Members of the Inter-District Authority Board authorized Ross to begin looking into providing homeowners association management services for Country Club East. Ross said members of the Country Club East association board approached her about such an arrangement, but there are minimal details at this time.

“Keep your expectations low right now,” IDA Chairman Tom Green said. “They are set up much different than ours. There are a lot of questions that need to be answered. Our staff has developed a list of questions and asked them to respond to get an idea of how they manage, what they want us to do and what they are willing to pay for it.” n CDD 1 supervisors discussed its ability to install a sound attenuation wall behind 10 homes on Winding Woods Way that back up to Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

Remaining CDD budget workshops are set as follows at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall: 10:30 a.m. May 25 for CDD 5; and 2 p.m.

May 25 for CDD 2.

Lakewood Ranch Town Hall will be closed Monday, May 28, in observance of Memorial Day.

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Some progress can’t be denied Development application system includes future land uses homeowners sometimes overlook.

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PATH TO PROGRESS For the average project, Manatee County staff members — such as personnel in the planning, transportation and stormwater departments — spend an average of 124 hours, collectively, determining whether a project complies with county requirements and crafting stipulations to address any problems. County commissioners review development applications and meet one-on-one with county staff members to be briefed and to get the answers to any questions they might have about a project before public hearings and meetings.

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ridgewater’s Laura Whinfield could not attend a May 9 public hearing, but the outcome turned out as she suspected.

On 305 acres at the northwest corner of State Road 70 and White Eagle Boulevard, Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch will be able to build up to 250,000 square feet of light-industrial use buildings.

The request also reduced commercial and retail space by 100,000 square feet. SMR officials said the change was necessary to create the high-paying jobs envisioned for the property.

That may be true, but Whinfield said she is frustrated.

“It wouldn’t have mattered what we said,” Whinfield said of the vote by Manatee County commissioners to approve the project.

“That’s disconcerting for us, the public, who are hoping for an open mind.”

Whinfield and fellow residents from the Bridgewater neighborhood attended the Manatee County Planning Commission meeting in February and the first of two public Manatee County Commission meetings, in March, although no one attended the final May commission meeting.

At initial meetings, Whinfield and others asked for modifications to the adjusted plan — such as prohibiting the light-industrial use in the southwest corner of Rangeland Parkway and White Eagle Boulevard, the only portion of the project directly across from residential — and finding a way to minimize truck traffic at the entrance to CORE directly across from Bridgewater’s entrance.

The entrance points into CORE have been indicated on county maps for more than a decade and are placed at median cutouts.

SMR does not know where future CORE companies will purchase land, so it does not want to eliminate options.

The project changes had the support of county staff members.

However, the situation with CORE highlights a sentiment echoed by many residents who come to seek protection against developments they feel intrude on their quality of life. Does the County Commission hear their concerns or does it automatically favor development? The CORE project changes is just the latest example.

“We hear it all the time, but it isn’t as simple as saying the public does not want it,” said County Commission Chairwoman Betsy Benac. “When it says quasi-judicial, it means we have to act like a judge. A judge has to make decisions based on the law.”

In Manatee County, development is guided by a series of planning documents.

First, the comprehensive plan sets the foundation for policies and goals and sets a range of uses for lands within its boundaries.

Next, the land development code sets zoning, or the future land

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Preapplication meeting: Developer and staff members meet to discuss the merits of the application and identify potential conflicts. This meeting is optional.

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Department Review Application: The case manager sends the projects to the various departments (transportation, stormwater, etc.) for review. The review period is three weeks.

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Review Agencies Meeting: At this meeting held every Wednesday, department officials meet to discuss any problems or other issues identified with particular projects.

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Completeness review: Zoning staff have 10 days to check the application for a traffic study, landscaping plan, surveys and other application requirements.

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Project assigned: If deemed complete, the application is assigned to a planner to be its case manager.

Manager review: The planning section manager reviews the staff report for completeness and other criteria.

Developer submits application

Development Review Committee: This is an optional meeting. Applicants who want more discussion or clarification with county staff members regarding their applications can receive it in this meeting. If there are no objections, the case manager then has 30 days to prepare a staff report.

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Legal review: After the planning section manager OKs the staff report, it is sent to the county’s legal department for comment. The legal department has about twoand-a-half weeks to comment and return it.

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Project advertised: The project is publicly advertised, per state regulations.

This is done at least 10 days in advance of a public meeting.

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Planning Commission: Planning Commission, an advisory board to the Manatee County Commission, discusses the application and makes a recommendation for approval or denial.

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County Commission: Manatee County commissioners hold a public hearing to approve or deny a project. Prior to meetings, commissioners receive all supplemental information and meet with county staff for briefings on each particular application.

uses allowed in particular areas.

For example, a parcel zoned for agriculture may have a “future land use” designation of residential with up to three units per acre or planned-development commercial.

County staff members evaluate what is being proposed against that criteria before making a recommendation to approve or deny a application.

“People do not understand the process,” Benac said. “I think the biggest problem is the words ‘approve development.’ We don’t deny or approve development.

We make sure it complies with the rules. That’s all we can do.”

Benac and fellow Manatee County commissioners declined commenting specifically on the CORE approval, citing a 30-day window following a public hearing in which a decision could be challenged.

Commissioners also said they weigh the merits of each application individually and must deter-

mine whether a project complies with guidelines for development.

The Manatee County Attorney’s Office regularly reminds the board that it is acting in a quasijudicial manner for comprehensive plan and rezoning applications for development.

“We are deciding whether or not it meets our standards,” Assistant County Attorney Bill Clague said at a land-use hearing. “It has to be based on evidence related to our standards.”

Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh said Manatee County has changed significantly since 1989, when the county developed its comprehensive plan.

“You have to look around.

There are a lot of different factors you have to look upon to decide yea or nay,” Baugh said. “You have to make sure whatever is gone will give a better quality of life.

Can the business community and the residential community live together in a live, work and play

environment?

“We have to follow the law, and in this state, property rights are very strong,” she said. “If someone comes before us and (their application) is abiding by the law, then it’s not always a cut and dry situation.”

She and other commissioners said they consider compatibility with neighbors, transportation, density and other factors for each development.

“We have to look at what people are saying and look at the big picture,” Commissioner Priscilla Whisenant Trace said. “What fits?”

Commissioner Robin DiSabatino said she tries to keep other factors in mind.

“Just because someone is entitled to something or it’s legal, it doesn’t always make it right or fair,” DiSabatino said. “I know people have property rights. But if you own a property next door, you have property rights as well that get infringed upon.”

LAYERS OF PLANNING When a development application is submitted to the county, its planning staff evaluates the project against Manatee County’s development regulations. Here’s a quick summation of regulations guiding growth: Comprehensive Plan: A planning document that establishes development goals and policies for the county and sets a “range of potential uses” under various land-use categories.

Land Development Code: A planning document that establishes current uses and future uses (called zoning) on particular properties or geographic areas. Its purpose is to implement the Comprehensive Plan by establishing regulations, procedures and standards for review and approval of all development and use of land within unincorporated Manatee County.

Future Land Use Map Series: A map within the Comprehensive Plan that assigns allowed future land uses to geographic areas.

Other regulations: Florida Department of Transportation, the Southwest Florida Water Management District and local fire departments also impose regulations and guidelines for developments and those comments are incorporated to Manatee County’s review process.

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A proposed second phase evenCheri Coryea, director of Man- tually would knock out the westatee County’s Neighborhood ern wall of the building to add Services Department, said the more space. county did not secure a $500,000 Coryea said she will be looking grant from the state of Florida as for funding opportunities for the it had expected. first phase during the county’s When the Legislature closed its budgeting sessions this summer. budget session May 12, it eliminatThe county collects impact fees ed its funding for Public Library for libraries. That, combined with Construction Grants. Manatee revenue from a half-cent sales tax County’s 2,000-square-foot approved in November, are cover$500,000 Braden River branch ing about $1.1 million. Collecting expansion had been seventh on a the remaining $500,000 through list of 14 to receive funding. those means will take about a “We would have been able to year, if other funding options are start construction in October,” not identified before then.

Coryea said. “Now, we have to Braden River Library’s fundrally. We’re going to be looking raising group, Friends of Braden for other grants.

River Library, in May 2016 had “We’re not scrapping the proj- donated $20,000 to fund design ect. We’re just delayed,” she said. of a library expansion.

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A BRIEF HISTORY

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Rebekah Boudrie, a Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch board member, board President Deanna Murchie and board member Susan Giroux pose with rescues Dawson (left) and Burt (right). They hope the organization can find a new, larger home.

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akewood Ranch’s Susan Giroux laughed as she approached a dog named Burt, jumping with excitement in his cage as if he were riding a pogo stick.

He’s just one animal available

for adoption at the Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch, which houses about 20 animals at a time at 7334 Trade Court, in the Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park.

For the past six-and-a-half years, this spot within Stanley Steemer’s facility has been a rent-free space through which nearly 700 dogs and cats have been adopted.

But both Stanley Steemer and the Humane Society need more space.

“We’ve been growing,” said Giroux, a Humane Society board

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member. “We’d love to be able to double or triple our space.”

Stanley Steemer needs to assume the space to meet growth

demands and has given the Humane Society until Dec. 1 to find a new location.

“We didn’t want to make the phone call, but we’ve known for the last two years we’ve been outgrowing the portion of the building we had,” said Connie Gellner, who owns the Stanley Steemer franchise with her husband, Mark. “The economy is back.

We need to move into that space to grow. They’ve been so understanding.”

About two years ago, Stanley Steemer took back one room for

an office for its manager. The Humane Society had been using it for cats. Humane Society leaders knew change would be coming and were facing their own space limitations.

The Humane Society has time to find a new location, and it can move as soon as it is ready. It hopes to stay in Lakewood Ranch to be easily accessible to its volunteer base.

“Right now, we need space and we’re willing to pay rent for it,” said Giroux, a Humane Society board member.

The ideal facility would be at least 3,500 square feet to 6,000 square feet with several rooms the organization can use for offices, supplies, education, separation of dogs and cats and quarantine for new animals, for example.

It also must have an area in which dogs can be walked — volunteers walk dogs a minimum of 20 minutes three times a day — and there needs to be outdoor space, such as a parking lot, so the Humane Society can conduct volunteer and animal training.

A larger space will allow the Humane Society to take in larger breed dogs. Right now it focuses on small to mid-size dogs.

Humane Society leaders hope to not only expand space for animals — doubling or tripling capacity — but to expand services.

“We want to save more animals, period,” Giroux said. “We want to have a bigger impact on the community through education.”

The Humane Society closed its money-making Second Chance Boutique, a consignment shop off Lake Osprey Drive, Lakewood Ranch, in December because of an increase in rent.

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Stanley Steemer franchise owners Connie and Mark Gellner built their roughly 10,000-square-foot building at 7340 Trade Court, in the Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park, in 2000 and operated it until 2008, when the housing market began to crash.

The company already had its headquarters in Orlando, so it scrapped plans to move its headquarters to Lakewood Ranch and instead decided to lease out a portion of its building, which it no longer needed.

For three years, it sat empty.

“Nobody needed it,” Connie Gellner said.

In late 2010, the Gellners attended a fundraiser and awareness event for the Humane Society and heard the plea for space. They knew it would be a good fit and offered it to the fledgling organization at no cost. The Humane Society moved in spring 2011.

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Principal choice is born leader Haile Middle School principal takes the same position at Braden River High School.

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Carlos E. Haile Middle School Principal Sharon Scarbrough said she was born to be a leader.

The Manatee County School District agrees.

Scarbrough, 45, will take over as the principal at Braden River High School next semester.

Kimone Cooper, an assistant principal at Haile, said Braden River is getting an exceptional administrator.

“She is a great boss,” Cooper said. “She has done so many great things for us here.”

Scarbrough, who has been the Haile principal since 2014, will take over for Jennifer Gilray, who left Braden River to become assistant director at Manatee Technical College. A replacement for Scarbrough at Haile has not been named.

“It has been an innate part of me to be a leader, and I have been since I was young,” Scarbrough said. “I knew I wanted to be a leader in education because

MANATEE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES n Sharon Scarbrough is moving from Haile Middle School principal to Braden River High principal. n Jennifer Gilray is moving from Braden River principal to assistant director at Manatee Technical College. n Jenny Galindo is moving from assistant principal at Bayshore High to assistant principal at Lakewood Ranch High. n Mike Mullen is moving from assistant principal at Lakewood Ranch High to assistant principal at Bayshore High. n Monica Delesline is moving from assistant principal at Braden River High to assistant principal at Palmetto High. n Karen Chinault is moving from student support specialist at Freedom Elementary to assistant principal at Tara Elementary.

the best people that I ever knew growing up were the teachers I had, and I wanted to be around that all the time.”

Scarbrough said she is sad to leave her students, staff and administrators at Haile, but being a high school principal was always

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her goal.

“My head was just spinning a little at first,” Scarbrough said.

“I could not sleep the first night after I had found out because my mind was racing, but only from excitement.”

She set aside her excitement and told her twins, Ciarra and Holden, who will be seniors at Lakewood Ranch High School.

She knows her family now will have a rivalry right at home.

She began her career as a longterm substitute for the Manatee County School District in 1995 before taking a position as a social studies teacher at Lake-

wood Ranch High School when it opened in 1998.

“I remember the first time I sent an email, it was the newest thing, sending an email to another teacher on campus,” Scarbrough said.

Scarbrough has been in school administration for 13 years, serving as principal at W.D. Sugg Middle School from 2009 to 2014.

Before that, she was assistant principal at Buffalo Creek Middle School, where her husband, Brad Scarbrough, is now principal.

“I feel prepared in that I have the experience, and I know many of the families in this community,

New Braden River Principal Sharon Scarbrough has twins, Ciarra and Holden Scarbrough, who are going to be seniors at Lakewood Ranch High School next year.

She was a collegiate volleyball player, playing middle blocker at Florida Southern College in Lakeland. Her team made it to the Elite Eight twice in NCAA Division II. One of her hobbies is running half marathons. She has run 10, and she usually runs with her sister, Lora Rees.

This year, she will celebrate her 20th wedding anniversary with her husband, Brad Scarbrough, who is a principal at Buffalo Creek Middle School.

She has lived in Manatee County since 1976.

so I have already built that trust with many of them,” she said.

While Scarbrough is familiar with the way in which a high school operates, she is aware of the difference between middle school and high school students.

“Having worked at both middle and high schools, middle school students are still finding out who they are,” Scarbrough said. “High school students know who they are, or who they want to be, and when you are working at a high school, you are helping them reach that goal.”

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Growing concerns Sarasota, Manatee administrators speak at LWRBA event.

Hunzeker said Manatee County is working to fill its transportation grid through the east-west extension of 44th Avenue East, which will take about another $100 million to complete.

Manatee County is working to connect Fort Hamer Road in Parrish to Upper Manatee River Road in East County through an under-construction Fort Hamer Bridge that will give Lakewood Ranch businesses more access to customers.

“It’s important to keep the major grid system operational,” Hunzeker said.

He also noted Schroeder-Manatee Ranch will be building or has built several north-south roads as it develops Lakewood Ranch east of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

Those roads includes White Eagle Boulevard, the future Uihlein Road and the future Bourneside Boulevard.

The hope is those corridors relieve stress as the population continues to grow.

Harmer said Sarasota County has been committed to improving traffic at the intersection of Interstate 75 and University Parkway, joining with a delegation from Manatee County in March 2014 to secure funding from the Florida Department of Transporta-

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Growth and transportation took center stage during a May 17 special panel discussion hosted by the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance at the Polo Grill and Bar in Lakewood Ranch.

Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker and Sarasota County Administrator Tom Harmer were guest speakers tasked with talking about Lakewood Ranch’s impending challenges.

“This is a growing community,” Hunzeker said. “Lakewood Ranch will grow from 5% to 9% of the overall (Manatee) county population by 2045.”

Waterside at Lakewood Ranch also is going to spark population growth in Sarasota County. The development will add more than 5,000 homes.

With that growth, and the draw of the area, comes the obvious traffic problems. Hunzeker and Harmer concentrated on transportation as they spoke to the group.

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Ed Hunzeker, center, talks with Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance members.

tion for the diverging diamond project.

Right-of-way acquisition for the extension of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard south to Fruitville has taken longer than anticipated but is being accomplished.

“I think we’re on the verge of finalizing all the acquisition for Lakewood Ranch Boulevard,” Harmer said.

Once the Lakewood Ranch Boulevard extension opens, along with the extension of Lorraine Road south to Fruitville Road (to open later this summer), the corridors will offer options to those who must now travel I-75.

Sarasota County also is working with Schroeder-Manatee Ranch

to build a bridge across I-75 from Lakewood Ranch Boulevard to Cattlemen Road as Waterside at Lakewood Ranch comes to life.

But the talk wasn’t all about traffic. The two administrators talked about affordable housing in Lakewood Ranch.

Hunzeker said making adjustments to county fees for stormwater, utilities, permits and other developmental requirements could help spur affordable housing construction.

Harmer said his county has looked at regional stormwater facilities to reduce stormwater costs or to allow fewer parking spaces where projects interface with public transit. Those ideas

are measures that can be used to mitigate the high cost of land, which can make building affordable housing cost prohibitive.

Both talked about economic development and job recruitment. Hunzeker said the county’s biggest challenge is filling its own workforce because qualified workers leave for better-paying jobs. The development of Lakewood Ranch’s business community could help in that regard.

Harmer said Sarasota County commissioners were scheduled to meet May 24 to discuss his county’s economic development and job recruitment.

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

When the Tribute to Heroes Parade comes down Lakewood Ranch Main Street on Sunday, May 28, George Johnston, the quartermaster of Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 12055 of Lakewood Ranch and a former post commander, will be driving Royer and Edgewater’s Lackey in his 1953 Korean War Jeep.

Johnston said they both should be sitting right next to each other.

“Certainly, Hank’s job was a lot flashier,” Johnston said. “I think the prevailing attitude of a lot of guys who have served is that they are nothing special. But they all did their part, and without that, we wouldn’t be anywhere.”

Royer is proud to accept the role as grand marshal, but even Johnston would have a hard time changing his opinion.

“I think of real heroes as the veterans who shed their blood,” he said. “Those who did a lot of combat time ... some didn’t come out too well.”

Royer was drafted into the Army six months out of high school when he was 18. He was living in Maywood, Ill., at the time.

“I especially respect the young people who are serving today,” said Royer, who is 84. “They are amazing. They hold themselves very well at a young period of their lives. Everything is ‘Yes sir’ and ‘No sir.’”

But wasn’t that how it was 66 years ago?

Royer said he didn’t remember.

From 1953 through 1955, Royer served in West Germany (“90 kilometers from Switzerland in the mountains”) and earned an occupation medal for his service because a threat from Russia was prevalent at the time. “It was during the Cold War,” he said.

He worked with the kitchen police and was supposed to become a cook, although he never became one because the base had plenty of soldiers who were much better cooks than he was. It was still unnerving, though, because “there were still a lot of hardcore Nazis who could snipe us.

We always were on alert.”

In 1955, he left the Army as a private first class.

Lackey’s story is different.

He had wanted to be a fighter pilot since he was a child and eventually joined the Air Force in 1953 after learning he was going to be drafted into the Army.

Lackey, who is 84, was in the Air Force from April 1, 1953, through Feb. 28, 1985, and retired as a colonel. He published a book two years ago about his life adventures, “Farm-Boy to Fighter Pilot” that is available through xulonpress.com and on Amazon.

“My desire is that my story will live on to inspire others,” Lackey told the Observer when the book was published. “I’m 82, but I’m going for 120.”

During the Vietnam War, he was the personal pilot for Brig.

Gen. Arthur Holderness Jr., stationed at Osan Air Base in Korea.

He would fly missions toward the Demilitarized Zone and he also few missions toward the Vietnamese DMZ to see how the opposing forces would react. It was a dangerous game since he wouldn’t exactly encounter a border in the air.

VFW member Dave Daily came up with the idea to have Lackey and Royer be co-grand marshals.

Lackey couldn’t turn him down knowing he was going to represent the military.

“Obviously, I am a little biased,”

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Frank Royer shows a photo of himself while serving with the Army during the Korean War era.

“My desire is that my story will live on to inspire others. I’m 82, but I’m going for 120.

— Hank Lackey

Lackey said. “My whole life has been spent working for the government. He asked me to participate, and he is one of the finest people I know.”

Although Lackey isn’t all that mobile, he wanted to be at the parade. “My motivation is in helping other people,” he said.

Both Lackey and Royer are

active members of VFW Post 12055.

Royer, who is a VFW trustee, has been married to his wife, Gayelene, for 61 years. Lackey has been married to his wife, Lill, for 63 years.

Royer said he has practiced his parade routine.

“I will do a lot of saluting,” he said.

What: Tribute to Heroes Parade When: 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Sunday, May 28 (parade begins at 7 p.m. with pre-party festivities beginning at 6 p.m.)

Where: Lakewood Ranch Main Street Co-Grand Marshals: Retired Col. Hank Lackey and retired Pfc. Frank Royer Prizes: Best Float, Most Patriotic Bike, Most Original Bike, Cutest Bike Decorated bike contest: Children participating in the decorated bike contest will be judged from 6:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Benefits: Manasota Operations Troop Support, the Denis V. Cooper Foundation, VFW Post 12055

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I would like to think the fiveminute trip through the diverging diamond will be the norm, alleviating people’s annoyance and allowing business to flow into the Lakewood Ranch area.

I hope we hail the project as a resounding success.

Until we have proof, though, conversation about the $74.5 million project will continue.

Consider that the Polo Grill and Bar in Lakewood Ranch is offering a free appetizer to anyone who mentions the diverging diamond from now through the end of June. They will hand out “I Survived Diverging Diamond” stickers while they last.

I survived the DDI, and that sounds tasty, but I need to go find another challenge. Could someone point me in the direction of a roundabout?

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During rush hour on Monday, I timed the same distance going west on University Parkway. It took just five minutes. Traffic going in the opposite direction also was flowing smoothly as opposed to a day earlier.

So what is to be gleaned from all this?

Worrying about whether you can negotiate the diverging diamond is like being frightened of the boogeyman. If you can drive within your own lane on any road, without texting of course,

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Considering the distance was just eight-tenths of a mile, that’s a long time.

Understandably, since it was the first day the diverging diamond pattern was being used, some tweaking had to be done to the timing of the signals.

then you can do it. If you are worried about getting confused because the lanes swerve to the left, then, please, turn in your license immediately. You don’t belong on the road.

I am not sure why the whole crossing over to the left is necessary since traffic signals on each side only allow traffic to flow in one direction. Does it matter if you have to turn left if nobody is coming the other way? This could be one of the mysteries such as why hot dogs come in packs of 10 and buns in packs of eight.

We now have 87 diverging diamonds in the United States, although this is the first one in Florida. Reviews have been favorable with serious accidents down significantly. States using the system have reported the traffic flow to be more efficient.

With an estimated 73,000 drivers going through the intersection a day, and with more on the way, we welcome efficiency.

On the other hand, we should keep an open mind as well.

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I was going to negotiate the DDI, which stands for diverging diamond interchange, or as some people have joked, “Don’t Drive In (or you might not drive out).”

This was either going to be a godsend to the growth-inspired traffic glut along the Interstate 75 corridor and the Manatee and Sarasota county lines, or it was going to be the Bermuda Triangle.

At this point, who really knows?

On Sunday afternoon, some kinks in the system apparently had to be reworked.

When I reached the intersection of North Cattlemen Drive and University Parkway, I sat through two red lights, then advanced to the next traffic signal, which regulates traffic flow through the diverging diamond.

It took three full red lights (all at the same signal) to emerge from there, and then I continued through, weaving to the left side of the roadway (where oncoming

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Students test knowledge in Battle of the Books

The Doctor Will See You Now. . .

In her new location For the last several years, Dr. Sheryl Okuhara has been seeing patients at Lakewood Ranch Medical Group. We’re happy to announce her relocation to Lakewood Ranch Primary Care, Rye Road.

Braden River Elementary once again uses program to spark reading interest.

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A lot of things can bore a fifthgrader.

But give Braden River Elementary School fifth-grader Emily Lovett a good book, and she will devour every word.

That is why the Battle of the Books at her school is one of Lovett’s favorite school events.

This is her second year qualifying for the Battle Bowl — the event finale for the Battle of the Books. “‘Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher’ was my favorite book (out of the 12 they were required to read),” Lovett said. “I didn’t get bored — the entire time I was hanging on the edge of my seat.”

Lovett eventually would like to be a teacher, and Battle of the Books fits that ambition well.

“I did it last year, too,” she said.

“When I’m old, I want to be a teacher, and I read to learn more vocabulary words.”

On May 16, third-, fourthand fifth-graders participated in Battle of the Books, a nationwide competition and reading incentive program for students in third through 12th grades. Students are given a list of books to read, of which they are quizzed on after

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finishing each of them.

Those who score the highest on the test in each grade level qualify for the “Battle Bowl,” where they sit with six to eight other students from their same grade level and are quizzed on their knowledge of the 12 books they were required to read.

At Braden River Elementary six third-graders, and seven fourthand fifth-graders qualified for the finals.

Fifth-grade teacher Amy Hood and fourth-grade teacher Nicholas Leduc brought Battle of the Books to Braden River Elementary School two years ago. However, Leduc was involved in the competition when he taught at Kinnan Elementary School.

As the years have progressed, both Leduc and Hood arrived at the same consensus about the Battle of the Book. Students whom they least expect are often the most excited about the competition.

“This competition is so cool because all kids have an even playing field and are driven to read by this contest,” Hood said.

Leduc agreed.

“The highest [performing] kids do not want to be told what to read, normally,” Leduc said. “I have found that the students who are most interested in this tend to be the more task-driven kids. In other words, some kids did not want any part in the Battle of the Books, and some just wanted a list

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Braden River Elementary School fifth-graders Hope Tudor and Cameron Buitrago hold their trophy after becoming co-champions of the Battle Bowl.

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But for fifth-grader Hope Tudor, it was not about the list, really. It was her love for competition and reading combined.

Tudor wouldn’t call herself a sports kind of girl. She would rather compete academically.

“I’m not a big sports person but I am very competitive when it comes to academic competitions,” Tudor said. “Being in front of my friends doing stuff like this is so fun, and I love reading, so it is a perfect competition for me.”

Tudor finished in a three-way tie for first place in last year’s Battle of the Books. This year, she was named co-champion with fellow fifth-grader Cameron Buitrago.

This was Buitrago’s first time qualifying for the Battle Bowl. He

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“I like it better being co-champion than being the only champion,” Buitrago said. “I don’t like being the winner and other people being sad that they lost.”

Hood’s favorite part of the competition is that students are excited to read.

She also enjoys that the event allows her to become better acquainted with students she otherwise may have never met.

“I like how it is an even playing field — the book list is a range of ability levels,” she said. “I get to see different kids while knowing that they are pushing themselves to read. I really enjoy that.”

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Braden River seniorto-be running back Deshaun Fenwick announced his verbal commitment to the University of South Carolina May 3.

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Julien Millet recorded a hole-in-one May 19 on the sixth hole of Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club’s Cypress Links course. Millet used a 7-wood on the 157-yard hole.

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Tom DeGregorio sank a hole-in-one May 11 on the 15th hole of Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club’s Kings Dunes course. DeGregorio used a 3-wood on the 160-yard hole.

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Braden River juniorto-be quarterback Bryan Gagg threw two touchdown passes May 19 in the Pirates’ 42-13 spring game win over Lakewood.

Gagg transferred to Braden River from Sarasota High in March.

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Lakewood Ranch senior-to-be running back Jay Turner ran for 131 yards and a touchdown May 18 in the Mustangs’ 19-14 spring game loss to Booker.

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THE HIGHEST FIVES East County’s high school athletic teams record some memories they won’t soon forget.

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It was a “not quite” school year for many East County area high school athletic teams and athletes at the state level.

But once again, the area did produce state champions, a wealth of talent and plenty of excitement. Here are the top five sports moments from the 2016-17 school year.

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BRADEN RIVER FRESHMAN SWIMMER TAKES TWO TOP-10S

Braden River swimming is used to success from the Walker family. In 2015, Ryan Walker, then a senior, won the first gold medal in program history, swimming the Class 3A boys 100-yard breaststroke in 56.41 seconds.

This season, his sister Kate Walker, a freshman, started down a path to match or even surpass her brother’s accomplishments.

Walker finished ninth in the girls 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.36) and 10th in the girls 100-yard butterfly (58.01) at the state meet Nov. 4 at Sailfish Splash Waterpark in Stuart. In both races, Walker was the only freshman in the top 10.

“She’s farther along than I was (as a freshman),” Ryan Walker said of his sister. “She’s a driven person, she knows what she’s doing.

I believe in her.”

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THREE AREA WRESTLERS TAKE SECOND PLACE AT STATE MEET

The “not quite” theme was evident at the state wrestling tournament March 4 at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee. Braden River senior Chance Sharbono and junior Brendan Bengtsson finished second in the 138- and 285-pound divisions of Class 2A, respectively, and Lakewood Ranch senior Hunter Reed finished second in the 132-pound division of Class 3A. However, it was an accomplishment for all three. Sharbono took third place the year before. Reed failed to make weight because of an illness. Bengtsson never strapped on a singlet before last season. He’ll get another shot at first place next year. Reed and Sharbono have graduated.

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One year after St. Petersburg knocked Lakewood Ranch’s boys basketball out of the playoffs in a regional final, the Mustangs returned the favor Feb. 24 as senior Sam Hester scored 24 points in leading Lakewood Ranch to a 73-68 win. Junior Damien Gordon added 13.

“Last year, they beat us, and we felt like we deserved (to advance),” senior Devin Twenty said. “To

Saraiah Walkes of The Out-of-Door Academy won three gold medals at the state meet.

come back from that like this was awesome.”

The win sent Lakewood Ranch to its first-ever Final Four in Lakeland. However, in the state semifinal against Sickles, Hester injured his ankle in the first quarter, and the Mustangs went on to lose 54-49. Head coach Jeremy Schiller said his heart will forever be broken for Hester and the rest of the seniors, who turned the program into a state contender.

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The 2016-2017 Lakewood Ranch boys soccer team was coach Vito Bavaro’s best. Led by senior Ricky Yanez and junior Pablo Vargas, the team made opponents pay with deadly counterattacks after suffocating them with a stingy defense anchored by senior Tyler Puhalovich. Sophomore goaltender Ryan Freeman was solid all year.

The team hit its apex Feb. 10 in a 4-3 win over Seminole in a state semifinal. Vargas had two goals in the victory, a back-and-forth affair that sent the Mustangs to their first-ever title game on Feb. 18 at Spec Martin Stadium in DeLand. They would fall 1-0 to Cypress Bay in that game. That didn’t diminish the run.

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The No. 1 accomplishment this school year is a three-way tie.

Lakewood Ranch seniors John Rivera and Sophia Falco brought home two state titles each from the May 5-6 state track and field meet at IMG Academy. Rivera won the Class 4A boys 800-meter race in 1:53.16 and ran the anchor leg of the Mustangs’ winning time (7:53.45) in the boys 4x800 relay.

Falco won both the Class 4A girls long jump (6 meters) and triple jump (13 meters). Next season, Rivera will attend the University of Mississippi, while Falco heads to Vanderbilt University.

Out-of-Door Academy eighthgrader Saraiah Walkes won three state championships, finishing first in the Class 1A girls 100 meters in 12.35 seconds, the 200 in 25.20 and the 400 in 55.57.

“I’m very happy that God blessed me enough to be healthy,” Walkes said after her final race.

“I’m happy my coaches kept running with me and making sure I was healthy, and never lost faith in me. I’m just excited.”

Walkes said her dream is to qualify for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

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Alana Kutt, a 12-year-old resident of Palm Aire, golfs on both the North Florida PGA Junior Tour and the Florida Junior Tour. She was the 2016 North Florida PGA Junior Tour Player of the Year in the girls 12-under division, and won her first Florida Junior Tour event April 22 at Buckhorn Springs Golf and Country Club in Valrico, shooting 87.

Resort. The first day, I was playing really well, and I didn’t really know what my score was. I don’t check my score while I’m playing.

I came in with a 72.

Do you have a favorite course?

I’ve played so many. I love all of them. I love Horseshoe Bay Resort in Texas, the Apple Rock course. Of course, Reunion, too, because I had my hole-in-one there.

How long have you been playing golf?

My dad (Matthew Kutt) put a plastic club in my hand when I was 17 months old. He was a baseball coach for 18 years, but he retired when I was 5 years old to coach me.

Who are some golf heroes you admire?

I like some of the women’s golfers, like Paula Creamer, Michelle Wie, Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson. Also, for men, I like Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.

Do you play other sports?

Well, I love horseback riding. My dad sometimes, when I have my offseason in the fall, will throw me whiffle balls. To get my running in for my training, he will have me run football patterns.

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My favorite movie is ‘Secretariat.’

I love horses. It’s my favorite movie because I love the race. It’s the one movie I watch all the time when we’re on the road. It’s also the screensaver on my phone.

My favorite TV show is the Golf Channel or ESPN.

What is your best skill as a golfer?

My short game. I just love the short game more than anything.

It’s important.

What is your favorite golf memory?

Well, I have two. My first hole-inone, and my first even par. My hole-in-one was when I was 8 years old at the Reunion Resort Golf Course (in Kissimmee), on the Nicklaus course. It was the 16th hole and the wind was blowing. My dad gave me an 8-iron. Then the 9-iron, then the 8-iron, then the 9-iron again. I just told him to pick a club, and he gave me the 9. The ball hit the green and rolled in the hole.

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Class shows in team academic performance

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It’s fantastic that they’re fun and they mean a heck of a lot to the students playing them.

However, when a winning record isn’t attached to a team’s accomplishment, many of us tend to forget about all the nonathletic benefits.

We have to remember students attend high school to prepare themselves for what comes after, whether that means going to college, finding a job or something else. Earning athletic scholarships are but one tiny piece of a much larger puzzle.

In that respect, the state championship for academics in athletics is perhaps the biggest honor a school can earn for its sports programs. To earn it once is a huge accomplishment for coaches, players and athletic directors alike.

To earn it seven years in a row?

That’s absurd, but that’s exactly what Lakewood Ranch High has done in Class 8A. This year, the school had six sports finish atop individual GPA rankings (Boys cross country, 3.635 GPA; football, 3.341; wrestling, 3.424; softball, 3.674; boys track, 3.590; girls track, 3.724), and eight other sports finish with top-five GPAs. Every Lakewood Ranch sport finished in the top 15.

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Kinsey Goelz and the Lakewood Ranch softball team finished first in the sport’s state GPA rankings.

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the rankings. During the sevenyear streak, Lakewood Ranch has never had a sport ineligible for inclusion in the race to be the overall Florida High School Athletic Association Class 8A Academic Team Champion.

Lakewood Ranch Athletic Director Shawn Trent is as ecstatic as anyone about the streak, but is also a bit bewildered.

“It’s almost scary now,” Trent said. “Some year it has to catch up to us.”

Trent credits his coaches with putting an emphasis on the importance of studying. Trent played fullback at Kent State University, and said he struggled academically at the beginning of his college career. No one had ever pushed him to study.

He took note of how college coaches implement study halls and make sure athletes get their work done. In his hiring of coaches at Lakewood Ranch, he’s made sure to target coaches with college experience. He knows they will have that same knowledge.

In a perfect world, Trent would like Lakewood Ranch to win both the all-sports trophy and the academic team title every year, but if he had to pick one, the academic title is it.

In evaluating the job done by coaches, the same logic applies.

On-field success is important, but the primary goal at Lakewood Ranch is to prepare kids for

life’s next steps.

“Obviously, everybody wants to win,” Trent said. “Everybody wants to be successful. At the same time, the bottom line is, our job is supposed to be to get kids through high school with the best chance they have to pursue their academics into college, and hopefully make them the best students they can possibly be.

“It’s great that kids are going to college to play sports, but if they can’t make it through college academically once there, then what difference does it make?”

Even with the focus on academics, Lakewood Ranch had as much, if not more, athletic success than its competitors in 2016-2017, with two team sports, boys soccer and boys basketball, reaching their respective Final Fours, softball coming within an inning of reaching its state tournament, boys and girls track and field taking a combined four gold medals, and wrestling having a second-place finisher in Hunter Reed.

Come fall, there’s no reason to think the school will falter on either front.

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“It’s almost here,” she said. “Congrats. You rock.”

And with that, 464 graduates paraded into the Bradenton Area Convention Center and into their journey beyond high school.

Student commencement speaker Jaylen Gonzalez reminded his classmates that each of them is special and unique. Embracing those unique qualities, and persevering, can lead to greatness.

“I’m here today, the first days of our lives, to remind you that something as small as a mustard seed can make mountains move,” he said. “… Shake the Earth. You have the power to do so.”

Two days later, 575 graduates went through Lakewood Ranch High School’s 2017 Commencement Ceremony May 20 at the Bradenton Area Convention Center, and it wasn’t just the students who were feeling emotional.

“This is a nervous time for both the parents and the students,” said Sam Prunty, who watched his “baby girl,” Samantha Prunty, receive her diploma.

“But of course it is exciting. It has not really sunk in yet. I remember her first day of school.”

Student Aaron Cota couldn’t stop smiling.

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THE CONCESSION 8341 Farington Court Deborah Angelo O'Mara & Tom Cinquegrano 941-730-0777 A4134879 $2,899,000

B R A D E N TO N 5016 64th Drive W Deborah Capobianco 941-704-2394 A4136838 $1,499,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 12802 Deacons Place Nicole Ryskamp 941-807-1766 A4181218 $1,350,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 13218 Lost Key Place John Camino, PA 941-685-5060 A4174311 $1,275,000

PA L M E T TO 708 Riviera Dunes Way Joe Foster 941-812-7634 A4183104 $1,099,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8347 Catamaran Circle Barbara Najmy 941-705-1158 A4177280 $935,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 14919 Camargo Place Rudy Dudon 941-234-3991 A4160149 $924,000

B R A D E N TO N 322 Compass Point Drive 201 Kathy Valente 941-685-6767 A4176481 $750,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7072 Twin Hills Terrace Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4140088 $589,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 14917 Castle Park Terrace Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4165609 $539,000

B R A D E N TO N 1402 90th Court NW Pam Blalock & Jinny Scherer 737-9376 or 705-0877 A4179157 $500,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7149 Whitemarsh Circle Marcia Frost 941-812-8493 A4179786 $500,000

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 211 Elm Avenue A George Myers 941-224-6021 A4182668 $499,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 13124 Bridgeport Crossing Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4176331 $469,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 5306 Bentgrass Way Bryan Dwyer 941-809-9106 A4182032 $414,900

PA L M E T TO 2925 Terra Ceia Bay Boulevard 2405 Jody Shinn 941-705-5704 A4181713 $399,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 6409 Moorings Point Circle 101 Stephen Strong 941-201-9662 A4183615 $399,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 14250 Cattle Egret Place Jane Ebury 941-726-9360 A4181090 $379,900

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8712 54th Avenue E Autumn Moore 941-320-5823 A4172250 $379,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 12307 Tranquility Park Terrace Sherri Mills 941-350-7112 A4186730 $379,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 4910 Torrey Pines Run Jamie Van Vliet 941-993-8996 A4178951 $349,800

B R A D E N TO N 5019 44th Street W Leah Secondo 941-545-4430 A4186248 $339,999

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 5031 88th Street E Sue Cosgrove-Lee & Chris Baylis 941-400-9068 A4186298 $332,500

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 12208 Longview Lake Circle Bryan Dwyer 941-809-9106 A4176714 $324,900

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 11749 Forest Park Circle Laurie Jarema 941-321-3410 A4167687 $300,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 4938 88th Street E Sue Cosgrove-Lee 941-400-9068 A4170088 $298,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8745 52nd Drive E Peter Salefsky 941-724-5107 A4175013 $289,900

B R A D E N TO N 219 San Casciano Lane Dana Preston 941-705-5510 A4181087 $259,900

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COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE

Ronald Pisoni and Marcia Pisoni sold their home at 12247 Thornhill Court to Joseph and Karen Smalkowski, of Bradenton, for $590,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,662 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $583,800 in 2009.

James and Vivienne Beresford, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 13951 Siena Loop to Donald and Linda McMillan, of Sinking Spring, Pa., for $450,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a

pool and 2,666 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $660,300 in 2005.

RIVERWALK RIDGE

Michael and Kim Ann Provenza, of Bradenton, sold their home at 12203 Lobelia Terrace to David Witzerman, of Fishers, Ind., for $515,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,489 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $449,000 in 2015.

BRIDGEWATER

Brian and Tiffany Briggs, of Bradenton, sold their home at 13127 Bridgeport Crossing to Carlos Melo, of Taunton, Mass., for $510,000. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,483 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $515,000 in 2014.

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Frank and Patricia Rebel, of Parrish, sold their home at 8831 Brookfield Terrace to John and Jaclyn Rebel, of Bradenton, for $480,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,885 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $335,000 in 2013.

William Haan and Phyllis Haan, trustees, of Newaygo, Mich., sold the home at 8412 Eagle Isles Place to Thomas and Mary Jo Lund, of Marysville, Mich., for $247,000. Built in 2004, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,870 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $235,000 in 2015.

Magaly Diaz, of Bradenton, for $255,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,870 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $258,400 in 2005.

GREENBROOK VILLAGE

Chard and Christine Fraser, of Bradenton, sold their home at 14711 Sundial Place to Diane Scott, of Bradenton, for $479,000. Built in 2013, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,607 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $440,600 in 2013.

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Ramon and Imelda Mijares Cabo, of Bradenton, sold their home at 4835 Boston Common Glen to James Flanders and Vaun Deleath Flanders, of Bradenton, for $475,000. Built in 2012, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,080 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $429,300 in 2012.

Charles and Teresa Fry, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 11348 White Rock Terrace to Thomas and Stephanie Waldrop, of Bradenton, for $315,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,487 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $252,100 in 2011.

William Carroll, trustee, of Clinton Township, Mich., sold the home at 8323 Summer Greens Terrace to David and

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Jeffrey Brake

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David and Clare Rowlingson sold their home at 6206 46th Court E., to Robert Grant and Margaret Goldberger, of Bradenton, for $442,500. Built in 2009, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,900 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $400,600 in 2009.

Larry Feldman, of Irvine, Calif., sold the home at 6144 46th St. E., to Trinh Ngoc Thuy Nguyen, of Bradenton, for $325,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,290 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $250,000 in 2013.

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Stephen and Terri Evans, of Bradenton, sold their home at 1002 Lanyard Court to Lars Jensen and Rogina Madrid, of Bradenton, for $421,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,463 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $360,700 in 2013.

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L A K E WO O D R A N C H 12531 Highfield Circle A4175144 $1,450,000

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John and Betty Carlan, of Ontario, Canada, sold their home at 6308 Westward Place to Michael Madigan and Karen DuBoviMadigan, of University Park, for $405,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,365 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $265,400 in 1999.

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Silvia Teixeira Costa, trustee, of Bradenton, sold the home at 6705 Medinah Court to John Tagle-Suzor and Karen Tagle, of Bradenton, for $390,000.

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WATERLEFE GOLF AND RIVER CLUB

Jary and Dorothea Larson, of Rochester, Minn., sold their home at 9819 Discovery Terrace to Walter Krzos, of Bradenton,

for $365,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,887 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $315,000 in 2009.

PLANTER’S MANOR AT GREENFIELD PLANTATION

Jeffrey and Tanya Glowinski, of Bradenton, sold their home at 9605 Summer House Lane to Michael Truscello, of Wayne, Ind., for $363,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,478 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $360,000 in 2016.

GREYHAWK LANDING WEST

Adam and Vanessa Ralph, of Bradenton, sold their home at 12829 Balsam Terrace to Mark and Carol Schnelle, of Bradenton, for $345,000. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, two-anda-half baths and 2,433 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $312,500 in 2015.

VIRGINIA WATER

Donald and Joan Bornstein, of Foster City, Calif., sold their home at 7111 Prestwick Court to Harry Roberts and Carolyn Holcombe, of Riverside, Conn., for $342,500. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,928 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $245,000 in 2000.

Robert Allen, of Cooper City, sold his home at 7135 Prestwick Court to Judith Grossman, trustee, of Farmington Hills, Mich., for $325,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,735 square feet of living area.

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HERITAGE HARBOUR

Ronald Stern, of Sarasota, sold his home at 8807 Heritage Sound Drive to Michael Harris, of Bradenton, for $335,000. Built in 2009, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,840 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $274,900 in 2009.

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Michael and Linda Kutch sold their home at 6518 Candlestick Drive to Hans Wessels and Anna Waltraud Wessels, of Bradenton, for $249,000. Built in 2015, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,598 square feet of living area.

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Daniel and Amy Dunham, of Bradenton, sold their home at 9018 61st Ave. E., to Derek and Kelsey Lucas, of Bradenton, for $322,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,322 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $308,000 in 2014.

Daniel and Lora Murphy, of Lemont, Ill., sold their Unit 51 condominium at 8240 Miramar Way to Kenneth and Jennifer Buckley, of Raynham, Mass., for $310,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths and 2,262 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $247,800 in 2011.

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Lisa Wood, trustee, of Bradenton, sold the home at 9804 Royal Lytham Ave. to Paula Boyce, of Bradenton, for $287,000. Built in 1997, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,796 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $237,500 in 2009.

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James Uihlein, of Sarasota, sold his Unit 201 condominium at 8111 Lakewood Main St., to ECS of LWR Main Street LLC for $280,000. Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,470 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $619,700 in 2006.

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8102 Waterview Boulevard $480,000 | Web ID A4175934 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

4441 Mcintosh Lake Avenue $479,900 | Web ID A4176413 Liz Snyder 727.424.6444

6465 Watercrest Way #404 $479,000 | Web ID A4170936 Gloria Bracciano & Greg Van Natter 941.730.1999

8878 Macgregor Lane $474,900 | Web ID A4175953 Ken Ipox 941.993.7279

7442 Edenmore Street $459,000 | Web ID A4186065 Greg Van Natter & Gloria Bracciano 941.730.1999

7556 Calle Facil $449,000 | Web ID A4149294 Maureen & Matt Morris 941.320.3960

5257 88th Street East $441,000 | Web ID A4170391 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

9504 Forest Hills Circle $438,000 | Web ID N5910068 Svatka Jurinova 941.202.8084

14544 Whitemoss Terrace $435,000 | Web ID A4153903 Linda Apple & Carrie Lamb 941.586.0553

7127 Presidio Glen $339,000 | Web ID A4179294 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

11220 Beebalm Circle $329,000 | Web ID A4178976 Rebecca Zimmerman & Kere Lewis 941.224.4824

8340 Tartan Fields Circle $319,000 | Web ID A4171632 Gloria Bracciano & Greg Van Natter 941.730.1999

7721 Whitebridge Glen $315,000 | Web ID A4179514 Toi Estes 941.896.2317

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