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Right blend for LWR? Corporate center opens with promise of more jobs, concerns about traffic. SEE PAGE 3A

Beyond the Berkley Mason

Rule the farm Myakka City’s Annabel Henson has been chosen president of the Future Farmers of America program at Braden River High School.

It will be the third year in the program for Henson, who will be a junior at the school.

“I’m a leader,” the 15-yearold Henson said. “I’m involved in a lot of other things, but FFA has always been my main focus. I’m excited to go out, and speak with other presidents and I am really excited to represent Braden River High.”

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Monaca Onstad, the LWR Communities’ director of community relations, hopes to start a Community Supported Agriculture program.

Prime Pick Community Supported Agriculture program takes root in Lakewood Ranch.

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Pageant prestige East County’s Samantha Hyatt may not have been named Miss Florida, but she still spent time in the spotlight, earning the 2017 Miss Florida pageant’s marketing award July 1.

The Lakewood Ranch High School graduate spent the last year representing the area as Miss Desoto Heritage Festival and competed in the Miss Florida and Miss Florida’s Outstanding Teen pageants.

“I learned there is no reason to be anything but myself,” Hyatt said. “I may not have won Miss Florida, but I felt so comfortable with everything I did, knowing I was true to myself.”

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The Finish Tower at Nathan Benderson Park was designed by Guy Peterson and cost $5.8 million to build. The facility was paid for by the Nathan Benderson Family Foundation.

In 1999, Monaca Onstad took a hiatus from pursuing her college degree at Golden Gate University in San Francisco and assumed the helm of her family’s 2,500-acre farming operation in Guntersville, Ala. Her father, Garry Smith, was battling cancer.

So Onstad, who was 23 at the time, drove a combine and an 18-wheeler. She managed farm hands. She climbed in grain bins and successfully led the harvest of $1 million worth of corn.

“I did it for four years,” she said.

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It was no mystery why students flocked to Jennifer Hall’s summer camp at Braden River Middle School.

Or perhaps it was.

Hall, a science teacher, led the Crime Scene Investigation camp that allowed the participants to act like the stars of popular television series such as “Bones” or “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”

They were busy on one of the first days of the week-long camp trying to solve the “Mystery of the Stolen Turtle.”

Hall’s students used fingerprinting, interviewing and observation techniques to solve the mystery, along with blood splatter tests (with fake blood, of course).

“I don’t get to teach this in the classroom, and this is what gets kids to love science,” Hall said.

“It definitely makes it more real life for them, and it is so much more fun seeing science in the real world than in the classroom.”

Take Stock in Children Inc., a nonprofit with a mission of help-

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ing low-income students receive mentoring and scholarships, came up with the idea to produce a series of “Creativity Camps” in Manatee County to support the organization. The series began July 10 with camps at Braden River Middle, Braden River Elementary and Lakewood Ranch High School.

All proceeds from the hands-on summer camps go to Take Stock in Children to support its scholarship funds.

Hall’s idea for a CSI Camp was selected by Take Stock in Children, as were a Comic Camp run at Braden River Elementary School by Katie McCollum and a Robotics Camp run at Lakewood Ranch High by engineering teacher Ben Long. The nonprofit was looking for ideas that would inspire students.

Sixth-graders Jackson Watrobsky and Kristopher Wilson enjoy their time at the Robotics Camp at Lakewood Ranch High School.

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Vice President of Development Stephen Racine said Harrod Properties built the Gatewood Corporate Center at Lakewood Ranch so it would blend aesthetically with the community.

GATEWOOD CORPORATE CENTER The new corporate center will offer more than 500,000 square feet of light industrial space when it is completed within two years. The first building opens this week.

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Vice President of Development for Harrod Properties Stephen Racine says the developer considers the project a long-term investment of 30 years or more and is committed to making it blend in aesthetically.

toward a traffic signal at Gatewood Drive and Lakewood Ranch, a little north of the project, if Manatee County ever requires the signal.

Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh will be monitoring the project’s impact.

“I think it’s going to be less of an impact than people think,” she said. “We need to remember that this facility is not going to be heavy industrial. I think we’ll find the traffic brought into that area will not impact the residential homes. I’ll be looking very closely to make sure it’s not a major impact. I think it will be fine.”

Racine said Harrod Properties is taking extra measures to ensure the project is compatible in other ways. For example, the architecture chosen, with stonework on the building facade, is meant to resemble similar buildings.

“This is a gorgeous community,” Racine said. “They have design standards, and we have to adhere to those standards.”

Along the eastern side of the property, which abuts the Arbor Grand community, there is a 13-acre pond between the project and the property line. Harrod Properties is planting additional landscaping along the edge of the lake to improve buffering, and

there already is an undevelopable wetland buffer that creates a visual barrier.

To the south, there is a conservation area that will remain in perpetuity, as well.

From a business perspective, Racine said the project is attractive because of its proximity to Interstate 75 and the availability of housing and employment.

Racine said his company is considering building in the future Collaborative Opportunities for Research and Exploration biomedical park project at the corner of State Road 70 and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

Kirk Boylston, president of Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty, a subsidiary of SMR, said the project “fills a gap” in Lakewood Ranch’s business offerings.

“It will bring a whole new array of companies to the Ranch that we could not accommodate before,” he said. “It’s more of a warehouse-office user generally.

It’s generally not heavy trucking at all. That’s a different type of building.”

The complex plans on housing about 50 businesses.

“I can’t really overstress how many jobs it brings to the Ranch,” Boylston said.

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Stephen Racine stood in front of a freshly painted building and studied three decorative squares, each a slightly different shade of white, on its facade.

Above them, the names of businesses will be placed, and Racine wanted to pick the perfect color combination — one that will blend in, but at the same time stand out.

The perfectionism is creating more work for the project’s contractor, but Racine does not mind.

“It’s an important detail,” Racine said of the color choice for the seven buildings within Harrod Properties’ new Gatewood Corporate Center at Lakewood Ranch project.

As vice president of development for Harrod Properties, Racine said the company is committed to providing a quality product for prospective tenants, and ensuring it matches the character of the community.

The first of the seven buildings will open this week, although an actual tenant isn’t expected until Sept. 1. The first building will be 100,000 square feet. Another 60,000-square-foot building is nearly finished as well. Harrod plans to build 500,000 square feet of space over the next two years.

Harrod purchased 85 acres for the center for $3.5 million in December.

The project, at 3135 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., is just south of the plaza that houses Crowder Bros.

Ace Hardware. It is light industrial, meaning it will target businesses that generally require a mixture of office and warehouse space.

GreyHawk Landing resident John Breiner, who owns Wolves Head Pizza and Wings just north of the Harrod Properties project, said the site is a hot topic among his patrons.

“They’re worried about the traffic and what types of businesses go in there,” Breiner said.

Breiner said adding light industrial to the area isn’t a bad idea because it will create jobs and add customers for businesses while also increasing the tax base.

Panther Ridge’s Torri Ginter said she and her friends, overall, worry about traffic increases communitywide, not specifically resulting from the project.

Mill Creek’s Shelly Gutowski said the project location makes sense for the type of use and will benefit the economy.

Greenbrook’s Nolan Nieman said the project doesn’t bother him, either.

“Anytime we can get new business it’s good,” he said. “It creates jobs and more of a community feel.”

However, Summerfield’s Doug Grice doesn’t like the feel.

“You start putting semis in here, that’s not a good thing,” he said. “There will be an impact (on traffic) and not to the positive.

Traffic has increased a ton in the three years I’ve been here.”

Racine said truck traffic will vary by business with many needing one delivery a week, and that might be by FedEx-sized truck.

Others might have a handful of truck deliveries a week.

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In 2009, East County’s Maureen Hudson caught the bug.

Her daughter, Aubrey Hudson, was a freshman at Braden River High School, where she decided to join the Technology Student Association.

To support her daughter, Maureen Hudson decided to go along for the ride, joining TSA as a volunteer. Why not donate a few hours a week?

But things escalated from there.

Maureen Hudson fell in love with the program and what it did for the students.

She became a certified substitute teacher and a volunteer TSA adviser. “I traveled with them and I was given a few events myself and was really successful,” she said.

She was encouraged by Braden River High’s staff to pursue her teaching certificate, which she did. After earning her certificate, she landed a job at Nolan Middle School, which included being the TSA adviser, in the 2013-14 school year and went to Carlos E. Haile Middle School the next year.

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“When I got to Haile, the TSA team had never been to nationals or state,” Hudson said. “It was more of a club than a competitive team, and we turned it into a powerhouse. It is hard to leave a program that you’ve built.”

Hudson’s son, Griffin Hudson, will be an incoming freshman at Braden River High School. Her other daughter, Declan, will be a seventh-grader at Haile.

She will have a tough task continuing the excellence put in place

by Burlew, who led Braden River to six national TSA titles over his 12 years.

“It is an honor and privilege to take over for a giant,” Hudson said. “A large part of Manatee County’s TSA success is because of him.”

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Maureen Hudson has accepted a job as a Technology Student Association adviser at Braden River High.

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Worden Farm owners Chris and Evan Worden, who have doctoral degrees in horticulture, will partner with SMR for the new CSA program developed by LWR Communities’ Monaca Onstad, right.

Idea sprouts to life “It was the best experience of my life. I have so much respect for farmers.”

Now, as the director of community relations for LWR Communities, a subsidiary of Lakewood Ranch developer SchroederManatee Ranch, Onstad hopes to re-create that farm-to-table

connection for East County residents.

Since starting with LWR Communities in July 2016, Onstad has developed programming primarily for residents in The Lake Club and Country Club East, but now is expanding to Lakewood Ranch as a whole. She has forged a partnership with Punta Gorda-based Worden Farm for a Community

Supported Agriculture program.

It’s called Organic Veggie Boxes. The concept is one in which individuals buy memberships to the farm and receive weekly deliveries of fresh produce during season. Pickup for the Lakewood Ranch CSA program will be from 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays for 20 weeks from December to April, at the Sarasota Polo Club. Cost is

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PROGRAM DETAILS ORGANIC VEGGIE BOXES What: A Community Supported Agriculture program in which individuals or families purchase a CSA membership with Worden Farm in Punta Gorda. Each Wednesday, December through April, members will pick up a container of fresh organic vegetables selected by the farmers.

Cost: $29 per week. All 20 weeks must be paid for upfront.

Registration: Required in advance at lakewoodranch.com/ wordenfarm CSA DEFINED: CSA allows residents to have direct access to fresh produce grown locally by regional farmers.

When you become a member of a CSA, you purchase a “share” of vegetables from a regional farmer.

ABOUT WORDEN FARM Worden Farm is an 85acre certified organic farm founded in 2003, owned and operated by husband-wife team Chris and Eva Worden.

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$29 per week. The full cost must be paid upfront.

The money truly is “seed money,” Onstad said.

The program benefits residents of Lakewood Ranch but is open to families outside the community as well. Individuals also can split memberships, if they don’t feel they can use an entire box.

Onstad said the benefit of a CSA membership includes getting organic produce that has a longer shelf life than produce purchased at the store. She said she believes the produce also costs less and tastes better.

“They taste how veggies are supposed to taste,” Onstad said.

She said the CSA pickup time will double as a social event in which participants can meet new people and develop relationships.

Eva Worden owns the farm with her husband, Chris Worden, and they have been selling produce at the Sarasota Farmers Market for about 14 years. “We’ve been very well established there for a long time, and a lot of people know us,” Eva Worden said.

Onstad has wanted to start a CSA in Lakewood Ranch for about a year. Her previous community, in Willowsford, Va., had a CSA. “This was a first step in what we can do to bring veggies to the Ranch,” Onstad said.

The program eventually could expand to have CSAs for other food products.

“It has the potential to go in many different directions,” SMR spokeswoman Lisa Barnott said of the CSA. “This is just a first step. We’ll see how it goes.”

Onstad added: “The community will tell us if it will be evolved. If the interest is there, we can build it up.”

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When River Isles’ resident Dave Boyers works at Nathan Benderson Park, he’s normally on the ground level, selling flavored shaved ice from his Kona Ice truck.

But from the top of the new Finish Tower at Nathan Benderson Park on July 12, he couldn’t stop snapping photos.

“This is a fantastic venue,” he said. “I’m blown away with the view. I think this could be used as a multipurpose (building).”

The 2017 World Rowing Championships committee hosted about 200 members of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance for a sneak peek of the finish tower.

The group was one of the first to hold an event at the newly constructed building, which should be finished by the end of July.

Robert Sullivan, president and CEO of Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates, the nonprofit business tasked with running Nathan Benderson Park for Sarasota County, said only minor items remain, such as the paving of the parking lot, which should occur this week. Furniture will be moved into the structure just before the World Rowing Championships open Sept. 24.

Sullivan said SANCA already has booked events for the facility.

Longterm, SANCA leaders see the finish tower as a community centerpiece, hosting sporting and nonsporting events. Nathan Benderson Park is widely used by walkers, runners, bicyclists, fishermen and other members of the public outside special rowing or other events.

The finish tower creates opportunities with indoor, air-conditioned spaces that can host corporate training events, banquets, wedding rehearsal dinners, health-related classes, educational seminars and more.

“It gives us a physical structure to host events on a daily basis,” Sullivan said. “We can have multiple events happening at the same time.”

SANCA will use its early events in the finish tower as tests.

“We’re easing into it,” Sullivan said. “As we do more events, we’ll become more efficient.”

Each of six floors has a specific purpose.

The ground level offers a shady spot for outdoor guests, as well as a public restroom that will be open during regular park hours.

The second level, where the Business Alliance event was held, is considered the social floor.

SANCA staff members envision that one day it may be open to the public on a daily basis as the place where park visitors can get out of the heat, sign up for classes or rent equipment.

Jessica Shorin, SANCA’s director of business development, called the second floor the facility’s future “social hub.”

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Robert Sullivan, president and CEO of Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates Inc., envisions the finish tower holding community meetings, health programs, wedding receptions and other special events.

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In every level of the finish tower, there is a light that runs along the back wall and the ceiling to mark the location of the finish line.

“This is where people will get rentals and merchandise,” she said. “This is their community park. We want (the public) to feel welcome.”

The third level is reserved for sporting event officials, judges and media. It may be used for other events, but its primary purpose will remain rowing, even after the World Rowing Championships.

SANCA will have its offices on the fourth floor. Staff members will move in after the World Rowing Championships.

The fifth floor will be a social room that can be rented out. The roof doubles as an open-air patio.

Sullivan said rental fees have not been set. There is no commercial kitchen, but the building has space to accommodate caterers.

Shorin said SANCA has booked the NCAA Women’s Rowing National Championships for Divisions I, II and III in 2018, 2021 and 2022. She expects the venue will continue to book premier events.

“For the success of this facility, it’s a balance of nature with sports events and community events,” Sullivan said. “More than anything, it’s a building with options. It’s a park with options.”

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looked into the band room and called out three names. They could get me started connecting the dots.

Senior Maddie Straeter, who plays the flute, went first.

“Band teaches you how to prioritize and how to be more organized,” she said.

OK, I get it.

Senior trumpet player Anthony Pistella was next to the plate.

“This definitely has taught me about time management,” he said. “I know I can’t procrastinate, so it teaches you discipline.”

Jay Heater Then senior trumpet player Ron Lambert, LakewoodStunning Ranch High’s director of bands, has developed Wagner offered a difCoastal Cottage Retreat Markella Bedroom one of the elite programs in the state. ferent take. She came to LakeStylish detailing. Includes dresser, mirror, wood Ranch High from Braden queen headboard, footboard & rails River Middle School. She didn’t director of bands, hadNight called stand his The honors seem endless, such play an instrument and all her FREE! students together to keep them as the symphonic band and the friends had gone to Braden River marching in the right direction. wind ensemble being invited to High. She was headed into her I figured it would be the perperform at the 2017 Presidenfirst high school year, and she fect time to ask Lambert, who tial Inauguration in Washingfelt alone. has been at the school 14 years, ton, D.C., although they didn’t Wagner had watched a friend about what his program means appear due to safety concerns. go through the Mustangs’ band Danish to the students overall. Stress-Free Of course, the honors occur program and she saw what it We know what it means in Styled Recliners when everyone is watching. This meant socially. So she joined the terms of band. Under Lambert’s school’s concert band (mainly Available inwas different. guidance, the marching Beige, band Brown,When I arrived at the band for beginners) and took up the and Red has been a finalist at the Florida room, Lambert was fussing trumpet in ninth grade and then Marching Band Championships with one of his underclassmen’s joined the marching band in 10th in 10 of the past 12 years and for trumpets. His hands were filled grade. the past six in a row. Lakewood with valves and pipes as he tried “My entire life is better Ranch was fifth in 2017 in the to solve an instrument’s verbecause of band,” she said. “I over $499 competition at Tropicana Field sion of Rubik’s Cube. This was love being here. It has increased in St. Petersburg. going to take awhile, so Lambert my happiness and my friend-

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Lambert finally gave up on fixing the instrument and joined the conversation.

He said the family part of band is a big selling point. “We tell the eighth-grade parents about it big time,” he said. “The first day of school, (their child) will have 150 friends.”

So how does band make students better academically?

“It’s no secret they have to spend a lot of time here, and so they have to learn how to manage their time,” Lambert said. “But they also learn to make good decisions. How to eat ... to wear sunscreen ... to hydrate. Teaching these kids is not like filling a cup. It’s about lighting a fire.”

It was time to leave, but a third of the band members were still hanging around, in no big hurry to return to summer vacation.

It’s too bad nobody was watching, because these were quality students having fun at work.

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More than 100 members of the Marching Mustangs had gathered in the Lakewood Ranch High School band room to work on maintaining their status as one of Florida’s elite marching bands.

The July morning was hotter than the tip of a soldering iron, which shouldn’t have mattered because they were, after all, inside. Unfortunately, the air conditioning unit was enjoying a summer vacation day off, even if the students weren’t.

It was the kind of day you ars of long would expect teens to be planning their day at the beach, or taking in the newest ape movie at the theater. Not these Mustangs.

The quote, by the way, is attributed to legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who probably borrowed it from someone else. Even so, it goes like this, “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.”

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East County resident and IMG Academy tennis player Whitney Osuigwe reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon girls singles tournament by defeating Katie Swan (6-4, 2-6, 6-1) on July 12.

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The Tampa Mustangs travel softball team, based in Lakewood Ranch and featuring players from Lakewood Ranch and Braden River high schools, finished third at the DeMarini Invitational Showcase on July 9 in Chicago.

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When Braden River High graduate Tyler Dyson started his college career at the University of Florida last fall, he knew.

“We’re going to be the first to win it,” he remembered thinking.

In this case, “it” means the College World Series.

With the breadth of talent on the roster, which included junior pitcher Alex Faedo, a 2017 firstround draft pick of the Detroit Tigers, confidence was high among the University of Florida players.

What Dyson didn’t know was just how big a part he would play in the Gators’ College World Series championship journey.

Before the College World Series, Dyson was just another freshman pitcher struggling to get innings.

Florida chose to use him as a middle reliever, and he had ups and downs in the role, posting a regular season ERA of 4.43.

His senior year at Braden River, Dyson allowed zero earned runs in the regular season, so being challenged was a new experience. Dyson, whose fastball has been clocked a touch under 100 mph, had to figure things out at the college baseball level, and in the Southeastern Conference to boot. The SEC has won 11 College World Series titles, second only to the Pac-12’s 17.

“That’s why you come to Florida,” he said.

Dyson said there’s no real difference between entering a game as a starter or reliever, aside from the time you have to prepare.

“It’s the same mindset,” Dyson said. “You still have to know all

SUPER START Statistics from Tyler Dyson’s freshman season at the University of Florida Record: 4-0 Appearances: 24 Innings: 39 ERA: 3.23 ERA Saves: Two Top moment: Started and won the decisive game of the 2017 College Wold Series vs. LSU (six innings, one run, three hits)

the hitters, and you still have to get them out.”

On June 26, the night of the Gators’ College World Series Finals Game 2 against Louisiana State University in Omaha, Neb., Gators head coach Kevin O’Sullivan needed a starter.

The grind of the tournament had forced O’Sullivan to move a reliever into the starting lineup.

Dyson had been pitching well in the tournament, including five shutout innings and a win in a rare start against Wake Forest.

O’Sullivan gave Dyson the ball.

“Let’s win this thing in two,” Dyson remembered thinking.

The result was domination.

Dyson pitched into the seventh inning against LSU, allowing three hits and a run. He left the game with a 2-0 lead, and Florida eventually won 6-1.

Dyson was one of the first Gators to rush the field as a College World Series champion.

“I tried to start the dog pile on (pitcher Jackson) Kowar and (catcher Alex) Rivera, but they were hard to bring down,” he said.

“It was an unreal feeling.”

He doesn’t remember any particular texts from that night because they all blur together, but

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seeing the support from his family meant a lot, as did the messages from his Braden River High brethren.

His coach, Craig Page, offered a story about his prized former player.

Dyson was humble, Page said, and always offered to go the extra mile. At a cookout at Page’s house before Dyson’s senior season, Dyson was the last player to leave, making sure all the other players cleaned their messes.

He even asked Page’s wife, Chelsea Page, if she needed any help cleaning before he headed home. It’s Page’s favorite memory of Dyson, because it paints a perfect picture of the man he is.

The championship hasn’t fully hit Dyson, and he imagines it won’t until he returns to Gainesville in the fall and receives his championship ring.

“Next year, we have to work even harder,” he said. “We have a target on our backs. As a competitor, you want everybody’s best.

It’s more fun that way.”

Top: Tyler Dyson was the winning pitcher in the decisive game of the 2017 College World Series for the University of Florida.

Above: Tyler Dyson, a Braden River High graduate, has a fastball that approaches 100 mph.

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Ellinor Haag watches her drive.

Links course is near the top of her list, alongside Oak Quarry Golf Club in Riverside, Calif., and Osteråker Golf Club in Osteråker, Sweden. Yes, golf is popular in Sweden, Haag said, despite having chilly temperatures nine months of the year.

Part of the reason for the Swede’s enthusiasm for the sport is Annika Sorenstam, she of 10 LPGA major wins and the top spot on the all-time LPGA earnings list, with just more than $22 million. Haag was lucky enough to attend one of Sorenstam’s clinics when she was 13. She’ll never forget the experience, even if she has trouble remembering the advice Sorenstam gave her. It was 11 years ago, after all.

Haag is a rookie on the Symetra Tour after having advanced to the second stage of LPGA qualifying tournaments last fall.

She believes she can continue to advance.

Consistency is the key, she said. It’s easier to say than achieve, but Haag knows where she has to improve. She’s a good driver, but she needs to hit more fairways and greens. Putting can be troublesome for Haag like it is for everyone.

It’s not the easy life it seems.

In between rounds of golf, Haag hits the lonely road, driving to the next course. Sometimes it’s a 10- to 12-hour trek. She passes the time by listening to soft rock or Swedish podcasts on current events and how to be successful. For her, pursuing the sport is worth the hardships.

“It’s extremely fun,” Haag said. “I wouldn’t be doing it if I didn’t think so.”

Whenever there’s a break in her schedule, she returns to Lakewood Ranch and the Caplans.

In other words, she returns home.

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

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olf takes you places.

It’s a common refrain, one that golfers, both professional and amateur, give when asked why they love their sport. How many golfers, though, have taken a leap of faith and moved from Sweden to the United States in pursuit of their golf dreams?

Not many. Only six golfers from Sweden have played in a 2017 Symetra Tour event. Ellinor Haag, from Sigturna, Sweden, is one of them.

Haag had visited friends in Chicago a few times, but didn’t take up residence in the United States until she was 18, and set to attend Western Kentucky University. Her connection with WKU is apparent, as “Big Red,” WKU’s furry, red, amorphous blob of a mascot, covers her driver. The college’s name is etched across her golf bag.

It was at WKU where Haag picked up not just a golf lesson, but a life lesson: How to be happy in defeat.

“I’m very competitive,” Haag said. “I had to learn to be happy for someone else, wanting others to do well.

“There’s still some jealousy (when others win), but I’m handling it way better.”

She’s traveled all over the country for golf, but the 24-year-old now calls Lakewood Ranch her U.S. base. It says so in the information packet she handed me when we met. Other facts the sheet lists: Her dream vacation spot is South Africa, her hobbies include working out and cooking and she has a distaste for going on walks.

When Haag and WKU played in the 2015 Pat Bradley Invitational, hosted by Florida International University at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club, Lakewood Ranch residents John and Marcie Caplan hosted her team. Haag and the Caplans kept in contact after the tournament ended.

“She was really sweet and appreciative,” Marcie Caplan said of Haag’s personality the first time the pair met. “She was the captain of her college team, and I liked how she interacted with her teammates. She really reminded me of myself.”

Haag returned to the area in August 2016 for an LPGA qualifying tournament, and it was a no-brainer where she would stay.

Haag and the Caplans have become so close, the Caplans are flying to Sweden in August to visit Haag’s home country and family. Likewise, Haag now has set up a home base at the Caplans when she isn’t chasing tournaments.

The Caplans don’t plan on letting Haag out of their lives, no matter where her golf career takes her.

“She’s a part of the family,” Marcie Caplan said.

And when she is visiting her second home, she loves her practice options.

Of all the courses she’s played, Haag said Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club’s Cypress

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akewood Ranch resident Olivia Bryant felt like a star in the “Harry Potter” movie series as she brewed up a potion of whomping willow shavings, unicorn boogers and a dragon’s blood.

“I feel like a wizard,” the 13-year-old said during the Foundation for Dreams’ Hollywood-themed Dream Oaks Camp program July 10-14.

She and other campers created their protection potions, which they later dumped outside the dining hall July 12.

More than 35 campers with special needs enjoyed the weeklong summer camp, filled with activities such as horseback riding, swimming, canoeing, arts and crafts and more.

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REPUBLICAN CLUB MEETING Runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Ranch Grill, 14475 State Road 70, Bradenton. Guest speaker will be Annie Marie Delgado, the Florida Statewide Grassroots and Coalition director for the Donald Trump for President Campaign.

Cost is $20. RSVP to sjc@mailmt. com or visit lwrrc.com for information.

SATURDAY, JULY 22

COMEDY JAM Begins at 9 p.m. at Polo Grill and Bar, 10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch. The comedy show will feature Mario Tory and Kevin Simpson and will be hosted by Barak Amen. Tickets range from $15-$30. For more information, visit pologrillandbar.com or call 782-0899.

TEDDY BEAR PICNIC Begins at 11 a.m. at Braden River Library, 4915 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton. Children can bring their stuffed animals to spend the night at the library for a special animal slumber party to be reunited with their owners the following day with a picnic at 11 a.m.

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CRAFT FAIR Runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Mixon Fruit Farms, 2525 27th St. E., Bradenton. The free event includes craft vendors along with access to Mixon Fruit Farms tours and specialty items. Admission is free. Go to mixon.com for more information or call 748-5829.

SUNDAY, JULY 23

U.S. PARALYMPIC SOCCER VS. CANADA NO. 2 Begins at 6:30 p.m. at Premier

BEST BET FRIDAY, JULY 21

U.S. PARALYMPIC SOCCER VS. CANADA NO. 1 Begins at 6:30 p.m. at Premier Sports Campus, 5895 Post Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. The U.S. Paralympic Soccer Team faces Canada in a friendly match. Paralympic games are played seven on each side. For more information on the event, visit premiersportscampus.com.

Sports Campus, 5895 Post Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. The U.S. Paralympic Soccer Team faces Canada in a friendly match. For more information on the event, visit premiersportscampus.com.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26

TECH BUDDIES Runs from 1 to 4 p.m. at Braden River Library, 4915 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton. Need help with your laptop, tablet or smartphone?

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NEW RESIDENT ORIENTATION Begins at 6 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority staff will guide new residents of Lakewood Ranch through the community’s governance structure and other community information. Please register by calling 907-0202.

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BUSINESS LUNCHEON Runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Polo Bar and Grill’s Fete Ballroom. The Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance will host guest speakers Doug Van Dyke (Leadership Simplified) and Michael Corley (The Corley Co.). Cost is $27 for members by July 21 or $37 for nonmembers (or members after July 21). To register, visit lwrba.org.

GUEST BARTENDER BENEFIT Runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 3 Keys Brewery, 2505 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton. This guest bartender event is hosted by Cheers for Charity Women’s Giving Circle composed of young professional women who raise funds for local charities. For more information, email Amanda Smith at acsmith718@gmail.com.

THURSDAY, JULY 27

SUMMER FUN CLUB Runs from 10 a.m. to noon each Thursday at The Mall at UTC, 140 University Town Center Drive, Sarasota. This free event for kids includes activities, crafts, music and more. For information, visit mallatutc.com.

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B R A D E N TO N 3908 Bayside Drive Cheryl Roberts 941-266-1450 A4175696 $1,200,000

B R A D E N TO N 564 Fore Drive Sandi Dietrich 941-704-0697 A4190268 $1,149,955

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 21306 Deer Pointe Crossing Chris Baylis 941-735-4713 A4146990 $999,999

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7505 226th Street E Monica Verinder 941-704-4040 A4183972 $595,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8107 Championship Court Ryan Skrzypkowski 941-387-6630 A4190432 $549,000

B R A D E N TO N 10315 Winding Stream Way Karen Enis 941-224-0297 A4189191 $529,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 6918 Honeysuckle Trail Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4173397 $525,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 6520 Windjammer Place Holly Winkle 941-907-9595 A4184986 $525,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 6310 Watercrest Way 304 Jonnie Dwyer 941-812-6283 A4167326 $499,900

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 10310 Baltusrol Place Marcia Frost 941-812-8493 A4180865 $465,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 11219 Rivers Bluff Circle Erica Thomas 941-799-9365 A4188146 $450,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 14107 Nighthawk Terrace Laura Naese 941-350-3657 A4189105 $439,900

B R A D E N TO N 5715 Inspiration Terrace Patty Brooks 941-545-1194 A4174808 $420,000

B R A D E N TO N 911 Cimarron Circle Judy LaValliere 941-504-3792 A4175531 $405,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 11416 Gramercy Park Avenue Bryan Dwyer 941-809-9106 A4179634 $379,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8712 54th Avenue E Autumn Moore 941-320-5823 A4172250 $364,900

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 4910 Torrey Pines Run Jamie Van Vliet 941-993-8996 A4178951 $344,888

PA L M E T TO 5220 69th Street E Tina Ciaccio 941-685-8420 A4184034 $344,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 11405 Hawick Place Barbara Najmy 941-705-1158 A4172527 $339,500

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7220 Spoonflower Court Marcia Frost 941-812-8493 A4182373 $329,900

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8718 53rd Place E Sue Cosgrove-Lee 941-400-9068 A4161467 $319,900

B R A D E N TO N 6920 4th Avenue Drive NW Kathy Valente 941-685-6767 A4188004 $289,900

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7702 Lake Vista Court 202 Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4177984 $275,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8553 54th Avenue Circle E Edward Haggerty 941-685-6154 A4190272 $262,000

PA R R I S H 9926 58th Street E Kim Jatich 941-504-3874 A4187803 $225,000

U N I V E R S I T Y PA R K 8235 72nd Street E Holly Winkle 941-907-9595 A4190131 $215,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8654 Majestic Elm Court Kim Mitchell 941-313-0110 A4191082 $212,950

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home in Country Club Village topped all transactions in this week’s real estate. Soo and Jung Kim, trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 13614 Legends Walk Terrace to Nagappa and Vasantha Ravindra, of Pittsford, N.Y., for $975,000.

Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, fiveand-a-half baths, a pool and 4,280 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $836,500 in 2004.

WATERLEFE GOLF AND RIVER CLUB

William and Laurie Montague, of Mission Hills, Kansas, sold their home at 919 Fish Hook Cove to Michael and Leta Mulholland, of Bradenton, for $675,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,011 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,062,600 in 2004.

LINKS AT PALM AIRE

Daryl Bayer, of Sarasota, sold her home at 7313 Links Court to Jerome and Debra Cammarata, of Bloomfield, N.J., for $640,000. Built in 1993, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,253 square feet of living area.

Christopher and Connie Gurchiek, of Sarasota, sold their home at 8205 Santa Rosa Court to Bayly Smith and Kathy Smith, trustees, of Sarasota, for $593,800. Built in 2009, it has five bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 3,903 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $583,000 in 2009.

WATERCREST

Jennifer Keller sold her Unit 401 condominium at 6340 Watercrest Way to Arden and Barbara Moore, of Lakewood Ranch, for $560,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,376 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $535,000 in 2015.

THE MOORINGS AT EDGEWATER

B. Thomas and Christine Taylor, trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the Unit 202 condominium at 6431 Moorings Point Circle to Marvin and Leah Cook, trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, for $531,500. Built in 2994, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,963 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $591,600 in 2004.

Anne Scheiner, of West Chester, Pa., sold the Unit 102 condominium at 6410 Moorings Point Circle to Rita Walker, trustee, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for $270,000. Built in 2004, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,804 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $271,700 in 2004.

$530,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,913 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $445,000 in 2015.

RIVER CLUB SOUTH

Robert and Marie Reeve sold their home at 9506 Old Hyde Park Place to Dale and Linda Wilson, of Bradenton, for $525,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 3,023 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $371,200 in 2000.

Robert Griesman, of Bradenton, sold the home at 7306 Dunes Court to Vittorio Granaudo and Barbara Granaudo, trustees, of Bradenton, for $273,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,787 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $176,000 in 2000.

COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE

Roger Cady and Mary Cady, trustees, of Newmarket, N.H., sold the home at 7052 Whitemarsh Circle to Edmund and Donna McGarey, of Lakewood Ranch, for $490,000.

Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,627 square feet of living area.

Dale and Nancy Choate, of Moorestown, N.J., sold their home at 7149 Whitemarsh Circle to April and Erich Weber, of Lakewood Ranch, for $480,000.

Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,705 square feet of living area.

Fuston and Jeanne Sanders, of Warrenville, Ill., sold their home at 6527 The Masters Ave., to Martin and Mary Saia, of Millersville, Md., for $470,000.

Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,736 square feet of living area.

Michael and Andrika Brown, trustees, of Prescott, Ariz., sold the home at 7104 Presidio Glen to Ryan Dasilva, of Lakewood Ranch, for $380,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,161 square feet of living area.

Marc Gaudreau and Wendy Story sold their home at 7152 Orchid Island Place to Kathleen Hansen, trustee, of Bradenton, for $375,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,183 square feet of living area.

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Lynnee Baldock

$ 80,000

7716 Cavendish Cove

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Peter Mahoney

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16543 Kendleshire Terrace

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Bradley Block

$ 62,000

5563 Arnie Loop

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David Berkey

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Edward Schafer

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13807 Swiftwater Way

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Dean Smith

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Howard Klein

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James Morse

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4411 Useppa Drive

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15107 Skip Jack Loop

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L A K E WO O D R A N C H 16206 Clearlake Avenue A4189792 $1,495,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7516 Greystone Street A4173738 $1,349,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7072 Twin Hills Terrace A4140088 $589,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 14448 Stirling Drive A4179202 $525,000

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Charlotte and Alvin Simpson, of Venice, sold their home at 6523 Virginia Crossing to Lynda Morrison, trustee, of University Park, for $435,000. Built in 1995, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,928 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $432,500 in 2015.

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Robert and Martha Whitehill, of Bradenton, sold their home at 13203 Torresina Terrace to Nanette Brunson, of Bradenton, for $424,900. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,912 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $310,300 in 2012.

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Eunice Pratte, of Bradenton, sold the home at 618 137th St. N.E., to Bryan and Lauren Kelly, of Bradenton, for $356,600. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,399 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $395,000 in 2004.

ROSEDALE GOLF AND TENNIS CLUB

Clinton and Shirley Miller, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 8609 51st Terrace E., to Carol Kolonay-Spangler and Paul Spangler, of Bradenton, for $378,000. Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,255 square feet of living area.

Firth Hutchison, trustee, of North Conway, N.H., sold the home at 8714 53rd Place E., to Naomi Margolick, of Bradenton, for $315,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,157 square feet of living area.

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Cajun feast continues to boil

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pyder Broussard promised he had not touched the food that was about to be served to 250 guests at the 10th annual Spyder Broussard Low Country Boil held July 15 at Polo Grill and Bar in Lakewood Ranch.

Even though the event bears his name, Broussard said he can’t cook Cajun delicacies.

“Tommy’s the cook,” said Broussard of Polo Grill and Bar owner and chef Tommy Klauber.

Even so, it was Broussard who used to host a huge annual party ... a low country boil ... at his Sarasota home. Klauber, a good friend, would attend.

“Tommy said, ‘Why not hold it (at Polo Grill and Bar)?’ It’s been here ever since.”

Broussard said the only reason his name remains on the event is because, “I’m the only real Cajun around.”

“We started this because there was nothing happening during the summer,” Klauber said. “As long as people keep coming, we will keep doing it.”

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Polo Grill and Bar owner and chef Tommy Klauber and Spyder Broussard get ready to serve up delights.

Sarasota’s Liz Bibler gets ready for Round One.

— JAY HEATER

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124 Arrogantly superior 126 Cornered out on a limb 127 Like a loose gem 128 First name in Chinese chairmen 129 Delicious fruit?

130 Psychic hotline operators, supposedly 131 Quite old “Oh my gosh!”

132 What comes before you begin again?

133 Electric car brand

41 Lip-smacking good 43 TRUE conceptions?

44 Blend in a bowl, in a way 45 Aunts, in Tijuana 47 Note on the music scale 49 Isn’t wrong to a grammarian?

51 Quiet “Quiet!”

54 Man in a monastery 55 “What ___ I tell you?”

57 Italian buck 59 Before, long ago 61 Japanese stringed instruments resembling banjos 66 Fender dings 69 Bid to buy shares for cash 70 Prefix with “phone” 72 “... ___ a lender be” 73 Warm, as leftovers?

76 Bishop’s assistant 77 Ordinal number suffix, sometimes 78 It is converted to vitamin A DOWN in the liver (var.)

1 Inspiration of myth 79 Boss of fashion 2 Where a cherry rests on a 81 Lack of a society’s moral banana split standards 3 Stubborn animal 82 Hindi courtesy title similar 4 Thorny bush or patch 5 Insect targeted by boric acid to “Mr.” 83 Long, heroic narrative poem 6 Steeple toppers 84 Foxy?

7 Space or plane prefix 87 U.S. rubber hub 8 Regatta team units 88 Caustic ingredient in drain 9 Streaking celestial bodies uncloggers 10 Rock band equipment 11 Somewhere between point 91 Certain metrical foot in poetry A and point B 95 Have debts 12 Paris-to-Frankfurt dir.

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29 Charlotte pro b-baller 30 Bank or hotel posting 32 Subdivision of a larger religious group 33 Teeny go-with 35 “Now I see!”

38 Needing to be located 40 Bob of sportscasting 42 Boxing tool 46 Alarming bell?

48 Noble one 50 Nautical yeses 52 Pro’s detractor 53 Ones missing marbles, south of the border 54 TRUE buddies?

56 Protrusion of the abdomen

58 Any substance lessening purity 60 “___ about time!”

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92 Former capital of Japan 93 Part of a skeleton 94 It can put you in a strange position 97 Twelve o’clock, once a day 98 Connector under the tongue 99 World’s largest country until 1991 (Abbr.)

100 Put effort into 102 Cylindrical farm building 104 Mole on two legs 105 Moderate yellow-orange 108 Long film with many

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Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks in 1 Observer.

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