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VOLUME 19, NO. 46

GRANDE RENOVATIONS Improvements coming to The Lake Club’s Grande Clubhouse will include brighter interiors and a new kitchen. PAGE 3

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YOUR TOWN

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Rock-solid relationship Andrea DeStefano and Kelly Granquist, shown above displaying their Lakewood Ranch Kindness Project rocks, announced a collaboration with Lakewood Ranch Community Activities on Oct. 4.

Upcoming Lakewood Ranch Community Activities events will feature Lakewood Ranch Kindness Project craft tables.

The Kindness Project rocks are painted with encouraging words and then hidden in the community.

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Forty scarecrows, including these, have been built for Hunsader Farms’ Pumpkin Festival, which begins Oct. 14. Connie Hunsader said keys to building scarecrows include thrift store shopping and using straw instead of hay.

The art of building scarecrows shouldn’t be frightening. SEE PAGE 8

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Storytelling success Teacher Cyndi Dixon, pictured above with Daisy Quintal, put storytelling into motion Oct. 5 when she dressed like a unicorn for the Kids R Kids Book Fair.

Seventy-five people enjoyed a barbecue dinner, storytelling, games and crafts. Sales from the book fair will help Kids R Kids expand its teacher resource library and provide new books for classrooms.

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Myakka City mom wasn’t kidding around when she decided to make goat soap. SEE PAGE 17 Berkley Mason

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Mold inspection begins at LWRHS Inspectors should release results of investigation before end of October.

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fter shutting down Building 400 for mold remediation in August, the School District of Manatee County now is inspecting the rest of the Lakewood Ranch High School campus.

Tampa-based GHD, an environmental consulting firm, began a comprehensive mold assessment of Lakewood Ranch’s campus Oct. 4 and is expected to finish Oct 11. A report detailing other findings is expected by the end of the month.

“Mold is extremely prevalent in Florida, but it’s prevalent everywhere,” School District spokesman Mike Barber said. “Bottom line is if mold is visible, you need to do something about it. That’s how it’s being approached.”

Students and teachers moved back into the six classrooms in Building 400 on Oct. 1.

At an Aug. 30 information meeting with parents, district officials said mold may have been the result of turning air-conditioning units off on weekends, but all units will remain running until the reason for the mold has been determined.

Barber said Lakewood Ranch

High has two operational chillers, but one needs replacing and the other sometimes needs repair.

The district is in the process of securing bids for new chillers, which may take up to four months.

Some parents say the district’s efforts are not thorough enough.

Bridget Mendel, who has two sons at the school, said she’s been concerned about mold on campus since last year, when her son came home with pictures of mold in Building 400. The district is inspecting for visible mold, but she said the mold issues could be more structural in nature and worries they will not be adequately addressed.

“We may have cleaned up the mold, but it doesn’t mean we’ve addressed the issue,” she said.

She said previous issues with mold were not addressed, and information from the district has been conflicting.

Barber said the district is working to ensure students and teachers are safe and the mold is remedied appropriately. GHD will evaluate structural issues, such as the roof, during its inspections.

“They’re not just trying to come in and just see the mold. They’re also trying to find out the cause,” Barber said. “We feel like we’re pretty thorough on this.”

Lakewood Ranch High School Principal Craig Little is posting updates on inspections to the school’s website, edline.net/ pages/sdmclakewoodranchhs.

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John LeJeune and John Barkey of Tampa-based GHD, check for mold Oct. 4 at Lakewood Ranch High School.

While mold inspections are underway, the School District of Manatee County is completing repairs on the Lakewood Ranch High School auditorium stage, which has had ongoing water intrusion issues.

The district’s department of construction services in June began evaluating water intrusion issues by drilling a hole in the auditorium floor, said Jane Dreger, director of the construction services department.

District staff members, contractor NDC Construction Co., moisture consultant CMC Moisture Consulting and waterproofing subcontractor Service Painting of Florida evaluated water intrusion results following heavy rainfall events in September. They agreed the water intrusion is the result of an elevated water table, and water is coming from the ground up.

Repair work began Oct. 4 and is projected to take four weeks. Actions include: removal and replacement of the wood on the stage face wall; installation of urethane grout; shot blasting the carpet adhesive off the floor; installation of a bonding agent to seal tiny holes in the concrete and masonry surfaces; installation of waterproofing; and installation of new carpet.

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The Grande Clubhouse will offer more food options by summer 2018.

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ike many of his neighbors, Ken Swan is excited upcoming renovations to the Grande Clubhouse at The Lake Club will present more dynamic options to the residents of one of Lakewood Ranch’s most prestigious communities.

Stock Development and Lake Club Investors, a subsidiary of Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, have announced multimillion-dollar plans to renovate the clubhouse, including brightening and modernizing the interior, adding an indoor-outdoor bar and tennis and bocce courts and constructing a separate outdoor cafe between the pool area and lake abutting the property.

“The clubhouse is 10 years old, and the renovations certainly will put it in a position to compete with other venues in the area,” said Swan, who has lived in The Lake Club for more than three years. “We’ve seen some information on the renovations, but we won’t really know what it will look like until its completed.”

The 20,000-square-foot clubhouse officially closes Oct. 16 in preparation for renovations that will start in November. It is expected to reopen in late summer 2018.

The biggest changes center around the culinary experience.

The clubhouse has no working kitchen, so the remodel will include a full-service kitchen through which there will be lunches and dinners available to residents, and special events and parties offered through the clubhouse. Residents will be able to book private parties as well. The bar area in the billiard room will be removed and replaced with an indoor-outdoor bar connected to the upper level patio.

“In our experience, the food and beverage component is what brings everybody together,” said Claudine Leger-Wetzel, vice president of sales and marketing for Stock Development. “People are more attracted to a lifestyle that’s more programmed.”

A second culinary option, to be called The Lakeside Cafe, is Phase 2 of the renovations and will be in a separate building between the pool area and the lake behind it.

Plans are progressing, and the

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Connie Farmer, the Lake Club community concierge, said feedback about the upgrades has been positive.

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An indoor-outdoor bar will create a fun meeting space for guests.

cafe will not be complete until 2019. The cafe will serve light fare and cocktails by the pool area.

“It’s two different environments,” Leger-Wetzel said. “By adding the full spectrum of amenities, the residents of The Lake Club would have it all. Both environments are being enhanced to be able to experience more of the indoor-outdoor lifestyle that is so important in the Southwest Florida lifestyle.”

The goal is to sell more homes in The Lake Club and expedite its build-out. It has been under development for a decade. There are about 200 homes, with another 500 to be constructed.

Stock Development offers homes starting in the $700,000s and has sold nearly $20 million in home lots, spec or inventory homes this year. The company plans to diversify its offerings

The exterior of the Grande Clubhouse will keep its Tuscan look and feel, but the interior renovations will make it more modern.

when it opens the final phase of The Lake Club sometime in 2019.

“The exciting thing is the amount of people who have shown interest in the community,” Leger-Wetzel said. “We’re very excited to be working with The Lake Club Investors to bring this community to fruition.

“We believe the right mix of amenities is important to sell the homes,” Leger-Wetzel said, adding the renovations are for both existing and future homeowners.

Previously, residents gathered monthly at the Grande Clubhouse for a social hour, at which they brought their own food and drink.

All clubhouse improvements are funded by Stock Development and Lake Club Investors.

RENOVATION HIGHLIGHTS n Architect: Fawley Bryant Architecture, of Sarasota n Designer: Soco Interiors, of Winter Park n Interior remodeling n New indoor-outdoor bar n Full-service kitchen n Addition of bocce and tennis courts n Addition of The Lakeside Cafe

A NEW LIGHT AND FRESH SPACE Charlotte Horvath and Meredith Summersgill, senior designers for Soco Interiors, say the goal with the renovation design is to create a light and fresh space with plenty of texture.

“We love everything about this clubhouse,” said Summersgill. “We picked every piece of furniture, every light fixture.”

The inspiration for the design concept came from the Calcutta porcelain to be used in the entrance area of the main clubhouse, on the fireplace in the billiard room and primarily on the lower level of the clubhouse. The stone is white with hints of gray and gold — warm tones.

“It will be elegant and classic,” Horvath said of the remodel.

“It’s going to feel very livable. It’s going to be a space that feels very welcoming and not as heavy as the traditional Tuscan feel.”

Other fun features, for example, are nubby Rattan chandeliers for the main entry, handblown glass fixtures in the concierge area and a recycled glass bar front that’s backlit with a “chunky quartz counter top,” Summersgill said.

Most of the upstairs area will be vinyl wooden flooring, but there will be carpet in the banquet hall.

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group of Tara residents has spearheaded a move to prevent Lake Lincoln, Tara’s developer, from commercially developing 2.3 acres of a 10.3-acre parcel at the southwest corner of State Road 70 and Tara Boulevard without site plans going before the Manatee County Commission for approval.

Seven Tara residents — Bob Dallesandro, Michele Redwine, Karen Clark, Ralph Pushcheck, John Lane, Cathy Woolley and Ray McCray — have filed a petition to intervene and legally object to a July settlement, which cleared the way for Lake Lincoln to proceed with commercial projects at Tara’s entrance.

Representatives of both the Tara Master Association and the Tara Golf and Country Club indicated their organizations are working with attorneys and expect to stake their claim in the case as well.

“We’re going to do what we can,” said Bob Dallesandro, pres-

ident of Tara Golf and Country Club’s board of directors. “We do plan to intervene.”

“We’re challenging the validity of that agreement,” said John Leone, president of the Tara Master Association. “The public has no opportunity to have input (on development) unless it goes through the court.”

If petitioners can prove they have the legal footing to challenge the settlement, it could force an evidentiary hearing. The petitioners have until Oct. 27 to hire legal counsel and file a motion to intervene. Then a hearing would be scheduled to determine if their argument is valid.

“We’re pleased the judge did not approve the petition to settle and will give us the opportunity for counsel to advise us,” Woolley said.

That was Manatee County 12th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Lon Arend, who at a public hearing on Sept. 28 delayed his decision on the settlement between Manatee County and Lake Lincoln, which then would have been allowed to develop the parcel without site plans going before commissioners.

If Arend had approved the settlement, it would have ended a seven-year development rights battle. The county and Lake Lincoln reached a settlement in July.

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Developer pulls out of Polo Club sale He says the improvement process is too involved.

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Developer David Meunier’s dreams for the Sarasota Polo Club were big.

He didn’t realize the project to reach those dreams would be just as big.

On Mo n d ay, Me u n i e r announced he has decided to opt out of the deal he had struck with Schroeder-Manatee Ranch to buy the Sarasota Polo Club.

A 90-day due diligence phase expired last week and Meunier asked for an extension as he struggled to make up his mind.

“In the end, the task was much bigger than I anticipated,” Meunier said. “I asked for 100 days (in the due diligence phase) because I wanted to find other scenarios where I could make this work. But I didn’t want to hold up SMR with the polo season coming up.”

Meunier, who lives in Coral Gables, said a study of the complex’s seven main polo fields (the venue has nine overall) showed it would take more than $1 million to get all the fields into world-class playing condition. He brought in Alejandro Battro of the Battro Polo Fields in Argentina, to do the field study.

He said the money wasn’t the issue, though, but the time involved was problematic for him. He wanted to dive into the project immediately. To get the fields the way he wanted, it would take more than a year where they would be closed, he said.

Meunier said he was facing substantial red tape to build another pavilion on the property and to add other buildings to reach his goal of making it a multisport facility that could host dressage and jumping as well as polo.

“Sometimes it is better not to do a good deal than to possibly agree to a bad one,” he said. “This is just something I don’t feel capable of taking on.”

Meunier, 51, is a former professional race car driver known for rehabilitating run-down properties in the Miami area and turning apartments into condominiums. He said he has purchased 48 multifamily properties this year throughout Sarasota because he was planning to move to the area to oversee development of the Sarasota Polo Club.

He planned to use money generated from the properties to help fund improvements at the Sarasota Polo Club.

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it has so much potential,” he said.

“Whoever takes it, it will take a lot of time, but it will be profitable in the long run.”

A stipulation of the sale would have required Meunier keep the site as an equine facility.

The Sarasota Polo Club was founded in 1991.

Meunier said he eventually wanted to make polo an entire weekend attraction for fans while also doing whatever he could to upgrade the facility so it could attract “high-class” equine com-

petitions. He said using the site for other events during the offseason for polo would be key.

Meunier had been taking polo lessons at the Sarasota Polo Club but suffered a fall in June that left him with a shoulder injury.

Although Meunier pulled out of the sale, Lisa Barnott, director of marketing and communications for SMR, said the polo season would be held as usual this season. The season begins in January.

The 2018 Sarasota Polo Club season will go on as usual but not under the ownership of David Meunier, who opted out of his contract to buy the club from Schroeder-Manatee Ranch.

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Community Fund adviser Amanda Tullidge, center, presents a $10,000 check to The Player Centre for Performing Arts’ Jeffery Kin and Michelle Bianchi.

$10,000 grant sounds perfect Sound equipment is a top priority for The Players after a Community Fund grant.

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A production of “Sleepy Hollow” scheduled for Oct. 27-28 at a site to be determined in Lakewood Ranch kicks off the series.

Kin and Michelle Bianchi, The Players managing director and CEO, said they were looking at more than $4,000 to rent sound equipment for an outdoor theater.

“This is a big deal for our production,” Bianchi said of the grant. “We can buy the sound equipment, such as body mics and wireless mics, for $4,500.”

Bianchi said the additional money could help with promo-

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LAKEWOOD RANCH COMMUNITY FUND GRANTS Student Services Department $543, Early Learning Coalition $1,438, Inner Explorer $1,750, Family Network on Disabilities $2,000, Care Net Manasota Pregnancy Center $2,490, Boys & Girls Clubs $2,500, State College of Florida Foundation $2,579, Children’s Guardian Fund $3,000, SMART $3,000, Beyond the Spectrum $4,400; Florida Cancer Specialists $4,500, We Care Manatee $4,500, Mark Wandall Foundation $4,800, Big Brothers Big Sisters $5,000, Easter Seals Southwest $5,000, Foundation for Dreams $5,000, Meals on Wheels Plus $5,000, Neuro Challenge Foundation $5,000, Sarasota Opera Association $5,000, Stillpoint House of Prayer $6,500, The Players Centre $10,000

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effery Kin, the artistic director for The Players Centre for Performing Arts, felt like shouting.

In his hand was a $10,000 grant

from the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund. He was more than happy to talk about the impact that money would have.

“This money literally will help us be heard,” Kin said Oct. 6 following the Community Fund’s grants ceremony at Northern Trust’s Community Room.

The Players Centre award was the largest of the 21 grants totaling $84,000 given by the Community Fund. It was awarded to underwrite a series of “Theater in the Field” open-air events The Players Centre hopes to perform.

tion and marketing as well as other theater equipment.

Chris Romine, president of the Community Fund’s Advisory Board, said his nonprofit wanted to have a signature grant this year.

“We wanted to make more of a significant impact on one group,” he said.

Although the Community Fund has issued larger grants over its existence, which begin in 2000, he said the $10,000 award was the largest handed out in “recent history.” He said The Players was right for the grant.

“Our feeling is that The Players will enrich the lives of people in Lakewood Ranch of all ages,” he said. “We wanted to support their endeavor. This grant is a seed allowing them to engage this community.”

Kin said The Players’ goal is to reach every age group in the community. Bianchi said they are planning a production at Christmas for Lakewood Ranch as part of the “Theater in the Field” series.

The next largest grant, $6,500, went to Stillpoint House of Prayer to help the Community Outreach Food Program that provides food and clothing to the community.

Six $5,000 grants went to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast, Easter Seals Southwest Florida, Foundation for Dreams, Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee, Sarasota Opera Association and the Neuro Challenge Foundation.

“This is our day,” Romine said of the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund. “We take this hardearned money and see it used in our community.”

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Connie Hunsader, 79, is building 40 scarecrows for this year’s Pumpkin Festival, including this cute couple.

The brains behind scarecrow construction You, too, can build a scarecrow like those at Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival.

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W

hen the folks at Hunsader Farms want to scare up some business for their annual Pumpkin Festival, they naturally turn to scarecrows.

Forty of them.

This year will mark the 26th annual Pumpkin Festival, and once again scarecrows will be a highlight. Besides the return of fan favorites such as Bikini Girl and Tall Man, several new scarecrows will make their debut.

Leading the effort is Connie Hunsader, 79, who has been designing, creating and repairing the Hunsader Farms’ scarecrow collection for the past 26 years. Over the years, she has developed her own techniques and tricks.

“My husband (Jim Hunsader) and I used to make them together every year, then he passed away four years ago,” she said.

After Jim died, Connie’s granddaughter, Rachel Hunsader, joined the effort.

Two weeks ago, Rachel, 25, and Connie spent five days in a trailer nailing, stuffing and dressing 40 scarecrows in preparation for the festival.

“Rachel is real good with the hammer,” Connie Hunsader said. “She did a great job this year, but after a while, you are just glad that you are done with them.”

While local residents might not be building 40 scarecrows for their homes, they could be building one or two. Connie offered tips for those who might be building scarecrows for the first time.

Long-sleeve, button-down shirts are important for holding in the straw and the clothing can be found at bargain prices at thrift stores.

jeans, straw hats and handkerchiefs,” Connie said.

She said it’s best to get longsleeved shirts that button down since they are easiest to stuff and best at holding the straw in place.

“Being creative with the clothes is always fun, as is coming up with something a little different every year,” Connie said. “We try to find cute, fall clothes that match each other, because we name some of our scarecrows based on where we place them and what they’re wearing.”

Connie Hunsader demonstrates how to cut the burlap that eventually will have a face painted on it, before being sewn together, stuffed and then nailed to a base.

Make sure you have the right stuff: Connie said some essentials — a hammer, nails or screws (if preferred), a half bale of straw per scarecrow, permanent markers, twine, a sewing kit and jute — are gathered before the assembly process begins.

Time to go bargain shopping for clothes: “We go to thrift stores and get men’s and women’s shirts,

Build a base of operation: Connie mostly uses a common base, using two two-by-four wooden planks. One of the planks will be the long, vertical piece that runs the length of the body. Connie said the board can be as long as desired, depending on the height of the scarecrow.

The other board can be cut about a foot long and will be nailed horizontally toward the top of the longer plank. The arms will be secured to this one.

A slightly shorter piece of wood will be nailed where the hips will go.

She said it should look like a cross with an additional horizontal plank lower, where the hips will be.

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IF YOU GO What: Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival Where: Hunsader Farms, 5500 County Road 675, Bradenton When: Open daily from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.; Oct. 14-15; Oct. 21-22; Oct. 28-29 Cost: $10 for admission (children 12 and under free), $5 parking

Hey man, use straw: One of the crucial parts of construction is the stuffing, and often people use hay. That’s a mistake, “If we used hay, we would have it all over the place,” Connie said. “It slowly starts falling out of the clothes.”

Straw is the way to go since it is a lot “less slippery” than hay.

Connie buys her straw at Come See Come Sav, 505 301 Blvd. E., in Bradenton.

Everything comes to a head: Connie said to cut burlap into the size you want the head to be, then sew it together with twine, leaving the bottom portion open for stuffing.

She said to use the permanent markers to draw the face on the burlap.

“If you are good at art, you can make their faces look quite nice,” she said.

Then stuff the head with straw and sew the bottom closed.

Dress for success: Connie let Rachel take this one.

“Lay the shirt open, unbuttoned, and lay the straw down on it,” Rachel said. “Then, put the frame on top of it and button up the shirt.”

Rachel said to do the same thing with the pants and stuff them with straw.

It’s hammer time: Once the head, shirt and pants are stuffed, nail them to the plank. Connie said, if you wish, tie a festive handkerchief around the neck.

Tie the waist (it can look like a belt), wrists and ankles with jute so the straw doesn’t fall out.

Finally, nail a hat to the plank and stuff some straw in there to look like hair.

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ritney Guertin, director of public relations and social media for Grapevine Communications, turned a corner at Sarasota’s Oak & Stone restaurant and caught the eye of Andrew Leibin.

That’s saying something, since the teenager was sitting in front on a gigantic cheeseburger that had been hogging all his attention.

Guertin gave her young admirer a huge smile and motioned to him that a hug was in order.

Leibin didn’t waste any time, embracing her and matching her smile.

Seated at the table, Leibin’s mom, Jaycie, explained the events.

“A girl,” she said, nodding her head and laughing.

Her 17-year-old son, who has Down syndrome, is a ladies man, especially when he takes the field to play baseball in the Miracle League of Manasota.

“Each player has these two buddies,” said Jaycie Leibin, who lives in Sarasota. “A lot of them are girls. The girls are Andrew’s favorite part.”

Jaycie and Andrew had come to Oak & Stone to talk about the

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Oak & Stone Assistant General Manager Patrick Goeser visits with The Miracle League of Manasota’s Andrew Leibin and his mom, Jaycie.

restaurant’s special event, OAKtoberfest, to be held Saturday, Oct. 14, from noon to midnight.

The event has the usual drawing points like German street fare, a biergarten — German for beer garden — and live music.

The Supervillains begin at 9 p.m.

Jaycie wanted to make her pitch for the event because it is a fundraiser for The Miracle League of Manasota.

If you haven’t seen a game at the park, located at 6050 Long-

wood Run Blvd. in Sarasota, you could get a great overview from Jaycie.

Jaycie said it’s tough to find places where her son can feel “normal.”

The Miracle League baseball field is such a place.

“It’s amazing,” Jaycie said. “If you have any type of disability, this league will take you. Andrew has made tons of friends. Tim, Gilberto, Rock. It all has boosted his confidence.”

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And Jaycie said she is astounded by the humanity on display.

“Those kids are the most kind, patient kids you’ve ever seen,.” she said.

She was talking about the high school students from Sarasota and Manatee counties who donate their time to be buddies.

Patrick Goeser, Oak & Stone’s assistant general manager, has been to the games.

“It is such a great expression of community,” he said. “It was a lot of joy and happiness.

With everything going on, it was refreshing.”

Goeser notes that those who attend OAKtoberfest are requested to make a $5 donation to The Miracle League of Manasota.

Those who make a $10 donation will receive a commemorative beer stein.

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“Big,” he said with that everpresent smile.

Jaycie explained. When a “big” hitter comes to the plate, all the buddies on the field go on guard because the ball could come screaming from home plate.

Andrew has connected on a few home runs.

His league, for 17 and under, doesn’t begin again until the spring. An adult league is competing in its fall season. The Miracle League field is flat, so it is wheelchair accessible and friendly to blind players. The field surface is rubberized and soft.

Jaycie challenges anyone to attend a game at The Miracle League and not be emotionally moved.

“The moms have to wear sunglasses because of the tears,” she said.

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Now Jourdenais, whose alter ego is “Captain Shark,” is opening a new business he said will be the real deal as well — Pirate’s Den Bait & Tackle at 2711 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton.

His new bait shop will be located directly across the street from the State Road 64 boat dock, and will be hard to miss, designed with its dark brown logs to look like a huge treasure chest.

“I’ve wanted to do this my entire life,” said Jourdenais, who is 56 and has been fishing for half a century.

He talked the owner of a used car lot into selling the property to him. His official grand opening will be Nov. 11, but he will open the doors to customers by the end of October.

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He wants to provide the community with a place to hang out and swap stories, whether related to the sea or otherwise. He is placing tables and chairs outside his business for people who just want to mingle. He said a food truck will be in the parking lot throughout the day.

Jourdenais will have drive-up bait and ice for those who don’t have time to park.

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he said. “If you are working with a solid piece of wood, you need to design the shape that you like, then you kind of let the wood dictate its shape a bit, too.”

Wetter’s work has been featured in the American Association of Woodturners magazine.

He enjoys working with wood because each piece has its own individual grain. He said each piece can bring uncertainties, and surprises.

“Depending on what you do with it, it can either turn into something that looks nice or be ugly,” he said. “I end up with a lot of pretty firewood.”

Wetter has one rule when it comes to his hobby: He refuses to sell any of this work.

He learned a lesson watching his wife attempt to sell her crafted miniature dollhouses to pay for trips to conventions. Instead of starting projects she liked, she began to make craft items she could sell.

“It ended up turning her off,” Wetter said.

He said he wouldn’t enjoy making the same thing over and over.

“I see that in a lot of woodturners who sell things,” Wetter said.

“They will make little soup bowls, pens and pepper grinders over and over again. When that happens, it’s not a hobby anymore — when you’re doing what you have to do to just pay the rent.”

He is more happy carving gifts.

He told a story of his daughter, Jamie Pionkowski, who lives in Wisconsin and was forced to cut down one of her favorite maple trees in her front yard.

He told her to bring him a section of the trunk, and he made a bowl for himself and for her.

“She loved it,” he said.

Wooden trinkets by Mill Creek’s Denny Wetter sit in the entry way to his home.

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Mill Creek’s Denny Wetter holds two of his prized creations, a segmented bowl and a kaleidoscope.

His goal: A super bowl Mill Creek woodworker is a cut above.

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Mill Creek’s Denny Wetter has a sure way of knowing if his woodturning pieces are attractive.

When they aren’t so great, he

simply can’t find them.

His wife, Judy, acts as the judge.

“Judy either finds where she wants to put it around the house, or she hides it,” he said.

Judy Wetter obviously loves most of his work. A visit to their

home reveals his work on display throughout the house.

At 71, Denny Wetter has worked with wood most of his life, but has been a woodturner since 1995, when his wife bought him a lathe for Father’s Day. “When I was a teen, I would build with my dad (Jack Wetter),” Denny Wetter said. “Then he passed away, so I had to maintain the house. It was an old house, so there were lots of things falling apart. We would have to replace the front porch all of the time because it rotted out.”

In retirement, Wetter’s woodworking has increased substantially.

Although he likes crafting goblets, pepper grinders and kaleidoscopes, he is most proud of his open segment bowls.

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BEST PLANT IN THE JOINT? 3100 block of 54th Drive East, Bradenton Found property: A Sheriff’s Office deputy responded after an apartment manager stated she had seen a marijuana plant as she drove past one of the apartments in her complex in her golf cart. The deputy did see a marijuana plant in the window of the apartment as he approached. He made contact with a woman who lived in the apartment and advised her she needed to remove the plant. She said she didn’t know what the deputy was talking about.

The deputy told her he already had seen the plant and she needed to bring it to him. She went and got the plant and said she didn’t know anything about the plant and just found it.

She said visitors must have brought it. The plant was removed and placed into property and evidence for destruction.

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BIRTHDAYS IN PERU: Mike and Inah Sporer helped Rick and Debbie Brown celebrate their 50th birthdays in Machu Picchu in Peru and brought along their East County Observer.

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the property since he had been trespassed before. The man said he just got out of jail for the same thing. The deputy explained he had to arrest the man, who said, “Can’t you just let me walk away because it is my birthday?” The deputy told the man that if he let him go, he would come right back. The man laughed and said, “Yes, I probably would.” The man was arrested and transported to jail.

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THE HEADBANGER AND THE DENTED CAR 8400 Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota Criminal mischief: At 4:15 p.m., a deputy arrested a woman on an outstanding warrant. The woman was placed in the back seat of the patrol car but became upset and started banging her head on the cage. She was removed for her safety, and once outside, began banging her head on the car, causing a 4-inch dent near the rear window. She was charged with criminal mischief.

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A BIT CHIPPY Golfing siblings knock heads as they become leaders at Lakewood Ranch High.

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Braden River High junior wide receiver Knowledge McDaniel (above) had 217 receiving yards and two touchdowns Oct. 6 in the Pirates’ 31-24 win against Palmetto High.

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Former Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer player Gi Krstec (above), a freshman at the University of Maryland, scored her first collegiate goal Sept. 29 in the Terrapin’s 2-2 tie with the University of Wisconsin.

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Braden River sophomore swimmer Kate Walker won the girls 50 freestyle (25.47) and 100 breaststroke (1:10.50) Oct. 4 at the Manatee County Championships.

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The Out-of-Door Academy senior boys golfer Max Coutsolioutsos (34) won medalist honors at ODA’s nine-hole match against Sarasota Christian at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club. The Thunder (154) also defeated the Blazers (174) as a team.

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Braden River sophomore softball player Emma Anthony verbally committed to East Carolina University on Oct. 1.

rew Angelo and his sister, Ashleigh, cannot, or will not, stop bickering.

The Angelo siblings sat across a table outside the pro shop of Lakewood National Golf Club, where Drew, a 16-year-old junior at Lakewood Ranch High, works as a cart assistant.

On this day, he was tasked with watching his 14-year-old sister, who is a Mustangs freshman.

Though the topics of conversation ranged from family vacations to areas of strength on the golf course, they each tried to get the last word. They both said the other “tries to be funny.”

It’s a stereotypical brothersister movie scene that has come to life, and the two purposefully tried to spice it up with some added antagonism.

For example, Ashleigh brought up Drew’s driving habits, perhaps a little too good for her taste.

Drew takes Ashleigh to school every morning in his silver Honda Accord, and he tries to keep the volume of his car radio very low.

She fights for control of the volume and station settings and, according to her, usually wins.

She will play either country or pop and pumps up the volume.

“Who wants music blaring at 6:30 a.m.?” Drew asked.

When not arguing, the Angelo siblings are leaders on their respective Mustang golf teams.

Drew and the boys team is 35-3 while Ashleigh, and the girls squad is 28-3 ( Oct. 7) with district play beginning Oct. 16.

The elder Angelo won medalist honors at the Manatee County Championship on Oct. 7 at the Buffalo Creek Golf Club, shooting 70 over 18 holes, and finished tied for sixth in the state at last year’s championships, shooting a twoover 74 both days of the tournament at Mission Inn Resort and Club in Howey-in-the-Hills.

Ashleigh, who averages 40 per nine holes, made a mark on Lakewood Ranch golf right away, leading the girls team with a 35 at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club in her first match as a high schooler on Aug. 22.

“They focus on a lot on their short game,” said Joe Angelo, their dad and the head golf pro at Heritage Oaks Golf and Country Club in Sarasota. “Putting and pitching are strengths of both, as is the ability to recover. When they don’t hit a good shot, they are able to get the ball up and down and turn bogeys into pars.

We spend a lot of time on that

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Ashleigh and Drew Angelo both help lead their Lakewood Ranch High School golf teams.

aspect of the game.”

Their father also mentioned both players are adept at ball striking as they learn their own swings. Drew hits the ball about 275 yards off the tee, and Ashleigh goes about 230.

Ashleigh’s earliest golf memory is messing around at the driving range with Drew and their father.

Drew would even give his sister tips. Typically it would be something small, like an alignment issue.

They still play together, mostly over summer break when the high school season isn’t in session, but there’s not much helping anymore — not when the two are battling to claim the title of top Angelo child golfer.

Ashleigh claims she beat her brother in a nine-hole match over the summer. Drew said no, that didn’t happen. She came close, he said, but she didn’t win. Besides, she used the girls’ tees, which he said was an unfair advantage.

“He’s making excuses,” Ashleigh said.

They also have different golf quirks. Ashleigh practices her drives with earbuds inserted, and tries to eat something the morning of a match, though she’s not picky about what. Drew always packs a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to eat on the course, and he spends the night before tournaments in the gym, getting his body loose.

FAST FACTS ASHLEIGH ANGELO Favorite food: Cheese and pineapple pizza Favorite TV show: “Fixer Upper” Favorite hobby: Going to the mall with friends Favorite subject: Math Dream vacation: Bahamas

FAST FACTS DREW ANGELO Favorite food: Steak Favorite movie: “Wedding Crashers” Favorite hobby: Fishing Favorite subject: History Dream vacation: Hawaii

They both are fierce competitors, and they don’t mind their opponents knowing it.

“It’s cool,” Ashleigh said. “We want to represent the Angelo name well.”

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Pirate’s Tri-County titles not a stroke of luck

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Braden River’s Kate Walker won the girls 100 breaststroke at the Tri-County meet despite a string of injuries.

on the back of her head. She lost consciousness, and an ambulance had to be called.

Walker was diagnosed with a concussion, and that’s been her primary concern since the fall.

“The days that it (her head) hurts, I can’t do anything,” Walker said. “I take all athletic stuff off and relax.”

Since the concussion, she’s taken part in two high school

practices, and that’s it, as far as preparation. It hasn’t affected her times too much. She won the same events at the Tri-County meet that she won three days earlier at the Manatee County championships.

“This whole season so far has been a mess of things happening,” Walker said. “I’m just trying to fix it and do the best I can.”

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at the Tri-County meet were senior Martin Baffico and junior Sarsen Whatmore of The Outof-Door Academy. Baffico won the boys 100 butterfly in 52.52, while Whatmore won the 500 freestyle in 4:45.82. Lakewood Ranch High School junior Sebastian Aguirre (52.76) finished second to Baffico, and was part of the third-place 200 medley relay team with senior Michael McKeitlen, Quinn Lynch and sophomore Victor Kassabov.

The Lakewood Ranch girls finished third as a team with 344 points, though well behind both second-place Riverview (495) and first-place Sarasota (513).

They were the only area team to finish in the top three. Sophomore Katelynn Coons finished second in the 50 freestyle (24.99) and third in the 100 freestyle (57.22). The Mustangs’ 200-yard relay team (Coons, junior Emily Loefgren, senior Hallie Bogumil and freshman Suzy Aguirre) also finished third, in 1:43.23.

The team has a hearty cheering section led by Rene Massengale, mother of Mustangs sophomore Emily Massengale. Rene attends every meet and roots on the girls with vigor, even though Emily hears none of it.

When I wrote about Emily, who is deaf, a few months ago, I failed to consider things from a parent’s perspective. Is the emotion of watching your daughter swim so overwhelming that you

have to let it out, or is it easier to keep the nerves bottled inside?

It turns out, Rene lets the cheers fly. There’s a few reasons for this, she said, the biggest being they want to treat her no differently than everybody else.

“We feel like Emily can hear it in her spirit, even though she’s not hearing us with her ears,” Rene said.

Rene tapes all of Emily’s swims for her to watch later. When she watches, cochlear implants in place, she listens for her family’s cheers, and she smiles.

She will hear a fair amount of cheers reviewing the Tri-County races. Emily did well, finishing fifth in the girls 200 yard individual medley (2:17.94) and was part of the Lakewood Ranch third-place 200 yard medley relay (1:56.34).

The Tri-County meet is the signal of peak high school swimming season. The district meet begins Oct. 21 for The Out-of-Door Academy, Oct. 27 for Braden River and Oct. 28 for Lakewood Ranch.

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

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atching her dominate in the pool, you wouldn’t know Braden River High School sophomore Kate Walker was dealing with pain.

Walker won both the girls 50 freestyle (25.45) and 100 breaststroke (1:09.37) at the Tri-County Swimming Championships on Oct. 7 at Sarasota’s Potter Park despite not being able to practice normally all season.

At the Aquatica Summer Splash in Orlando on July 29, Walker awoke with pain in her back that prevented her from even bending over, but figured it was just a flare-up and swam through the pain. She had two weeks off after that, she said, and hoped the pain would subside in time to get healthy for the high school swim season.

It didn’t. She had it checked out, and doctors discovered fractures and bruising of her L-4 and L-5 vertebrae. She had to attend physical therapy and cut down her practice time significantly, going only 30 minutes here, an hour there, instead of a full two-and-a-half-hour daily session. She also has had to change her sets, for some days were too painful for her to kick.

It wasn’t ideal, but she was getting through it.

It continued until two and a half weeks ago, when Walker slipped while walking around the pool at practice and landed

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aising kids can be a lot of work.

That goes double for Myakka City’s Morgan Smith.

Smith and her husband, Aaron, have a full house with five children, but Morgan Smith, 35, also has dedicated about as much time to raising her seven goats as well.

It has led to an interesting hobby.

While Morgan Smith loved just having the goats, she eventually wanted to figure out a way to profit from the 40 ounces of milk her four female goats were producing daily.

“We tried milk popsicles, goat milk ice cream, fudge and goat cheese,” Morgan said.

Then, in November 2015, she started making goat soap.

“The soap is what I really got creative with,” she said. “There is so much variation with it. I loved making the soap, wrapping it when it was finished. I loved all of the different things you could do with it, the colors, swirls and variation of scents.”

Her home began to fill up with goat soap.

“I didn’t know what to do with it,” she said. “ I had to figure out a way to justify the cost of making it.”

In 2016, Morgan’s Goat Soap began to appear at local farmers markets.

She now sells it for $6 or $7 per bar.

As Morgan pursues another degree and works full time at Wee Care Christian Academy, she and her husband have to find time to care for, and milk, her goats. It doesn’t seem like a chore, though, she said.

“We use it as our time to unwind before we go back in and cook dinner for the kids,” Morgan said.

Aaron has built stalls, sheds and a milking stand for the goats.

“I do it for her because it makes her happy,” Aaron said.

He also helped her collect seven goats, 30 chickens, six ducks and 10 sheep, many purchased before they moved to Myakka City a year ago.

“It’s like a petting zoo here,” Morgan Smith said. “We get so many requests on Facebook from people who are wanting to come over to just see the animals.”

But Morgan particularly loves the goats.

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YARD SALE Runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Greenbrook, Summerfield and Riverwalk sections of Lakewood Ranch. Cost to participate is $5. Preregistration is required at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. The Lakewood Ranch Garden Club is organizing the sale. For information, visit lakewoodranchgov. org or call 907-0202.

STORYTELLING THEATER Runs from 10 a.m. to noon at the Sarasota Polo Field Clubhouse, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Sarasota. The Players Centre for Performing Arts presents Jack and Annie from “The Magic Treehouse” book series. This session will be from “Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve.” Cost is $15 per person including a book or $10 without a book. Make reservations at 365-2494 or theplayers.org/movies/storytelling-theatre-at-the-ranch/.

FRIDAY, OCT. 20

FUNDRAISING LUNCHEON Runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Polo Grill and Bar Fete Ballroom, 10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch. The Women’s Resource Center, Hope Family Services and Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center will host a luncheon. Attendees can shop at the “Pop-Up Purse Boutique.”

For reservations, contact Lisa Raver at lisa.raver@hopefamilyservice.org.

CLUB DAY Runs from 6-9 p.m. on Lakewood Main Street. Lakewood Ranch Community Activities

PUMPKIN FESTIVAL Runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Hunsader Farms, 5500 County Road 675, Bradenton.

The 26th annual Pumpkin Festival features live shows, charity pumpkin games, hayrides, pony rides, a chain saw sculptor, a corn maze and more. Admission is $10 and parking is $5. Children 12 and under are free. The festival runs weekends through Oct. 29. For more details or a schedule of events, visit hunsaderfarms.com.

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presents a chance to learn about more than 50 active social clubs available in Lakewood Ranch. Clubs cover a wide variety of interests such as cooking, cards, fashion, dancing and sports. For more information and a complete list of clubs, go to lwrcac.com.

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NATURE WALK Runs from 8-9 a.m. at Greenbrook Adventure Park, 13010 Adventure Place, Lakewood Ranch. Lakewood Ranch Ambassador Greg Spring guides a 2-mile, one-hour nature walk.

Participants meet at the pavilion at the Greenbrook Adventure Park. For information, call 907-6000.

GRAND OPENING Runs from 3 to 5 p.m. at 10530 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch. Homes by Towne invites the public for the grand opening of its Waterfront at Main Street condominium development.

Attendees will enjoy appetizers from local restaurants. For information, visit lakewoodranch. com.

CELTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL Runs from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the regatta island at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota.

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FALL FESTIVAL Runs from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Braden River Library, 4915 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton. Families are invited to come in costume or simply attend this Peter Panthemed event featuring goodies and crafts. For information, call 727-6079.

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BOO FEST Runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at Main Street at Lakewood Ranch,

8100 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. Lakewood Ranch Community Activities hosts this annual Halloweenthemed event. Children are invited to participate in a costume contest. Food and drink will be available for purchase.

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BOO RUN Begins at 7:45 a.m. at Main Street at Lakewood Ranch.

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Building block party W hen it comes to hosting a fun event for children, the Braden River Branch Library staff members don’t need to read between the lines.

They know sometimes it’s better to stow away the books and bring out the Legos.

“This is my favorite library,” said East County’s Scott Louis Frakes. “We come every Family Lego Day.” On Oct. 7, approximately 25 children gathered at the library’s Family Lego Day it hosts once a month. Since not all the children are as enthusiastic as Frakes about Legos, plenty of other toys are available.

But the emphasis is on Legos.

Frakes’ grandmother, East County’s Lora Lechmanick, has Family Lego Day as a regular date on her calendar. “Even though he has Legos at my house, at his house and even in the car, we do Lego Day here,” she said.

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East County’s Thomas Dunlop builds a tower made of Legos.

East County’s Scott Louis Frakes loves Legos so much he keeps a stash of them in the car for when he’s on the road.

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East County’s Skylar and Addison Mosher passed on Legos and chose toy horses instead.

East County’s Brooke Greene isn’t in a Lego mood, so she plays with cars instead.

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L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7516 Greystone Street Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4173738 $1,325,000

PA L M E T T O 812 Riviera Dunes Way Debbie Vogler 941-705-3328 A4124509 $1,150,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 14207 Woodhall Place Cheryl Roberts 941-266-1450 A4184033 $970,000

BR ADENTON 911 Maritime Court Erica Thomas 941-799-9365 A4174507 $899,999

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7527 Mizner Reserve Court Laura Navratil 941-806-7436 A4197683 $809,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 16631 Collingtree Crossing Patrick Doherty 941-993-3160 A4190548 $698,000

BR ADENTON 9923 Portside Terrace Cheryl Roberts 941-266-1450 A4195029 $695,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7629 Harrington Lane Nicole Ryskamp 941-807-1766 A4196256 $660,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 14807 Leopard Creek Place Beth Pheney 941-345-5636 A4190716 $650,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 6508 The Masters Avenue Lorraine Neal 941-350-0997 A4197562 $579,000

U N I V E R S I T Y PA R K 6620 Hunter Combe Crossing Nancy Phillips & Beth Ann Boyer 941-400-6078 A4197632 $519,000

BR ADENTON 14742 2nd Avenue Circle NE Kathy Herbst 941-962-3305 A4192771 $485,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 13864 Siena Loop The Collier Group 941-313-1212 A4197532 $479,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 14924 Bowfin Terrace Bryan Dwyer 941-809-9106 A4188739 $447,000

BR ADENTON 1110 93rd Street NW Kathy Valente 941-685-6767 A4186609 $430,000

BR ADENTON 247 Petrel Trail Toma Milbank 941-720-5174 A4197364 $429,000

PA L M E T T O 4125 89th Street E Erica Thomas 941-799-9365 A4178317 $399,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 4621 Claremont Park Dr Gloria Totti-Cervoni 941-544-7746 A4193590 $397,000

U N I V E R S I T Y PA R K 7129 Victoria Circle Nancy Phillips & Beth Ann Boyer 941-400-6078 A4192589 $345,000

PA R R I S H 3918 91st Avenue E Michael Habony 941-920-2494 A4194115 $342,900

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 12233 Whisper Lake Drive Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4182739 $337,500

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 17040 Kenton Terrace Joanna Benante & Ann Martin 941-356-7717 A4195712 $329,000

PA L M E T T O 140 Riviera Dunes Way 406 Joe Foster 941-812-7634 A4187193 $279,000

BR ADENTON 419 Fairway Isles Lane Leah Secondo 941-545-4430 A4179556 $255,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 11231 Coralbean Drive Kimberly Walters 941-907-0164 A4196002 $239,900

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8414 Wethersfield Run 104 John Camino, PA 941-685-5060 A4197068 $212,000

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L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8365 Catamaran Circle Bernadette Caswell 941-320-8265 A4187448 $1,499,000

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L A K E WO O D R A N C H 12621 Deacons Place Joe Foster 941-812-7634 A4182259 $1,359,000

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home in Greyhawk Landing topped all transactions in this week’s real estate. Anthony and Pauline Serra, of Bradenton, sold their home at 13115 Raven Terrace to Shelby and Lori Curtsinger, of Bradenton, for $630,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,065 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $520,300 in 2005.

COUNTRY CLUB EAST

Stirling Equity Group LLC sold the home at 14704 Castle Park Terrace to Jorge Morales and James Frost, of Bradenton, for $583,000. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,713 square feet of living area.

John Neal Homes Inc. sold the home at 14218 Bathgate Terrace to Richard and Rita Hutchings, of Paris, Ill., for $550,000. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,563 square feet of living area.

Stirling Equity Group LLC sold the home at 14610 Castle Park Terrace to Govind Singh, of Bradenton, for $550,000. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,731 square feet of living area.

Andre and Monique Cadieux, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 14706 Leopard Creek Place to Eric and Robyn Lohwasser, of Lakewood Ranch, for $480,000. Built in 2012, it

has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,250 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $449,900 in 2013.

WARWICK GARDENS

Herbert Salzman and Rita Salzman, trustees, of University Park, sold the home at 7107 Chatsworth Court to Barton and Rorie Russell, of University Park, for $547,500. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,390 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $470,000 in 2011.

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Roger Rottschafer, trustee, of Middleville, Mich., sold the home at 4520 Barracude Drive to Sumner and Sharron Wyall, of Bradenton, for $525,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,064 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $480,000 in 2016.

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Bruce and Linda Patneaude, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6636 Butlers Crest Drive to Angela Pitcher, of Bradenton, for $525,000. Built in 2002, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,985 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $520,000 in 2005.

COUNTRY MEADOWS

Shirley Van Sickle Bolan and Harald Bolan, of Bradenton, sold their home at 718 Country Meadows Way to Steven Ma and Katy Snell, of Bradenton, for $495,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,536 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $385,000 in 2008.

COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE

Richard and Susan Ellis, of Nokomis, sold their home at 7621 Desert Inn Way to Keith and Christie Kuhlmann, of Lakewood Ranch, for $485,000. Built in 2002, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,888 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $438,000 in 2004.

Frank Lev and Susan Lawry Lev, trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 7224 Orchid Island Place to Francis and Wende Marracino, of Clarence Center, N.Y., for $400,000.

Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,218 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $429,000 in 2008.

George and Joanne Cassandra, trustees, of Leesburg, Va., sold the home at 7723 British Open Way to Louis and Karen Goodman, of Bradenton, for $375,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,304 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $375,000 in 2009.

Charles Baumann, of Sarasota, Ronald Baumann, of Picayune, Miss., Paul Baumann and Jennifer Ginex, of Tampa, and Marc Baumann, of Treasure Island, sold their home at 7022 Woodmore Terrace to Gary Draku-

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It previously sold for $213,800 in 2002.

GREYHAWK LANDING

John Gaetani, of Bradenton, sold his home at 323 Salvia Court to Kolby and Jessica Watt, of Bradenton, for $445,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,676 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $425,000 in 2016.

Adam and Brandy Lemley, of Wauchula, sold their home at 235 Dahlia Court to Michael and Cassidy Mackey, of Bradenton, for $387,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,835 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $352,000 in 2015.

Jerry Eng and Wendy Wong and John Eng and Leslie Liao, of Fairfield, Conn., sold their home at 12705 Penguin Drive to One Horizon LLC for $380,000.

Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,536 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $488,600 in 2007.

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Melvin and A. Arlene Hurst sold their home at 526 Country Meadows Way to Todi Garay, of Bradenton, for $415,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,535 square feet of living area. It sold for $460,000 in 2006.

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Robert Rempert, of Viera, sold his home at 12359 Lavender Loop to Barry and Joanna Sternberg, of Sarasota, for $320,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, twoand-a-half baths, a pool and 2,220 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $217,000 in 2010.

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Edward and Patricia Lee, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 7337 Loblolly Bay Trail to Deborah and Stephen Stickel, of Tallevast, for $407,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,870 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $310,000 in 2002.

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George Rutigliano, of Freehold, N.J., sold his home at 8007 Snowy Egret Place to Izak and Christy Schaefer, of Sarasota, for $405,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,110 square feet of living area.

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Mark and Donna Lawrence, of Bradenton, sold their Unit D condo at 1115 Riverscape St., to John and Jane Farrell, of Sayville, N.Y., for $405,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,332 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $350,000 in 2015.

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Michelle Dunbar sold the home at 13509 Brown Thrasher Pike to Sara and Kevin Milner, of Bradenton, for $395,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,962 square feet of living area. It sold for $398,000 in 2005.

Wells Fargo Bank sold the home at 13311 Purple Finch Circle to Michael and Rhonda Samuel, of Lakewood Ranch, for $325,000.

Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,323 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $529,900 in 2005.

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Petra Cenovova, of Havlickova, Czech Republic, sold her home at 6833 Wild Lake Terrace to Richard Fiammetta, of Bradenton, for $394,400. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,232 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $348,000 in 2016.

Robert and Lynn Massaroni, of Hanover, Pa., sold their home at 116 River Enclave Court to Linda Grasso, of Bradenton, for $291,500. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,951 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $290,000 in 2015.

Nancy Hewett, trustee, of Bradenton, sold the home at 6529 Candlestick Drive to Lorraine Breidenstein, of Bradenton, for $244,500. Built in 2014, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,525 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $221,200 in 2014.

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Central Park Lifestyles LLC sold the home at 11604 Gramercy Park Ave. to Craig and Ashley Madsen, of Bradenton, for $375,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,499 square feet of living area.

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13642 Legends Walk Terrace $640,000 | Web ID A4197144 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

12247 Thornhill Court $630,000 | Web ID A4197238 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

8312 Championship Court $619,900 | Web ID A4174560 Gloria Bracciano & Greg Van Natter 941.730.1999

13515 Brown Thrasher Pike $609,900 | Web ID A4184385 Stacy Haas-Goodwin 941.587.4359

15611 Leven Links Place $599,000 | Web ID A4185861 Liz Arme 941.266.4003

7393 Villa D’Este Drive $549,000 | Web ID A4177511 Joel Schemmel & Sharon Chiodi 941.809.0380

6511 Moorings Point Circle #201 $549,000 | Web ID A4190517 Lisa Morreale 941.400.9038

12642 Fontana Loop $546,700 | Web ID A4178838 Gloria Bracciano & Greg Van Natter 941.730.1999

8265 Barton Farms Boulevard $519,000 | Web ID A4192782 Larry Johns & Jill Johns 941.266.8814

7635 Calle Facil $519,000 | Web ID A4191657 Joel Schemmel & Sharon Chiodi 941.587.4894

12956 Bliss Loop $510,000 | Web ID A4186981 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

6370 Watercrest Way #202 $509,000 | Web ID A4183599 Greg Van Natter & Gloria Bracciano 941.730.1999

16525 Hillside Circle $499,000 | Web ID A4189195 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

5608 Cloverleaf Run $499,000 | Web ID A4190813 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

5706 Mead Avenue $475,000 | Web ID A4114984 Ziad Sleit 941.928.5493

2710 North Beach Road #5 $459,000 | Web ID N5908493 Bonnie Price & Chris Price 941.350.3362

8540 Amberjack Circle #302 $450,000 | Web ID A4192546 Betty Knight 941.928.3019

7604 Windward Cove $450,000 | Web ID A4196195 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

6414 Moorings Point Circle #201 $449,900 | Web ID A4159969 Lisa Morreale 941.400.9038

8878 Macgregor Lane $449,000 | Web ID A4175953 Ken Ipox 941.993.7279

5250 Manorwood Drive #4A $448,000 | Web ID A4196676 Sharon Chiodi 941.809.0380

7442 Edenmore Street $439,999 | Web ID A4186065 Greg Van Natter & Gloria Bracciano 941.730.1999

6278 Aventura Drive $379,000 | Web ID A4191995 Joel Schemmel 941.587.4894

4574 Highland Oaks Circle $369,000 | Web ID A4192711 Fernando Viteri 941.400.7676

5677 Pipers Waite $349,500 | Web ID A4193654 Fernando Viteri 941.400.7676

7211 North Leewynn Drive $329,900 | Web ID N5913953 Megan George 941.726.1998

5019 Lakescene Place $310,000 | Web ID A4192609 Steph Lamb 941.915.8350

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