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VOLUME 21, NO. 16

YOUR TOWN Tick, tock.

Turn forward your clock!

Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. March 10.

Crash stuns community GreyHawk Landing teen Jack Kelley remains in ICU with a brain injury following a hit-and-run accident. PAGE 3A

All about the kids

Andrew Atkins

Fore ... a good cause

Willis Elementary’s only principal announces his retirement.

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JoAnn Snedeker and Joni Pensack (above) of the University Park 9-hole Club were two of the driving forces in organizing a March 7 benefit golf tournament for Turning Points’ Yellow Ribbon Program.

The event, which includes a golf tournament and champagne brunch, is expected to raise about $5,000. The Yellow Ribbon Program provides assistance and aid to veterans who are homeless or at-risk.

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Robert Willis Elementary Principal Bill Stenger has been known for his caring attitude, attention to detail and high expectations.

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Donation drive Raymond James office manager Kerri Carter (above) loves the feeling of helping others.

So she came up with the idea of a community giving event. Her Raymond James Lakewood Ranch office at 11009 Gatewood Drive, Lakewood Ranch, will host a donation drive from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 14.

“Lakewood Ranch is growing, and I thought this would be a good way to make it easier for our local community to help a few of the many terrific organizations in Manatee County,” Carter said.

Nate’s Honor expansion set to begin Pam Eubanks

Litters of puppies taken from facilities in Georgia on March 1 will be available for adoption at Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue in the coming weeks.

Groundbreaking on $8 million project scheduled March 21.

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Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue’s future 20,000-square-foot welcome-andadoption center will have a cafe, a veterinary clinic, grooming facilities and rooms for events and education.

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Rob Oglesby, the Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue’s director of development, smiles as he unloads a van full of 55 puppies rescued from Georgia. Nate’s new buildings will allow the rescue to find homes for more dogs and cats.

Halfway home Nate’s has raised $4 million of the $8 million needed for its Journey Home fundraising campaign.

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After six hours of driving, Rob Oglesby pulled his van into the parking lot of Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue March 1 to unload 55 dogs he had transported from shelters in Georgia.

“This isn’t even the record,” said Oglesby, Honor’s director of development. “We had 77 last month.”

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Nate’s in 2018 adopted out 2,136 dogs and cats. So far in 2019, it has found homes for 354. Those figures could increase significantly if construction of Nate’s $8 million expansion goes as planned.

By March 21, the organization expects to be breaking ground on the project, which when finished will have a 20,000-square-foot welcome-and-adoption center and a 3,500-square-foot intake building for rescued animals.

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The adoption center includes a veterinary clinic, a full-service grooming center, a casual dining cafe and event rooms. The property’s existing intake barn will be remodeled into a training center.

“It’s going to allow us to bring

in more animals and to provide more services to the community,” said Dari Oglesby, the organization’s executive director, who is married to Rob. Nate’s operational budget is about $650,000 annually, but that figure will nearly double after the expansion is fully operational, Rob Oglesby said. Although some of the increase will be defrayed by rent from the veterinary clinic and other programs, Nate’s still will rely on adoption fees, donations and other revenues to fund its day-to-day operations. Its annual Ponies for Pups polo fundraiser is its largest. It draws more than 500 people and generates more than $50,000.

Of the $8 million needed for the project, $4 million has been raised to date through its Journey Home fundraising campaign. For the rest of the fundraising effort, an anonymous donor has agreed to match dollar-for-dollar any future donations.

This year’s “Wizard of Oz”themed Ponies for Pups will be held March 9 at the Sarasota Polo Club. Gates open at 11 a.m. and the match starts at 1 p.m. General

admission costs $10.

Rob Oglesby announced the expansion plans during the 2018 Ponies for Pups event and had projected to break ground in fall 2018. Plans were delayed in county permitting, but Rob Oglesby said he’s been assured permits will be finished this month.

Nate’s leaders plan to keep the Ranch campus on Lorraine Road open throughout the development process, and construction is phased accordingly.

Rob Oglesby said the first major phase will be raising the northern half of the property by about 1.5 feet and digging a 2-acre pond to help handle stormwater runoff. The remainder of the property will be raised throughout the duration of the project, expected to last about one year.

Rob Oglesby said elevating the land is important because Nate’s Ranch campus on Lorraine Road deals with flooding whenever there are heavy rains.

“The site work is huge,” Rob Oglesby said, noting just that part of the project costs $1 million.

“That keeps us from ever flooding again.”

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Teen faces long battle Former Lakewood Ranch High basketball star remains in critical condition after an auto crash Feb. 28.

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he news of Jack Kelley’s Feb. 28 auto accident in Bradenton spread quickly, leaving his former Lakewood Ranch High basketball teammates and friends shaken.

Such was the case for Evan Spiller, who graduated with Kelley in 2018, and was working at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club on Feb. 28 when he received a text from their former Mustangs basketball teammate, Sam Hester, telling him the news.

Kelley, who attends the State College of Florida, SarasotaManatee, was in critical condition at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

After leaving his job, Spiller went to his computer to search for more information about the accident.

Earlier that day, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, Kelley’s 2018 Audi A3 was traveling north on U.S. 41 at 7:45 a.m. when a silver 2003 Kia Sedona driven by Bradenton’s Zachari Brock, facing south, attempted to turn left into a RaceTrac gas station north of the Sarasota-Bradenton Airport.

The Sedona cut in front and collided with Kelley’s car, which flipped several times before coming to rest on its roof in front of the Lantern Inn and Suites at 7251 N. Tamiami Trail, Bradenton. The accident was captured on security cameras and was broadcast all over the internet and by television networks.

Brock fled the scene but was

arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol on Saturday.

Kelley, 19, remained in the intensive care unit with a traumatic brain injury as of the East County Observer’s deadline on Tuesday. Mike Kelley, Jack’s father, said doctors have not given the family a timetable for Jack’s recovery, but they expect the process to be a long one. Mike Kelley said he wanted to keep the specifics on his son’s condition private.

“It is baby steps right now,” Mike Kelley said. “He is showing physically that his body is working, but with traumatic brain injuries, each one is different. He has a good pulse and is breathing, but it is going to be quite a while.”

People can donate to Jack’s GoFundMe page (gofundme. com/jack-kelley-medical-billplease-anything-will-help), with all donations going toward his medical expenses and recovery.

Kelley said he is glad Brock had been arrested, as that particular part of the story can be closed, but that the story is much bigger than a car accident. The focus, Kelley said, should be on Jack and the rest of the family as Jack recovers. While Jack cannot have visitors in his room, Mike Kelley said people are welcome to stop by the hospital and bring cards or other gifts he can have later. Kelley said families of his former teammates have brought the Kelleys dinner as well.

For now, Jack’s family and friends are doing what they can to support each other.

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Spiller has spent hours by himself following the accident, trying to come to terms with horrible news.

Also an SCF freshman, Spiller had seen Kelley Feb. 25 in their History of Motion Pictures class. They had texted Feb. 26 about attending the Lakewood Ranch boys

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Jack Kelley graduated in 2018 after playing three seasons of basketball at Lakewood Ranch High, and leading the Mustangs to three district titles.

WAYS TO HELP Jack Kelley’s GoFundMe page is gofundme.com/jack-kelleymedical-bill-please-anythingwill-help People are welcome to send

basketball team’s regional final game against East Lake High that was March 1.

The two are lifelong friends.

Spiller said he and Kelley played on the same travel team, the Sarasota Gators, when they were in sixth grade. He used to sleep over at Kelley’s house the night before games.

“We would play ‘torpedo tag’ in his pool,” Spiller said. “Wake up, eat some chocolate chip pancakes, then go play. I have been through it all with that kid.

“He is the type of kid you want in your life. He’s smart, bright.

You just want to be around him.

I mean... it’s Jack.”

Spiller went to visit the Kelley family at the hospital March 1, even though Jack is not allowed to have visitors other than family members in his room. Spiller helped set up the GoFundMe page for the family, and let them know he will help them in every way he can. Mike Kelley said Spiller will be the conduit between the Kelleys and Jack’s friends, posting updates on his social media accounts, since he knows all of them.

He also tried communicating with Jack, in his own way.

“I sent him a couple text messages, even though he cannot read them,” Spiller said. “Just to let him know how I have been feeling and how everyone is supporting him. He is a fighter. I told him to keep fighting, and I will be in his corner.

“I also told him that Lakewood Ranch won, that they won it for him.”

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Jack Kelley, shown at his Lakewood Ranch High junior prom in 2017, with Payton Adams, remains in the ICU at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

Before the game against East Lake, a moment of silence was held in Jack’s honor set up by Mustangs coach Jeremy Schiller on the family’s behalf. Mike Kelley said the program took video of the moment to show Jack when he is able to view it. The moment,

Jack best wishes on social media, or Mike Kelley said friends of Jack can bring cards or other non-perishable items to Sarasota Memorial Hospital for his family to share with him when he is able.

Mike Kelley said, showcased what an impact Jack left on the school.

The Mustangs went on to defeat East Lake 57-47. Schiller said postgame that Jack had sent text massages to players and coaches Feb. 27, wishing them luck.

“He’s family,” Schiller said.

Schiller said the program was trying to get warm-up shirts printed in honor of Jack before its state semifinal game against Fleming Island High at 2 p.m.

March 8 at the R.P. Funding Center in Lakeland.

Creating merchandise for sale is Miclayne Powell, who said he became friends with Jack in first grade at Rowlett Elementary.

When Powell heard the news, he said he drove from Tallahassee to support the Kelleys.

Powell is in the midst of designing a webpage where people will be able to buy T-shirts, sweatshirts and wristbands, with all proceeds going to the Kelleys.

Powell said he has also been documenting everything he can, taking screenshots of supportive tweets and writing him notes chronicling the community’s actions.

“Jack (who is 6-foot-5) is a fun-loving, goofy, gentle giant,” Powell said. “He is kind to other people. Smart, athletic, just an all-around great guy.”

SCF assistant men’s basketball coach Robert Beckmann said that while Jack was not part of the team, he knew many of the players and coaches, and would occasionally come into the gym to shoot hoops with everyone.

The program tweeted a getwell message to Jack: “Thoughts and prayers to Jack Kelley, our brother,” followed by symbols of praying hands and a red heart.

The Kelley family is thankful for everything being done in Jack’s honor.

“He has earned respect and love,” Mike Kelley said. “All the support from the community has been overwhelming.”

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After nine years as principal at Bashaw Elementary, Josh Bennett is taking the same job at Braden River Elementary.

District flips principals Josh Bennett, who has served the last nine academic school years as the principal of Bashaw Elementary, has been named the new principal of Braden River Elementary, one of several moves made by the School District of Manatee County on Friday.

Bennett has been with the district for 19 years.

Taking over as principal at Bashaw Elementary will be Mario Mendoza, who has been the principal at Wakeland Elementary the past nine years.

He has been with the district eight years.

Among other local switches, Myakka City Elementary Principal Kathy Price will be the new principal at Willis Elementary.

Price has been the principal at Myakka City for five years and has been with the district 13 years. The Willis job came open due to the retirement of Principal Bill Stenger.

Principal Haley Rio is leaving her post at Braden River Elementary to take the principal’s position at Barbara A. Harvey Elementary in Parrish. Rio had been the principal at Braden River for nine years. She has been with the district 14 years.

The new positions are scheduled to take effect on July 1.

“All four of the principals named today are proven school leaders,” said Superintendent Cynthia Saunders in a release.

“I know their experience and leadership qualities will be a strong asset to the schools they will now be leading.”

After the trials and tribulations the School Board of Manatee County faced in approving a permanent contract for then Interim Superintendent Cynthia Saunders, the board voted 3-2 to no longer offer interim contracts on the superintendent level.

Board Attorney James Dye offered his perspective at the Feb. 26 meeting.

“There really isn’t such a thing as an interim superintendent,” Dye said, noting the responsibilities and duties are not carried out on an interim level.

School board Chairman Dave Miner said, “Why call it interim?

That sounds kind of second class.”

But board members Gina Messenger and Charlie Kennedy voiced concerns on these views.

“I’m just reluctant to codify policies like this for future boards,” Kennedy said.

Approximately 300 people attended the meeting, which was held at the Bradenton Area Convention Center in anticipation of the large crowd.

The focus of the evening was renaming the new North River High School in Parrish. Many people shared their thoughts on the name, such as Ashley Johns, who owns Parrish Elite.

Johns, in her public comment, pointed out that she did not name her business after the origins of the town’s name, founder Crawford Parrish. That name served as a point of contention due to a history of slave

ownership.

“I didn’t name (my business) Parrish Elite because of Mr. Parrish and his granddaddy and his cows on a farm,” she said. “I am from the Parrish community.”

The board voted 4-1 to rename the school Parrish Community High School.

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Cheri Coryea

Coryea appointed interim administrator Manatee County commissioners on Feb. 26 named Cheri Coryea as interim Manatee County administrator.

Coryea, who has served Manatee County for 26 years and currently serves as a deputy administrator, will serve for a one-year term as the board searches for a permanent replacement. She started March 4.

“She is an amazing individual,” said former county commissioner John Chappie, who spoke in support of Coryea

during the commission meeting. “You’re not going to find anybody any better.”

She replaces Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzker, who retired March 1 after more than 50 years in the public sector.

Hunzeker served as Manatee County’s administrator for the last 12 years, leading the county through the recession, implementing a zero-based, two-year budget process and spearheading major capital projects, such as driving forward the expansion of 44th Avenue East into Lakewood Ranch.

“It’s been a pleasure,” Hunzeker told Manatee County commissioners when they celebrated him during the Feb. 26 board meeting. “It’s been a short 12 years. Seems like just yesterday (I started). The staff, the organization, has been a marvelous group to work with. I look forward to my next career, whatever that career is.”

FDOT makes I-75 ramp changes

Florida Department of Transportation contractors on March 5 worked overnight to reconfigure traffic patterns at State Road 64 and Interstate 75.

Crews worked to open the new ramp from westbound S.R. 64 to southbound I-75 at 6 a.m.

March 6. Motorists will access the new ramp from the right.

This eliminates the left-turn to access the interstate, FDOT spokesman Brian Bollas said.

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A $7 million shopping list Failed Homestead Exemption increase leads to $7 million in unexpected funds for county.

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Manatee County District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh hopes the public’s decision to forfeit an increase in the state homestead tax exemption could have a positive impact on East County residents.

She hopes the county will expedite plans to extend Lena Road, which currently dead-ends both from State Road 64 south and from State Road 70 north. There is a roughly one-mile stretch of undeveloped land between those endpoints.

“Lena Road is probably more important today than it’s ever been,” Baugh said, noting it provides a much-needed northsouth roadway to complement Interstate 75.

At least a portion of the project may be viable now that Manatee County has an extra $7 million available for one-time or other expenses in the 2019-2020 fiscal year budget.

Manatee County officials prepared for Amendment 1, which would have increased Florida’s Homestead Exemption by $25,000, to pass in November 2018 and subsequently created a three-year plan to address a projected funding shortfall in 2020,

when the exemption was to take effect. As property tax revenue rose, the county set aside the gains in revenue to use for onetime costs. The idea was that the county would not be dependent upon those revenues for reoccurring expenses when the homestead exemption took effect.

Baugh now must convince her fellow board members the project is a high enough priority to fund it. She said if even some of the $7 million could get allocated toward design of the project it would help start a years-long process for designing and constructing the roadway. Manatee County also must acquire land to build the roadway.

The Lena Road extension is not currently in the county’s fiveyear work program.

Manatee County commissioners held a workshop Feb. 28 to talk about their budget priorities for the next fiscal year, 20192020, and possible “special projects” they could fund with the $7 million they now will be able to spend. Those ideas included expanding the Braden River Library, expanding the Handy Bus program, which transports individuals with disabilities, addressing rising costs for employee health care and renovating the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office District 2 office.

Other potential board priorities include long-range transportation planning, improving roadway conditions and dealing with flooding in neighborhoods.

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Manatee County District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh said the commission is looking into extending Lena Road so it connects State Roads 70 and 64.

The county’s new interim county administrator, Cheri Coryea, said she would use the information and feedback of commissioners when formulating her recommended budget, expected to be made public May 28. The formal budget process begins in June and concludes in the fall.

“It’s a big shopping list,” Board Chairman Stephen Jonsson said of the list of priorities. “For me, every one of them is significant.

Trying to prioritize the priorities is not going to be easy.”

Board members said the county needs to think outside the box

Starting fiscal year 2018-2019, Manatee County set aside increases in revenue in anticipation voters would approve Amendment 1, a $25,000 increase in the Homestead Exemption. However, the amendment failed in November 2018, leaving Manatee County with $7 million in revenues that are not earmarked and now can be spent on special projects.

Some of the priorities: n Extension of Lena Road n Flooding projects n New animal services building n Housing affordability projects n Employee health care costs n Landfill capacity

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Thirty years of family Tara Golf and Country Club celebrates its 30th anniversary with special events.

DID YOU KNOW? n Tara Golf and Country Club’s name was inspired by “Gone with the Wind.” Streets are named for Civil War battles. n Tara is a private golf club. Membership is equity-owned. It is attached to the property deeds and remains with the property. n Tara Golf and Country Club has 873 members.

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artha Brandon and her late husband, Charles, were driving to their vacation home on Longboat Key from Nashville, Tenn., in 1990 when they saw a sign for the new Tara Golf and Country Club.

Curious, they pulled up to the trailer that served as the community’s sales center, and began talking with the sales people. A couple, dressed in tennis attire, arrived and caught the Brandons’ attention. They, too, loved the sport.

“We asked if they would like to play tennis some time,” Brandon recalled. “They said, ‘How about right now?’”

Brandon laughed at the memory.

Joyce and Herb Furman became fast friends.

“We’ve met the nicest people

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here,” Brandon said.

It’s one of the reasons she has loved living in Tara Golf and Country Club, which just finished its 30th anniversary celebration. From Feb. 25 to March 2, residents enjoyed a variety of celebration activities, including a bocce bash, golf tournaments and a dinner dance with fireworks March 2.

The Brandons had originally purchased their Verandas condo unit as an investment, but it only rented for one season before they decided to rent their Longboat Key beach condo and live at Tara instead.

“We found ourselves coming here all the time,” Brandon said.

“We came over to play golf and tennis. We played lots of tennis.”

Brandon still golfs twice a week and enjoys trivia at the clubhouse every other Tuesday night. A group of friends usually comes over Wednesday afternoons to play bridge before bocce begins.

Brandon’s neighbor, Helen Kunzman, quit golfing two years ago, but she still uses her neighborhood pool almost every day and plays bridge at least twice per week. She and her late husband, Thomas, moved to Tara in 1989 as their retirement home. They were the sixth couple to move in, Kunzman said.

“My husband loved it here, loved it,” she said. “It’s been a nice life, it really has.”

Tara-Manatee, a division of Naples-based Power Corp., opened the Tara Golf and Country

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Above: Tara Golf and Country Club resident Martha Brandon flips through old photos with friends at Tara over the last 30 years.

Left: Tara Golf and Country Club’s Elaine Leonard, a resident since 1996, dances with her boyfriend, Don Neuberger, at the 30th anniversary celebration.

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A BRIEF HISTORY 1989 Tara Golf and Country Club golf course opens 1990 Clubhouse opens 1997 Residents take control of amenities 2009 Clubhouse and golf course renovated 2014 Clubhouse renovated

Club Golf Course on Labor Day in 1989. There was a trailer on-site until the clubhouse opened in January the following year.

The community was the first part of the overall Tara development to open. Although it initially accepted members from other courses, Tara Golf and Country Club now is private to its residents, who have equity membership to the course and clubhouse.

The larger Tara Development of Regional Impact also includes The Preserve at Tara and the Twelve Oaks Shopping Center and surrounding commercial property.

The Preserve Golf Club opened in January 2001 after the Tara CDD, whose territory includes the residences around it, formed in December 1999.

Tony Greisling has served as Tara Golf and Country Club’s general manager since 1994.

“When Tara was first opened, it was all about golf — mostly retirees, but it was golf,” Greisling said. “Everybody played five days a week, or seven days a week.”

The community’s makeup has changed as newer residents have moved in, Greisling said. He said younger owners do not mind paying for the mandatory mem-

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Tara Golf and Country Club’s most veteran resident, Helen Kunzman, wears a corsage during the March 2 dinner celebration. She stands beside friend Jeanne Smith. Kunzman moved to Tara in 1989. Smith came 14 years ago.

bership at the club, which is tied to their home lot, because of the amenities offered.

“They’re buying the wellness services, the food and beverage,” Greisling said. “The golf is not that important to them, but they’re wiling to pay for the golf even if they don’t use it.”

Residents say the area has changed, with more traffic on State Road 70, residential development to the north and east and commercial plazas now to the north. But Tara Golf and Country Club itself has largely remained the same, keeping its familial feel.

“I call it the Midwest feeling,” longtime Tara Golf and Country Club resident Wilma McCray said.

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As long as you two are willing to have some civil conversations, I think you can incorporate some new strategies that can help you as a family and as a couple. First of all, it is important that both of you understand and have input in your financial affairs. I understand from what you wrote that you have an allowance. I am wondering if you have access to your bank accounts?

That is a conversation to be had at another time. Budgeting is an excellent idea, but in order to have a budget that works, it needs to be created based on your net income and your actual expenses. Maybe your budget needs to be revised to better reflect what the actual costs are in your home.

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Understand and pay your bills together with your partner. Set goals and make financial decisions together. If you have abdicated the financial responsibilities to your partner because he is better at it, get involved so you understand your financial picture. It is important in the event that something unforeseen were to happen to your spouse.

Be aware that making changes to habits and roles that have been established for a long time can be met with resistance. It is my hope that this will have an overall beneficial effect on your relationship and your finances.

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Willis leader has great principles

AT A GLANCE Bill Stenger started his career in education in Fairfax, Va., as an elementary school teacher in 1974. By the time he left the Fairfax County public school system in 1983, he had already become an assistant principal. He moved to Sarasota in 1983, filling an assistant principal position at Venice Elementary.

He transitioned to the Manatee County School District in July 1996 after a yearlong stint as a contractor. He served as assistant principal at H.S. Moody Elementary and James Tillman elementary schools and then as principal of Sea Breeze Elementary before leading Robert E. Willis starting in 2005.

After 14 years, Principal Bill Stenger will step away from Willis Elementary.

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hen Robert E. Willis Elementary School opened 14 years ago, second-grade teacher Laurie Rahn had wanted a sports-themed classroom.

She could not afford the real sports bench she wanted, so when her principal, Bill Stenger, arrived in the parking lot with a load of cut wood, she was shocked. He told her exactly how to paint it — with long, slow strokes — and then he drove away.

She hauled the pieces home and painted them cherry red.

“The night before open house, he was in my room with a drill putting this bench together,” Rahn said, pointing at the 6-footlong bench. “Kids still use this.”

Stenger, 66, will retire in June after more than 40 years as a public educator. His replacement — Myakka City Elementary School Principal Kathy Price — was announced March 1 and is slated to start in the new role July 1.

“I will miss this,” Stenger said from his office at Willis. “It’s what I do. It’s what I’ve been doing for 44 years — that’s two-thirds of my life.”

Stenger knows his calling is true. For a year between 19941995, he owned a construction

business.

“I knew right away I wanted back into education,” Stenger recalled.

He has not wavered since.

When times were challenging, he said he remembered that although the grass may seem greener on the other side, “you still have to mow it and edge it.”

“When you know this is what you do, you deal with it,” Stenger said.

Under Stenger’s leadership, Willis Elementary School has maintained an “A” grade from the Florida Department of Education, despite changes in how tests are conducted. In fact, Willis is the only school in Manatee County besides Gilbert W. McNe-

al Elementary to keep an “A” for the last 14 consecutive years.

Stenger attributes the success to the hard work of teachers, parents and students working together to meet children where they are and inspire a passion for learning.

“I don’t have a magic (method),” Stenger said. “The success of Willis doesn’t come from me.

The success of Willis comes from the teachers, the parents and the students. My role is to facilitate that and to provide the resources they need.”

Staff members said Stenger has prioritized professional development, offering teachers training on everything from bullying to curriculum. He also does not micromanage, but is meticulously organized and sets clear expectations.

“He understands that teachers know what’s best in their classrooms,” first-grade teacher Jenny French said. “He gives us a lot of trust.”

Teachers said Stenger has served lunches when needed and is even known to occasionally have warm cookies delivered to teachers’ mailboxes “just because.”

“Staff is willing to go above and beyond because he returns that to them 10-fold,” said Susie Johnson, who started at Willis 14 years ago as a first-year teacher and now serves as student support specialist. “He makes decisions on what’s best, not what’s convenient for him. He sees the good in people and he sees the potential in people.”

Stenger said the role of a principal over the decades has morphed from one of an administrator to that of educational leader. He and other principals now scour student data looking for evidence of learning gaps.

Last year, he worked with the PTO to purchase the Making Meaning, a program aimed to improve reading comprehension.

This year, he added the “Being a Writer.”

“I don’t believe that Willis is any better than any other school,” Stenger said. “Everybody works hard and does the best that they can. Teachers at other schools work just as hard and sometimes harder. Kids are kids.”

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LECOM Suncoast Classic aces test run S

ince 1997, the PGA Tour had a slogan of “These guys are good.”

The slogan, however, was retired in 2018.

Perhaps the Web.com Tour could pick it up.

On March 4 at Gold Coast Eagle Distributing in Lakewood Ranch, a couple hundred of the 439 volunteers who worked the first LECOM Suncoast Classic golf tournament at Lakewood National Golf Club enjoyed an appreciation party thrown by the tournament.

One of the main topics of conversation was the quality of the players who competed Feb. 14-17.

On the Saturday and Sunday of the tournament, I worked as a volunteer myself, measuring the drives off the tee at No. 10 (usually the No. 1 hole at Lakewood National but the course was “flipped” for the tournament).

The shortest drive of the two days was 304 yards by eventual tourney champion Mark Hubbard on Sunday.

Obviously, he was laying up.

The players had a wind advantage on the par-5 hole, which goes downhill after about a 300yard drive. Still, I kept measuring 340- and 350-yard smashes, on average. The longest drive of the two days was a 390-yard

bomb by runner-up Maverick McNealy, who turned to me, smiled and flexed his muscles after I told him it was the longest drive of the tournament.

These guys really were good, even if the Web.com is considered a feeder system for the PGA Tour.

It was something Tournament Director Justin Kristich believes will help him attract sponsors for the 2020 tournament.

When Kristich was lining up sponsors for the inaugural event, he said he could only verbalize his product to potential sponsors. Now he has video.

With LECOM signing a fiveyear contract as title sponsor, Kristich said the tournament is on solid financial ground. It had a $550,000 purse and the winner pulled down $99,000.

Now Kristich can concentrate on making it bigger and better.

“You’ve got to remember we made the announcement about the tournament in June, and we didn’t announce a title sponsor until January,” he said. “We are in an enviable spot now.”

Ticket sales for the first year were announced at 17,500, but Kristich said more than 25,000 tickets were issued.

“Everything far exceeded our expectations,” he said. “We drew way more people on the Thurs-

day and Friday of the tournament than we expected.”

While Kristich said he doesn’t need to “reinvent the wheel” for 2020, some things will be tweaked.

He wasn’t sure how fans would “flow” through the golf course and eventually discovered a lot more fans like to walk the entire course than expected.

That means fans will see more concessions at various spots around the course along with more activities and more public seating.

That will go with the huge hospitality area that was around the closing hole in the first event.

Kristich said tournament planners already have identified good spots for public viewing on the No. 11, 16 and 17 holes, and perhaps another hospitality structure at one of those sites.

Lakewood National Golf Club handled all the concessions and Kristich said all the feedback from the fans was positive.

“They knocked it out of the park,” he said.

When fans purchased tickets, they were asked for an email address, which the tournament will use to solicit feedback.

Kristich said the players loved the course and couldn’t believe it wasn’t private.

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Volunteer participation was far more than expected, so much that Kristich said the possibility exists they might have to cap the number of volunteers next year.

More than 30 sponsors signed for the inaugural event, including Synovus, which sponsored the volunteers.

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“The word ‘job’ doesn’t exist here. We’re not looking for jobs, we’re looking for careers.”

— Gil Burlew, Advanced Manufacturing and Production instructor

find their lives transformed and a world of opportunities likely will await them. Just ask the 22-yearold Baillie.

Baillie graduates from the sixmonth course in April and he has offers from the Manatee County Utilities Department and Sun Hydraulics, among several others.

The course costs $2,245.

The Advanced Manufacturing program began in September 2017, and the school received a $200,000 state grant from then Gov. Rick Scott in January 2018, which allowed MTC to purchase high-tech equipment for its students, such as laser engravers and robotic arms.

Baillie is just one of example of students drawing attention. Justin Fitzstephens, an 18-year-old Mote Ranch resident who started in August and graduated in January, is now working at Roots Engineering Services, where he programs, builds and wires robotics machines.

Fitzstephens said collaboration was an essential part of the course as students teach each other and help each other overcome learning obstacles.

For example, he said he struggled at times to understand the plasma cutter.

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MTC student Michael Baillie has several job offers to pick from when he graduates in April.

he also didn’t really want to try.

But one of his classmates stepped in, taught him what he wasn’t getting, and he walked away from that lesson with a new set of skills.

Baillie said he appreciates that type of collaboration.

“It was very exciting to teach some of the other people,” he said.

Gil Burlew, the school’s Advanced Manufacturing and Production instructor, guides the program.

“I’m excited I have a small little part in helping them get to where they need to be,” Burlew said.

Ellenton’s Leah Kessler is an Advanced Manufacturing course student. She holds her “catch” — a fish she cut out of metal using a plasma cutter.

Burlew said he has businesses reaching out to scout students for jobs in their companies. He showed one text he received requesting that he send any fit job candidates that company’s way.

That particular company had success with another MTC hire.

Burlew said he doesn’t consider the work his students do after their graduation to be “jobs.”

“The word ‘job’ doesn’t exist here,” he said. “We’re not looking for jobs, we’re looking for careers.”

Burlew said he hopes students find companies where they can

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on’t be surprised if you get pinched if you aren’t wearing green to the Lakewood Ranch Irish Celtic Festival March 9.

“The people are green, the table linens are green, and the beer is green,” noted Keith Pandeloglou, the director of Lakewood Ranch Community Activities, which is presenting the event.

The 10th annual event continues to grow, Pandeloglou said. He is expecting about 2,000 people.

“This is a good opportunity to learn about a different culture even if you’re not of that heritage,” he said. “If you’re not Irish, you can pretend to be.”

Fan-favorite activities return, including the “Best Legs in a Kilt” contest, the scavenger hunt and the Lucky Dog Parade.

Visitors can also take part in a beer-drinking relay race, where there’s a prize for first place, best costume, and last place.

Beer proceeds go toward local nonprofit SUGAR (Showing Unconditional Goodwill And Respect).

Stefanie Guido, a co-founder of SUGAR, said the funds are important.

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Lakewood Ranch’s Lynetta Freeman brought her dogs to last year’s Irish Celtic Festival.

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Besides the funding, Guido said she just enjoys the festival.

“It’s one of our favorites,” she said.

Chris McComas, owner of MVP Sports and Social, said his company coordinates some of the activities, like cornhole.

“The atmosphere alone is worth going,” he said. “You’re going to hear bagpipes. You’re going to see a lot of happy faces.”

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Top four... perhaps more Lakewood Ranch High’s boys basketball team heads to the state semifinal.

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The Out-of-Door Academy senior place kicker Filip Svoboda signed with Colgate University March 1.

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Lakewood Ranch High junior softball first baseman Avery Goelz hit a two-run homer Feb. 28 in the Mustangs’ 10-0 road win against Manatee High.

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The Out-of-Door Academy junior baseball pitcher Nick Romagnola threw five innings of no-hit ball March 1 in the Thunder’s 3-0 home win against Shorecrest Prep.

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Barry Severs and Espen Lundh (24.5) won the Men’s Golf Association Invitational (round-robin match play) held March 2-3 at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club’s Cypress Links and King’s Dunes courses.

ans rushed the court before the teams could even shake hands.

Lakewood Ranch High fans were hungry for another trip to the state basketball semifinals, and on March 1, their team delivered.

The host Mustangs boys basketball team defeated East Lake High 57-47, sending the program to the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 8A state semifinals for the first time since 2016-2017, and the second time in program history.

The Mustangs (23-6) will play Fleming Island High (22-2) at 2 p.m. March 8 at the R.P. Funding Center in Lakeland for a spot in the state championship game.

Fleming Island is led by 6-foot3 senior guard Gianfranco Grafals, who averages 19.9 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, and 6-foot-5 junior forward Elias Martin, who grabs 7.7 rebounds per game. The battle on the boards will be key, as will figuring out Fleming Island’s defense. The Golden Eagles have held opponents under 50 points 10 times.

Amid the bedlam of the fan celebration after the East Lake win, Mustangs coach Jeremy Schiller wasn’t ready to answer questions about Fleming Island.

The win was a culmination of two days of mixed emotions for Schiller, who requested a moment to compose himself.

He still was processing the hitand-run accident Feb. 28 that left former Mustangs player Jack Kelley in critical condition. Kelley remains in the intensive care unit

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Joan Greene, Audrey Wilkson, Georgia Chapman and Rita Probst (44) won the Nine Hole Women’s Golf Association Step-Aside Scramble event Feb. 28 on Palm Aire Country Club’s Champions course.

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Lakewood Ranch senior guard Lantz Barton floats for a layup against East Lake.

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The Mustangs celebrate their regional final win against East Lake High.

IF YOU GO FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION CLASS 8A STATE SEMIFINAL Who: Lakewood Ranch High (23-6) vs. Fleming Island High (22-2) When: 2 p.m. March 8 Where: The R.P. Funding Center, Lakeland Stakes: The winner will advance to the state title game at 4:30 p.m. March 9, also at the R.P. Funding Center, against either Blanche Ely High or Windermere High Lakewood Ranch players to watch: Senior forward Josh Young, junior guard/ wing Christian Shaneyfelt, junior guard Keon Buckley, junior guard Christian Perez Fleming Island players to watch: Senior guard Gianfranco Grafals, junior guard Sebastian Astor, junior forward Elias Martin

at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

Schiller said Kelley, who graduated from Lakewood Ranch in 2018, sent both the current Mustangs and the coaching staff text messages on Feb. 27, the day before his accident, wishing them good luck against East Lake.

“You have to compartmentalize so many emotions,” Schiller said. “These guys are my kids.

I’m happy that we have a group of teenagers that can come together through such emotions — all of these guys know Jack — and find a way to win. I mean, it’s hard for adults to do their jobs when deal-

ing with emotional things. This group of 15- to 18-year-old kids found a way to get it done. It’s a magical group. They are special.”

The game against East Lake was tight throughout. Lakewood Ranch’s 10-point winning margin was the largest lead either team had at any point. East Lake stayed competitive thanks to 12 3-pointers.

The Mustangs did a good job of defending East Lake star junior guard Dionte Blanch, who averaged 22 points per game. Against Lakewood Ranch, Blanch had 12.

Junior guard Christian Shaneyfelt led the Mustangs with 23 points and four rebounds, including a buzzer-beating, 3-pointer before halftime that gave Lakewood Ranch a 27-24 lead. They would lose the lead by the end of the third quarter, trailing 38-35, but quickly regained it in the fourth and never relinquished it.

“This feels amazing,” Shaneyfelt said. “We were challenged and came out on top. I’m so proud of these guys. A lot of people were doubting us this year, saying we were not going to be as good as past teams, so this feels great.

“We kept our minds right, even when things weren’t going our way, and it paid off.”

The Mustangs had big contributions from senior forward Josh Young (12 points, six rebounds), junior guard Keon Buckley (eight points, three rebounds, three assists) and junior guard Christian Perez (eight points).

Buckley said Perez was the vocal leader on the sideline, firing up the squad.

Young and Buckley each hit a pair of free throws in the final minutes to ice the win.

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When did you start playing lacrosse?

In sixth grade, for ODA. I had some friends who were playing it, and they convinced me to try it.

What is the appeal to you?

I like how fast-paced it is. I like that you can play many different styles and be creative.

What is your best skill?

My dodging ability. I like to run past defenders and shoot on goal, or break their ankles (with a juke) and pass to a teammate for the score.

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Earlier this year (Jan. 26) my travel team (SRQ Panthers) was playing in the championship of the Tampa Winter Jam (against Apprentice Blue), and I scored the game-winning goal in overtime on a diving backhand shot.

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year. It would be good for the program. If we work hard enough, I think we can do it.

What would your superpower be?

The ability to time travel. I could go back and do some things differently, or warn people if something bad is going to happen to them.

What is the best advice you have received?

Our coach (Philip Meyer) used to tell us you have to earn your respect. It is not given, and it takes work to both get it and keep it.

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t’s nice when your perennial title-contending softball team returns four starters committed to NCAA Division I schools.

It’s even nicer when you add three more starters of the same ilk.

That is exactly what Lakewood Ranch High brings to the diamond this season, and it should strike fear in the hearts of every team the Mustangs face. Mainstays junior first baseman Avery Goelz (Florida), one of the top recruits in her class, and junior outfielder Taylor Woodring (East Carolina) are back to dominate, and juniors Payton Kinney (Connecticut) and Brooklyn Lucero (North Carolina State) form a formiddable pitching staff.

But the Mustangs have also reloaded at three other positions. Junior McKenzie Clark (Clemson), formerly of Sarasota Christian, is playing catcher and center field for team. According to MaxPreps, Clark hit for a .604 average last season, the sixthbest mark in the Florida High School Athletic Association’s Class 2A, with 15 of her 29 hits going for extra bases, including five home runs. Her .950 fielding percentage was 22nd in the class.

Junior shortstop Kali Reis (Central Florida) comes to the Mustangs from Braden River High. Reis hit for a .500 average last year, 18th-best in FHSAA Class 7A, with 16 of her 45 hits

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Junior Lakewood Ranch High catcher/outfielder Mackenzie Clark is committed to Clemson.

going for extra bases (two home runs). Reis also had a .968 fielding percentage, 24th-best in the class.

Claire Davidson’s (Auburn) journey to the Mustangs was the farthest. The junior pitcher/outfielder, a left-hander, played for West Potomac High in Alexan-

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dria, Va., last season. She missed most of her last high school season because of injury, but was still named to the All-Met (the Washington, D.C., metro area) honorable mention team by the Washington Post.

The trio also play for the Tampa Mustangs-TJ travel team

coached by Mustangs head coach TJ Goelz.

Auburn coaches suggested Davidson play in the Tampa area for the traveling league competition she would get in national tournaments.

“The level of play down here, overall, is a lot better,” Davidson said. “Everyone can play. At my old school, our junior varsity was all girls who had never played before, and varsity had some of those girls, too. Here, you have to continuously fight for your spot.

It is a good culture.”

All three players have made an impact on the young season.

In three games — the Mustangs are 3-0, including a 10-0 win over district opponent Manatee Feb. 28 on the road — Clark is 3-for-7 with three RBI, two walks and five runs scored. Reis is 5-for-9 with two RBIs and five runs scored. Davidson threw a complete game shutout against Riverview High Feb. 27 in a 3-0 win, with seven strikeouts, three hits allowed and no walks.

I was at the Mustangs’ game against Manatee, and there’s not an easy out on the team, and not a single pitcher I would want to face.

I have been covering the team for three seasons now, and while they have always been an elite program, the talent level this season is above the others.

I haven’t even mentioned players like senior infielder

Maddie Koczersut, who hit .409 last year, and sophomore outfielder Jillian Herbst, who was named to the Miracle Sports AllState First Team last year for her playoff performance (.353, two runs scored and an RBI in the leadoff spot over four games).

Their coach thinks so, too.

Actually, he took it a step further than me, joking that the only thing that could mess up this season is coaching.

“On paper, this is the most talented high school team I have ever seen,” Goelz said. “But ‘on paper’ does not mean anything.

Every team, they know about us. They are gunning for us. We cannot have any letdowns. But if everything comes together and we execute, we are going to be really tough to beat.”

Goelz said he thinks of Lakewood Ranch as a college prep program, and he’s not wrong.

This is the closest thing you will get to watching Division 1 softball in this area, and it is impressive. The team has fun playing, and in turn I encourage everyone to come to a few games and get a taste of the action.

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

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Above: Chompy, the Gullett Elementary Gators’ mascot, does the chomp.

Left: Gullett first-grader Era Gibbons and her dad, Andrew, both competed in the race.

unning in the Kids Race of the Take Stock 5K on March 3 at Lakewood Ranch Main Street was just part of a much longer voyage for B.D. Gullett Elementary first-grader Era Gibbons.

Her father, Andrew, explained Era belongs to the Hundred Mile Club, which is part of the Running Club at Gullett.

“It’s been a great idea for her,” Andrew said. “She loves it.”

The Take Stock 5K has been a great idea in helping Manatee County’s students. Funds from this year’s race, which drew a record 2,000 participants, will fund between six to eight scholarships for students in need.

“This is amazing,” said Vincent Foderingham, who is the president and board chair of Take Stock in ChildrenManatee. “It shows our level of visibility has risen. We have a bigger presence, and this race is proof.”

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Sabel Harbour 9-year-old Alexis Hutter shows off her third-place trophy.

Jamie Serino, the executive director of Take Stock in ChildrenManatee County, was thrilled with the turnout for the race.

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The Ten Oaks team didn’t win the match on Sunday, but the players still celebrated with carrots for their horses. From left to right are Sara Wiseman, Tiva Gross, Pippa Campbell and Kelly Beck.

San Saba’s Hope Arellano was the MVP in leading her team to the tournament title.

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The tournament was won by San Saba, which included Dawn Jones, the wife of actor Tommy Lee Jones. Hope Arellano of San Saba was named the tournament’s MVP. The tournament was sponsored by Lakewood Ranch’s Luhrsen Goldberg — Law Powered by Women.

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ake Club’s Kevin Swan will not let ALS stymie his entrepreneurial spirit.

With his wife, Shaina, as his business partner, Swan is planning to build a “barn” to host weddings, business luncheons and special events on the north end of Rye Road in East County.

He has purchased five acres and now is going through the permitting process.

While the new business will be a venue for Swan to host events for his A Life Story Foundation, he said the venture definitely is a personal business project, not affiliated with his nonprofit.

“One of the biggest challenges of ALS is the financial strain it puts on families,” Swan said.

“Between the medicine and cost of caregivers, it probably runs close to $100,000 a year. If it weren’t for my parents, I would not be able to live.”

Swan said Shaina came up with the idea after they became engaged and started to look for a venue for their wedding.

“We live in such a beautiful area, but the options seemed scarce,” he said. “The beach sounds great

until you start looking at logistics.

We are not the country club type, and a hotel ballroom was just too expensive and restrictive. Then the light bulb moment happened.

Let’s build a barn.”

The East County area is limited in terms of venues that can host 250 guests or more. Swan said the way his facility has been designed, it would host a maximum of 275 guests. From a business standpoint, his new business would be facing limited competition for at least the big events.

The barn will be approximately 4,800 square feet.

“As a member of a couple of business organizations, I can tell you that there’s a shortage of meeting spaces in the area,” Swan said.

He said all the feedback coming from the research on his project has been positive.

“Everyone we have talked to about the project says, ‘Oh, I wish it would have been available for our wedding, or, that would have been perfect for our parents’ anniversary.’”

Shaina Swan has experience as both a wedding planning and from working in the construction industry, so Kevin Swan said his wife is excited about the project.

He said she is both creative and crafty.

“I think she is more excited about the construction than she is about (hosting) the weddings,” Kevin Swan said.

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The business will be named “Monroe Manor” after the Swans’ daughter, Elliott Monroe, who was born Feb. 21, 2018.

So why a barn and not a “hall?”

“We wanted a unique venue with great curb appeal,” Swan said. “The barn will have a refined rustic appeal with great bones. We think it’s so important that a bride or event planner is able to create their vision. Whether it is a little bit country or black tie, the space will be able to be transformed.”

Although the property is five acres, Swan said he doesn’t foresee using most of the land for outdoor activities, other than those associated with wedding ceremonies.

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“I am excited about the opportunity to not only provide for my family, but to defy the odds,” Swan said. “I have always been extremely motivated to be successful. I have been so proud of the work A Life Story Foundation has done over the past seven years, but I can’t wait to do something that has nothing to do with ALS. I would like to be seen as a successful entrepreneur who just happens to have ALS. Shaina and I both have hospitality backgrounds and are so thrilled at the opportunity to create a beautiful space that will be home to so much love.”

Kevin Swan said his events building will seat a maximum of 275 people.

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WOMEN’S DAY LUNCHEON Runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Grove, 10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch. Habitat for Humanity of Manatee County and International Women’s Day present this event to celebrate women.

Keynote speaker will be Teresa Mast, president of The Davin Group Inc., who owns and runs her own construction company and chairs the Professional Women in Building Council of

JIGGS CABIN OPEN HOUSE Runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Jiggs Landing Preserve, 6106 Braden River Road, Bradenton.

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PONIES FOR PUPS Gates open at 11 a.m. at the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Lakewood Ranch.

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BACKYARD CONCERT SERIES Runs from 1-4 p.m. at Summerfield Community Park, 6402 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. The Tobacco Road Band will entertain during the free concert series event.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 12

DOCUMENT WORKSHOP Runs rom 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the McClure Center of the Manatee Chamber of Commerce, 4215 Concept Court, Lakewood Ranch. In recognition of Sunshine Week March 10-16, the Manatee County Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller’s office will hold a series of workshops to discuss the public records resources available and Manatee County citizens’ access to them. Topics for this first session will include Manatee County Commission minutes, court records, land use records, historical records and the public’s right to view them. For information, visit manateeclerk.com.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13

THE MARKET Runs from 3-7 p.m. at the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Lakewood Ranch. The Market is a weekly opportunity to shop for farm-fresh food, enjoy live music and events and mingle with other members of the community. Programming, activities and entertainment changes week to week. For more information, go to lakewoodranch.com.

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When people think of golf and business deals, the word “mini” likely isn’t part of the equation.

But that’s exactly what it was for members of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance’s Young Leaders Alliance when members joined for a round of mini golf and networking on Feb. 28.

Networking leads to connections, and those connections lead to tangible results — at least it did in the case of one alliance member, Erica Hubble, a sales executive at iBusinessSolutions.

“I’ve already met a lot of new people,” she said. “I’m really excited to explore those relationships.”

Attendees started their evening by registering at Ed’s Tavern and mingling, grabbing a few beers or other drinks and some other light refreshments. Then, the whole group split up into smaller groups of about four people and dispersed among the miniature golf course at The Fish Hole.

The idea of playing miniature golf appealed to Amanda Devona, who works for the Happy House Service Co. “A lot of deals are made on the golf course,” she said. “It’s not so stuffy.”

Devona said she also enjoyed the opportunity to pick the brains

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of other young leaders while creating meaningful bonds.

The mini golf wasn’t what necessarily attracted Nicole Nash, who works for the Sarasota Private Trust Co. To her, it was important to attend to explore and see what connections she could make as her employer is looking to branch out into the Lakewood Ranch area.

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“I just liked the fact that I’d be mingling with other like-minded individuals,” she said.

Nash also emphasized the importance of networking, and she said word-of-mouth was critical to her company’s success in bringing in new business.

Janeth Gonzalez, events and programs coordinator with the Young Leaders Alliance, emphasized the importance of having smaller networking groups.

“This is a little bit different and more intimate,” she said, noting that people can get to know people more in the smaller group setting.

Mike Driscoll, who co-owns the Fish Hole with his wife Debbie, appreciated the visitors.

“The more exposure we can get to the community is a great (benefit),” he said.

The Young Leaders Alliance is part of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance. Any association member under 40 is automatically part of the Young Leaders Alliance. The next Young Leaders Alliance event will be March 28 at the Glory Days Grill in Bradenton.

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Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch’s Walk for Water is meant to raise awareness for children who do not have clean water in other countries.

Walking for water awareness The Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch is gearing up for its annual Walk for Water event to raise awareness about the global need for clean water and money for clean water projects.

The event will start at 9 a.m.

March 30 at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota. During the approximately 1-mile walk, participants will carry a bucket with water to symbolize the burden that millions of women and children in developing countries bear every day as they collect dirty water for use in their homes.

Registration is open. Donations of $15 per person are recommended. Children ages 8 and younger walk for free.

Proceeds will help bring clean water to more than 1,000 families in Villa Talandracas, Peru.

To register, visit lakewoodranch-rotary.com.

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Seating Court in front of Macy’s, Lower Level Light refreshments will be served.

The Palm Aire Women’s Club this month will host its annual Book, Bag, Scarf and Jewelry Sale Book Sale March 13-15.

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or by calling our Referral and Registration Center at 941.708.8100 Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Ladies and guests of the American Asian Women’s Association celebrated their cultural heritage with a special dinner celebration March 2.

The group’s annual Orchid Ball, held this year at the Sarasota Event Center in Sarasota, featured a sit-down dinner, live music and a presentation of authentic Asian ethnic dances from countries such as Vietnam, Philippines, China and more.

Proceeds from the event benefited SPARCC (Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center), the Food Bank of Manatee County and the AAWA Scholarship Fund at State College of Florida.

The 18 hole Women’s League of Lakewood Ranch recently held two events to raise funds for Breast Health Sarasota. Breast Health Sarasota is an organization that helps uninsured and underinsured men and women to receive breast health services in Manatee County. The first event, “Corks for a Cause,” was held in November and raised nearly $5,000. The second event, “Think Pink,” was held Jan. 29 at the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.

Weather conditions were perfect and more than 160 golfers participated in a step aside scramble. Golf was followed by dinner and a silent auction.

Fran Mastrelli chaired the event. The event raised about $25,000.

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Residents of Greenbrook, Summerfield and Riverwalk in Lakewood Ranch will hold yard sales from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 16 with a rain date of March 17.

The Lakewood Ranch Garden Club is organizing the event and handling event promotion.

Families who wish to participate must register at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. Registration costs $5. For more information, email carscheid@gmail.com.

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Club members Barbara Link and Sammy Ulbrick have been working all year to organize the event and leading collections of books, bags and scarves. Donations are still being accepted and can be dropped off at the Palm Aire Country Club at 9 a.m. March 3 or you can contact blink22542@gmail.com for alternate arrangements.

The public can come purchase gently used books, bags, scarves and jewelry and help raise money for charity during the sale. It runs noon to 8 p.m. March 13 and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 14-15, at the Palm Aire Country Club.

Nate Jacobs and the renowned Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will entertain at the book sale luncheon March 15. Luncheon tickets cost $25. For information, email Barbara Link at blink22542@gmail.com.

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London Bay Homes recently hosted more than 40 residents and guests for an exclusive V.I.P. celebration at The Pembrook, its newest model home at The Founders Club.

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features enhanced architectural styling details such as decorative brackets, rafter tails, lap siding, hipped roofs with flat tiles, and crisp window proportion.

“We want to continue to offer new and expanded options for our clients,” said Wilson. “During the V.I.P. celebration, we could show our guests the range of choices our clients have when they build a custom home with London Bay.” Located on almost a half-acre at The Founders Club, The Pembrook overlooks a lake and the community’s Robert Trent Jones Jr.–designed championship golf course. Priced at $1.99 million, the model home offers an open floor plan that creates an easy flow between the great room, grand gourmet kitchen, and dining room enhanced by a sophisticated style throughout.

Multiple boundary-blurring pocket sliding glass doors blend indoor and outdoor spaces – lending to the perfect evening gathering or romantic dinner for two under the sunset glow. The great room opens onto a covered terrace, while zero-corner pocket sliders connect the bonus room to a wraparound alfresco space with living and dining areas and an outdoor kitchen for barbecues with neighbors. A grand custom pool and spa enhance the outdoor spaces and create the ideal setting for cooling down on a warm summer day.

The master suite features two walk-in closets and a spalike bath beautifully appointed with luxurious Quartz counters and Pearl stone flooring. A freestanding tub helps melt away the stress from the day.

On the opposite side of the home, The Pembrook’s two guest rooms feature en-suite baths and walk-in closets.

The interior design work by Romanza Interior Design gives The Pembrook the feel of a sophisticated coastal retreat. When it opened in December, it joined London Bay’s additional model home at The Founders Club open for viewing, the 3,322-square-foot designer-finished Isabella Grande. That home offers three bedrooms, three baths, a study, a formal dining room, and a butler’s bar and is priced at $1.49 million.

The Pembrook and Isabella Grande are just a sneak peek into the possibilities for homes in The Founders Club. Ranging from nearly half an acre to almost two acres, The Founders Club’s array of fairway, cottage and estate homesite choices offer a magnitude of options to create customizable home designs. Whether leaning toward a more intimate space with tucked away rooms

dedicated for guests or hobbies, or more grand spaces for entertaining or spa retreats, homesites at The Founders Club can accommodate homes offering 2,200 to more than 6,000 square feet.

This mix of beautiful homesite selections coupled with personalized home designs creates a unique experience ensuring no two homes are the same.

The magnitude of choices is enhanced by a robust builder program comprised of five luxury custom homebuilders – Anchor Builders, Lee Wetherington Homes, London Bay Homes, Nelson Homes and Nutter Custom Construction. Offering a portfolio of customizable floor plans to fulfill a variety of scenarios, each premier builder offers various architectural styles that seamlessly blend with the aesthetic and natural beauty of the community.

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courts, basketball and sand volleyball courts, and a picnic pavilion. Membership at the club also affords residents casual and fine dining, a golf pro shop, use of the men’s and women’s locker rooms, and a state-of-the-art fitness center.

Just outside the community’s gates, residents have quick access through Lorraine Road to a host of activities, restaurants, and events in Lakewood Ranch. Less than 20 minutes away, acclaimed restaurants, boutiques, and arts and cultural venues in downtown Sarasota also offer residents convenient options for vibrant living, while pristine, white-sand Gulf of Mexico beaches provide a tropical background for enjoying the outdoors.

“When it comes to choosing a pastime or deciding how they want to spend a Saturday night, residents at The Founders Club have plenty of options,” said Wilson. “And when they work with London Bay Homes, they find that they have just as many choices for customizing the place they call home.”

The Pembrook model home embodies a coastal retreat with interiors by Luann Powers Gliwski of Romanza Interior Design.

To tour The Pembrook and discover the endless design and lifestyle choices that await at The Founders Club, call 941-404-3107 or visit www.TheFoundersClub.com

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That’s why London Bay Homes recently hosted more than 40 residents and guests for an exclusive V.I.P. celebration at its newest model home at The Founders Club, Sarasota’s premier golf club community.

The festive evening event included cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, live music, and personalized tours of the 5,508-square-foot home.

“The Pembrook showcases London Bay Homes’ latest architectural designs,” said Mark Wilson, president and CEO of London Bay Homes. “And we enjoyed getting the chance to show it off in a fun way.”

Some of those new design elements include a sun deck off the master suite, expanded outdoor features, and a larger front porch. The three-car-garage home also

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Tee off with the Alliance at our 2019 Ranch Scramble!

Rotary Club’s Paul Hoenle meets Business Alliance member Kristi Hoskinson, of FCCI. Hoskinson said the luncheon is a great way for businesses and organizations to connect and help each other.

Spring is just around the corner! And that means it’s almost time for our 2019 Ranch Scramble Golf Tournament.

Join us on Friday, April 26 at the beautiful Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club for an afternoon on the links with your Alliance friends. Ideal for golfers of all skill levels! This event includes lunch, an awards reception, fun and interactive games, raffle prizes, and much more! This is one of our best events of the year, one you won’t want to miss!

Early bird pricing is available until April 12th. Registration is now live at www.lwrba.org/golf.

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akewood Ranch Business Alliance member Kristi Hoskinson was making introductions Feb. 27 at a special event at the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club, and she didn’t even know many of the people.

But that was the point of the Alliance’s joint meeting with members of the Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch — making new connections.

Both organizations aimed to connect their business professionals and provide support for each other.

“This is a place for our community to connect, to get to know each other and support each other,” Hoskinson said of the annual joint luncheon. “We all want to develop a stronger community.”

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CONCESSION 8499 Lindrick Lane Stacy Haas & Gloria Bracciano 941-587-4359 A4418360 $12,995,000

WAT E R L E F E G O L F & R I V E R C LU B 10403 Riverbank Terrace Jody Shinn 941-705-5704 A4426211 $1,750,000

C O U N T RY C LU B V I L L AG E 6931 Winners Circle Nicole Ryskamp 941-807-1766 A4418358 $1,399,000

R I V E R DA L E 633 Regatta Way Sandi Dietrich 941-704-0697 A4423581 $1,399,000

CONCESSION 8484 Lindrick Lane Tina Ciaccio 941-685-8420 A4411835 $1,395,000

F O U N D E R S C LU B 3200 Founders Club Drive Richard Hearn 941-313-1591 A4415698 $1,325,000

RIVER WILDERNESS 11432 Savannah Lakes Drive Gloria Bracciano & Stacy Haas, PL 786-348-9488 A4427320 $1,199,121

C O U N T RY C LU B E A S T 15402 Linn Park Terrace Laura Naese & Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-350-3657 A4408203 $1,195,000

C O U N T RY C LU B V I L L AG E 12432 Highfield Circle Stacy Haas & Gloria Bracciano 941-587-4359 A4421917 $1,175,000

C O U N T RY C LU B E A S T 16813 Berwick Terrace James Hope 941-704-4623 A4428574 $1,100,000

U N I V E R S I T Y PA R K 8015 Warwick Gardens Lane Nancy Phillips 941-400-6078 A4423349 $1,099,000

F O U N D E R S C LU B 9260 McDaniel Lane Richard Hearn 941-313-1591 A4416171 $1,060,000

C O U N T RY C LU B V I L L AG E 12803 Deacons Place Gloria Bracciano & Stacy Haas, PL 786-348-9488 A4428308 $894,900

M I Z N E R R E S E RV E 7509 Mizner Reserve Court Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4407817 $825,000

C O U N T RY C LU B V I L L AG E 7110 Beechmont Terrace Sylvia Zimmerman & Marlene Liberman 941-350-5022 A4417120 $795,000

AC R E AG E 3519 Lorraine Road Ryndie Brusco 941-809-6913 A4405838 $730,000

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P O M E L L O PA R K 24402 75th Avenue E Rich Polese & Chris Baylis 941-914-7115 A4428209 $600,000

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R I V E R C LU B 7516 Coventry Court Ryndie Brusco 941-809-6913 A4211618 $525,000

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S U N DA N C E 1806 Wagonwheel Road Sandi Dietrich 941-704-0697 A4426831 $325,000

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Jonathan Eckhard and Luana Kennedy Eckhard sold their home at 7112 Teal Creek Glen to Evan and Kathleen Trommer for $1.5 million. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,000 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.35 million in 2010.

Trudi Marvin, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 7003 Belmont Court to T&M Estates Ltd. for $1.5 million. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,947 square feet of living area.

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Eric Eriksen and Julie Eriksen, of Bradenton, sold their home at 10410 Riverbank Terrace to Linda Mordaunt, of Bradenton, for $725,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,523 square feet of living area.

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George and Martha Wood, trustees, of Knoxville, Tenn., sold the home at 7706 Heathfield Court to Mary Klens, trustee, of University Park, for $700,000.

Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,385 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $600,000 in 2009.

MILL CREEK

Linda Weymouth, of Bradenton, sold her home at 14019 18th Place E., to Thomas Barber, trustee, of Bradenton, for $685,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, two-and-twohalf baths, a pool and 3,209 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $699,000 in 2016.

John and Michelle Michaud, of Bradenton, sold their home at 13604 Second Ave. E., to Kevin and Martha Murphy, of Bradenton, for $370,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,027 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $336,000 in 2006.

PAIR OF $1.5 MILLION HOMES TOP LOCAL SALES

Richard and Kathleen Pianka, of Stonington, Conn., sold their home at 4624 Swordfish Drive to Michael and Paula Ujhelyi, of Bradenton, for $670,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,434 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $515,000 in 2014.

Norberto and Marisol Rodriguez, of Bradenton, sold their home at 4420 Swordfish Drive to M and M Biz LLC for $635,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms,

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RIVER CLUB SOUTH

James and Monica Jenkins, of Bradenton, sold their home at 7523 River Club Blvd., to Jesse Rettig, of Bradenton, for $565,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,909 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $505,000 in 2002.

Arne and Wilhelmina Ellermets, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 9926 Laurel Valley Ave. Circle to Anphong and Phuong Nguyen, of Seffner, for $298,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,025 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $221,500 in 2000.

COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE

Antonio Tavares and Danica Tavares, trustees, of Ontario, Canada, sold the home at 13828 Siena Loop to Jane Ann Phillips, of Lakewood Ranch, for $540,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,311 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $499,900 in 2013.

MARINER ESTATES

Ronald and Jocelyn Rivard sold their home at 5113 Tidewater Preserve Blvd., to Miguel and Elizabeth Mata, of Bradenton, for $530,000. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,249 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $485,000 in 2017.

SERENITY CREEK

Meritage Homes of Florida Inc. sold the home at 13005 Bliss Loop to Samantha and Raul Sanchez, of Bradenton, for $487,400. Built in 2018, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 3,931 square feet of living area.

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This 6,082-square-foot home at 7112 Teal Creek Glen in Country Club Village sold for $1.5 million.

Orville and Eloise Eckler sold their home at 438 Grand Preserve Cove to Christopher and Beth Baxter, of Bradenton, for $400,000. Built in 2008, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,195 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $285,000 in 2012.

Eamon and Jennifer Tucker sold their home at 518 Grand Preserve Cove to Treasure Valley Ventures LLC for $310,000. Built in 2007, it has five bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths, a pool and

2,616 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $369,000 in 2008.

MOTE RANCH

Jeryl and John Rawson, of Sarasota, sold their home at 6512 Westward Place to Kristen and Gene Richards, of University Park, for $360,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,059 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $196,400 in 2001.

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Charles and Christine Byrne, of Huntersville, N.C., sold their home at 7705 Charleston St. to Robert and Beatriz Manetta, of Far Hills, N.J., for $478,500.

Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,498 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $408,500 in 2013.

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STONEYBROOK AT HERITAGE HARBOUR

John and Heather Wagner, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 7747 Camden Harbour Drive to Kathryn Thomas, trustee, of Bronson, Mich., for $477,000. Built in 2006, it has six bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,897 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $519,000 in 2006.

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L A K E WO O D R A N C H 13305 Palmers Creek Terrace A4428019 $1,275,000

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Robert and Jean Griffith, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 531 Grand Preserve Cove to Jason and Jenna Kinsman, of Bradenton, for $450,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,421 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $405,000 in 2016.

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Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,942 square feet of living area. It sold for $185,000 in 2010.

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CENTRAL PARK

Christopher and Jennifer Imperiale, of Bradenton, sold their home at 11766 Forest Park Circle to Joseph and Michele Worden, of Mooresville, N.C., for $335,000. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,744 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $240,000 in 2013.

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George and Donna Ellington, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6740 45th Terrace E., to Loc Truong and Hong Thanh-Thi Vo, of Bradenton, for $280,000.

Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, two baths and is 2,052 square feet. It sold for $207,300 in 2010.

Jacob and Melissa Anderson sold their home at 12110 Longview Lake Circle to Annette Shaw, of Bradenton, for $317,500. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,131 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $292,300 in 2014.

FAIRWAY LAKES AT PALM AIRE COUNTRY CLUB

Jerrie Ulbrich, of Sarasota, sold the home at 5857 Fairwoods Circle to David Eigenbrode, of Sarasota, for $275,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,015 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $215,000 in 2012.

BRADEN WOODS

Rafael Fronta de Abreu and Julia da Cruz Torres de Abreu, of Vitoria, Brazil, sold their home at 6313 96th St. E., to Leon Carter, of Bradenton, for $330,000. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,954 square feet of living area. It sold for $315,000 in 2018.

RIVERS EDGE

Maria Tom, trustee, of Kamuela, Hawaii, sold the home at 6728 65th Terrace E., to Wayde and Janet Moyer, of Bradenton, for $269,800. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,779 square feet of living area. It sold for $155,600 in 2001.

PALM WEST

Man King and Sandra Lee, of Bradenton, sold their home at 8420 Palm Lakes Court to Joseph and Jeanette Bargiel, of Sarasota, for $290,000. Built in 1992, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,330 square feet of living area. It sold for $123,800 in 1992.

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CELEBRITY CIPHER

By Luis Campos Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are created from quotations by famous people, past and present.

Each letter in the cipher stands for another.

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Puzzle Two Clue: W equals K

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SUDOKU

Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

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CLASSIFIEDS

Thursday, March 7, 2019

The East County Observer reserves the right to classify and edit copy, or to reject or cancel an advertisement at any time. Corrections after first insertion only. *All ads are subject to the approval of the Publisher. *It is the responsibility of the party placing any ad for publication in The East County Observer to meet all applicable legal requirements in connection with the ad such as compliance with town codes in first obtaining an occupational license for business, permitted home occupation, or residential rental property.

Items Under $200 For Sale ADVERTISE YOUR MERCHANDISE with the total value of all items $200 or less in this section for FREE! Limit 1 ad per month,15 words or less. Price must be included next to each item. No commercial advertising.

Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks in 1 Observer.

Call 941-955-4888 Or Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com (Please provide your name and address) Or Online at: www.yourobserver.com Or mail to: The Observer Group 1970 Main St. - 3rd Floor Sarasota, Fl 34236 BED FRAME: metal, for king or queen; excellent heavy duty, rollers. $30. 941-351-4069.

CONTRACTOR’S SAW: Rockwell 10”, Tilting Arbor, on stand, good condition, $100. Call 941-756-4656.

FLOOR LAMP: 6'H, $40. Cedar chest/3'. Carved elephants, $85. Air fryer, $45. Ceramic Bird house/1’H, $25. 941-359-8460.

SHEET MUSIC for children, voice and piano $100.

(941) 358-8511 www.allegromusicacademy.com

Autos Wanted WE BUY cars. top $$ paid for your vehicles.

Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

ADVERTISE YOUR

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Get a discount when you run your ad in more than one Observer.

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Garage/Moving/Estate Sales WATERLEFE COMMUNITY ANNUAL SALE. Saturday, March 9th, 8a.m.-2p.m. 10625 Waterlefe Blvd., Bradenton 34212. Rain date 3/10.

General Merchandise

Homes For Sale

Cleaning

Windows

Bird Key Bayfront: 4+BED/4.5BATH, 3/CARGAR, Coveted Downtown Views. $5,350,000

CLAUDIA C. Cleaning Services. Experienced, Dependable and ready to begin! Residential.

Excellent references. 941-773-6895.

Beach Front Home: 4BED-5BATH, 2CARGAR $4,000,000

CLEANING BY Brazilian Lady. Meticulous, reliable, deep cleaning specialist. Residential. Commercial.

New Construction. 941-400-2866.

WINDOW CLEANING SPECIALS! Get 15 windows for $79 - 20 windows $99.

25 windows $119. Prices include windows cleaned inside and out with screens and tracks.

Free Estimates. Senior discount 10%. Call our professionals, 941-544-0552.

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House On Canal: granite counters, 3BED-2BATH, CARPORT. $550,000 55+ Villa on Golf Course: 2BED-2BATH $149,900

Golf Course $420,000

Community:

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Computer Services

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Puzzle One Solution: “A story should dictate the medium ...

‘Breaking Bad,’ for instance, would have made a terrible movie.”

– Bryan Cranston Puzzle Two Solution: “I’m so proud of that show (‘Breaking Bad’), and it was just such a cultural phenomenon.”

– Aaron Paul

This week’s Sudoku answers

Painting/Wallpapering CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

Interior/ Exterior painting including drywall repair and retexturing. Wallpaper installation & removal, pressure washing. Residential & commercial, condos. Honest & reliable. Free estimates.

941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

PROFESSIONAL CAT SITTING: Certified Veterinary Technician serving all of Lakewood Ranch.

20+ Years experience.

E-mail: catladypetsitting@yahoo.com 856-981-2047.

Phone (941) 809-1438

CONDO: AT HARBORAGE on Braden River: 2 miles west of I-75 on SR70, 2005, 2BR/2BA, down, all appliances, water view, tile, granite, new A/C, garage, community pool, trail, kayak, marina, beautiful small quiet gated community. $190,000.

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15% DISCOUNT for 4 week Run Yellow color $5 per Week Border as low as $3 per Week

Pet Services

Storage

Condos For Sale

First 15 words ............ $17.50 per week Each Add’l word ..............................50¢

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Specializing Seniors/Beginners. On/Off Site. Peg 941-735-3362.

Buy or Sell with Brooke O’Malley as your Realtor, and CLUB REALTY will Pay your title insurance.

Call 941-726-2677

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RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, Vacation Rentals, and Construction Cleaning. Also, Power Washing and Windows 941-756-4570 or 941-744-7983.

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3BR/3BA/2CAR

VENDORS/CRAFTERS SHOW: Sat., March 9th, 10a.m.-3p.m., Windmill Manor Club House, 4920 Windmill Manor Ave., Bradenton, FL 34203

BOAT STORAGE DRY RACK CONDO SPACE "THE BOATHOUSE" CONDO DRY STORAGE UNIT, SOUTH END OF LONGBOAT, NEAR "NEW PASS", RARELY AVAILABLE, SAFE SECOND LEVEL, LARGEST CORNER UNIT, UP TO 28' BOAT, LOW CONDO DUES $155/MTH, FOR SALE BY OWNER, (407) 230-6016

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LBK Condo: view of dock, beach access. $269,900

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DEPARTMENT 56 Alpine Village: large selection, like new, w/original box. 941-907-0481.

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Cleaning BLUE FISH Cleaning Inc. 941-705-3812. Insured, Bonded. Affordable reliable home cleaning, $80, 2 cleaners, 2 hours.

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HANDYMAN

PET SERVICES

Country Canine Makeovers Dog grooMing Call for appointment

Located off of SR 70 E. 1 mile North on Verna Bethany Rd. 7804 Barr Road Myakka City, FL 34251

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“Specializing in 6” Seamless Gutters”

See everything Mr. Handyman® can do around your home at MrHandyman.com

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CABINET MAKER

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Residential

Truly Custom Cabinets made in Palmetto, FL Design and Remodeling • Custom Countertops Custom special cabinets for mobile homes

Commercial

941-730-7303

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KITCHEN/BATH REMODELING See everything Mr. Handyman

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CLEANING

KEEP YOUR INDEPENDENCE!

LIFETIME GUARANTEE Installed Within in 24-Hours COUPON REQUIRED

ABRACADABRA PRESSURE CLEANING Houses | Cages | Decks Driveways | Sidewalks

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Palmetto

First Time Customers 10% Discount

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COMPLETE 2 Moen Stainless Steel Anti Slip INSTALLATION Includes Consealed Screw Grab Bars (16” & 24”) PACKAGE Additional Grab Bars Needed, Same type in bathroom $100 each Drilling charges may apply for marble, granite or porcelain.

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SAFE ROOF CLEANING

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DRYER START A FIRE!

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(cell) 780-3346 Licensed & Insured

301658

Call Paradise Dryer Vent Cleaning Today

BIODEGRADABLE PRODUCTS Pressure Cleaning & Soft Washing Residential and Commercial

SHOWER & BATH MAKEOVERS Cleaned - Regrouted - Caulked - Sealed Free Estimates • Sarasota Resident Since 1974

LAWN CARE

Christo’s Clock Repair

Specializing in Reroofs and Repairs FREE Estimates • 30 Years Experience

* TRAINED TECHNICIANS * PICK-UP & DELIVERY SERVICE * ECHO, SNAPPER, TORO, GENERAC,

(941) 752-4741

BRIGGS & STRATTON, SIMPSON,

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“IF IT DOESN’T TIC, TOC TO ME.” Horologist

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DR POWER, HONDA, HUSQVARNA

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Financing Available • RC0067420 • Lic. & Ins.

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MOVERS

Sliding Glass Door Repair

David McCarthy Moving

SCREENING • Pool Cage Restoration • Rescreening Specialists • Specialty Screens • Paint • Doors and more!

Satisfaction guarantee Satisfaction Guarantee Pool cage Restoration/ Rescreening specialists Manufacture and Workmanship Warranties

...will move anything from a couch to a household

dmccarthymoving@gmail.com

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Local And Long Distance Movers Residential Moves Commercial Moves Pack, Crate & Wrap

WINDOWS

Doors and more!

Manufacture and workmanship

Warranties Res./Com. indow & Pressure Clea Lic./Ins. W t e nin s wn as Sunrise Win g Sun erly kno

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UP TO

PAINTING

Complete Interior & Exterior Painting

FREE ESTIMATES - Call Joel, Owner 30 Years Exp. Cell 619-405-7650 Home/Office 941-758-4840

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Homes - Driveways - Sidewalks - Tile & Shingle Roofs - Pool Cages & Decks

120

WINDOWS $ 25STANDARD

INCLUDING SCREENS, TRACKS, MIRRORS & FANS

SPECIAL $500 senior citizen discount.

www.sunsetwindowcleaningsrq.com

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UNIQUE PAINTING & PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES

Agner’s Handyman 941.587.8093 | www.agnershandyman.wix.com/handyman

specialty screens / screw replacement / paint

299952

HANDYMAN

PROFESSIONAL • INSURED CALL TODAY

941-345-5264

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299951

“FIX IT - DON’T REPLACE”

941-704-4278

www.bissonroofing.com

Owner Supervises Every Job

Small Engine Repairs, 5002 Lena Road, Unit 107, Bradenton, 34211

DOORS

New Deluxe Rollers Will Make Your Doors Roll Better Than Ever Call Mark 928-2263 proslidingglassdoorrepair.com

With this ad

ROOFING

SMALL ENGINE REPAIRS

Serving Bradenton/Sarasota areas Over 30 years experience

www.PantherHydroCleaning.com

10% SAVINGS

www.showerandbathsarasota.com

CLOCK REPAIR

Don Christo, Sr.

941-737-4483

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LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED

Call John 941.377.2940

Dryers and washing machines were involved in one out of every 22 home structure fires reported to U.S. fire departments in 2006-2010.

299508

www.paradisedryervent.com

Houses, Pool Cage & Decks, Fences, Driveways & Walks Irrigation, Fertilizer, Rust & Battery Stain Removal

299965

Creekwood Crossing Plaza SR70 and off I75 | Bradenton, FL, 34203

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Licensed • Bonded • Insured • Certified Residential & Commercial

All Work Done On Premises Next Day Service

YOUR SAFETY IS PRICELESS! 941. 979. 2707

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Justin’s Pool Service

Are You Having Dryer Difficulties?

Like Us on Facebook

DRY CLEAN

POOLS

DRYER VENT CLEANING SPECIALISTS

INC.

941-723-0278

MrHandyman.com

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The Master

$10/week • $2.50 each additional dog

941-323-7318 • doodyfree941.com

See everything Mr. Handyman® can do around your home at

HOME SERVICES

CABINET MAKING

Dog Waste Removal is in Your Neighborhood

300586

Call Mr. Handyman 941.777.3344

941.650.9790 YoderAluminum.com

Owner / Operator Insured

Doody Free

a neighborly company

301159

Dustin Yoder

Cindy Wells 941-928-2168

299964

ALUMINUM

LV9459

SERVICE DIRECTORY

Purified water window cleaning available!!

Call Tibor for FREE ESTIMATES | 941- 284 - 5880

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15 Beautifully FURNISHED MODELS TO TOUR Stock has the most models of any builder to tour during the Parade of Homes. Come see our exquisitely furnished models in COUNTRY CLUB EAST, THE LAKE CLUB and THE CONCESSION. Be the first to see GENOA at THE LAKE CLUB, a brand new neighborhood of single-family homes featuring eight new models, and tour all our award-winning home designs in the newly reimagined Lake Club.

Quality & Style ALWAYS IN FASHION AT STOCK From the $600s to over $2 million

SALES CENTER: 16116 Kendleshire Terrace, Lakewood Ranch, Florida 34202

941.208.3940 | StockDevelopment.com STOCK REALTY, EXCLUSIVE SALES AGENT, LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER BROKER PARTICIPATION WELCOMED. ORAL REPRESENTATIONS CANNOT BE RELIED UPON AS CORRECTLY STATING THE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DEVELOPER. FOR CORRECT REPRESENTATIONS REFERENCE SHOULD BE MADE TO THE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY SECTION 718.503, FLORIDA STATUTES, TO BE FURNISHED BY A DEVELOPER TO A BUYER OR LESSEE. NOT AN OFFERING WHERE PROHIBITED BY STATE LAW.

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