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Meals on Wheels faces funding gap Those who can’t afford $6 meal fee may be referred to another agency for service. SEE PAGE 8A

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Northbound White Eagle Boulevard is closed just north of Serenity Creek. The road will not connect to State Road 64 until the Florida Department of Transportation builds a roundabout there.

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A rosy future After being married to his wife, Ann, for more than five decades, River Club’s Richard Omohundro knows how to put a smile on her face.

“Flowers are her favorite,” said Omohundro, who was leaving a store in Lakewood Ranch March 30 after buying flowers for their 52nd anniversary. “They will solve any problem.”

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Joe McDonald takes freshly sealed hot meals and puts them in bags to be delivered to Meals on Wheels clients.

Although it’s a peaceful drive now, it won’t be long until a new north-south route opens in Lakewood Ranch.

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Inspection is complete Troy Toman, a fire inspector for East County Fire Rescue, earned a retirement sendoff March 31.

He worked in the fire service in Manatee County for 30 years, the last 12 of which were at East Manatee. His colleagues held a luncheon in his honor.

Clear Vision SMR head reveals future of the Ranch.

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This rendering of Waterside Place shows the island park to the left with a bridge that connects it to the Waterside Place peninsula. At the far right of Waterside Place will be the farmers market.

SCHOOL TIME? Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc. CEO and President Rex Jensen is giving Lakewood Ranch residents hope that a new high school might eventually come to the area.

In 2016, the Manatee County School District announced its plans to build a new high school in Parrish. That was disheartening to some residents who send their children to schools at or over capacity in Lakewood Ranch.

In speaking to the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance March 29, Jensen said SchroederManatee Ranch was trying to

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or Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc., it wasn’t a hallucination when it pictured a huge lake, a peninsula, an island and a thriving downtown area on a spot where the only thing visible was a large hole from a mining dig.

Speaking to a sold-out crowd of 370 people March 29 at the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance luncheon at the Polo Grill and Bar, SMR President and CEO Rex Jensen said sometimes vision can be more aptly described as hallucination.

What separates the two? In this case, Jensen told the Business Alliance it has been the patience of the Uihlein family in the development of their property as it eventually turned into the master-planned community of Lakewood Ranch.

“The whole thing is about the evolution of a key piece of property,” said Jensen, who was delivering what the Business Alliance called, “The State of the Ranch.”

Jensen said SMR has been the steward of the property. “We have gone with things that have worked here,” he said.

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President and CEO Rex Jensen said SMR has deals with Lennar Homes, Taylor Morrison, Neal Communities and Kolter Homes to develop the northeast quadrant of Lakewood Ranch.

While Lennar, Taylor Morrison and Neal Communities all have built neighborhoods in Lakewood Ranch, Kolter Homes is new to the area. Kolter Homes is building Artistry Sarasota. SMR is negotiating with a fifth builder. The five parcels will lead to more than 6,000 new homes.

Jensen said the deals will leave “much of the ranch is spoken for.”

Jensen also said to remember “the land isn’t developing tomorrow.” Deals have to close, permitting has to take place and the builders have to construct the new homes. It could be 10 to 15 years before the development comes to fruition.

Along with those new neighborhoods, Jensen said SMR has been looking at lots on the west side of Lorraine Road near 44th Street as the site of possible affordable housing. What shape those homes will take — townhouses, apartments or villas — has not been determined.

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Jensen called “sensational,” projects in Lakewood Ranch has been Waterside Place, the downtown area, or hub, of the new Waterside at Lakewood Ranch development. It will bring 5,144 residential units, 390,000 square feet of commercial space, 90,000 square feet of civic space and hundreds of acres of preserves and wetlands on 5,500 acres.

The aforementioned mining dig 4 4THLake, has become Kingfisher a A E. one-mile-by-half-mile lakeVthat will hug three sides of Waterside Place, which will be developed on a peninsula and will break ground early in 2018.

While SMR has noted plans for The Players Centre for the Performing Arts, a $30 million theater complex, to anchor Waterside Place, Jensen told the Business Alliance about three other focal points for Waterside Place, which will have office space, retail, four separate hotel pods and approximately 200 apartments, many of which will be built over businesses.

One focal point that has been discussed in the past is a farmers market section that might take the shape of a pavilion-style building with roll-down doors.

While the area isn’t likely to be air conditioned, it would allow people to get out of the sun or rain as they shopped. The farmers market could offer prepared food and baked goods as well as produce.

Jensen also unveiled two new projects, one being an eight-acre island park.

“After the mining was done, we thought it would be a neat ame-

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Those who enjoy Waterside Place will benefit from an island park.

work out a land swap with the district that could lead to a new high school adjacent to the Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch. SMR had donated a parcel near State Road 64 for schools, and SMR would ask for that land back in trade for the land next to Premier.

He said a site for a kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school also was in the works.

Mike Barber, the Manatee County School District’s communications director, would not comment on any possible land swap. He said SMR did donate a parcel of land that the district still owns.

nity, so we left it intact,” Jensen said of the island.

The decision regarding the island will be how much to put on it. Jensen said he favored less over more because green space is in short supply. He said restrooms, playground equipment, sidewalks and trails are probable, but he doubts it will have anything like an amphitheater.

“It’s not going to be program heavy,” he said. “We will have to do something at the water’s edge to keep the little kids and the gators apart.”

A causeway, which will include a walking trail, will connect the island to the peninsula.

The fourth focal point will be the John M. Olson Nature Center, which is in the planning stage, but could become a series of walking trails and observation points.

Jensen said it is likely a building will be included in some form.

Olson was an SMR board mem-

ber for more than 30 years. “He was very instrumental in the whole process,” Jensen said. “His big loves were conservation and nature.”

Jensen said model homes for Waterside will be open as early as June. The groundbreaking for Waterside Place is expected early in 2018.

While the extensions of Lorraine Road and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard south to Fruitville Road are key to the Waterside project, Jensen said a delay in the construction of the Lakewood Ranch Boulevard extension will not hinder the Waterside project.

SMR will meet with Florida Department of Transportation officials April 7 in Bartow to discus the extension of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

“DOT has asked for a few things from (Sarasota) county that the county can’t give them at this time,” said Jensen.

The Lorraine Road extension is expected to be complete by July or August.

Jensen said SMR has been in contact with Sarasota County for the past two years concerning the county’s acquisition of rights of way to finish the Lakewood Ranch Boulevard extension.

“Ten months ago, we were told Sarasota County didn’t have the money in its budget (to purchase the property),” he said.

Jensen said the county, however, has come to an agreement with the five property owners along the route to acquire the property.

Jensen said he hopes the FDOT demands can be met and the project will get a green light in about a month.

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dgewater’s Jay Schwartz fills his days as a chiropractic neurologist adjusting patients, consulting on cases and teaching classes.

But two evenings a month starting in April, he’s relaunching efforts to improve cellular communication service within the boundaries of Lakewood Ranch by going door to door with a petition in hand.

Homeowners might have a landline, or buy a network extender to improve service inside the home.

“That’s not solving the problem,” Schwartz said. “What if you are in your grass or you’re a block away? I don’t want one person having a heart attack to not be able to call 911.”

Schwartz calls his movement the Coalition for ExCELLent Service & Safety, and already has about 300 signatures on his petition, after starting it last summer

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In December, Sarasota-based USA Groups approached Lakewood Ranch community development districts about installing its system on CDD properties, and have since identified seven proposed locations within Phase I Lakewood Ranch.

Supervisors on CDDs 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 said they weren’t ready to approve the USA Groups action, and instead agreed to have an independent consultant examine gaps in cellular coverage in Lakewood Ranch Phase I. Town Hall Executive Director Anne Ross said Lakewood Ranch’s developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch already has agreed to let USA Groups use its right of way, and may have research the districts could use.

USA Group’s Ben Edmond confirmed the company has secured rights to develop and build infrastructure to support future wireless technologies along Lorraine Road, south of University Parkway, as well as other locations in Lakewood Ranch.

Schwartz said he doesn’t oppose the due diligence CDD supervisors want, but hopes a decision can be made quickly.

“I’d like to see the process take a few months, versus a few years,” he said.

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or the time being, it’s a quiet drive along White Eagle Boulevard in Lakewood Ranch.

The four-lane road, which opened its northernmost section — north of 44th Avenue East — in February, eventually will connect State Road 64 with State Road 70 to the south. The road runs to within 100 feet south of S.R. 64 in anticipation of the planned roundabout the Florida Department of Transportation will build at the current S.R. 64-Rye Road intersection.

That leads to driving nirvana for those in communities using the stretch of road, which runs parallel to Lakewood Ranch Boulevard and Lorraine Road, approximately midway between those two.

It isn’t likely to be so peaceful in spring 2019, when FDOT spokesman Robin Stublen said the $3.64 million roundabout project should be completed.

“It’s another north-south connector,” said Richard Bedford, vice president of planning for Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, which built

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White Eagle Boulevard. “Its biggest impact will be to take some traffic off Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.”

Stublen said the roundabout is about 60% designed and construction will begin in May 2018.

The project will take an estimated 300 days.

SMR agreed to donate the land south of the intersection to connect the roundabout with White Eagle Boulevard, Stublen said.

On the north side of S.R. 64, Manatee County continues work along Rye Road, which has an average daily traffic count of 11,119 vehicles. Contractors had cleared land for the installation of a 12-inch pressurized sewage line and construction of a master lift station, to meet current and future capacity needs.

Functional roadway improvements on Rye Road are coming later this year, after the county goes out to bid for the work. They include widening the two bridges on Mill Creek to provide 12-foot travel lanes and 6-foot paved shoulders on the roadway, as well as construction of a 12-foot, multiuse trail.

“The roadway improvements are being constructed to improve safety to the traveling public,” said Sage Kamiya, deputy director of traffic management for Manatee County Public Works. “The Rye Road functional improvement project is necessary with or without the FDOT roundabout project.”

White Eagle Boulevard will offer another north-south route through Lakewood Ranch.

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magine a place where brown, cartoonish bears in baseball caps and backpacks peer at children playing in a treehouse while a waterfall cascades across a stage in the background.

In just a few months, the vision will become reality as Woodland Community Church transforms an old sanctuary into a dedicated children’s center, called The Treehouse. Construction starts April 10 on the project and is expected to be finished by July.

“I think having a designated space shows that group is important to us,” said Jennifer Passmore, director of the Woodland Early Childhood Center and Dunn Prep Academy and wife of lead pastor, the Rev. Tim Passmore. “It’s appealing for them, a place they want to be and share about Jesus.”

The lobby area, now a gathering spot for weeknight festivities or families awaiting classes in the Woodland Fine Arts Academy, will become a formal check-in area for the kids ministry with themed seating and other features.

Woodland Executive Pastor the Rev. Dewayne McFarlin walked from the lobby into the 4,500-square-foot sanctuary space and pointed to the back

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Woodland Early Childhood Center Director Jennifer Passmore and Woodland Executive Pastor Dewayne McFarlin are excited to have a designated space for children.

walls, which will be cut for windows so parents can see the children’s services. Against the wall to the right of the stage, contractors will build four classrooms below and a second level for two more rooms. On the left will be a gaming area, equipped with television monitors, Wii game system and other technologies.

The stage will be shortened to create a new two-level scene with a waterfall, trees and other backdrops. There will be kid-sized seating in front, rather than the

adult-sized folding chairs that have been used in the past.

“Where I’m standing is going to be a big jungle gym,” McFarlin said of the area between the back wall and future seating. “It’s big, like a 12-by-18-foot base and 16 feet tall.”

Each week, Woodland welcomes about 1,100 children through its various programs, including the Early Childhood Center (day care and pre-kindergarten), Woodland Fine Arts Academy (dance and other class-

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Passmore said creating a designated children’s area will streamline operations and improve safety, particularly for weekend services.

Woodland uses the room for a variety of needs, including community meetings, a 9 a.m. Sunday worship service and meetings for youths and adults, among others. Between each event, staff and volunteers must reset the space with chairs or equipment.

Children are shuffled from room to room and from first to second levels.

Having the designated space will ease the strain of resetting the room after each event and also set off a logistical chain reaction that will simplify operations.

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very day, Lakewood Ranch’s Maribeth Phillips hears stories of how bringing hot meals to disabled and homebound seniors in Manatee County impacts the lives of the recipients and volunteers.

But Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee, which operates The Food Bank of Manatee and the county’s Meals on Wheels program, among others, has reached a tipping point for its services.

The nonprofit has announced it no longer is accepting new clients who can’t afford to pay the $6 cost for the meal, and instead has created a referral process to ensure those clients gain assistance elsewhere.

“Our arms were open. We were very proud of that,” said Phillips, CEO of Meals on Wheels PLUS. “Creating a referral process is something we thought we would never have to do, but it will assist those in need of funding sources.

We can serve as many people as can pay.”

New clients who can pay the $6 per meal will be added.

Over the past five years, Meals on Wheels PLUS has funded $1.4 million of client meals out of pocket, primarily through additional fundraisers and events.

Phillips said the efforts are not sustainable. The agency has seen a 40% increase in the demand for meals for homebound seniors over the past five years, while donations and pledges have decreased.

Federal funding has decreased as well. For example, funding dropped $90,000 from 2012 to 2013, as a result of cuts associated with the 2011 Budget Control Act, and those dollars have not fully been recovered.

Phillips worries more cuts

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Lakewood Ranch resident and Meals on Wheels PLUS CEO Maribeth Phillips hands off food bags to Meals on Wheels delivery volunteers from Inspired Living — Judy Osborne, Kevin Seeger, Marlene Kutzko and Peg Shoemake.

istration to help combat poverty.

Although many Meals on Wheels programs do not receive funding from the block grant, Manatee’s program does. Right now, that’s about $16,265 annually through the city of Bradenton.

Overall, however, federal dollars account for 47.2%% of the $1.47 million Meals on Wheels budget, with the bulk of funds, about $541,000, from the Older Americans Act. No potential cuts to the Older Americans Act have been announced, but Phillips worries they could be.

New clients who can’t pay for meals are now referred to the Elder Hotline, a program run by the nonprofit Senior Connection Center in Tampa. Senior Connection works on behalf of the Department of Elder Affairs.

Katie Parkinson, chief operating officer for the Senior Connection Center, said Manatee’s Meals on Wheels PLUS program is the last of the Meals on Wheels programs in the five counties it serves — Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk, Highland and Hardee — to implement a referral system.

Marjorie Broughton, executive director for Meals on Wheels of Sarasota, said her organization is facing similar pressures in terms of increased demand. It delivers about 500 meals per day to clients on 34 routes throughout sections of Sarasota County.

“We’re seeing an unprecedented demand for the meals,” Broughton said. “There’s going to be a breaking point here, as well.”

Sarasota’s program, which charges $4.50 per meal, accepts no governmental dollars for its $650,000 annual budget, but it does verify client incomes through its application process.

Manatee’s program can’t verify income in accordance with the Older Americans Act, which funded $541,000 of its budget in

BUDGET BREAKDOWN

Meal cost in excess of funding: $372,961 Medicaid: $60,248

Older Americans Act: $541,573

Private Pay: $149,882

City of Bradenton Community Development Block Grant: $16,265

Program income: $104,200 United Way: $16,902

Nutrition Services Incentive Program: $136,231 Community Care for the Elderly (Manatee County): $72,463

2016.

Both Broughton and Phillips are unsure what has spurred the spike in demand, but speculate it relates to the retirement of baby boomers, the growth of the area, increased life expectancy and lost retirement income following the housing crash about a decade ago.

Phillips said Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee already has taken steps to cut expenses, and expects to announce more over the summer. It has suspended its Senior Wheels Taxi Service, which transported seniors to appointments, and is considering closing its gift and thrift shops.

Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee has instituted hiring and pay freezes.

The organization will run its Meals on Wheels program, The Food Bank of Manatee and the Daybreak Adult Day Center. All other programs that aren’t sustainable are open to cuts.

“We have been working to position ourselves to take care of Manatee County,” Phillips said.

CLIENT COUNTS Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee has seen a 40% increase in meals served over the last five years.

Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Meal count 161,014 198,744 201,058 213,940 228,040

DID YOU KNOW? Since 2012, client meals for Meals on Wheels of Manatee have cost $6,945,319. The nonprofit has funded $1,418,072 of that cost out of pocket.

That’s about 20.4% of the total meal costs.

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BUDGETARY TRENDS Since 2012, costs for delivering meals

by Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee has increased by more than $100,000 because of demand. The organization in 2016 funded $372,961 of the meals delivered out of pocket, through additional events and fundraisers.

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Total cost of meals Funding provided Out-of-pocket

2012 $1,326,093 $1,169,650 $156,433

2013 $1,379,454 $1,030,024 $349,430

2014 $1,339,050 $1,103,954 $235,096

2015 $1,429,997 $1,125,856 $304,141

2016 $1,470,725 $1,097,763 $372,962

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arl Moore sat in his wheelchair April 3 and peered out at 150 people who were all ready for 18 holes at Rosedale Golf and Country Club.

He made it sound like he was the lucky one, even though in his present state, it’s a long shot he will ever play the game.

“This whole event is so heartening to me, the support, the generosity,” Moore said. “Everything I see you people represent ... I just can’t put it into words.

Thank you.”

Moore, an Army staff sergeant, is the recipient of funds collected from the Homes for Our Troops Golf Classic hosted by Rosedale Golf and Country Club and organized by Rosedale’s Deb Kehoe and Kathi Skelton. This year’s event is on track to raise more than $60,000 that will go toward an adaptive home to be built for Moore and his family in Land O’ Lakes.

“Every year I was in country, we had some bad missions,” Moore said. “You would wonder, ‘Is this worth it?’ But then you see these people here today. I wasn’t fighting for the government, or some political cause. I was fighting for these people.”

The horrors of war can’t be erased by a golf tournament, but certainly, the love shown at Rosedale helps Moore fight

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Army Staff Sgt. Carl Moore, along with his wife, Heather, and daughter, Addison, can’t believe the hospitality shown by Rosedale residents.

toward a brighter future.

It was June 4, 2013, when Moore was clearing a route in Afghanistan when “all hell broke loose.”

He said the enemy had set up a complex ambush, and he was caught in the crossfire. Standing in a flat area, he hugged the ground but couldn’t get low enough. Taking a shot, he couldn’t feel his legs.

Eventually, at the hospital,

one of the soldiers shook out Moore’s bullet-proof vest. It had absorbed several shots.

The one it didn’t went through Moore’s side, through a lung and exited through his spinal cord.

He suffered partial paralysis.

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Two years ago, I felt like I had one foot in the grave. Not now.”

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He talked about trying to get close enough to the bathroom sink so he could shave. Try frying an egg sitting down.

Eventually, he met a representative of Homes for Our Troops, and he became eligible for an adaptive home. Cabinets in the home are slanted to make it easier to pull close. His new stove top is only 3.4 inches thick and has no base so he can pull right up to it like a desk. “You’ve got to be careful when you’re cooking bacon,” he said with a laugh.

Army Capt. Bobby Withers, who has a prosthetic device from the knee down but was playing golf at Rosedale, is living in a home provided by Homes for Our Troops in Winter Garden.

He said the organization prides itself on its mantra, “Building Homes, Rebuilding Lives,” and he said it’s been true in his case.

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“Having been president of a swim team at the U.S. Embassy in Germany, I know how much volunteers are important to the success of an event,” Krips said.

He also hopes to learn a bit more about the sport while volunteering.

“I’ve always been fascinated,” Krips said. “The competition, moving across the water, racing on those little boats, and the fact that it’s international and, having spent a lot of my career overseas with the State Department, I’m kind of in intrigued.”

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Jessica Mooney laughs when she is asked how she met her best friend, Jennifer Schillinger.

The two East County girls met when they were just 4 years old.

They were both enjoying a slide at Chick-fil-A. “Both of us would always go to Chick-fil-A on Tuesdays for family night,” Schillinger said. “Jessica was going up the slide, and I was going down the slide.”

They connected, in more ways than one.

“Good thing Jessica was breaking the rules that day, otherwise we may have never met,” Schillinger said.

As time went on and the girls continued to meet at Chick-fil-A, people began thinking they were sisters.

“They loved that,” said John Schillinger, Jennifer’s dad. “There was a lady at Chick-fil-A that would call them Jennica and Jessifer because they were such good friends. They really bonded at a young age.”

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“They always put plays on for us,” said Bernadette Schillinger, Jennifer’s mom.

Nine years later, the bond Nolan Middle School, began team.

“They sing and dance, write their continues between the seventh- working on their Valentine’s DayMooney comes up with ideas own songs, and sometimes they graders. The best friends have themed dress in January. while Schillinger has the craft do karaoke for us. Occasionally combined to work on their most they will even charge us for their Contestants must be between skills to make it happen. recent project, a two-piece dress 13 and 19, and they must use recy“I’m not a very public person, shows. It’s interesting, but they for the Teen Recycled Fashion cled items. and I’m not into fashion, but I have always been very creative Show. The show will take place After the show, five judges cri- like designing things,” Schillinger together and complement each from 1 to 3 p.m. April 22 at the tique each piece based on cre- said. “I made a backpack out of other a lot.”

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Schillinger, who attends Car“The fact they are able to put Teams or individuals are Both competed last year withlos E. Haile Middle School, and allowed to compete. Mooney and out success. their creativity together and work Mooney, who attends R. Dan Schillinger decided to work as a “We make a really good team, as a team is really great,” she said.

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The first Hyatt Place hotel in Lakewood Ranch is now open.

The five-story, 122-room building, Hyatt Place Sarasota/Lakewood Ranch, is located at 6021 Exchange Way, Lakewood Ranch.

The hotel’s restaurants will offer upscale dining options, the company said in a release.

“As Lakewood Ranch continues to grow and thrive economically, we are excited to add to the momentum by welcoming the first Hyatt Place hotel to the area,” Ashleigh Gonzalez, the hotel’s general manager, said in a release.

The hotel will offer rooms with separate sleeping and working areas, free Wi-Fi, a 24-hour gym, and a 24/7 menu. Also offered will be a 900-square-foot meeting space.

The hotel’s director of sales is Cecilia Maddi.

Hyatt Place is a brand of Hyatt Hotels Corp. There are more than 270 Hyatt Place hotels in 18 countries.

“We are thrilled to have a complete Board of Trustees,” SCF President Carol Probstfeld said in a release. “We look forward to the expertise each member will bring from the various constituents they represent.”

The appointments are subject to confirmation by the Florida state Senate.

Burger Fi flips over children’s charity The Burger Fi restaurant at 257 North Cattlemen Road, Sarasota, has joined forces with Suncoast Charities for Children as a charity partner.

Donations will be collected in jars at the Burger Fi counter.

Special events at the restaurant also will generate funds.

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Out-of-Door Academy student Mairead Studdiford holds her new business idea, Snappy Starters.

ODA sophomore develops a business plan that isn’t a lemon.

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Out-of-Door Academy student Mairead Studdiford waited nervously March 30 for her turn during the second annual Investor Panel at the State College of Florida Lakewood Ranch’s main auditorium.

She didn’t have any reason to worry, though, before going in front of a panel that mimicked the “Shark Tank” television series.

She already has had a lot of experience in the business world.

The event featured nine students who were members of the Young Entrepreneur Academy, run through the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce.

Students interested in starting their own business can join the Young Entrepreneur Academy with an application that includes an essay about their project, school transcripts and a letter of

recommendation.

The students, who are in sixth through 12th grades, meet once a week October through April to learn how to start their own business.

During that time, students form and refine business plans for their products, in preparation for the finale: the Investor Panel.

At the panel, the students pitched their business idea and plan to nine local investors, who decided whether their ventures were worth a little funding.

Studdiford has had experience in the past because she run her

a booklet that explains business concepts and how to get started, along with tips on how to make the jewelry.

The kit also included information on how a business can benefit by giving back a percentage of its profits to charities.

“I worked hard on my presentation,” Studdiford said. “I tried to prepare by thinking of questions that the panel might ask.

It’s important to be prepared and ready to answer effectively when challenged by business leaders.”

It appears entrepreneurial blood runs in the Studdiford family.

Her parents, Cathleen and John, owned a pharmaceutical business in New York City until they decided to branch off and start CC Ford Healthcare.

Studdiford’s mother is proud her daughter decide to walk in the same footsteps.

“Mairead always was trying to sell things to people,” Cathleen Studdiford said. “She is always thinking about what she can do to be unique.”

After Studdiford’s presentation, she was awarded $700 to help her start Snappy Starters.

“I am so excited because this gives me such a great opportunity to expand my business,” Studdiford said. “I am so excited for what the future has in store for me.”

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own businesses on the New Jersey shore, a lemonade and water stand she operated with her siblings when she was 10 years old.

“I have always been interested in business,” Studdiford said.

“I would set up a stand near our house with my sister, Maeve, and my brother, Owen, and we would sell to the runners, walkers and bikers who came by.”

At first, Studdiford offered lemonade for a quarter. It wasn’t long before she realized she could get $1 for a bottle of water.

“As our water business grew, we had the idea of selling additional items that might bring in even more money,” she said.

Her mother, Cathleen Studdiford, brought some “fun” jewelry home for her children to sell.

Eventually, the lemonade and water business transformed into a jewelry stand.

The Studdiford team learned to use the web to brand their stand and bring in more business. They not only made a nice profit, but they donated money back to the community.

On March 30, Studdiford pitched her newest idea, Snappy Starters. She explained the idea to the panel, that it was a kit to help teenagers learn about the business world by selling jewelry.

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PARTIERS CHOOSE THE WRONG JOINT 600 block of 67th Street Circle East, Bradenton Seized property: A Sheriff’s Office deputy on patrol noticed a car with no lights on parked in the middle of the road, blocking the entrance to a motel. A man walked up and got in the back of the vehicle. The vehicle sat there for several minutes until the deputy initiated a traffic stop. Upon approaching the driver, the deputy detected a odor of marijuana. The deputy ordered out the male driver and the passenger, and searched both of them, along with the vehicle. A blue metallic grinder for marijuana was found along with several marijuana joints.

The items were seized.

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THIS LITTLE PIGGIE CAUSES DAMAGE 2000 block of 64th Street Court East, Bradenton Information only: A Sheriff’s Office deputy was dispatched in reference to loose pigs wandering into a woman’s yard and digging up the grass. The pigs had escaped by the time the deputy arrived. The woman said the pigs were babies and belonged to a neighbor, and she stated they have been loose several times doing damage to her lawn. She said she couldn’t afford to keep laying new sod on her

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The neighbor advised the deputy they were his pigs and since they were small, they could dig out of their pen. He said the woman has been trying to get him to pay for her yard. The deputy advised him to do what he could to ensure the pigs stay on his property, and a report was taken.

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She was stopped and the items were recovered, but she fled in a black Chevy Impala.

TOUGH SECURITY 700 block of Greyhawk Boulevard, Bradenton Information only: Sheriff’s Office deputies responded when a security guard at a neighborhood pool asked a woman to not let her children run around.

The argument became heated and the guard began to curse.

A man at the pool stepped inbetween to stop anything more from happening. The guard asked the man for identification. The man provided the information, but the security guard snapped it out of his hand and was rude to him. The man asked the security guard for his name, but the guard removed his name tag and would not provide the information.

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“We’re killing it,” said Tra Williams, chief operating officer for Lakeview Associated Enterprises, Lakeview’s for-profit arm. “It has been surprising how well it’s been received. We have fantastic employees. This has been the smoothest opening we’ve had.”

The center opened its first Dairy Queen in April 2015 in Riverview and in August 2015 in Pasco County.

About four years ago, political uncertainty prompted Lakeview Center’s leadership to consider alternative funding sources for its $750 million budget, 80% of which is federally and state funded.

“They saw the potential exposure,” Williams said. “It doesn’t bode well for the ability to expand services. They asked how do you we mitigate and diversify revenue streams?”

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our-year-old Max Bruce wriggled in his booth, seated opposite his father, David Bruce.

He stole a glance at the television screen on a back wall as he spooned a Dairy Queen Blizzard into his mouth.

The pair had stopped at East County’s newest Dairy Queen, located at 8307 State Road 64, because it proved a convenient snack stop for their afternoon.

But with each bite, they fed not only their bellies, but also Lakeview Centers, a nonprofit that provides behavioral health and child protective services in Florida and offers vocational services in 13 states through its affiliate, Global Connections to Employment.

“It’s nice,” David Bruce said of the fact that proceeds from his ice cream purchase benefited charity.

“I appreciate it for sure.”

Lakeview is capitalizing on a concept called “social franchising,” which involves using earnings from a for-profit business to fund a nonprofit organization.

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Money generated from the units deposit directly into Lakeview’s coffers to help fund its operational expenses.

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Williams was working as a consultant at the time, but after learning about Lakeview and its mission, he joined the company to head up the new division for its for-profit enterprises. He began researching the county’s more than 3,000 franchises, narrowing down the list, eventually, to the top five. Williams knew Dairy Queen was the cultural match for Lakeview’s mission.

The State Road 64 location is part of a 5-acre tract Lakeview purchased for $2.3 million in May 2016. It sold one parcel to Taco Bell, now under construction, and has two other parcels

remaining with plans to sell them “if we don’t find a brand we want to put there ourselves,” Williams said.

“We’re vetting other concepts we like,” he said. “A lot of people want this dirt.”

Lakeview’s eight-year plan includes construction of nine more Dairy Queen franchises along the Gulf Coast, with four franchise agreements already in place — two in Sarasota County, one in west Bradenton and one in downtown Bradenton. Sites have not been selected, however.

Ideal locations are proving difficult to find, slowing Lakeview’s

original goal of 12 stores in five years.

Williams and the Lakeview Associated Enterprises’ team is focused on educating the public about its mission and where its dollars go.

“It made a big difference seeing that money go back into the community,” said store general manager Roderick Brooks, who helped open the other two Lakeview Dairy Queen stores. “This store has been the busiest. There’s a lot more excitement wrapped around it.”

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The Lakewood Ranch boys 4x800 relay team (Andrew Dean, Brice Easton, Jonathan Reid and John Rivera) won its race at the Pepsi Florida Relays in Gainesville on March 30, finishing in 7:45.58.

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Braden River softball senior Lexie Phelps threw a complete game, three-hitter March 29 in the Pirates’ 8-0 win over Manatee.

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Bill Wachter and Edd Mozen (-10) won the Palm Aire Country Club Men’s Golf Association best ball event on March 29.

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Braden River junior Alyssa Gagnon won the 800-meter race at the Indian Rocks Invitational in Largo on March 31, finishing in 2:27.90.

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Lakewood Ranch softball freshman Avery Goelz hit two home runs March 31 in the Mustangs’ 11-0 win over Braden River.

“Basically, everything about baseball makes me love it more.”

– Najee Rhodes. SEE PAGE 19A

ODA softball launches grand plan Thunder coach concentrates on improvement three seasons after reviving program.

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he chant came from the Outof-Door Academy dugout on March 24, drowning out the background noise from a track and field meet being contested a few feet away from the school’s softball diamond.

“We all feel special ... We all feel great ... We’re all going to step on ... (clap) ... home plate!”

The softball diamond would still be a silent area if not for the actions of two girls who simply wanted to play the game.

Bella Lee-Swartz came to ODA for the 2013-14 school year specifically to play on its softball team. Unfortunately, that year there was no ODA softball. The year before, six seniors graduated, and there were not enough players at ODA interested in softball to field a team.

Lee-Swartz was not having any of it.

She teamed with Kiarra Womack, also a sophomore at the time, and the pair went on a campaign to restart the program. They had meetings with ODA’s Head of School David Mahler. They pitched the idea to other students at Ovations — ODA’s version of assemblies. Eventually, with enough persistence, Lee-Swartz and Womack rounded up enough girls to fill out a lineup card, and the sport returned in 2015.

Bringing a program back from the dead is one thing. Making it successful is another. That initial season back, the program went winless.

Head coach Julianne Garcia was not at ODA for its first year back.

She joined the school last year as an assistant. Garcia has played the sport all her life, including collegiately at the University of St. Francis in Illinois. This was not a case of someone being asked into a job. In fact, Garcia said she went to the administration and told them she wanted to help.

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ODA softball coach Julianne Garcia talks to Kiarra Womack on the way to the dugout.

Unfortunately for ODA, the softball program went winless in the 2016 season, playing a shortened six-game schedule. Garcia, who was promoted to head coach before this season, said the team was lucky to get 10 players to show up at any given game in 2016. Lee-Swartz and Womack continue to recruit their fellow students to be players.

“We wanted to create a new family,” Womack said of putting together a softball team. “We want people to stick with this for a long time. It has been a nice bonding experience.”

Garcia was fine stepping into a tough situation. Of course, that doesn’t mean she is willing to accept a lack of success.

“We want results and we want them right now,” Garcia said, “But we are growing. We want to learn.

We are hungry to learn. Every game, I see improvement. The

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Bella Lee-Swartz helped revive the ODA softball program and now pitches.

experienced players are helping the inexperienced ones.”

This season started much the same as the previous two, though 18 players now fill the roster. The Thunder lost its first four games by a combined score of 81-34.

Then, on March 7, they finally won, beating Imagine North Port 28-3.

Lee-Swartz and Womack, now seniors, were able to walk off the field winners for the first time.

They said the win helped bring the team together and started to generate respect.

The win, however, was not a panacea. Three consecutive losses followed, all by double-digits.

On March 24, though, the day when the team’s chants rang loud, ODA picked up its second win, 23-11 over Foundation Christian Academy that was capped by junior Christina Lutton’s grand slam. The team was so stunned by the big hit that only a few players greeted Lutton on the field. The rest waited in the dugout, arms in the air for a high five, while processing the event.

After the win, in the handshake line, everyone had ear-length smiles, Garcia included. She was most happy for her senior captains, Lee-Swartz and Womack.

It would have been hard to see those two leave ODA without a victory, Garcia said, after putting so much into the program for so few on-field rewards.

The two seniors joked that their names should be on any future trophy for a district, regional or state title the team earns.

“We want some recognition,” Womack said.

“Oh yeah, for sure,” Lee-Swartz added.

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akewood Ranch resident Tim Mulqueen’s commute to work is probably longer than yours.

He makes the 120-mile drive to Orlando every morning, and returns the same way every night, unless his organization has a scheduled flight across the United States.

In January, Mulqueen became the goalkeepers coach for Orlando City SC, Florida’s lone Major League Soccer team. He has lived in Lakewood Ranch since 2005, moving to the area after previously coaching the position for the New York/New Jersey MetroStars (now called the New York Red Bulls) and the Kansas City Wizards (now Sporting Kansas City).

On his drives, Mulqueen listens to various podcasts and audiobooks to fill the silence.

His genres of choice are history and, naturally, coaching. When I spoke to him March 30, he was in the middle of “Win Forever: Live, Work and Play Like a Champion,” a book on coaching written by Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll.

“It’s really not bad,” Mulqueen said of the drive. “I’m from the Northeast, where everybody commutes a lot to get where they have to go. It’s just the nature of the beast. Obviously, it would be great if it was closer, but it’s not, so it’s just something I do not even factor in anymore.”

At this point, I’m sure readers

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are asking: Why doesn’t he just move to Orlando?

Turns out, he has two pretty good reasons for staying in Lakewood Ranch. His son, Trevor, and daughter, Kate, both attend St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Bradenton. They love it there, as do Tim and his wife, Kathleen. The two parents thought it would be unfair to uproot their

children while they were in high school.

The surrounding community also has a lot to do with it.

“We love Lakewood Ranch,” Mulqueen said. “We love living where we do. I have had opportunities to get back in the league with other teams, but we like living where we do so much that we always chose to pass on it and

to stay here. Moving my family was not an option.”

Mulqueen said he never anticipated the Orlando City SC job opening up — the team only began play in 2015 — but after conversations with the team and his family, he decided to take the job and commute from Lakewood Ranch.

The coach began as a field player in high school, but switched to goalie when other volunteers for the position failed. Once assigned the position, he quickly fell in love with it. It was the pressure of it all.

A goalie has few opportunities to make a play. One error and the keeper can be considered the game’s “goat.” Conversely, one stunning save can be the key to a victory.

Eventually, Mulqueen realized he didn’t have the ability needed to play goalkeeper in Europe at a high level, so he tweaked his focus toward coaching the position.

In that realm, he has found success. The Wizards won the MLS Cup in Mulqueen’s first year with the team, and he was selected to coach the U.S. Men’s National Team goaltenders during the 2004 Summer Olympics qualifying tournament and the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as coaching multiple tournaments with the U.S. U-17 and U-20 teams.

Former U.S. Men’s National Team goaltender Tim Howard,

widely considered to be one of the best goalkeepers in U.S. history, credits Mulqueen with his development. Mulqueen and Howard have worked together since the latter was 12 years old.

Mulqueen said he could tell even at that age Howard had a chance to be good. He had unique athleticism for the position. It was just a matter of how good.

“I always said to him (Howard) at that age, and I say it to all the goalkeepers I work with, I can only take you so far,” Mulqueen said. “You have to do the rest.

Tim was willing to do the rest.”

The pair still talks three or four times a week, Mulqueen said, depending on each other’s schedules. The conversations now include stories on family and life in general as much as they do goalkeeping, though they always end up there, he said. Howard pushed Mulqueen to get back to coaching, saying he could offer the players the same things he offered Howard, now 38, so many years ago.

Mulqueen, meanwhile, urges area residents to go see a game live. After all, it’s not a bad drive.

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

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How long have you been playing baseball?

I have been playing baseball since I was 6 years old. Football ran in my family, but I said “I want to try something new,” and that was baseball.

What is the appeal of baseball to you?

The atmosphere. I love playing with my teammates ... they push me. Basically, everything about baseball makes me love it more.

Why do you wear No. 34?

I actually do not usually wear 34, I lost my jersey. I usually wear No. 42. I represent Jackie Robinson, to show some respect to him.

What is your favorite food?

I will go with barbecue chicken.

What is your favorite subject in school?

Probably computer science. I like coding. The abstraction in it is like, crazy. I like hacking into stuff, to be honest with you.

What is your favorite TV show or movie?

My favorite movie is

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“Friday Night Lights.” That actually is both a TV show and a movie, but the movie is my favorite.

What is your dream vacation spot?

Bora Bora. I was watching a TV show on it, and the water is crazy.

You can see through the water and there are fish. It just caught my eye.

What is your favorite baseball memory?

I was in Puerto Rico (for a prospects tournament), and I won MVP there, too. That just happened in November. When I won this (MVP award), I was like, ‘Wow, flashback memories.’ It was a big event for me, because all the top prospects were there.

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YOUR NEIGHBORS THEY KNOW THE DRILL “We’re out here working for two hours every day for months, and it is so hot. But we all started winning trophies and then we thought, ‘This makes sense.’”

“As a sophomore we won in armed platoon, and I was on the same team as my sister (Alison) It’s just really cool to be out here.”

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— Senior Christina Volpe

“We won my freshman year. All throughout I was doubting myself. My teammates pushed me harder. I command the armed squad now.”

“Teamwork makes it dreamwork. I like the discipline and I want to go to West Point.”

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Braden River High freshman Cami Ostenson was a perfect example of that focus Saturday at George Jenkins High School in Lakeland.

Competing in the Unarmed Knockout competition, where judges eliminate the competitors until only one remains, Ostenson had no idea where she stood. Competitors stare straight ahead while they perform military movements as directed by the judges.

Hundreds of competitors from the 38 teams that competed begin the competition.

One mistake and you’re out.

Ostenson never flinched.

When the judges approached

her, she thought it was to eliminate her from the competition. When they tapped her, she looked around the field to find out she was standing all alone.

She was the champion.

“She didn’t realize she had won,” said Alex Figueroa, the command sergeant major who has coached the Pirates for six seasons. “Her friends started to congratulate her. She said, ‘For what?’”

Ostenson and Pirates senior Cooper Kutt, who won the Armed Knockout competition, won state championships for Braden River, which has won 24 state titles overall and 20 in various divisions under Figueroa.

“Cooper is a veteran and he knows the moves and what it takes to win,” Figueroa said.

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— Junior Kyle Krage

— Junior Nekyra Brown

1st — Girls unarmed knockout (Cami Ostenson); Boys armed knockout (Cooper Kutt) 2nd — Girls dual exhibition (Christina Volpe, Alison Volpe); Boys unarmed platoon (Nathan Stowers, commander); 3rd —Girls squad exhibition (Maddie Dylenski, commander); Girls unarmed platoon (Britney Guerra, commander); Boys armed squad (Cooper Kutt, commander)

“You build friendships and bonds, and it gives you so many more opportunities. I don’t think anyone truly knows what we do.

But I am proud.”

“It’s all about focus and teamwork. We won in armed squad my sophomore year, which was my first year commanding. I remember when we won, we just started freaking out.”

­— Senior Nathalia Guzman

— Senior Cooper Kutt

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Pastor Brian Bagley-Bonner gives Lola some love at the Blessing of the Animals at Faith United Church of Christ.

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Pastor Brian Bagley-Bonner blesses Suki as her owners, Marge and Pat Kirchner-Landry, watch.

Somebody bark ‘amen!’

W Mugsy and Bradenton’s Maureen O’Neil chill out before the Blessing of the Animals ceremony.

East County’s Linda Van Buskirk, Ellie and Dorathy Gallo stand with their certificate after Ellie was blessed by the pastor at Faith United Church of Christ.

hen a dog has to share a home with 21 cats, he certainly needs an edge.

Lucky Bon Jovi, owned by Braden River Lakes’ Sharon and Bob Brucker, was given that edge on April 1 at East County’s Faith United Church of Christ during the Blessing of the Animals.

The Bruckers only brought their dog to the event. “We are his third home,” Sharon Brucker said of Lucky Bon Jovi.

His name was Lucky at his first home, then Bon Jovi at the next, so we decided to just combine the names.”

About 20 people came for the

service.

A table, decorated with flowers and a wooden cross, was set up as a station, where the Rev. Brian Bagley-Bonner, who started the service at the church four years ago, blessed each animal.

“A lot of people around here do not have many family members nearby,” Bagley-Bonner said. “We want to acknowledge the importance of the pets in our lives. We need all of the blessings that we can get, and we might as well include the animals as much as we can.”

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FRIDAY, APRIL 7

FASHION SHOW Begins at 11:30 a.m. at Polo Grill and Bar, 10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch. Foundation for Dreams will host this fundraising fashion show featuring designs

by Lilly Pulitzer. Cost is $75. To register, visit foundationfordreams.org.

MUSIC ON MAIN Runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at Main Street at Lakewood Ranch. This monthly concert series and block party will feature live music by the Paisley Craze Band. Proceeds will benefit the Loveland Center.

Guests can visit Main Street shops, vendor booths, a kids zone and other festivities. For information, visit lakewoodranch.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 8

ONE WALK Begins at 9:30 a.m. at Main Street at Lakewood Ranch. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation will host this 5K walk raising funds and awareness for Type 1 diabetes. A 1-mile walk also is available. Registration, food and festivities start at 8 a.m. For information, visit jdrf.org.

GOLF OUTING Begins at 9 a.m. at the Legacy Golf Club, 8255 Legacy Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. The Sarasota-Manatee Ohio State Alumni Club welcomes Jamie Skelton, one of Ohio State’s top 50 basketball players, as the guest speaker for its annual golf tournament. A $130 fee entitles players to 18 holes of golf, lunch and more. To register or for questions, go to sarasotabuckeye.org to register. Registrants may also email DMTaylor400@gmail.

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EGGSTRAVAGANZA Runs from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Greenbrook Adventure Park, 13400 Adventure Place, Lakewood Ranch. Lakewood Ranch Community Activities will host this longest-running egg hunt in Lakewood Ranch. The hunt is open to children ages 2 to 13 and begins promptly at 10:15 a.m. Registration costs $3 for children 2 and up and $5 for adults. For information or to register, visit lwrcac.com.

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GARDENING IN FLORIDA Runs from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Braden River Library, 4915 53rd Ave. E, Bradenton. Gardeners Out East will teach this class on Florida’s unique gardening requirements. Refreshments start at 10. For information, call 727-6079.

SATURDAY, APRIL 8 AND SUNDAY, APRIL 9

ART IN THE PARK Runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at University Park Country Club, 7671 The Park Blvd., Sarasota.

The University Park Country Club will host the 17th annual juried exhibition and sale of work from more than 30 local artists.

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For information, visit diabetes.org or lakewoodranch.com.

PALM SUNDAY PICNIC Begins at 11:30 a.m. at Harvest United Methodist Church, 14305 Covenant Way, Lakewood Ranch.

Harvest United Methodist welcomes the public for this event that includes a noon egg hunt, outdoor games, a bounce house and a picnic lunch. For information, call 907-7333.

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EGG HUNT Runs from 6 to 7:15 p.m. at the Braden River Library, 4915 53rd Ave. E, Bradenton. Families can enjoy hunting for eggs throughout the library, as well as crafts and other festivities. For information, call 727-6079.

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PAUL WILBUR Performs at 6:30 p.m. at The Family Church at Christian Retreat, 1200 Glory Way Blvd., Bradenton. Integrity recording artist and worship leader Paul Wilbur seeks to build bridges of reconciliation, sharing God’s love.

Admission is free. For information, visit thefamily.church.

SATURDAY, APRIL 15

MY HOMETOWN FEST Runs from noon to 5 p.m. at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Saraso-

ta. Food, fun, craft beer and live music from some of the area’s top bands will be the order of the day as Sertoma Club of Greater Sarasota hosts this fundraising event. Admission includes regional food specialties from more than 40 area restaurants; samples of more than 60 different craft beers from throughout the nation and live music including Reverend Barry & Funktastic Soul. Tickets cost $40 for adults, including food and craft beer samples, and $10 for food-only tickets for adults and those under 21. Children 6 and under are free. For information or tickets, visit MyHometownFest.org.

THURSDAY, APRIL 20

TWEEN ART CLUB Runs from 6 to 7:15 p.m. at the Braden River Library, 4915 53rd Ave. E, Bradenton. This art event is for tween-aged (preteen or young teen) children. The group will work on color collages. For information, call 727-6079.

BRIDGE A LIFE FUNDRAISER Runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at Polo Grill and Bar, 10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch.

Bridge a Life is a nonprofit that recruits foster and adoptive parents and utilizes volunteers to support foster and adoptive families. Guests will enjoy a silent auction and raffle prior to dinner and a program that highlights the organization’s efforts. Cost is $95. For information or to purchase tickets, visit bridgealife.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 22

EARTH DAY FESTIVAL Runs from 1 to 5 p.m. at Windsor

Reflections, 8220 Natures Way, Lakewood Ranch. This Earth Day celebration will feature a farmers market, local craft vendors, a recycling station, a petting zoo and live entertainment. For information, call 907-9177.

SUNSETS IN PARADISE Runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Sarasota. This annual Tropical Nights “Sunsets in Paradise” themed event benefits Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee. A $150 ticket includes a buffet dinner, an open bar, live entertainment, a raffle and a silent auction. For information or to purchase tickets, visit mealsonwheelsplus.org.

A SHORT DRIVE SATURDAY, APRIL 8

CAJUN CRAWFISH AND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL Begins at 11 a.m. at St. Martha Catholic School at Bishop Nevins Academy, 4380 Fruitville Road, Sarasota. The festival will feature music from the Gumbo Boogie Band and a performance from the Sarasota Military Academy drum line. Crawfish will be served by the Central Florida Crawfish Co. There will also be the festival’s first Wine Pull, games and activities for children. General admission tickets cost $5, with children 5 and under getting in for free. Proceeds from the festival will benefit the students of St. Martha Catholic School. For more information, call 953-4181 or visit stmarthaschool.net.

SATURDAY, APRIL 15

ROCK OUT 4 RESCUE Runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Manatee County Animal Services, 305 25th St. W., Palmetto.

Manatee County Animal Services and Friends of Manatee County Animal Services are partnering for an all-day, familyfriendly event featuring entertainment and food and reduced adoption fees (only $20). FoMCAS will promote its “Heal My Heart” Campaign, which funds heartworm treatment to the affected shelter animals.

Information and vendor booths, food vendors, kids’ activities and a live music area will be set up on the grounds. Activities include music by Gabriel Newell at 11:30 a.m. and Big Daddy Band at 1:30 p.m. and a ribbon-cutting for the “real life room” in the shelter at 1 p.m. For information, contact Hans Wohlgefahrt at 742-5933 Ext. 8307 or visit mymanatee. org/pets.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19

SEA SHANTIES Runs from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez. Join The Folk School at Florida Maritime Museum in learning “Sea Shanties” and other songs of the sea. Have fun singing traditional songs of the sailors, which are some of the oldest folk songs to be found. A sea shanty is a type of work song that was commonly sung while performing labor on large merchant vessels. These work songs carry the spirit of the 19th century sailor in their

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Workshop costs $15. Registration is required by April 12 by calling 708-6120.

SATURDAY, APRIL 22

HEROES PARTY AT THE COMPOUND Starts at 4 p.m. at the Music Compound, 1751 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota. The annual live music and craft beer festival benefits Heroes Welcome Home, a nonprofit that supports veterans.

This year’s featured music acts include Leviathan Cross, Democracy and the All Veterans Jam Band. The music events are free to the public, and a beer tasting ticket costs $15. Food will also be available for purchase. For more information, call Heroes Welcome Home at 812-7983 or visit heroeswelcomehomefl.com.

TUESDAY, APRIL 25

SHERIFF’S OFFICE PRESENTATION Runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Crime Prevention Conference Room of the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, 600 301 Blvd. W., Bradenton. The presentation is hosted by the Crime Prevention Unit and will provide attendees with a general definition, scope and size of workplace violence, including information on active shooter situations. Space is limited. For more information, contact the Crime Prevention Office at 747-3011, Ext. 2500 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Andrews, working with Lakewood Ranch High service group Lakewood Leaders, threw pastel colored powder at more than 1,900 competitors in the Color Vibe 5K. “I definitely was not running this morning,” Andrews said. “But it was seriously such a fun event.”

It was the first time the event, which benefited The Florida Center for Early Childhood, was hosted by Premier.

The Lake Club’s Cathleen Studdiford, Maeve Studdiford, Owen Studdiford and Valerie Leatherwood show off their awards after finishing the Color Vibe 5K.

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Bradenton’s Polea Vacek, 4, skips through the grass during the Color Vibe 5K.

Arcadia’s Fatima Velasco doesn’t seem to mind she is covered in chalk at the Color Vibe 5K in Lakewood Ranch.

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On March 29, Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority Operations Department staff completed installation of the marker, meant to honor military veterans past, present and future.

A dedication ceremony will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, May 28, at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. Residents can also show their support by participating in the club’s charity golf tournament May 6, at the Esplanade Golf and Country Club.

Proceeds will help pay for the memorial.

Members of Lakewood RanchSarasota Elks Lodge 2855 read “Let’s B Safe” books March 30 to first-grade children at Freedom Elementary School. The books teach the children about safety and encourages them to read.

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The Elks have been sponsoring the program for first graders at various schools for six years.

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The grandson of Palm Aire resident Rose Marie Aichorn, Hartman donated 1,000 books, about half the total sold March 1-3 at the Palm Aire Women’s Club Book Sale. He and friend Vance Tomasi founded “Read, Repeat” to distribute gently used books to schools, hospitals, libraries, nursing homes, the Salvation Army and the Palm Aire Women’s Club Book Sale.

Proceeds from the book sale are combined with other fundraising efforts by the club, which will be distributed at a May 12 luncheon.

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The event started with a performance by Blue Skye Pipe and Drums, an all-female pipe and drums band based in Sarasota.

The night’s guest of honor was Paula Welenc, director of the Fisher House at the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa. She joined the hospital staff of the hospital to develop its Fisher House program and to open the house, which accepted its first guests in July 2007.

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L A K E WO O D R A N C H 12531 Highfield Circle Tina Ciaccio 941-685-8420 A4175144 $1,450,000

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

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

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

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 6919 Brier Creek Court Diana Michel 941-266-2677 A4156611 $799,900

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ANNA MARIA ISLAND 101 66th Street 9 Ken Kavanaugh & Margo Love Story 941-799-1943/941-685-6459 A4178549 $720,000

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U N I V E R S I T Y PA R K 7540 Ascot Court Nancy Phillips 941-400-6078 A4181423 $569,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 6553 The Masters Avenue Sue Cosgrove-Lee 941-400-9068 A4169358 $558,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7149 Whitemarsh Circle Marcia Frost 941-812-8493 A4179786 $529,000

B R A D E N TO N 923 80th Street NW Kathy Valente 941-685-6767 A4181376 $499,000

B R A D E N TO N 9815 Discovery Terrace Robyn Drourr 941-812-7778 A4171283 $440,000

PA L M E T TO 4125 89th Street E Erica Thomas 941-799-9365 A4178317 $430,000

B R A D E N TO N 911 Cimarron Circle Judy LaValliere 941-504-3792 A4175531 $429,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 6431 Moorings Point Circle 101 Sherwin Taradash, PA 941-448-3301 A4165412 $404,900

B R A D E N TO N 8712 54th Avenue E Autumn Moore 941-320-5823 A4172250 $385,000

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

B R A D E N TO N 1111 67th Street NW Jamie Van Vliet 941-993-8996 A4167194 $375,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 12719 Nightshade Place Stacy Hanan 941-266-0529 A4172854 $329,000

B R A D E N TO N 5131 54th Street W Leah Secondo 941-545-4430 A4169208 $319,000

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home in Harbor Walk topped all transactions in this week’s real estate.

Robert Lillquist Jr. and Mark Lillquist, of Glendale, Ariz., sold their home at 4745 Mainsail Drive to Jeffrey and Melinda Frye, of Dublin, Ohio, for $649,000. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,543 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $647,500 in 2014.

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4141 Inc. sold the home at 5015 Tobermory Way to Robert and Diana Hamilton, of Leesburg, for $572,500. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,401 square feet of living area.

4141 Inc. sold the home at 5023 Tobermory Way to Linda Spade, of Bradenton, for $423,000. Built in 2015, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,776 square feet of living area.

Franconia Real Estate Services Inc. sold the home at 4698 Royal Dornoch Circle to Guy Perry for $385,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms,

three baths and 2,598 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $402,000 in 2016.

WCI Communities LLC sold the home at 4665 Royal Dornoch Circle to John and Bonita Harbottle, of Wells, Maine, for $315,000. Built in 2016, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,832 square feet of living area.

COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE

Linda King, trustee, sold the home at 7118 Whitemarsh Circle to Michael and Maryann Smith, of Lakewood Ranch, for $455,000. Built in 2002, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,345 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $460,000 in 2004.

Phyllis Flowers, of Bradenton, sold the home at 13910 Siena Loop to Debra Maggi-Thomas, of Bradenton, for $395,000.

Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,325 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $370,000 in 2014.

Richard and Christina Meyers, of Longboat Key, sold their home at 7128 Presidio Glen to William and Constance Hogan, of Palmer, Ark., for $374,900.

Built in 2004, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,760 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $543,700 in 2005.

Sherry Branson, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 6603 Oakland Hills Drive to Rizal Rusli, of Lakewood Ranch, for $365,000. Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,137 square feet of living area.

COUNTRY CLUB EAST

WCI Communities LLC sold the Unit 22-D condominium

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RIVER CLUB NORTH

Beth Komyati, of Bradenton, sold her home at 6010 Glen Abbey Lane to Joshua and Joyce Wortley, of Bradenton, for $446,500. Built in 1990, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,459 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $275,000 in 1999.

ASHLEY TRACE AT UNIVERSITY PLACE

Thomas Kearney, of Sarasota, sold the home at 8008 Coates Row Place to Carol Dalton and Robert Reardon, of University Park, for $419,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,691 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $400,000 in 2013.

BRADEN PINES

Peter and Jane Garrod, of Clyde, N.C., sold their home at 10849 Forest Run Drive to Corey Hood and Sue Mingus, of Bradenton, for $405,000.

Built in 1983, it has five bedrooms, two baths and 2,846 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $259,900 in 2002.

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Fannie Mae sold the home at 1139 Mill Run E., to John and Angela Knapko, of Bradenton, for $250,000. Built in 1988, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,691 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $139,000 in 1997.

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Michael and Daniele Liddell, of Venice, sold their Unit C condominium at 1117 Riverscape St. to Steven and Carol Rosen, of Peachtree City, Ga., for $390,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,332 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $465,000 in 2008.

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These are the largest building permits issued by the Manatee County Planning and Zoning Department for the week of March 20 through 24, in order of dollar amounts.

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RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

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Harbor Walk home tops sales at $649,000

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for $365,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,853 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $315,000 in 2008.

OSPREY LANDING

CalAtlantic Group Inc. sold the home at 11569 11th Ave. E., to Patrick and Katarzyna, of Bradenton, for $356,000. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,822 square feet of living area.

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Timothy and Maureen Hyden, of Clermont, sold their home at 9207 66th Ave. Drive E., to Philip and Betty Perry, of Bradenton, for $342,000. Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,758 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $244,000 in 2003.

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Terri Evans, of Parrish, sold the home at 9227 67th Ave. E., to Ronna Ann Paris and John Owens, of Bradenton, for $300,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,944 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $267,000 in 2003.

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Richard Siegel, trustee, sold the home at 5203 96th St. E., to Robert and Kathryn Ann Keegan, of Bradenton, for $341,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,735 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $526,100 in 2002.

SUMMERFIELD VILLAGE

Chris and Jacqueline Riordan sold their home at 12007 Soft Rush Terrace to Edison and Elda Yzeiri, of Lakewood Ranch, for $340,000. Built in 1997, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,398 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $270,000 in 2008.

WENTWORTH

Edna and Knox Mitchell, of Bradenton, sold their home at 7324 St. Georges Way to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for $337,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,531 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $480,000 in 2004.

WATERCREST

Gerald and Sharon Koning sold their Unit 203 condominium at 6350 Watercrest to Denny Gilpin

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and Bonnie Walker, of Lakewood Ranch, for $330,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,742 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $402,900 in 2005.

Bradenton, for $300,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,424 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $394,300 in 2006.

AVALON AT THE VILLAGES OF PALM AIRE

Saul and Joanne Coplan, trustees, of Northampton, Pa., sold the home at 4910 60th Drive E., to Liang Jiu Chen and Dan Feng Lu, of Bradenton, for $285,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,018 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $392,600 in 2005.

Timothy and Anne Millard, of Ontario, Canada, sold their home at 6969 Mystic Lane to Joel and Sally Feder, of Sarasota, for $320,000. Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,569 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $350,000 in 2006.

SILVERLAKE

Kenneth and Rosalia Holmlund, of Sarasota, sold their home at 5918 53rd Lane E., to Guillermo Paz and Francia Manzano, of

Denis and Denyse Valin, of Quebec, Canada, sold their home at 5124 58th Terrace E., to John Haag and Robin Haag, trustees, of Bradenton, for $250,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms,

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two baths and 1,653 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $150,000 in 2010.

two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,746 square feet of living area.

a pool and 2,051 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $440,000 in 2005.

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Timothy and Tracey Vanschaick, of Fayetteville, N.C., sold their home at 4690 Claremont Park Drive to Cynthia Wrick, of Bradenton, for $295,000. Built in 2012, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,772 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $282,500 in 2014.

CARRIAGE RUN AT UNIVERSITY PLACE

Jack and Bernadette Moore, trustees, of Irving, Texas, sold the home at 7421 Sea Island Lane to Fernando Sousa III, of Wichita, Kansas, and Min Hee Yoo, of Palisades Park, N.J., for $292,500. Built in 2004, it has

Matthew and Carolyn Caldarella, of Santa Margarita, Calif., sold their home at 139 41st Circle E., to Peter Cullen and Joyce Swanson, of Bradenton, for $290,000. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,793 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $285,000 in 2015.

Mattamy Tampa/Sarasota LLC sold the home at 11915 Brookside Drive to Sarina DeWald, of Bradenton,f or $260,000. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,959 square feet of living area.

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John and Susan Johnson, of Venice, sold their home at 6411 Drewrys Bluff to John Shucart and Deborah Gottschalk Shucart, trustees, of Bradenton, for $270,000. Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, two baths,

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Pastor Pam Wellons

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First Church

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Maundy Thursday, April 13 at 7:00 pm

We Grow In Faith As A Family Through Outreach, Worship & Service

Saturday, April 15 @ 5:30 p.m. & Sunday, April 16 @ 10:30 a.m.

Maundy Thursday—April 13 @ 4:30 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Good Friday—April 14 @ 4:30 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Easter Egg Hunt—Saturday, April 8 @ 10:30 a.m.

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EASTER CONTEMPORARY SERVICE

We Invite You To Join Us For Holy Week And Easter

‘Whoever you are and wherever you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here’

Palm Sunday – 8:00am no music 10:15am music and choir Maundy Thursday – 7:00pm Good Friday – noon & 7:00pm Saturday, Easter Vigil – 5:00pm

PALM SUNDAY April 9 ~ 8:30 and 11 a.m.

Traditional Worship 9:45 a.m. - Contemporary Worship MAUNDY THURSDAY April 13 ~ 7 p.m.

EASTER SUNDAY April 16 ~ 8:30 and 11 a.m.

Traditional Worship ~ Brass, Organ, Percussion and First Church Choir 9:45 a.m. - Contemporary Worship

® Palm Sunday Worship, 9 & 11am ® Maundy Thursday Worship, 7pm ® Good Friday Worship, 12pm

Easter Services

Easter Sunday Worship, 9 & 11am Adult choirs, brass quintet, timpani.

Egg hunt for children between services

Special Guests - Philomusica String Quartet

CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY 5900 N Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota, Fl

941-355-3262 • www.churchofthenativity.com An Episcopal Church serving Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

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Nursery and First Church Kids 8:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 236490

8:00am – Eucharist with music 10:15am – Eucharist with music & Choir

7750 Beneva Rd. • Sarasota, FL 34238 www.faithsarasota.com

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First Church

First Congregational United Church of Christ Holy Week

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6:30 a.m. - Sunrise Butterfly Service in the garden (bring a folding chair) 7:30 a.m. - Early Worship 9:00 a.m. - Traditional Worship 11:11 a.m. - Casual Family Worship

Sunday, April 16 @ 7:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Palm Sunday, April 9; 8:00, 9:15, 11:00 am

Good Friday, April 14 at 7:00 pm

EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES

EASTER FESTIVAL WORSHIP

Holy Week Services

Easter Celebration, Sunday, April 16 at 8:00, 9:15 & 11:00 am

Faith Lutheran Church

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11107 Palmbrush Trail Lakewood Ranch FL

104 S. Pineapple Ave. ● Sarasota, FL (941) 955-0935 ● www.firstsrq.com

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Living Lord Lutheran Church

Maundy Thursday Service

April 13th at 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Easter Egg Hunt

April 15th at 10:00 a.m. - Community Center Free and open to the public

Community Easter Sunrise Service

6:30 a.m. on April 16th Siesta Key Public Beach near the pavilion – Bring a Beach Chair or Blanket –

Contemplative Worship ~ Sacred Space

HOLY WEEK SERVICES AND TIMES

8:00 a.m. in the Meditation Chapel

Palm Sunday - 9:15 am Maundy Thursday - 7:00 pm Good Friday - 7:00 pm Easter Sonrise - 7:00 am Easter - 9:15 am

Traditional Easter Worship 9:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary

with Full Choir & Brass Nursery Provided • Hearing Loop System Available

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church & School (The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod)

5659 Honore Ave., Sarasota, FL 34233

236662

6116 Crestwood Avenue www.pineshorespres.org • (941) 922-1597

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Pine Shores Presbyterian Church

236390

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Informal Worship Gathering

10:00 a.m. in Community Center

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Good Friday Services

7:30 a.m. Dawn Liturgy 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. Stations, Meditations, Prayers, Ending with Liturgy at 2:00 p.m.

The Great Vigil of Easter

7:15 pm Saturday, with a Reception to Follow

Easter Sunday Services

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The Living Jesus Serves All in Worship!

MAUNDY THURSDAY 7p.m.: Lord’s Supper communion service

GOOD FRIDAY

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Noon and 7 p.m.: “7 words from the cross” worship

HOLY SATURDAY

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5:30 p.m.: Chapel communion service

EASTER SUNDAY

6:30 a.m.: SonRise worship with communion 9 a.m.: Celebration communion with praise band

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Concordia Lutheran Church 236247

2185 Wood Street

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Masses at 5:30 PM Saturday, and Sunday at 7, 9* and 11AM*, 1 PM* mass in Spanish

MAUNDY THURSDAY – April 13 Masses at 10 AM, 6 PM* (Washing of Feet and Stripping of the Altar)

JOIN US FOR HOLY WEEK PALM SUNDAY CANTATA APRIL 9 8:45 AM & 11 AM

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GOOD FRIDAY – April 14

TABLE FOR TWELVE COMMUNION, APRIL 13

Stations of the Cross on Main Street 7:30 AM Mass of the Pre-Sanctified, 10 AM Good Friday Liturgy, 12 Noon-3 PM*

EASTER VIGIL – April 15 Mass at 6 PM*

7-8:30 PM

GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 14

Taizé Service • Noon

EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 16

Rev. Dr. Kathleen Wiggins 8:45 AM & 11 AM

EASTER DAY – April 16

Masses at 7, 9*, and 11 AM*, 1 PM in Spanish *

Childcare provided in our nurseries

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Egg Hunt for kids after service

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941.349.1166 www.siestakeychapel.org

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222 South Palm Avenue

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WHITE LEATHER couch and loveseat, $750 or best offer. 941.360.0014

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RIVER CLUB Community Garage Sale, Saturday, April 8th, 8a.m. - 2p.m. Located next to Lakewood Ranch, between SR 70 & University Parkway.

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RIVERS REACH community yard sale, Saturday 4/8, 8am-noon. At Rye Rd & Rivers Reach Blvd.

GREENBULL 10−FT ladder Model 202210 $100 Ca.King Platform Frame $100 (941) 737−9227

TWIN RIVERS COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE: Saturday, 8a.m.-3p.m., 2915 156th Ter. E., Parrish 34219.

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Parrish | 3/2 | $590,000 | Jane Kitching 866.600.6008 529255 Open Sun 1-4 | 12830 State Road 62 | Search A4164449 on CBHomes.com

Sorrento Shores | 3/2 | $699,900 | Glenn Davis 866.600.6008 542558 Open Sun 1-4 | 334 Gaugin Dr | Search A4177785 on CBHomes.com

Mill Creek | 4/3 | $585,000 Argelia Vidal 866.600.6008 531643 Open Sun 1-4 | 2002 154th St E Search A4176318 on CBHomes.com

One Hundred Central | 2/2 | $499,000 Carol Mitchell 866.600.6008 536929 Open Sun 1-4 | 100 Central Ave, Unit #C521 Search A4171705 on CBHomes.com

Twin Rivers | 4/4 | $449,000 Kimberlie MacDonald 866.600.6008 Open Sun 1-4 | 3869 155th Ave E Search A4158986 on CBHomes.com

Mote Ranch | 3/2 | $439,500 Susan Sweeney 866.600.6008 507019 Open Sun 1-4 | 6615 Grand Point Ave Search A4180160 on CBHomes.com

The Plantations | 3/3 | $424,900 Team Cashi 866.600.6008 469134 Open Sun 1-4 | 6648 Butlers Crest Dr Search A4181881 on CBHomes.com

Mill Creek | 4/2 | $374,000 Nikki Smith 866.600.6008 467463 Open Sun 1-4 | 13820 18th Pl E Search A4175334 on CBHomes.com

Siesta Towers | 1/1 | $349,900 Darren Beddoe/Bo Botts 866.600.6008 467469 Open Sun 1-4 | 4822 Ocean Blvd, #9E Search A4152146 on CBHomes.com

Waterlefe G & R Club | 3/2 | $349,900 Stephen Slocum 866.600.6008 546605 Open Sat 1-4 | 705 Foggy Morn Ln Search A4181222 on CBHomes.com

Greenbrook Village | 3/2 | $329,900 Kyle Henson 866.600.6008 355263 Open Sun 1-4 | 6213 Willet Ct Search A4176202 on CBHomes.com

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Broadway Promenade | 2/2 | $489,900 Michelle Dunbar/Roy Dunbar 866.600.6008 524651 New | 1064 N Tamiami Trl, #1613 Search A4181770 on CBHomes.com

Ashton Pointe | 5/4 | $469,900 Judi Taulbee 866.600.6008 543673 Reduced | 5540 Cartagena Dr Search A4178812 on CBHomes.com

Bent Tree Village | 3/2.1 | $384,900 Karen DeRitter 866.600.6008 493191 Reduced | 4950 Candlebush Cir Search A4173875 on CBHomes.com

Creekside Oaks | 5/3 | $329,900 Ivelisse Lopez 866.600.6008 540251 Reduced | 8515 44th Ct E Search A4175605 on CBHomes.com

Summerfield Village | 4/3 | $329,900 Kyle Henson 866.600.6008 487447 New | 12007 Whistling Way Search A4179684 on CBHomes.com

Silverleaf | 2/2 | $259,900 Tyce Clark 866.600.6008 547568 New | 4238 Magnolia Blossom Dr Search A4181191 on CBHomes.com

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*Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate is ranked number one in closed residential buyer and/or seller transaction sides in Orlando, Tampa/St. Petersburg and Pensacola/Panhandle, and number one in residential sales volume (calculated by multiplying number of buyer and/or seller transaction sides by the sales price) in Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa/St. Petersburg and Pensacola/Panhandle, according to data submitted to REAL Trends by NRT LLC, 2016. One unit equals one side of a transaction (buyer or seller). Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of the Company. The property information herein is derived from various sources that may include, but not be limited to, county records and the Multiple Listing Service and it may include approximations. Although the information is believed to be accurate, it is not warranted and you should not rely upon it without personal verification. Š2016 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Operated by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker, the Coldwell Banker logo, Coldwell Banker Previews International and the Previews logo are registered and unregistered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC.

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