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TITLE TOWN Three East County athletes win multiple state track and field championships.

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Mother’s Day love comes early

Parched ponds Near-drought conditions draw full attention of public. SEE PAGE 3A

B.D. Gullett Elementary School kindergartners celebrated Mother’s Day early.

On May 5, eight kindergarten classes sang, read and ate chocolate chip cookies with their moms.

Nolan Lee, 5, sat on the lap of his mom, Meghan Lee (above), during the Mother’s Day celebration. “I love my mom because she loves me the most,” Lee said. “No matter what, she will never stop loving me.”

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The banks of Kent Lake, located east of White Eagle Boulevard just south of the Bridgewater community, grow as the water level falls.

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Unicorn sighting Five-year-old Charlotte Bass (above), of Polk County, was princess for a day at the Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club in Lakewood Ranch.

Her wish through Make-AWish Central and Northern Florida came true as she petted and fed a unicorn named Bam Bam on a grassy fairway.

“We see (unicorns) here all the time, but I think that one was a special one for you,” Ritz-Carlton employee Tyler Fiske told Charlotte.

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Mustang John Rivera wins the Class 4A boys 800-meter state championship May 5.

Lake access will be a big selling point at Waterside.

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Community leaders target opioids epidemic Problem isn’t confined to central Bradenton.

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Manatee County Commissioner Charles B. Smith, District 2, speaks on the panel during the opioid workshop.

we (law enforcement) are really trying to help these people overcome this disease. When we have to send them to jail, it is because of crimes they have committed in order to support their addiction. I have no tolerance for drug dealers selling fentanyl and carfentanil to people when they know it is going to kill them.”

Joshua Barnett, the Manatee County Health Care Services manager, said opioid overdoses are more prevalent in the urban core.

“It looks so prevalent in the urban core because there is a more dense population there,” Barnett said. “When there’s more people, there’s more of an issue.”

However, the problem can spread to other neighborhoods,

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t was last November when Manatee County Sheriff’s Lt. Robert Mealy responded to an overdose taking place in a “nice” East County neighborhood.

Mealy was responding as backup for the officer who was already at the scene.

When Mealy arrived, he saw the other deputy giving CPR to a 24-year-old male on the kitchen floor of his home. The user’s mother watched as the officer tried to revive the young man, Mealy said.

“When I went to the scene, the deputy was actively performing CPR on the victim, and he kept performing CPR until EMS arrived, which was a few minutes later,” Mealy said. “When The EMS arrived, they administered Narcan and the victim came back.”

While local law enforcement officers confirm the Lakewood Ranch area certainly has less of a drug overdose problem com-

pared with the rest of the county, it wouldn’t be correct to say the area isn’t affected by it.

On April 11, in response to the opioid epidemic gripping the state, Gov. Rick Scott directed the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Health and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to coordinate community meetings with the hope of identifying strategies to fight opioid usage in Florida.

Manatee County’s opioid workshop took place May 2. More than 100 Manatee County government officials, doctors and health specialists gathered at the Bradenton Area Convention Center, eager to hear how law enforcement, county commissioners and rehabilitation centers plan on combating the opioid epidemic.

Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells sat on the panel, along with Manatee County commissioners.

Wells shared law enforcement’s view of the opioid epidemic, and noted his office “has never been about targeting those who are addicted.”

“We know that we cannot arrest our way out of this issue,” Wells said. “With this heroin epidemic,

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affluent or not.

“Frankly, it does not mean that residents of Lakewood Ranch haven’t driven to particular neighborhoods, obtained the drugs and overdosed,” Barnett said. “You have to have the means, or the coverage to go see the physician, pay or fill the prescription, to refill the prescription, but you may not have the means to go to a specialist or pay for treatment for your dependency. Access to this does not preclude any wealthy community from having this issue.”

Barnett also discussed the law enforcement’s involvement with the drug epidemic, and how proactive the county has been fighting to stop the problem.

“I would say law enforcement is

A report by the Florida Behavioral Health Association says opioids, such as heroin, lead to nearly 10 deaths a day in the state, killing someone every two-and-ahalf hours. Manatee County tops the list with the highest number of overdose deaths (31 reported in emergency rooms already in 2017).

Of all Naloxone administration by the Manatee Community Paramedicine program in 2016, 58.2% was in the ZIP codes of 34207, 34205, and 34208, central Bradenton.

The Florida Medical Examiners Commission Drug Report says Manatee County is No. 1 in the state in the number of overdose deaths related to fentanyl, an opioid often sold as heroin. Manatee County had 119 fatal opioids overdoses in 2016.

Manatee County had reports of 1,400 opioid overdoses in 2016, and has had 423 overdoses already this year.

looking for dealers and drug traffickers,” Barnett said. “They have been really proactive in making sure that those who are addicted are referred to treatment, and that’s a pretty sound public health approach of where law enforcement is strong.”

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DRY SPRING DROPS POND LEVELS County orders few restrictions on watering at this point.

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akewood Ranch resident Maureen Flaherty stepped toward the pond behind her home and pointed to its bare, sandy edges.

“This is the first time I’ve had beachfront property,” she said with a laugh.

Water levels in the Summerfield pond are lower than she ever remembered since purchasing her home in 2003. Flaherty doesn’t mind the pond is no longer aesthetically pleasing, but she worries about the impacts to wildlife and nature.

“You would never see this before,” Flaherty said. “I think this is a sign there’s a problem.

When you hear someone say there isn’t a drought, this is quite the picture.”

The Southwest Florida Water Management District, the agency tasked with meeting the area’s water needs and protecting and preserving water resources, on April 25 extended its Phase 1 water shortage program for its 16-county region, which includes Manatee and Sarasota counties.

The Phase 1 shortage alerts the public that watering restrictions could be forthcoming and also requires local utilities to review and implement procedures for enforcing year-round water conservation schedules.

It does not change allowable watering schedules.

Florida’s dry season runs from October through May, with April usually one of the driest months.

Granville Kinsman, the hydrologic data manager at SWFWMD, said the district has experienced “good” rainfall for the past four years, bringing water levels up.

Last year proved especially wet, making this year’s dry spell seem more extreme.

“Since Oct. 1, we’ve only received half of what we would normally expect during the dry season,” Kinsman said. “We’re 10 inches below average for the seven-month period. It’s like everything shut off.”

Even still, groundwater levels in the area scored a 16% of 100% capacity. That figure sounds low, but normal for dry season is between 25% and 75%, so the level, although outside that range, does not constitute a “drought” per the water management district’s definition, Kinsman said.

“We live in a system that depends on rainfall,” Kinsman said. “That’s the nature of our state. We’re in a period where rainfall is reduced. There’s nothing really we can do about it.”

Climate models suggest the state will go back into a wet weather pattern later this year, improving chances for abovenormal rainfall headed into the winter season, Kinsman said.

He said increased rain is expected to start in June.

Until then, communities are doing their best to weather the dry season. Managers and engineers for East County communities report water levels for many retention ponds are the lowest they’ve experienced, even lower than in 2011 when a drought forced the water management

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Summerfield’s Maureen Flaherty shows how low the water level has dropped on the retention pond behind her house. She is worried about wildlife.

DID YOU KNOW? In the East County area, there is a clay layer between the surface and the Floridian Aquifer that prevents rain from penetrating directly into the aquifer. Instead, water moves into the aquifer from the eastern side of the district, primarily from rains in Polk, Highlands and DeSoto counties.

“It takes awhile for the water to move into the system, but that’s where the water enters the system,” said Granville Kinsman, manager of the Southwest Florida Water Management District’s hydraulic section.

district to dictate once-a-week watering.

“I’m seeing some places where it’s lower now than it was back then,” said engineer Rick Schappacher, the district engineer for the GreyHawk Landing, Harborage, Tara Preserve, Heritage Harbour and Waterlefe communities. “It depends on the exact area. For Heritage Harbour, there are a few lakes you could basically walk across with one little stream in the middle. They said they’ve never seen it that low.”

Paul Chetlain, director of operations for the Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority, agreed.

Residents, he said, have expressed concerns about aesthetics, as well as water quality issues. Lower water levels have resulted in algae and other sentiment getting into irrigation lines and sometimes blocking valves and rotors for irrigation systems.

Operations staff flush irrigation lines about once quarterly, but they have had to flush more frequently in some areas to ensure irrigation lines are working properly, Chetlain said.

The retention ponds’ primary role is to collect water runoff from yards and roadways and treat that

The banks of Kent Lake, located east of White Eagle Boulevard just south of the Bridgewater community, are exposed as the water level decreases.

FUN FACT

WATER DATA AQUIFER LEVELS (IN PERCENTAGES COMPARED TO THE AQUIFER’S HISTORICAL HIGH ON MAY 3) May 3 May 3, 2016 Normal range on May 3 15% 57% 25-75% COUNTY RAINFALL DURING THE DRY SEASON Jan.-May (2017) Jan.-May Historic Avg. Jan.-May Normal 4.83 inches 13.58 inches 10.07-17.54 inches Source: Southwest Florida Water Management District

water before it enters the next water body, stream or river. But they also are used in many neighborhoods for irrigation water.

Schappacher said dry ponds create the potential for erosion.

Exposed edges around the lakes — particularly ones that are not vegetated — will erode much easier after heavy rainfall occurs.

Schappacher said he is using the dry spell as a chance to better inspect the ponds in the commu-

nities he services so they can better plan and budget for any future repairs.

Aquifers are underground layers of rock and sand that hold water.

In Southwest Florida, more than 80% of the water supply comes from aquifers.

WATER SCHEDULES Although Manatee County Public Utilities in April sent out notices that Manatee County residents can still water their yards weekly, many East County neighborhoods, including Greenbrook, Summerfield and Riverwalk and University Place, among others, have enforced once-a-week watering through their homeowners associations. Residents who are unsure about their watering allowance should contact their respective homeowners associations.

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Plans for Post Boulevard underway Design would accommodate a potential Lakewood Ranch high school site.

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lans are underway for a roadway extension that one day may service a new high school in Lakewood Ranch.

The Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District on May 5 approved a $129,820 contract with Dewberry, an engineering firm, to design Post Boulevard north to a planned extension of Rangeland Parkway.

Approval of the Post Boulevard extension design, specifically, is being prompted by negotiations between Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch and the School District of Manatee County for an 80-acre high school site at the southwest corner of the future Post Boulevard and Rangeland Parkway intersection, said Bob Simons, a district supervisor and president of development for SMR. No deal for the land has been finalized, but SMR will design Rangeland Parkway and Post Boulevard in that area to accommodate the school district’s land needs, said Richard Bedford, vice president of planning SMR. Bedford said the property’s location adjacent to Premier Sports Campus, with its 22-lighted multipurpose fields, make the

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site a good one for a school. SMR envisions there could be some shared use of the sports facilities.

Premier’s main entrance is at the intersection of 59th Avenue East and Post Boulevard, northeast of the Lakewood Ranch U.S. Postal Service office.

“It would skirt the western boundary of Premier Sports,” district engineer Rob Engle said of the future Post Boulevard. “It misses all the fields. All the fields were laid out with that (future road) in mind.”

The Post Boulevard extension completes the major roadway grid for SMR’s property roughly east of Lorraine Road and north of State Road 70. In that area, all other major future roadways, including 44th Avenue East, Rangeland Parkway and Uihlein Road, are in the design and permitting stages.

SMR has no timeline for building Post Boulevard through to Rangeland Parkway, but expects construction could start within two years, Simons said.

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BRAKES makes stop in East County Teens take advantage of a hands-on driver safety course.

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Matt Reilly was used to seeing his work with the nonprofit BRAKES help other people’s children.

Then his oldest daughter, Courtney, was driving her sister, Carly, to a soccer tournament earlier this year in their home state of North Carolina.

“The car in front of her hit a piece of metal and it was coming toward Courtney’s windshield,” said Matt Reilly, who is BRAKES’ director of operations.

“She reacted, and while the piece of metal harpooned the radiator, it didn’t hit the windshield.”

Reilly, a former instructor at the Bob Bondurant School of High

Performance Driving and the Skip Barber and Jim Russell Racing schools, said Courtney, who is now 22, took a BRAKES’ driving school course when she was a teenager. He said the lessons she learned might have helped her avert a serious accident.

On May 20-21, the BRAKES’ Mopar Road Ready program comes to Bradenton Motorsports Park, offering a free driving course to teens ages 15-19.

It is an important second year for the program in the East County area.

“We always have to make sure we can get the space available,” said Reilly. “We need 500,000 square feet, and a lot of places that have that space have curbs everywhere. That makes it tough.

“The other thing is, ‘Can we get the funding?’ We like to see if the community is going to push it and keep it going.”

Reilly said the program costs

“The car in front of her hit a piece of metal and it was coming toward Courtney’s windshield. She reacted, and while the piece of metal harpooned the radiator, it didn’t hit the windshield.”

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Teen drivers will get hands-on training on how to handle emergency situations during the Mopar Road Ready program presented by BRAKES.

from $350 to $500 per teen, so sponsors are critical to the program. Each session can handle 36 students.

Doug Herbert, who founded BRAKES after his sons, Jon, 17, and James, 12, were killed in an auto crash in January 2008, said he believes the second East County stop will work out just fine.

“I think the first one is the toughest,” said Herbert, a professional drag racer who also owns Doug Herbert Performance Parts.

“Usually with the second one, the word of mouth is out and attendance usually is better. And here, we have Bradenton Motorsports Park really supporting us.”

Reilly said the Bradenton stop is still low on numbers, but filling up. He said the morning sessions are tough to fill because teenagers in general don’t want to get out of bed.

If they do get out of bed, they

will take courses from instructors such as stock car veteran Doc McKinney, who has more than 40 years of racing experience. McKinney teaches the skid pad course.

“If’s funny, but most of the kids come in with a pouty look, ‘I don’t want to be here,’” McKinney said.

“But they watch the videos, and hear Doug (Herbert) talk about his experience, and their eyes open.

“I teach the skid pad where we put plastic over the tires, which takes away most of their grip.

They can start to skid at 15 mph.

We teach them how to control that skid.”

McKinney said he sees an immediate impact on his students. He said the four-hour program makes a difference.

He also notes that once the students are engaged, they are more open to input from instructors than adults would be. He said they have had less time to develop

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bad driving habits.

And when he leaves after teaching a session, he always feels good that he might have helped a teen to prevent an accident.

“It is a humbling, but gratifying experience,” he said of teaching the school.

Reilly said all the instructors are committed to the program.

“I gave up 39 weekends last year,” he said. “I gave up my Super Bowl Sunday. But I lost my mother-in-law to a teen texting while driving. This means a lot to us.”

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Builders bank on new community Home sales to start this summer at lake-inspired development.

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ndrew Basco stepped out of his truck and onto a site with two houses under construction, each with bare concrete walls and partially tiled roofs.

Walking to the back of one, he pointed to wooden stakes planted in the lake behind it. They mark where a dock will go.

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see,” said Basco, a sales associate for builder Pulte Group Inc. The scene is the basis for the entire Shoreview project. Pulte will build 246 single-family homes around the banks of two lakes, totaling 143 acres.

It’s the first project coming to fruition in Schroeder-Manatee Ranch’s Waterside at Lakewood Ranch, a 5,144-home, 5,500-acre development in Sarasota County set around a series of seven large lakes left over from SMR’s aggregate mining operations.

The Waterside project generally runs from Interstate 75 to east of Lorraine Road and between University Parkway and Fruitville Road. It is located south of the

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“This is a very high-profile project. You just don’t see these lakes around here.

It’s a great opportunity.”

Pulte Group’s Shoreview at Waterside project will offer docks from about half of its homes. Per community guidelines, guests will be able to boat, using electric motors only. Other types of watercraft can be accommodated, as well: n Sailboats, maximum of 14 feet n Rowing scull, maximum of 20 feet n Kayak, maximum of 16 feet n All other boats, maximum of 14 feet n Pontoon boats, prohibited

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Andrew Basco, a sales associate for Pulte Group Inc., said interest has been high for the developer’s Shoreview project, the first to open in Waterside.

schedule appointments the week of June 1,” Basco said. “We already have six on June 1. They’re going to bring a $10,000 check, choose their home site and go to contract within a week.”

Pricing for homes has not been finalized yet, but it will be by the time the sales center and models open July 1, Basco said.

Builder Homes by Towne is close behind with its neighboring Lakehouse Cove at Waterside project immediately east of

the Pulte project. The community, when finished, will have 391 units, including some that are for-sale, multifamily products, although those details have not been finalized.

Construction of The Lakehouse Cove models is expected to start sometime in June, if not earlier, with models opening in December.

Homes by Towne will have five models, and builders Arthur Rutenberg Homes and Lee Weth-

erington Homes, which will purchase lots from Homes by Towne, each will have two models in Lakehouse Cove.

“It’s going wonderfully,” said Richard Bedford, vice president of planning for SMR, of Waterside’s development. “It’s our first project in Sarasota County. It’s been a long time coming. We’re pretty excited about it.”

Sales inquiries indicate the public is excited, as well.

Basco said he has seen strong

interest. Kitt Kearney, Homes by Towne’s vice president of sales and marketing, agrees.

Online inquiries have generated five to seven leads per day, compared with the norm, which is five to seven in a week for a community that is not yet open.

“We have over 700 leads right now in our database for people who have expressed interest,” Basco said. “This is a very highprofile project. You just don’t see these lakes around here. It’s a great opportunity.”

Kearney also was beaming with optimism.

“With over 1,000 acres of lakes, there is a compelling combination of striking natural scenery, location and accessibility at Waterside. People really seem to love the overall concept of lake living and Waterside Place’s proposed water taxi transportation system,” she said.

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SMR officials envision a walkable, gate-free community with a waterfront downtown district (Waterside Place) anchored by The Players Centre for Performing Arts, a community park and rides along some lakes via water taxis.

Pulte Group has two models under construction, and home sales start in less than a month.

“People who are interested can

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Braden Woods’ William Stelcher takes a seat in his favorite “touring” car, the 1965 Morgan Plus 4.

His wheels keep turning Braden Woods man has drive to continue hobby.

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hortly after he started collecting and racing antique cars in 1965, William Stelcher contracted a rare disease.

“I told myself I had polymorganitis,” said Stelcher, who now is 73. “It was a word I invented because I had a crazy collection of six, three-wheeled Morgan cars.”

He eventually recovered from his love of three-wheelers, but there was no antidote for his love of collecting and racing.

Stelcher, who lives in Braden Woods, still has a Morgan, only this one is a 1965 Morgan Plus 4.

It’s not his racing vehicle, though, for he spends more time just riding around town with it.

His racing car now is a 1929 Model A Speedster that he uses as a member of the Daytona Antique Automobile Racing Association.

“We are just a bunch of old guys driving very old cars,” Stelcher

said of the group. “Our goal is to drive them as fast as we can, while simultaneously trying to make sure that our parts don’t fall off.”

The parts aren’t likely to fall off since Stelcher not only races and washes his cars, but he builds them as well.

“I’m pretty well-known with pre-war cars,” said Stelcher, who owned Kinetronics Corp., a manufacturing business that sold photo lab equipment, before retiring eight years ago. “I’ve raced on tracks all across the country, and I am considered one of the sport’s senior members.”

Since purchasing the Speedster, which can reach 90 mph, in 2007, Stelcher has raced it around the United States at tracks such as Watkins Glen (New York); Road America (Wisconsin), Lime Rock Park (Connecticut) and the MidOhio Sports Car Course (Ohio).

Races for Stelcher are typically four-day events that include a day of practice, a day of technical inspections, then qualifying races followed by the final day of the features.

It is not a grind for Stelcher, who has no plans to retire from

Braden Woods’ William Stelcher’s Ford Speedster sits in his auto shop that he had built on his property.

STELCHER’S CURRENT CLASSIC CARS: 1929 Model A Speedster: Purchased in 2007. Stelcher says, “I love this race car because it is just exhilarating, and racing an old car is a real adrenaline rush.”

1965 Morgan Plus 4: Purchased in 2002.

Stelcher says, “It has an openness to it.

It’s a perfect car to go on just a ride in the country.”

racing. “It is just too fun,” he said.

Of course, the racing events are just part of the hobby. Stelcher spends countless hours in his auto shop, cleaning and fixing his cars. “I spend more time out here in my shop than I probably should,” Stelcher said. “My wife (Carol Stelcher), thinks I’m hiding from her sometimes.”

His wife is a big part of his hobby as well. Carol cheers him on as they travel around the country and she has made many friends, too.

“The ladies trade recipes, just like the old times,” Carol Stelcher said. “And it is a wonderful hobby for him. Between his dog, Willy, and the cars, he is very active, and I think that’s good.”

Those around Lakewood Ranch should be seeing him driving his Speedster for quite some time.

“I would not sell the race car if someone offered me $50,000 because it is a huge part of racing history and it is really special to me,” Stelcher said of his Speedster. “I love my Morgan, too, though. I bought it from a retired school principal in Memphis, Tenn. It is a wonderful car to drive, it’s sporty and it handles beautifully.”

Driving his Morgan around town keeps Stelcher young, and he said it makes him feel like the cool kid on the block.

“Everybody gives me the thumbs up when they see me in the car,” he said.

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’ve lived in a lot of places where the fine dining options revolve around the Golden Arches, BK or KFC. So I truly appreciate the choices available in East County.

I could go on a world tour of cuisine and test a new restaurant for months. I could have my oysters raw, fried, baked, chopped, diced, stewed, blanched or broiled. My pizza can be thick, thin, oily or topped like a garden salad.

It’s great for me, but I wonder how all these restaurants stay in business. There are more restaurants in the Sarasota-Manatee counties area than birds.

On Sunday, I ventured to Oak & Stone, billed as a craft beer and Artisan pizza joint. It was hosting a special event because it has just added a Sunday brunch to its menu.

The restaurant, owned by Lisa and Joe Seidensticker and part of the Tableseide Group that includes Sarasota’s Louies Modern, Libby’s Cafe and Bar, Muse at the Ringling and Modern

Events, is located at 5405 University Parkway, in the heart of what we could call the restaurant district.

Whether that area could be said to have a glut of restaurants remains to be seen, because for the time being, most of these places seem to be filled. But those in the industry do wonder if the entries have a shelf life.

“There probably is too much competition,” said Oak & Stone head chef Mike Yoder, who honed his cooking skills while growing up in an Amish family in Ohio. “This area is flooded with restaurants ... well, I wouldn’t call them restaurants. They are not good.

“But if you are good, you don’t have to worry about it.”

Haven’t we seen it all when it comes to restaurants? How many different spins can you put on a hamburger? How many ingredients can you pile on a pizza?

But while some restaurants struggle to put their own stamp on a menu, Oak & Stone has found ways to fill that bill.

Another interesting menu item was the Benedict pizza, which combined garlic sauce, white cheddar cheese, port, bacon, caramelized onion, eggs sunnyside and a hollandaise sauce.

Being a native New Yorker who appreciates pizza in its most simple forms, I had a hard time wrapping my hands around pizza when I could see an egg. We have a culinary trend that says everything is better with an egg slapped on the top, and I’m not a fan. Once I scraped the egg off, though, the resulting creation was very tasty.

I wouldn’t call it pizza, but that’s a topic for another day.

For those of you who like endless combinations, Oak & Stone uses pineapple, clams, kale, pickled cucumber salad and salmon on its pizzas. Knock yourself out.

I do know they me hooked with their amazing chicken wings. So, please, just hand me one of those bracelets.

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Head chef Mike Yoder tries to put his personal spin on the Oak & Stone menu as he works in front of a wood-fired oven.

Anthony Liakakos, the general manager, showed me a plastic bracelet that includes a special chip. The bracelet is handed to those who want to pour their own beer. Yes, pour your own.

Using the iPourIt system, Oak & Stone has a beer wall with a line of 56 brews that allows customers to work the tap themselves. They swipe their bracelet, pull the tap and the beer flows with the system calculating your bill by the ounce. Liakakos said it is the only such system in the Sarasota-Manatee counties area.

The beers are rotated regularly,

so getting bored is impossible.

Liakakos and Yoder also work to set themselves apart with the food they offer. Therefore, you get sausage and gravy knots.

It’s a combination of homemade pepper sausage gravy, buttered garlic knots, eggs sunnyside up and hash browns. Yoder said it was his mother’s recipe, and her mom’s before that.

Suffice to say I wanted to figure out the recipe, since it carried that sausage explosion you get with biscuits and gravy, but not so much I had to keep my Tums next to my napkin. I was sold.

Jay Heater is the managing editor for the East County Observer. Contact him at jheater@ your observer.com

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STORM SURGE THREAT: BY THE LETTER

Manatee County’s Public Safety Department releases the updated storm-surge evacuation map.

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Mark Stukey, owner of Ray’s Canoe Hideaway, runs his business from the banks of the Manatee River. He lives there, too.

With the start of hurricane season coming June 1, the Manatee County Public Safety Department is asking residents to know their storm surge level.

While East County’s Stukey didn’t know the county rated his

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residence and business a “Level A,” he does understand he is in the highest-threat area for storm surge.

He has lived through it before.

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Stukey keeps a small, black photo album in his canoe rental office that bears the name, “Flood.”

“In 2003, everything in here (the office) was floating,” Stukey said. “Five days of nonstop rain — it never stopped.”

Surely, Stukey was experiencing the effects of a storm surge — when water is pushed on shore as a result of a strong storm — but what put his property completely under water was not the storm itself, but rather a “malfunction” with the Lake Manatee Dam, Stukey said.

“The guys up at the dam got an order to raise the south gate to let

the first time in five years.

The evacuation maps shows areas that might be affected as a result of a storm surge. The colors on the map correspond with areas in Manatee County that are likely to be evacuation zones based on the areas’ height above sea level.

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Stukey began flipping through the photos in his album where he saw a photo of his wife, Laura Stukey, smiling as she paddled around their property.

“Me and the guys up there at the dam are on a first name basis now,” Stukey said. “Especially after that little episode.”

Last week, the Manatee County Public Safety Department released updated storm surge evacuation maps to the public for

Level A: Highest risk of storm surge. Mobile homes and manufactured homes must evacuate as if they are Level A. Level B: If storm surge heights are expected to be between 11 and 14 feet above sea level, the county will issue an evacuation order for homes located in Levels A and B. Level C: If storm surge heights are expected to reach between 14 and 18 feet above sea level, Levels A, B and C will be ordered to evacuate.

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“We came up to a mountain of food,” Peet said. “Lakewood Ranch comes up really big.”

The Lakewood Ranch area comes up so big that Peet takes the day off from his route to drive a rental truck used to pick up nonperishable food contributions the regular carriers can’t carry.

On Saturday, May 13, “Stamp out Hunger” marks its 25th anniversary, and once again the East County area has an opportunity to make a difference in stamping out hunger in the county.

“I volunteer every year because it makes you feel so good,” said Peet, who has collected food the past 13 years.

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Barbara Miller, who has worked for 30 years as a carrier at the downtown Bradenton post office and has worked during the food drive since 2000, said five local U.S. Postal Service locations, including Lakewood Ranch and Braden River, accounted for 92,120 pounds of food in 2016.

Miller said the drive gathered 80 million pounds of food nationwide in 2016. Over the previous 24 years, more than 1.5 billion pounds of food has been collected.

Patricia O’Driscoll, who is the co-director of the St. Joseph Food Pantry with her husband, Michael, said the food collected gets the pantry through the summer, a time when their donations decrease as the snowbirds return home.

“We average 1,900 families a month who visit us,” said O’Driscoll, who said families in need can collect food once a month. “This is nondenominational. If they need food, we give them food.”

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The O’Driscolls have run the pantry for five years, and they have been amazed by the postal carriers’ effort.

“They are such a wonderful group to work with. We are so appreciative,” Patricia O’Driscoll said. “Sometimes, when you see the food, it takes your breath away.”

Miller said picking up almost 100,000 pounds of food makes for a challenging day. “It makes for a longer, rougher day,” she said. “But it leaves such a good feeling in your heart.”

Carriers used to pick up as much food as they could carry, and would often pile the food on the curb when they couldn’t handle anymore, coming back to pick it up as soon as possible. To alleviate the load, drive organizers began renting trucks from Enterprise, and this year will have eight along the regular routes.

If those with a walking route are weighed down, they call the truck

for help. When their vehicle gets full, again the rental trucks come and collect.

Now the rental trucks actually will go along the routes before the carriers arrive to pick up the food set out by the mailboxes.

Peet said all those who drive the rental trucks will be wearing an event T-shirt and an identification badge. One year, Peet said thieves drove a truck around before the carries could arrive, stealing the food. Fortunately, the thieves’ pickup truck had a forsale sign in the window with their phone number, so police easily traced the vehicle, arrested the thieves and got back all the food.

Most of the time, though, it is simply a feel-good day.

“We have a lot of people waiting for us,” Peet said. “They come out and greet us. They like to hand it over to the carrier themselves.”

Miller said if every address would donate one can of food, the haul would be amazing.

“We find that sometimes, the people who give you food need it more themselves,” she said.

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What: Dance University Where: 5002 Lena Road, No. 105, Bradenton Owners: Michele and Marina Mercier Specialties: Private dance lessons, yoga, belly dancing, jazz, hip-hop, ballet, adult lessons, performance training More information: 3749589; danceufl.com

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When it came to building her own business, East County’s Michele Mercier knew just where to start.

The floor.

Upon opening Dance University, which she owns with her daughter, Marina Mercier, Michele knew a major drawing point would be a custom-built, shock-absorbing sprung dance floor.

“We’ve been dancing in cafeterias and portables all this time,” said Michele Mercier, who, since relocating to East County from Boston in 2004, has taught classes at Flex, Southside Athletic Club, the YMCA, Bradenton Cheer Academy and at the Willis, Imagine, B.D. Gullett and Wakeland elementary schools.

If a floor was a priority for the Merciers at Dance University, it’s only because they already had built a solid foundation through their teaching and coaching experience. Both believe owning their own studio will raise their ability to teach.

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East County’s Michele Mercier leads a dance practice with her All-Star team from Imagine School at the new Dance University at 5002 Lena Road in Bradenton.

“We will be able to do what we want here because I’m the boss now,” said Michele Mercier, who earned a full scholarship at the prestigious Phil Black/Dance Central Station studio in Manhattan that produced Jennifer Lopez. “We won’t have to jump through all of these hoops anymore.”

They will continue their mission to make sure their dance classes are fun above all else.

They also hope to prove that anyone with motivation and some hard work can become a dancer in their two studios that will make up Dance University.

At her new dance studio, Michele Mercier, 50, will have her daughter by her side, which is a victory for both considering the physical challenges Marina,

23, has faced. She had a golf ballsized tumor removed Aug. 14, 2014, at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital and she hasn’t been able to teach or coach on a fulltime basis since. After her initial surgery, she has lost hearing in her right ear and suffers from severe pain that it leaves her incapacitated and, at times, hospitalized.

Marina Mercier graduated from Braden River High School in 2012 and by 2014 had taken over coaching duties at the high school, along with coaching two other competitive dance teams.

Now they are seeking medical solutions so she can go back to her previous level of activity.

In the meantime, Marina will help her mom as much as possible at Dance University. They both hope to give their students

“purpose” through dance.

“Kids are going through all kinds of things,” Michele Mercier said. “I know, personally, how important it is as a kid to have those things that define you and give you purpose.”

She said dance even helps her.

“If I don’t take a class for a while, then I go and take one and I realize how much better I feel,” Michele Mercier said. “It fills me up.”

Michele Mercier said she received the inspiration for starting her own business from her All Star Dance Team at the Imagine School. A year ago, they performed a dance dedicated to Marina.

The performed to Coldplay’s “Fix You,” written about overcoming life’s obstacles and moving forward.

“That got the ball rolling for me, and it encouraged Marina to want to be a part of dance again,” Michele Mercier said. “This was my inspiration after everything we had been through, then it all started coming together.”

Besides the opening of the new business, both Merciers have another big day May 13 when they host “Dance for a Chance” at the Venice Performing Arts Center.

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“I have been playing (football) all my life. It’s where I release all my stress.”

– Chris Hadley. SEE PAGE 18A

Date with destiny Lakewood Ranch state track champions develop a pure gold relationship.

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Lakewood Ranch senior wrestler Hunter Reed signed with Campbell University May 8.

Carolyn Doyle shot a hole-in-one April 30 on the 114-yard, 17th hole on the Lakes Course at Palm Aire Country Club. Doyle used a driver.

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Lakewood Ranch softball senior pitcher Logan Newton recorded 13 strikeouts over seven innings May 3 in the Mustangs’ 4-2 regional quarterfinal win against Countryside.

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he grandstands at IMG Academy had been cleared, the starting blocks were put away and the point totals were tallied for the Florida High School Athletic Association State Track and Field Championships.

When two of Lakewood Ranch High School’s brightest track and field stars left, they took with them four gold medals, two silvers and a bronze.

They also left with something else.

Each other.

Mustang seniors John Rivera and Sophia Falco became close during their sophomore year, bonding over their sport. Even so, they continued to be just friends until the weekend before the 2016 track state championships.

After going to the prom together as friends, Rivera asked Falco out two evenings later, after having dinner with Falco and her mother, Jeanne Falco.

“It took a while,” Sophia Falco said, smiling at Rivera. “It didn’t matter, but it was a relief, in a sense. I was happy.”

After the pair became official, their coach, Mark Napier, came up to them at practice and told them he thought the relationship made perfect sense. They agreed, and still do.

“We have the same goals,” Rivera said. “We are the same sort of person, basically. I feel happy with it and everything. It’s perfect. We enjoy it. Doing the same sport makes it more fun. I always hear her on the backstretch whenever I’m running my 800 (meters) or my mile. She is always there supporting me. It helps.”

Their support of each other was evident at the 2017 state championships. Rivera and Napier watched Falco win the Class 4A girls long jump May 5. Falco came to them between jumps, getting advice from Napier and confidence from her boyfriend. She won the event, jumping 6 meters.

Later that day, after Rivera won the Class 4A boys 800-meter race in 1:53.16, he and Falco huddled against a wall near the medal stand, away from the rest of the world.

On the second day of the championships, Falco took home the Class 4A girls triple jump gold medal, springing herself 13 meters. She would later finish second in the Class 4A girls 100-meter race (11.83 seconds) and third in the Class 4A girls 200-meter race (24.26 seconds).

Rivera anchored Lakewood Ranch’s boys 4x800 team to a decisive victory. The team finished in 7:53.45, not its fastest time of the season, but perhaps its most impressive. The Mus-

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Sophia Falco and John Rivera, Lakewood Ranch’s track and field state champions, have been dating for just more than a year.

LOCAL FINISHES AT THE 2017 FHSAA TRACK AND FIELD STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saraiah Walkes won state golds in the 100, 200 and 400 meters.

tangs were 12.07 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Christopher Columbus High.

Mustangs 4x800 teammate Andrew Dean called Rivera a “cheat code,” and said his, Brice Easton’s and Johnny Reid’s goal is to stay in good position for him to dominate. They did more than that at the championships. Dean started the race by getting the Mustangs in first place. Easton fell behind briefly before regaining control. Reid held steady, and handed Rivera the baton with a lead. At that point, the race was all but finished.

“At practice throughout the weeks, we had the state championships on our mind the entire time,” Rivera said. “We wanted the gold medal. We had the team to do it. It’s truly shown throughout this year. I had a boatload of confidence in everyone. I trusted them and they trusted me.

Together as one, it turned out to be something great.”

Rivera also finished second in the Class 4A boys 1600-meter race (4:22.64). Rivera ran in the middle of a crowded pack for most

Lakewood Ranch (Class 4A) n The boys 4x800 meter relay team (junior Andrew Dean, senior Brice Easton, sophomore Johnny Reid and senior John Rivera) won in 7:53.45. n Rivera won the boys 800-meter race (1:53.16) and finished second in the boys 1600-meter race (4:22.64). n Senior Sophia Falco won the girls long jump (6 meters) and the girls triple jump (13 meters), finished second in the girls 100-meter dash (11.83 seconds) and third in the girls 200-meter dash (24.26). n Senior Sam Jackson finished sixth in the boys shot put (15.08 meters) and ninth in the boys discus (44.21 meters). n Junior Harry Barthelemy finished eighth in the boys long jump (6.54 meters) and 12th in the boys high jump (1.82 meters). n Junior Noah Oxley finished 10th in the boys discus (41.85 meters). n The Lakewood Ranch boys and girls both finished fourth in the team standings.

The Out-of-Door Academy (Class 1A) n Eighth-grader Saraiah Walkes won the girls 100- (12.35 seconds), 200- (25.20) and 400- (55.57) meter dashes. n Junior Kai Soderberg finished 15th in the boys 800 meters (2:06.27).

of the race, with Freedom’s Timothy Doyle in front. Rivera made a late, strong charge but ultimately had fallen too far behind Doyle to catch him.

Also of note at the championships, The Out-of-Door Academy eighth-grader Saraiah Walkes cemented her reputation as a sprinting sensation. She won the Class 1A girls 100- (12.35 seconds), 200- (25.20) and 400(55.57) meter races.

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

Walkes couldn’t help but laugh and shake her head when the awards announcer pronounced both her name and her school wrong. The three gold medals around her neck helped. Besides, he and everyone else will know her name soon enough. Her story is just beginning.

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Chris Hadley is a senior football player at Lakewood Ranch High.

The defensive back signed with John Carroll University May 8.

How long have you been playing football?

I started playing when I was 4 years old. I wanted to be like my big brother (Brendan Hadley) and like my dad (Carlton Hadley). Just following in the family footsteps.

What is the best piece of advice you have received?

When adversity hits you, just keep going. Keep pushing through.

When was the time you laughed the hardest?

I have a good story. One time, we went fishing by the Anna Maria City pier, it was me, Jerome (Minton) and Christian (Cahueque).

Christian was sitting there with his line in the water. There was this mudfish. He wasn’t even trying to catch it, he was sitting there on his phone, but he pulled it up and was like, ‘What is this?’

Then Jerome gets up and starts running, trying to run away from the fish. It was pretty funny.

What is the appeal of football to you?

I don’t even know. I have been playing all my life. It’s something I love to do. It’s where I release all my stress. It’s my comfort zone.

Why do you wear No. 4?

It was my first number on varsity, so I stuck with it. Hopefully I get it at John Carroll (University).

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My favorite food would be pizza. I work at Domino’s. I get barbecue sauce, chicken, shredded provolone and cheddar cheese on top.

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I go fishing with my boys. Either we are fishing or working out, one of the two. We go fishing everywhere.

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Sisterhood on the diamond sparks Mustangs

Ryan Kohn

Avery Goelz and Kinsey Goelz are leading Lakewood Ranch toward a state title shot in softball.

said Avery, who is hungry for a big moment of her own.

Avery is the third-ranked freshman in the country by FloSoftball and she finished the regular season leading the Mustangs in batting average (.562) and home runs (10). She’s added another home run since the playoffs began.

Off the field, the sisters practice and exercise together at Athletic Edge in Lakewood Ranch. They do get along, they insist, despite major personality

differences. Kinsey is a morning person. Avery isn’t, to the point where Kinsey’s early happiness bothers her, she said. Avery, though, is the more outgoing of the pair, and Kinsey said Avery is cooler than her. Avery returned the favor by relaying how everyone at school thinks Kinsey is nice.

“I don’t really get that (compliment),” Avery said, laughing.

On vacations, they never ask to bring a friend. They have each other, they said, to go on hikes

and contract contagious cases of the giggles.

The 2015 travel ball season was the first time the Goelz sisters played together. This season is the second and will be the last.

Kinsey will play for Mississippi State University in the fall, and Avery is committed to the University of Florida.

It’s a shame fans won’t be able to watch them together for much longer. The chemistry they display on the infield, with Kinsey at shortstop and Avery at

first base, is unique. Avery called Kinsey, who committed just one error all season, a “stud” and the best shortstop with whom she has played. When calling out signals to the defense, all Kinsey has to say is “Hey Avery,” and the first baseman will have turned around, message received, throwing finger signals in the air.

“I enjoy it, buddy,” Avery said to her sister, of playing together.

She elbowed Kinsey, and the pair laughed. The kinship is sincere.

Avery admitted to fighting back tears while writing Kinsey’s birthday card in April, anticipating the pain of saying goodbye.

Before that happens, the Goelz sisters have business to finish.

FloSoftball ranks Lakewood Ranch 10th in the country as of May 5. The team has expectations of a state title, and its overall skill level, plus national title experience for some of its key players, gives the program as good a shot as anyone.

“We’re striving to go all the way,” Kinsey said. “We’re going to keep working hard in practice and keep doing our thing.”

“Their thing” worked once for the Goelz sisters. It just might work again.

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

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Just two weeks ago, they argued over some chicken.

Kinsey Goelz had eaten the last of her sister’s stash, and Avery Goelz had an outburst so thunderous she was admonished for yelling. Kinsey said that level of fighting is rare, but they will argue about something once a week. They are typical in that sense, but not others.

Unlike most siblings, the Goelz sisters have led a travel softball team, the Tampa Mustangs, to a national championship in 2015, and are now using that experience to guide their Lakewood Ranch High Mustangs toward a state title.

“Just the desire to win in general,” Kinsey said of what Lakewood Ranch needs to prioritize.

“It’s big. It’s the end of the season; this time is our crunch time.

Every game matters. Just go one pitch at a time and be calm.”

Kinsey had the game-winning hit in the 2015 championship game, a chopper that sailed over the glove of the opposing third baseman and allowed current Lakewood Ranch teammate Denali Schappacher to score.

Avery watched her sister’s big moment from the dugout.

“That was, like, the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in my life,”

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nside a barn at Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy, Lakewood Ranch’s Sue Spadaccia held a mint julep in one hand and reached out with the other to stroke Jazz, a therapy horse.

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“You like mint juleps, too?” she asked with a grin.

Spadaccia and her husband, Bob, joined about 200 other guests May 6 at SMART’s campus off State Road 675 for Mint Juleps and Roses, an annual Kentucky Derby-themed fundraiser.

Guests toured stables, met SMART’s therapy horses, watched a “Parade of Champions” featuring SMART’s riders, enjoyed a complimentary mint julep and watched the running of the Kentucky Derby before sitting down for dinner.

SMART founder Betsey London-Fish traveled from Tennessee for the fundraiser. She started SMART 30 years ago and last visited for the organization’s 25th anniversary.

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Youdal was reading a book he had written, “Max in the Woods,” for the special event.

While reading, he said he started to think about his favorite part of the project, drawing the illustrations for his book.

“I kind of felt like I was in kindergarten again,” he said.

Above: Lakewood Ranch High School seniors Devonte Grooms, Tristan Youdal and Oscar Luna read their book to a Bashaw Elementary School kindergarten class.

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Youdal was just one of more than 100 students who took the trip to Bashaw Elementary to present their original storybooks at the 25th annual Winnie the Pooh & Shakespeare, Too event.

The high school students read to pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade students.

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MOTHER’S DAY TEA PARTY Runs from 11 a.m. to noon at the Braden River Library, 4915 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton. This special event will celebrate mothers the day before Mother’s Day. For information, call 727-6079.

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ALLIANCE LUNCHEON Runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Polo Grill and Bar’s Fete Ballroom, 10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch. The Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance will welcome Sarasota County Administrator Tom Harmer and Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker for this luncheon “Face to Face: Sarasota and Manatee Counties Present Their Opportunities and Challenges.�

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CUSTOMER APPRECIATION Runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Braden River Library, 4915 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton. The Manatee County Public Library System hosts this special event for its customers with cookies and crafts, while supplies last. For information, call 727-6079.

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GOT TALENT LIVE Runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at Music Compound, 1751 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota. Music Compound will host this “Got Talent” live show featuring 18 local musicians and a panel of celebrity guest judges.

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A pre-parade celebration for military veterans will be held at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall. For more information, call 757-1530.

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

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

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

S A R A S OTA 3548 Founders Club Drive Richard Hearn 941-313-1591 A4169239 $1,575,000

B R A D E N TO N 1111 59th Street NW Patty Brooks 941-545-1194 A4183776 $745,000

E L L E N TO N 1906 68th Terrace E Dana Preston 941-705-5510 A4153913 $679,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 14722 Leopard Creek Place Bryan Dwyer 941-809-9106 A4178778 $649,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 6427 Moorings Point Circle 201 James Hope 941-704-4623 A4172515 $639,900

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

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 6520 Windjammer Place Holly Winkle 941-907-9595 A4184986 $559,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 9506 Old Hyde Park Place Michael Bruno 941-320-3229 A4166656 $545,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 12314 Greenbrier Way David D'Angelo 941-587-7268 A4162338 $514,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 9409 Boxthorn Place Jane Ebury 941-726-9360 A4174489 $499,950

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

B R A D E N TO N 532 Hillcrest Drive Toni Lyon 941-928-8735 A4170841 $485,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7623 Portstewart Drive Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4157403 $479,900

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 9759 51st Terrace E James Moffa 941-447-4703 A4174756 $399,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8712 54th Avenue E Autumn Moore 941-320-5823 A4172250 $385,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 12137 Whisper Lake Drive Sue Cosgrove-Lee 941-400-9068 A4173037 $349,900

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8727 53rd Terrace E Lee Byron and Sue Keal 941-350-5542 A4170212 $345,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 12233 Whisper Lake Drive Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4182739 $345,000

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

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8227 Miramar Way Diane Fogo Harter 941-445-2431 A4172472 $235,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8537 54th Avenue Circle E Fran DeDona & Pam Goodwin 812-5023 or 812-0754 A4177928 $229,900

B R A D E N TO N 4725 Independence Drive 4725 Autumn Moore 941-320-5823 A4181364 $210,000

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home in Warwick Gardens topped all transactions in this week’s real estate. Herbert Arnold, of Ontario Canada, sold his home at 7916 Warwick Gardens Lane to Gregory Wilcox, trustee, of University Park, for $1.18 million.

Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 4,030 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $957,500 in 2011.

Silitch Mencinsky, of Orlando, sold their home at 14311 22nd Place E., to Aaron and Danielle Barnard, of Bradenton, for $673,000. Built in 2008, it has four bedrooms, three-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 3,463 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $385,000 in 2009.

COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE

Mary Benfer, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 7618 Silverwood Court to Derrick and Yota Guile, of Ontario, Canada, for $610,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,656 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $632,500 in 2009.

COUNTRY CLUB EAST

Neal Signature Homes LLC sold the home at 16528 Berwick Terrace to Roque and Karen Diaz, of Lakewood Ranch, for $606,000. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,783 square feet of living area.

John Reinagel, trustee, of Lakeland, sold the home at 7031 Stanhope Place to Peter and Vicki Craig, of Ontario, Canada, for $750,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,542 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $490,000 in 2012.

Steven and Kathryn Bandstra, of Spring Lake, Mich., sold their home at 15308 Helmsdale Place to Bonnie Hesselberg, trustee, of Bradenton, for $490,000. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 2,028 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $485,000 in 2015.

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Richard and Patricia Layton sold their home at 1006 143rd St. N.E., to Susan Carter, of Bradenton, for $697,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,800 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $537,000 in 2010.

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James and Judith Nixon, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their Unit 201 condominium at 6414 Watercrest Way to Eugene Seashore Jr. and Sheila Seashore, trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, for $495,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,376 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $505,000 in 2014.

WILTON CRESCENT

Geoffrey Perselay, of Spring Lake, N.J., Cathie Perselay Siedman, of Millburn, N.J., and Michael Perselay, of Easton, Pa., sold their home at 7837 Wilton Crescent Circle to David and Jean Richards, of Bradenton, for $489,900. Built in 1994, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,739 square feet of living area.

WATERLEFE GOLF AND RIVER CLUB

Randy and Pamela Craig, of Palmetto, sold their home at 9510 Discovery Terrace to Dimitry and Holly Erez, of Bradenton, for $485,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,584 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $317,000 in 2012.

James and Tessa Whitledge sold their home at 720 Foggy Morn Lane to Youssef and Lois Solomon, of Bradenton, for $325,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,551 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $230,000 in 2013.

PALM AIRE AT SARASOTA

Leo and Michael LaPlante, of Sarasota, sold their home at 5679 Country Lakes Drive to John Castello and Leslie Ragsdale, of Sarasota, for $475,000.

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Robert and Kimberley Thompson, of Bradenton, sold their home at 9109 Brookfield Terrace to Joann Amash, of Bradenton, for $449,900. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,852 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $591,200 in 2005.

Howard Diamant, of Surrey, United Kingdom, sold his home at 8326 Summer Greens Terrace to Natalie Knisbaum, of Bayside, N.Y., for $220,000.

Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,412 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $239,500 in 2005.

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Pamela Trudel, of Clinton Township, Mich., sold the home at 8207 Timber Lake Lane to Larry Hathy, of Sarasota, for $315,000. Built in 1983, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,334 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $118,000 in 1994.

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L A K E WO O D R A N C H 13511 Matanzas Place A4178659 $899,000

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

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7115 Teak Creek Glen A4181890 $2,439,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 5628 Cloverleaf Run New to the Market $649,800

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Jacob and Juliann Goodwin, of University Park, sold their home at 7303 Windemere Lane to Loving Touches Too LLC for $410,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,592 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $372,500 in 2014.

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Sharon Simpson, trustee, of Bradenton, sold the home at 13112 Torresina Terrace to John Hart, of Pittsford, N.Y., for $355,000. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,928 square feet of living area.

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Lawrence Wallowitz and Paula Beauchamp, of Bradenton, sold their Unit C condominium at 1141 Riverscape St. to Dean and Mary Lusky, of Bradenton, for $389,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,332 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $320,000 in 2015.

Kevin Dowdle and Cary Dowdle sold their home at 6539 Mean-

dering Way to Michael and Alexandra Gallen, of Lakewood Ranch, for $355,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,544 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $433,000 in 2005.

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Gregory Arvin, of Bradenton, sold the home at 4745 Cayo Costa Place to Ricky Volpatti and Cathy Procida and Leigh and Ruth Rich, of Bradenton, for $349,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,554 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $301,500 in 2016.

G. Scott and Marcia Kiefer, of Bradenton, sold their home at 4821 Bookelia Circle to Darren and Rebecca Wilkerson, of Bradenton, for $334,900. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,539 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $287,500 in 2014.

GREYHAWK LANDING

Thomas and Tracy Knight sold their home at 12330 Lavender Loop to Nathan and Maidie Baker, of Bradenton, for $345,000. Built in 2011, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 2,847 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $264,500 in 2011.

OLD GROVE AT GREENFIELD PLANTATION

SG West LLC sold the home at 10518 Old Grove Circle to Kathleen Biasini, of Bradenton, for $343,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,227 square feet of living area. It sold for $218,000 in 2016.

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HERITAGE HARBOUR

John and Jaclyn Rebel, of Bradenton, sold their home at 311 River Enclave Court to Charles and Lorene Hagan, of Bradenton, for $340,000. Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,933 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $245,000 in 2014.

Angelo and Laura Colavecchia sold their home at 9010 Heritage Sound Drive to George Lorbert, of Ontario, Canada, for $294,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,629 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $264,900 in 2008.

SADDLEHORN ESTATES

Keith and Tammy Hartley, of Bradenton, sold their home at 22219 26th Ave. E., to Richard Barrett, of Bradenton, for $332,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,884 square feet of living area.

COUNTRY MEADOWS

John and Joy Hamilton, of Sarasota, sold their home at 811 148th Court N.E., to Paul Russo, of Bradenton, for $330,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,830 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $285,000 in 2014.

GREYHAWK LANDING WEST

Sam Rodgers Properties Inc. sold the home at 12511 Goldenrod Ave., to Dawn Balak, of Bradenton, for $329,900. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,017 square feet of living area.

GREENBROOK VILLAGE

Fannie Mae sold the home at 14115 Cattle Egret Place to Raymond and Lisa Jenkins, of Brighton, Mich., for $329,600.

Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,598 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $317,400 in 2004.

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Florida Investors Capital LLC sold the home at 11517 Gramercy Park Ave., to Jesus and Victoria Dominguez, of Bradenton, for $327,800. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths and 2,586 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $349,600 in 2013.

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Daniel and Shannon Ollikainen, of Boone, Ind., sold their home at 5025 Boston Common Glen to Paulette Johnstone, of Bradenton, for $277,500. Built in 2013, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,859 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $237,100 in 2013.

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