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VOLUME 19, NO. 26

An UnCERTan future

YOUR TOWN

Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) search for support. SEE PAGE 3

PRIME TIME PYTHON

Berkley Mason

An idea hatches Instead of reading to her students about the animal life cycle, Tara Elementary kindergarten teacher Josephine Johnson prefers a more interactive approach.

Johnson has had 12 duck eggs incubating in her classroom. After 28 days, 11 baby ducklings are waddling around. Kindergartner Landon McCutchan has made a new friend. “I love having ducklings at school because I like reading to them,” McCutchan said. “I like holding them, too, because they feel soft.”

Myakka man to be featured on ‘Swamp People: Everglades.’

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Dusty Crum captures a 16-foot, 10-inch python in the Everglades. It contained 78 eggs.

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Tip of the cap, and gown Lakewood Ranch, Braden River graduates have big dreams.

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s graduation nears, Lakewood Ranch High School senior Hunter Thompson reflected on his high school successes.

One of his fondest memories was getting engineering teacher Benjamin Long to agree to his project proposals.

During his junior year, Long gave Thompson permission

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Go with green Greenbrook’s Mikaela Boelkins has her eyes focused on the color green.

She and her teammates on the Manatee Community Problem Solvers team hope Lakewood Ranch residents will participate in “Greenlight a Vet” from May 21 to May 30, in conjunction with Memorial Day. The initiative is a nationwide campaign to establish visible support for veterans by changing one light at a residence to green.

Phase 1 Lakewood Ranch homeowners associations are allowing green light bulbs in coach lamps, those attached to garages, during that time.

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New Rye Road subdivision advances County Commission OK is the next hurdle for Medallion’s 360-home project.

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or Rye Road residents Donna King and Sharon Cadet, the future is coming faster than they had hoped.

Members of the Manatee County Planning Commission on May 11 unanimously recommended approval of a new subdivision just north of the 10-acre parcel off Rye Road owned by the mother and daughter.

The new neighborhood, called

RYE ESTATES Location: On the south side of Rye Road, north of Waterline Road Total acreage: 120.10 acres (42 acres of that space can’t be developed) Units: 360 Density: Three units per acre Accesses: Off Rye and Waterline roads

Rye Estates/Coddington Subdivision, will bring 360 homes to 120 acres between Waterline and Rye roads, if approved next month

by Manatee County commissioners.

King and Cadet hoped the Planning Commission would recommend not approving the subdivision.

“You go because you want your voice to be heard,” Cadet said of why she attended the May 11 Planning Commission meeting.

“We’ve been on Rye Road for 41 years. When we moved to Rye Road, we had a dirt road and we had well water. I remember when the interstate was built.

“I live out there to live the country life,” she said. “Let’s be realistic, the city has come to us.”

Medallion Home, doing business as Rye Estates LLC, is asking Manatee County to rezone 61 acres to allow 208 units, which is in addition to two existing approvals on connecting parcels.

The entire project is slated to have three units per acre. The change in zoning is consistent with Manatee County’s future growth guidelines and with other new developments, such as Del Tierra, along Rye Road.

Cadet and King said traffic already is bad on Rye Road and they worry that adding 360 homes will make matters worse.

Plus, having three units per acre

HISTORY

WATERLINE ROAD

JUNE 2012 County Commission approves site plan for 102 single-family detached units on 35.26 acres accessed via Rye Road.

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APRIL 2013 County Commission approves a revised site plan that added 50 units on 23.4 additional acres. Project added a second means of access from Waterline Road.

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JUNE 2016 Rye Estates submits request for rezoning of a 61.10-acre parcel, bringing the total project to 360 units on 120 acres.

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adjacent to agriculturally zoned land — one house per five acres — feels out of place, or at least too drastic a change in their opinion.

“I wish it was more of a one house per acre than three houses per acre,” King said of the plan for Coddington. “We were an agricultural area, but that’s the future. The future came sooner than I thought.”

Her neighbor, Gary Lawson, agreed he doesn’t like traffic any more than anyone else, but said he did not oppose the develop-

two previously approved developments. The original approval was for 102 single-family detached units on a narrow 35-acre property off Rye Road. Medallion added 50 units on 23 more acres in June 2016.

With commission approval, Medallion will gain 208 homes on another 61 acres.

“We were able to secure the added properties and it make it a better overall project,” Medallion President Pete Logan,said.

Medallion has not finalized specifics for the project, such as home styles, price points or amenities. Logan said the company has no timeline for developing it.

“It’s too early in the process,” he said, declining further comment.

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“It’s progress,” said Lawson.

“I’ve been here all my life, but I’m an advocate for landowner rights.

It’s in the county’s comprehensive plan.”

Lawson hopes engineering done for the project can be used to improve flooding issues he has had on his own property. Medallion’s engineer, John Cavoli, assured him conditions would improve post-development.

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RESPONSE TEAMS IN STATE OF EMERGENCY CERT programs seek sponsors to help with training costs.

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f a hurricane or other natural disaster were to strike, Lakewood Ranch resident Jon Lyon has a backpack and supplies ready to assist his neighbors and the wherewithal to communicate transportation conditions to Manatee County’s Emergency Operations Center.

Lyon is president of the Lakewood Ranch Community Emergency Response Team, which was founded to protect the area in case of a crisis.

The organization, which was founded in 2006, has been supported by the county with the initial training of CERT members from its inception through 2014.

Lyon’s 250-plus member organization, along with three other CERT teams in Manatee County (Waterlefe, University Park and Trailer Estates) are facing an unsure future. Lyon wonders how the agencies will progress without the support of the Manatee County Emergency Management Department. Some of the CERT programs might fold.

“We’re the biggest CERT and we’re the only ones doing training,” Lyon said of Lakewood Ranch CERT. “We’re not getting any feedback from the county.”

Harry Benas is a member of a developing CERT program with nine members in Central Park.

He wonders if such a program can work in his neighborhood without county support.

“We’re all in limbo,” Benas said.

“When we do have a hurricane, who do we work with? There’s a hole here.”

Manatee County Emergency Operations stopped providing training to new CERT members two years ago when a grant application to the FEMA was declined.

The grant provided funding for training, a startup CERT backpack and supplies and a certificate of course completion.

The task of training has fallen to the individual CERT organizations, with the Lakewood Ranch CERT being in the best position because it has its own funding source through homeowners association dues. It also has its own instructors.

The Lakewood Ranch CERT has helped train members from other county CERT programs, but is limited in how much it can help.

Smaller CERT programs like the one in Waterlefe struggle.

“We feel like we’re on our own,” said Stephanie Lang, a longtime

CERT’S START The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the Los Angeles City Fire Department developed the Community Emergency Response Team concept in 1985. The Whittier Narrows earthquake in 1987 confirmed the need for training civilians to meet their immediate needs following a disaster.

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Members of the Lakewood Ranch CERT practice a rescue during training.

leader of Waterlefe CERT who recently moved to The Lake Club.

Manatee’s Public Safety Director Bob Smith said Manatee County’s role with CERT always has been limited.

“The county has never actually sponsored a CERT team,” Smith said. “We hosted training. From there, the intent was these folks go to the community and establish their own teams there. CERT is at the community level. It’s not a county-based program. Nothing has changed for CERT since 2015. We’re just not conducting the training in our facility.”

Smith said the CERT training previously provided by the county was similar to CPR training. It provided a basic groundwork for CERT members, but the training was conducted just once and participants were sent off with an emergency kit and certificate.

CERT members from Waterlefe, University Park and Lakewood Ranch, as well as the budding Central Park, believe otherwise.

“They flat outright were our sponsor,” Lyon said. “We know that because they applied for the grants (to fund training). You can’t apply for a grant without being a sponsor.”

Manatee County officials have indicated to CERT they hope local fire departments will become CERT sponsors.

Lakewood Ranch’s team has started discussions with East Manatee Fire Rescue District about sponsorship, but East Manatee Fire District Chief Lee Whitehurst said no decisions have been made.

Lyon said having the county sponsor CERT makes sense from a “feet-on-the-ground standpoint,” as CERT team members provide photographs, roadway information and other intelligence to the county’s emergency operations during disasters.

“How will CERT now get information about the status of an impending disaster, the extent of

WHAT IS CERT? Formed under a special Department of Homeland Security and FEMA program, CERT is a volunteer organization of residents who receive special training to provide search and rescue, first aid and radio communications support in response to disasters and emergencies when professional responders may not be able to reach everyone as soon as help is needed.

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Lakewood Ranch CERT President Jon Lyon said even getting CERT identification badges from Manatee County has been difficult to coordinate.

The badges are important for members because they give them credibility during disasters.

flooding, the timeframe within which to expect first responders?” said Victor Kline, a longtime member of Lakewood Ranch CERT. “We have requested every year that emergency management incorporate CERT into the county’s comprehensive emergency management plan.”

Manatee County Commissioner Robin DiSabatino has been tasked by her board to make sense of what is happening.

“First, it’s so commendable the citizens want to serve,” DiSa-

batino said. “Second, in case of an emergency, all boots on the ground are necessary.”

Smith said the FEMA grant awarded to Manatee County until 2015 provided $2,400 in matching dollars to the county. Manatee County has some supplies remaining and will provide those until they run out. At that point, it will have to consider how to move forward, since funding is not allocated for more, he said.

CERT ROLES DURING EMERGENCIES When a disaster or overwhelming event occurs and responders are not immediately available, CERTs can assist by: n Conducting an initial assessment in their homes or workplaces. n Reducing immediate dangers by turning off utilities, suppressing small fires, evacuating the area and helping others. n Treating people in the immediate area. n Working with CERT members and volunteers to establish a command post, staging area and medical triage and treatment areas. n Collecting damage information and developing a plan of operation based on lifesaving priorities and available resources. n Applying their training to situations where CERT members can make a difference. n Establishing and maintaining communication with responders.

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Myakka City’s Dusty Crum dances barefoot with wild Burmese pythons.

Or, at least that’s what he calls the jig he does to evade their strikes.

After the pythons try to bite him three or more times, they tire and that allows Crum, 36, to subdue them.

In the Florida Everglades on May 10, Crum caught one of the largest Burmese pythons recorded, at 16 feet, 10 inches and about 130 pounds. It carried 73 eggs in its belly.

It was the largest Burmese python caught since the South Florida Water Management District started its python elimination program in March. The endeavor has captured 79 pythons since it began.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission also organizes a monthlong “Python

Challenge” each year to entice people to hunt for Burmese pythons, invasive species threatening Everglades ecosystem restoration efforts. Anyone older than 18 can hunt the snakes on state land.

In August 2012, researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey in Florida claimed the record for largest Burmese python captured in Florida. They pulled a 17-foot, 7-inch python out of the Everglades that weighed 164.5 pounds and contained 87 eggs.

Crum isn’t hunting for records.

“What’s important to me is helping the small mammals,” Crum said. “It’s a way to make an impact on the environment.”

By trade, Crum may be an orchid grower, but since 2013, he has blossomed into a skilled python hunter who has gained celebrity status.

On May 17, he is expected to be interviewed on NBC’s “Today Show,” and at 9 p.m. May 18, he will be featured in a episode of “Swamp People: Everglades” airing on the History Channel. It’s titled “Monster in the Dark.”

Crum, who has been interviewed about his python hunting by reporters from around the globe, has signed a deal with Condé Nast for his own television series, tentatively call “Operation Everglades.” The pilot show is finished, but they’ll begin filming the series this fall. Condé Nast has six months to sell it to a network.

“It’s already sold,” Crum said, confidently. “We’re making an educational entertainment show that focuses on the environment.

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“I’m not really a hunter. I’m a protector of the Everglades. I’ve never actually killed a python.”

— Dusty Crum

Photo courtesy Joey Waves, Island Media Group

Dusty Crum captures a 16-foot, 10-inch python in the Everglades. It contained 78 eggs.

At the same time, I’m interesting young people.”

Its cast includes fellow Myakka City residents Daniel DeSear and his daughter, Winchester, and Crum’s dog, Riley, who is trained to sniff out the snakes.

Crum has been hunting for pythons nearly every day for the past year through a pilot program initiated by the South Florida Water Management District. It pays python hunters an hourly

wage, plus extra for snakes larger than 4 feet.

He catches the pythons with his bare hands, bags them and transports them to SFWMD, where someone else kills them.

“It’s a mindset. Endurance.

Mile after mile,” Crum said of hunting pythons. “They are very elusive and hard to find. That’s what draws me.”

At heart, Crum is a conservationist.

His girlfriend, Natalee McKinney, said Crum rarely brings the three things she considers essential to hunting — sunscreen, shoes (he will occasionally wear Crocs because they are easy to remove) and a gun.

“I’m not really a hunter,” Crum said. “I’m a protector of the Everglades. I’ve never actually killed a python.”

When Crum hunts, he travels barefoot, wearing a shirt and

shorts, a baseball cap, a boar’s tooth necklace and a feather, for luck, in his wiry long hair.

In his orchid shop in Venice, called Orchid Envy, Crum’s gruff exterior has steered away potential customers, fearful of a man who looks more like he’s walking into a biker bar than arranging orchids into pieces of wood and hollow Cypress logs he’s collected on his treks through forests.

Crum grew up in rural Sarasota County, but moved to Myakka City in 2004 to “escape” back to a country way of life he enjoyed as a child. From McKinney, he learned a love of orchids.

“Natalee was working in a greenhouse in Myakka. She got me hooked,” Crum said. “I got interested in the science end of it.”

The pair bought a wholesale orchid business, Orchid Envy, and Crum also expanded to open a storefront in Venice, when he could not set up a solid wholesale distribution there.

Crum finds the orchid addicting, in much the same way he finds hunting pythons addictive.

“There’s a new color or a new hybrid plant — I want to find the next thing,” Crum said. “It is like hunting, in a sense.”

In 2013, McKinney heard about the Python Challenge and issued Crum a challenge: “If you want to be a man, anybody can hunt hogs.

Why don’t you hunt one of these pythons?”

Crum did not say much about it. A few days later, McKinney brought up the idea again, but this time, Crum rallied friends — Bill Booth and Duane Clarke — to join him.

“We camped the whole 30 days and we hunted every day of the (Python) Challenge,” Crum said.

The crew, nicknamed the “Cypress Boys” by a reporter, came in second.

They returned in 2016, the next time the challenge was held, and won, catching 33 snakes.

Now Crum spends more time in the Everglades hunting pythons than he does at home. He returns for only two days a week to handle wholesale deliveries and to visit.

He had to purchase another phone, which he nicknamed the “wild man hotline,” because his regular cellphone won’t get a signal in the Everglades.

“I can’t drag him out of bed at 8 a.m., and he left at 4 a.m. this morning (to go back to the Everglades),” McKinney said. “He’s excited.

“You’re not going to confine him to a 9-to-5 job, ever,” she added with a laugh.

Crum loves being outdoors. He loves to hunt. He loves to entertain.

“I’m addicted to it,” he said.

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Christina Volpe-Knippel insisted a faulty move during their drill routine was her sister’s fault.

Allison Volpe-Knippel didn’t want to hear it.

The two Braden River High School students were still pracPhoto by Jay Heater ticing their mixed dual exhibiSisters Christina and Allison Volpe-Knippel won a national tion routine two weeks after their championship for Braden River. season had ended with a second17LWR023_LWR_OBSERVER_OPEN_HOUSE_AD-PRESS.pdf 1 2/8/17 5:36 PM

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Christina, though, wasn’t finished after the state tournament.

Since it was her senior year, she wanted to take advantage of one final opportunity.

The sisters had qualified for the 2017 National High School Drill Championships, held May 6-7 at the Ocean Center Arena and Exhibit Hall in Daytona Beach.

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fee into the national championships even though her sister insisted she wasn’t going. Command Sgt. Major Alex Figueroa, who coaches the Pirates, agreed to allow the sisters to bring home the school’s wooden rifles to practice.

Finally, after Allison said she was “badgered” into competing, Christina was pushing all the wrong buttons.

“She did something wrong, and she blamed it on me,” Allison said.

“She kept yelling at me, so I left.”

The second week in April passed, and then the third. Finally, Allison gave in because she loves her sister. They had two weeks to prepare.

Although they both cause friction at times, they are tremendously close, and so they launched into their work once again.

Christina knew her sister was giving her all as the national tourney drew closer. Her sister’s forearms were covered with bruises.

“The trigger guard hits right there,” Allison said, pointing to a spot on her forearm. She explained she doesn’t catch the spinning rifle perfectly the way her sister does, so she pays a price.

It’s an interesting part of the competition as the judges stand right on top of the competitors as they go through their routines.

While the judges can’t see if a rifle is caught perfectly, they can see facial expressions change when pain creeps into the picture.

Christina told a story about the 2016 season when Allison banged herself in the face with a rifle during a routine. “She had tears in her eyes,” Christina said. “But she never changed facial expressions.”

Figueroa felt they had a good shot at a national title. He explained that during the regular season they competed on several different squads and couldn’t concentrate on their specialty.

“Our state tournament, we were off,” Christina said. “But at nationals, we had a month to prepare on the same routine.”

Make that two weeks.

On May 7, the two began their 2-minute, 40-second routine in front the judges. They designed their own routine, including difficult maneuvers so they had the potential to score high.

The routine included overhead throws of the rifle, which the sisters said most teams don’t attempt.

Their last overhead throw of the routine came in the final 30 seconds after fatigue has set in.

They start the rifles at their sides, which is extremely difficult for the maneuver. Christina sniffs, which is the tip to Allison to start the trick. They use a sniff because the judges can’t detect it.

Allison, by the way, doesn’t do any sniffing to start their big move. She said she simply is too tired to sniff, so she leaves that to her sister.

Once they start, the rifles are thrown into the air, caught, then brought back to their sides.

It’s kind of a grand finale move that makes or breaks the routine.

Allison admits she struggles with that final catch of the rifle. Christina is well aware. If the catch is made, they are likely to reel in a high score.

“If she catches it, it’s going to be OK,” Christina said.

With all the pressure of the nationals, Allison caught it.

The sisters couldn’t smile, or let out a sigh of relief at that point, because any break in facial expression results in a deduction.

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Christina and Allison Volpe-Knippel begin their routine at the national championships.

But they knew.

The sisters didn’t even get their score that day. It was the next day when they received a call from their parents, Scott and Jennifer, as they drove in a friend’s car.

They were dropped off, and the moment had finally come. They were national champions.

They looked at each other, and hugged.

They join Carrie Bowman and Candi Poirier in 2010 as the only national champions in Braden River’s history. Bowman and Poirier triumphed in the same event.

“I think it just showed the level of commitment they had,” Figueroa said of Christina and Allison.

2017 NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DRILL CHAMPIONSHIPS Masters Level Mixed Dual Exhibition 1. Braden River High (Christina VolpeKnippel, Allison Volpe-Knippel) 895 points 2. Heights High, Houston, Texas, 850 points 3. Heights High, Houston, Texas, 824 points 4. Dixie Hollins High, St. Petersburg, 798 5. Mariner Senior High, Cape Coral, 779

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to make a drift trike, a threewheeled vehicle with rear tires made slick after being covered with PVC or hard plastic. Usually ridden down a steep slope, they are made to drift, or slide, around corners.

“It was one of my favorite projects that I’ve done in high school,” Thompson said. “I ended up chopping a bike up, and I got some metal and welded it together. The bike went up to 30 mph, and we were just sliding around on it.”

Now it’s on to other projects for Thompson and his senior classmates at Lakewood Ranch, as well as the seniors at Braden River.

Braden River High School will host its 2017 graduation at 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 18. Lakewood Ranch High School graduation will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 20. Both will take place at the Bradenton Area Convention Center, 1 Haben Blvd., Palmetto.

Thompson, 18, will be attending the University of Florida in the fall, as he will begin his journey toward a degree in computer science.

Where will he be in 10 years?

“I hope to be working somewhere outside of Florida,” Thompson said. “Maybe Silicon Valley. That would be really cool.”

If Thompson does find himself working for one of the world’s largest high-tech corporations in the Silicon Valley, perhaps he will be able to credit some of the lessons he learned at Lakewood Ranch High School.

“All of my leadership roles (at Lakewood Ranch High School) have had a good influence on my character,” Thompson said. “I’ve learned to manage my responsibilities, and I’ve taken a number of different classes that have helped prepare me.”

Braden River High School senior Paige Lewandrowski, 17, also appreciates her high school days, but like Thompson, is ready for the next step.

Lewandrowski, who dabbled in a number of different clubs, worked on Braden River’s TV production and news crew.

“I started this thing called ‘Holiday of the Day,’” Lewandrowski said. “Every day, I would introduce myself and tell my classmates one holiday taking place on that given day. I thought it was neat and something that not a lot of people knew about.

There is often more than one holiday every day, which is crazy.”

Along her accomplishments in high school, Lewandrowski was president and founder of the Drama Club, a member of the music honor society (Tri-M), historian for River Rhapsody (advanced mixed choir) and was Soprano One Section leader for the Women’s Chorale.

Not only is Lewandrowski smart, she’s athletic. She was the first Pirates swimmer to advance to the state meet as a freshman.

Lewandrowski will be attending the University of Tampa, where she will begin pursuing a fine arts degree.

In 10 years, she hopes she has realized her dream of performing on Broadway.

“I am excited about the University of Tampa,” Lewandrowski said. “They have a great musical program and it is located in the heart of so many great theaters. I am excited for the journey I have ahead of me.”

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Passion, altruism combine to form coolest club

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raci Smullen, a member of the Lake Club Women’s Giving Circle, was impressed as a stream of women came through the doors to attend Wine, Women & Jewels on April 27 at the Grande Clubhouse.

She did, however, hear many of the 115 women who attended ask the same question.

“What is this event benefiting?”

Three years after the formation at the Lake Club Women’s Giving Circle, everyone is about to get an answer.

The Lake Club Women’s Giving Circle, which formed under the umbrella of the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund and the Manatee Community Foundation, was required to build an endowment fund that would be distributed by the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund. Lake Club members commit $1,000 over a five-year period.

Once that fund reaches the required level, the Lake Club Women’s Giving Circle is free to start a second fund it can distribute itself.

The club is free to host fundraisers as well, as it did with its

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Barbara Najmy, Barb McSweeney and Traci Smullen show off a check for $905 that McSweeney donated to the Lake Club Women’s Giving Circle from the sales of her jewelry at Wine, Women & Jewels.

first Wine, Women & Jewels.

“The first couple of years, it was just getting together as a group, getting to know each other,” said Barbara Najmy, a local Realtor who is the group’s

founder. “Now we can decide where our passions lie.”

Najmy said the club will meet in October, after many of its members who are snowbirds return, to discuss where mem-

bers will go from here, how many fundraisers they will host annually and which causes will benefit.

Wine, Women & Jewels raised $6,300.

The key word in all this is passion. A giving circle is not a new concept, springing up in various regions of the United States.

“We’re kind of like the coolest club in the neighborhood,” Smullen said.

The women who live in the Lake Club certainly have plenty of other clubs to occupy their time and interests. Being in the Lake Club itself, they have the means to follow their desires.

And what do they do? They join a club that has a main purpose of giving back. Giving back in most cases to people they don’t even know.

Giving back has become cool.

Giving back has become fun.

Palm Aire’s Barb McSweeney, who is not a member of the club but whose bmj-branded Barb McSweeney Jewelry was featured at Wine, Women & Jewels, said she loved the vibe of the event.

“They were so much fun, bright and bubbly,” said McSweeney, who donated 25%

of her sales that night — $905.

Smullen said anyone who has interest in the group will feel the same.

“This is a really unique group of women,” Smullen said. “The group is totally diverse in experience, and I think we have the potential to be very powerful in the giving department. Our first event came together nicely.”

It probably will become even more exciting when the group presents its first lump sum grant, probably in late 2017 or early 2018.

If you are a woman living in the Lakewood Ranch area and you are asking ‘What is this?’ call the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund at 556-5442 to find out about the eight women’s Giving Circles.

You, too, can become a member of the coolest club in town.

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

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Braden River students give seal their approval Teacher juggles fun, education during tour of The Ringling.

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Artwork at The Ringling simply couldn’t stand up to an elephant seal.

One of the stops May 13 for Braden River Elementary teacher Nicholas Leduc and his 12 students was the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, but his students kept wanting to talk about the Circus Museum.

“I had no idea the circus had a sea elephant,” student Shannon Boyce said. “The little signs (in the museum) said that it is one of the circus’ largest attractions, and that it eats 150 pounds of fish every day.”

No matter their favorite subject, Leduc’s students did learn.

“I learned that there is a whole bunch of new circus tricks,” student Cora Augustine said. “I also learned that Tibbals was the guy who made the (Circus) Museum, and that the circus used to travel by train from show to show.”

Augustine was referring to Howard Tibbals, for whom the Tibbals Learning Center at the Circus Museum is named. Tibbals created The Howard Bros. Circus, a 3/4-inch-to-1-foot scale replica of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

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“I organized this field trip so that they could see the museum and learn,” Leduc said. “Then, after all that, they could just play a little — see everything outside and run a little bit because you just can’t drag a kid through an art museum and send them home.”

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“Before they would enter another room, I liked to encourage them to stop, take a look and read something,” Leduc said. “I wanted them to try to learn something, then tell me something I don’t know.”

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DISAGREEMENT RUNS ITS CYCLE 12000 Hollybush Terrace, Bradenton Civil dispute: A man came to the Sheriff’s Office, stating that his ex-roommate stole his motorcycle. He told deputies he allowed his former roommate to test drive the bike but she has since refused to return the motorcycle.

Deputies determined his first statement was false by finding photos on Facebook of his former roommate riding the motorcycle several times. After contacting the woman, deputies were told she had asked the man to co-sign the loan for the motorcycle and that the dealership had failed to put her name on the registration.

The woman said she had been paying the man for the motorcycle but recently stopped to get him motivated to help her get the registration corrected. The man does not have a motorcycle license. Deputies received sworn statements from both parties.

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THEY KNOW THE DRILL 3500 block of 30th Lane East, Bradenton Possible theft: A man contacted the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office saying his power drill had been stolen by another man. The suspect had used the drill while working for the first man but never returned it. The victim did not realize his power drill had been stolen until he was contacted by another victim who had the same thing happen. Deputies made contact with the victims, obtained information on the power drills and located the drills, which had been pawned by the suspect. The suspect obtained $40 for each drill. The first man said he never gave permission to the suspect to pawn his power drill and said he wanted to press charges. Deputies had yet to locate the suspect, who is believed to still be in the area.

MAY 2

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“I like that it’s a team sport. Everybody has to contribute equally. ” – Chargers soccer player Paige McElyea. SEE PAGE 15

PLENTY OF PRIDE Mustangs, Pirates fall just short of state softball championship goals.

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Lakewood Ranch softball junior Morgan Cummins had three hits and three RBI May 9 in the Mustangs’ 10-0 regional semifinal win against East Lake.

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Braden River softball senior Brooke Farrow had two hits and three RBI May 9 in the Pirates’ 7-4 regional semifinal win against Mitchell.

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Lakewood Ranch High graduate Mike Ohlman, a catcher, made his Major League Baseball debut May 9 with Toronto.

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Don Betts and Tim Mahoney shot a combined 11-under-par May 10 to win the Men’s Golf Association best ball event at Palm Aire Country Club.

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The Lakewood Ranch Chargers U11 girls soccer team won the 2016-2017 Club Director’s League title with the tourney championship April 30.

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fter Plant City crushed Lakewood Ranch’s state championship dreams with a 1-0, 11-inning victory in the Class 8A Region 2 final May 12, Mustangs coach Maggie Sharrer’s message was not one of doom and gloom, even though it would have been easy to go that route.

She emphasized all the Mustangs’ improvement over the past season.

Likewise, Braden River’s softball team experienced disappointment in its Class 7A Regional 3A final with a 3-1 loss to Fort Myers. But the Pirates chose to savor their successes from the rest of the season.

Neither team went home fully satisfied.

The Mustangs finished 27-3 overall, and were consistently ranked in the top 10 nationally

by FloSoftball and MaxPreps. It seemed they had the pitching, led by senior Logan Newton, the offense, led by freshman Avery Goelz and the defense, led by senior Kinsey Goelz, to reach the state tournament in Vero Beach.

Instead of putting their disappointment into words, Sharrer focused on the positives, namely the improvement of every player on the roster.

“How do you measure success?” Sharrer said. “Individually, everyone got better, and that’s our job as coaches. We want to see progress, whether it’s mental or physical. I’m proud of this team’s growth on so many levels.”

Newton agreed with her coach.

“We showed so much heart,” Newton said. “What more can you ask for?”

Newton and Kinsey Goelz are two of seven seniors departing Lakewood Ranch, headed to major college programs at James Madison University and Mississippi State University, respectively. Neither they, nor the rest of the class, will be easy to replace, but Sharrer has faith in her underclassmen. Asked which returning players she was excited to watch develop, Sharrer rattled off seven names, though she admitted to cutting herself off, restraining from listing the entire roster.

Juniors Kailey Christian and Madi LoCastro will step into more prominent roles on the mound, and freshman Payton Kinney, who impressed in some big spots this season, will have a chance to contribute there also. Offensively, coaches are hoping Avery

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Freshman Maddie Lindsley will return in 2018 to lead Braden River’s softball team.

A FINAL HURRAH Say goodbye to the seniors (and where they are headed) LAKEWOOD RANCH Logan Newton, James Madison University Kinsey Goelz, Mississippi State University Denali Schappacher, University of Central Florida Mackenzie Meyer, Princeton University Kaylee Misiti, University of Central Florida Maddy Yoder, State College of Florida Courtney McLellan, University of North Florida BRADEN RIVER Brooke Farrow, Chipola College Casey Farrow, Chipola College Sarah Crawford, University of Alabama-Birmingham Ali Yawn, Palm Beach Atlantic University Myah Moy, Rutgers University

Goelz will continue to dominate (.562 average, 10 home runs during the regular season), and junior Morgan Cummins will continue to provide power and leadership behind the plate. Sharrer also is looking for big things from “the twins,” sophomore Maddie Koczersut and freshman Taylor Woodring.

Sharrer thanked the departing seniors for helping to change the culture. They turned practices into competitions. They set goals and referred to them throughout the year.

With that attitude entrenched, Sharrer said the next wave of players know how to be good leaders, and will pass that example on to the following wave.

“This was a great group of girls that looks to get even better,” Sharrer said. “They stayed committed to each other, especially in the postseason, with ‘distractions’ like prom and end-of-theyear activities. That stems from the commitment they made at the beginning of the season. They didn’t take anything for granted.

They understood how special it was.”

The Pirates did not attract the same amount of attention as Lakewood Ranch (the Pirates were ranked 163rd nationally by MaxPreps), but they, too, had dreams of a state title.

The Pirates finished 24-6, with three of those losses to Lakewood Ranch. Key seniors Brooke and Casey Farrow, Ali Yawn, Myah Moy and Sarah Crawford, who hit a seventh-inning home run against Fort Myers to break the Green Wave’s shutout, are now gone. Coach Melissa Dowling

thanked her group after the game for the “blood, sweat and tears” they put into the program.

“The last thing I told them was that they are leaving the program better than when they came in,” Dowling said. “That’s something to be extremely proud of.”

Dowling said the Pirates will turn to budding stars Emma Anthony and Maddie Lindsley, two of eight freshmen in the program, to carry the team next season.

“There is so much talent at Braden River,” Dowling said. “The future is very bright.”

Dowling said the key for the Pirates next season will be chemistry. The players have the tools, Dowling said. It’s about working hard and staying together as a unit. If they do that, she said, there’s no reason they can’t reach the regional finals again, and this time advance.

Crawford called the season a triumph and said she will never forget participating in the Kissimmee Klassic in April, going against the top teams in the state.

“My team did a really good job adjusting to pitchers and defense,” Crawford said. “We learned a lot (about) our team that weekend.”

For one, they learned they could compete with the upper echelon of Florida high school softball teams. Even though Crawford is leaving, she’s thrilled about the group of young players returning.

“I’m excited to see how they continue to grow,” Crawford said of the underclassmen. “Like my class did.”

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Vitale comes up big in his ‘Super Bowl’ who lost their daughter, Payton, to brain cancer at age 5 in 2007.

It was just one tragedy that has turned raising money for pediatric research into an obsession for Vitale.

Other emotionally painful moments were part of the event as well. ESPN’s Chris Berman was being honored at the gala, but he was not in attendance.

His wife of 33 years, Katherine Berman, died May 9 in a twocar collision in Connecticut.

Berman’s presence was still felt.

He sent a message, announced by former ESPN President George Bodenheimer, saying he was donating $130,000 to the V Foundation — $100,000, because it’s a “nice number,” and $30,000, representing $1,000 for each year he worked with the late John Saunders at ESPN. Saunders had been the gala’s emcee for the past 11 years but died last year on Aug. 10. ESPN’s Kevin Negandhi did the honors this year. Vitale told stories about Saunders at a pre-gala press conference, relating how he loved children and how he spent his time at the gala giving hugs to those who were fighting cancer and telling them how strong they were.

On another occasion, perhaps sorrow would have been a dominating force. Not on this night, though. Inspiration always fights its way through when Vitale is involved.

Chills shot through my body

when I heard Berman’s gift announcement. For a man going through an unspeakable tragedy to find room in his heart for a gift of that magnitude and meaning, well, it affects everyone.

By the end of the evening, after special sports packages were auctioned, cars were raffled, and Berman’s gift was announced, the gala raised more than $3 million for cancer research. Incredible.

It’s important.

Vitale, as promised, made everyone think. Only 4 cents out of every dollar donated to cancer research goes to pediatrics, a staggeringly low number. Why do we value children less in this regard?

And, yes, laughter was a big part of the gala as well.

Vitale was introduced by University of Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self, who began his speech by listing some of Vitale’s career accolades before diving into some less prestigious traits, like being unable to finish a complete sentence.

When it comes to entertaining, Vitale is second to none. He told Urban Meyer, Ohio State University’s football coach, that he would be sitting near the front of the stage at next year’s gala because University of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh was going to be honored.

Vitale’s passion always draws the big names. Besides Berman, this year’s honorees were Uni-

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Dick Vitale poses with Marissa Peddie, a member of his “All-Courageous team.”

versity of Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly and West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins.

Thinking ahead, as he does, Vitale has the guests all lined up for May 11, 2018. In addition to Harbaugh, the next gala will honor Florida State University men’s basketball coach Leonard Hamilton and ESPN broadcaster Mike Greenberg.

Personally, I can’t wait to

see what Vitale does to top this year’s event.

I know he will.

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

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ouncing around with the vitality of one of the children he loves so much, Lakewood Ranch’s Dick Vitale was delivering at peak performance.

“This is my Super Bowl,” he said in the cavernous and yet sold-out ballroom of The RitzCarlton, Sarasota. “This is my national championship.”

Vitale, of course, was talking about his 2017 Dick Vitale Gala, his 12th annual event May 12 benefiting the V Foundation and pediatric cancer research.

Although he is 77, Vitale looks forward, talking about the 2018 Dick Vitale Gala, followed by the next, and the next, and the next.

He said he has no intention of stopping.

Vitale said he will be working to fight cancer “until my last dying breath.”

On this night, though, he had to take care of the business at hand, and that meant raising money for children fighting cancer.

The crowd was told three things would happen by the end of the night. They would laugh, they would think, and they would cry.

In the immortal words of Jim Valvano, The V Foundation’s namesake, “That’s a full day.

That’s a heck of a day.”

The tears did flow. Vitale’s voice cracked as he talked about former Lakewood Ranch residents Patrick and Holly Wright,

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How long have you been playing soccer?

I’ve been playing soccer since I was around 2 or 3 years old. My grandma (Ruth Brown) got me started. She used to be a coach, and she kept training with me.

Why do you like playing soccer?

I like that it’s a team sport. Everybody has to contribute equally.

You can’t just have one player doing all the work, or else you’re not going to get very far.

What is your best skill on the field?

Probably taking free kicks. I like kicking balls really far. I like trying to kick a ball with accuracy, What is your favorite soccer memory?

The first Disney tournament I went to with Braden River Soccer Club in 2015. We all stayed in the same hotel. When we weren’t playing soccer, we would just hang around and play.

No. 9, so I like wearing it, too.

What is your favorite food?

I love fruit, and in particular blackberries. They’re sweet.

What hobbies do you have?

I like playing with my dog (Piper, a mixed breed), he’s really funny.

I also like playing with the Frisbee, throwing it around.

What is your favorite TV show?

I really like the TV show “Casey Undercover.” It’s on Disney Channel.

What is your favorite subject in school?

Definitely math. I like it because you get to calculate a bunch of stuff and it interests me. I do not like reading at all. I cannot finish a book, it annoys me.

Do you have any sports heroes?

I like Cristiano Ronaldo (of Barcelona). He has these really fancy foot skills. I think he really knows how to play the game.

He also donates to charities and he’s nice to his fans.

Why do you wear No. 9?

My aunt (Tiffany Brown) has played soccer, and she wore

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Paige McElyea is a fifth-grader at Robert Willis Elementary. She plays for the Lakewood Ranch Chargers and helped lead the team to 27 wins and a first-place finish in the 2016-2017 Club Director’s League. McElyea scored five goals in the Sarasota Cup in April.

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Braden River Middle School seventh-grader Kaylyn Shippey sketches a Celtic knot during STEAM Olympics.

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“It’s much better than being in class,” Matin said.

While more than 200 students might have felt they were getting out of classes May 10, it was really an extension of class, although more fun.

The STEAM Olympics was somewhat like the style of an

“escape room,” said Braden River Middle School language arts teacher Kristina Rosenbaum.

Students received a booklet listing various challenges. For each challenge they completed, they received a number that was used as a combination to a lock.

Tournament challenges included jigsaw puzzles, the construction of a catapult and reproduction of a Celtic knot.

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Drive for education S Above: Gary Reinstrom, of Jacobites Band, leads the golf procession with songs.

Below: Florida District 8 Sen. Keith Perry golfs in the tournament for the first time.

urrounded by friends, business colleagues and family May 12, state Sen. Bill Galvano celebrated three loves — his late-father Phil Galvano, golf and education.

More than 140 golfers turned out for the 21st annual Phil Galvano Golf Classic, a fundraiser for the Manatee Education Foundation, at the Legacy Golf Club. Guests enjoyed lunch, music and robotics demonstrations by Braden River High School robotics students before hitting the golf course.

“It showcases what young people can do if you give them tools to expand their minds,” Galvano said of having Braden River students giving onsite demonstrations. “This is what this tournament is about.”

The tournament started in 1996 to honor Phil Galvano Sr., “a golf professional to the stars” who taught such wellknown personalities such as Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, Tony Bennett, Carol Burnett and Johnny Carson.

The Manatee Education Foundation uses funds from the tournament to sponsor various education programs throughout the year.

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chants at Main Street welcome the public for this free monthly concert series benefiting local charity. For information, visit lakewoodranch.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 20

SUP AND RUN 5K Begins at 8 a.m. at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota. The race benefits Operation Second Chance, an organization dedicated to serving wounded, disabled or ill combat veterans.

The event features three races — a paddle board 5K, a running 5K and a combination paddle board 5K and running 5K (10K total). To register or for more information, visit sarasotasuprun.com.

MONDAY, JUNE 5 TO FRIDAY, JUNE 9

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Runs 9 a.m. to noon at Living Lord Lutheran Church, 11107 Palmbrush Trail, Lakewood Ranch. This vacation Bible school event is for children ages 3 through completed fifth grade. For information or to register, call 753-9365.

MONDAY, JUNE 12 TO FRIDAY, JUNE 16

FITNESS OPEN HOUSE Runs from 2 to 4 p.m. at 20 Minutes to Fitness of Lakewood Ranch, 6257 Lake Osprey Drive, Lakewood Ranch. This open house for 20 Minutes to Fitness will feature wine, cheese and demonstrations. Meet Dickie Smothers of The Smothers Brothers, as well. For information, call 309-8989.

MONDAY, MAY 22

FELT GOLF CLASSIC Runs from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club, 15150 70th Terrace E., Bradenton. This golf outing will benefit Feeding Empty Little Tummies. Entry costs $125. Fee includes entry fee, 18 holes of golf, cart, breakfast, lunch and awards. For information, contact Boni Loudon at 928-6249.

The Tribute to Heroes Parade is back for another run.

SATURDAY, MAY 28

TRIBUTE TO HEROES PARADE Runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at Main Street at Lakewood Ranch.

This community parade and block party features a parade down Main Street and street festivities such as music, face painting, refreshments and vendor booths. Proceeds from the parade benefit the Manasota Operations Troop Support.

Please bring toiletry and nonperishable food items to donate.

Guests can enter floats in the parade. There also is a children’s decorated bike contest. A pre-parade celebration for military veterans will be held at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.

For more information, call 757-1530.

SUNDAY, MAY 21

SUNCOAST HARM REDUCTION PROJECT Runs from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at The Ranch Grill and Bar, 14475 State Road 70 E., Bradenton.

The Suncoast Harm Reduction Project will explore the science behind opioids, why people misuse them and why they can’t stop. Opioid expert Dr. Sam Snodgrass, a recipient of a National Institute on Drug Abuse Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Pharmacology and Toxicology Department at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, will speak. For information, email info@floridashrp.org.

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CHINESE FOOD THERAPY Runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Four Pillars, 8209 Natures Way Unit 221, Bradenton. Rene Ng will guide participants through the Chinese cooking process and discuss how different types of cooking can impact your health. Cost is $20 and includes

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EMOTIONS AND ESSENTIAL OILS Runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Four Pillars, 8209 Natures Way Unit 221, Bradenton. Laurel James, interior designer and author of “Interiorology” and essential oil wellness coach will teach how emotions paired with essential oils can enhance your mind, body, spirit and home.

Cost is donation based. For information or to register, visit fourpillarsflorida.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 26

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.

CAKE DECORATING Runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Culinary Innovation Lab at University of South Florida, 8130 Lakewood Main St., Bradenton. Celebrate spring with a whimsical evening of cake decorating taught by chef Andrea Salazar, owner of Dolce

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All materials are included in the $75 price. For information or to register, call 735 7982.

FRIDAY, JUNE 5

MUSIC ON MAIN Runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at Main Street at Lakewood Ranch. Mer-

HARVEST VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Runs from 9 a.m. to noon at Harvest United Methodist Church, 14305 Covenant Way, Lakewood Ranch. The theme of this year’s vacation Bible school is “Maker Fun Factory.” Children ages kindergarten through fifth grade can earn about Jesus, create, play, sing and dance. To register, visit welcometoharvest.org/events.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Living Lord Lutheran Church, 11107 Palmbrush Trail, Lakewood Ranch. This vacation Bible school event is for children ages kindergarten through eighth grade. For information or to register, call 753-9365.

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KIDSPACE KidSpace every Saturday at 10:15 a.m. at South Florida Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton. The South Florida Museum is offering its new KidSpace program for elementary school children who want to explore space. Cost is $5 per person for nonmembers or $3 per person for members. Registration is required online at southfloridamuseum.org or at 746-4131, Ext. 113.

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reenbrook’s Gaetano Fuschetto and his daughters, Ella and Juliana, were taking an evening stroll May 12 when they stumbled on an opportunity.

Bruce and Anne Romanello, owners of First Harbour Medical Centers, were celebrating the opening of their Lakewood Ranch business at 14616 E. State Road 70 with a block party. More than 100 guests enjoyed food, face painting, massages

and a bounce house.

“We are really enjoying the pizza,” Gaetano Fuschetto said.

Bruce Romanello was thrilled about opening one of his medical centers in Lakewood Ranch.

“We are looking forward to rolling with the community,” Romanello said. “We are sure that we can provide the local community with the excellent services it wants.”

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L A K E WO O D R A N C H 12621 Deacons Place Joe Foster 941-812-7634 A4182259 $1,459,000

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 7516 Greystone Street Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4173738 $1,349,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 14207 Woodhall Place Cheryl Roberts 941-266-1450 A4184033 $1,080,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7328 Haddington Cove Laura Naese 941-350-3657 A4185468 $799,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 6919 Brier Creek Court Diana Michel 941-266-2677 A4156611 $779,400

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7505 226th Street E Monica Verinder 941-704-4040 A4183972 $630,000

B R A D E N TO N 8224 8th Terrace NW Deborah Capobianco 941-704-2394 A4183622 $529,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 6553 The Masters Avenue Sue Cosgrove-Lee 941-400-9068 A4169358 $519,900

B R A D E N TO N 1015 Spring Lakes Boulevard Leah Secondo 941-545-4430 A4177978 $499,999

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7341 Wexford Court Beth Ann Boyer 941-780-6606 A4185173 $498,500

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 10310 Baltusrol Place Marcia Frost 941-812-8493 A4180865 $470,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 13864 Siena Loop The Collier Group 941-313-1212 A4155289 $460,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 12231 Thornhill Court Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4177536 $449,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8712 54th Avenue E Autumn Moore 941-320-5823 A4172250 $379,000

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

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 4650 Claremont Park Drive Toma Milbank 941-720-5174 A4183833 $340,000

B R A D E N TO N 10043 Reagan Dairy Trail Noel Morton 941-348-9129 A4172293 $339,000

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

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 6523 Oakland Hills Drive Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4175668 $329,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 13104 Torresina Terrace Laurie Jarema 941-321-3410 A4183821 $325,000

PA L M E T TO 610 Riviera Dunes Way 502 Joe Foster 941-812-7634 A4183987 $289,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 11922 Winding Woods Way Holly Winkle 941-907-9595 A4183697 $278,000

PA L M E T TO 4106 70th Street Circle E Erica Thomas 941-799-9365 A4185528 $255,000

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

PA R R I S H 6324 91st Avenue E Diane Fogo Harter 941-445-2431 A4184667 $229,900

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 8139 Miramar Way 103 Maria Beck PA 941-356-0063 A4179549 $226,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7202 Teal Creek Glen Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4172569 $2,295,000

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L A K E WO O D R A N C H 16315 Clearlake Avenue Drew Russell 941-993-3739 A4164194 $1,999,950

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home in Country Club East topped all transactions in this week’s real estate.

SD CCE LLC sold the home at 16727 Berwick Terrace to Maxine Koenig and Harry Koenig, of Lakewood Ranch, for $976,900.

Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, four-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,816 square feet of living area.

COUNTRY CLUB EAST

WCI Communities LLC sold the home at 16308 Castle Park Terrace to John Lacobelli, trustee, of Bradenton, for $609,000. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,628 square feet of living area.

David and Jacqueline Lutz, trustees, of Vienna, Va., sold the home at 15521 Leven Links Place to Theodore and Margaret Debuhr, of Lakewood Ranch, for $555,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,404 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $510,000 in 2014.

COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE

Donald and Shirley Stephenson, trustees, of Ontario,

Canada, sold the home at 7024 Beechmont Terrace to Barry and Audrey Bishop, of Lakewood Ranch, for $896,000.

Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,462 square feet of living area.

Edward and Sandra Grimes, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6835 Turnberry Isle Court to Michael and Gini Tepper, of Bradenton, for $510,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, one-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,829 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $439,500 in 2003.

James and Jo-Ann Smith sold their home at 6539 The Masters Ave., to William and Christine Philipp, of Moon Township, Pa., for $475,000.

Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,961 square feet of living area.

Barth and Nancy Schlup, of Lawrenceville, Ga., sold their home at 13848 Siena Loop to Howard and Phyllis Nathans, of Lakewood Ranch, for $400,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,416 square feet of living area.

Eileen Burg, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 7495 Edenmore St. to Claudette Van Pelt, of Bradenton, for $387,000. Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,207 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $750,000 in 2006.

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baths, a pool and 2,894 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $520,000 in 2012.

Richard and Mary Coleman, of Bradenton, sold their home at 7415 Riviera Cove to Michael Zappone, of Lakewood Ranch, for $318,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,995 square feet of living area.

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Rita Simone sold her home at 6945 Woodmore Terrace to Robert and Judy Handleman, of Bradenton, for $266,000.

Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,552 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $250,000 in 2014.

EDGEWATER VILLAGE

Rubert and Cora Cain, trustees, of Bradenton, sold the home at 6618 Windjammer Place to James and Jean Richardson, of Lakewood Ranch, for $700,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, three

Helen Maldini, trustee, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 7244 Presidio Glen to Mark Muse, of White Plains, N.Y., for $381,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,910

Applicant

Amount

Pool

Bryan Boudreux

$ 65,047

6511 200th St. E.

Pool

Cale Chamberlin

$ 53,000

7140 Marsh View Terrace

Pool

Richard Buono

$ 45,000

747 Rosemary Circle

Pool

Jeffrey Gerhard

$ 40,000

7229 Prestbury Circle

Pool

Todd Jendro

$ 40,000

10606 Riverbank Terrace

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John Rechcigl

$ 33,850

6920 Ranch Road

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Marianna Porte

$ 26,988

5855 Lakeside Woods Circle Reroof

Alessio Ruggiero

$ 26,500

12608 Crystal Clear Place

Pool

Christine Poole

$ 23,876

7631 Desert Inn Way

Pool cage

Steven Vernon

$ 21,500

6726 Hickory Hammock

Reroof

H. Logan Page III

$ 21,000

7519 Lockwood Ridge Road

Reroof

Carole Daviau

$ 20,883

10603 Riverbank Terrace

Mechanical

David McNabb

$ 19,833

10001 Laurel Valley Ave.

Reroof

William Wudte

$ 17,900

12308 Lobelia Terrace

Mechanical

Nancy Stoll

$ 17,744

5823 Fairway Lakes Drive

Mechanical

Scott Sliwinski

$ 16,641

7509 52nd Terrace E.

Reroof

Kevin Kuhlman

$ 15,019

17020 Kenton Terrace

Pool

Robert Mueller

$ 15,000

1442 Millbrook Circle

Mechanical

James Nichols

$ 14,140

5073 Creekside Trail

Reroof

Allen Seidman

$ 13,900

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HERITAGE HARBOUR

Michael and Pamela Fencil, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 7815 Heritage Grand Place to Shaun and Samantha Notman, of Bradenton, for $580,000. Built in 2012, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,808 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $460,000 in 2012.

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

U N I V E R S I T Y PA R K 7820 Sloan Gardens Court A4168536 $975,000

WAT E R L E F E 10410 Riverbank Terrace A4130995 $969,000

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

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Carol Pulver, trustee, of Queensbury, N.Y., sold the home at 9707 53rd Terrace E., to George and Beth Mumaw, of Bradenton, for $614,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,588 square feet of living area.

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Robert and Ruth Field, of Bradenton, sold their home at 4723 88th St. E., to Gary Bennett and Terry Bennett, trustees, of Bradenton, for $640,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,807 square feet of living area.

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square feet of living area. It previously sold for $642,500 in 2006.

Lorne and Mary Ann Olsen, trustees, of Laguna Beach, Calif., sold the home at 6941 Woodmore Terrace to Donna Sapolin, of Bradenton, for $299,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,691 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $236,000 in 2012.

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John and Lisa Sherman, of Venice, sold their home at 22579 Morning Glory Circle to Ezequiel Cartaya, trustee, of Bradenton, for $570,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,093 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $375,000 in 2012.

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John and Deborah Roberts, of Lady Lake, sold their home at 22324 Panther Loop to Kevin Cox and Nicole Davidson, of Bradenton, for $547,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,903 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $339,000 in 2011.

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Norman and Bernadette Kurtz, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6915 Honeysuckle Trail to Steven and Jamie McCue, of Bradenton, for $545,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,522 square feet of living area.

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John and Terry Klopstad, of University Park, sold their home at 8143 Abingdon Court to Gerald and Pennie Gray, of University Park, for $540,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, twoand-a-half baths, a pool and 2,551 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $446,900 in 2002.

MARINER ESTATES

Albert and Ruth DeFillipis, of Alpharetta, Ga., sold their home at 5121 Tidewater Preserve Blvd. to Ross Johnson and Deidra Rickman-Johnson, of Charleston, W.Va., for $538,000. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,254 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $350,600 in 2012.

RYE WILDERNESS ESTATES

Edward and Deborah Erickson, of Yardley, Pa., sold their home at 16618 Second Ave. E., to Joseph Rutherford and Charlotte Mowrer, of Bradenton, for $510,000. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,108 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $442,000 in 2016.

GREYHAWK LANDING

Renee Shopoff sold the home at 13106 Magpie Place to Robert and Joyce Anderson, of Bradenton, for $497,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 3,189 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $493,500 in 2004.

CYPRESS CREEK ESTATES

Cory and Catherine Day sold their home at 6119 Ninth Ave. Circle N.E., to Keith Wenck-

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owski and Charlene Sicheri, of Bradenton, for $490,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,587 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $349,900 in 2015.

Gene and Nancy Levine, of Sarasota, for $455,000. Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths, a pool and 2,704 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $362,500 in 2010.

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Harold and Elayne Barr, of Huntertown, Ind., sold their home at 4728 Halyard Drive to Frederic King and Laura Cataldi, of Bradenton, for $470,000.

Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,390 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $410,000 in 2003.

Leslie Ragsdale and John Castello, of Sarasota, sold their home at 6995 Country Lakes Circle to

GREENBROOK VILLAGE

Randal and Susan Bowers, of Sarasota, sold their home at 14287 Sundial Place to Denis and Ana Monzin, of Lakewood

David and Julie Bracciano sold their home at 6539 Flycatcher Lane to Shereen and Piotr Sliwowski, of Lakewood Ranch, for $420,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,577 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $530,000 in 2005.

Ronald and Joy Woods sold their home at 14317 Tree Swallow Way to Michael and Katherine McDermott, of Lakewood Ranch, for $295,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,069 square feet of living area. It sold for $245,000 in 2014.

Tommy and Ada Reed, of Bradenton, sold their home at 15318 Searobbin Drive to Diana Manning, of Cortez, for $250,000.

Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,534 square feet of living area. It sold for $215,000 in 2014.

OLD GROVE AT GREENFIELD PLANTATION

Gregory and Carolyn Roebuck, of Ft. Myers, sold their home at 10547 Old Grove Circle to Christopher and Shari Schwartz, of Bradenton, for $432,500. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,910 square feet of living area. It sold for $399,000 in 2014.

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at 5848 Covey Court to Todd and Colleen Withers, of Jensen Beach, for $430,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,567 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $585,000 in 2006.

Rudolph and Jean Reiser, of Somerset, N.J., sold their home at 6809 Drewrys Bluff to Frances Catania, trustee, of Bradenton, for $430,000. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths and 2,865 square feet of living area.

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on the REAL Trends 500 by sales volume, 2017

Landscape with House and Ploughman (detail) Vincent van Gogh

7120 Teal Creek Glen $2,890,000 | Web ID A4176291 Linda Apple 941.586.0553

7917 Waterton Lane $2,885,580 | Web ID A4168185 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

13206 Palmers Creek Terrace $1,785,000 | Web ID A4169254 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

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1330 Beach Road $1,500,000 | Web ID N5911903 Stephen Lingley 941.809.7580

3361 Founders Club Drive $1,450,000 | Web ID A4179626 Don Carroll & William Feicht 941.539.2132

7807 Mathern Court $1,390,000 | Web ID A4161604 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

75 Grande Fairway $1,199,000 | Web ID N5910123 Maryanne Kurtz & Dan Olson 941.441.6624

7005 Dominion Lane $1,145,900 | Web ID A4179697 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

1904 Illinois Avenue $975,000 | Web ID A4171166 Brad Tritschler 941.716.1042

8817 Colonels Court $949,000 | Web ID A4136680 Don Carroll 941.539.2132

13404 Kildare Place $849,500 | Web ID A4160942 Laura Stavola 941.447.4875

13715 Oasis Terrace $849,000 | Web ID A4164184 Laura Stavola 941.447.4875

7104 Chatsworth Court $825,000 | Web ID A4180151 Kathleen Ucci 941.302.2344

3799 Boca Pointe Drive $819,000 | Web ID A4135851 Joel Schemmel & Sharon Chiodi 941.809.0380

7434 Mizner Reserve Court $739,900 | Web ID A4143460 Laura Stavola 941.447.4875

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7313 Links Court $680,000 | Web ID A4175192 Lisa Morreale 941.400.9038

8241 Shadow Pine Way $679,000 | Web ID A4182688 Joel Schemmel & Sharon Chiodi 941.587.4894

7018 Kingsmill Court $659,900 | Web ID A4172896 Shannon Rogers 941.920.5454

7510 Eaton Court $659,000 | Web ID A4175800 Toi Estes 941.896.2317

13015 Belknap Place $649,000 | Web ID A4185608 Stacy Haas-Goodwin 941.587.4359

4862 Ancient Marble Drive $639,000 | Web ID A4179210 Brian Wood 941.928.8408

6819 Turnberry Isle Court $630,000 | Web ID A4185404 William Carroll & William Feicht 941.539.2132

15611 Leven Links Place $625,000 | Web ID A4185861 Liz Arme 941.364.4000

8138 Dukes Wood Court $569,700 | Web ID A4165880 Gloria Bracciano & Greg Van Natter 941.730.1999

7644 Portstewart Drive $549,950 | Web ID A4170213 Laura Stavola 941.447.4875

3560 Ruger Ranch Road $549,900 | Web ID A4175071 Joseph Ebert 941.932.1487

8107 Championship Court $549,000 | Web ID A4164192 Gloria Bracciano & Greg Van Natter 941.730.1999

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

6670 Coopers Hawk Court $499,000 | Web ID A4179214 Laura Stavola 941.447.4875

55 Cayman Isles Boulevard $479,900 | Web ID N5912788 Bob Linthicum 941.228.9206

5013 Hanging Moss Lane $469,000 | Web ID A4182501 Sharon Chiodi 941.809.0380

2916 Seasons Boulevard $409,900 | Web ID A4175290 Robert Sherman 941.313.1301

7104 Presidio Glen $390,000 | Web ID A4178662 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

5627 Aaron Court $379,900 | Web ID A4185420 Dave Thomas 941.896.2949

7436 Eleanor Circle $319,000 | Web ID A4185933 Fernando Viteri 941.400.7676

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