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Sarasota County embraces Ranch Another 5,000 Lakewood Ranch homes likely to be approved by Sarasota County commissioners. SEE PAGE 3A

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Age is just a very big number Ralph Hoey and Kay Oberstar, who are residents at Cypress Springs Gracious Retirement Living in Lakewood Ranch, celebrated their 102nd birthdays with a big cake Aug. 26.

“I didn’t expect to get here, but I did,” Hoey said about turning 102 on Sept. 1.

Oberstar, who turned 102 Aug. 26, said age is just a number.

“It’s more about how you feel so far, and I’m feeling OK,” Oberstar said.

Oberstar and Hoey said the keys to a long life are staying active, exercising and not eating a lot of sweets. Hoey said he liked to swim every day.

PRODUCING A SPARK-E Animatronics comes to Nolan Middle School in East County. SEE PAGE 8A

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Liz Ramos

Eighth graders Coen Stoltz and Vincenzo Pino can’t wait to work with the animatronics. Pino hopes to make them participate in a dance battle.

Louis finds new nest on the Ranch KaDee and Bill Blake found Lakewood Ranch a fitting place to live with their fictional friend, Louis the Pelican, so they moved here from Louisiana in 2021.

They also found a second home for Louis at UTC’s Night Market, where they began selling Louis items that include T-shirts and drinking glasses.

The couple created Louis to adorn the cover of their Christmas cards at their previous home. They eventually expanded, selling cards with Louis on the cover at a local market.

Although pelicans are the state bird of Louisiana, the Blakes had never had the chance to be around them until moving to their new home in Lakewood Ranch.

“Every time we see a pelican, we say, there’s Louis,” KaDee said.

The UTC Night Market takes place from 7-10 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month.

The next market will be held Sept. 15, with music by the Keith James Band.

Well rested and ready

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East Manatee Fire Rescue continues upgrading conditions for its firefighters.

SEE PAGE 6A

Ian Swaby

Deputy Chief Paul Wren says the district is spending money to provide better living conditions.

Eclectic collection.

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“We have had several work sessions already on affordable (workforce) housing, but we’re probably not going to do anything until the new board is in place,” said Baugh, who attended a three-day special training program, called Support and Connect, Aug. 29-31 in Orlando.

The training program was presented by the Florida Housing Coalition and Fifth Third Bank.

A Manatee County release said the main topic was best practices in disposition of public land for affordable housing with an emphasis on supplier diversity. Among the representatives of Manatee County attending were commissioners Baugh, George Kruse, James Satcher and Reggie Bellamy.

Baugh said the Florida Housing Coalition had seven or eight presentations going on at the same time, so the commissioners would split up to cover as many topics as possible.

With a supply of county-owned land that isn’t pointed toward a purpose, Baugh said it is time to use some of that property for a land trust that could be used for affordable workforce housing.

“The main thing for people to understand is that this has nothing to do with HUD, and nothing to do with Section 8,” Baugh said. “This is the best move forward to provide housing for our law enforcement, nurses, teachers, stylists. The reason we were at (Support and Connect) was because they were going to be talking about community land trust. I am not highly knowledgeable on how community land trusts work, and the county has vacant land.”

She said the biggest factor when it comes to building is the price of land.

Using a land trust, Baugh said the

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county can have control over the purpose of the building for 30 to 40 years, and retain the land. For example, if the county’s agreement is to let a builder put apartments on a property, and 60 of those apartments need to be affordable, they can add a timeline and control that use.

“You have an agreement on what their responsibilities are,” she said.

“It gives you more control.”

Baugh said commissioners might have to look at making changes in redevelopment codes and the Comprehensive Plan.

“It’s going to supply homes we so desperately need, and it will continue to be our land,” Baugh said.

She said the Florida Housing Coalition will be a valuable resource for the county, answering questions if the board is working through a land trust.

While Baugh said the commissioners want to launch whatever tools they have to help working class people who can’t afford homes, she said the moves need to remain conservative.

“We want to make sure we are following limited government,” she said.

Baugh said the county needs to move quickly.

“We are not going to wait,” she said. “This isn’t going to work if we have to wait five years.”

Commissioner Vanessa Baugh wants Manatee County to begin creating workforce housing through land trusts as soon as possible.

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Sarasota County turns to SMR, which plans 5,000 new homes to answer the increasing demand.

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LAND USE CHANGE If Sarasota County commissioners approve it Oct. 25, SMR will build up to 5,000 homes on these 4,120 acres.

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AN EXTENSION OF THE RANCH

“Lakewood Ranch Southeast will be completely integrated within the Lakewood Ranch community,” Cole wrote. “It will include all the features that differentiate Lakewood Ranch including parks, trails, three-board fencing, landscaping buffers, etc.

The expansion of University Parkway and extension of Bourneside Boulevard to Fruitville Road will act as the connective tissue to Lakewood Ranch.”

Cole wrote that SMR has not yet decided upon the number of singlefamily and multifamily homes that will make up the 5,000 homes.

“We have a pretty good pulse on the market based on the volume and diversity of new homes sold on the Ranch each month along with the information collected from thousands of prospects who would like to make Lakewood Ranch their home,” she wrote. “This information will inform the ultimate number of villages, home types and lifestyle offerings.”

Like Lakewood Ranch in Manatee County and Waterside in Sarasota County, Lakewood Ranch Southeast will be made up of a number of “villages.”

Cole wrote that SMR has participated in an analysis with Sarasota County to make sure a K-8 school is in the five-year plan for Waterside Place that also will serve Lakewood Ranch Southeast. Cole noted that Sarasota County owns land for a school site in the Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park. She wrote that the two school sites would “comfortably meet student generation projections for Lakewood Ranch Southeast.”

TRAFFIC CONCERNS

More than 50 Sarasota County residents showed up at the Aug. 31 meeting in opposition to the plan, and one of the main concerns was traffic.

Fruitville Road to the east of Interstate 75 has seen congestion, and the worry expressed was that Lakewood Ranch Southeast would further compound the troubles.

Cole wrote that University Parkway will be widened to four lanes

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hen Lakewood Ranch’s expansion in Manatee County reached the borders of Schroeder-Manatee Ranch’s ownership, it seemed a matter of time before Sarasota County would make the necessary changes to embrace more of its own Ranch style of living.

That time appears to be now.

Sarasota County commissioners took a step toward making the needed land use changes Aug. 31 that will allow SMR to build up to 5,000 homes on 4,120 acres, effectively creating Lakewood Ranch Southeast. The four commissioners present voted 4-0 to transmit a proposal to the state Department of Economic Opportunity to allow a higher density of homes on the 4,120 acres that lie between University Parkway and Fruitville Road and east of Lorraine Road, almost to the Old Miakka community to the east.

If approved by the state, the amendment to the Comprehensive Plan still needs to be approved by commissioners at an Oct. 25 public hearing.

At the Aug. 31 meeting, all four commissioners spoke highly of SMR’s development of Lakewood Ranch and the perceived positive impact the much-needed housing will have on Sarasota County. Commissioner Mike Moran did not attend the meeting.

The area being considered is called the “Village Transition Zone.”

In the 2050 Comprehensive Plan, that area was part of a zone designated to become hamlets or villages.

With the process still ongoing, SMR executives wouldn’t grant a live interview, however, Senior Vice President Laura Cole did send some information via email about the project if approved.

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The amendment stated all arterial, collector and local roads serving 2050 developments shall be developed with an adequate number of travel lanes to maintain countyadopted level of service standards.

Commissioner Christian Ziegler said the extension of Bourneside Boulevard will be important.

“If we just stay as is, there will be a lot of traffic coming to Fruitville,” he said. “It’s not perfect, I’d rather just have no trips coming on Fruitville.”

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Sarasota’s Lana Kepler speaks before the commission about Lakewood Ranch Southeast, with commissioners Christian Ziegler and Ron Cutsinger listening.

through its current eastern end point, but will go no farther east.

She wrote that Bourneside Boulevard will be extended south to Fruitville.

She wrote that traffic studies have indicated 75% of the traffic out of Lakewood Ranch Southeast will be directed toward University Parkway and away from Fruitville Road.

Commissioners noted that planning already has been completed to widen Fruitville Road east through to Lorraine Road.

The area being considered for a land use change mostly consists of pastureland, which according to SMR’s plans, has limited agricultural use. The 4,120-acre property currently allows a maximum of 1,648 dwelling units, but the rezone would increase the possible units to 5,000.

The types of zoning currently surrounding the area being considered includes hamlets; greenways, or lands set aside for recreation or preservation; other publicly-owned lands; and protected areas, as well as the rural heritage/estate zone.

SMR’s plans state that Lake Park Estates is currently under development in the southeastern area of the area being considered and notes that it will be absorbed into Lakewood Ranch Southeast once that community is complete.

LOTS OF OPEN SPACE

Lakewood Ranch Southeast would have a provision that would require 50% of the acreage in the new community to be open space, although the board has the option to approve reduced greenbelt areas, which would result in a designation of 43% of the acreage as open space. Among the features allowed within open space are greenways, park facilities and telecommunications facilities.

The plan also contains circumstantial allowances for increases in density, although development is capped at 5,000 under all circumstances, aside from a subsequent rezone proposal being presented.

The plan does permit additional density for dwelling units based on incentives that include two units for every unit provided for a family at or below the 80% Adjusted Median Income (AMI); 1.5 units for every housing unit provided for a family at or below the 100% AMI; and one unit for every housing unit provided for a family at or below the 120% AMI.

“Lakewood Ranch Southeast will be completely integrated within the Lakewood Ranch community. It will include all the features that differentiate Lakewood Ranch including parks, trails,three-board fencing, landscaping, buffers, etc.”

— SMR Vice President Laura Cole

If the proposal is approved, SMR plans to pursue a review of the property’s master plan, which will lay out, in greater detail, the specifics of the development including density of various areas, site and infrastructure, site analysis, and other information.

Based on an assumed rate of 300 dwelling units built per year, a shortrange analysis showed an increase of 1,045 trips per day during peak times over the next five years, while a longrange analysis showed an increase of 1,991 trips per day by the year 2045.

The long-range analysis predicted changes to traffic patterns below Sarasota County’s level-of-service standard on multiple sections of University Parkway, Bourneside Boulevard and Fruitville Road.

The short-range analysis also found that Bourneside Boulevard from University Parkway to Fruitville Road was subject to operate below standard by 2027. For this issue, the study proposed the solution of a two-to-four lane widening of Fruitville Road from Sarasota Center Boulevard to Bourneside Boulevard, and Bourneside Boulevard from University Parkway to Fruitville Road.

Although the county’s comprehensive plan restricted widening for the section of Bourneside Boulevard between Fruitville Road and Lorraine Road, an amendment presented subsequently, and also approved by the board unanimously for transmittal during the Aug. 31 meeting, provided the ability to widen the road.

Commissioner Ron Cutsinger said he did not agree with idea that a series of 5- and 10-acre plots was more environmentally conscious on the area owned by SMR. He said the developments would offer strict provisions for the environment, unlike a semi-developed location of 5- and 10-acre plots.

“The invasives take over,” Cutsinger said. “The homeowner sort of encroaches. It breaks up contiguous features for environmental habitat, so I think we need to be careful in saying that’s a more environmentally conscious approach. I don’t think it is.”

He said the draw of SMR will enhance a thriving Sarasota County.

“We’ve created a county that is so desirable to live in, that everyone wants to live here, and part of that is because of developments like Lakewood Ranch, and some of these others that are really well planned.

This is planning the way it should be done.”

Commissioner Christian Ziegler said SMR simply lives up to its strong reputation.

“What they build is so nice,” he said. “We have a huge demand (for housing) in Sarasota County, and we need to fill it. This is a chance for us to increase our supply.”

Commissioner Nancy Detert said it was obvious Sarasota County needs to have quality communities to absorb the many people who want to move here.

“We have our finger in the dike, and what the dike is holding out is a tsunami of humanity that wants to move to Sarasota County,” she said.

RESIDENTS PUSH BACK

Residents living near the impacted area said they did not believe the commissioners took their concerns into account.

“It just seems like it was always yes,” said Old Miakka resident Jane Grandbouche of the commissioners’ vote. “They listened to us, but I don’t know if you can really call it listening.

I think it was already determined.”

“They sat up there and said they represented us,” said resident Cindy Martin of the commissioners. “But they didn’t because they all voted yes. This is not about money, it’s about the people who live here and work here. This is our way of life that we paid for, that we put our blood, sweat and tears into.”

But Cutsinger said things change and that the county’s Comprehensive Plan “can and should evolve.”

Cutsinger, who called SMR’s proposal an “environmentally conscious approach,” said Sarasota County does not disregard environmental impacts and noted that the county is heavily invested in trails and parks.

LAKEWOOD RANCH SOUTHEAST What: Lakewood Ranch will expand by 5,000 homes if Sarasota County commissioners approve an amendment to allow SMR to develop its 4,120 acres with a maximum of 5,000 new homes Where: Eastern Sarasota County (see map above) Next step: The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity has the proposal and if it approves, then commissioners will vote Oct. 25 to change land use on the acreage that allows the project to go foward.

UPCOMING ROAD WORK

Roads expected to be widened or extended if Lakewood Ranch Southeast becomes a reality Fruitville Road: Sarasota Center Boulevard to Lorraine Road Bourneside Boulevard: University Parkway to Fruitville Road University Parkway: Lorraine Road to Bourneside Boulevard

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Students chart a new course Opening of Lakewood Ranch charter school lessens the enrollment load at other local schools.

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itting at a table in the fourth grade learning village at Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy, no one would have known Lelia Rodriguez, Catalina Poole, Emily Topping and Molly Jae all went to different elementary schools last school year.

Dressed in their matching green Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy polo shirts, they were working collaboratively on an assignment to draw an aquarium.

The new K-12 charter school has 740 students enrolled who previously attended schools including Robert E. Willis, B.D. Gullett, Gilbert W. McNeal and Freedom elementary schools as well as Dr. Mona Jain and R. Dan Nolan middle schools.

Many of the freshmen at the charter school’s upper school would have attended Lakewood Ranch High School.

All of these schools, except for Lakewood Ranch High School, saw a decrease in enrollment as of Aug. 30 compared to May of last school year.

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“With the growth that’s still happening here in Manatee County, there’s definitely enough kids to go around,” Sauer said. “(Lakewood Ranch Preparatory opening) certainly didn’t hurt the district.”

Even so, Sauer said the new charter didn’t change the district as a whole, either.

Sauer said the school district’s total enrollment, which includes charter schools, is about 100 students shy of its projection of 51,769 students.

Sauer said another factor that has dropped enrollment at many of the district’s elementary schools is the number of kindergartners. He said the school district as a whole has about 285 fewer kindergartners compared to last year.

At Gullett Elementary alone, the school has 141 fewer kindergartners when the school has had close to 200 kindergartners coming in each year for the past few years.

Sauer said the district’s rezoning of elementary schools in 2019 has contributed to the changes in enrollment.

At the middle school level, Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy has only accepted sixth graders this school year. Dr. Mona Jain Middle School, which saw a drop of 81 students in enrollment compared to last school year, did see many students transfer to the new charter, although the district didn’t have exact numbers.

Sauer said he couldn’t attribute Mona Jain’s drop in enrollment to the charter.

“We had closed Mona Jain to (school) choice and hardship, so I think that had more to do with it than anything,” he said.

With the continuous growth in East County, Sauer said Lakewood Ranch High remains above capacity with 2,428 students enrolled this

Fourth graders Lelia Rodriguez, Catalina Poole, Emily Topping and Molly Jae work collaboratively on an assignment. Each of them went to a different elementary school before attending Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy.

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Enrollment May 2022 708

William H. Bashaw Elementary Braden River 569 Elementary B.D. Gullett Elementary 1,334 Freedom Elementary 615 Gilbert W. McNeal 705 Elementary Tara Elementary 580 Gene Witt Elementary 683 802 Robert E. Willis Elementary Braden River Middle 915 Carlos E. Haile Middle 783 Dr. Mona Jain Middle 1,063 782 R. Dan Nolan Middle Braden River High 1,713 Lakewood Ranch High 2,351 Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy (K-12)

year, which is 77 more than last year.

About 100 of Lakewood Ranch Prep’s 740 students came from out of state.

Bradley Warren, the principal of the lower school, and Cheryl Cendan, the principal of the upper school, weren’t surprised to see so many families from out of state want to enroll in their school because they knew they had spread the word through community meetings and social media.

Warren said it was great to see how many people chose the area because of great schools and “great schools of choice.”

Many Lakewood Ranch Prep parents said one of their reasons for choosing the charter was overcrowding in Lakewood Ranch-area schools.

Warren said overcrowding will not be a concern for the charter school because it is written in the school’s charter that enrollment cannot exceed 740 students in its first year and 1,965 students when the school has all K-12 students on campus four years from now.

“We can’t bring in portables,” Warren said. “We can’t change our mind and say let’s put a second story on the school. To do that, we’d have to go back to Manatee County and amend the charter. We have no plans to do that because one of the things our parents love is they wanted a smaller setting.”

Bringing together students and teachers from other schools comes with its benefits and challenges.

Warren said many students made instant connections with classmates because they recognized each other from their previous schools or were already friends.

But no matter what school they previously attended, each student

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became the “new kid” because they are part of the school’s inception.

“Starting a new school can be a daunting task for some kids,” Warren said. “But we can say everybody’s new here. All the teachers are new here. All the students are new here.

We’re all doing this together. I think that kind of quickly brings a sense of community together.”

Warren said having learning villages has proved beneficial as well because students develop relationships with more students and more teachers.

“There’s a greater chance you can make some connections with kids who might share your interests,” he said.

Coming from different schools, Warren said teachers have had the opportunity to share their experiences and collaborate on how to best bring different teaching methods together.

“They get to come together and take the best of both worlds,” Warren said. “It’s that synergy of ‘here’s what I liked about my old school but here’s what could make it better.’”

Warren said he told teachers to check their ego at the door because they were going to be surrounded by experts who needed to combine their philosophies to do what will be best for the students.

For the high school freshmen, Cendan said students didn’t have a difficult time adjusting to the new school because they had several opportunities to meet through community meetings. The parents also set up freshmen social events before school started.

“Our parents — in the high school in particular — have been exceptional at interacting with each other,” Cendan said.

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n renovating Station 12 at State Road 70 and Verna Road in East County, East Manatee Fire Rescue is not only preparing for better service, it is preparing for the future.

Deputy Chief Paul Wren said one of the main reasons for the $50,000 renovation project was to separate bunk rooms to accommodate male and female firefighters, as well as providing more room for all the firefighters in general.

Currently, there are no female firefighters assigned to Station 12, but Wren would like to see more in the future. He also said firefighters, in general, shouldn’t be packed into one bunk room. Station 12 usually has three firefighters working the shift there.

“The hope is that this remodel is going to make it a better livable space,” Wren said.

“You do spend a third of your life here as a firefighter,” Logistics Officer Scott Rhodes said of the station.

Although Station 12 currently has another intended bunk room, it does not meet the code, which specifies the room needs to have an egress window, which would allow inhabitants to pull a lever and exit in case of emergency.

The renovation will include the installation of such a window/windows in a project that will result in three bunk rooms.

Overall, East Manatee Fire Rescue currently has one female firefighter in Kim Luther, who works as an administrative officer.

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Firefighter Freddie Townshend, who is based at Station 12, said the plan looks like a nice upgrade. He said the new workout room would serve as another getaway for the firefighters in-between their calls.

The remodel might be only a temporary fix as Rhodes said East Manatee Fire Rescue might look at a total renovation or replacement of the building in about seven years. Currently, firefighters must leave the station during hurricanes because the building doesn’t have a high enough rating to withstand wind.

He said further upgrades would depend on the area’s growth.

Wren said a bigger renovation or replacement of Station 12 is not on East Manatee Fire Rescue’s 5-year capital plan, but things could change.

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Station 12 used to have only two firefighters, but has expanded to three when the rescues merged.

“That will change the productivity and the safety for responding to incidents exponentially,” Rhodes said.

Certainly, the stations in the Myakka City area face somewhat different challenges than the stations closer to Lakewood Ranch. The firefighters must cover greater distances on their calls in the rural area.

Due to that greater distance, Rhodes said crews operate independently longer when they are in need of additional help.

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Firefighters at those stations obviously deal with more brush fires.

“We were very busy this year, we had a lot,” Rhodes said.

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Additional features being installed at Station 12 include a dedicated workout room for firefighters.

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“If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

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Learning goes wild at Nolan with animatronics.

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an the School District of Manatee County make learning as fun as a trip to Walt Disney World?

Just ask the parents and students who attend R. Dan Nolan Middle School.

When Nolan hosts its Back to School Night Sept. 8, parents will be greeted by a Spark-e animatronic figure, which will be part of a Specialized Programmable Animatronic and Robotics Kit for Education — dressed in school spirit wear.

In preparation for Spark-e arriving this school year, students last year made a video to accompany him for Back to School Night.

Nolan and the district’s W.D. Sugg Middle School are the only two schools in Florida to have an animatronics lab, made possible through Garner Holt Education through Imagination.

Garner Holt, a native of San Bernardino, California, founded Garner Holt Productions in 1977 out of his garage while he was in high school.

His animatronics company is now the world’s largest, having built more than 400 figures in Disney parks throughout the world. On the company’s website, Holt attributes much of his company’s success to his high school shop classes and teachers “who provided me with the freedom and flexibility to learn in the way that I learned best, and allowed me to learn through real-world problems and projects that interested me; projects that fostered my creativity and imagination.”

His company founded Garner Holt Education through Imagination, supported by industry professionals and teachers, to provide other students with similar opportunities.

“Being that animatronics are such a big part of state’s productions and shows, it’s kind of neat to be one of the first people to get to bring this to the kids,” said Chris Robinson, the film production and animatronics teacher at Nolan Middle.

Coen Stoltz, a Nolan eighth grader, said he’s excited to learn how to use the animatronics in the coming months.

“It’s interesting to know the beginning steps to what Disney (World) and Universal (Studios) use,” he said.

“It’s really cool.”

Robinson and Lindsey McKinnon, an art teacher at Nolan, flew to Redlands, California to visit Garner Holt Productions and learn more about the animatronics lab, and to receive training and prepare to have the lab at their middle school.

“We were like kids in a candy store in California when they were showing their factory and what they’ve produced,” Robinson said.

Robinson said they learned not only what animatronics can mean in the high school setting, but what the students eventually can grow into.

“We just want to be able to bring Garner Holt’s vision of providing

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PROJECTS PLANNED With the animatronics, students can complete various projects for school events such as n Back to School Night — The animatronic will welcome students and their parents. n Haunted house — The animatronics will be customized to fit into the spooky haunted house the National Junior Honor Society hosts each year. n Holiday hallways — During the holidays, the hallways of the school are decorated. The plan is to have each animatronic look like a different character from Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

“It’s a fun way to implement artistic creativity as well as implement technology, and keep up with it.”

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a different type of technology and entertainment-based education to kids,” Robinson said.

The animatronics lab is in its beginning stages as students learn more about storytelling before putting what they’ve learned into action with the animatronics.

By the end of the semester, the classroom will be transformed to have an entire stage complete with lighting students can control and operate so they can put on productions using the animatronics.

“The idea is that it’s getting them into a field they probably have never been exposed to before,” Robinson said. “It’s getting them more interested in videography, audio, engineering. Kids are going to be learning how to program and use code to create basic functions. Ultimately, they’re being exposed to different fields of industry, and that’s kind of

rare to find because animatronics is kind of multiple fields all in one.”

Before then, Robinson hopes to incorporate the animatronics in the school’s annual haunted house for Halloween as well as the holiday hallways where they will have each animatronic figure dressed as a different character from Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

“Adding new technology to those (events) to improve the quality would be neat,” Robinson said.

From engineering to coding to costume design, lighting, visuals and audio, Robinson said there will be a task for each of the 70 students between the two film production and animatronics classes.

“It’s a fun way to implement artistic creativity as well as implement technology, and keep up with it,” Robinson said. “Every kid has a phone in their pocket and every kid has a camera, so now I want them to learn how to use that phone for more than just scrolling through social media. I want them to use their phones for creating art, creating new ways of thinking and doing things.

By adding animatronics to it, it’s just creating another element of introducing technology they normally would never have been exposed to.”

The lab will include a studio room for voice recording and film equipment for students to produce their own videos that can be displayed on the two panels adjacent to the animatronics.

Students will learn coding and engineering to understand and learn how to move each part of the animatronics to make them talk, move their body, practice tai-chi and more.

They will be able to have each of the three animatronics interacting with each other.

Vincenzo Pino, an eighth grader, hopes to have a dance battle among the animatronics.

“I can’t wait to design them and make them do special movements,” Pino said.

Pino said the animatronics lab will be a great opportunity for him and his classmates to get a glimpse into what the future could be like as they learn various aspects of engineering and coding.

“It’s really cool and so complex,” Pino said. “Knowing that not everyone our age gets to experience this is really cool.”

LESSONS LEARNED The animatronics lab will give students the opportunity to learn a variety of lessons including n Engineering n Coding n Costume design n Video production n Audio production n Lighting n Staging

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Incumbents outworked in Manatee election N ow that you have had a couple of weeks to digest the primaries, you might have concluded the end-all isn’t always about money.

For I am sure you heard how big money buys politicians in these parts, and that pretty much is that.

Turns out the 2022 elections in Manatee County were about something other than money. They were about people.

And, really, isn’t that what elections should be about?

If you noticed, both District 6 at-large candidate, and incumbent, Carol Whitmore, and District 4 candidate, and incumbent, Misty Servia, were basically crushed in the voting. That might have been a surprise since Servia raised $147,212.45 to winner Mike Rahn’s $103,759. Whitmore had $139,576.03 in the coffers to James Bearden’s $108,303.09.

The people factor hit hard in these races.

By the people factor, I mean people talking to people, or campaigning in ways other than posting signs. Word of mouth ... imagine that? The races were decided by hustle, and determination.

Whether or not that came down to bad-mouthing incumbents, well, you be the judge. Whether or not you believe that to be dirty politics, well, you be the judge. That’s why we each have a vote. If we don’t like the way a candidate is conducting business, we can check a different box.

Typically, we like incumbents, especially those who post an “R” in front of their name. Incumbents usually need to do some extreme things to get on our bad side.

When did sentiment turn against these incumbents? Well, it was long before campaigning began. You have to go back to February 2021 when District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh was asked by Gov. Ron DeSantis to organize a COVID-19

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vaccination clinic in Lakewood Ranch. DeSantis noticed the senior population in Lakewood Ranch was far behind the curve when it came to getting vaccinated. This was an opportunity to help the area catch up to the rest of the state. He asked Baugh to set it up.

At the time, Baugh had been engaging in a regular verbal battle with Whitmore and Servia during Manatee County Commission meetings, so when it came to the vaccination clinic, she bypassed them, and the rest of the commissioners, and put together the clinic on her own over the course of the weekend.

No one can argue that Baugh should have executed the clinic in a more appropriate manner. But you could also argue that the clinic wouldn’t have been held at all if the process was bogged down because

of infighting. It is likely DeSantis would have taken the vaccine elsewhere. That makes it logical, but not right.

Nonetheless, Baugh compounded the negativity launched against her by compiling a five-person list that she wanted added to the clinic, even though they didn’t meet the requirements. She was on the list.

The “Let’s Hate Vanessa” club grew ... except for areas in Manatee County where it didn’t.

As voters, we often are a forgiving sort, especially if our politician can get things done. I don’t need to go into all the evidence of that one.

Then consider that Baugh has been a popular commissioner, and a more popular Republican.

Even so, all hell had broken loose in Manatee County, as Baugh was vilified for serving the elite and ignoring the rest of the county.

Baugh’s actions resulted in an eventual review by the state ethics committee and a hearing that won’t eventually be heard until November.

It all seemed like a major disaster for Baugh, who isn’t up for reelection for two more years, except for one very important factor. Of all the commissioners in Manatee County, Baugh is the most Republican of the Republicans.

Those who follow politics understand the governor is not going to show up at Baugh’s ethics hearing to say nice things, especially when he is strong candidate for president. But make no mistake, in local Republican circles, Baugh is known as the Republican who would do anything she could to support the governor.

At the same time, Whitmore and Servia became the two quasiRepublicans who went on a rampage against the person who did the governor’s bidding.

I do believe if the tension had eased in the months following the vaccine clinic fervor, it would have been more or less business as usual.

Instead, it intensified. Sides were drawn.

The die-hard Republicans in the county had to decide whether they were pro Baugh, or pro those who hated Baugh.

In the end, Baugh wasn’t even in the 2022 primaries, but she might as well have been. I’m not so sure voters were selecting Rahn or Bearden on their cards, as much as they were voting against the incumbents.

It goes back to people part, or should I say “Power to the people.”

If I am being told by the Republican hierarchy in the county that the party wants these candidates in, and these out, I might be supportive even if I am on the fence with my vote. That’s how all this works.

Baugh, along those lines, was pushing for Rahn and Bearden. The amount of signs someone could

stick in the ground was irrelevant.

The incumbents had alienated members of their party by going overboard in attacking one of their own.

Now you might say, “That’s not right.” Perhaps it’s not.

But it all comes down to people getting involved, and working hard to see an election go the way they desire.

If you read this column regularly, you know that I plead with residents to be involved when it comes to elections. I would imagine that a lot of Manatee County residents expected Whitmore, who has been a commissioner since 2006, to be a shoo-in. Whitmore often was considered a voice of reason on the board, even if she did have her regular spats with Baugh.

But those who backed Rahn and Bearden worked their butts off, getting to the voters and convincing them it was time for a change.

It’s hard to dispute that Whitmore and Servia were outworked in this election.

Citizens using the system to get the results they want? You can hate the results, or you can join a campaign next time around. Get a candidate, organize campaign volunteers, hit the streets, raise money.

Know the rules and use them to favor your candidate. It’s out there for the taking.

As it stands, conservative Republicans rule the commission now.

And those who supported the incumbents should have worked harder.

Jay Heater is the managing editor for the East County Observer. Contact him at JHeater@ YourObserver.com.

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His latest book, “Helping People Learn,” was published by Cambridge University Press on June 30.

Novak sat with his wife, Joan, and pondered his future as an author.

“Helping People Learn,” is a summation of more than 60 years of his work as he tried to write in a format “the average person could understand.” But while the work comes natural to him, he needed Sheridan volunteer Dee Humphreys to do much of the typing for him.

Will there be a 42nd book?

“I don’t think so,” he said softly.

If another book doesn’t come to fruition, Novak continues to be a human reference book of knowledge when it comes to educational learning topics.

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It was back in the late 1950s and early 1960s when Novak started to be bothered by the preponderance of behavioral psychology in learning, or what he calls the “memorize-test-forget kind of education.”

His contention was that a cognitive psychology approach was much more beneficial as students learn why things happened instead of just learning that they did happen.

With both science and education degrees, Novak began his teaching career at Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, Kansas in 1957.

But his focus gradually changed to “teaching teachers” as he taught biology and teacher education courses at Purdue University from 1959-1967, and then at Cornell from 1967-1995.

The beginning of his foray into promoting the cognitive psychology approach wasn’t embraced by many of his colleagues.

“Cognitive psychology was considered a far-out view,” he said.

“But a lot of the literature at the time didn’t make sense. I thought

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education could become a science if we would understand how people learn.”

He noted that psychologist B.F. Skinner was the shining start of the 1950s and 1960s with his work on human action being dependent on the consequences of previous actions, and the principals of reinforcement.

“Behavioral learning emphasizes reinforcement,” Novak said. “You repeat things. You know 2 times 2 equals 4, but you don’t understand the concept. You don’t know that (on a ruler) 4 is twice the distance from 2.”

He began writing his books and papers in the 1960s and said he was called an “outcast.”

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When he began working at Cornell, he went to the National Science Foundation in the search for funding for his research, but he was rejected.

“My theories were considered a left-field view of learning,” he said.

“It was anything but mainstream.

The officers of the National Science Foundation were all Ph.D.s, but they didn’t understand what I was talking about. It was so obvious that a 6- or 7-year-old kid would understand, but they didn’t.”

Fortunately for Novak, his ideas started to be accepted in universities around the world. Visiting professors would come to Cornell to learn about his basic concepts that focused not

on memorizing information, but to ask why it was happening.

“It is amazing to see how people can get locked into a conceptual view,” Novak said. “You see it in politics. It is hard to see someone else’s view that is so radically different.”

Novak said an example of cognitive psychology learning is when children learn a language through experience, such as living with a relative, as opposed to memorizing words out of a book.

“It stays with them a lifetime,” he said.

When Novak was a child, he learned Slovak in his household in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he lived until he was 23. He and Joan became snowbirds in 1995 after she had open-heart surgery the previous year. They lived half the year in Tarpon Springs and the other half in Ithaca, New York in the Finger Lakes region.

While he was winding down his university career, Novak began to work as a consultant, teaching his concept mapping principals to private companies. The first was in 1993 to Procter and Gamble, which was trying to develop a “wet” toilet paper that could be distributed off a roll.

He met with 18 Proctor and Gamble executives and they explained the problem, that they couldn’t get paper to hold moisture. There was a market for the product in Japan, but they hadn’t been able to deliver.

“We created a concept map in one day,” he said. “They needed chemicals that would retain moisture and they had all these Ph.D.s in the room, but they didn’t have that kind of chemist. We drew a concept map and found they were producing a lot of diapers. They had been working on the project for two years, and two moths later they were marketing it.”

He worked with Procter and Gamble for four years, then branched out, teaching his concept mapping techniques to the Army, Navy and NASA, among others.

Novak moved to the Sheridan in 2019 with help from his son Joe Novak, and his wife Elizabeth, who live in Lakewood Ranch.

His hope is that educators will visit and discuss theories. Any educator who would like to discuss theories can reach him by calling The Sheridan at 313-3213.

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New tax collector’s office on the way The bigger office will have 45 service stations as compared to the current seven in Lakewood Ranch.

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Manatee County Tax Collector Ken Burton said the larger, more modern office at 10705 Technology Terrace is targeted for an opening early in 2024.

It will coincide with the closing of the current office at 6007 11th St. E. The opening of the 44th Avenue extension through Lakewood Ranch about the same time will make the new location more accessible.

“Strategically, it’s a great spot, and it’s going to be designed with things we’ve learned here,” Burton said of the new office. “We always try to make them better and improved.”

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operated by in-person workers. The other 20 will be automated self-service stations. The current Lakewood Ranch office has seven in-person stations and five automated selfservice stations.

Burton said the Lakewood Ranch office was in “dire need” of renovation. Ultimately, it was decided a new office would be more frugal than renovation. The new building is budgeted to cost $5.8 million, but has not yet gone out for bid.

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Mandie Ferguson, director of communications for the Manatee County Tax Collector, said the average wait times are currently less than 12 minutes, but the tax collector’s office was looking to be proactive to make sure those don’t increase with area growth.

Out-of-state vehicle transfers, she said, take significantly longer to process due to the amount of paperwork involved, and with so many people moving to Florida, that contributes to wait times. She said vehicle transactions will also usually involve families with multiple vehicles, and multiple people registering.

While people can do their transactions online, Ferguson said many residents still want to do their transactions at an office where they can speak to a worker.

“If you want to come in, you’re more than welcome,” Burton said.

“But it helps us provide better customer service if you don’t. It keeps our wait times down, so we try to encourage people to use our online services.”

All services currently available at Lakewood Ranch will be available at the new office. A newly available service that currently is not offered at Lakewood Ranch will be concealed weapons permitting. Ferguson said there are also additional services under discussion for the new office.

Burton said he is excited to watch current employees become involved with the new project.

“That gets me excited to see them come up with new and innovative ideas to make it the best experience for the customer,” he said.

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“People have to deal with the tax collector,” he said. “We’re the retail side of government, so we’ve got to have our doors open.”

He said the original Lakewood Ranch office was built to handle the expected population over a 20-year period.

“Well, it’s been almost 20 years and we’re slammed full out there,” he said of the current office.

Burton said the new office’s location was ideal, as it is in a central area in the county, population-wise.

He said in the 1970s, downtown Bradenton would have been the central point of Manatee County, but that is no longer the case, with so much of the growth taking place in the east.

One major change in the design of the new office is that the waiting room will be separated from the workers’ stations. Burton said the idea is not to have people staring at the employees while they are processing documents.

He said the new design also provides enhanced security so visitors don’t have to worry about their documents being exposed to others, especially those with Social Security numbers or driver’s license numbers.

The separate waiting room currently is being used at the DeSoto office.

“It’s been well received, and it’s just a good thing,” Burton said.

“We’re just trying to get better at what we do.”

He said he is most excited that the new office will be able to process more customers faster.

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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT Greenberg has masters like H. Claude Pissarro lining his walls.

A work by Nikitas Kavouklēs.

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Cary Greenberg is an architect by trade and an artist by nature, and he’s enjoying his second life in business as the owner of an art gallery.

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ary Greenberg has staked his claim to a well traveled stretch of Main Street that features food and drink.

But he’s selling Picassos and Rembrandts.

Greenberg, a former architect who now runs the Stakenborg Greenberg Fine Art gallery, spent decades of his life yearning to open his own art space. That passion took a second place, though, as he developed his career and raised a family.

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He moved down permanently not long after that, and he began frequenting the Stakenborg Fine Art space owned by Christian Stakenborg.

A decade later, in 2016, Stakenborg wanted to retire, and he offered Greenberg the chance to take over after the two became friends.

“I had some pieces I wanted to sell and pieces I wanted information on,” says Greenberg. “ I bought some pieces from him.

“And finally the guy was like 80 years old; he said, ‘I’d like to retire.

Why don’t you buy my gallery?’ So we worked out a deal and he stayed with me for about three years.”

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ern masters on paper, and his collection featured etchings and lithographs from artists such as Picasso, Goltzius, Rembrandt and Piranesi.

At one point, says Greenberg, Stakenborg had the largest collection of Rembrandt etchings. Those were all sold to a private investor, and Greenberg began to diversify.

He didn’t just want to sell masters on paper. He also wanted to represent some local artists.

This wasn’t Greenberg’s first time running a gallery.

He had opened his own shortlived art space in a Detroit suburb in 1990, but he quickly learned that it could be a tough business.

“Then the market crashed,” he says. “And I said, ‘This is crazy.’”

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But now, in his second attempt at running his own gallery, he approaches it with new tools and experience.

Greenberg, who holds a bachelor’s degree in fine art and a master’s in architecture, went back to school and became an appraiser in the hope of better understanding which kinds of art will sell.

He says that most of the art in his shop is there on consignment.

The artists — or the people who own the pieces — have left them in the hope he can sell them, and Greenberg says he relishes making connections in the community.

“Mostly, we get serious art collectors,” he says. “I also get a lot of estates. Kids come in and say, ‘My grandpa died and we don’t want the art. What can you do with our Rembrandts? What can you do with our Picassos?’ And that’s what I do. I sell them for them.”

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Greenberg says that at one point, the art on his gallery walls represented a sweep of about 500 years. But now it’s only about four centuries’ worth of artistic achievement.

He gestures around at the walls, pointing out a couple limited edition Picassos and a Toulouse-Lautrec.

“There’s only 100 of these,” he says of the Toulouse-Lautrec. “This is what makes my gallery different. I’ve tried to bring in originals and different things that nobody else carries.”

Greenberg says he had a ToulouseLautrec in the same series that sold for $42,000. The one he’s selling now is marked for $38,000 because the stamp on it has faded a little.

But it’s the stories behind the work, and the rarity that makes it worth owning for a collector.

“There’s something about the subject matter and the exuberance of the art,” says Greenberg. “He’s a master. He didn’t flood the market.

“He was very picky about what he did and who he did it for. He didn’t need the money. He did it for the art.”

Greenberg recently began selling the work of Otto Neumann, a famed German painter who died in 1975.

Greenberg says Neumann donated much of his work to the Rothschild Collection, and now Stakenborg Greenberg is one of a few galleries in the United States that has Neumann

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There are 10 Neumann pieces in the Stakenborg Greenberg gallery, and that number will eventually jump to 24. Greenberg expects to stage a Neumann show later this year, and he says there’s a lot of interest in seeing the works. The show, he says, will include one-of-a-kind monotypes created by the artist.

“A monotype is a one-time piece,” says Greenberg. “He does the art on glass, then he presses the paper down. He pulls it up, does more color, presses the paper down and pulls it up. That’s it.”

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Greenberg gestures to a piece in the back room of his gallery, which is a long, narrow storefront packed with art from floor to ceiling.

It’s a LeRoy Nieman painting of an event at Madison Square Garden honoring great boxing champion Joe Louis. It’s like the cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in that you can stare at it forever.

Greenberg points out Frank Sinatra and Jerry Lewis, Billy Cosby and Henry Kissinger, even Ladybird and Lyndon Baines Johnson.

There’s also a wall of rock-and-roll memorabilia, including a painting of John Lennon and prints of original artworks made by roots rocker John Cougar Mellencamp.

The back room boasts a collection of numbered and signed photos from Rob Shanahan, personal photographer for Ringo Starr and author of “Volume 1: Through the Lens of Music Photographer Rob Shanahan.”

A few steps away, back in the main room of the gallery, there’s a collection of four Norman Rockwell prints signed by the artist himself.

Rockwell has an All-American enduring appeal, says Greenberg, both because of the prolific nature

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of his work but also because of its familiar and dated aesthetic.

“This is a great story here,” he says of the Rockwell pieces. “These were brought in by the daughter of a teacher who was his neighbor on the East Coast. He would show up and lecture her students, who were in elementary school. Every time he came in, he’d bring them a poster.

“This is a print, a high-end print, but he’s hand-signed it. That’s the value on this. There’s four of them.”

KEEPING IT LOCAL

Greenberg wanted to have a personal touch in his gallery, so he’s begun representing a select group of local artists and trying to sell their work.

Slowly but surely, he’s carved out space in his gallery for them to hang in a prominent place.

Right when you walk into the art space, you’ll see the highly distinctive figures painted by KD Tobin, a fine artist based in Sarasota since 2004. Tobin’s abstract figures resemble ancient murals in their conception and their delivery.

You’ll also find the evocative nature photography of Wayne Eastep, who says that he uses the medium as “visual poetry.”

Greenberg’s gallery houses the sculpted figures of Saul Rubenstein,

“I think I represent six local artists. And also American artists who come through here. The rest is all masters.

Dead masters.”

Cary Greenberg has made a home for Rembrandts and Picassos — and also local artists like Nikitas Kavouklēs — in his gallery.

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a former optical surgeon who now splits his time between Michigan and Sarasota.

Another local artist, Nikitas Kavouklēs, was part of Leger de Main, an arts consortium in Manhattan prior to relocating to Sarasota more than two decades ago.

Greenberg has multiple pieces by Kavouklēs, who works in a variety of mediums including oil painting and monotypes. And it’s his hope that they’ll sell just like the masters arrayed on the wall around them.

“I think I represent six local artists,” says Greenberg. “And also American artists who come through here. The rest is all masters. Dead masters. Nick always wanted to hang with Rembrandt. So here he is with his etchings on top of Rembrandt.”

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WHAT’S THE DISH: Sometimes you like a sandwich so much that you buy the restaurant. At least that’s what happened to Jim Abrams.

Abrams, a former energy executive, walked into Duval’s more than a decade ago and he tried the shrimp po’boy sandwich and suddenly, he was in the restaurant business.

Eleven years later, his son Sean continues the mission of feeding crowds on Sarasota’s Main Street.

And the one thing tying everything together is the po’boy on the menu.

“It’s our staple sandwich,” says Kelly Dungan, marketing director for Duval’s. “We have people who come in specifically for that po’ boy.

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“Giving the option of having a fried oyster on there gives you something familiar with something maybe a little bit new and different.”

SOMETHING DIFFERENT: Dungan says she would normally recommend pairing a local beer with the po’boy, but if a customer wants to try something unique, she’d steer them toward the bacon bourbon old fashioned cocktail.

“That’s probably our most wellknown cocktail,” she says. “It has candied pepper bacon.”

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“There’s definitely people who use the fork and knife.

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“It’s also on our happy hour menu,” says Dungan. “We like to serve it in as many ways as we can think of.”

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“Some people take the top of the bread off and just use the bottom of the bread,” says Dungan. “There’s definitely people who use the fork and knife. And then there’s people who just kind of sandwich it into their face and get in there.”

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An Evening with Judy Collins Performing “Wildflowers” .......................... Jan. 18 America: Live in Concert ............................ Jan. 19 Disney’s Aladdin ................................... Jan. 24-29 Blue Man Group On Tour ................. Jan. 31-Feb. 1 The Kat & Dave Show .................................. Feb. 2 Get Happy: Michael Feinstein Celebrates the Judy Garland Centennial ........................ Feb. 7 MOMIX – Alice ............................................. Feb. 8 Scotty McCreery ........................................ Feb. 10 Tootsie ................................................. Feb. 13-15 Mandy Patinkin in Concert: “Being Alive” ............................................. Feb. 16 Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular .................... Feb. 17 Rita Rudner & Robert Klein ........................ Feb. 22 Ailey II ........................................................ Feb. 23 Celtic Woman: Spring Tour 2023 .................. Mar. 5 Neil Berg’s 113 Years of Broadway .............. Mar. 6 Pilobolus – Big Five-OH! .............................. Mar. 7

The Temptations and The Four Tops ............ Mar. 8 The Mikado .................................................. Mar. 9 On Your Feet! ....................................... Mar. 14-15 Ireland with Michael LIVE .......................... Mar. 16 JUST ADDED! Gordon Lightfoot ........................................

Mar. 21 Michael Bolton ........................................... Mar. 26 Jay Leno: Live in Concert ........................... Mar. 28 Paul Anka – Greatest Hits: His Way ............ Mar. 29 An Evening with The Smothers Brothers .............................. Mar. 30 The High Kings and Gaelic Storm ................. Apr. 5 Mean Girls ............................................. Apr. 11-16 CATS ..................................................... Apr. 18-20 Postmodern Jukebox: Life in the Past Lane Tour ........................... Apr. 23 RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles ...................... May 5 The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA .................. May 11

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‘SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM’ 7:30 p.m. at Studio 1130, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail $30, students $13 Visit ThePlayers.org.

It’s a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s work that takes on new meaning in the wake of his passing. You’ll hear songs from “Gypsy,” “West Side Story” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” in this revue, which made its Broadway debut all the way back in 1977. The Players will be singing Sondheim through Sept. 18.

JAZZ THURSDAY AT THE SAM: SARASOTA JAZZ PROJECT 5:30 p.m. at Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 S. Tamiami Trail Free for museum members, $20 for non-members Visit JazzClubSarasota.org.

‘STAR TREK III: WRATH OF KHAN’ 7 p.m. at Regal Hollywood Cinemas, 1993 Main Street $13 Visit RegMovies.com.

KHAN!!!!!!! It’s the 40th anniversary of this classic that pits William Shatner’s James T. Kirk against his most implacable foe: Ricardo Montalbán in a scenery-chewing role as intergalactic megalomaniac Khan Noonien Singh. Guard your ears and watch what sci-fi looked like in the ’80’s before everything became computer-generated imagery.

There’s a whole bunch of activities going on at the Sarasota Art Museum on Thursday. Outside, there will be the jazz party in the Marcy & Michael Klein Plaza. And inside, there will be a talk at 6 p.m. with Alejo Benedetti, the associate curator of Contemporary Art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.

SATURDAY IN AND OUT OF TIME: CORA MARSHALL 3 p.m. at Arts Advocates Gallery, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail Free Visit ArtsAdvocates.org.

TWO STREAMS OF POETRY IN THE VIETNAMESE TRADITION 11 a.m. at Elling Eide Center, 8000 S. Tamiami Trail $20 Visit EllingOEide.org

It’s the opening reception for an exhibit of the work by Cora Marshall, a painter and longtime arts educator. Michele Redwine, founder of the Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative, will deliver remarks about Marshall and her work.

Award-winning poet John Balaban will speak about how oral and written poetry have influenced Vietnamese culture over the centuries.

The lecture will also be available via Zoom if you’re unable to make it out to the Elling Eide Center.

‘THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND’ 7:30 p.m. at Bownes Lab, 1265 First St. Free Visit FloridaStudioTheatre.org.

MARTHA LOPEZ – MUSICAL JOURNEYS 7 p.m. at Studio for the Performing Arts Recital Hall, 5840 26th St. W., Bradenton, $15 Visit SCF.edu

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FREE SECOND SUNDAY It’s that special time of the month when Sarasota Art Museum opens its doors for free. This means you can check out exhibits like Christian Sampson’s dichroic glass or Katrina Coombs’ fiber art without reaching into your wallet.

IF YOU GO When: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sept. 11 Where: Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 S. Tamiami Trail Tickets: Free Info: SarasotaArtMuseum.org.

Celebrate the art of the sitcom with the cast of Florida Studio Theatre’s Improv troupe, who will create and act out a brand new two-act show complete with theme song and commercials right in front of your eyes. This time, you won’t be on your couch as you laugh along at plots you may have seen across genres and across networks over the decades.

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SUNDAY BIG AND LITTLE CHEF: BREAKFAST FOR DINNER 11 a.m. at Publix Aprons Cooking School, 2875 University Parkway $80 Visit ApronsCookingSchool.Publix. com.

This isn’t just a cooking class. This is a life skill academy. Who doesn’t sometimes crave pancakes for dinner? If you take this parent-andchild cooking class, you’ll never head to IHOP again. The instructors at Aprons will teach you how to make pancakes, biscuits with sausage gravy, breakfast pizza and scones.

And after you learn to cook it? You’ll either eat it or you’ll take it home.

HD AT THE OPERA HOUSE: ‘RIGOLETTO’ 1:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. $22 Visit SarasotaOpera.org.

Here’s your chance to hear some Verdi before the Sarasota Opera performs “Ernani” in March. This production was broadcast live by the Royal Opera in London in March, and director Oliver Mears attempts to bring Verdi’s 1871 opera into the modern world. Come for the arias and impeccable musicianship conducted by Antonio Pappano.

WEDNESDAY MONTY FRANKLIN 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre, 1923 Ringling Blvd. $25 Visit McCurdysComedy.com.

FLORA IMAGINARIA It feels like Flora Imaginaria was just installed, but there’s some bad news: It’s about to be disassembled. The exhibit, curated by photography historian William A. Ewing, attempts to tell the story of the history of flowers in photography. Ewing says that photos of flowers have existed pretty much since cameras were invented, and he wrote the book to prove it. Now, with the assistance of curator Danae Panchaud, he’s revisited the topic.

The world is just so small, now

IF YOU GO When: Runs through Sept. 25 Where: Selby Gardens, 1534 Mound St. Tickets: Free with admission Info: Selby.org.

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‘RENT’ 7:30 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center, 502 Third Ave. W., Bradenton $30 Visit ManateePerformingArtsCenter. com.

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It’s a show that became a phenomenon and only seems to gather more steam with age. The late Jonathan Larson won the Pulitzer Prize for “Rent,” and the cast at Manatee Performing Arts Center is ready to bring the East Village to Bradenton. Rent runs through Oct 2.

Funding provided by The Ringling Museum General Fund and the Peter and Mary Lou Vogt Exhibition Fund.

Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax Revenues.

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Monty Franklin is touring the world and making a name for himself one show at a time. Franklin, an Australia native, has been honing his act for years and he’s shown up on TV programs like “New Girl” and “Becoming Bond.” He’ll play seven shows at McCurdy’s, starting Sept. 14 and running through Sept. 18.

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Radio personality Meredith Michaels enjoys a glass of wine with Kristin Hokanson, who owns Fiorelli Winery and Vineyard with her husband, John Hokanson.

East County’s Doug and Kay Huddleston toast with the new Merfoot Wine.

“They’ve done a great job,” Kay Huddleston says about the winery and vineyard’s owners, Kristin and John Hokanson. “We hope they have many years of success.”

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Santiago Ybarra performs during the reopening and Labor Day celebration.

Cortez’s Ken and Cyn Frye take home a bottle of the new Merfoot wine.

“We are excited to open back up and introduce people to some of the stuff we’ve been doing over the last month,” she said.

The winery now produces 10 wines, including the newest Merfoot. Kristin Hokanson said Merfoot Wine is a blend of the vineyard’s noble grape, which is a classic red muscadine grape, and a merlot Chambourcin blend.

“It’s a nice, smooth, balanced, semi-dry red,” Kristin Hokanson said.

Fiorelli Winery and Vineyard also has added wine sorbets to its menu.

“We have a rotating cycle of different wine sorbets that we make with our wine here on property,” Kristin Hokanson said.

Fiorelli Winery and Vineyard will host Music in the Vines from 1-5 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday where local musicians perform on the new outdoor stage.

“People can come out, bring their families, bring their pet and just make it a fun-filled, familyfriendly afternoon,” Kristin Hokanson said.

— LIZ RAMOS Palmetto’s Pete Martinez, his wife, Sonia Martinez, and their dog, Cubbie, hope they can participate in the wine tasting the next time they visit Fiorelli Winery and Vineyard.

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akewood Ranch’s Maggie Bajraktari pushed her children, 5-year-old Luca and 2-year-old Izzy, on the swings of the new playground at Fiorelli Winery and Vineyard.

But even on the playground, Bajraktari was able to enjoy a glass of wine during the East County winery’s reopening and Labor Day celebration Sept. 3.

“I like finding things we can do as adults but the kids can be a part of it as well,” Bajraktari said.

East County’s Doug and Kay Huddleston have been going to Fiorelli Winery and Vineyard for 15 years. They said they like what has been added by Kristin and John Hokanson, who bought the winery in 2021.

“They’ve done a great job,” Kay Huddleston said. “We hope they have many years of success.”

Some of the additions include a stage for live music, a playground, family friendly yard games, picnic tables covered by umbrellas and lounge seating.

Kristin Hokanson said the winery remained closed during August so they could focus on the 2022 harvest and wine production.

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That makes it perfect for 13-year-old Mason Kramer, a Lakewood Ranch teen who is one of the many children who has been positively impacted by the equine therapy services offered at the nonprofit.

Kramer enjoys spending time with the animals at the ranch (located at 758 Gates Creek Road) including a donkey named Donkey.

The teen likes to give treats and read to Donkey, who was named after the character from the “Shrek” film

series. Sometimes he just likes to give him hugs.

His mother, Laura Kramer, said the equine therapy has helped her son in numerous ways, both physically and cognitively. She said Donkey has become a big part of her son’s life, mostly because donkeys “don’t judge.”

She said her son is having such a good time, he doesn’t realize the time he spends at Hooves with Heart has helped his academic skills. He just knows he has a companion.

Curtis said she has watched as Mason Kramer will read to Donkey in the evening.

Laura Kramer said her son also has learned to be more responsible as he will clean Donkey’s stall and brush him.

Participants in the Hooves with Heart programs can ride the horses on the ranch, but they don’t need to ride.

“It’s a sense of belonging,” Curtis said, noting that participants in the

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IF YOU GO HOOVES WITH HEART Mission: “To provide support and hope to individuals with special needs through equineassisted activities and riding therapies.”

Where: 758 Gates Creek Road, Bradenton Email: hooveswithheart@ gmail.com Website: HoovesWithHeartFlorida.com

programs can benefit simply from their interactions with the animals, along with gaining life skills when tasked with caring for them.

The Lakewood Ranch Elks Club saw the value in the Hooves with Heart programs and started fundraising activities to help.

On Aug. 27, the Elks’ Sarah Davis presented a check for $2,000 to Curtis. It was the fourth year in a row the Elks have raised money for Hooves with Heart.

Curtis said the nonprofit, which was founded in 2019, needs the support of the community to exist.

Hooves with Heart currently serves 24 clients and has a waitlist.

The Elks always seek ways to held children and veterans and Hooves with Heart has been a good fit.

“We try to find those organizations that need our help financially and need our volunteers to help them,” Davis said.

Curtis said the Hooves with Heart staff is made up entirely of volunteers, including Elks Club members.

Davis said the Elks Club raised $1,200 for Hooves with Heart through an April vendor fair and the membership threw in another $800.

Hooves with Heart clients cover a broad spectrum, including those with autism, those who have suffered emotional trauma to circumstances such as divorce or bullying at school, or those with post traumatic stress disorder.

Parrish’s Jacqui Pizzurro said when her 3-year-old son Frankie Pizzurro began attending Hooves with Heart, she noticed an enormous improvement in his speech.

“I had an idea of what equine therapy was, but it’s a totally different experience when you actually see it,” Jacqui Pizzurro said. “He was totally walking out of his shell, and he started to talk so much more.”

She also Hooves with Heart and the Elks connected her with an athome speech therapist. The program is part of Florida Elks Children’s Therapy Services, offered by the Elks organization at the state level.

She said after therapy sessions once a week over the last six months, Frankie Puzzurro had shown a notable improvement.

“He’s talking so much more,” she said. “He’s learned to share and interact with other people in a whole new way.”

Curtis said she noticed an impressive difference as well in him as well.

Before the therapy, she said, Frankie Pizzurro would “talk his own language,” and now staff can interact with him.

She thanks for making it possible.

“The fact they have that resource for our kids is just amazing,” she said.

Ellenton’s Austin Ford, 22, called the equine therapy a great way for him to “de-stress.” He said he usually visits whenever he can.

Curtis said the organization has helped Ford prepare for job interviews, and that since joining, he is now a truck driver for FedEx. He now volunteers at Hooves with Heart as well.

Lakewood Ranch’s Michael Manuel, a 30-year-old military veteran, said the therapy helps him with patience and helps with his PTSD. “It’s just something new to learn,” he said.

Curtis said while the organization benefits the individuals who participate, it also does the same for the horses. She said some of the animals come from unknown backgrounds, while others are ex-racehorses, including one, Valentino, who was set to be sold to a slaughterhouse.

“The horses get to experience that love, too,” she said. “The benefit of this place is it goes both ways — these kids love unconditionally, and our horses love unconditionally.”

Curtis emphasized the donations and volunteer hours are vital.

“Volunteers are our saving grace,” she said.

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TOGETHER At Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, our network of care provides high-quality, individualized care for you and your family – close to where you live, work and play.

Our network includes: • Lakewood Ranch Medical Center – Offering services ranging from cardiovascular care and orthopedics to women’s services/obstetrics and stroke.

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 9

SATURDAY, SEPT. 10

MOMMY AND ME YOGA Begins at 5:30 p.m. at the University Town Center’s Grand Court, 140 University Town Center Drive, Sarasota.

Bumble Bee Yoga presents a free yoga session for moms and their little ones. Just bring water, a towel and a yoga mat. After the workout, enjoy light refreshments by Season’s 52. For more information, go to MallatUTC.com.

WELLNESS EXPO Runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Mall at University Town Center, 140 University Town Center Drive, Sarasota.

The Mall at UTC presents the annual Sarasota Wellness Expo, an interactive health and wellness expo that features more than 40 exhibitors and is designed for all ages. Featured will be cooking classes, food sampling, holistic and alternative features, and onsite medical professionals. For more information, go to MallatUTC.com.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 9 AND SATURDAY, SEPT. 10

MUSIC AT THE PLAZA Runs from 6-9 p.m. both days at Waterside Place, 1561 Lakefront Dr., Lakewood Ranch. Singer/songwriter Taylor Opie will provide the live music on Friday as those who visit Waterside Place enjoy sunset views of Kingfisher Lake, fun at the hub’s small parks or dining at the various restaurants. On Saturday, musician/ singer Cam Stockton provides the entertainment. For more information, go to WatersidePlace.com.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 10

• ER at Fruitville* – A full-service, freestanding emergency department with board-certified physicians who provide emergency care. Full-service laboratory, X-ray and CT are available onsite.

• Lakewood Ranch Medical Group – From primary care to specialty cardiac, OB/GYN and general surgery, our affiliated physicians and allied health professionals deliver quality healthcare services to all age groups.

For more information, go to lakewoodranchmedicalcenter.com

GRILLING 101 Begins at 11 a.m. at Greenbrook Adventure Park, 13010 Adventure Place, Lakewood Ranch. Learn the basics of grilling from a local expert in a class offered by Lakewood Ranch Community Activities. The class is open for all ages and is free for Lakewood Ranch residents and $10 for nonresidents. Go to MyLWR. com for more information.

Community Activities offers yoga that is free to residents and $10 for nonresidents. For more information, go to MyLWR.com.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 11

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14

FARMERS MARKET Runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Lakefront Drive in Waterside Place at Lakewood Ranch. The Farmers Market at Lakewood Ranch will run year round every Sunday. Vendors will be offering seafood, eggs, meats, dairy products, pastas, bakery goods, jams and pickles among other items.

Other features are children’s activities and live music. For more information, go to www.MyLWR.com.

For a physician referral, call 800-454-8215.

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YOGA IN THE PARK Begins at 9 a.m. at Waterside Place Park, 7500 Island Cove Terrace, Lakewood Ranch. Lakewood Ranch

REC DAY Runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota. Nathan Benderson Park hosts Rec Day, which offers participants the chance to try stand-up paddle boarding, kayaking, canoes, fishing and more.

Meet at the base of the finish tower.

For more information, go to NathanBendersonPark.org. The fee is $10 per person or $5 for an adult who brings a child. The event is free for children 6 and younger. Fishing licenses are required for all participants who choose to fish.

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LAKEWOOD RANCH 14627 Castle Park Terrace 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,445 Sq. Ft. Mary Pat Pihl & Laura Navratil 941-932-3065 A4546279 $1,275,000

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

REAL ESTATE

Concession home tops sales at $3.05 million

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home in the Concession topped all transactions in this week’s real estate. Walter and Kimberly Brauer, trustees, of Bradenton, sold the home at 8456 Lindrick Lane to Joseph Bellino, trustee, of Bradenton, for $3.05 million. Built in 2017, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,259 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.9 million in 2021.

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Frederick and Anna Olguin, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 6846 Gosport Cove to David Joseph Poliquin and Lisa Jean Poliquin, of Bradenton, for $1.05 million. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,480 square feet of living area. It sold for $507,000 in 2017.

GREENBROOK

Jason and Sarah Loomis, of Sarasota, sold their home at 13309 Brown Thrasher Pike to Paul Michael Zipper and Michelle Bianco Zipper, of Tampa, for $1.05 million.

Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,160 square feet of living area. It sold for $950,000 in 2021.

Edward Shiller Rosenberg and Mary Baker, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, sold their home at 13859 Wood Duck Circle to Robin and Petra Pearsall, of Lakewood Ranch, for $720,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,578 square feet of living area. It sold for $502,500 in 2021.

RYE WILDERNESS ESTATES

Paul Walter Wright and Jean Annette Wright, of North Port, sold their home at 206 166th St. N.E. to Charlie Pepin Rivera and Maribel Pepin, of Bradenton, for $975,000.

Built in 2008, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,432 square feet of living area. It sold for $565,000 in 2020.

RIVER CLUB SOUTH

Jamiren Spires and Jamyiah Cedeno, of Sarasota, sold their home at 10152 Cherry Hills Ave. Circle to Heather Dunn, of Bradenton, for $750,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,717 square feet of living area.

MANDALAY

Lee and Cynthia Latina, of Ocala, sold their home at 4628 62nd Terrace E. to Kirk Matthew Williams and Irina Mannheim, of Bradenton, for $690,000. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,341 square feet of living area. It sold for $365,000 in 2018.

SYLVAN WOODS

Jeffrey Free and Bonita Schiavone, of Santa Rosa Beach, sold their home at 8318 Sylvan Woods Drive to Peter and Tracy Goldberg, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, for $685,000. Built in 1986, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 1,556 square feet of living area.

COUNTRY CLUB

Nicholas James Hughes and Bethany Ariel Chaplin, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 6627 Oakland Hills Drive to Ronald and

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Graciela Blair, of Daphne, Alabama, for $640,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,951 square feet of living area.

It sold for $320,000 in 2019.

WATERCREST

Kevin Mullin, of Mason, Ohio, and Bobby Agee, of Monroe, Ohio, sold their Unit 403 condominium at 6406 Watercrest Way to Elizabeth Ann Gregal, of Bradenton, for $635,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,742 square feet of living area. It sold for $690,000 in 2005.

Charles and Heather Richter, of Juneau, Alaska, sold their home at 164 Tierra Verde Way to Paul and Kristen Bratkowski, of Sarasota, for $485,000. Built in 2019, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 2,594 square feet of living area. It sold for $288,000 in 2019.

This Concession home at 8456 Lindrick Lane sold for $3.05 million.

It has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and is 4,259 square feet.

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ESPLANADE

David and Debra Davis, trustees, of Bradenton, sold the home at 5022 Serata Drive to Abram and Anna Vasershtein, of Newton, Massachusetts, for $625,000. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,912 square feet of living area. It sold for $354,500 in 2014.

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Theresa Reasoner, as Personal Representative, Paul Reese, Kevin Reese and Pauletta Cook sold the home at 2810 42nd St. E. to Eude and Sylvia Rivera, of Riverview, for $585,000. Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,836 square feet of living area. It sold for $108,000 in 1992.

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William and Laura Martinez, of Pueblo West, Colorado, sold their home at 4616 30th Ave. E. to Alexander Hurd and Lindabeth Buyher, of Bradenton, for $540,000.

Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,777 square feet of living area. It sold for $306,000 in 2020.

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Bryan William Johns and Mysti Johns, of Sulphur, Louisiana, sold their home at 11558 11th Ave. E. to Heather Krystine Kimball and Thedro Arnell Kimball, of Bradenton, for $575,000. Built in 2017, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,822 square feet of living area. It sold for $355,000 in 2017.

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Claude Paddock and Barbara Paddock, trustees, of Bradenton, sold the home at 7019 Chickasaw Bayou Road to Bruce Feinman and Carla Edwards-Feinman, of Bradenton, for $569,900. Built in 1993, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,075 square feet of living area. It sold for $419,000 in 2005.

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Troy and Kimberly Knutson sold their home at 15868 High Bell Place to Brandon and Halana Gaudet, of Bradenton, for $559,000. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,868 square feet of living area. It sold for $250,000 in 2015.

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Bennett Frank Berarducci and Denise Lynn Berarducci, of Parrish, sold their home at 4751 Pinnacle Drive to Paul Lupica, of Bradenton, for $1,112,500. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,286 square feet of living area. It sold for $700,000 in 2003.

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Lynne Stansell, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 8350 Sailing Loop to Mark and Ann Betten, of Lakewood Ranch, for $550,000.

Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,043 square feet of living area. It sold for $259,000 in 2001.

EAGLE TRACE

Jonathan and Christina Gordon, of Woodburn, Oregon, sold their home at 12331 Whisper Lake Drive to Opendoor Property Trust I for $539,300. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,744 square feet of living area. It sold for $276,500 in 2016.

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CROSSING CREEK

Susan and William Booth, of Clearwater, sold their home at 4885 69th St. E. to Melanie Slater, of Bradenton, for $525,000. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,916 square feet of living area. It sold for $269,700 in 2014.

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Larry Albert and Lisa Robenseifner, of Bradenton, sold their home at 112 Bridgewater Court to Mark and Victoria Dufault, of Bradenton, for $520,000. Built in 2004, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,951 square feet of living area. It sold for $390,000 in 2021.

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Gerald Kunz, of Wichita, Kansas, sold his home at 7104 Chatum Light Run to Ethan Weaver and Brianna Rogers, of Bradenton, for $430,000.

Built in 2008, it has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,834 square feet of living area. It sold for $199,900 in 2008.

Wendy Brooke, of Sarasota, sold her home at 345 Beacon Harbour Loop to Offerpad SPE Borrower A LLC for $404,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 1,755 square feet of living area. It sold for $242,000 in 2018.

ARBOR GRANDE

Amanda Nunley, of Johns Creek, Georgia, sold her home at 2321 Avolet Court to Beth Myers, trustee, of Lakewood Ranch, for $425,000.

Built in 2021, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,571 square feet of living area. It sold for $319,200 in 2021.

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Opendoor Property Trust I sold the home at 6018 48th Ave. Drive E. to CEB Global Solutions LLC for $400,000. Built in 1974, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,256 square feet of living area. It sold for $329,600 in July.

Jason and Lisa Redding, of West Melbourne, sold their home at 11603 Meadowgate Place to Katherine Ferrara, of Bradenton, for $510,000. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,757 square feet of living area. It sold for $329,900 in 2021.

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Rhonda Van Arsdale, of Bradenton Beach, sold her home at 6077 Amberly Drive to Donna Howell, of Bradenton, for $450,000. Built in 2021, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,627 square feet of living area. It sold for $336,900 in 2021.

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SPORTS

“During the races, you have such great support from other people. It’s an amazing feeling.”

— Lakewood Ranch High’s Skyler Quigle SEE PAGE 11B

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IF YOU GO What: The Out-of-Door Academy football (2-0) at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal (0-2) When: 7 p.m. Sept. 9 Why: Saint Stephen’s has beaten ODA in eight straight matchups; the game against their rival will be the Thunder’s biggest test yet under first-year Head Coach Rob Hollway Thunder player to watch: Senior running back Griffin DeRusso, who has four touchdowns in two games in 2022.

Falcons player to watch: Junior running back Evan Brown, who is a threat in the backfield and as a pass catcher.

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ear up for a big one as Braden River High and Lakewood Ranch High will play their rivalry football game at 7 p.m. Sept. 9 at Lakewood Ranch High. It’s always entertaining to see the fan excitement for this one. That excitement has prevailed even though the games haven’t always been competitive. Braden River has won the last six games in the series by an average of 36 points Regardless of the outcome, it will be a blast to see Mustangs senior running back Kevin Everhart plow into a Braden River defense that includes senior linebackers Aidan Dangler and Tanner Wolfe.

Expect some hits you can hear from the nosebleeds. … Keep an eye on the Parrish Community High football team, where Mill Creek resident Ed Volz is the offensive coordinator and his son, junior Jackson Volz, is the starting quarterback. Jackson Volz completed 12 of 20 passes for 222 yards and three touchdowns in the Bulls’ 39-15 home win against Poinciana High on Aug. 26. Jackson’s brother, freshman Brycen Volz, is the junior varsity starting quarterback, meaning the East County connection to the Bulls’ offense might continue for a while. … Moving up a level, former Lakewood Ranch High offensive lineman Samuel Jackson was named a captain at the University of Central Florida for the secondstraight season. Jackson plays the left guard position for the Knights and started all 13 games for them a season ago, earning honorable mention All-American Athletic Conference honors from Pro Football Focus for his play. Jackson showed his athletic ability in high school when he played basketball at 6-foot-6, 332 pounds. … Ava Krug, the granddaughter of Lakewood Ranch’s Dick Vitale, is now ranked ninth in the country in the Class of 2024 by the Tennis Recruiting Network as of Sept.

2. Krug is the latest in a slew of top athletes in Vitale’s family. Her brothers Jake and Connor Krug play tennis at Duke University, and her cousin Sydney Sforzo plays tennis at Notre Dame, while her cousin, Ryan Sforzo, plays lacrosse for the Fighting Irish.

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ODA Head Coach Rob Hollway talks to his team about the win over Oasis and next week’s game against Saint Stephen’s Episcopal. Hollway said the Thunder must limit big plays on defense and avoid penalties.

Photos by Ryan Kohn

ODA senior Griffin DeRusso breaks free from the Oasis defense. DeRusso gave credit to the team’s offensive line for opening holes for him.

FEED THE BEAST Running back Griffin DeRusso leads a punishing Thunder ground game.

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nder first-year Head Coach Rob Hollway, The Out-of-Door Academy football team has hit the ground running — literally.

In the first week of the 2022 season, ODA ran for four touchdowns in a 28-0 road win over Berean Christian. In its second game, the Thunder rushed for seven touchdowns in a 51-29 stomping of Oasis High in Hollway’s home debut.

So far the Thunder has had no reason to throw.

ODA used myriad backs to give defenses different looks, with senior Griffin DeRusso, who transferred to the school from Berean Christian (California), leading the way.

DeRusso has shown his multi-sport athleticism whenever he touches the ball. He has run for 364 yards and four touchdowns in two games.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” DeRusso said. “It’s great to be out here. Everyone is rallying around one another.

We have a good vibe. We just need to keep that going the rest of the season.”

DeRusso, who had 167 yards rushing against Berean Christian, complimented the offensive line — which includes junior Blaine Bentley, Junior Blake Neumann, sophomore Chase

ODA senior linebacker Luca Marino plants Oasis junior Tommy Murphy into the ground. Marino also had two touchdowns as a running back.

Polivchak, sophomore Marvin Palominos and freshman Max Polivchak.

But after he gets through the initial line of defense, DeRusso does the rest. Against Oasis, DeRusso used powerful stiff arms and pure speed to get the yards he needed and he said his vision is a big reason he has done so well.

“He’s a winner and he wants the ball,” Hollway said of DeRusso.

“From the moment he arrived, I knew he was a rock star and was ready to carry the ball 20 times a game. We’re going to keep feeding him.”

DeRusso was hardly alone in his success against Oasis. Senior Luca Marino finished with two touchdowns and freshman Allen Clark and junior Jack Meyers added one apiece.

ODA’s defense had a big game as well, picking off Oasis sophomore quarterback Parker Smith three times — once each by sophomore Frankie Clark, senior Jason Albano and freshman Dylan Walker.

After allowing two early touchdowns, one of which was aided by a flea flicker that fooled the Thunder defense, Oasis was held scoreless until the game was decided.

Through just two games, ODA has buried memories of its struggles the past few seasons. The two-game win streak is the team’s first backto-back wins since 2019, when the team won five consecutive games to open the season before finishing 6-3.

After Oasis led 14-8 after one quarter, the Thunder ripped off 36 consecutive points.

Asked if there is a limit on what the Thunder can accomplish this season, DeRusso chuckled.

“I don’t think there is one,” DeRusso said of a limit. “Not if we play how we have played. Up and down the roster, we have some dogs.”

New-look ODA will be given a stress test in its next game Sept. 9 when it plays rival Saint Stephen’s Episcopal. The Falcons are 0-2 but have played tougher competition than ODA. They also have a top running back in junior Evan Brown, whom Hollway said torched the Thunder defense when the two teams played in the spring. Of course, the school’s baseball players had yet to join the football team then, so things will look different this time. The fact remains that Saint Stephen’s has won eight-straight games in the series dating back to 2013 — the two schools did not play in 2020 or 2021.

“We will need to limit big plays and penalties,” Hollway said. “I’m excited to play them.”

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No blocking her title shot Next up for Ashley Pater is the 2022 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships.

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hen anything less than a national championship is a disappointment, an athlete has reached the top of the upper echelon of that sport.

Lakewood Ranch beach volleyball player Ashley Pater, 17, is getting that view from the top.

After winning three championship events during summer 2021, Pater equaled the feat in 2022, in perhaps even more impressive fashion. She won each with a different partner.

Pater won the AAU Girls National Beach Volleyball Championships, held July 21-24 in Hermosa Beach, California, with partner Erin Inskeep of Los Angeles. She followed with a win at the AAU Junior Olympic Nationals, also held in Hermosa Beach on July 25-26, with partner Sally Perez of Morrisville, North Carolina.

Then on Aug. 11, Pater teamed with Jake Stimpfig of Redondo Beach, California, to win the CBVA 18U Coed Nationals in Huntington Beach, California. In all three cases, it was Pater’s first time playing with her partners, yet she was able to create enough chemistry with each to conquer the rest of the field.

In a sport that emphasizes communication, it’s one of Pater’s most impressive qualities. Her communication skills and court intelligence have earned the 5-foot-8 Pater a scholarship to the University of Southern California, the defending NCAA beach volleyball champion.

“I’m not the tallest player out there,” Pater said. “I definitely do not have the best vertical. I’m not

WHAT TO WATCH FOR What: 2022 FIVB U19 Beach Volleyball World Championships When: Sept. 14-18 Where: Dikili, Turkey Why: Lakewood Ranch’s Ashley Pater is representing the U.S. alongside partner Myriah Massey of Pickerington, Ohio How to watch: All matches will be able to be streamed on the Beach Volleyball World YouTube page for free. A full schedule will be found at volleyballworld.comcloser to the event Photos courtesy of Lorraine Pater

the most athletic player. But I have a high IQ for the game. I know what is open (for scoring opportunities) and what is not. I have worked hard on my court vision and I have good hand contact compared to most other junior players, so I get good placement on my ball.”

Pater has plenty of time to work on her craft. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pater took extra online classes to graduate from Lakewood Ranch High a year early. That goal was achieved in December 2021, so now Pater — who would otherwise be an academic senior — can schedule her days however she wants instead of spending half in a classroom.

She trains on the backyard beach volleyball court at the Pater family’s house, and at courts in Los Angeles, where she is now renting an apartment. Pater said she travels between the two locations depending on her schedule.

When she’s not on an actual court, she’s in the weight room, or working on one of the three online college classes she’s taking — which she said is not enough to

Lakewood Ranch beach volleyball player Ashley Pater poses with partner Myriah Massey. Pater and Massey will play in the 2022 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships together in Dikili, Turkey.

Lakewood Ranch beach volleyball player Ashley Pater said her court intelligence and communication skills are what make her an elite player.

become a burden. It will give her a lighter load as a freshman at USC next year.

There’s little downtime in Pater’s life, which is fine with her. She said the experience will get her properly prepared for the grind of college athletics.

“I plan it all out,” Pater said. “I still find time to hang out with

ing list — representing the entire country.

Pater and her partner, Myriah Massey of Pickerington, Ohio, will play together for Team USA at the 2022 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships, held Sept. 14-18 in Dikili, Turkey.

They earned the honor by winning the World Championship Trials event held June 20-23 in Hermosa Beach. Like in Pater’s other big wins this summer, the tournament was the first time the two had partnered together, but Pater said they quickly got along.

Pater said Massey is quieter than she is, so Pater took time to hang out with her off the court to figure the best way they could use their combined skills and tendencies.

“It’s a surreal feeling (representing the U.S.),” Pater said. “It’s going to be awesome. I wouldn’t want to do it with any other coach (Kristen Rohr) or any other partner. I’m dreading these next few days before I leave for the championships. I want them to fly by so I can be there. It’s going to be a great experience.”

The event will be Pater’s first time playing internationally for the U.S., but not her first time interacting with internationallevel athletes. At the 2022 Charlie Saikley 6-Man Beach Volleyball Tournament, held Aug. 5-6 in Manhattan Beach, California, Pater played on a team with U.S. Olympic gold medalists April Ross and Alix Klineman.

Pater said Ross, a USC alum, talked with her about what to expect at the school and in international play, and wished her well.

The two played on the back line together during the event, which Pater will never forget.

family and friends. It’s a lot, but it is worth it. Every beach volleyball match I play means so much for me. I hate losing. I’m not OK with it. I always go out there with the same mindset and energy because I refuse to lose and winning is fun.”

This month, Pater will add a new accomplishment to her grow-

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

Each letter in the cipher stands for another.

Puzzle Two Clue: G equals Z

ANGRY LETTERS by Adrian Johnson. Edited by David Steinberg

Puzzle One Clue: F equals Y

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COMING SEPTEMBER 2022

There’s Never Been a Hearing Aid like This...

NEVER! SEE INSIDE FOR SPECIAL OFFER GEORGIA LICENSE NUMBERS: HADS000995, HADS000996, HADS001001, HADS001003 387759-1

SOUTH CAROLINA LICENSE NUMBERS: HTP-1029, HTP-1024, HTP-1031, HTP-1023, HAS-0573, HAS-0642, HAS-0637, HAS- 0638, HAS-0633

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GEORGIA LICENSE NUMBERS: HADS000995, HADS000996, HADS001001, HADS001003

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10-DAYSPECIAL SPECIAL EVENT EVENT 5-DAY Monday,September September 12th - Friday, September Monday, 12th - Wednesday, September16th 21st

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WAS $795

WAS $995

WAS $995

WAS $1995

NOW 395 $

each

(Up to 40 db Loss)

NOW 395 $

each

(Up to 40 db Loss)

NOW 495 $

each

(Up to 40 db Loss)

NOW 595 $

each

(Up to 40 db Loss)

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5-DAY 10-DAYSPECIAL SPECIAL EVENT EVENT Monday, September - Wednesday, September 16th 21st Monday, September12th 12th - Friday, September

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OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF OF DOCTORS OF AUDIOLOGY & LICENSED HEARING AID SPECIALISTS

Elite Hearing Centers of America

OVER 50 LOCATION NATIONW S IDE

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2807 University Pkwy In Publix Plaza at University Walk

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DELRAY BEACH 561-501-4392 4900 Linton Blvd #3 (In between Poppies Restaurant and Kristi Cleaners)

ROYAL PALM BEACH 561-631-8757 11985 Southern Blvd (Publix at Crestwood Square - next to Carter Healthcare)

(Bradenton Pain and Wellness Center)

BOYNTON BEACH 561-619-9274 4739 N Congress Ave (In between Dollar Tree and Fon Shan Chinese)

JUPITER 561-529-3011 6725 West Indiantown Rd Bay 39 (In Jupiter West Plaza)

2001 Manatee Avenue E. Ste 104

SOUTH CAROLINA LICENSE NUMBERS: HTP-1029, HTP-1024, HTP-1031, HTP-1023, HAS-0573, HAS-0642, HAS-0637, HAS- 0638, HAS-0633

GEORGIA LICENSE NUMBERS: HADS000995, HADS000996, HADS001001, HADS001003

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This week’s Crossword answers

©2022 Universal Uclick

You’re only cheating yourself.

Sporting Goods

DINING SET, Table, glass top, 4 chairs, cushions, matching bakers rack, all 4 $199. 941-914-1498

PORCELAINS FOR-SALE. Standing Christ at "The Last Supper" $150. "Prayer Before Battle" $50. (941)739-1510

1BR/1BA 1350 Main St, in heart of Downtown Sarasota. Beautiful 3rd floor, turn key, furnished condo in upscale building overlooking main street. Amenities include: concierge, reserved in-building parking, pool, fitness center, and more. Available for seasonal rental starting September 1 through month of April for $4000/mo. Includes all.

Call George: 516-993-3324.

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CEMENT MIXER: Used twice, Harbor Freight. $269.99 new. See Picture. $110. (941) 720-5655

PITTSBURGH PRESS Newspapers (7) from the earth to the moon 1958-1969, $10.

941-741-9727

Vacation/ Seasonal Rentals

www.braziliancleaningbymk.com

peekers’ place

BREAKFAST HANGING designer light fixture $25, like new. Very nice. Liquor (cordial) glasses (12) $15. 941-780-8514

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

Call Hawley Motors: 941-923-3421.

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home services

Items Under $200

SENIOR LOOKING to purchase precious metals, diamonds, time pieces, coins, jewelry, antique and estate jewelry, and some collectors plates. Personal and confidential.

Please call Marc: 941-321-0707

STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

941809-3660, 941-809-3662.

jobs

stuff

BUYING BASEBALL card collections! Looking to free up space and make $$? Need to sell sports cards? Collector looking to expand collection.

Pay top dollar. Text/call 941 548 6492 with photos.

Autos Wanted

real estate

The East County Observer reserves the right to classify and edit copy, or to reject or cancel an advertisement at any time. Corrections after first insertion only. *All ads are subject to the approval of the Publisher. *It is the responsibility of the party placing any ad for publication in the East County Observer to meet all applicable legal requirements in connection with the ad such as compliance with towncodes in first obtaining an occupational license for business, permitted home occupation, or residential rental property Notice: All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis..

Paint the town RED!

DEADLINES: Classifieds - Monday at Noon Service Directory - Friday at 3PM • PAYMENT: Cash, Check or Credit Card

This week’s Celebrity Cipher answers Puzzle One Solution: “I learned the value of hard work by working hard.” – Margaret Mead / “Nothing will work unless you do.”

Maya Angelou Puzzle Two Solution: “You have to believe in yourself. You need to have the audacity to be great.”

Rosie Perez Puzzle Three Solution: “I’m not trying to stump anybody ... it’s the beauty of the language that I’m interested in.”

Buddy Holly

This week’s Sudoku answers

10 years experience Excellent local references Call Deb McDonald (941)549-2261

Auto Transport SHIP YOUR car, truck or SUV anywhere in the United States.

Great rates, fast quotes. Call Hawley Motors: 941-923-3421.

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Aluminum

Doors

Health

GET YOUR LIFE BACK!

Sliding Glass Door Repair

“FIX IT - DON’T REPLACE”

941.650.9790 941.650.9790 YoderAluminum.com

387950

Owner /Insured Operator Insured

387268

University Health Park 2415 University Parkway Bldg. 3, Suite 216 Sarasota, FL 34243

Let Gulf Coast Estate Auctions organize & hold an estate sale for you.

gulfcoastestateauctions.com • Free Consultations 941-274-6537

www.SarasotaDiscCenter.com DrCifra@SarasotaDiscCenter.com

Furniture Repair

5-Star Rated

The Only Thing You Have To Lose ... Is The Pain!!

Patio Furniture Repairs.com 941-504-0903

388134

Clock Repair

Home Services

Furniture Sales & Repairs Cushions • Slings • Re-powdercoating

386851

HoHoBuysCars.com

Are You Having Dryer Difficulties?

FREE PICKUP / DELIVERY • FREE ONSITE QUOTES

Christo’s Clock Repair

• Dryer hot but clothes still wet after (1) drying cycle?

• Dryer gets hot to the touch or doesn’t heat up at all?

Golf

Take a simple test to see if your vent is clogged. Unhook your dryer vent & compare drying time.

Residential

GOLF CART

4630 5TH ST W BRADENTON

CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT

LITHIUM B AT T E RY

CHASE COURNAN

941-773-0875 • 941-9325505

L B S G

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I F T K L U E T O P E A K ENERAL R

I T O T E R EPAI

S H S R

FULLY INSURED

Irrigation

ED’S RAIN MAKER IRRIGATION

WITH THE RED PAGES Call to reserve your ad space:

Advertise as low as $85 per week.

941-735-3362

387269

Call or text: 941-900-8111 | Email: Newparrishfl@gmail.com

TIME TO BUILD YOUR BUSINESS

Pegatronics.com

Commercial

RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL

CONVERSION

(941) 704 - 7512

Don Christo, Sr., Horologist

941-705-5468

Specializing in Cleaning Exterior Home, Windows, Roofs, Solar Panels, Driveways, Sidewalks, Garbage Cans and Gutters. Paver Sanding and Sealing.

REPAIR

“IF IT DOESN’T TIC, TOC TO ME.” 387951

DR. DAVID CIFRA, DC

ESTATE SALES • DOWNSIZING SENIOR TRANSITIONS • ONLINE AUCTIONS

WE COME TO YOU

Hardware Repair Virus / Malware Cleanup Software & Printer Install New Computer Setups New Purchase Consults Seniors & Beginners

Board Certified in the specialty of non-surgical spinal decompression

Gulf Coast EstatE auCtions

FAST • EASY • SAFE

941.270.4400

Recognized Among the Best Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression Physicians in America

Estate Sales

SELL YOUR CAR!

387688

FREE CONSULTATION 941.358.2224

YoderAluminum.com

Auto Service

Give Us a Call - We Can Help

387252

Dustin Yoder

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

387681

“Specializing inin6” Gutters” “Specializing 6” Seamless Seamless Gutters”

Dustin Owner Yoder/ Operator

Do You Have Neck or Low Back Pain?

Do You Want To Avoid Surgery?

387504

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IRRIGATION (941) 725-8100 REPAIR edsrainmakerirrigation@gmail.com MAINTENANCE Insured

941-955-4888 YourObserver.com/RedPages

GREAT FINDS LOCATED HERE!

Landscaping & Lawn

Servicing LWR, Parrish and NE Bradenton

NO MORE TICKS, FLEAS OR WEEDS!

Kitchen/Bath Remodeling

387954

Family Owned and Operated • Commercial & Residential • Weed Control • Fungicide • Tree & Shrub Treatment • Fertilizing • Insecticide

Any Treatment Dry Or Liquid New Customers Only

Free

Weed & Crab grass Control

www.FGLAWN.com | 941-404-6601

Custom Granite Services, llc

$47

PER MONTH*

Ticks, Fleas, Fire Ants, Chinch Bugs, Mole Crickets, Grubs, Sod Worms and more. PLUS - Fungus & Weeds and Premium Fertilizer.

New Customers Only

941-400-4912

*For average size lawn of 5000 sq. ft.

Larger lawns slightly more.

Licensed & Insured

CustomGraniteServicesLLC@gmail.com 387270

lawn & pest control, llc.

You Get NOW Protection!

166554

PROUD!

CJ COOLEY OWNER/OPERATOR

Doors

CALL BEFOREYOU YOU FALL CALL BEFORE FALL

DON’T let your PATIO DOORS be a DRAG or your WINDOWS be a PANE!!

GRAB BARS GRAB BARS COMPLETE INSTALLATION PACKAGE

LIFETIME GUARANTEE • LICENSED • BONDED • INSURED COVERAGE AREA: RANCH TO S. VENICE COVERAGE AREA:LAKEWOOD PARRISH TO NORTHPORT

387265

DRGRABBARS.COM

SHOWER & BATH MAKEOVERS

Call us today! 941.628.8579

Cleaned - Regrouted - Caulked - Sealed

386852

FREE IN-HOM ESTIMATEE S

INCLUDES22MOEN MOEN STAINLESS INCLUDES STAINLESS STEEL STEELANTI ANTISLIP SLIP CONCEALED PEEN CONCEALED SCREW GRAB BARS (16”BARS & 24”)(16” & 24”) SCREW GRAB

941.966.0333

Window Repairs • Sliding Glass Door Repairs Sliding Glass Door Deadbolts

www.ezslider.com

249 235 235

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$

387272 364556

$10 off

You We Make

387684

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18B

Call John 941.377.2940

Free Estimates • Sarasota Resident Since 1974

www.showerandbathsarasota.com

CREATE BUZZ!

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Painting

Complete Interior & Exterior Painting

386853

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

941-345-5264

specialty screens / screw replacement / paint Doors and more!

Roofing

Plumbing

Manufacture and workmanship Warranties

Mark’s Plumbing Service

954-1878 (cell) 780-3346

(941) 345-5264 Kenneth Fuhlman Inc.

Small plumbing repairs. Replace toilets, faucets, water filters, water softeners and repair leaks.

Licensed & Insured

Building & Roofing Contractor

RELIABLE INSURED •

941-920-8221

387686

Tub to Shower Conversion!

• Aluminum, Vinyl, & Wood Soffit & Fascia Repair & Installation • Roofing Repair & Installation • Metal Roofing & Tile Roof Repair Specialists

COMPLETE BATHROOM REMODELING No Sub-Contractors!

Professional Services

One Day Bath!

GULFCOAST EXTERIOR SOLUTIONS

813-551-7504 BILL STEINER

Owner, Sales and Installer

Sun City Center Resident

bciacrylic.com

941-725-4344 FREE ESTIMATES Dustyn McCauley

6771 Professional Pkwy., Suite 101 Sarasota FL 34240

PAVERS & TRAVERTINE

Landscaping & Lawn

Screening ALL YOUR PAVER NEEDS

Pool Decks . Driveways Patios . Paver Repairs @gulfcoastexteriorsolutions Walkways admin@gesfl.co | gespavers.com

GARDENS BY ALLISON No Job is too Small!

387278

Call today

385720

387275

Local business, lower prices

Licensed & Insured CCC - 058059 CBC - 1253936

Licensed & Insured

Rescreening & Repairs

387953

Design • Garden Beds Landscape • Courtyards Clean-Up • Makeovers Weeds • Trimming

Allison J. Abizaid, M.A.

Personal Gardening Services | Designer

Windows

941.400.0431

387687

Res./Com.

BOOST YOUR BUSINESS Showcase your products or services.

SARASOTA INTERIOR PAINTING, LLC

Licensed

FULLY INSURED • OWNER OPERATED

Find anything in the RED PAGES

941-955-4888

STUFF

found here.

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RED PAGES Made for where you live. Here!

Call 941-955-4888 or visit YourObserver.com/redpages

25

ows

150

$

INCLUDING SCREENS, TRACKS, MIRRORS & FANS

Insured

941-270-1561

High-End Interior Painting Services

We only use the finest quality Benjamin Moore paints!

“No Job Too Small”

Form Serving Longboat Key Since 2005

STANDARD WINDOWS

387952

Painting

Lic./Ins.

ndow & Pressure Clea et Wi nin s n wn as Sunrise Win g o n k Su y l r e d UP TO

Eldridge Re-Screen

CALL 941-955-4888

387965

RED PAGES

387276

gbyallison@yahoo.com gardensbyallison.com

CALL OR TEXT 941-900-9398 TODAY! OWNER: DON HUBIAK

387942

941-626-3194

• Luxurious Acrylic, many styles and colors • Mold and Mildew resistant, no grout to clean • Member of South Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce • General Contractor and State Licensed CRC133256

SPECIAL 00 5

$

senior citizen discount. www.sunsetwindowcleaningsrq.com

Purified water window cleaning available!!

Call Tibor for FREE ESTIMATES | 941- 284 - 5880

387279

387274

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

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

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

GLENN KROECKER

19B

Rescreening & Repairs

UNIQUE PAINTING & PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES

THE GRAB BAR GUY

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

387262

Kitchen/Bath Remodeling

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WINNER!

Arts Award Best Showroom Nationwide!

Winner of Over

425 Awards

for design excellence!

Best

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One-of-a-Kind Rugs Chic Gift Boutique

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Fruitville Rd.

Lakewood Ranch Blvd

Fruitville Commons Blvd.

Cooper’s Hawk Rest.

Coburn Rd.

Clive Daniel Home

U-TURN at Light.

Lakewood Ranch Blvd.

C live Daniel Home

Sarasota, Florida

3055 FRUITVILLE COMMONS BLVD. 941.900.HOME (4663) CLIVEDANIEL.COM

Going east on Fruitville Rd. make a U-Turn at light (Lakewood Ranch Blvd.), then make a right on to Coburn Rd. Go around the circle to Fruitville Commons Blvd., pass Cooper’s Hawk and you will see Clive Daniel Home on the right.

Sneak peek, as we add our final touches of magic.

inspiration starts here!

Monday-Saturday: 10am – 6pm

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