East County Observer 9.15.22

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New Myakka fire station delayed Tight budget leads fire commissioners to slow down on new station’s construction. SEE PAGE 3A

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Main Street, Waterside commemorate 9/11 Schroeder-Manatee Ranch’s Amanda Zipperer, Nicole Hackel (above with Zipperer), Lisa Palmeri and Tony Olivero placed almost 3,000 miniature American flags Sept. 6 in Main Street at Lakewood Ranch.

The flags were to honor each of the 2,996 lives lost in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

“It’s important to be able to honor those who passed away as well as the heroes who stepped up, helped so many people and showed compassion,” Hackel said.

Besides the flags, a 4-footby-4-foot wide and 8-foot high cube, complete with chalk boards on all sides for people to write their memories of 9/11, was placed at Waterside Place for the weekend. The cube was made for last year’s 20th year commemoration of 9/11 in a ceremony on Lakewood Main Street.

Return to sender Former East County students return to their alma maters as teachers. SEE PAGE 8A Liz Ramos

Kate Cucci, an assistant principal at Braden River Middle School, loves that the school has kept the tradition of making murals like she did when she attended the school from 1994 to 1997.

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Rain can’t stop these Brownies Being the only volunteers at Bob Gardner Community Park on Sept. 10 didn’t stop three 7-year-old Brownies from trying to earn their first badges and leave the park looking pristine.

An inclement weather forecast had cancelled the cleanup event planned by Keep Manatee Beautiful, so the girls decided to form their own work detail.

Sarasota’s Kendall Marks, Lakewood Ranch’s Addison Benson and Sarasota’s Samaya Laeger (above) are members of Brownies Unit 574. They walked around the park, picking up trash to carry out. The girls said the park was very clean, but they still filled up their trash bags.

Kendall Marks’ mother, Trisha Marks, said the girls picked the event because they had been to the park before and they thought it was “beautiful.”

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hen Bearadise Ranch owner Monica Welde saw that the America’s Favorite Pet competition expanded to include animals other than household pets this year, she immediately thought about her own bears.

She needed a big personality.

Or in this case, something really, really big.

Enter Bruno.

At 8-feet tall (standing straight up) and 750 pounds, the 20-yearold Bruno is one of Welde’s Syrian brown bears.

“When I sit with him, he is just so massive,” Welde said. “It’s just his size and his personality.”

Welde actually picked Bruno for the contest over Bearadise Ranch celebrity bear Caroll, who has been on television shows and in commercials. She thought Bruno’s presence would impress the voters.

So far, it has.

Welde put together a profile for Bruno and entered the contest in early August. Judges from America’s Favorite Pet LLC selected Bruno to go up against contestants from all over the country. In late August, Bruno was selected as one of the top 20 pets, and on Sept. 8, he was named one of the top 15.

Better yet, Bruno currently stands No. 3 overall in the voting.

No. 1 to this point is Phoebe, a terrier. A Friesian stallion named Gabriel is No. 2, and then Bruno.

Of the top 15 pets in the contest, there are seven dogs, three horses, and

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The field narrows to the top 10 on Sept. 15 and voting ends Oct. 22.

Welde was surfing around Facebook when she found the contest and the fact it had been restructured, now being called America’s Favorite Pet — Animal Kingdom. The entry form said “open to animals of all shapes, sizes and species.”

“It always had gone to cats and dogs,” Welde said. “But there was a new category for exotic animals.

Whoa! I decided to enter one of my bears.”

The eventual winner of the contest receives $10,000 and an InTouch magazine feature.

Those wanting to vote for Bruno can go to Facebook.com/hashtag/ vote4bruno. Although anyone who wants to vote can do so for free once a day, those who want to register multiple votes can make a donation to the Paws Foundation, which rehabilitates orphaned and injured wildlife and also runs shelters that adopt out homeless cats and dogs.

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East Manatee Fire Chief Lee Whitehurst presents information on the proposed new fire station alongside Administrative Secretary Dawn Graf.

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STATION 11 Station 11 at 10215 Wauchula Road, Myakka City, is targeted for replacement and will be torn down.

Budget concerns slow Myakka fire station construction

Cost: $4 million (plus) Delayed: Plans delayed until at least spring 2023 Features: Seven bunk rooms; expanded capacity, a well and a retention pond for additional water, high-rated building for storms Address: 10215 Wauchula Road, Myakka City, Florida

A new station on Wauchula Road eventually will be built and the existing one torn down.

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ith the potential hiring of an additional three firefighters putting a strain on its budget, commissioners for East Manatee Fire Rescue decided during a Sept. 7 budget workshop to delay construction of a new Myakka City fire station.

Discussion of the station’s groundbreaking isn’t likely to take place until next spring, making it unlikely the station construction would begin in Fiscal Year 2022-2023. The Fiscal Year begins Oct. 1.

The new station has been planned to be built adjacent to the existing Station 11, which will be torn down, on Wauchula Road.

East Manatee Chief Lee Whitehurst said one reason Myakka City is in need of a new station is that if a storm with Category 3-force winds (111 to 129 mph) or higher hits the area, Station 11 would need to be evacuated, with firefighters and staff needing to go to another station, or possibly moving to Myakka City Elementary, which has a higher rating for storms.

Whitehurst said he believes the new building will be rated for gusts up to 200 mph.

The existing station would remain in use until the new building is complete.

Another reason for a new station is simply more space. The new structure will be 10,500 square feet compared to current structure’s 6,500 square feet. Whitehurst said that during a natural disaster, the station could see doubling — such as during Hurricane Irma — or even tripling of staff members on duty. The new facility would have the needed capacity.

Whitehurst said when Hurricane Charley struck the area in 2004 with greater than 100 mph winds, it became apparent the rescue needed to be better prepared for storms.

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Battalion Chief Kyle Taylor shows the shed that currently stores firefighters’ uniforms.

The cost of the new station is $4 million-plus, with the emphasis on plus during the current period of inflation and construction delays. If commissioners affirm their decision to delay construction for any significant period of time, costs could shoot up significantly.

Whitehurst said impact fees can only cover a third of the station’s construction costs with the rest of the money needing to

There will be seven bunk rooms at the new Station 11 instead of the current two.

come from the general operating budget.

Deputy Chief Paul Wren said the station’s site plan currently is under review by the county, which is a critical step forward, while engineers and architects are currently working on the design.

The fire commissioners cast a preliminary vote to delay construction during a Sept. 12 trim hearing, affirming their earlier decision, with final approval of the budget to come Sept. 17.

Whitehurst said the board could return to the topic during midfiscal year, in a discussion, which he hopes will follow the results of the rescue’s audit that is due by June. The commissioners have the option to perform budget amendments throughout the fiscal year.

He said once complete, the station will become an important resource for the community.

“The fire station tends to, along with a school, be one of those community icons,” Whitehurst said. “For me personally, my intent is to have that building there, so that if all else is gone, that building is something the community can depend on, that our employees can depend on, and feel safe in.”

Seven bunk rooms will be constructed in the new facility as compared to two in the current building.

Battallion Chief Kyle Taylor noted the roof of the current building leaks, causing a dangerous situation in case heavy winds hit the area.

“Once it rips the skylight out, then that wind’s coming right in there,” Taylor said. “And it can lift the whole roof off the building.”

Whitehurst said there will be impact glass windows, as well as an automated generator in the new station.

“You’re trying to go out and respond to the public and get ready for hurricanes,” Whitehurst said.

“So to top that off (you don’t want to) shutter your station and worry if the power going out.”

He said the communications tower on the grounds will be updated to enhance the alert system.

One major feature of the site will be a retention pond that will supply the firefighters with water when needed. Whitehurst said water can tend to be a scarce resource in the eastern parts of the county.

A well, complete with a refilling tank of at least 26,500 gallons, will be created . It’s a much bigger capacity than the current facility.

The new construction will increase livability as it enlarges the kitchen space and provides a dedicated workout room so firefighters don’t have to work out in the bays.

Firefighters will get a dedicated area for decontaminating their gear, an action they must perform after responding to a fire, as well as rooms to store their gear away from exhaust.

The plans also call for a new ventilation system that will recirculate air more rapidly than the previous system.

Upgrades include a driveway and parking lot, which will have increased thickness to hold newer, heavier trucks.

During the workshop, Whitehurst presented commissioners with two objectives, to either build the station or hire six firefighters. The commissioners moved forward with the hiring of firefighters but cut the number to three.

Hiring more firefighters is a goal to build more four firefighter units instead of the mostly three-man units currently assembled. Whitehurst said East Manatee Fire Rescue currently has only two four-person units.

Commissioner Garry Lawson called the current time of economic uncertainty a “bad time to build a new station,” describing himself as “on the fence” about beginning the project, while also saying he would support the will of the board.

He said issues with obtaining materials were still ongoing, and noted the Parrish Fire District’s troubles in ordering construction materials over the past six months.

“I don’t think four million is going to come close to completing it, turning the key, ready to move in,” he said of building a new Myakka City station.

Fire Commissioner Bob Conley said he favored looking into hiring three new firefighters.

Nonetheless, he said the threat of hurricanes makes building a new Myakka City station an important issue, noting the current station’s lack of rating to house firefighters, leading to a longer response time, during a big storm.

Fire Commissioner Richard Jacobs said he favored pursuing the three new firefighters first.

Commissioner Derek Foss asked if it was feasible to follow both plans, saying he did not want to put the station project off and leave its future uncertain.

“We need to do right by the Myakka residents,” he said.

He said East Manatee Fire Rescue was rounding the corner on adequate staffing.

“I think if we keep looking at this with blinders on, putting four people per unit, it’s going to cost this district a lot more money,” Lawson said.

Whitehurst said the station would be best addressed post audit, and he could come back with a legend to support one option or the other in the middle of the fiscal year.

During the Sept. 12 hearing, the board voted 4-1 for a preliminary approval of a Fiscal Year 2022-2023 budget containing funds for three additional firefighters, with Commissioner James Carlino in dissent because of an absence of funding for advanced life support, or paramedics, on East Manatee Fire Rescue fire engines, an initiative he is currently pursuing.

At Station 11, firefighters said they were looking forward to the benefits of the replacement station.

Firefighter Kyle Powers said he would look forward to individual bunk rooms. He also said he works out every day, but the temperature is “cooking,” making it very hot in the bay area.

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After convincing U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Missouri) to visit the area Aug. 29, they loaded up the helicopter and took a tour of Manatee County’s roadways.

Graves is the ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, placing him in an important leadership role. Jack Ruddy, the staff director of the House

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Also in the helicopter was Manatee County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge, who basically was acting as a tour guide and explained why the Fort Hamer Bridge expansion is so important to the area.

Van Ostenbridge said Graves didn’t indicate during the tour whether he would support Manatee County’s effort to get federal funding, but he did write to the county afterward that it was “extremely helpful to discuss and see firsthand the infrastructure needs of folks across the country.”

In May, Manatee County commissioners visited Washington D.C. to network with congressmen on the possibility of obtaining funds. They met with Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, and Florida Rep. Verne Buchanan, among others.

Besides the Fort Hamer Bridge expansion, Manatee County needs to widen the roads leading to the bridge.

“It’s very expensive, but we need it desperately,” District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh said of the bridge expansion in May.

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The group also flew over the diverging diamond interchange at University Parkway and I-75. “(Graves) was very proud of seeing the diamond working and flowing so well, and I was quick to point out this is another example of if we build it properly, it flows and it works,” Van Ostenbridge said.

From the interchange, the group saw bumper-to-bumper traffic northbound along Interstate 75, from University Parkway to Ellenton.

“In the end, he did see the all the traffic jams we wanted him to see,” Van Ostenbridge said.

Commissioner George Kruse said Graves’ visit was an important step.

“You can sit there all day long at a table and explain our needs to somebody in Washington, D.C., or Tallahassee,” Kruse said. “It’s a whole different thing when you convince them to come down and visualize it.”

Kruse said as the commission moves forward, it will be meeting again with Graves during its annual trip to Washington, D.C., in what will likely be spring 2023, by which point Kruse hopes to have funding requests submitted.

“We’ve ignored infrastructure too much, for too long,” Kruse said. “We, as a small community, cannot fund all the infrastructure needs here, especially when you consider the big-ticket items like the bridges.”

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Commissioner George Kruse said in May the bridge would open an important evacuation route in an area where limited options are available for vehicles to cross the river.

After subsequent meetings with Graves, Van Ostenbridge was able to convince him to visit Manatee County in late August.

After his arrival, Graves met at SeaPort Manatee with Van Ostenbridge, Kruse and District 1 Commissioner James Satcher. Also in attendance were Ruddy; L.K. Nandam, the district secretary at the Florida Department of Transportation; and Carlos Buqueras, executive director of SeaPortManatee.

Van Ostenbridge said the group explained to Graves the different segments of Manatee County, including “the bedroom community of Parrish, the master-planned community of Lakewood Ranch and the city center between the population out east and the beach.

After about two hours, Van Ostenbridge, Graves, and Ruddy boarded the Sheriff’s Office helicopter for an overview of the county, at the 5 p.m. rush hour.

“What surprised me was the visual of urban sprawl,” Van Ostenbridge said. “It’s quite a sight to see so many rooftops, and then the blank pads, and then the farmland beyond it.”

He said the trip also took the group over all notable county road projects, such as the 44th Avenue extension, the future connection of the two segments of Lena Road and the widening of Lorraine Road.

Van Ostenbridge called the flight over Fort Hamer Bridge the “most important aspect of the trip” because of the commissioner’s efforts to procure the funds.

One of the key takeaways of the meeting for Van Ostenbridge was that funding is not as lengthy a process as he had initially believed.

“It’s not a fast process, but it’s not funding that’s going to take 10 or 15 years to get,” he said.

The county is seeking $160 million.

The helicopter also flew over the Lakewood Ranch area.

“He was very interested in the master-planned aspect of Lakewood Ranch,” Van Ostenbridge said of Graves, who noted that Lakewood Ranch didn’t have similar traf-

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Sykes is the event coordinator for “Eat. Drink. Give Thanks. Be Generous,” which is the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund’s new event to produce funds for regional charities and to bring more awareness about the Community Fund.

The event has been welcomed by the community with open arms, with almost 200 of the available 250 tickets already purchased.

The hope is that the wine event, which will be held Oct. 27 at Esplanade Golf and Country Club in Lakewood Ranch, becomes an annual tradition. Sykes, who joined the Community Fund board a year ago, has the important task of putting it all together.

“I have never done anything like this before,” she said of being the coordinator at a huge fundraiser. “This will be several fundraisers within one fundraiser. We will have a silent auction with wine, a live auction, a raffle.

“It’s really our inaugural (wine) event,” Sykes said. “Think about how many people have moved into the area in the last 10 years. They don’t know us.”

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Sykes volunteered for the event coordinator’s job because she wants to help in any way she can.

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She now lives in Esplanade and she notes that she and her husband Howard live in the 13th house on the 13th hole on the Esplanade golf course, in house number 13013.

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Her main task now is to work with a Community Fund board that seems determined to host more events in the future so it can raise more money to support nonprofits.

“Being on this board gives me more reach (in helping),” she said.

“And I find that not many people know about how many of our neighbors are in need.”

The great community response to the wine event shows people are willing to support those in need.

“We are thrilled to be hosting the first wine soirée event for the Lakewood Ranch community fund,” said Board President Nicole Ryskamp.

“It’s going to be a great night to be with friends, meeting new friends and learning about the amazing work by many of our local nonprofit organizations, as well as hearing from our Humanitarian of the Year recipient.”

Sykes, the board secretary, said she is excited about the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund’s direction and future. She said the fund’s addition of a full-time executive director in Adrienne Bookhamer was a huge addition.

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New teaching jobs are homecomings for some East County educators.

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n the corner of Bella Rubal’s firstgrade classroom at Gilbert W. McNeal Elementary are cubbies that always have been filled with her students’ backpacks.

Now that Rubal has begun her first year teaching at her former school, something else has joined those backpacks — a stuffed animal, school mascot Wally Wildcat.

This school year marks a return for both Rubal, who attended McNeal as a student, and that particular Wally Wildcat, who was given to Rubal when she was a kindergartner.

At the time, kindergarten teacher Stacy Freeman would present her students with different stuffed animals. Wally Wildcat was Rubal’s favorite.

“I vividly remember being so happy that she chose me to take him home,” Rubal said. “As a little kindergartner, that was just the best thing in the world. I remember being so excited.”

THE RETURN OF WALLY

Now Rubal keeps Wally Wildcat in her own classroom as a daily reminder of Freeman and the impact she had on her as a child.

She doesn’t need too many reminders as both teachers work on the staff at McNeal. Now McNeal is Freeman’s colleague.

Several teachers in East County have come full circle, working at schools they once attended as students.

When Kate Cucci walked onto

Braden River Middle School’s campus in August for her first day as a new assistant principal, Diane Minero, the senior secretary who retired in August, recognized her immediately.

Cucci said at first Minero thought she looked familiar and probably was a cousin of her husband, Steve Cucci.

That was until Kate Cucci reminded Minero of her maiden name, Joseph.

Minero then remembered her and her brothers and pulled out a yearbook to reminisce.

“That really solidified that I was right where I should be,” Cucci said.

“I had this long adventure of figuring out who I wanted to be and why, and I ended up in a place where people remember me as a student. I want the same for my students, to have that connection.”

For Rubal and Cucci, returning to their former schools, now as a teacher and an administrator, was a dream come true.

Rubal said her goal always was to return to McNeal as a teacher. She purposefully stayed near home for college, attending the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee so she could intern at McNeal with the hopes she would be hired full time.

“I felt like I was coming home,” Rubal said. “I was coming back to where I belonged. Everyone here is so helpful, welcoming and warm. I just felt like this is where I belong and this is what I’m meant to do.”

Freeman, who now teaches third grade, said Rubal was a quiet student who always looked out for her classmates.

“She stood out as being a very special, kind-hearted person,” Freeman said. “Honestly, she was an amazing student. Then for her to turn around and share that personality and all of her kindness now with a whole (new) generation of kids is amazing.”

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Stephen Gregorich, a physical education coach at Braden River Middle School, remembers Kate Cucci, who is now an assistant principal at the school, as an energetic student.

Freeman said she catches herself sometimes calling Rubal by her first name in the hallways rather than Miss Rubal in front of the students.

Rubal said working with her former teachers was intimidating at first because she looked up to her as a child. She quickly learned there was no reason to be intimidated.

“To little kids, teachers are superheroes, they’re their whole world,” Rubal said. “I quickly learned they’re just people, and they’re really nice people.”

Mindy Swartling, Rubal’s fourthgrade teacher who now teaches fifth grade at McNeal, presented Rubal with a plaque with a quote about being a teacher for her desk.

Rubal gets some teaching tips from Swartling during the break they have each day when their students have lunch. They both share advice.

“In the teachers lounge, I was so excited to see her in there at the same time because I can see her every day,” Swartling said. “I can check in on her and see how things are going.”

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Thomas Durante, a fine arts teacher at Lakewood Ranch High School, said teaching at his alma mater seems almost “bizarre” to him.

A BIZARRE TWIST

At Lakewood Ranch High, Thomas Durante never thought he would become an educator, let alone return to his alma mater. When he graduated in 2007, his sights were set on music composition. He later opened a business when he was 26, repairing and rebuilding pianos before he started teaching.

His return to Lakewood Ranch High School in September 2021 seemed bizarre to him.

“Seeing (former teachers) from a different viewpoint, holding all the keys to all the doors and all the places I’m still discovering was very eye opening,” said Durante, who teaches orchestra, guitar and other music classes. “You have more sympathy for what (teachers) do. You don’t understand everything that goes into being a teacher until you’re actually doing it.”

Durante said he ran into his former marine sciences teacher, Larry Hickman, who still had a project Durante did in his class. The assignment was to pick a topic from the class and do something creative with it. Durante decided to write a song about flying fish.

“That was cool to see that,” Durante said. “Wow! I had kind of a memorable impact on him just as much as he had on me.”

Durante always wanted to become a college professor, but teaching AP Music Theory, which is a college course, has satisfied that desire.

“What I’m realizing as I’ve done more teaching is that this is what I’m meant to be doing,” Durante said. “I feel like I’ve arrived where I belong. Everything I do, I’m super passionate about. I’ve never been a morning person, but I wake up at 5 a.m., I have my coffee and I’m ready to go. It’s been life changing just being here and having this opportunity.”

Durante has become accustomed to leading the orchestra rather than being in one of the seats playing viola or violin. He’s even added his own flair to his directing. For example, during the orchestra and band’s

May 4 Star Wars theme concert, he didn’t hesitate to grab a lightsaber and started conducting with it.

LASTING IMPACT

Cucci often tells the students about her experiences at Braden River Middle School when she attended from 1994 to 1997. The teachers and coaches she had helped her realize she wanted to be a middle school educator.

“If you’re going to influence and mould a student, middle school is when we have the availability to do that,” she said. “Middle-schoolers can be a little bit easier to influence and to guide, and they’re looking for that.”

Cucci just moved to East County from Sarasota. She remembered being a student and riding her bike to school and having to adjust to being in middle school on top of being at a new school.

“It was exciting to start something new, but definitely intimidating to not really know that many people,” she said.

But she had some great experiences.

Somewhere stored away in the school’s gymnasium, which currently is undergoing renovations, is the Golden Shoe that Cucci and her 4x100 meter relay track teammates earned.

Stephen Gregorich, a physical education teacher at Braden River Middle, remembered Cucci as an energetic student and now knows her as an energetic assistant principal.

“She’s almost the same kind of person, just in adult form,” Gregorich said.

In some ways, Cucci, Rubal and Durante are still students as they take every opportunity to learn from their former teachers, and veteran teachers.

“The teachers still on staff, who were part of my middle school years, are some of the best and brightest,” Cucci said. “Knowing that, I’m coming from a perspective of ‘you raised me up.’”

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Hopefully, Leon Harris left a better world W hen it comes to racial injustice, change in our world comes far too slowly.

Hopefully, though, the life of Leon Harris is proof that things can change, even if it is in tiny increments.

Lewis, who lived in Lakewood Ranch, experienced racism in almost every step of his life. He died Aug. 21 at the age of 92.

Some of his experiences were noted in a Lakewood Ranch Life magazine story last summer. He grew up in Nyack, New York, not being able to join the “White” Boy Scout Troop or the YMCA because he was Black.

He always was told by his father, Leon Sr., that “Junior, in order to compete, you have to be three times better than the White man.”

He said, “I found that to be true.”

When it came to his baseball talent, he didn’t get a chance to play in the major leagues, instead pitching for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League. He wouldn’t even refer to the “other” league as Major League Baseball.

“Any league that wouldn’t allow Black players and limited access to Latin players couldn’t be called Major League Baseball,” he said.

He said Nyack was “half White and half Black” when he was growing up, so he learned to get along with everyone.

Many of his Monarchs teammates were from the South and they had experienced far worse, and they told Leon their stories. Then in barnstorming with the Monarchs, he said the “White here, Colored here” signs.

As a teen, he had worked in factories under miserable conditions and that led him to become a union organizer. Later in life, he moved

to New York City and become president of the Greenwich Village NAACP. In retirement, he was head of Manatee/Sarasota Democratic Black Caucus for 10 years.

I asked Leon, who in his earlier years often couldn’t play on golf courses because he was Black, whether he thought America was making progress in terms of racial injustice.

“You still have the darkerskinned people doing the menial jobs,” he said last summer. “In 2075, that might be changed, but it’s going to take a long time. There have been gains, but they mostly have been gestures with no money attached. Reparations should be given. Social Security should start earlier through the payment system for Blacks. Our life expectancy is not expected to be as long as White males and females.”

Certainly, Leon could have been a bitter man. But he wasn’t. Hopefully, those who came into contact with Leon learned a little something from him. He worked against injustice, without hate. And those who reached out to him in kindness, would receive kindness back, no matter what their race or ethnic background.

“Leon was a people person,” said his wife, Laura. “He was very friendly, and very happy. He was one of the nicest people you ever would meet, a breath of fresh air.”

Laura spent 38 years with Leon, the last eight as husband and wife.

Leon finally asked her to marry him, and she said she would agree with one stipulation — that he would turn his spare room in his Lakewood Ranch home into space where she could store all her clothes. He agreed.

The two met in 1994 when Laura

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Lakewood Ranch’s Laura Harris says her husband Leon, who died Aug. 21, was a people person and a breath of fresh air.

was living in Manhattan and Leon was living across the bridge in New Jersey.

One of her neighbors and Leon attended the Englewood Social Club in New Jersey together and he introduced them. Leon kept asking Laura for dates for months, and she kept saying no. Tall and athletic, Leon was a striking man and what Laura called “a ladies’ man.”

But she finally relented, and as she put it with a laugh, “I saved him.”

Over the years, she saw Leon as being active in the community and in his own life in terms of golf or sports.

“He got sick and went down so fast,” she said of the days before his death. “He had been saying how much pain he was having in his legs.

He was getting cranky after he fell a couple of times.”

She said his primary care physi-

cian didn’t diagnose the problem, but she said he eventually relented and went to Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, where Laura said the care was extraordinary. Unfortunately, after doctors there quickly diagnosed the problem, his heart gave out and he died.

Services were held at Chandler’s Funeral Home and at the Bethlehem Baptist Church in Sarasota. At both services, Laura noticed many members of the Lakewood Ranch Elks Lodge in attendance.

It wasn’t a surprise to her. More than 15 years ago, when Leon had to quit playing golf because he had a hard time walking, he looked for something else to do. He decided to join the Elks Club.

More than 50 years ago, the Elks Club was known for not allowing Blacks, but the discriminatory policy was wiped out and corrected.

Still, Laura said they were often the

only Blacks to attend some of the functions there.

Why not? The Elks members embraced them both and welcomed them to the family.

“The Elks treated Leon like he was the President, and I was the First Lady,” Laura said. “They liked us and we liked them.”

A Black Democratic activist was treated with respect both in Republican-dominated Lakewood Ranch and at the Elks.

“He was always a gentleman,” Elks member Gerald Van Riper said of Leon. “He never bragged about anything, even though he knew Hank Aaron. Like wow! He would talk about it if you asked him and his mind was sharp as a tack.”

Laura said her Lakewood Ranch neighbors also were “the best.”

“They always are bringing me food (since his death),” she said.

“They are always calling to see how I am. But now I just need some time to myself.

“I haven’t had a chance to grieve, and I miss him terribly. He watched TV all the time and I couldn’t stand all the commercials. But I wish I could bring him back ... he could play the TV all night and all day.

This house is, oh my goodness, so quiet.”

Growing up and living much of his life with racism surrounding him, his final years were different for Leon in Lakewood Ranch. Perhaps we have, indeed, made some minor steps as a society.

“The thing with death is that it is so final,” Laura said. “I need a little time, but I will be going back to the Elks. One of the couples there said they would pick me up and bring me over.”

Van Riper added, “The Elks will be there to help.”

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Ray, who also owns a Tsunami in Sarasota, is excited as he said the Lakewood Ranch area doesn’t have many restaurants that serve sushi, and also have late-night hours.

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Nonetheless, with interior construction in the final stages, his restaurant is on the cusp of opening.

The restaurant will feature a fullsize cocktail bar with a huge fish tank, a sushi bar and a mezzanine area for live music and entertainment.

The seating capacity will be 165, including the outdoor patio.

Although the restaurant will feature a family friendly vibe during the day, Ray said after 10 p.m., the lights will dim and patrons will experience a change in atmosphere as the music will shift to a faster, adult vibe with the opportunity to dance. He plans to stay open until 2 a.m.

“It’s one of the things we don’t have,” he said of late-night food and entertainment in Lakewood Ranch.

Ray said his food will be a major draw as well. That includes the sushi rolls, which he said are a product of his staff’s outstanding creativity.

The head chef will be Alan Yu. Yu begins the quality process by being picky when buying fish.

“A lot of people serve these frozen pieces of fish that they have had in their cabinet for too long,” Ray said.

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Becoming a sushi chef at the restaurant also demands commitment.

Ray said it takes roughly three years of experience just to learn how to properly cook rice.

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Key Chorale singers prepare for their season-opening Celtic Celebration.

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hey’ve taken the summer off to rest their voices and learn new material.

They’ve even had the time to learn some Gaelic.

Key Chorale is coming back from its summer recess with a tribute to the old country that will bring an Irish flair to Church of the Palms.

The show — entitled Equinox: A Celtic Celebration — is meant to kick off the choral group’s new season and also to pay tribute to the changing of summer to fall, and Key Chorale has enlisted tenor Brad Diamond and Foley’s All-Star Irish Band to make

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“All the five band members are all specialists in their instruments and in this kind of music,” says Joseph Caulkins, artistic director of Key Chorale. “We pulled together the best people from all over the country. When you read the bios of these guys, they’re amazing at all the things they’re doing.

“We wanted to do everything as authentic as possible, and having these five guys who have played it their whole lives is going to make a big difference in the quality of the performance.”

The show, which takes place on Sept. 24, will include songs such as “Danny Boy” and “Wild Mountain Thyme” that have moved into the world music vernacular.

Caulkins says it’s also important to treat the audience to Irish music they haven’t heard yet.

For instance, if you make it out to Equinox, you will hear unusual instruments such as the hammered

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The music is primed for Key Chorale’s Celtic celebration.

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Key Chorale artistic director Joseph Caulkins leads the group through a recent rehearsal.

dulcimer and the uilleann pipes played by master craftsmen.

Of course, there’s the chorus of singers dozens strong that Caulkins leads from the podium.

They’ve never done such a show as this, but that’s part of what makes it exciting for singers and band alike.

“Last year we did a show that was all gospel music, and it was a nice way to kick off the season,” says Caulkins.

“I thought, ‘What would be another thing that would appeal to a lot of people?’ The timeless melodies and infectious rhythms of Irish and Celtic music seem to be a good fit.”

And while he might not have realized it at the time, taking on this music means taking on a new language.

Caulkins says that’s not necessarily difficult or out of the ordinary for

Key Chorale.

“We’ve probably sung in all the languages except Gaelic. Gaelic and Russian are the two outliers,” he says. “I think the hardest thing is that when you look at a Gaelic word it looks nothing like it sounds.

“Fortunately for us, Brad Diamond, our tenor soloist that’s coming down, he has so much Gaelic to spit out..”

Diamond, a professor of voice at Samford University, won’t be the only distinguished guest.

Dylan Foley, a four-time All-Ireland Fiddle Champion, will be leading the supporting band, which will also feature guitarist Brian Hanlon, hammered dulcimer player Stephen Humphries, flutist Sean Cunningham and uilleann pipe artist Eamonn Dillon.

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Foley, 30 years old, was raised in upstate New York.

He says he started playing the fiddle at age 8 and was inspired by virtuoso Jay Ungar, and he was first crowned an Irish fiddle champion at age 12. He later won in another two youth brackets and was crowned adult champion in 2014.

“They call me The Big Yank,” he says of his following in Ireland. “I’m 6-foot-7, so it’s hard to blend in over there. I’ve gotten out there and I’ve played a lot and people know my name. They know what I look like, but I’ve got a beard now. I’m no longer 12, you know?”

Foley, based just outside Nashville, Tennessee, is thrilled to be working with this assemblage of musicians.

He’s been in Nashville for about a year, and he plays with Dillon every

week. Cunningham pops in from time to time, and Hanlon runs his own recording studio in Nashville.

They haven’t played all together that often, says Foley, but when they do, it’s instant chemistry.

“It’s very natural to us. We all have the same repertoire,” he says. “Once we get down there and have our first rehearsal, it’s going to be really cool to see how it all pieces together.”

Foley says he’s never played with a choral group this size before. So the mix of sounds should be new for everyone; not just the audience, but also the musicians themselves.

For Caulkins, the hard work comes in blending all those talents.

How do you manage to rehearse when your performers are split between multiple states?

Caulkins says Key Chorale will be singing together for the first time since May, but the singers have all had access to a video guide of the material to allow them to practice.

Key Chorale rehearsed for the first time in person on Sept. 6, and they won’t meet with the Irish All-Stars

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and their guest tenor until the actual week of the show.

Caulkins calls that kind of preparation a “grand experiment,” and he says the final days of rehearsal will be invigorating.

“When you’re rehearsing this online, you don’t get the sound of all the voices coming together,” he says.

“It’s always an exciting time. It’s fun to see where they are with learning their parts. Then we put the magic to it; we talk about phrasing and articulation and musicality.

“We’re going to just do the most fun part of music, the details which make it really enjoyable.”

The show will also have an appropriate opening act.

Blue Skye Pipes and Drums, an allfemale pipe and Celtic performance band, will play for a half-hour before the main program.

Caulkins is excited for another season of performances, and he says that visitors to Key Chorale’s website should have the opportunity to watch shows remotely. But he’s hoping, at this point, that people are ready to come hear music in person.

“We were mostly in person pretty much all last season, but everybody comes back to the concert hall in their own time,” he says.

“This whole season really is about just bringing our whole audience back and letting them enjoy live music again. That audience is coming back but they’re not coming back like a light switch. They come back as they feel ready.”

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Josh Scheible and Caegan Quimby, singers and songwriters for Physical Plant, went into a brief musical exile during the pandemic that allowed them to sharpen their material. They’ve emerged with a veteran rhythm section with ties to several other local Sarasota bands, and they’re celebrating the August release of their second album, “Hot Future,” which is a reference to cli-

mate change but also perhaps to their own musical trajectory.

“We’re older now,” says Quimby, who started Physical Plant as part of an independent study project at New College. “We’re the age of the bands — maybe older —that were asking us to play shows back then.

“Things can happen here. But we have to make them happen.”

Scheible, a graduate of Bradenton’s Southeast High School, has been playing in Manatee County bars since before he was allowed to drink. The guitarist estimates he played more than 100 shows as part of Magic Tree Conspiracy, a classic rock cover band, by the time he got to New College. Then he met Quimby as a freshman and became friends.

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sit down together and trade licks and lyrics? No, not really.

Scheible says he’s more of a perfectionist and often doesn’t bring a song to the band unless it is a completely finished product.

But Quimby is a prolific songwriter with a backlog of material just waiting to get the full-band treatment.

The important part of their partnership, though, is that Scheible and Quimby share the same tastes.

“When we disagree, it’s usually pretty relevant. There’s a reason we disagree,” says Scheible. “About 95% of the time, we like the same stuff.

But the sticking points, it’s usually something interesting to tease out.”

“When we’re the closest to an argument,” adds Quimby, “It’s because we’re both wrong.”

The pair meets once a week, on Wednesdays, to tighten up musically and prepare for their Sunday full-band rehearsals, which usually see them striving to stay tight on their current material.

They’re scouring the local scene and looking for places to play. Physical Plant is going to be playing a show at the Ringling Underground in November, and they say it would be nice to return to their roots at New College and play there again.

But when they look at the local scene, they realize that it’s a challenging environment for them and for other bands like them.

Most bars, says Scheibel, don’t want to book a band that plays original music.

“We’re going to book a cover band that keeps people here all night,” he says of the bar owner’s perspective.

“We have to cater to the demographic that’s going to come out and keep the place in business.

“That’s just business. As someone who came out of what I like to call the Margaritaville circuit, I get it. That’s what I came up doing.”

Scheible, who moonlights as a guitar teacher, says he saw one of his classmates from first grade at a

recent gig, and he underlines how fortunate he is to be able to do what he loves in his hometown.

The next step — the Hot Future, if you will — sees Physical Plant not just making its own music but also setting into the parallel path of finding gigs for themselves and other bands around them.

Their first album, “What’s Laid Down,” came out in 2018, and four years later it’s a completely different band with a different mindset.

They have enough material for a third album; and maybe a fourth, if you count the songs Quimby hasn’t brought to the band yet.

Best of all, they’re not in a rush.

They’re committed to seeing this thing out over the long haul.

“They say you get all your life to write your first album and a couple years to write your second one. But that’s not really a problem for us,” says Scheible. “We always have 10 new tunes. We’ll get to them when we get to them.”

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“That was one of the very cool things at New College,” says Scheible of his student years. “They saw that we had a functioning rock band and said, ‘OK, well, let’s use it.’

“We got to play with people from the orchestra. We got to write for people from the orchestra. We got all these very interesting performance opportunities that happened through New Music New College.”

But it wasn’t just their schooling; Scheible and Quimby also say that the indie rock scene in Sarasota from about 2010 to 2015 was incredibly productive and nurturing.

There were a lot of good bands in the area back then, and a lot of them gave young Physical Plant an opportunity to open up for them.

The band’s new drummer, Michael Murphy, formerly played in Equines and Cats in the Basement, and young Scheible and Quimby first met him as a promoter who got them their first gigs. Dave Cornicelli, their new bassist, formerly played in Hail Dale and the Umbrella Cult, and he brings versatility because he can also play drums. But more than their musical chops, Murphy and Cornicelli bring a new attitude to the band.

“Caegan and I, we’re both classic perfectionists and overthinkers,” says Scheible. “It’s nice to have somebody in the room who is the ‘Just do it,’ attitude. It’s nice to hear that because between the two of us, (we) will just talk, talk, talk.”

At this point, they’re thrilled to be playing music again.

They make sure to point out that their old bassist, Dave Baker, has not left the band. He’s just entering a new phase of life as a father, and they’re forging ahead with their old music and with their new stuff.

Scheible and Quimby spent the pandemic rehearsing as a two-piece outfit with a drum machine, and their partnership was only strengthened by their mutual commitment.

“I’m going to keep doing it whether I’m getting paid or not,” Quimby says. “So we never doubted that we’re going to keep doing something. But each time the lineup dissolves, it’s very anxiety inducing.

“We always just tried to have faith, just kind of write more songs.”

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party started with its timeless mix of reggae and roots music. You’ll have your choice of food trucks and drink stations to wet your whistle.

SPOTLIGHT TALK: DR. ALIX PIERRE 6 p.m. at Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 S. Tamiami Trail Free members, $20 nonmembers Visit SarasotaArtMuseum.org.

THE REVOLUTIONISTS 7:30 p.m. at Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave. W $29 adult, $21 College student/Educator, $15 HS Visit VeniceTheatre.org.

Join Dr. Pierre, the senior lecturer on African Diaspora and the World at Spelman College, as he dissects the roots and contexts of the Sarasota Art Museum’s Katrina Coombs fiber art exhibit “I M(O)ther: Threads of the Maternal Figure.”

Let them eat cake. This Laura Gunderson play tells the irreverent tale of four “bodacious” women set in the French Revolution who eventually lose their heads. It’s fast-paced and topical, and it will give you something to think about when you leave the theater. Candace Artim directs this production, which will run through Oct. 2.

‘CLIFFHANGER’ 7:30 p.m. at Island Players Theater Runs through Sept. 25 $25 Visit TheIslandPlayers.com.

THE JERSEY TENORS PART II 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Goldstein Cabaret, 1239 Palm Ave. $10 members, $20 nonmembers Visit FloridaStudioTheatre.org.

These Jersey imports are still here, and they’re still singing their best tributes to the Garden State. They mash up rock and opera hits into their own imitable mixture, and they make sure to always sing a little something from Jersey natives Frankie Valli and Bon Jovi.

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There’s a murder in this play, but there’s no mystery. The main character, Professor Henry Lowenthal, accidentally kills his boss early in this play, and then he and his wife must find a way to get rid of the evidence before they’re caught by snooping students and suspicious police officers. Mike Lusk directs; ‘Cliffhanger’ will run at Island Players through Sept. 25.

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White supremacy and sedition may not seem like prime ingredients for dramatic theater, but this play written by Steve Dietz in 1988 has taken on new relevance in the decades since it was created. Dietz interweaves three poignant stories burnished with true-life dialogue from court transcripts and sermons.

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CHALK TALKS WITH DENISE KOWAL You may have questions like “How do you draw a shark the size of a football field?”

And “How do you start a local festival that eventually becomes a local institution?” Denise Kowal, founder of the Chalk Festival, will have answers. Kowal started the Chalk Festival back in 2007, and it’s matured into a gigantic event that draws chalk artists from all over the world.

IF YOU GO When: 4 p.m., September 15 Where: Arts Advocates Gallery, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail Tickets: $10 members, $12 nonmembers Info: ChalkFestival.org and ArtsAdvocates.org.

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SARASOTA OPERA FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL Let the Sarasota Opera wine and dine you. This event took a hiatus during the pandemic, but now it’s back in full splendor. You’ll be able to nosh on foods from several local restaurants and swish wine around your palate to your heart’s content. Proceeds will benefit the Sarasota Youth Opera, and the talented young

coterie of singers will perform a few selections from the upcoming production of “The Secret World of Og” as part of the festivities.

IF YOU GO When: 1 p.m., September 17 Where: Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. Tickets: $85 Info: SarasotaOpera.org.

Smith and drummer James Varnado will support Sinoff. The show starts at 7:30, but the doors will open at 6:30 for food and beverage service.

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Parrish’s Luke McFarland hopes to raise at least $20,000 for Real Men Wear Pink.

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Summerfield’s Betsy Young and her husband, Jeff Young, can’t wait for the Real Men Wear Pink Fashion Show, where Jeff Young will walk the runway.

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ther than seeing Major League Baseball players wear pink during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Summerfield’s Jeff Young never gave much thought to breast cancer or the American Cancer Society.

That all changed in August 2021 when Young’s wife, Betsy, was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer, which is considered an aggressive cancer.

“When it became real, we talked to the kids about it, got the family together and worked out a plan,” Jeff Young said.

He will join 32 other men from Sarasota and Manatee counties to strut down the runway during the Real Men Wear Pink fashion show Sept. 24 at the Mall at University Town Center.

“It’s going to be hilarious,” Betsy Young said about the thought of seeing her husband on the runway.

Jeff Young heard of the fashion show by running into River Club’s Sammy Lynch and his wife, Bethany, who is an American Cancer Society senior development manager, the day after last year’s fashion show.

Bethany Lynch convinced Jeff Young to participate.

“Everybody says it’s a lot of fun,”

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“We started doing the walk just so my kids could have some sort of a memory of doing something for my mom,” Baran said. “We called it Grammy’s Walk, and we did that for a bunch of years.”

When Lynch suggested Baran participate in Real Men Wear Pink in 2021, he was eager to help.

Real Men Wear Pink ambassadors were given the goal of raising at least $2,000 this past year. Kessler, Baran and Parrish’s Luke McFarland went beyond the goal, with each of them raising more than $12,000.

Kessler said he never had a Facebook page until he created one to reach more people to raise money for the cause.

McFarland, who works in East County, became a Real Men Wear Pink ambassador in 2021 to support his colleague at the time, Emily Rhoads, who is a cancer survivor.

He said knowing someone who was impacted by breast cancer was an eye-opening experience because Rhoads was only 25 when she was diagnosed.

“It’s amazing to see the supportive community,” he said.

To raise funds, McFarland hosted a golf tournament.

This year’s goal among all the ambassadors is $125,000.

Kessler and Jeff Young said they’ve not only had to compete against the other Real Men Wear Pink ambassadors but also their wives, who both had Making Strides Against Breast Cancer teams raising money.

“We were having a little family challenge as it were, which was fun,” Kessler said.

Jeff Young said being with the other Real Mean Wear Pink ambassadors has given him his own support group of people who know what it’s like to know someone who has or had breast cancer.

“A lot of times, understandably so, the noncancer spouse usually gets set aside, so it’s nice to have a support network for them as well,” Jeff Young said. “Everybody says we’re here for you and we understand what you’re going through, which it’s nice of them to say that, but they don’t unless you’ve actually gone through it.”

Lakewood Ranch’s Ted Baran, who is one of this year’s Real Men Wear Pink ambassadors, points to the crowd during last year’s fashion show.

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Lakewood Ranch’s Scott Kessler says the event brings a sense of camaraderie among the ambassadors.

Jeff Young said. “It’s not a serious event, which you think it would be because it’s cancer related, but it’s a chance for everybody to have fun.”

Jeff Young hasn’t decided what pose he will strike at the end of the runway.

“I kind of want to see what everybody else does first,” he said. “It’d be cool to go last because you don’t want to do something that somebody else has already done. I’m just going to wing it and go with the vibe.”

When Lakewood Ranch’s Scott Kessler walked the runway last year, he threw his hands up in the air and yelled, “Hey, my people are here,” before reaching the end of the runway, where he handed a rose to his wife, Cheri, and kissed her.

“It was kind of corny but spur of the moment,” he said. “They all are my people. They were all there for one cause and that was to raise money for breast cancer.”

Kessler thought the fashion show would be embarrassing, but he ended up having fun.

“It was pretty nice wearing an $800 jacket, but I had to return it,” Kessler said with a laugh. “It was all of about two minutes of stress and just hoping you don’t fall off the stage.”

This year, Kessler will sport clothes from Adrenaline Harley-Davidson, where he works.

“It’s a lot more fashionable than you think,” he said. “It’s not going to be chaps and leather jackets. HarleyDavidson has really become modern with their clothes. They’re very fashion forward now.”

Kessler started getting involved in Real Men Wear Pink to support the American Cancer Society and Cheri, who was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago. Kessler said the diagnosis was a shock.

“Your mind always wanders to the worst, but thankfully her prognosis was good,” Kessler said of his wife, who has been in remission for a year.

For Lakewood Ranch’s Ted Baran, participating in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer has become a tradition for his family since they moved to the area in 2007. Baran’s family wanted to support the American Cancer Society because his mother, Kathleen Foley Baran, fought breast cancer for 14 years before she died in 2007. Other family members and friends also were diagnosed with breast cancer.

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

FRIDAY, SEPT. 16

MOVIE NIGHT Begins at 8 p.m. at Waterside Place, 1651 Lakefront Drive, Lakewood Ranch.

Waterside Place hosts the free family movie, Clifford the Big Red Dog, in an outdoors setting. Grace Community Church sponsors the event which is preceded by a “Paw-ty with Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue” and Nate’s adoptable puppies from 6-8 p.m. Seating for the movie is firstcome, first-served. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Concessions are available from O&A Coffee and We B’ Poppin’ Popcorn and Kettle Corn. Face painting will be available from 7-9 p.m. For more information, go to WatersidePlace.com.

YOGA IN THE PARK Begins at 9 a.m. at Waterside Place Park, 7500 Island Cove Terrace, Lakewood Ranch. Lakewood Ranch Community Activities offers yoga that is free to residents and $10 for nonresidents. For more information, go to MyLWR.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28

BUSINESS ALLIANCE WORKSHOP Begins at 11:30 a.m. at Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club, 7650 Legacy Blvd., Lakewood Ranch.

The Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance hosts Innovations in Work Place Culture, a luncheon to show how culture matters and how businesses make their employees their biggest asset. The luncheon is $35 for LWRBA members and $45 for nonmembers. For more information, go to LWRBA.org.

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.

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Aaron and Erin Nikou, of Greenwood, Indiana, sold their home at 8052 Grande Shores Drive to Vasilios and Jennifer Kiritsis, of Sarasota, for $1.7 million. Built in 2021, it has four bedrooms, fourand-a-half baths, a pool and 4,027 square feet of living area. It sold for $978,400 in 2021.

HARBOUR WALK

Hillspoint Real Estate LLC sold the home at 529 Mast Drive to Traci Nelson and Alejandro Lazo, of Bradenton, for $1.61 million. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,930 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.4 million in April.

William Bruce Page and Susan Wells Page, of Bradenton, sold their home at 4778 Mainsail Drive to Michael and Rachel Cascio, of Ivins, Utah, for $1.2 million. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 3,405 square feet of living area.

COUNTRY CLUB

Marla and Delwin Quenzer, trustees, of Littleton, Colorado, sold the home at 13409 Matanzas Place to Charles Brown and Helene Deon Brown, of Lakewood Ranch, for $1.55 million. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,829 square feet of living area.

It sold for $930,000 in 2017.

Laguna Properties LLC sold the home at 13931 Siena Loop to Laurent Massa and Jessica Rafael, of Lakewood Ranch, for $1,527,000.

Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,273 square feet of living area. It sold for $785,000 in 2021.

COUNTRY CLUB EAST

Brian Scott Richless and Ellen Richless, of Sarasota, sold their home at 15519 Castle Park Terrace to Thomas Schuster and Ann Marie Gerlach-Schuster, of Bradenton, for $1.45 million. Built in 2020, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,647 square feet of living area.

It sold for $679,800 in 2020.

RIVER CLUB SOUTH

Anthony David Barak and Jennifer Ash Barak, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6911 Riversedge St. Circle to Caio Braz Santos and Juliana Martins Dias, of Bradenton, for $1.36 million. Built in 1997, it has five bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,733 square feet of living area. It sold for $755,000 in 2020.

RIVER FOREST

James and Judith Watterson, of Bradenton, sold their home at 5935 River Forest Circle to Jennifer and Anthony Barak, of Bradenton, for $1.2 million. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,905 square feet of living area.

Lee Hecklinger, of New Albany, Ohio, sold her home at 5954 River Forest Circle to Christopher and Amy Forrest, of Bradenton, for $1.2 million. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,447 square feet of living area. It sold for $609,000 in 2003.

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This Country Club home at 7018 Dominion Lane sold for $1.7 million. It has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,356 square feet of living area.

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Ralph Hughes, trustee, of Bradenton, sold the home at 5609 Cloverleaf Run to Gerald and Celia Martin, of Brewster, New York, for $960,000. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,744 square feet of living area. It sold for $481,900 in 2015.

EATON PLACE

Loretta Button, trustee, of The Woodlands, Texas, sold the home at 7322 Eaton Court to Monica Slater Van Buskirk and Richard Van Buskirk, of University Park, for $950,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,773 square feet of living area.

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Francis and Christine McCafferty sold their home at 10027 Carnoustie Place to Jeffrey and Suzanne Nagourney, of Scotch Plains, New Jersey, for $882,500. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,617 square feet of living area. It sold for $635,000 in 2020.

RIVER PLACE

Tiago and Stela Oliveira, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6915 74th St. Circle E. to Troy Coleman Swenson and Danielle Swenson, of Bradenton, for $735,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths, a pool and 2,930 square feet of living area. It sold for $305,000 in 2015.

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James and Rebecca Holland, of St. Johns, sold their home at 409 167th Blvd. E. to Christopher and Brikeda Lambert, of Bradenton, for $730,000. Built in 2018, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,568 square feet of living area. It sold for $479,000 in 2018.

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Hector and Kortnee Gonzalez, trustees, of Bradenton, sold the home at 4507 Cedar Brush Ter-

race to Jeffrey and Mary Jenson, of Sarasota, for $655,000. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, twoand-a-half baths, a pool and 2,222 square feet of living area. It sold for $385,000 in 2019.

Edward and Kathy Kalenichenko, of Sarasota, sold their home at 4616 Whispering Leaves Drive to Robert David Little and Angela Elder Little, of Winder, Georgia, for $580,000.

Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,760 square feet of living area. It sold for $285,200 in 2016.

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Vera Mender, of University Park, sold the home at 7913 Whitebridge Glen to Charles Abdian and Ruthelia Abdian, trustees, of University Park, for $580,000. Built in 1995, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,609 square feet of living area. It sold for $235,000 in 2011.

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Octavio Robles Salomon and Silvia Robles, of Burr Ridge, Illinois, sold their home at 9908 Marbella Drive to Michael Gonnella and Randi Mack, of Bradenton, for $760,000.

Built in 2019, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,493 square feet of living area. It sold for $445,000 in 2020.

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Luke Anderson, of Lakewood Ranch, and Laura Anderson, of Sarasota, sold their home at 3413 Anchor Bay Trail to Lewis and Jackie Bonadies, of Bradenton, for $805,000. Built in 2020, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,483 square feet of living area. It sold for $500,300 in 2020.

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Kevin Koziel and Nadieska Eubank, of Apollo Beach, sold their home at 820 116th Court N.E. to Dmitri Goubarenko and Yuliia Rudiuk, of Bradenton, for $740,000. Built in 2017, it has four bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths, a pool and 2,675 square feet of living area. It sold for $366,800 in 2017.

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“I fight to gain every yard I can.

I don’t ever give up on a play.”

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Lakewood Ranch senior Kevin Everhart, left, was the Mustangs’ only real offensive spark against Braden River, accounting for both of the team’s touchdowns in a 33-14 loss.

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Pirates hold edge over Mustangs

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s the 2022 NFL season kicked off this weekend, it was a good time to think about the East County alumni in the league, or more specifically, the lack of them. Former Lakewood Ranch High center Austin Reiter is on the Kansas City Chiefs’ practice squad. As of today, he’s the only one signed with a team. Former Braden River High safety Sharrod Neasman, who spent five years as a reserve with the Atlanta Falcons and one with the New York Jets, was signed to the Los Angeles Rams practice squad in January but released in February. The most successful area alumnus of the last decade — former Lakewood Ranch cornerback Dominique RodgersCromartie — hasn’t played since 2019 after a 12-year career. With all the success Braden River has had during Head Coach Curt Bradley’s tenure, it is surprising there are not more Pirates in the league.

That said, there might be more in the next season or two. Former Pirates running back Deshaun Fenwick had a breakout season at Oregon State in 2021 and has started well in 2022 as a junior. On Sept. 10, Fenwick had 19 carries for 102 yards (5.4 yards per carry) and a touchdown in the Beavers’ 35-32 win over Fresno State. Those who wanted to watch Fenwick had to stay up until 3 a.m. to watch the West Coast night game.

Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club has seen a trio of holes-in-one in recent weeks.

George Morgan sank one Sept. 7 on the 155-yard No. 17 hole of the club’s Royal Lakes course using a 4-hybrid. Tess Poots had an ace Sept. 3 on the 127-yard No. 2 hole of the club’s Cypress Links course, also using a 4-hybrid.

Not to be outdone, Greg Kushto dropped a hole-in-one Aug. 30 on the 151-yard No. 16 hole of the Cypress Links course using a 7-iron.

Pirates running back Trayvon Pinder runs over Mustangs with 197 yards rushing and three touchdowns.

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ith a new quarterback in junior Clayton Dees and a new confidence coming off a 51-29 thrashing of Cardinal Mooney in the seasonopener, it appeared the Lakewood Ranch High football team had a shot to end its losing streak against crosstown rival Braden River High.

The Pirates had beaten the Mustangs six straight games coming into the Sept. 9 showdown at Lakewood Ranch High, but after Dees and senior running back Kevin Everhart, who scored on a five-yard run, led the Mustangs down the field on the game’s opening possession, the home crowd was chanting “Sink the ship.”

The rest of the night, however, was a cruise for the Pirates, who scored the next 33 points to finish with a 33-14 win.

“This (rivalry) was the first team we ever played as a staff and it did not end well for us,” Braden River Head Coach Curt Bradley said, referencing his team’s 21-7 loss in 2012.

“We know what this means for the football teams, and also the schools.

This game means a lot. It had great attendance even in the rain.

“This is not an easy place to play.

We didn’t start out well tonight, but the kids responded after that.”

Bradley said Mustangs Head Coach Rashad West has done a fine job building his program and said this year’s team is much improved from previous Mustangs teams, even if the final score was not indicative of that improvement.

That wasn’t any consolation to West.

“We had some opportunities when the game was still in the balance and they made more plays than we did,” West said. “They got after us on both lines of scrimmage. Give them credit. They played well and we’re going back to the drawing board. It’s frustrating to lose any game, whether it’s against Braden River or not. We have to figure it out.”

While West has made many positive changes, it was apparent Lakewood Ranch has more work to do to approach the Pirates’ level.

A late Everhart touchdown was Lakewood Ranch’s final touchdown.

The Pirates maintained control of the “Steering Wheel Trophy” the two schools created for the rivalry for the seventh straight time the teams met.

While Lakewood Ranch displayed some impressive skill position players, Braden River was dominant on the offensive and defensive lines.

On offense, Braden River pushed Lakewood Ranch around to open wide holes for running backs Trayvon Pinder (197 yards, three touchdowns rushing). Roy Burchett, who rushed for 75 yards, also scored a rushing touchdown for Braden River.

Braden River’s defensive line, meanwhile, kept constant pressure on Dees, who threw for 114 yards.

Lakewood Ranch will not have a potential game in the postseason as Lakewood Ranch is a Suburban 4 team and Braden River is a Suburban 3 team.

The Mustangs defense could not stop Braden River junior Trayvon Pinder (7), who ran for 197 yards and three touchdowns thanks to holes like this one opened by the Pirates offensive line.

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Braden River junior Marcus Waiters (6) holds the Braden River-Lakewood Ranch rivalry trophy above his head before the game. After Friday night, the Pirates have won seven straight games in the series.

Dees, who threw for 424 yards and six touchdowns in the opener, and the Mustangs will be looking to regain the form they showed against Cardinal Mooney when they travel to Celebration (0-3) on Sept. 16.

Braden River (3-0) clashes with Manatee (3-0) in a battle of unbeatens at Braden River High.

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Lakewood Ranch scrambles to host tourney Postponed by lightning, the scramble event will be held Sept. 17 at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.

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Lakewood Ranch High boys golf Head Coach Dave Frantz says the Lakewood Ranch Invitational on Sept. 17 is the state’s only scramble event he’s aware of on the high school calendar.

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Athletic Association/iWanamaker team rankings, as it is not the individual stroke play format used at the FHSAA state tournament.

That’s not a big deal this season, as the rankings are currently more for bragging rights than anything else.

Starting next season, though, the rankings will be a factor in determining which teams qualify for the state tournament. As a result, Frantz said, there’s a chance most golf coaches opt to forego more unique formats in favor of ones that can help their ranking.

For now, high school teams want to participate in an event that offers a different format. This year’s Lakewood Ranch event has 20 schools entered, with five of those schools entering two teams each. Frantz said as long as the other schools enjoy the event, as he hopes they will, perhaps they will continue to enter the tournament next year and beyond.

Frantz said the event comes early enough in the season that teams have plenty of time to take part in other tournaments that will count toward the rankings.

A nonranking event could provide some bonuses in the future.

Lakewood Ranch sophomore Parker Severs is the team’s No. 1 golfer, but all of the Mustangs golfers will need to play well at the Lakewood Ranch Invitational, a scramble event.

The Lakewood Ranch golf team — sophomore Henry Burbee, sophomore Parker Severs, junior AJ Hovermale, senior Preston Severs and senior Eli Martin — played five holes Sept. 10 before storms postponed the scramble event.

Perhaps Frantz can waive the rule stating coaches cannot give instructions to their golfers while on a green. When combined with the ability to see all of a team’s top golfers play at the same time, the event provides a great opportunity for coaches to do what they do best — coach and evaluate.

is an individual sport, the team aspect is important in high school.

Events like scrambles emphasize the team aspect of the game and, hopefully, allow participating schools to see their athletes grow closer and learn from one another.

It sounds like it will work.

Mustangs sophomore Henry Burbee said he’s excited for the event as he’s only played in a handful of scrambles before this one.

While the holes Lakewood Ranch played on Sept. 10 won’t count on Sept. 17, it did give the team an idea of how it all works. The team was four under par through five holes and, Burbee said, the players developed somewhat of a strategy.

Burbee said he would always tee off last, and as long as one person was already in the fairway, ensuring at least a decent start, Burbee would, in his words, “bomb nukes” without regard for accuracy.

It didn’t always work, of course, but the scramble format provides an opportunity for such risky shots to be no harm, no foul. And since Burbee can drive the ball more than 300 yards, it’s a free pass to swing as hard as he can.

“We were looking solid,” Burbee said. “I’m feeling good about us and about my own game. I have been working on shortening my swing to make it more consistent and have been hitting with the middle of the club face more as well, which has added distance.”

In addition to the Mustangs, The Out-of-Door Academy will play in the scramble event, as will Tampa Jesuit, Columbus High and Saint Stephen’s Episcopal, all of which finished in the top three in their respective classes at the state tournament in 2021.

“You can see who is hitting a wedge higher, who is lining up putts right, who is getting more spin,” Frantz said. “It’s not the same in practice. The pressure and atmosphere is different.”

Frantz said he’s excited about the chance to build bonds with his players as well. As much as golf

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On Sept. 17, the Lakewood Ranch Invitational will be held at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club’s Royal Lakes course. It is not, like most high school golf tournaments, an individual stroke play event. The event features a scramble format.

And it also was supposed to have happened already.

The tournament was planned for Sept. 10 at the same location, but thunderstorms forced tournament organizers to postpone the event after a handful of teams had teed off. The Mustangs teed off first and were given a tantalizing taste of the scramble fun, playing five holes before the storms came.

Lakewood Ranch Head Coach Dave Frantz said he’s thankful to Lakewood Ranch Country Club for being flexible and allowing him to push the event back a week.

The only change is that instead of having staggered tee times as planned, the Sept. 17 event will feature a 1 p.m. shotgun start.

The delay is an opportunity for the golf community to watch this rare event. For those that don’t know, a scramble is a format where a group of teammates tee off on the same hole and then each plays the best shot of the group until they hole out.

“I believe we’re the only (scramble) in the state,” Frantz said. “I don’t know of another high school one, anyway. It’s exciting. I’m ready to watch how our guys attack this.”

The scramble format might not be around next season, except in Lakewood Ranch. Its results do not count toward Florida High School

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When did you start playing football?

I started when I was 8 years old. I saw some of my older cousins playing it together and wanted to play it myself.

Football runs in my family and usually people start when they are even younger, like 5 years old, but I was late.

What is the appeal to you?

I like the challenge it gives me and I like how physical it gets. I honestly don’t know what I would be doing if I was not playing football. I just love the sport.

What is your best skill?

My determination. I fight to gain every yard I can. I don’t ever give up on a play. My vision is strong as well.

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What is your favorite TV show or movie?

My favorite show is “Beyblade,” which is an anime, and my favorite movie is “Fat Albert.” It’s a movie about determination and about family, which I like. I’m a big family guy.

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I would want to read people’s minds.

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Coach (Curt) Bradley tells us that all we got is all we need. Last year, after injuries and people leaving, I was the only back left. The team needed someone to step up and I did. I feel like anybody could do that if they expect to do it. It’s that ‘nextman-up’ mentality.

What have you been working to improve?

My explosiveness. There have been a few times running the ball when I felt like if I was faster I could have made a bigger play, so I’m trying to get my speed up. I am also trying to be more versatile.

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NATURE’S BEAUTY WITH

FORECAST THURSDAY, SEPT. 15 High: 86 Low: 73 Chance of rain: 83%

FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 High: 87 Low: 73 Chance of rain: 78%

SUNRISE / SUNSET Sunrise Sunset Thursday, Sept. 15

7:15a

7:34p

Friday, Sept. 16

7:15a

7:33p

Saturday, Sept. 17

7:16a

7:32p

Sunday, Sept. 18

7:16a

7:30p

Monday, Sept. 19

7:16a

7:29p

Tuesday, Sept. 20

7:17a

7:28p

Wednesday, Sept. 21

7:17a

7:27p

MOON PHASES

SATURDAY, SEPT. 17 High: 86 Low: 73 Chance of rain: 58%

SUNDAY, SEPT. 18 High: 87 Low: 73 Chance of rain: 58% Robert Rempert captured this Sandhill Crane with her colt in Lakewood Ranch.

Sept. 25 New

Oct. 2 First

Oct. 9 Full

Oct. 17 Last

RAINFALL Monday, Sept. 5

0

Tuesday, Sept. 6

0.02

Wednesday, Sept. 7

0.1

Thursday, Sept. 8

0.01 0.7

Friday, Sept. 9 Saturday, Sept. 10

0.47

Sunday, Sept. 11

1.88

*Rainfall totals from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport

Submit your photos at YourObserver.com/Weather. All submissions will be entered for the 2022-23 Weather and Nature photo contest. In February 2023, you will vote for your favorite photo, and the submission with the most votes will win a $500 gift card.

YEAR TO DATE: 2022 37.05 in.

2021 40.82 in.

MONTH TO DATE: 2022 4.35 in.

2021 2.80 in.

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crossword

celebrity cipher

SHOWS UP by Dylan Schiff. Edited by David Steinberg 43 Mostly poisonous trees 45 ___-purpose 46 xNext of ___ (closest relative) 48 Name that anagrams to 86-Across 50 Songwriters’ dreams 53 European country dissolved in 1918 (letters 8-5) DOWN 55 Snowballs, in a snowball 1 React in shock fight 2 “Greetings, sailor!”

56 Unit of language 3 A pest can get on yours 62 Answer the email of (In this answer, read letters 64 Removed by ripping 7-4) 67 Mani’s go-with 4 Standing offer (letters 68 In a frenzy 6-3) 69 Au pair (letters 8-4) 5 Gun, as an engine 71 Botched (letters 11-7) 6 Nursery bed 74 Communicate with the 7 On the ocean hands 8 In stitches?

77 Lipton array 9 Downpour 80 Stuff to the brim 10 Merman of Broadway 82 Fountain drink fame 85 “Rugrats” dad 11 2007 Linkin Park single 87 xDad’s mom with the lyric “I’ll face my- 89 Place to catch a cab self” (letters 7-3) (letters 5-3) 12 Magic 8 Ball response 90 Contents of Pandora’s 13 Oscar won four times by box Katharine Hepburn (letters 91 Overflow (with) ©2022 Universal Uclick 6-3) 34 “Boy!” 63 Dryer buildup 95 Spanish for “Come on!”

97 Fan’s opposite ACROSS 14 French loves 65 Tetris console 96 “Kinda” 100 “Big Brother” network 1 Woman at a square dance 36 Barbershop sound 15 Warn away from the 38 “Didn’t I tell you?!”

66 Whispery video acronym 98 Sigma follower 102 Aquarius follower 4 Some eat great white Meow Mix, say 39 Calf meat 67 Bud 99 Satisfy, as one’s thirst 103 Far from hip sharks 17 Trendy NYC neighbor41 Winter hrs. in Manitoba 70 Thin part of a wineglass 101 Wheel rod 105 ACT and SAT 9 Like morning grass hood 42 Off-course 72 (I’m a cow!)

102 Groan inducer 106 Washes the suds off 13 Scrooge’s cry 20 Follower of Jah 44 Jetta or Passat, slangily 73 Has sushi, e.g.

104 Molecule component 108 Tent protector 16 Shouts of enlightenment 21 Inbox clutter 46 Answer sheet 75 Roll on a golf course?

106 Uninspired routine 111 “Woe is me!”

18 Intrinsically 23 Goes bad 47 “___ me guess ... ” 76 Put out, as heat 107 Neighbor on 113 Back in?

19 Upper regions of space 25 In the slightest 49 Greet someone from 78 Its “A” stands for “ale” 109 Marx follower?

115 Met ___ (annual fund21 Big rig 28 Colorado Avalanche, 79 Misses the mark 110 Existing from birth raiser) 22 What might be seen near afar 51 Oil job 81 Radiologists’ scans 112 Source of Buffalo’s lake- formerly (letters 8-5) 118 “Pick me! Pick me!” a rave?

31 Standard Father’s Day 52 Brainstorm output (Abbr.) effect snow 119 Name hidden in “as24 Tibetan dogs gift 54 Use colored pencils 83 Went for a volleyball, say 114 Unexpected obstacles tronaut” 26 Burmese ___ (invasive 34 Stare foolishly 57 “Didn’t I tell you?!”

84 Early automaker 116 Inanimate zodiac 120 Practice punches snake in the Everglades) 35 Actor McGregor 58 Softest mineral 86 Campus official symbol 122 Really digging 27 Feast 37 Attack with snowballs 59 Chef Matsuhisa 88 “Leave that to me!”

117 Some detect motion 123 Appear to be 29 Facebook post 38 Extraordinary 60 Pixar clownfish 92 BILLY bookcase seller 121 For free 125 Critical hospital dept.

30 Tag call 40 Ray from the X-Men’s 61 Sighting for astronomers 93 Russian refusal 124 Super dupers 127 Title for Elton John 32 Jamaican citrus fruit Cyclops or paparazzi 94 Tiny bit 126 Travels by air 33 Skier McKinney 128 Geological spans 129 Shoot a basket, maybe 130 TV studio alert 131 Poker fee 132 Foxlike 133 Sci-fi vehicles 134 Styles of One Direction 135 ___ Perignon

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

Each letter in the cipher stands for another.

“T OXUUM MNMWUP OXCU, HLM ABUL T MTU, T’E WNTLW IN IBU OTW MNMWUP TL IBU KYD.” – EHLHWUP INEED XHKNPMH

“VX SVOOR JN XZ OZRN. ... XYMX’R XYN LMF V MJ MAZCX LVEEVEH; MOO V NUNW LMEXNT XZ TZ LMR PVEVRY PVWRX.”

– IMKSVN WZAVERZE

“XM INH EZP Z JNA, XF SNHOP YC Z TVCZF FEXAT FN EZGC EXR TVNS HL FN YC BHJF OXUC TXO ENPTCJ.” – LCC SCC VCCJC Puzzle Three Clue: G equals V

941.748.4679 | Venice

Puzzle Two Clue: K equals C

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Puzzle One Clue: C equals U

Sarasota

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

NEVER! SEE INSIDE FOR SPECIAL OFFER GEORGIA LICENSE NUMBERS: HADS000995, HADS000996, HADS001001, HADS001003 387763-1

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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each

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each

(Up to 40 db Loss)

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Affordable hourly rates, available weekdays, weekends, and holidays.

Minimal shift 5 hours can also provide overnight care.

Temporary or long term care.

Over 10+ years experience.

References available. No new faces, one consistent caregiver.

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Excellent local references.

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This week’s Celebrity Cipher answers Puzzle One Solution: “I bleed Dodger blue, and when I die, I’m going to the big Dodger in the sky.”

Manager Tommy Lasorda Puzzle Two Solution: “It kills me to lose. ... That’s the way I am about winning; all I ever wanted to do was finish first.”

Jackie Robinson Puzzle Three Solution: “If you had a son, it would be a great thing to have him grow up to be just like Gil Hodges.”

Pee Wee Reese

This week’s Sudoku answers

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387252

387950

941-504-0903

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Patio Furniture Repairs.com

941.650.9790 941.650.9790 YoderAluminum.com

Owner /Insured Operator Insured

Residential

387504

Dustin Yoder

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Landscaping & Lawn

Professional Services

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Roofing

GARDENS BY ALLISON

Kenneth Fuhlman Inc. Building & Roofing Contractor

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941-626-3194

Licensed & Insured CCC - 058059 CBC - 1253936

387278

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Licensed & Insured

Screening

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387942

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387276

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387687

Windows

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388363

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

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941-270-1561

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941-920-8221

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941-345-5264

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& Pressure C Window lean t e s ing s a S u n n w r o i s n e k W Sun y ind erl Form Serving Longboat Key Since 2005

Eldridge Re-Screen

Plumbing

Res./Com.

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150

$

INCLUDING SCREENS, TRACKS, MIRRORS & FANS

SPECIAL 00 5

$

senior citizen discount. www.sunsetwindowcleaningsrq.com

Purified water window cleaning available!!

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387279

We only use the finest quality Benjamin Moore paints!

387965

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

387953

FULLY INSURED • OWNER OPERATED

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