Justin Banister (above with Gibson Waugh), owner of O&A Coffee and Supply, said he met many customers at his downtown Sarasota location who were from the Waterside neighborhoods.Hewantedto move his busi ness closer to them.
On Sept. 16, Banister real ized his goal, opening an O&A Coffee and Supply at Waterside Place with an open house.
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Participating in Lakewood Ranch High School’s “Blast to the Past” day on Sept. 14, Barbosa needed a wig a found ing father would wear in the late 1700s. Her senior friend, Sienna Zwizinski, was dress ing as a woman from the time, and Barbosa thought she could represent the same time period as a founding father. They carried around a copy of the Constitution (created in 1787) and the Declaration of Inde pendence (1776).
“We both like history, so we thought it would be fun if we went way back,” Zwizinski said.
Waterside of Lakewood Ranch’s Bob Smith has emphasized the importance of humanitarianism to his daughter, Amanda Tullidge Smith. photo
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Banister said people drive longer distances for his coffee because of the quality. He said all his coffee drinks are carefully measured, resulting in low acidity that makes them consumable even by those with dietary restrictions. He said his staff members change their grind based on the type of coffee bean and the humidity levels currently in the air.
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“Everything that we do is very scientific,” Banister said. “We’re not a push button shop. It’s all truly
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Throughout the day, Barbosa and Zwizinski looked for other students dressed in similar fashion for photos.
He said the issue needs to be investigated to find out whether it is nature or the work of humans.
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He said the unclear boundary between natural and unnatural occurrences makes determining causes difficult.
However, Reisinger said not all causes or factors are necessarily natural. Fish kills can be caused by contaminants, such as fertilizers, that provide a nutrient-rich envi ronment in which algae can grow and make their way into ponds.
Natural processes can take care of these events as well.
vultures on the banks.
Ponds all over the region have experienced what scientists sus pect are lower oxygen levels, leading to dead fish.
Engel said although the situation was easily resolved, he was con cerned about the cause of the event. He said that while there are some plants currently around the edge of the lake on Clubhouse Drive that could provide a barrier, it is bordered mainly by grasses.
A.J. Reisinger, an assistant profes sor of Urban Soil and Water Qual ity at the University of Florida, said Lakewood Ranch residents have been contacting his office about the issue.
He said pond sensors placed in Lakewood Ranch were showing evi dence of fish kills in the area, and in the coming weeks, his staff would have more data on oxygen levels in the water, which will help them understand what is taking place.
He said one solution is to install aeration devices in ponds to mix the waters and prevent stratification.
The authority’s contractor cleans fish kills as part of its contract and will also treat algae and ensure mechanisms for the outflow of water are functioning properly.
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He said another factor in fish kills is the difference in temperatures between water on top and on the bottom of the lake in times of hot temperatures.Wateratthe bottom, deprived of sunlight and with no algae or plants photosynthesizing in it, is devoid of oxygen. The lake remains stratified because of the lower density of the warm water, keeping it on top of the denser cold water.
Therefore, Reisinger said, a com mon pattern preceding fish-kill events is sunny days followed by storm events. The sunlight encour ages algal growth, while storms bring in sediments that kill these algae, causing higher than normal levels of oxygenRainwaterdepletion.alsocan release nitro gen into the water that encourages further algal growth.
He said for deeper ponds, devices called “bubblers” can be employed. These devices have a pipe that sends
air to the bottom of a pond, where it is then released to bubble back to the surface, increasing air exposure at multiple Accordingdepths.toinformation pro vided by the University of Florida, plant barriers along the edge of a lake can also help prevent excessive nutrients from entering retention ponds, including through absorption of Tomnutrients.Merrell, director of opera tions at the Inter-District Authority in Lakewood Ranch, said the issue of fish kills in ponds in the area is com mon. He said if residents have con cerns about a fish kill, they should contact the operations department of the IDA.
panied by growth of algae, as the decomposition process of algae absorbs the oxygen in the water.
Esplanade’s Daniel Creek said he saw an increase in bird activity on a lake outside his home, although he is still not sure what to make of the incident.“Itwas crazy the amount of activity I saw,” he said, saying birds swooped down, with some dead fish visible on the surface, although no massive fish kill was discernible.
He said what often causes fish kills is a lack of oxygen in the water, which itself can have a few different causes.
Lakewood Ranch’s Scott Gruber says dead fish were lining the shores of a pond in Greenbrook Adventure Park.
Birds feast after a fish kill-off in the backyard of Lakewood Ranch’s Mark Engel.
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However, that effect is increased if warmer temperatures are accom
t’s not a scene residents expect when they walk in paradise.
The Lakewood Ranch area is not immune to the Summerfield’sproblem.MarkEngel said he has seen dead fish along the shores of lakes in his community. He has lived in the home for several years and while there always were “pretty heavy duty” rains around this time of year that affect water oxygen levels, he had never seen an incident like this in the past.
He also noted many “vulture-type birds having a smorgasbord feast for a few days.”
Engel said Friday that after his observation of the fish kill five days before, nearly all of the fish are gone. He credited the Town Hall with the cleanup, saying staff arrived to scoop out the fish.
When stratification occurs, the mixing effect of storm winds might spread the oxygen-deficient cold water throughout the pond.
He said for ponds that are less deep, fountains are a sufficient, albeit a costly, solution. While aes thetically pleasing, they also are serving the purpose of ensuring the water mixes with the air to provide oxygen, and they are able to serve a broad horizontal range of water.
At one point, he said he counted 26
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“It’s a completely artificial eco system, but that doesn’t mean the processes occurring within it are not natural processes,” he said. “It’s hard to say whether it’s natural or not because everything is kind of influ enced by human activities.”
Weather impacts the ponds, and warmer water naturally holds less oxygen than cold water does.
Residents of Lakewood Ranch (Summerfield, Riverwalk, Edgewater and portions of Country Club) can call Lakewood Ranch Operations to have a site cleaned after a fish kill Phone: 941-727-0899
The IDA oversees Summerfield, Riverwalk, Edgewater, Greenbrook and portions of Country Club.
Hours: Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Heat, frequent storms considered a contributing cause of stinky fish kills in the Lakewood Ranch area.
The School District of Manatee County provided examples of how the visual and performing arts funding from the millage is being spent in East County schools.
“You could have the best teacher in the room and talented students in the room, but if you don’t have the tools, you can’t make it work,” she said.Smith said his students get bored with simply creating drawings. With new funding, he’s able to provide hands-on instruction in other art forms for each of his 80 to 90 stu dents, including clay, acrylic paints, watercolor paints and more.
$4,611: The R. Dan Nolan Middle School band plans to use the funding to hire group lesson teachers who have specific and specialized expertise teaching woodwinds, brass and percussion.
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Brielle Redmond, a sixth-grader at R. Dan Nolan Middle School, gets a suggestion on her artwork from her teacher, Wade Smith.
All visual and performing arts teachers will go through professional development, which Breslin said will help build collegiality among arts teachers across the district as well as help with recruiting teachers to the district.
On top of creating magnet arts schools, Breslin said the district will work on facility improvements for theForschools.example, Manatee Elementary has a theater that will undergo reno vations, and in future years, the dis trict will work on construction of an amphitheater to support Lee Magnet Middle School’s robust art programs.
Lakewood Ranch High School junior Abby Newton plays in unison with others in the Indoor Percussion Ensemble. Lakewood Ranch High’s marching band program will receive $15,000 for its marching show and staff.
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Sheit.used to play at that park when she was a student at nearby Robert E. Willis Elementary School, and now her ability to re-create the image has been bolstered with money from the 1-mill property tax referendum that was renewed with 69.27% of the vote in a special election in November 2021.“My last art class was at Willis (Elementary), and we didn’t have the chance to learn advanced tech niques,” Redmond said. “I can’t wait to work with clay and have a canvas to paint on.”
Smith said the funding will allow visual and performing arts programs to provide “world-class education” to “(Thestudents.funding) is validation for us with elective classes because we’ve been marginalized in the past, and the district has now sent a very strong signal that we are emphasiz ing the elective classes and we’re going to provide the funding,” Smith said.With the funding, Smith plans to have his students create murals, participate in art shows and become more integrated into the community
“We want to get all the tools those programs need and then year two, we hope that will then drive greater stu dent enrollment and we’ll be able to bring more teachers into the schools specifically for the arts,” Breslin said.
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Teachers grateful for opportunities that additional millage will provide students.
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Breslin said schools cannot expand programs or offer new programs until they have the equipment and student interest to do so.
er drawing of Country Club East Park needed a little extra shading, and Brielle Redmond, a sixth grader at R. Dan Nolan Middle School, was working hard to accom plish
Smith has received $2,870 through the School District of Manatee County’s 1-mill property tax refer endum.Visual and performing arts pro grams across the district will offer more opportunities for students as a result of funding from the referen dum.This is the first school year visual and performing arts has been includ ed in the referendum. Of the nearly $57.6 million the School District of Manatee County collected from the millage budget, $2.5 million will be allocated for visual and performing arts.“(The funding) allows us to build our current opportunities, then expand on those for our students,” said Laurie Breslin, the executive director of curriculum and assess ments for the School District of Manatee County. “We truly believe the arts programs in schools allow us to develop that climate and cul ture that will allow students to come to school and love being there, love what they’re doing, stretch their curiosity and creativity and develop problem solving skills.”
The district will provide fund ing for transportation to visual and performing arts events, whether it’s students performing at competi tions or going to watch professionals perform at venues.
programs.“Iwastalking to a chorus teacher at Manatee High School, which has a tremendous program,” Breslin said. “If we can capitalize on that and invite him to go and share his talent and the students’ talent with stu dents at surrounding middle schools and elementary schools, students in younger grades can see opportuni ties they’ll have in high school.”
Art programs get a boost
$57,569,264ALLOCATIONSMILLAGE Total $29,360,325 (51%) Instructional staff $3,454,156 (6%) School administrators, deans, psychologists, social workers, nurses and others $4,029,848 (7%) Bus drivers, bus aides custodians, mechanics, food service workers and others $1,151,385 (2%) andmanagers,bookkeepers,schoolSecretaries,clericalstaff,cafeteriaregistrarsothers $2,878,463 (5%) Paraprofessionals $7,858,205 (13.65%) Technicalwelling,Technology,Science,Engineer-ArtsandMathasasCareerandEducation $8,836,882 (15.35%) Charter schools
The music library will allow all schools access to music that can be shared instead of individual schools purchasing their own music.
$1,163: A B.D. Gullett Elementary School music teacher plans to use the funding for 250 recorders for fourth-graders, folders, paper, crayons, a small and large parachute, plastic cups for lessons and classroom instrument repairs.
with“Itart.just makes it fun to come to work and to know that I have all the tools I need to teach these wonderful kids how to be great artists, how to be creative and to give them a break from the rigorous core curriculum,” he said.
“It’s kind of like in a neighborhood when you put in the roads before you put in the houses.”
Wade Smith, Redmond’s art teacher at Nolan, said all of his stu dents will have an opportunity to paint this year, compared to past years when he could only allow a few students to paint because of limited funding and supplies.
“They will get a shift from doing pencil drawing to more tactile, hands-on kind of projects,” Smith said. “They love it, particularly the students that aren’t really into art. They don’t like to draw, but they might love clay, so that gets them excited about the class.”
Breslin said that at the district level, arts programs will be enhanced with a music library, equipment inventory and an events calendar.
$15,000: Lakewood Ranch High School band plans to use the funding for a marching band drill writer, music arranger and multiple marching band staff members to deliver instruction.
“It’s getting the foundations ready and then we can grow,” Breslin said.
“The students have the opportu nity to shine, and our community members have an opportunity to see what their vote means and what that’s doing to grow our communi ty,” Breslin said. “The most exciting aspect about this is it’s an opportu nity for the schools to support the community and the communities to support the schools.”
Braden River High School sophomore Ezekiel Lopez strikes a pose while performing songs from “Chicago.” Braden River High’s theater department will benefit from the 1-mill property tax referendum.
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A goal of the district in the 20222023 school year is to create visual and performing arts magnet schools.
$2,870: An R. Dan Nolan Middle School art teacher plans to use the funding for supplies, including clay, glaze, sculpting tools, acrylic paint, canvas boards, watercolors and various types of paper.
$3,751: A Lakewood Ranch High School art teacher plans to use the funding for supplies, including acrylic paint, paper, canvases, watercolor paper and paint, drawing paper, charcoal paper, calligraphy pens and oil pastels.
Breslin said that in the first year of the millage funding, which expires June 30, 2025, the district is focusing on supporting the programs already in the classrooms by increasing enrollment in programs and ensur ing classrooms are well-equipped to support instruction.
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The districtwide events calendar will allow community members to know when and where student per formances are happening.
The district has selected Manatee Elementary School, Electa Arcotte Lee Magnet Middle School and Bay shore High School to become magnet schools.District officials will work to develop a comprehensive K-12 plan for visual and performing arts for the three schools.
Breslin said having the necessary equipment and supplies for pro grams, such as instruments, clay, paint and paper, are crucial to ensur ing quality programs.
“We know construction takes some time and you first have to get it approved by the board, so you’re not going to see those done in year one,” Breslin said.
The district also hired a visual and performing arts specialist to support programs throughout the district and a junior accountant to track and monitor spending, create purchase orders and distribute millage fund ing.Another focus throughout the dis trict will be building opportunities for greater arts alignment between elementary, middle and high school
In East County, road projects that will be accelerated include improve ments at the intersection of Players Drive and Lorraine Road, a project on Lorraine Road between State Road 64 and 59th Avenue East, a Lena Road extension, a 44th Avenue East extension and a project on Upper Manatee River Road.
ber 2023 and end in October 2025.
The 44th Avenue East extension, which will be from 44th Avenue Plaza East to Lakewood Ranch Bou levard, is part of the ongoing work to connect 44th Avenue East to Cortez Road in west Bradenton. Construc tion on the extension is ongoing and is planned to be completed in December 2025.
n Soccer multi-purpose building at Premier Park ($1,498,410)
Other projects in East County that will be accelerated are facility addi tions to Premier Park.
Premier Park will have a soccer multipurpose building, stadium parking, locker rooms and an Olym pic-sizedConstructionpool. on the soccer mul tipurpose building is planned to
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The Lorraine Road project between S.R. 64 and 59th Avenue East, which will bring the road to four lanes as well as widen a bridge and add side walks, will begin in October 2023 and is expected to end in October 2025.
Upper Manatee River Road between State Road 64 and Fort Hamer Bridge will be widened and undergo inter section improvements. The project is planned to begin in October 2023 and end in October 2025.
Theprojects.commissioners approved the county’s five-year Capital Improve ment Plan on Sept. 13. The $232 mil lion the county will borrow through bonds, which will be paid back at a 4.09% interest rate over the next 30 years, will accelerate 19 infrastruc ture projects in the plan.
Nine East County capital projects will be accelerated on Manatee County’s Capital Improvement Plan.
n Lena Road extension ($8,485,949)
n Players Drive at Lorraine Road intersection improvements ($1,730,000)
n Lorraine Road from State Road 64 to 59th Avenue East ($38,095,597)
n Upper Manatee River Road from State Road 64 to Fort Hamer Bridge ($22,650,301)
n Stadium parking at Premier Park ($1,366,736)
n Swimming pool at Premier Park ($13,592,000)
n Locker rooms at Premier Park ($3,595,704)
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The Lena Road extension from S.R. 64 and State Road 70 will connect roadways south of 44th Avenue East to Landfill Road. It is undergoing design, permitting and land acquisi tion and is planned to begin in Octo
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ajor road projects in East County and some facility additions to Premier Park will be happening earlier than planned as a result of the Mana tee County commissioners borrow ing $232 million for capital improve ment
The Players Drive at Lorraine Road intersection improvements and work on the advanced traffic management system is planned to begin in Octo ber 2023 and end in December 2024.
Manatee County commissioners will borrow $232 million to accelerate 19 infrastructure projects. Here are the projects in East County:
n 44th Avenue East extension ($33,095,597)
“I’m not a big fan of bonds, but when we have a 4% bond during 9%, inflation, and these are roads that we’re going to be driving on for the next 20 or 30 years, I think in this limited situation; bonds were the right move for the county,” Satcher said. “We can’t afford to sit back and wait another five to 10 years to start these projects. Our people need traf fic relief
n Unincorporated Municipal Services Taxing Unit: 0.6109
begin in October and be completed in December 2023, while work on the stadium parking and locker rooms are ongoing and planned to be com pleted in February 2023.
n Physical Environment: $220,074,126
“I just want to say, and I think the majority of commissioners would agree, that you all have done a fab ulous job on the budget this year,” District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh told county staff, includ ing Interim Chief Financial Officer Sheila McLean.
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n Net budget: $1,072,419,585
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The budget for fiscal year 20222023, also passed on Sept. 13, and set aside high levels of funds for infra structure.Commissioners unanimously approved a net budget of $1.07 bil lion for fiscal year 2022-2023, an increase from last fiscal year’s $932 million budget.
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n Parks: 0.3040
The budget seeks to fulfill a great er workforce demand by funding 55 newly created positions, which include 17 library staff positions for the Lakewood Ranch Library, five emergency telecommunicators, six positions in the Development Ser vices Department and two guardian ad litem positions including a case manager and an attorney.
District 4 Commissioner Misty Servia said while the use of some reserves gave her “heartburn,” based on her conversations with staff, it was expected that funds rolling into the current budget would provide a comfortable level of surplus.
The Lakewood Ranch Library is under construction and is expected to be completed in 2023.
tenance building.
n Environmental: 0.1500
At-largenow.”Commissioner Carol Whitmore also said she is “always fearful” about constant inflation and was concerned about going into debt through bonds for the Capi tal Improvement Plan. She said the board was adamant about funding these projects, and she wanted to work with other members.
Whitmore said she would have preferred a millage decrease of 0.20 over 0.30. She said too many funds were being removed from reserves, and she hopes the reduction in reserves would not prove problem atic in the case of an unforeseen disaster next hurricane season.
n General fund: 4.7942
n Palm-Aire Municipal Services Taxing Unit: 0.2546
The plan also includes amenities at Premier Park, which include a coun ty service center, Lakewood Ranch Library, remote parking, pickleball and racquetball courts and a main
n Public Transportation: $69,272,031
n Gross budget: $2,358,762,650
n Salaries: $17,914,033
Also included in the budget is an addition $3 million for cybersecuri ty initiatives and the full funding of the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office $172 million budget.
n Capital Outlay: $279,611,251
n Culture & Recreation: $29,678,310
The widening of Lorraine Road is among the projects being accelerated as part of the county’s capital improvement plan.
The budget invests prominently in capital assets at $279.6 million, with public safety second in priority at $242.4 million.
n Other: $98,524,570
“We can’t do everything every body wants, but when you look at where the money goes, one of the most important, if not the most important, is our sheriff,” Baugh said. “With the population growth we’ve seen, it’s been very important to make sure they are funded.”
n Library: 0.2475
“We haven’t had any significant drop in services, and we’re still able to get the roads moving and still able to fund the sheriff,” he said. “So that absolutely is a huge accomplish ment.”Some commissioners expressed concerns that the reduction in prop erty tax rates of 0.30 mills, which brings the countywide operating milage rate to 6.2326.
$105 in annual savings.
“We would have many, many dis appointed citizens if we didn’t fund the infrastructure because of how hard it is to get around the county,” she said. “You kind of don’t have a choice.”Shesaid when the county took out the loans, the low rates were “unbe lievable,” and the decision was made at the right time.
The $1.2 billion Capital Improve ment Plan allocates $435 million to transportation projects, $132 million to parks and $48 million to public safety projects.
Commissioner James Satcher said he was not concerned that bonds for capital projects could result in an increased cost to taxpayers, because of inflation driving up the debt that would be owed.
The 10-lane lap pool will have a shallow area for swim lessons and other fitness activities as well as starting blocks, lane lines, in-pool and deck lighting, deck seating, shade structures and water heating, cooling and filtration systems. The project is planned to begin in May 2023 and be completed in May 2024.
One mill is equal to $1 in property tax per each $1,000 of a property’s assessed value. With the decrease of 0.30 mills, a household assessed value of $350,000 would result in
n Public Safety: $242,401,912
The 50,000-square-foot Lake wood Ranch Library is under con struction and expected to be com pleted in September 2023.
n Transportation: 0.4036
n County-wide operating millage (total of above): 6.2326
She said the growth in the coun ty was unprecedented and citizens expected action by commissioners.
RESERVES
n Cash balance: $468,862,732
n Capital: $105,433,564
Satcher applauded the range of services and projects included in the budget.
n General Government: $96,257,537
n Total: $633,202,706
n Human Services : $36,599,848
n Contingency: $40,992,377
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sioners. Of that number, 75 meet ELMAC’s basic natural resource cri teria. Out of that number, 66 have owners who are interested in selling, and nine are being reviewed and pri oritized by ELMAC for recommen dation.Woithe said site visits, a required step in the process, have been per formed for about 10 properties thus far.The amount of properties eventu ally acquired will be determined by the limits of funds.
Woithe also fulfills other responsi bilities such as administering public meetings, building the dashboard for viewing the properties, and develop ing information to present to ELMAC members and commissioners.
The referendum issued up to $50 million in bonds, repaid by a .15 mill ad valorem tax, for the acquisition of lands the committee recommends, if they are approved by county com missioners.DebraWoithe, ELMAC’s liaison with the public and only paid staff member, said the organization is now getting closer to being able to utilize the funds. She said in a special work session in November, ELMAC will be ready to present its findings to the commission.CharlieHunsicker, natural resources director for the county, said it will likely be spring 2023 before commissioners can act on those recommendations and buy
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A database online at MyMana tee.org provides information on all properties under consideration, as well as nominated properties.
Tussing said the process consumes not only time but funds as well.
Tussing said a January update of the ELMAC ordinance, which des ignated the committee as the one specifically authorized to determine spending of the $50 million, allowed the committee to begin examining properties.Tussingsaid that after changing its focus to the properties them selves around May 2022, the orga nization is moving “diligently,” although appraisals and environ mental surveys involved in the inves tigative process consume significant amounts of time.
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“Fifty million (dollars) sounds like a lot of money,” he said. “But with the cost of acreage these days, it’s not going to go as far as people think.”
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“We’re looking at coastal environ ments, wetlands, uplands, prairies and all sorts of other things,” he said.
Current properties ELMAC has prioritized in or near the East Coun ty area are 948 acres in the Myakka City area between Wauchula Road and Pine Level Road and 38 acres just north of the Manatee River currently owned by Gospel Crusade Inc.
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“Our geologic criteria are water, soil, which provide habitat for important plants and animals of Florida ... It doesn’t matter who owns it or where it is. We would go after it for no rea son other than species protection.”
properties, due partly to the arrival of new commissioners in November, whom he said will have other priori ties as they begin their terms.
Hunsicker said the committee’s rec ommendations are focused purely on the environment, different from what commissioners would receive from land developers, who would be the alternative recommenders of properties.“We’relucky that we’re work ing with very geologic criteria, not market criteria,” Hunsicker said.
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Anyone, including members of the public, can use a form provided on MyManatee.org to nominate prop erties.ELMAC Chairperson Scott Tus sing said properties range widely in location, from the far reaches of the county to the beach.
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ELMAC’S CRITERIA FOR ECOLOGICALPRESERVATIONQUALITY – quality of species or habitat, degree of alteration or degradation, level of restoration required RARITY OF SPECIES OR HABITAT – uniqueness, number of endangeredthreatened,orspecies of special concern supported IMPORTANCE TO WATER RESOURCES – protection of or degradation to potable water supply or aquatic environment CONNECTIVITY – proximity to existing conservation lands or planned corridor size of Forconnectionmoreinformation visit MyManatee.org, The Environmental Lands Management and Acquisition Committee plans to have recommendations for land purchases to commissioners by November.
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After injuries led to persistent weight gain, Jim felt like he wasn’t himself anymore. That’s when he turned to the Sarasota Memorial Bariatric & Metabolic Health Center. Today, Jim’s biking the Legacy Trail three times a week and making plans to travel the world with his wife. Not just back to his old self, he’s out there being his best self.
Staff of the Environmental Lands Management and Acquisition Com mittee (ELMAC) said they are dili gently working toward utilizing the $50,000 in funds they were provided by the Conservation and Parks Proj ects Referendum passed in Novem berResponsibilities2020. of the largely vol unteer-staffed committee, which was established in 1993, have always included offering conservation rec ommendations to Manatee County commissioners, but this is the first time the committee has been provid ed with a dedicated funding source.
Conservation efforts continue
Woithe said thus far, 79 proper ties have been nominated as poten tial recommendations to commis
Woithe’s responsibilities include contacting property owners to determine their interest. She said when she cannot reach an owner, ELMAC sends a letter with a check box that allows them to provide a “yes” or “no” statement.
He said the organization must choose carefully what properties it recommends.
Woithe said the committee cur rently meets once every two months but might consider monthly meet ings as Althoughneeded.Tussing is responsible for overseeing the meetings and operations of ELMAC, he attributes the successful creation and execu tion of its processes to Woithe.
Only in the case that a willing seller exists does ELMAC reveal to the public that a property is under consideration.Woithesaidthere are multiple fac ets to working with property own ers. Owners might have multiple relatives who must all be contacted. Agreements must be reached, for instance, when an owner wishes to stay on the property for the remain der of their life, before it is sold. There is also legal paperwork to fill.
“We’re trying to find the best scrub jay habitat – can you believe it? We’re trying to find the best growing-all habitat. We’re trying to find the best property that will keep our drinking water clean.”
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Although commissioners pre viously expressed concern that announcements of properties under consideration would drive up land prices, ELMAC has a mechanism to prevent this from occurring: the county will pay no more than the appraised value of a property.
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Woithe said normally there will be two appraisals performed. If the results fall within 20% of one anoth er, the county will offer the average price. If they are further apart, a third appraisal will be performed. She also said sometimes landown ers have an incentive to sell due to IRS tax benefits for conservationrelated sales.
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County staff said the volunteer base of the board is functioning robustly.
He called its staff “very well rounded.”“There is a lot of site expertise and a lot of knowledge bases to draw from, to make better decisions,” he said.
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responsible for a majority of the costs, it is possible there will be partnerships involved with other organizations on the maintenance of certain “Luckily,properties.working for this board of county commissioners, our mis sion is pretty pure,” Hunsicker said.
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Tussing said other factors include connectivity to other environmen tal lands for the sake of wildlife and people, the ability to maintain or supplement flora and fauna and the ability to preserve water and keep it cleaner.Also considered are long-term management costs, for trails and facilities will be installed. Woithe said while Manatee County will be
Staff said the nature of proper ties investigated by ELMAC varies widely, as do the criteria that are considered.Woithesaid nominated properties vary in their attributes, but staff only consider those of substantial size. She said factors considered include the acquisition cost before the appraisal, the cost of maintenance, and the availability of public access for paddling, hiking, riding horses, hunting or other activities.
Although the county advertised five volunteer position vacancies in August, with the position of an environmental group member still vacant, Woithe said these vacan cies were related to expiring terms, as well as one staff member leaving the“Rightcounty.now, I think people are more than willing to be involved,” Tussing said. He said the public perceives the committee’s goal as important, and it has been receiving numerous applications.Tussingsaid the board’s number of seats increased from about 12 to 17 since the referendum. In 2021, the board moved to revise many posi tions to district-specific seats.
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“Her letter ... it’s one of the crown ing achievements in my life,” he said. “To have my daughter look back and say, ‘He was a pretty cool guy.’ I can die a happy man because I know what my daughter thinks.”
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“I just hope I can grab his shoe strings on the way up,” Tischer said.
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He met Sister Nora Brick in 2012 and found a calling. He asked her how she obtained funding for the mission and she said, “God provides.”
“Of course, most daughters think the sun rises and sets on their father, but I can truly say that my father backs up this opinion with his words and actions,” Tullidge Smith wrote in her letter. “From an early age, he taught me that to whom much is giv en, much is expected. We were lucky enough to live a comfortable life in a Wisconsin suburb, but in many ways over the years he would teach me about the responsibilities we have to others. As a child, he would take me with him to the Waukesha Food Pantry, where he served as a board member. Together, we would stock the shelves or we would go door to door soliciting donations. For my birthday, he encouraged me to solicit donations for the food pantry rather than gifts from my classmates. He
“It means that you consider the welfare of others instead of concen trating on yourself,” he said.
It was a lesson that altruism can have some perks.
“It was the most formative thing in my life,” he said. “It taught me to have an appreciation for liberal arts, which almost is banned now. It taught me that it’s a big world out there and to look beyond your nose, to see and understand what is going on. Because I had such an apprecia tion of the humanities, I was duty bound to pass that on in whatever way I could.”
“He is humble and he is not try ing to grab any credit,” Tischer said. “What he does is no benefit to him, and he doesn’t mind giving his time. Sometimes he would come down here and grab a bucket and mop because we needed the floors cleaned or he would hand out items. He is as hands-on as he possibly could be.
Along with the work have been many memorable moments. Bob and Julie were invited to the wedding of a Haitian man who was a Stillpoint client. He was grateful because Bob Smith helped him earn his U.S citi zenship.Smith emphasized that retired folks around Lakewood Ranch can join the humanitarian effort, even if they have health issues.
His daughter’s nomination letter presents Lakewood Ranch’s Bob with
Ranch’s Bob Smith has organized a Stillpoint Mission Drive. Smith notes the 2022 total of $63,035 can buy 315,175 pounds of food. Here are the totals:
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Since 2012, Smith has organized an Appeal for Stillpoint Mission, which raises funds for a nonprofit that feeds and clothes the “poorest of the poor.” Through 11 years, that appeal has resulted in $235,818, including $63,035 in 2022. Besides collecting funds, Smith has worked at the mis sion, handing out food and clothing.
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“I had retired and I was settling in,” said Smith, who moved to Lake wood Ranch with his family in 2002. “I was on the golfing, eating, wine tasting, sitting on my butt, merrygo-round. It took me five years to stumble across Stillpoint Mission and Project Light. I was able to hook on to something.”
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He is proud that he and Julie have passed the commitment to Amanda.
“I have diabetes and a hearing aid,” he said. “I can still function.
“There always is a big smile on his face, and it makes us feel like he is glad to be here, like it’s a privilege for him. When he is here, he is pres ent, and my heart is with him. He has been a wonderful source of encour agement and support over the last decade-plus, and without his com mitment, we couldn’t have delivered the amount of supplies that we have to our Stillpoint,clients.”which has received sev eral grants from the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund, was founded in 1998 by Franciscan Sister Nora Brick, who also in 1995 founded Project Light, a program to teach English to those who need help with the language. Smith volunteered as a teacher for 11 years, through 2017.
Whenteams.”Smith, who turns 74 the day he receives his award, talks about his daughter’s letter, he chokes up.
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“That’s all good,” Smith remem bered thinking, “but you have to do a little on your own.”
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one of the most cherished moments of his life.
2012: $1,500 2013: $5,825 2014: $7,243 2015: $11,000 2016: $11,300 2017: $16,500 2018: $20,235 2019: $25,525 2020: $32,705 2021: $40,950 $63,035 $235,818 Lee Wetherington Joseph and Barbara
also served as a board member of the City of Hope, which raised funds for cancer research. He did all of this while raising a family, attending our church, working as a solo practitio ner real estate attorney in his own firm, serving on the Wisconsin State Bar and coaching my T-ball and bas ketball
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He appreciates all the attention of the award, but he said one gift rises above all else.
He immediately started an email campaign, mostly among his golfing buddies, to raise funds for the mis sion. It grew from there.
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“I had looked from Marco Island to north Tampa, and I thought Lake wood Ranch was the best,” Smith said. “John Clarke got the first (Humanitarian of the Year) award, and there was a lot of publicity around him. It was all about what a good, vibrant community Lakewood
Ranch has and that the Community Fund would get people together to do good things.”
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“I am trying to buy my way into heaven,” Smith said with a laugh as he talked about his selection as the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund’s C. John A. Clarke Humanitarian of the Year for 2022. “I try to carve out time to do some good work because if I didn’t, I wouldn’t like my chances (of getting into heaven).”
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One highlight for Smith in rais ing Amanda was when the family went to a City of Hope convention at the Beverly Hilton in 1994. They were part of a big reception where they were to present a check raised by their chapter. Bob and Julie sent Amanda up to the stage to present the check, and they let the master of ceremonies know it was Amanda’s 6th birthday. More than 1,500 people sang “Happy Birthday” to her.
“I want to get into heaven.”
He also talked about what being a humanitarian means to him.
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When Smith was looking for a place to retire, he said one factor for choosing Lakewood Ranch was Clarke’s founding of the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund.
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While attending the University of Wisconsin, Smith said he took a series of humanities classes that impressed upon him what it means to be human.
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Smith, who will be presented the award at the Lakewood Ranch Com munity Fund’s Wine & Giving event at 6 p.m., Oct. 27 at Esplanade Golf and Country Club, will have his name added to the Humanitarian of the Year plaque near the fountain on Main Street at Lakewood Ranch.
Smith credits his wife’s and daughter’s work with the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund for inspir ing him, and he also gives a nod to former Lakewood Ranch Com munity Fund board member Diane Brune (the 2018 Humanitarian of the Year), Lakewood Ranch Country Club General Manager Wayne Piazza and John Clarke and Tischer for their inspiration.“It’swonderful,” Brune said of Smith receiving the award. “People know Bob personally shows up to help. You can see him tying shoes on little girls (at Stillpoiint), and he is so fun to work with. He shows us what service and dedication really are.”
Gene Tischer, who is president of the board for Stillpoint Mission of Bradenton, likes Smith’s chances when he arrives at the pearly gates.
His daughter, Amanda Tullidge Smith, wrote his nomination letter to the Community Fund board.
Tullidge Smith, an attorney, took her father’s lessons to heart, serv ing six years on the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund board, often alongside her mom, Julie Smith.
For 11 years,
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fter years of selfless dedication to help ing those who are less fortunate, Lakewood Ranch’s Bob Smith confessed he had an ulterior motive.
The distance between the existing traffic signal at S.R. 70’s intersection with Ranch Lake Boulevard/87th Street East is too short to put in another traffic light at S.R. 70 and Lena Road.
now that isn’t possible.
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Booth, who said the 14 Rosedale HOA presidents were among those on the call, said there was a mutual agreement that the “sky is not falling” and to be focused on things that can be done.
Yikes.Rosedale residents are afraid making Lena Road a S.R. 70/S.R. 64 connector is going to lead to a daily bumper cars ride in front of their mainThegate.staff at Manatee County Public Works appreciates those concerns. Unfortunately, they have inherited a rather impossible situation because nobody understood the importance of a frontage road back 30 years ago.
The traffic headed down 54th Drive East would then dodge cars coming out of Rosedale to make a right turn onto 87th Street East to access the stop light on State Road
I am sure Rosedale’s planner, Robert Hunt, looked at the available land here and considered how everything would develop inside its borders. It is, indeed, beautiful. But who, ultimately, is responsible for the roads around it?
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Booth said residents were informed the Lena Road sections wouldn’t be connected until the 44th Avenue extension was com-
Rosedale residents struggle with Lena Road extension
Residents, though, continued to voice their concern about traffic buildup in front of their main entrance.“Theyprobably are sick of hearing it,” Booth said of the county staff members. “They are aware of ourBoothconcerns.”saidother concerns are excessive noise from increased truck traffic and similar traffic problems at Rosedale’s north exit/ entrance on 44th Avenue. Those are concerns that could have solutions.
When Lena Road — the section that runs north from S.R. 70 — was a nothing road that nobody cared about, it didn’t matter that it would be impossible to make a left-hand turn where it intersected with S.R. 70. Again, nobody cared. Like a homeowner doing his own electrical work, a jerry-rigged course would send motorists traveling south on Lena to make a left-hand turn just before S.R. 70, on 54th Drive East, a route that put them right in front of Rosedale’s main entrance, clashing with the traffic coming out of that neighborhood.
Somebody should have done a flyover years ago, noticing that Lena Road eventually would become a key thoroughfare. Redesigning that entire stretch of road would be a huge financial burden for taxpayers.
The residents have been pushing for weight limits on stretches of Lena Road that could limit heavy truck traffic. They believe a traffic signal at their gate on 44th Avenue will be “Theimportant.new(Robert Toale & Sons’ Celebration of Life Center) is open right there, and a lot of other businesses are coming,” Booth said. “It’s going to be crazy.”
Most people likely would say that responsibility falls on Manatee County.Itallbecomes an issue now that Manatee County is planning to connect the two lengths of Lena Road that has its southern and northern lengths separated by approximately a half-mile of privately owned land. Once accomplished, Lena Road will effectively become a frontage road or a service road for I-75, which is important in allowing local traffic to flow when the interstate clogs. However, that complicates matters for Rosedale residents, who are worried that turning Lena into a frontage road is going to greatly increase traffic overall, especially truck traffic. The biggest problem becomes Rosedale’s main entrance on S.R. 70.
Rosedale’s main entrance released onto S.R. 70, and residents could pour out onto that road and with a right-hand turn, you were right to I-75 and access to the entire region. No worries.
I wonder, however, if anyone did a flyover?Yearsago, I had read a story about the late Dean Lesher, who owned Lesher Communications and a bunch of newspapers, doing a flyover of the eastern part of the San Francisco Bay Area when he was deciding where to build his media empire. He looked at all the roads and how they converged and then imagined how other roads would emerge around the major highways. He was a smart guy, and he built his business accordingly.
He said Rosedale residents were hoping the county would put a traffic light at the intersection of Lena Road and S.R. 70, but they realize
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Rosedale Golf and Country Club resident Fred Booth said Rosedale maintains 87th Street East and residents would be upset if cement trucks use the entrance to get to State Road 70.
plete, most likely in 2025. So there is time to consider options. The current Manatee County plan does not call for a signal light, which would cost approximately $2 million, at Rosedale’s northern entrance on 44th“HeAvenue.toldus to keep pushing for that signal light because it makes sense,” Booth said of Clark. “We will continue to do that.”
“They have told us that if we have concerns, to please call,” Booth said. “It calms the nerves.”
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That intersection has a signal light that allows Rosedale residents to go either east or west on S.R. 70, or go straight across from Rosedale’s entrance (a very short 87th Street East) to Ranch Lake Boulevard and the shopping area that includes Walmart. It all would have worked perfectly, except for that little strip of road between Rosedale and the interstate — Lena Road.
70 to make that cherished left-hand turn.When Lena Road was a nothing road, it only led to occasional dodgeball interactions in front of the Rosedale main gate. Now?
Manatee County also is devoting space on its website (MyManatee.org/Lena) to keep residents informed about upcoming projects. Booth said it helps.
“We had a good meeting,” said Rosedale’s Fred Booth. “We came away from it thinking they want to work with us.”
hen you want to appreciate the master-planned community of Lakewood Ranch, you only have to look for nearby areas that, well, aren’t quite as masterplanned.Ofcourse that is to be expected because most areas don’t start with 50 square miles all controlled by the sameThosecompany.peskyplots of land twist and turn and their borders don’t lend themselves to perfect planning.Take, for instance, Rosedale’s current clash with surrounding roads.Goback 30 years and I am sure it all seemed very simple. You had a major highway being established north and south in Interstate 75, a nice, straight, four-lane thoroughfare in State Road 70 that went east and west and a fancy community that fit into the entire picture like the piece of a puzzle.
Through all this, Manatee County’s Public Works department deserves high marks for not burying its head in the sand. Ogden Clark, the county’s strategic affairs manager for Public Works, met with Rosedale residents on two days this past week via Zoom to discuss Lena Road and keep them informed.
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Nicole McCoy and Joanne Burden, parents of students in Lakewood Ranch High School’s marching band, remember anxiously awaiting the news.Officials were getting ready to announce the five bands that would make the finals of the 2019 Florida Marching Band Championships.
Lakewood Ranch and Braden River high school parents dedicate hundreds of hours to support their students in marching band.
The parents were cheering every bit as loud as the kids when it was announced that Lakewood Ranch High placed fourth and would com pete in the finals. The band went on to place third overall in its division at finals.
Drum up the support
Heidi Gillen and Melody Filewich sell Lakewood Ranch High School Marching Mustangs merchandise during a football game. Merchandise is one way band parents raise money for the school’s band program.
Both bands also will be competing at the Florida Marching Band Championships state championship Nov. 19 and Nov. 20 in Fort Lauderdale. For more information, visit
Braden River High School Marching Band of Pirates and the Marching Mustangs will compete at this event.
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See Braden River and Lakewood Ranch high schools’ marching bands perform at football games and competitions.
“This one just stuck with me because it was Lake Howell (High School) that made sixth,” McCoy said. “When they said, ‘Lake,’ you could see all the kids inhale and their bodies tensed up. It’s the emotion that they get ... that we get.”
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Lakewood Ranch High School will host the Music in Motion Regional Competition Oct. 22 at the high school.
Lakewood Ranch and Braden River high school marching bands will have fundraising opportunities throughout the season.
“We didn’t realize how much it was going to change our lives,” said Keith Scutti, who noted his daughter went from having no friends to having a second family.
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On football game days, parents arrive at least two hours before kick off to help the band prepare for the game.AtLakewood Ranch High’s game Sept. 2, McCoy and Burden were at the school by 4:30 p.m. along with other parents to get uniforms ready, sign in middle school students for middle school night, load trailers with props and instruments and pre pare the concessions stand.
The parents love being a part of the legacy their bands have created.
“In the beginning of the year, they always feel like they’re a hot mess,” said Jessica Eastman, whose daugh ter Abby Pollard is a sophomore in Braden River’s color guard. “Last year, at the end of the season when we were at states, they went on after a season of ups and downs and every parent on the sideline was crying. To watch those kids put all their heart out there is so fulfilling for them and us as Notparents.”onlywas Pollard a freshman last year, but Eastman said she felt like a freshman herself as a new “bandAftermom.”Pollard came home from rehearsal Aug. 28, Eastman’s work for the band was just beginning for the day. She spent the night sewing flags for the color guard.
Keith and Jeannette Scutti saw the impact the band had on their old est daughter, Olivia, who graduated from Braden River High in 2020. So they are now band parent volunteers.
final year with the band program; their daughter Grace Scutti is in her senior year at Braden River High.
n Fundraising day Oct. 3 at Truman’s bar and Grill, 11161 State Road 70, Bradenton
“What this did for us as parents is it gave us four more years to inter act with our kids, their friends and be a part of their everyday (life). They’re putting in the work. We’re putting in the work. I can only hope I’m showing my daughter that once she has children, she can be part of
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Now, both Pollard and Eastman don’t feel like freshmen anymore.
Joanne Burden, her daughter, Jasmine Burden, and her husband, Greg Burden, are making the most of their final year with the Lakewood Ranch High School Marching Mustangs. Jasmine Burden is a senior this year.
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The parents focused on building props for Braden River High School Marching Band of Pirates’ “Lessons Learned” show. Besides building props, they also made sandwiches to feed the band.
Parents such as Braden River High’s Jeremy Wade and Vanessa Embry work together in the concession stand to support the band program. Parents say they become more like family after working hours together.
“I’ll be honest, there’s some weeks that I work more on band stuff than I do on my regular job,” said Chuck Knapp, whose son, Hudson Knapp, is a junior at Braden River High.
Any anxiety students are feeling before a performance, the parents are feeling it, too. Parents helping bring props and instruments onto the field get anxious waiting for the moment they can step on the field and get the prop in the exact posi tion it’s needed in a limited amount of time. They’re running off the field to then watch in awe.
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While Grace Scutti was at a ninehour rehearsal Sept. 17, so were Keith and Jeannette Scutti, as well as doz ens of other parents.
Parents said they are constantly amazed at how marching band brings together students with different lev els of ability and marching skills.
By the end of the season, parents feel all the band students are their own“You’rekids. out there with them,” Keith Scutti said. “You’re not just stand ing on the side watching, waiting to applaud. You’re looking for every thing that goes right, everything that goes wrong because you’re not just going to a show. You’ve been to half the practices. You know where the weaknesses are, where the strengths are, what can go wrong. You’re look ing forward to it. You want to be a part of it. It just brings you to that emotional level.”
Parents raise money for the band, build props, design band T-shirts, provide first aid, sew and size uni forms, sew flags, wash uniforms, run concession stands at games, chaper one trips and throw parties.
“We saw that it inspired her and gave her something to believe in and look forward to,” Jeannette Scutti said. “It was a time when she need ed something like that. When we saw she was really into it, as a family, we made a decision to just dive in.”
Parents say all the work also helps strengthen the family environment. They work with their kids to teach them organization, time manage ment, leadership and more.
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“She felt like she belonged and was a part of something,” he said.
He said the behind-the-scenes prep work that goes into hosting a competition, or the work to travel to an event, is significant.
Just as the students do, parents put in hundreds of hours of volunteer work supporting the bands and share the same emotional roller coaster ride as the students.
The family moved from Pinellas County before Olivia Scutti’s fresh man year. Olivia attended a football game and, after watching the band, decided she wanted to be a member of the Marching Band of Pirates.
“We volunteer specifically so that we can be a part of keeping this going,” McCoy said. “We want to make sure the next generation of kids can also have this opportunity.”
Jeannette Scutti and Burden said being a part of the band gives them an opportunity to be close with their high-schoolers for the last few years before they “Everyonegraduate.knows that in high school your parents aren’t cool any more,” Jeannette Scutti said. “They don’t want to hang out with you.
what inspires them and makes them happy.”Rather than looking out on the field watching the football game, many parents are facing the oppo site direction looking at their stu dents performing in the stands. Once halftime hits, their attention is on the field seeing their students play and march their way through a show.
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Pete Bokach, chairman of the board for District 2, said the move was a routine switch.
James Rogoze, the board chair person for CDD 6, said the board wanted to follow advice from the IDA to switch to a new provider, to be sure it could offer the best quality of “Thereservice.have been issues where the protocols that are in place haven’t always been followed the way we’d like,” Rogoze said.
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“The services we have are fine,” Vice Chair Keith Davey said.
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Merrell said the IDA’s operations department receives two to three calls per month with complaints related to guards.
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“We have vendors that we’ve had fantastic relationships with for years, and then something changes in their management. It’s not uncommon,” Merrell said.
Tom Merrell, director of opera tions for the Inter-District Author ity, said the IDA has received com plaints about the in-person security at the Lakewood Ranch neighbor hood gates and at Lakewood Ranch TownCurrently,Hall. security is provided by the Tactical Services Group.
guests, and often, guards are familiar with vendors that have been admit ted multiple times in the past, which residents might be unaware.
Tactical Services Group declined to Merrellcomment.said he expects to have new proposals to present to the districts within about two weeks, but it would likely be the beginning of November before new guard staff can be imple mented.Merrell said some residents’ con cerns include guards opening gates for vendors without verification and guards being absent for too long for breaks.Merrell said guards are provided with a protocol for responding to
He said after IDA staff members brought their concerns to the com pany’s management, there had been no correction of the issues.
He said there are no specific break times set in the contract for guards, and labor laws require employees to haveMerrellbreaks.said there also have been issues with evening events at Lake wood Ranch Town Hall, where some times guards have failed to show up on time because of scheduling con flicts, leaving attendees locked out.
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“It’s just coincidental that the contract is up, but it’s no differ ent than any vendors that we have,” Bokach said. “We like to ask every month, how are we doing with ‘x, y, z’ Staffvendor?”members of District 4 gave favorable reviews toward the roving patrol within the Greenbrook area.
he Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority is shopping for another security provider.
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The Ladd brothers, separated by one year in age, began collaborat ing in a high school ceramics lab and they’ve never really stopped. Their new exhibit at the Sarasota Art
These textured and colored wall boxes all have a detailed story behind them.
conversation with artist broth ers Steven and William Ladd is a window into their creative pro cess. They’re spitting out ideas in rapid-fire bursts and finishing each other’s sentences, sometimes coloring in the gaps and sometimes contradicting each other. They’re laughing, hamming it up and being as open as they can be. And when it’s over, they ask for a hug.
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“Work for me, work for free,” jokes William of his family and friends assembly line. “You have to wait until they volunteer. If you draft them, people will start dodging that.”
At root, the brothers say, they love what they do, so it doesn’t feel like work. Their work ethic comes from their father, they say, who was a top electrician in St. Louis who worked 70 hours a week for most of their childhood. And it wasn’t just that; he worked with his brothers, provid ing a family template for William and Steven that lasts to this day.
There are huge wall hangings of various shaded colorings and a floor display that represents their prop erty in upstate New York.
“When the community comes here, they’re going to be able to walk through this whole exhibition and see this artwork before they go into the Scrollathon,” says Steven.
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And then, one day, when they were working as set assistants for a Nei man Marcus catalogue photo shoot, an executive saw their sidework and asked to include it in the catalogue.
“But all the kids are grown now.”
William Ladd, who constructs most of the artwork, says he wakes up at 5 a.m. and works out before he heads to his studio. Then he works about eight hours at beading and weaving before he goes home, and ultimately he works even more once he gets there.
One of their latest works, the rep resentation of their property, began seven-and-a-half years ago but nev er really took shape until recently.
William Ladd says he began weav ing the trees at his son’s gymnastics lessons, and the next thing he knew he had a veritable forest.
It’s gotten to the point that they enlist student interns to help them with their artwork, and their parents and uncles and cousins also have spent time beading and weaving.
Now, 20-plus years later, their lives have changed and so has their art. The Ladd brothers work together in their studio five days a week, and they work together at their property in upstate New York.
“We built a shed for me, one for William and one for my Mom and Dad. We’re always kind of up there together hanging out and brain storming and thinking. And we have two kind of distinct areas of the property; we have like a wood forest where we have those sheds. And then we have a like a creek bisecting the
“We have this property in upstate New York called Santa Poco,” says Steven, hovering over the model.
“It’s better to do younger kids because their faces are smaller,” he says of the beading process.
The Ladd family takeover of the Sarasota Art Museum will continue in October with an exhibit chroni cling the history of the Scrollathon, an interactive art experience that has reached more than 10,000 art istsThatnationwide.endeavor — which the broth ers started 17 years ago in St. Louis — encourages people to make personal artistic statements and then weaves them all together to tell a greater nar rative of our society. The theme this year is grandiose:
“I’ll work studio hours, then I go home,” he says. “Usually I’m hang ing out with my kids; I’m playing with them for a couple hours. And then when they’re like, ‘OK, we’ve had enough Dad,’ I’ll start working on beaded portraits. You make time for a little bit of everything.”
“Our mom and dad were like 20 and they had four kids,” says Wil liam, telling a long story about the green panel in a multicolored wall display. “We spent a lot of time at our grandparents. My grandfather was a baker, and my grandmother would watch us. It was four of us.
“The next day, we got incorporated as a handbag and accessory com pany,” says Steven Ladd. “That’s the company we’re still incorporated as today. That was January of 2000.”
Their mom, meanwhile, provided them and their two siblings with love and affection and nourishment. And that’s why much of their art is rooted in family nostalgia and sentimental ity but also with a biting sense of humor and an ear for subversion.
They’d use them to depict the place that inspires them.
“We would be running around and we’d be like ‘What’s for dinner?’ and she’d be like ‘Poison.’ So we titled the green one ‘Poison’ after Grandma.’”
property and then a whole hillside overThehere.”family tree project happened just as organically. William did a beaded portrait of his son Mateo about three-and-a-half years ago, and then he did one of himself.
The project started local, but now it has a national footprint, mirroring the brothers’ art trajectory. They’ve managed to show their work in gal leries as far-flung as Hawaii and Sheboygan, Ill., and now they have the hard job of summing it all up.
That extended family tree grew to 20 beaded portraits, all on display at “Lead With a Laugh.” William jokes that at the end of the project, when they were considering expanding the family tree to 25 frames, he had to prioritize whose face was worth spending 60 hours depicting.
It’s the story of America and what binds us together as citizens.
“A lot of times when we’re working with the communities that we work with on the Scrollathon, they don’t necessarily have the sense that art ists exhibiting in museums are actu ally alive. And they also don’t think that the things they make can be exhibited in museums. So here they’ll be able to experience the artwork we made, meet us and know that we’re alive and not dead. And then also contribute to a collaborative master work that they helped to make.”
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Then, when the plans for their exhibit at Sarasota Art Museum came around, the brothers knew exactly how to use their trees.
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Another wall display is a mock family tree with beaded portraits of their various family members, each representing about 60 hours of work.
Museum, “Lead With a Laugh,” rep resents the past decade of their work with textiles and beads.
Steven Ladd, older than William by one year, handles the business end of their art practice now, and he says their industry really began acciden tally. They were working in the adver tising business and living together in Bushwick, New York. During their free time, they were making intricate accessories and handbags that took hundreds of hours apiece.
Soon after, he found himself doing a portrait of his wife and he figured he’d keep on going and do his entire family. But there are a lot of Ladds.
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But for the people who do? You’ll find a wealth of options here.
The brisket is the star attraction on the restaurant’s BBQ Sampler, which also includes a half-chicken and your choice of two long bone ribs or a half-rack of baby backs.
“I always tell people when they come here they need to come pre pared,” she says. “Do not come with buttons or zippers or snaps. Elastic waist is the dress code here.”
“I always tell people when they come here they need to come prepared. Do not come with buttons or zippers or snaps. Elastic waist is the dress code here.”
But if you want to stick around for a while, the Tiki bar and main seating area is ready for you to eat in and cov ered by the thatched-roof Chickee Hut in case of rain.
— Assistant general manager Monica Rodriguez
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Rodriguez says smoked meat will find its way into tacos, chili dishes, pizzas, meaty macaroni and cheese sandwiches. It’s even found its way into the vegetables.
“Our cabbage, our collard greens, our green beans all come with bacon and onions,” she says. “If you have a pork religion, our vegetables aren’t going to be it. Stick to the fried okra.”
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Price: Entrees from $12 to $29
HOMEMADE BBQ SAUCE: They’re also making their own barbecue sauce at Stottlemyer’s, but it only goes on the meat at the customer’s request.Thesauce has a ketchup base and is tinged with brown sugar, molasses
WHAT’S THE DISH: You might be sleeping, but the brisket is slowly cooking.Stottlemyer’s Smokehouse, an open-air Tiki bar and barbecue eat ery on Fruitville Road just east of I-75, is smoking 40 pounds of brisket every night, pushing the meat into the cooker at 6 p.m. and then rescu ing it from the heat when they open back up the next morning.
SIT-DOWN OR TAKEOUT: Stottle myer’s is equipped with a takeout window at the front for anyone who wants to grab a meal and go.
You also get your choice of two sides with the sampler.
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“When the order is made,” says Rodriguez, “we flash-fry it to crisp up that bacon, but that whole jala peño with the filling and the bacon is initially smoked.”
“We do it at a low temperature, so it takes a long time to cook,” says Morales. “Once it comes out of the cooker, it’s perfect.”
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USING THE WHOLE BUFFALO: The meat is all over the menu. It starts in the authentic barbecue section and stretches into pretty much every dish. Morales says you can get a salad or a vegetarian taco plate at Stottlemyer’s, and there’s also fish options like salmon, catfish and mahi mahi for people who don’t want to eat barbecued meats.
smoker, and it will stay there for 12 hours before it’s ready to be served. The baby back ribs, by contrast, come out of the smoker in just twoand-a-half hours.
and corn syrup and mixed with gran ulated onions, garlic and applesauce.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT: You’ve had jalapeño. And you’ve had bacon. Have you had bacon-wrapped jala peño?AtStottlemyer’s, they take the jalapeño pepper and mix it with sea sonings, including cheddar cheese and creamed cheese, then wrap it in bacon and smoke it.
There’s garlic, onion powder, paprika, salt and cayenne pepper. But it isn’t spicy. The brisket will be totally raw when it goes into the
And that’s why Monica Rodriguez, the assistant general manager at Stottlemyer’s, tells people to arrive on an empty stomach.
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The mixture sits overnight, and then it’s ready for the brisket in the morning. Morales says they make the sauce every other day, and they usually make two to five gallons of it at a Cantime.you buy it?
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7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre, 1923 Ringling Blvd.
It’s time to get sweaty and learn some salsa. The Bishop Museum’s After Dark series kicks off with an evening of dance in the museum’s courtyard. Instructors from the Jae Phillips Dance Studio will teach you the steps for the first hour, and the last two hours are open dancing.
BISHOPTHURSDAYAFTERDARK: p.m. at Bishop Museum of Nature, 201 10th St. W., BradenBishopScience.org.
MERRILY FROM CENTER STAGE 7:30 p.m. at Studio 1130, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail Visit$25 ThePlayers.org.
tions as she navigates love, loss, heartbreak and divinity of self. Nuesi will perform on both Friday and Saturday evenings, and the latter performance will be available via streaming.
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7:30 p.m. at Recital Hall, 5840 26th St. W., Bradenton $15, $5 students and staff Visit SCFMusic.Info.
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Join Broadway veteran Ann Morrison for her captivating one-woman show that reprises Stephen Sondheim songs that she brought to the stage four decades ago. Morrison, who starred as Mary Flynn in “Merrily We Go Along,” will tell you tales from the character’s perspective.
‘RENT’ 2 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center, 502 Third Ave. W., Bradenton
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Julie Scoggins spent the first arc of her career selling Doritos on a tropical island. Now she travels around the country making people laugh for a living. Scoggins, the self-styled “Queen of Clubs,” bills herself on her website as a “former trucker, pooper scooper and charm school graduate.” She’s been honing her act for decades, and she’ll be at McCurdy’s for six shows running through Sunday.
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IF YOU GO When: 5:30 p.m., Sept. 23 Where: Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 S. Tamiami Trail
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Tickets: $5, registration required
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“I’m looking forward to the whole experience and eating my way through Italy,” said Vlahakus, who was attending the festival for the first time.
After enjoying a plate of pasta, Vlahakus perused the dessert options, which included almond cream cake, tiramisu and pizzelles.
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Tara’s Mary Adams, Tom Nevius and Jeanne McNulty can’t wait for the Italian food, wine and music.
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Tara Golf and Country Club residents enjoyed Italian cuisine, music and trivia during the San Gennaro Festival Sept. 17, which was the first San Gennaro Festival held since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wesley Chapel’s Halo Conners, who is 6, Tara’s Molly LaMora and Wesley Chapel’s Royal Blue Conners, who is 2, have fun trying to guess how many beans are in a jar.
“I’m glad everything is back, especially this (festival) because it’s a huge hit,” said Tara’s Kay McKernan. “Everybody loves this festival. The food is great. They always have different activities going on. It’s an easy, social gettogether.”
Tara Golf and Country Club’s Albert Brown works the pasta station, from which people can choose three types of pasta. Sue
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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 yearround 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 MyLWR.com.
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FRIDAY, SEPT. 23 AND SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 MUSIC AT THE PLAZA
Runs from 6-9 p.m. each evening at Waterside Place, 1561 Lakefront Drive, Lakewood Ranch. Singer/ musician Tyler Vaden will provide the live music Friday while 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, singer Mylon Shamble will perform. For more information, go to WatersidePlace.com.
BINGO FOR ALL Begins at 10 a.m. at the Greenbrook Adventure Park Pavilion, 13010 Adventure Place, Lakewood Ranch. Join Lakewood Ranch Community Activities for fun Bingo open to all ages. The cost is $25. For more information, go to MyLWR.com.
Begins at 10 a.m. at Waterside Place, 1561 Lakefront Drive, Lakewood Ranch. Join Lakewood Ranch Community Activities for a fun, casual game of cornhole in the park right next to Good Liquid Brewing. The event is free for Lakewood Ranch residents and $20 for nonresidents. To register or for more information, go to MyLWR.com.
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Begins at 9 a.m. at Waterside Place Park, 7500 Island Cove Terrace, Lakewood Ranch. Lakewood Ranch Community Activities offers yoga, which is free to residents and $10 for nonresidents. For more information, go to MyLWR.com.
Begins at 6 p.m. at the Grand Court of The Mall at University Town Center, 140 University Town Center Drive, Sarasota.
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subject “The World of Recycling.” A Manatee County Recycling Program coordinator will provide a presentation. Club President Sheryl Perkins will present a program on recyclable items for your garden. The club invites all who are interested in gardening, floral or landscape design, environment protection and associated topics to attend. For more information, go to LWRGC.Lakewood-Ranch-Garden-Club-MyLWR.com/328/
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Lakewood Ranch’s Jennifer Volpe and her 5-year-old daughter Ella Volpe play Connect Four.
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Lakewood Ranch’s Ashley Johnston, Gerilyn Wayman and Suzanne Chisholm, and Ellenton’s Raquel Mitchell celebrate the journey halfway to St. Patrick’s Day.
“You can walk around with a beer, and I love Irish music,” Roberta Kimes said.
“Halfway to St. Paddy’s Day is kind of like the training day for St. Patrick’s Day,” Mahnke said. “It’s just another reason to have a good time, to have a party. The Irish are good at that.”
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Rosedale’s 6-year-old Charlotte Bravo, 6-year-old Alex Helton and 3-year-old Calista Bravo try using the dance platform.
lthough the Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day on Sept. 17 event did not draw large crowds, many attendees were still representing the spirit of the occasion, arriving dressed in green.
Bruce Mahnke, a co-owner of McGrath’s Irish Ale House and Ed’s Tavern, wishes there was more than one St. Patrick’s Day. So he decided to host another.
Halfway event full of fun
Those who attended said they came to celebrate Irish culture and spend time with others in the community.
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Gary and Roberta Kimes, who are moving into Esplanade, said they both enjoyed the event because of having visited Ireland years ago.
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Rosedale’s Carol Helton said after her family members came to Main Street for the St. Patrick’s Day event six months ago, they wanted to return.
“It’s fun to see people dressed up,” she said.Sarasota’s Robert Weist and Makayla Emanuele said they both came to play putt-putt at The Fish Hole, then decided to stay for the celebrations.
Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day spread a little fun around Main Street at Lakewood Ranch Sept. 17.
The event included live entertainment, drink specials, food and drink stands and games and entertainment. Live entertainment was provided by MacSilver’s Irish Pirates Ahoy and Paddy O’Furniture, Sarasota’s Ross Allen on bagpipes and dancers from different academies, including the Finnegan Academy of Irish Dance.
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Pre-K students Norah Sells, Aurora Pena and Catherine Kline follow along as they learn dance moves to a song.
It was her favorite song of the concert because she’s been listening to it since she was 5 years old.
Tara Principal Laura Campbell said classes often will listen to Hartmann’s music during recess. Before the pandemic, Campbell said Hartmann had been coming to the school to perform for years.
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Jack Hartmann returns to Tara Elementary School to perform a concert for students in pre-K through second grade.
ubrey Grosso, a Tara Elementary School second-grader, danced and sang along as Jack Hartmann performed “The Penguin Song.”
Hartmann, who creates educational music for children, performed for the pre-K through second-grade students Sept. 14.
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The students were quick to follow along with Hartmann’s dance moves, and many already were familiar with his song lyrics.
“It feels like he’s part of our school culture and family because the kids remember him,” she said. “(The concert) is an opportunity to bring the primary grades together.
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TERRACE AT RIVER STRAND David Robert Johnson, of Fishers, Indiana, sold their Unit 1638 condominium at 7121 River Hammock Drive to Michael and Roxanna Stoffel, of Peosta, Iowa, for $375,000. Built in 2013, it has two bedrooms,
Richard and Tonya Shipp, of Bradenton, sold their home at 4949 Bookelia Circle to Edward Spencer Landreth and Catherine Ann Kieft, of Bradenton, for $585,000. Built in 2002, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,539 square feet of living area. It sold for $360,000 in 2020.
Greyhawk Landing West Lonny Brian Vickery, of Mandeville, Louisiana, sold his home at 1010 Calico Glen to Gregory Lange and Beverley Lange, trustees, of Bradenton, for $749,000. Built in 2019, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,442 square feet of living area. It sold for $685,000 in April.
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Nicholas Zec Jr., trustee, of Bradenton, sold the home at 6710 88th St. E. to James Von Falbo and Maria Falbo, of Venice, for $612,000. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,922 square feet of living area.
Cheryl White Tiedemann and Kevin Tiedemann, of Bradenton, sold their home at 170 Wandering Wetlands Circle to Mark and Darleen Elliott, of Bradenton, for $544,000. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,006 square feet of living area. It sold for $290,000 in 2017.
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RIVERDALE REVISED Beverley Lange and Gregory Lange, trustees, of Bradenton, sold the home at 4615 Shark Drive to Zachary Robert Plesac, of Bradenton, for $1.2 million. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,436 square feet of living area. It sold for $490,000 in Nuot2009.Nguyen, of Wichita, Kansas, sold the home at 4007 Fourth Ave. N.E. to Nhu Mai Thi Do and Duc Huu Truong, of Ontario, Canada, for $1,175,000. Built in 1996, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,530 square feet of living area. It sold for $735,000 in 2021.
Steven and Barbara Grossman, trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 6704 The Masters Ave. to Kenneth Dempsey and Mary Anne Dempsey, of Lakewood Ranch, for $880,000. Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,583 square feet of living Edwardarea. and Debora Dawson, of Parrish, sold their home at 12129 Thornhill Court to 12129 Thornhill Court LLC for $772,500. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,011 square feet of living area. It sold for $351,700 in 2010.
COLONY Teamwork Investments LLC sold the home at 5221 Canterbury Drive to Alisa and Rocklege Ross, of Sarasota, for $699,900. Built in 1968, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,512 square feet of living area. It sold for $442,000 in FebruDonaldary.
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Robert and Frances Pleska, trustees, sold the home at 5512 Tidewater Preserve Blvd. to Danny Alan Lisenbee and Antonia Lisenbee, of Reston, Virginia, for $1.09 million. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,456 square feet of living area. It sold for $759,000 in 2021.
RESG CAPTIAL LLC sold the home at 12710 Stone Ridge Place to Daniel and Katherine Horton, of Lakewood Ranch, for $1,185,000. Built in 2008, it has four bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths, a pool and 3,142 square feet of living area. It sold for $786,000 in 2008.
Robert and Jo Ann Klinetop, of Fineview, New York, sold their home at 14308 Tree Swallow Way to Thomas Pasatieri, of Lakewood Ranch, for $435,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,670 square feet of living area. It sold for $264,000 in 2007.
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Haitham Charles, of Bradenton, sold his home at 13406 Brown Thrasher Pike to Feliks Bogucki and Larysa Levytska, of Lakewood Ranch, for $824,500. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,950 square feet of living area. It sold for $522,600 in 2004.
David Skup sold his home at 13620 Saw Palm Creek Trail to Robert and Natasha Sebolt, of Bradenton, for $669,900. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,440 square feet of living area. It sold for $358,000 in 2017.
Roland, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, for $470,000. Built in 1993, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,721 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $375,000 in 2005.
Robert Douglas Harris and Cheryl Lynn Harris, of Berne, Indiana, sold their home at 6682 Saint James Crossing to William Furedy, of Bradenton, for $985,000. Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,643 square feet of living area. It sold for $985,000 in March.
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Kelly Tomlinson, of Bradenton, sold her home at 15450 Trinity Fall Way to Yasmin Reyes, of Atlanta, for $525,000. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,846 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $290,000 in 2019.
Brandt, of Lafollette, Tennessee, sold his home at 5210 Medalist Road to ARVM 5 LLC for $320,000. Built in 1976, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,271 square feet of living area.
SAVANNA Donald Charles Boodey and Peggy Ann Boodey, of Williamsburg, Virginia, sold their home at 13628 American Prairie Place to Daniel Scott Huelsman and Ashley Rose Huelsman, of Bradenton, for $675,000. Built in 2017, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,098 square feet of living area. It sold for $369,000 in 2017.
home in Del Webb topped all transactions in this week’s real estate. Lynn Rae Ryle, of Houston, sold her home at 7105 Gradford Court to Kenneth and Rebecca Wobbekind, of Lakewood Ranch, for $1,375,000. Built in 2020, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,639 square feet of living area. It sold for $823,200 in 2020.
Richard and Carol Harris, of Bradenton, sold their home at 664 Planters Manor Way to John O’Boyle, of Bradenton, for $624,900. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,896 square feet of living area.
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Leon and Ruth Michaud, of Litchfield, Maine, sold their home at 10140 Reagan Dairy Trail to Antonio Furao and Cathy Nunes Furao, of Shingle Springs, California, for $489,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,777 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $160,100 in 1999.
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Richard Boddie, of West Sussex, United Kingdom, sold his home at 10115 Discovery Terrace to Christopher Klein and Megan Klein, trustees, of Bradenton, for $1.27 million. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,655 square feet of living area. It sold for $866,200 in 2004.
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MALLORY PARK Matthew and Kelly Edwards, of Bradenton, sold their home at 11408 Golden Bay Place to Marilyn Hagerstrom, of Bradenton, for $748,900. Built in 2018, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,000 square feet of living area. It sold for $497,000 in 2020.
EAGLE TRACE Joana Caiati, of Bradenton, sold her home at 12712 Halfmoon Lake Terrace to Lane and Elizabeth Miller, of Bradenton, for $555,000. Built in 2016, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,844 square feet of living area. It sold for $305,300 in 2016.
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Aaron and Danielle Goldberg, of Bradenton, sold their home at 134 Tierra Verde Way to Rochelle Marie Parsons and Hugh Graham Parsons, of Bradenton, for $525,000. Built in 2019, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 2,166 square feet of living area. It sold for $300,000 in 2019.
Marston and Monica Lentini, of Bradenton, sold their home at 702 134th St. E. to Christopher Bauer and Wendy Ingram, of Bradenton, for $525,000. Built in 1988, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,013 square feet of living area. It sold for $176,500 in 2002.
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Pressman Properties LLC sold the home at 15737 High Bell Place to Ernest and Patricia Scerbo, of Bradenton, for $495,000. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,868 square feet of living area. It sold for $265,000 in 2015.
WILLOWBROOK Anastasia Oskina and William Richard Bachman, of Tampa, sold their Unit 1605 condominium at 8857 White Sage Loop to Maria Lorena Barona Sancho, of Lakewood Ranch, for $322,500. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,092 square feet of living area. It sold for $127,500 in 2014.
RIDGE AT CROSSING CREEK Sandra Lynn Fredet and Emile Fredet, of Cape Coral, sold their home at 7553 Ridgelake Circle to Robert Lawrence Morin and Julie Renee Morin, of Bradenton, for $577,000. Built in 2020, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,136 square feet of living area. It sold for $400,000 in 2020.
and Lillian Corona, trustees, of Bradenton, sold the Unit 2913 condominium at 6411 Grand Estuary Trail to Jason Chapman, of Bradenton, for $320,000. Built in 2016, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,156 square feet of living area. It sold for $148,000 in 2016.
two baths and 1,297 square feet of living area. It sold for $180,000 in
MILL CREEK Teri Grimes, of Radcliff, Kentucky, sold the home at 702 137th St. E. to Asil Gunsel, of Sarasota, for $560,000. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,977 square feet of living area. It sold for $163,000 in 1996.
CENTRAL PARK Ronald and Katherine Ann Labarre, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, sold their home at 11829 Forest Park Circle to Kristin Scanlon, of Bradenton, for $575,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,726 square feet of living area. It sold for $360,000 in 2019.
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Daniel Adam Aberg and Aimee Tooktha Aberg, of Naples, sold their home at 15131 Las Olas Place to Aaron and Danielle Goldberg, of Bradenton, for $540,000. Built in 2018, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,349 square feet of living area. It sold for $320,000 in 2018.
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“I’d probably stick with softball, but it was a nice gesture,” Goelz said.
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T.J. Goelz and the Mustangs won two state championships in five seasons, the first championships in program history.
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Any talk of that will come a long way from now. Goelz said he is ecstatic to spend the maximum amount of time with his daughters as they finish their college careers.
According to MaxPreps records, Goelz compiled a 122-10 record, including state championship wins in 2021 and 2022, the first in program history. The team also was a cham pionship contender during the 2020 season, when the Mustangs went 8-0 before the COVID-19 pandemic ended the season early.
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“It’s the feeling I get when I finish, that worn out, tired and sore feeling. You feel like you just accomplished something.”
Though he is stepping away for now, Goelz said there is a possibility he could return to the dugout at some point. Like the decision to leave, the decision to return would come down to timing, so it likely will not be happening while his daughters are playing collegiate softball — Kinsey Goelz is in her final year with the Gators, and Avery Goelz is a junior. After that, the door is open.
“We have created a tradition as a family,” Goelz said. “Liz and I go to every away SEC series and stay in the same hotel as the team. We get up in the morning and the four of us get coffee and maybe a donut or other food and we walk around the campus together, just checking it out and talking. Already I’m getting excited about doing that just by talk ing about it. It’s a priceless time that I’ve not always been able to have. This year, Lord willing, I don’t think I’ll miss an inning.”
ooking to watch some elite junior golfers this weekend? Head to the Suncoast HS Boys and Girls Invitational on Sept. 23 and 24 at River Strand Golf and Country Club and Legacy Golf Club at Lakewood Ranch. The event will see eight boys teams and five girls teams compete alongside 16 other individual golfers to make an elite field. The event is 36 holes of stroke play. Visit UltimateGolfExp.net for more information.
Grant McCray
… Remember former Lakewood Ranch High outfielder Grant McCray, now with the San Francisco Giants organization? He was promoted from the low A-level San Jose Giants to the high A-level Eugene Emeralds on Aug. 25 after tearing up the league. He got off to a bit slower start for the Emeralds but picked up the pace before the league’s season ended, slugging a home run Sept. 10 in a 4-2 win against the Vancouver Canadians (Toronto Blue Jays). He’ll likely start with the Emeralds next year, then from there, well, we’ll have to see.
BY THE NUMBERS T.J. GOELZ n Seasons with Lakewood Ranch High softball: 5 n Win-loss record: 122-10 n Winning percentage: 92.4% n State final appearances:four 4 (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) n State championship wins: 2 (2021, 2022) n Florida Dairy Farmers High School Coach of the Year honors: 2 (2021, 2022) n Extra Innings Softball National Coach of the Year honors: 1 (2021) n Players sent to college programs: 31 (24 to NCAA Division I programs)
Under T.J. Goelz, the Lakewood Ranch High softball program won two state championships. Todd Lee will step into the head coach role for the 2023 season.
“I didn’t want to put myself in the position of having to choose between my family and the team because being the competitor I am, I know which I would probably choose,” Goelz said with a laugh. “It just would not be right for anyone. I can always come back to coaching if I want. I can’t get those memories with my family back.”
“Todd is doing an admirable thing,” Goelz said. “It’s a tough situ ation to follow after back-to-back championships. But he and everyone have committed to creating the best possible experience for the girls. As far as on-the-field decisions, that’s all them. A three-peat is extremely hard to do, but they have the pieces to be successful. They’ll leave it all on the field like they always do.”
“Forever thankful for the oppor tunity to play for you,” junior pitcher Ella Dodge said on Twitter. “Thank you (coaches) for your dedication and all the sacrifices you have made
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That applies as much to his Tampa Mustangs travel team as it does to Lakewood Ranch. Goelz said when he met with Lakewood Ranch Prin cipal Dustin Dahlquist and athletic director Kent Ringquist to inform them of his decision, they told him he was welcome back at any time, even in a different sport.
Goelz himself will stay on as an advi sor, meaning Goelz will give Lee and the other coaches big-picture advice — but only if they want it.
… Don’t look now, but The Out-of-Door Academy football team is 4-0 after a 50-0 home win over Bishop McLaughlin Catholic on Sept. 16 (and a 26-22 road win over rival St. Stephen’s Episcopal the week before). It’s the team’s longest win streak since 2019. The Thunder hit the road for the next two weeks, but if the team gets through that stretch unbeaten, a home tussle with Cocoa Beach High (2-1) on Oct. 14 should be appointment viewing for all area football fans who love to see a ground-and-pound offense in action.
T.J. Goelz is stepping down from the Lakewood Ranch High softball program after five seasons. Goelz led the Mustangs to two state championships.
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the news of Goelz step ping down might come as a shock. Goelz is not one of them. Unbe knownst to most, Goelz and his wife, Liz, have done the same calculations for the past three seasons. In the previous two, the calculations came back positive: Thanks to various schedule quirks like playing away games in Gainesville — and being just crazy enough to catch a plane to see a Gators road trip the day after a state championship win — T.J. Goelz would be able to give 100% of him self to the Mustangs while also giving 100% to his family and other areas of hisThelife.loss of the 2020 high school softball season still stings Goelz, who believes Lakewood Ranch would have been not just state but national champions, the COVID-19 pandem ic helped keep Goelz as the Mustangs head coach longer than he might have otherwise stayed. For instance: Normally, the Gators play in the four-day Mary Nutter tournament in California each season, something Goelz would make sure he traveled to watch, even though it likely would have interfered with the Mustangs’ season. In 2021 and 2022, the Gators skipped the tournament because of COVID-19 concerns. They will play
Multiple Mustangs players expressed their gratitude for T.J. Goelz and Liz Goelz on social media.
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he Lakewood Ranch High softball program has its eyes on a state championship three-peat come spring — but if the Mustangs achieve it, it will be under a new coach.
T.J. Goelz announced Sept. 12 that he would be stepping down from the program after five seasons, primar ily to spend more time with his fam ily. Goelz’s daughters, Kinsey Goelz and Avery Goelz, play softball at the University of Florida, and T.J. Goelz said he wants to spend as much time watching their games as possible.
Goelz also will be stepping away from coaching his travel team, Tam pa Mustangs-TJ, which won the 2015 PGF Premier 16U National Champi onship among other accomplish ments.Forsome,
to give us the most memorable sea sons. Super blessed to have you guys.”Taking over for Goelz will be Todd Lee, who coached the school’s junior varsity program last season and is the father of Mustangs varsity infielder Amanda Lee, a senior. Lee will retain varsity assistants Paulo Reis and Craig Toler, both of whom were vital to the Mustangs’ suc cesses and helping instill Goelz’s culture in the program. The decision to promote Lee into the position was Goelz’s idea, he said, in order to keep as much continuity for the players, particularly the seniors, as possible.
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t was in 2010 when Detroit Red Wings Head Coach Mike Babcock asked Andy Weidenbach to run his team’s informal practices before the NHL training camp season offi ciallyNHLbegan.coaches can’t take the ice until the first day of official training, but players often liked to get together and skate before then, so teams would hire local coaches to run unofficial practices for them.
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During Weidenbach’s first practice doing such tasks, he skated up
“My goals now are to help people or an organization be a little bit better,” Weidenbach said.
The more rinks an area has, the more kids can use them and for longer or more frequent periods of time.Itcan happen, but the process will be Weidenbachslow. probably won’t remain on the ice to see it happen. He’s helping out for now, but he would like to transition to more off-ice roles — ones he can do in his pajamas, he joked.
Then he got his answer.
To that end, Weidenbach is starting to get into video coaching, but he has also partnered with Stream Cortex, a hockey-centric video platform, to produce a “Coach’s Corner” podcast, where he talks with people across the industry about how they do their jobs. The podcasts are free on YouTube.
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Weidenbach wasn’t just any coach. He was a renowned high school and junior hockey coach who had been leading Cranbrook Kingswood High in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, to state championships.
Over the next seven years, Weidenbach continued to be considered an insider as he ran those unofficial practice sessions and also served as the Red Wings’ skating coach at its rookie development camps. The position also opened him up to a lot of ribbing.
It makes sense. Look at the NHL: During the 2021-2022 season, 12 players born in Florida took the ice for an NHL game. That’s a small number, but three of those 12 players were first-round picks, including 2019’s No. 1 overall pick Jack Hughes. There’s some elite talent to be found here, just not a lot of it — at least not Weidenbachyet.said the easiest way for Florida to build a larger talent base is to build more ice rinks. With few rinks, it takes a considerable amount of travel time for many players to get to the rink. And when they get there, ice time is limited.
Episodes currently available include a chat with Ohio State women’s team defensemen Emily Curlett, who spoke about winning the NCAA Championship. In the coming days, Weidenbach said he will have an episode with Marc Craig, the Carolina Hurricanes director of pro scouting.
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Still, while Weidenbach, who now lives in Lakewood Ranch, felt respected, he wasn’t sure if his role would make the Red Wings accept him as a part of the team.
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compiling a win-loss record of 504187-47 and winning 10 Michigan High School Athletic Association Division III state championships, while finishing second twice.
“Work harder,” Babcock told him. “AnyWeidenbachquestions?”said Abdelkader didn’t have any more questions, and left.
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to Red Wings Nicklas Lidstrom and Kris Draper, the team’s captain and assistant captain, and asked them if there was anything special they wanted the team to work on that day. Lidstrom and Draper looked at each other, then back at Weidenbach. Lidstrom wondered why Weidenbach was asking them, and Weidenbach said it was because they were captains.
He had been talking with Babcock when Red Wings’ forward Justin Abdelkader entered the room to have a quick heart-to-heart talk with Babcock. Weidenbach thought he needed to leave, but Abdelkader told him to stay. Weidenbach said Abdelkader proceeded to lobby Babcock for more time on the team’s power play unit and asked what it would take to get it.
It might be a surprise, but Weidenbach said the talent gap between players in Florida and players in Michigan and other northern states is not as big as you might think. It is other aspects of the game that cause the separation.
of a lot of Weidenbachpeople.”retired and moved his family to Lakewood Ranch in 2019, although he brought his skates, gloves and whistle to Lakewood Ranch with him. He has become involved with the Tampa Bay Lightning’s junior hockey programs and is still coaching in the spring and summer, though the specific league he’s helping with, Premier Hockey Prospects, is no longer sponsored by the Lightning. After three years, Weidenbach has a pretty good idea of the talent level in Florida.
“Up north, the players learn to play the game as a team,” Weidenbach said. “Down here, there’s not as much depth in the talent pool, so good players can do whatever they want on the ice. There’s less structure. They don’t have to learn to play team hockey. As a result, they learn bad habits and they hang onto the puck too long. They don’t know how to attack a zone when they have a numbers advantage.”
It was the kind of meeting “outsiders” never hear about.
“Yeah, and you’re the coach,” Lidstrom said. “We don’t care what youHedo.”and Draper then skated away laughing.Weidenbach said every practice was like that. He relished them all.
“It was quite an honor, and I was surprised,” Weidenbach said. “The Hall of Fame encompasses all sports. There are thousands of teams and coaches up there. I never thought I would be selected. I think my longevity has something to do with it. I guess we touched the lives
Lakewood Ranch resident Andy Weidenbach helped run unofficial practices for the Detroit Red Wings for seven years. Weidenbach said youth talent in Florida is comparable to talent in Michigan but with less depth.
He was named the MHSAA Division III Coach of the Year eight times, among a bevy of other awards. In August, he received his biggest honor yet when he was named to the Michigan High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
It’s a new adventure for Weidenbach, but after accomplishing as much as he has in the hockey world, something new is a welcome challenge. He might not be working as a full-time coach anymore, but he will always have the memories.
In track, there are so many differ ent events, things for sprinters and distance runners and then all the field events. It allows more people to stand out.
What is your favorite cross-country course?
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My favorite place to run is Holloway Park in Lakeland. It is the clos est thing to a real cross-country course we run. Most have us running around a school. The Holloway Park course goes through woods and mud and hills and all that stuff. But for those reasons, it is a slow course. No one sets a personal record there. The best course for setting a PR is the North Port High course because it is flat and a lot of it is on the road, which is quick.
During track and field my freshman year we had a meet at Manatee High. I was running the 800 meters, or two laps. I was seeded in second place and I wanted to come in first. My strategy was to run directly be hind the first place guy and then try to outkick him at the end, which is what I did. It was the most glorious feeling because I knew I was stron ger than him. As I passed him and
Each grade would have qualifying races for 200-meter, 400-meter and 800-meter races. You did them in your PE period. If you were fast enough in your PE class, you would qualify to race across the whole grade. The entire school would come out to watch those races. We did them once a year. Doing those each year is when I started running competitively and when I realized I enjoyed it.
What is the appeal to you?
Alex den Boggende is a junior boys cross-country runner at Braden River High. den Boggende finished 11th (17:35.23) out of 162 runners in the Large Schools Boys division of the North Port Invitational, held Sept. 16-17 at North Port High. He also participates in track and field in the spring.
Well, when I’m running I question why I like it. (Laughs.) It’s the feeling I get when I finish, that worn out, tired and sore feeling. You feel like you just accomplished something. Nobody likes to run, but if you do you’ll be in better shape and have better cardio. So I don’t like the act of running much, but I like what it does to you.
When did you start running?
At Braden River Elementary there is this thing called ‘The Races.’
Do you prefer cross-country or track and field?
I like track more because it is more diverse. In cross-country, everyone runs a 5K because it’s all there is.
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