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Honore Avenue extension opens The new north-south connector roadway that winds through Palmer Ranch to State Road 681, in Nokomis, has raised some concerns for residents.

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+ Students indulge in Pi Day activities Goldie Feldman Academy students were so excited to celebrate National Pi Day Monday, March 14, (the number “pi” is approximately equal to 3.14) that they rapped, danced, baked, made PowerPoint videos and hats and decorated T-shirts. Students also competed to see who would be named the 2011 Pi Day champ.

After shattering her previous record of reciting 326 digits of pi, Sierra Van Such was named the official contest winner after reciting 1,266 digits from memory.

+ Fabio is Sarasota’s mane man He’s graced the covers of hundreds of romance novels and waxed poetic on his 1993 CD “Fabio After Dark.” And in the famous commercials, he couldn’t believe it wasn’t butter. But — believe this — Fabio is coming to Sarasota. See him at the S.W. FL Myositis KIT Motorcycle and All Wheels Poker Run from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday, at Rossiter Harley Davidson, 330 Cattlemen Road. Call 720-5955 for information.

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On Wednesday, dignitaries snip the ribbon that crossed the Honore Avenue extension, officially opening the 2.5-mile roadway stretching from Palmer Ranch to State Road 681. From left: Scott Huber, general manager of contractor E.T. MacKenzie of Florida; Frank Domingo, of Wilson Miller; County Commissioner Jon Thaxton; County Commissioner Carolyn Mason; Hugh Culverhouse Jr., owner of Palmer Ranch Holdings; County Commissioner Nora Patterson; and Ed MacKenzie, owner of E.T. MacKenzie of Florida. Not pictured: County Commissioner Joe Barbetta.

By Robin Roy | City Editor

A new major arterial roadway is open and ready for business.

The Honore Avenue extension from Palmer Ranch to State Road 681, in Nokomis, officially opened March 16, with a ribboncutting ceremony.

“The road is a critical connector,” said County Commissioner

Jon Thaxton.

But, unlike most large road projects in Sarasota County, the county did not pay for and construct this roadway.

Palmer Ranch Holdings funded the $5.6 million, 2.5-mile project. Because a private company and not a local government hired the contractor, a lengthy public bidding process did not

take place. The company will be reimbursed through impact-fee credits.

The extension, on which construction began in January 2010, winds from south of Central Sarasota Parkway, through Palmer Ranch and into State Road 681.

“It was important to get (the extension) through now, because prices were low,” said Justin Pow-

ell, Palmer Ranch Holdings vice president.

The roadway not only opens up 900 acres of Palmer Ranch property, but will also serve as an important north-south arterial connector, especially when there are backups or closures on I-75.

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STRAGETIC MOVES

Candidates prepare for runoff City Commission candidates Willie Shaw and Linda Holland have two months to secure as many votes as possible to wrap up the District 1 race.

By Robin Roy | City Editor

With two months to go before facing each other in a runoff election, District 1 City Commission candidates Willie Shaw and Linda Holland are gearing up for another round of campaigning.

“I’m going to do what I need to do to make sure I’m victori-

ous in May,” said Holland.

Shaw and Holland were the top-two vote-getters out of four District 1 candidates in the March 8 election. Shaw received 414 votes, and Holland got 218 votes.

Although Holland won five of nine precincts, Shaw was never far behind in any one of them.

However, Shaw dominated one

precinct in particular — Precinct 31, which is in North Sarasota, from 17th Street to Myrtle Street. He received 185 votes there to Holland’s three votes.

Now Shaw and Holland are coming up with their strategies on how to claim the most votes in the May 20 runoff.

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ELECTION RESULTS Precinct 3 10 31 75 76 77 119 146 153 Total

Shaw Holland 23 41 17 53 185 3 14 27 85 20 48 27 11 17 15 29 16 1 414 218

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Although he’s just now starting to talk strategy with his advisers, Shaw has no plans to ignore Precinct 31, even though he won it handily last week.

“We will be working on getting more (voters) in 31,” he said. “I never take anything for granted. We’re going to try to maintain the voters (we already have).”

Holland also plans to encourage her base to come back out to vote, but she’s also going to try to get more votes out of the Newtown area than she did the first time.

“I’ll be reaching out to areas where I didn’t get a lot of votes in the more northern areas of Sarasota,” she said.

Shaw plans to do the same.

“We will be branching out (to other precincts),” he said.

Catering to the female vote is another way Holland hopes to overcome the large gap in voters. It’s a strategy that Commissioner Suzanne Atwell employed in 2009, when she trailed both Terry Turner and Paul Caragiulo after the general election, but she earned more votes than Caragiulo in the runoff to secure a commission seat.

Fellow District 1 candidate Richard Dorfman has endorsed Holland. Hol-

The City Commission has certified the March 8 election results, making official winners of District 2 Commissioner-elect Paul Caragiulo and District 3 Commissioner-elect Shannon Snyder.

In attendance at the March 14 election results certification were candidates Linda Holland, Richard Dorfman and Diana Hamilton, as well as Caragiulo and Snyder.

That fact does concern some Palmer Ranch residents, who fear there will be speeding cars and increased truck traffic due to the new retailers that are coming to Palmer Ranch.

“The concern is the new stores, like Kohl’s, will have their delivery trucks coming down Honore to Central Sarasota Parkway,” said Margaret Brading, Palmer Ranch Communities Coalition president.

Brading said speeding, primarily at night, is already a problem on Honore Avenue. She hopes, though, that with increased traffic, nighttime speeding will subside.

The county is planning a 45 mph speed limit from Clark Road to State Road 681 on the Honore Avenue extension.

Designed as a four-lane road, the extension will only have two lanes at first, until there is demand for the extra lanes.

land will be working to convert his 201 voters from Election Day. Holland, who is white, said she’s been questioned about whether she can represent black constituents.

“They ask if I can represent people of color, when they’ve already had representation from a person of color,” she said. “Color shouldn’t matter.

The value of my 30 years of community service should matter.”

Shaw said although he nearly doubled Holland’s vote total in the general election, he will not take that for granted leading into the runoff.

“I’m too much of a novice to sit there and pat myself on the back,” he said.

Sarasota Springfest The fifth annual Sarasota Springfest takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at the corner of Sawyer Loop and Northridge Road, in Palmer Ranch.

In addition to live entertainment, displays and exhibits, health screenings, a business expo and children’s activities, the event also offers a 5K family fun walk/run and a 12K road race. Both races begin at 7:30 a.m.

Visit SarasotaSpringfest.com for information.

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Overhaul planned for intersection A business owner with a building at the intersection of Main Street and Orange Avenue said although all of Main Street’s major intersections have seen significant improvements, the one at Orange looks the same as it has since the 1940s.

By Robin Roy | City Editor

Commercial real-estate broker John Harshman knows the Main Street and Orange Avenue intersection well. His office sits on the northwest corner.

“It’s inconsistent with every other intersection on Main Street from U.S. 41 to U.S. 301,” he said.

At Orange Avenue, the traffic lights hang by wires, like they have for decades. Harshman has a 1940s-era photo, which shows a wired traffic light.

All other major Main Street intersections have had some sort of improvement: • U.S. 41 — Traffic-light mast arms • Palm Avenue — Bulbouts, planters and crosswalks • Lemon Avenue — Trafficlight mast arms and curbs removed • Osprey Avenue — Trafficlight mast arms • U.S. 301 — Traffic-light mast arms Harshman has asked the city to consider doing something to spruce up the Main and Orange intersection.

The city had mast arms ready to place at that intersec-

tion but moved them to Osprey Avenue after Benderson Development floated a plan to help pay for a roundabout at Main and Orange.

Benderson was planning to construct a hotel in the Bank of America building there.

The roundabout was going to be part of the project.

But last March, the company squashed its plans, because of economic conditions.

City engineer Alex DavisShaw said the city does plan some form of improvement at Main and Orange. Whether it’s mast arms for the traffic light or a roundabout depends on what the new City Commission desires.

Staff members will be meeting March 18 to discuss such a project.

Mast arms carry an estimated cost of $100,000 to $200,000 and need ongoing maintenance and a primary and backup power supply.

A roundabout that was discussed at Osprey Avenue and Hillview Street was somewhat similar in scope to the one at Main and Orange. The Osprey and Hillview roundabout was estimated at $300,000, but ongoing maintenance would be minimal.

THEN This photo from the ’40s shows that the traffic light above the Main Street and Orange Avenue intersection hangs by wires, just like today’s traffic light.

Photo courtesy of John Harshman

NOW Traffic lights above the Main Street and Orange Avenue intersection are still suspended by crisscrossing wires.

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POP STARS

Queen of cakes

By Loren Mayo | Community Editor

Mini cakes on a stick are popping up all over the place, and Sarasota’s getting into the mix with the addition of the Lollicake Queen — aka Erin Zolner — and her sister, Amy Nichols.

As an investment adviser, Zolner previously spent most of the workday on the phone talking business. But after the birth of her fourth child in 2007, she wanted to harness her creativity and do something she always loved — baking.

“When the cupcake craze happened, my sister and I thought it would be so fun to bake,” Zolner said.

“This is the right time, the next best thing and a new trend. We decided to go for it instead Loren Mayo of just talking The Lollicake Queen, Erin about it.”

Zolner She started baking something new for her family every week. Last summer she made a “lollicake” just for fun; she started creating mini cakes on a stick that resembled lollipops. Seeing her family’s enjoyment, she took her lollicakes to a child’s birthday party to gauge the yum

In their own words Sisters and partners Erin Zolner and Amy Nichols spill five fun lollicake facts.  “Each lollicake is

about 125 calories, but that doesn’t mean you should eat a whole dozen yourself. You know who you are. Leave some for the children. We’ll make more.”

 “The most difficult

request to date has been Darth Vader. We know the power of the dark side now.”

 “Don’t be surprised if,

at first, you are a die-hard chocolate-lover but find yourself craving vanilla lollicakes or lemon, even.

Somehow they are all equally delicious.”

Courtesy photo

The Lollicake Queen creates custom cakes for any occasion and offers flavors ranging from traditional vanilla and chocolate to red velvet, lemon and even Guinness for St. Patrick’s Day. factor. By Christmas, it was full-speed ahead for the custom cake business.

“They are kind of nostalgic,” Zolner said. “There are so many three-dimensional things you can do because the surface isn’t flat, like a cupcake.”

Each lollicake is handcrafted, so transforming mini cake balls into Big Bird, Harry Potter, Thomas the Tank and even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles can be time-consuming.

Most recently, the sisters have expanded the company to catering parties and wedding showers with custom stands, which hold 100 to 200 lollicakes. The business is a family affair:

The sisters’ father, Tom Nichols, constructs the custom cake stands, and Zolner’s daughter, Oliva, takes all of the company’s photos and designs the logos.

A soft opening for the Lollicake Queen will take place March 27, at 1821A Hillview St. “I never thought I’d be baking cakes on a stick,” Zolner said. “It’s definitely grown organically. There’s not many people making Yoda heads out of tiny, little cakes.”

 “When we have a

late night of making lollicakes, we’ve been known to crank up ‘Whoomp!

(There It Is)’ on the radio.

Jock Jams is our go-to Internet radio station.”

 “Our guilty pleasure

is watching ‘Days of Our Lives’ while making the lollicakes. Can you believe what Stefano is up to now?”

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observerupdates The 221-acre development at U.S. 41 and State Road 681, in Nokomis, had planned to feature 1,800 singlefamily homes, townhouses and condos and 220,000 square feet of commercial and office space.

Construction was originally expected to begin in 2008, but the downturn in the economy made building unfeasible.

backside of a neighborhood sign, but a city employee ordered the logo be put on the sign, because he thought it would deter graffiti.

The association board members wanted to show the city its appreciation for taking the initiative to add the logo.

+ Alta Vista traffic circle undergoes modification + Laurel Park OKs city logo on neighborhood sign The Laurel Park Neighborhood Association met March 14 and unanimously agreed to send a letter to the city thanking it for improving the Osprey Avenue median by adding a city of Sarasota logo to a Laurel Park neighborhood-identification sign.

A former neighborhood association president was frustrated last month when the logo appeared.

City rules prohibit any covering on the

Seven months after it promised to change the configuration of the traffic circle at Shade Avenue and Novus Street, the city has completed the project.

Alta Vista residents mostly complained about the small concrete dividers, or “pork chops,” on Novus Street just before the traffic circle.

The pork chops steer drivers to turn right, but because the circle is so small, drivers found it difficult to make a left turn onto Shade without running over the pork chops.

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to remove the pork chops. That work was completed last week.

+ Village on the Trail receives a five-year extension The largest proposed mixed-use community in Sarasota County will get more time to begin construction.

County commissioners agreed to give the LBK 2010 - J Henry Rodriguez-developed Village on the Trail an extra five years.

+ County makes new offer in struggle over city parks In the ongoing negotiations between the city and county over which government will pay to operate city parks, county commissioners have made a new offer.

The county agreed to contribute $1.6 million over five years for the Robert L. Taylor Center, if the city takes over full funding after five years; contribute $1 million for neighborhood parks for three years; and hand over operation and maintenance of the Lido Pool to the city.

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Firehouse rib cook-off entices hungry customers

By Loren Mayo | Community Editor

Tyler Braley and Max Eikman

According to one rib-loving couple who attended the eighth annual Rib Cook-off Saturday, March 12, at Phillippi Estate Park, the more than 12 firehouses serving up their favorite rib recipes were so inundated with hungry customers that they had run out of ribs by 3 p.m.

Addison Del Santo and Skylar Schultz

The cook-off, hosted by the Sarasota Firefighters Benevolent Fund, will donate 50% of this year’s proceeds to Chris Hayslip, a West Manatee County firefighter who suffered severe steam burns while on duty.

A panel of celebrity judges determined the winners; Sarasota County Fire Stations 2A and 2B tied for first place.

Tatum Ridge students exercise jogging rights As the fourth- and fifth-graders trotted out to the field for the annual Tatum Ridge Elementary jog-a-thon Friday, March 4, DJ Chris Cahill, who wore a chicken hat and giant red cape, put a bugle to his lips and signaled the

start of the event.

About 750 students participated in the jog-a-thon, which raised approximately $7,800 for the school.

Kids were treated to smoothies following the event, which was cochaired by David and Andrea Del Santo.

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Cameron Seguin cheers on her big sister by waving pom-poms in the air.

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Buffer-zone brouhaha The city’s first attempt to balance developer needs with neighborhood interests in hopes of goosing some economic development has flopped, managing to upset both sides and make new development even harder.

There may have been good intentions, but we know where that road leads.

The intention was to find ways that rules would be altered to encourage economic development. One area targeted by city staff was what triggers expensive and time-consuming public hearings, rather than the swifter, less expensive administrative ruling by a staff member.

Under current rules, public hearings are required on any new development of more than 5,000 square feet outside the downtown zones. In addition to that being a small development threshold, the rule has resulted in automatic public hearings in industrial areas where there are no residential neighbors. The city’s own plan to expand its water-treatment facility tripped over this regulation.

So, staff proposed replacing the 5,000-square-foot building-size trigger with a 250-foot buffer around the city’s neighborhoods. Anything outside that buffer zone could be handled by an administrative review. Within the 250 feet would require the public-hearing process.

But, by replacing the 5,000-squarefoot trigger, the result is that any new

development of any size that required a permit within the 250-foot buffer would trigger a public hearing. That, essentially, made the whole process more onerous, rather than less.

To make it worse, almost the entire city south of Sarasota Memorial Hospital is within 250 feet of a neighborhood. So the entire South Tamiami Trail, chock-full of commercial properties, would fall under the mandate for public hearings on any size development. The law of unintended consequences crushed the good intentions, creating what some have called a “discouragement zone.”

Mike Taylor, the city’s planning and development general manager, said the staff will drop that plan and come back with a new proposal.

Here’s a suggestion. The city should add the 250-foot buffer zone to the 5,000-square-foot trigger, not replace it, so there would not be new areas requiring public hearings. The result would be fewer automatic public hearings in industrial areas where they are unnecessary and will allow neighborhoods to get their say.

Neighborhood activists would howl at such a rule change. In fact, some neighborhood activists did not like the staff ’s proposed changes because they would not have input on some projects.

And that is a problem in Sarasota.

If the road to hell is paved with

good intentions, the road to economic stagnation is paved with kowtowing to the loudest neighborhood association activists.

Let’s take a moment to recall some perspective. If we are talking just plain “rights,” this country and Western civilization has long held a strong place for personal property rights. The rights of people owning nearby property to have a decisive say on what someone does with his own land within the law is a fairly new development. With the rise of neighborhood associations, and their particularly heavy influence in city politics, the imbalance is magnified.

And, given the small turnout in the recent city elections, with 14 votes deciding one race and another winning with a total of 703 votes, it is obvious that city commissioners could feel intimidated by neighborhood association activists.

Here’s hoping that new commissioners Shannon Snyder and Paul Caragiulo will have the principled fortitude to stand up for economic development that will help the entire city when faced with neighborhood associations trying to dictate what other property owners can and, more importantly, cannot build.

They will be seated when Taylor and his team come back with a new proposal, and we will get to see if they are able to balance overall city needs against the loudest activists.

our view

Grading the governor Gov. Rick Scott is nothing if not bold in the face of withering opposition. It is a testament to the man’s principles and character that he is willing to do what he sees as right even when the politics are clearly against him.

Definitely not your everyday politician.

Refreshing.

So here’s a grading of Scott’s first 10 weeks in office. He has certainly not been resting on his electoral victory.

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Easily his most high-profile and controversial decision, and the perfect example of his sense of doing right even when the political winds are against him.

We are convinced that time will prove it to be the right decision.

Recent news reports about a study showing that high-speed rail would be profitable provided an “Aha!” moment for the media and rail backers. Unfortunately, it is literally unbelievable.

The Wilbur Smith Associates study claimed that the rail from Tampa to Orlando would be profitable — even when long-established Amtrak is swimming in $1.1 billion of annual taxpayer subsidy and only three out of Amtrak’s 41 routes even make money.

More incredulous is that this report claims the line would have been making a profit in the first year of operation.

One way it accomplishes this fiction is to discover the line would have had 3.3 million riders its first year, up from an already rosy 2.4 million originally projected. Another 1 million riders materialize and voila! Scott was wrong.

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Budgetary clarity

Scott’s budget submitted to the Legislature cuts $4.6 billion from last year’s budget, which was bigger than it should have been. He proposes eliminating 6,700 jobs as part of those cuts and combining agencies to get efficiencies. He did the same things when buying hospitals and building Columbia-

HCA, the largest hospital chain in the world. It works. And it is desperately needed in state government.

The spending had ballooned irresponsibly during the gravy years. As the economy tanked, the Legislature drained reserves and played fund-shifting games to delay responsible action — even taking one-time money from the federal “stimulus” plan.

In addition to spending cuts to close the budget gap, what has riled a lot of people is Scott’s plan to cut $2 billion in taxes to spur more private investment and economic growth. The staid, accepted view is that cutting taxes will make the budget gap worse — that cutting $2 billion in taxes means the state needs to cut another $2 billion in spending. It does not.

That is the old and largely discredited static analysis used mostly in government economic circles. But we now have a long record showing that when taxes are cut, revenues increase — sometimes far beyond the amount of the tax cut — and when taxes are raised, government revenues slow.

Florida is part of the larger national economy and much larger global economy, so not everything is in our control. But Scott’s tax cuts are almost guaranteed to increase revenues to the state more than they would be without the tax cut.

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Scott sold the state’s fleet of airplanes that were used by senior politicians to get around conveniently. Scott promised to do it on the campaign trail and kept his promise. Of course, said senior politicians — mostly Republicans — were irritated.

Too bad.

Most Floridians did not know about this fine perk for our political class. But it is these types of things and more that taxpayers are getting sick of at every level of government — government employees and politicians getting “bennies” the rest of us don’t.

Let the politicians drive to Tallahassee or fly commercial — you know, like the rest of us who are paying the bill.

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We would quibble with Scott’s assertion that “the single most important factor in student learning is the quality of teaching.”

We would rank at the top of the list the home environment — the presence of loving parents who set examples and expectations in a crime-free neighborhood where a child is fed and nurtured all beyond the school grounds. That child will be far more ready to learn than the child who doesn’t benefit from those influences.

That said, everything Scott is proposing hits the mark.

Reward and punish teachers based on the quality of their work. Good teachers get more. Poor teachers get less or get fired. A bill pegging teacher pay raises to student performance and ending tenure — principles of the private sector — is racing through the Legislature.

Scott also wants to hold schools to the same standards of improve or close.

Trapping poor kids in deplorable schools, regardless of the money spent, is not “for the children.”

And Scott wants to create more competition in public schools by increasing the number of charter schools, carrying on the effective work of former Gov. Jeb Bush.

We would like to see more money for vouchers to further expand the competition beyond public schools.

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Despite the expected attacks on him from his rail and tax-cutting decisions, Scott did not back down during his State of the State speech to the Legislature.

We are seeing he is a man of his word.

This is not empty-suit time.

Scott said in his State of the State speech that “All the cans that have been kicked down the road are now piled up in front of us.”

Perhaps we have the right man in office, responsible enough to start picking them up, politics be hanged.

Stay the course, governor. Don’t blink.

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Last year was a banner year for the Pineapple Antiques Show and Sale. The normally mid-week event was moved to the weekend for the first time in 34 years and had its highest attendance to date; it also raised nearly $20,000 for nonprofit organizations.

Since then, event Chairwoman Sally Altman and a crew of more than 200 volunteers from First United Methodist Church have been preparing for the 35th annual show, which takes place March 17 through March 19, at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, 801 N. Tamiami Trail.

The show will feature more than 40 quality antique dealers featuring American and European antiques, Civil War memorabilia, porcelain, furniture, fine linens and many more items. The show’s pantry and market area will have homemade goods, including cakes, pie, jellies, jams and even pickled kumquats.

Local treasures can be found at the Pineapple Gallery Boutique, which features collectibles, jewelry and other items donated by church members. The United Methodist Women’s group has been assembling, organizing and pricing items since the beginning of January and has already found many interesting pieces, including lots of vintage jewelry and a baby cradle from the 1800s.

New to the show this year is crystaland-glass repair, which will be available each day of the show.

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Walk MS Sarasota takes place Saturday at J.D. Hamel Park.

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It seemed like everything in Deb Tuza’s life had fallen into place.

She owned and operated her own business, which sold a smaller version of the Rhino Flashlight for women and children, that was just starting to take off and enter the commercial market.

She was an active and independent Walk MS 2011 person.

When: Registration But, when a starts at 8 a.m. doctor diagnosed Saturday, March her with multiple 19, at J.D. Hamel sclerosis — an inPark; walk begins curable, chronic at 9 a.m. disease of the Info: Visit www. central nervous midfloridaMsystem — in Swalks.org 2007, her entire life and working habits changed.

“I started going to meetings and found out they had this MS walk going,” Tuza said. “I knew I had a lot of these flashlights and started donating them to the walk.”

For the third year in a row, Tuza will donate flashlights to participants in Walk MS Sarasota. So far, she’s donated about 175 to walkers who have raised funds for the MS Society. This year, in addition to Rhino Flashlight T-shirts, she expects to donate about 145 flashlights. The donations are her way of giving back to the organiza-

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35th annual Pineapple Antiques Show and Sale When: Preview party will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 17; show runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday, March 18 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 19.

Where: Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, 801 N. Tamiami Trail Tickets: $15 for preview party ($10 in advance); $6 for show ($5 with coupon or ad) Information: Call 955-0935 or visit www.firstsrq.com table message behind the event. Each year, the proceeds are donated to nonprofit organizations, such as All Faiths Food Bank, Children First and Mothers Helping Mothers.

“Our charitable cause is what sets us apart,” says Altman. “This is not for profit. It’s about helping families in need.”

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Deb Tuza will donate about 145 flashlights in addition to Rhino Flashlight T-shirts to walkers who raise money for the MS Society.

tion for helping her through her illness, which can cause unpredictable symptoms such as numbness, blurred vision and even paralysis. Most people are diagnosed between the ages 20 to 50, with twice as many women affected as men.

“Some people look like there’s nothing wrong,” Tuza said. “But a lot of people are wheelchair-bound, have canes and even need help getting to the doctor. But, all the funds raised locally helps these people.

The least I can do is say ‘thank you.’”

Walk MS Sarasota 2011 will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, at J.D. Hamel Park; registration begins at 8 a.m. Visit midfloridamswalks.org for more information.

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A record 3,000 runners and walkers participated in the Sixth annual First Watch Sarasota Half Marathon & Relay March 13. The record amount of participants was a 50% increase from the 2010 race.

The top-three male finishers were Elias Gonzalez (1:11:35), Hank Campbell (1:14:51) and Ricardo Lomas (1:15:52).

The top-three female finishers were Heather Butcher (1:26:37), Kelly McConnell (1:29:14) and Rachel Chambers (1:30:25).

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Genuine fakes 11:28 a.m. — 1500 block of First Street. Counterfeit Currency. The security guard at the bus-transfer station reported a man trying to pass counterfeit bills. He tried to buy a bus pass with a fake $20 bill.

An officer questioned the man, who said he had no idea the money was counterfeit.

He said he got the bills from another man but couldn’t remember his name. The officer took one $20 bill and two $10 bills and let the man go on his way.

Bad habit 6:30 p.m. — 1300 block of South Tamiami Trail. Petit Theft Shoplifting.

A man shopping at a supermarket purchased four bags of groceries with food stamps. However, before he approached the checkout line, he was seen grabbing four packs of Marlboro cigarettes and stuffing them in his jacket. He left the store without paying for the smokes. He was placed under arrest.

Stunt driver 6:43 p.m. — South Orange Avenue and Hillview Street. Reckless Driver. Complainant reported a driver was swerving all over the road and driving up on the sidewalk several times.

March 8

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hear from the mechanic for a week. He finally called the man, who said he didn’t start the work, because he was in the hospital. However, he did ask for another $600 to get started on the repairs. Although the mechanic couldn’t say why he needed more money, the boat owner gave it to him. And that was the last the owner heard from the man. The sheriff ’s office is now trying to find him.

Friday the 13th 7 p.m. — 1900 block of Edgewater Drive. Suspicious Person. A woman was standing in her front yard talking to her mother, when a person on a bicycle rode by slowly. He was wearing all-black clothing and a hockey mask.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY Thursday, March 17, 2011 Featuring “TAYLOR & TAYLOR” Dinner 6 PM • Dancing 7-10 PM Corned Beef & Cabbage or Tilapia Potatoes, Carrots, Bread, Struedel, Coffee, Iced Tea

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The Doug Gabriel and Family Show One of the most awarded entertainers in Branson, Missouri Pop, Country, Classic Rock, Fifties, Easy Listening, Gospel and Patriotic Songs

Sunday Matinee, March 27, 2011

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Customer is not always right 7:58 p.m. — 1800 block of Stickney Point Road. Disturbance. A man and his wife were causing such a scene at a restaurant that a sheriff ’s deputy had to issue them a warning to never return. The man became belligerent over a disputed bill. The restaurant manager called the sheriff ’s office. When the deputy arrived, the husband and his wife left the restaurant, but the husband continued to yell and curse in the parking lot and nearly fell down while doing so.

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8:25 a.m. — Bahia Vista Street. Road Hazard. A manhole cover was seen lying on the road, with the manhole exposed.

However, no ninja turtles — mutant or otherwise — were seen in the area.

8:17 p.m. — 1900 block of Main Street.

Petit Theft. A driver in a public parking garage sped past a tollbooth to avoid paying the $3 parking fee. The attendant got the driver’s license number and reported the incident to police.

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9:26 a.m. — 4000 block of Roberts Point Road. Grand Theft. A boat owner hired a mechanic to fix a leak in his boat.

The mechanic removed several parts and asked for $1,000 for replacement parts.

The owner gave him the money but didn’t

2:20 a.m. — 5900 block of Midnight Pass Road. Criminal Mischief. Complainant saw five individuals damaging lights on a seawall along the beach and throwing beach furniture around.

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Michael and Christine Gruttadauria, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1715 South Drive to Peter and Tiffany Liashek, of Sarasota, for $825,000. Built in 1966, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,421 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $725,000 in 2002.

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Howard Schickler sold his home at 1717 Spring Creek Drive to Gena Mollica, trustee, for $625,000. Built in 1963, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,428 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $649,000 in 2004.

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Diane Gilligan, of Sarasota, sold her home at 3008 Bay Shore Road to Robert and Shannon Warren, of Sarasota, for $600,000. Built in 1924, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,988 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $330,000 in 1999.

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Unit 1201 at 1350 Main Residential has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms and 2,288 square feet of living area. It sold for $828,100.

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Glenn and Katharine Roberts, of Garrett Park, Md., sold their Unit 711 condominium at 800 N. Tamiami Trail to Donovan Yoder and Eleanor Powell-Yoder, of Sarasota, for $385,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,323 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $550,500 in 2007.

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Peter Seats, of Sarasota, sold his Unit 403 condominium at 435 S. Gulfstream Ave. to Cornelia Matson, trustee, for $339,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,304 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $445,000 in 2004.

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High Low High Low Wed., March 9 82 64 89 (1918) 33 (1996) Thurs., March 10 70 57 88 (1925) 32 (1916) Fri., March 11 62 46 86 (1974) 37 (1991) Sat., March 12 72 43 86 (1997) 36 (1934) Sun., March 13 71 47 87 (1997) 36 (1998) Mon., March 14 72 50 90 (1964) 37 (1926) Tues., March 15 74 53 87 (1971) 34 (1926) Average Gulf water temperature: 68

Ellen Michelson submitted this sunset photo, taken at Sandy Cove, on Siesta Key.

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Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected alongshore or offshore Sarasota Friday, March 11, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

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36 Leader of the Huns 37 Well-done’s opposite 38 Air-freshener target 39 Yachtsman’s triumph 40 The point of writing?

43 Pkg. delivery service 45 It begins with the Kentucky Derby 46 They’re for making spectacles 47 Some lawn care tools 49 Walrus weapon 51 Little bite 53 “There ___ is, Miss America ...”

56 Mafia kingpin 57 Small, rounded hill 59 Sausage wraps 60 World cartel since 1961 61 Latin-American dance 63 Temple biggie 66 Eyelid woe 70 Ninth day before the ides 71 Tennis overhand

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G N J Y N M I A 1. It’s a mad, crazy thing, but you can recognize a crisis because someone always

suggests that “we forget the whole thing.” It goes downhill from there.

2. A good diplomat is a person who’s always very sure to remember a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.

Thursday, March 17, 2011 Items Under $200 For Sale

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

"6'X3' STURDY breakfast bar or computer desk, formica on plywood, slide out ledges $50. 941-349-2129."

ESTATE SALE DOWNTOWN SARASOTADolphin Tower, 101 South Gulfstream Ave, Penthouse Ste E. Furniture, Antiques, China, Crystal, Silver, Jewelry, Fine Art Pieces, Pictures Oriental Rug, household items, linens, more. Friday Mar 18, 9am- 2pm & Sat Mar 19, 9am - 2pm. Absolute Estate Sales, LLC. For pictures, see estatesales.com Staff not authorized to help load purchases.

BURBERRY MEN'S Raincoat, with lining.

Size 42 Long, rarely worn, like new $120.00 941-921-4229 KITCHEN CABINETS- IKEA White, stainless steel sink and faucet. Like new $200.

941-915-3980 MERCHANDISE- LARGE Table Umbrella $70, Beach chair $20, Schwinn Bicycle $75 Bathroom scale $20. 941-349-5363 MICROWAVE: LARGE 1.4cu.ft. New in box, not used. Was $160. Now $98. 941346-3516.

POSTAGE STAMP Collages (3) $10 each.

Ceramic planters (2) Beautiful $8. Egg Poacher $8. 941-952-1097 SOFA SLEEPER- Queen, like new. $195.

941-485-9331 TABLE SAW $70. Basketball goal $40.

Dog cages $25 & $20. 2cf refrigerator $30.

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Antiques/Collectibles BUYING OLDER paintings; landscapes, beach, watercolors, any subject. Early furniture, oriental rugs, silver, etc. Quality items.

Terry, 941-349-8560.

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale ELECTRIC OUTDOOR drive on lift.

24 ft length max. Deep water. South Longboat Key. Water/ electric. $295 per month, terms. Email: swetepi334@aol.com or 941-387-8129 LBK MOORINGS; 45’ slip near bay for rent by owner. Good monthly or longer rates.

941-383-3103.

Boats 18/FT. 4 Winns Runabout 130HP Johnson.

No trailer. Runs well, looks good. $6000 O/B/O. Longboat Harbour 941-387-8786.

Furnishings COFFEE TABLE- Unique round table 48" made of hemp and rattan materials with leather on legs. 941-360-0700.

SARASOTA BARGAIN Thrift Store & Consignment Center. 1635 12th St., Sarasota. Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Freezers. Furniture, Beds, Dressers, Sofas, Tables, TV’s, Records, Books, etc. Don’t give your items away, let us sell them for you!

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SAT 8:30-3:30 Large Sale. Estate, antiques, furniture & collectibles. 4089 Roberts Point Rd. Siesta Key. PERIDIA COMMUNITY Sale- Follow the red dots to sales March 18th & 19th, 8am- 3pm.

Furniture, military items, clothes, glassware, wheelchair, housewares, jewelry, much more. SR70 at 45 St E

ESTATE SALE 9-2 SAT. MAR. 19, 12-3 SUN. MAR 20 3735 BENEVA OAKS WAY BENEVA OAKS—OFF BENEVA RD., JUST S. OF CLARK. The gate will be open for the sale.

Get numbers from 7 to 8 at the Village Shopping Center at the SW corner of Beneva and Clark.

After 8 we will be at the house.

DESOTO ACRES COMMUNITY YARD SALE

COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE- Sat 3/19 8-2. Off Clark Rd. between Horore and I-75 take Approach Rd. South. Something for everyone!

SATURDAY, MARCH 19TH FROM 8A.M. - 4P.M.

VILLAGE GREEN Homeowner's Assn. of Sarasota Annual Gigantic Neighborhood Garage Sale. Saturday, March 19th.

8am-2pm. For map locations: search area of Bee Ridge and Beneva for Pinecrest St. and Pembrook Dr., Village Green Dr., Sheffield Cir. and Spring Mill Cir.

200+ POSSIBLE YARD SALES DON’T MISS THIS ANNUAL EVENT! RAIN OR SHINE UNIVERSITY PARKWAY TO 47TH ST. 301 TO LOCKWOOD RIDGE

General Merchandise FENCE SECTIONS- Board on board, 6x8, pressure treated. $35 each. Call 941-756-8915

ESTATE SALE 9-2, FRI MAR 18th, 9-12, SAT MAR 19th 3910 WILSHIRE CIRCLE, SARASOTA LAKESHORE VILLAGE Off Clark Rd. just W. of Saunders Rd. Numbers given out by Millie’s restaurant sign in the adjacent shopping plaza from 7AM until 8:30AM when it is permissible to come to the house & park. Later customers can pick up #'s there. We are the last house in the only section that allows sales. PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE AND PARK ONLY ON ONE SIDE AND NOT ON THE GRASS. Signs are not allowed.

Combining the 2 residences of the owner, the home is full; Art, antiques, sculptures & paintings: Bob Bennett, Pebworth, F. Brown Eden, Salmones, Chinese and Japanese bronze censors & mixed metal vase, Chinese scholars box, John Baldwin figure, marble female figure; OTHER: a lot of costume & good jewelry, rattan sofa & dinette set, stressless recliner, French style armchairs, white microfiber sofa, king & queen & twin bed sets, queen bed, leather sectional sofa, mahogany bookcases, swivel recliners, modern end tables, console, 2 desks, Italian provincial style dining table & 8 chairs, china cabinet, set of Noritake, large amount of patio items, baker’s rack, lamps, chests, dressers, 2 coffee tables, TVs, day bed, fabric roll lamps, lots of linens, closets full of clothes & accessories, garage items, kitchen,much more.

Antique 19th C. furniture & accessories: bow front chest, boot & umbrella rack, barometer, commode, wig stand, nest of tables, drop leaf tables, butlers tray table, shaving mirror; Porcelains: Meissen, KPM, Berlin, Royal Doulton, Derby type vase/lamps, Jacob Petit, Lenox, & others, George III caster set, brass candlesticks and buckets, & prints; paintings by Wuerner, Rinaldi, Bach, Engelhardt, Morgan, Smith, Hasbrouck, & others; OTHER: cut, Steuben, Venetian, Orrefors, stemware, & other glass, good & costume jewelry, silver, 3 good mirrors, slant front desk, cupboard, bookcase, 2 queen beds, triple dresser, dry sink, nice reproduction Federal sofa & tables, Windsor armchairs, love seat, lamps, sconces, Fr. provincial style sofa, books, hand tools, linens, kitchenware and much more.

Sale by Julie McClure.

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BICHON FRISE PUPPIES- AKC. AdorableBorn Feb 1st. $800.

Go to: www.PuppyBump.com to see videos & photos. Email: noldaker@tampabay.rr.com Health Certificates. (727)210-7521

YORKIE MINI CKC- Adorable Tiny Teddy Bears. Home Raised. SUPER Tiny Teacups Available Meet The Parents. We have a wonderful selection .941-322-6709 $495.-$995.

Sporting Goods GOLF CLUBS- Woman's, Left handed. Lady Cobra irons 4 thru wedge. Callaway fairway metals 5, 7 & 9. Oddesy White Hot putter. $99 - call 941-383-7502

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ART SHOW- Saturday & Sunday March 19th & 20th, 10-4. Meadows Community Center, 2004 Longmeadow at 17th St. Oils, Pastels, Jewelry, Fabric Art, etc. Free admission.

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A CLEANING EVEN YOUR MOTHER-INLAW WILL APPROVE! Every time, guaranteed! Licensed/Insured. Bonded. www.CleanTimeServices.com Pamela, 941-320-0023.

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Help Wanted Homemakers/ Companions CNA’S/ HHA’S You Can Make a Difference. Help seniors stay independent. We provide: non medical care, personal care, meals, light housekeeping, transportation & companionship.

Flexible hours available- F/T, P/T, Overnight, Weekends and Live-In. Positions available in Sarasota/ Bradenton/ Venice. To work now fax resume to 941-929-7438 or email: joanieck@comcast.net

Commercial Property For Rent EXECUTIVE SUITES: South Tamiami Trail, Gulf Gate area. Full service conference room. One month free rent. Wireless internet and utilities included. From $250/mo. Call 941-923-6050.

Condos/Apts. For Rent 1BR/1BA: IMMACULATELY clean, nicely furnished, pool, tennis court, walk to shops, near downtown. No pets. $625/mo. annual.

Assigned parking. Water, sewer, pest control included. 941-374-3401.

BEE RIDGE. Large studio, furnished. Full tile, immaculate, full kitchen, full bath, pool, cable, on #5 bus line. No pets. $615/mo. annual. 941-374-3401.

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“Game changing” was the phrase used most often to mark the announcement that The Jackson Laboratory had chosen Sarasota County for its Florida headquarters. It was certainly that; and probably a whole lot more we’ve yet to fathom.

Easier to fathom is the victorious strategy that helped wrest this coveted prize from Hillsborough County—which, until the eleventh hour, had been the presumed winner. In an amazing show of unity, clarity and purpose, a joint team representing Sarasota County’s medical, academic, philanthropic and governmental communities stepped-up and made one thing perfectly clear to the decision makers from Jackson Labs: Sarasota County is the only market with the combination of assets your mission needs to unfold successfully. Not only because we have the clinical facilities and patient population you need, but also because all facets of our close-knit community are completely united in wanting you here.

This strategy translated into one of the biggest economic wins for Sarasota County since John Ringling and Bertha Palmer long ago chose to conduct their various business enterprises here. Its triumph will inject major economic diversity into our region; while the unique combination of community assets and talent that attracted this clean, biotech company to our market can be used again and again to appeal to similar companies in search of the same supportive environment.

It Takes A Village

The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, not-for-profit organization whose scientific mission is to advance human health. Their focus is to unlock each individual’s genetic code in order to more effectively diagnose, treat—and potentially ward-off—such insidious diseases as Alzheimer’s, diabetes and heart disease.

That Sarasota County’s has the patient population necessary to allow Jackson to advance its treatments from the labs to their bedsides—and ultimately to their homes—wasn’t enough on its own merit to sway their decision in our favor. It was the quality, efficiency and reach of our community’s health care delivery system—as epitomized by Sarasota Memorial Health Care System—combined with our community’s longstanding affiliation with Jackson’s research partner, the University of South Florida, that made the biggest difference. Also in the mix, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation demonstrated Sarasota County’s philanthropic prowess by pledging to help raise private funding for the biomedical village that will sprout up around the new facility.

In formally announcing that Sarasota County had won their decision, Charles Hewett, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief operating officer of The Jackson Laboratory, heaped extraordinary praise on our community. “This is a win-win for the entire region,” he said before a phalanx of cameras. “The pieces just fit together better here and we are absolutely thrilled with the reception we’ve gotten. Yours

is an extremely welcoming community and it’s very exciting to think of becoming part of it.”

Joining Dr. Hewitt on the dais as he addressed an overflow crowd of reporters and dignitaries were Teri A. Hansen, president of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Gwen MacKenzie, CEO of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Dr. Judy Genshaft, president of USF; and Commissioner Carolyn Mason, representing Sarasota County.

Watching the proceedings unfold, it wasn’t lost on this observer that we can also take tremendous pride in the number of women who occupy positions of utmost authority in our community’s philanthropic, medical, academic and governing bodies.

The heavy lifting isn’t over yet. For the project to come to full fruition the governor and a majority of Sarasota County voters have to approve state and local funding in exchange for the promise of thousands of high-paying jobs and the hundreds of millions in revenue that have been calculated over time to accompany Jackson’s decision to move here.

The saying goes that it takes a village to raise a child. With The Jackson Laboratory as the newest addition to our Gulf Coast “village” we commend and congratulate the team of local leaders—headed by Ms. Hansen—that brought them this far. Now it’s up to Governor Scott and the rest of us to finish the job.

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“Jean has an aura around her,” says Iain Webb. “When I first got here, I attended a luncheon and all you could hear were people whispering Jean’s name, and then suddenly the doors opened and there she was. She has that charisma.”

Prima on a pedestal On the eve of the Sarasota Ballet’s 20th anniversary gala, founder Jean Weidner gets ready for her standing ovation.

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here’s no mistaking Jean Weidner for anything other than a former ballerina.

The same way you can pick out a diesel mechanic by the grease stains and cal-

luses on his palms, you can pick out a ballerina by the arch in her feet, the crane of her neck and the way she weightlessly navigates a room, as if somewhere a curtain has lifted and roses

are raining.

Such is the case with Weidner, the South African prima ballerina who founded the Sarasota Ballet before many of the company’s current dancers were even born.

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“It’s in everything I do,” Weidner says of dancing. “It’s in how I plan. How I organize. How I question and take criticism. How I work with a team. It’s given me discipline and focus and the ability to go over the hump when you don’t think you can keep going … when most people give up.”

It’s a Wednesday afternoon at the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

In less than 10 minutes, the matinee performance of “Twelve Angry Men” will let out, forcing Weidner to ferret out a quiet corner of the lobby.

Breezing past the Sarasota Ballet box office, she glides into the elevator and presses the button to go up.

Though she stopped dancing 30 years ago, Weidner, at 65, still looks like she could break into a jeté at any second.

“No, no, no,” she says dismissing the suggestion. “I would no more do a ballet class than fly. I was at that level once.

Now it’s like, ‘Let me take Pilates or kick a soccer ball.’”

It’s hard to picture Weidner punting a soccer ball.

She’s cool. Lean. Well-dressed. Hair knotted into a tight, blond bun. Neck long and swan-like. Feet tucked into a pair of sling-back heels. Posture so straight you almost will her to slump just to feel better about your own sloppy carriage.

Yet she doesn’t slump. Not once.

“I like to do what I can do well,” she says. “If I can no longer do it well, then I stop doing it.”

She glides out of the elevator, where a woman spots her and exuberantly reveals that she’ll be attending this month’s Sarasota Ballet gala, at which Weidner will be honored for establishing the company 20 years ago.

She slips past a sign that indicates the reception area is closed for a luncheon and settles into a wobbly table in the back

Jean Weidner is a closet horrormovie addict.  Contrary to her ballerina background, the former dancer is not a sucker for romantic movies.  “I’ve seen every ‘Dracula’ known to man,” Weidner says. “I was in love with Frank Langella. He was drop-dead gorgeous.”  Weidner was so enamored with Dracula that she even created a ballet based on the vampire story for the first company she founded in Evansville, Ind. 

of the room, apologizing for its proximity to the men’s restroom.

“I hope you don’t mind the sound of toilets flushing,” she says, crossing her legs demurely, unaware of the juxtaposition between this comment and her body language. “Hopefully no one will notice us back here.”

She’s in a blissful mood. Nothing, not even intermittent toilet flushing, can blight it.

After years of keeping her distance from the ballet for reasons she refrains from divulging, Weidner is back in the loop.

At the heart of her comeback and tribute gala is Sarasota Ballet Director Iain Webb, now in his fourth season with the company.

When Webb, a former Royal Ballet dancer, came to Sarasota in 2007 to lead the organization following longtime Artistic Director Robert de Warren’s retirement, he and Weidner hit it off immediately.

Webb’s first day on the job, he popped into Designing Women Boutique — the high-end Sarasota consignment shop Weidner co-founded in 2001 with Diane Roskamp and Margaret Wise — to intro-

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“Know thyself,” says Jean Weidner. “That’s the most important thing in life.”

duce himself to the company’s founding mother.

“It took me three days to get her phone number,” Webb says. “I don’t think people wanted me to speak to her, but I didn’t care about the politics. I thought contacting her was the right thing to do.”

Weidner was impressed. She says it was a “classy move.”

At Webb’s invitation, she began to sit in on rehearsals. The first time she dropped in, she did so discreetly, quietly studying the movements of the dancers as they worked through familiar choreography

— Ashton, Cranko, Dame Ninette de Valois — the legends she cut her teeth on as a young dancer with Germany’s Stuttgart Ballet.

“When you see something like that, all these feelings come back to you in bits and pieces,” Weidner says. “It was like I was revisiting my youth.”

She was invigorated by Webb’s chutzpah, his ability to convince board members to let the company break new ground by dancing revered English ballets as well as edgier contemporary works.

“We’re back on track,” Weidner says.

“The company is doing extraordinarily well. They’re dancing masterpieces and rising to a level I always knew they were capable of. I’m an awfully happy camper at the moment.”

Add to the fact that her second Sarasota baby, Designing Women Boutique, has raised more than $1 million for local nonprofits and added a new division to its inventory — an estate sales and downsizing department, which Weidner is currently managing.

“You structure an organization and begin to build it,” she says. “Then, you feed the staff members in and the board steps out. Eventually, if you’ve been a success, you’re out of a job.”

In the background, a microphone crackles on and a post-show lecture begins, drowning out the rest of Weidner’s sentence. Without wasting time, she rises from the wobbly table, rides the elevator back down to the first floor and settles into another seat. Again, she crosses her legs demurely.

A black-and-white film starring Joan Crawford is playing in the lobby. For a second, Weidner fixes her gaze on the actress.

“Joan Crawford,” she says bemused.

“Now that was an amazing actress.”

Amazing — and reportedly insufferable.

“Well,” Weidner says. “If you’re universally liked, it can get boring.”

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+ Teen journalist reports for Disney Bravo to Sarasota’s Raven von Wood for landing a coveted hosting gig at this year’s Disney’s Dreamers Academy.

Now in its fourth year, the program functions as a fourday, career-enrichment conference for teens, featuring celebrity keynote speakers and educational workshops.

Two years ago, the 16-yearold home-schooled student was

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+ JT debuts new tequila in Sarasota Wait a minute. Justin Timberlake has a brand of tequila?

And what? He was in Sarasota last week?

How did the singer-turned actorturned-liquor distiller manage to elude the paparazzi?

Well, by being discreet and picking a private yacht club to premiere his new subtly fruity 901 Silver Tequila.

Distributed by the New Yorkbased wine and spirits importer Palm Bay International, the Timberlake beverage was undoubtedly the main attraction during last week’s Palm Bay corporate retreat held at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

To ensure that the 30-year-old pop star wouldn’t create a spectacle, the company chose to host its 901 kickoff Wednesday, March 9, at the Sarasota Yacht Club, where staffers were asked to remain mum about the party’s man of the hour.

According to food and beverage manager Anthony Puccio, Timberlake was “very cordial and very polite” as he posed for pic-

in Lake Buena Vista, to host video segments for Disney’s social media network.

“I was told I’d do well on camera,” von Wood says.

“And I’ll admit, it’s a lot of fun, but to be honest, writing is my love.”

To see von Wood in action, search “Disney Dreamers Academy” on YouTube. She’s a total natural.

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tures with the chef and wait staff.

“Years ago, I managed an offshore race team for Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys,” Puccio says. “So I understood where they were coming from as far as keeping things secret.”

Not that the tabloids weren’t hot on Timberlake’s trail. Two days after the event, a staff reporter from US Weekly phoned Puccio looking for dirt on Timberlake, who recently split from longtime girlfriend Jessica Biel.

Puccio wisely told the rag mag “no comment.”

+ Sarasota Ballet gets a leg-up in Washington The Sarasota Ballet shared some big news last week.

The company, which has so far enjoyed a pretty remarkable 20th anniversary season, will

one of 100 students accepted into the program.

This year, the aspiring journalist was invited Cindy Van Schultz back to the Raven von Wood event, which was held March 3 to March 6,

pad its fall repertoire with a collaborative performance with the Suzanne Farrell Ballet this October, in Washington, D.C. Suzanne Farrell, a former

In a cultural mecca such as Sarasota, preachers have no choice but to work theatrics into their sermons.

Meet Dr. David M. Rhoads, this month’s scholar-in-residence at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church.

Rhoads, a former New Testament professor at the Lutheran School of Theology, in Chicago, is such a first-class orator, parishioners have been speculating whether the guy studied theater.

He didn’t. That’s a rumor.

Instead, Rhoads, who was ordained in 1968, has a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary, a master’s degree from Oxford University and a Ph.D. in philoso-

prima ballerina and George Balanchine muse, has kept her eye on the Sarasota Ballet over the past two seasons.

In December, she contacted Director Iain Webb to invite the company to perform Balanchine’s

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Dr. David M. Rhoads phy from Duke University.

“The ancient manuscripts were like musical scores,” explains Rhoads. “You can’t read them without humming. The New Testament is performance literature. In a sense, we’ve lost that dynamic.”

Although Rhoads’ specialty is

“Diamonds” Oct. 12 to Oct. 16 on her home turf, Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center.

Adding further clout to the project: The famous Balanchine ballet was originally created in 1967 specifically for Farrell.

his two-and-a-half-hour delivery of the Gospel of Mark, he says his Book of Revelations is just as emotive and equally exhausting to perform.

You can catch Rhoads’ last two lectures from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

March 17 and March 24, at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church.

“This is quite an honor for our dancers and the entire community,” Webb says. “I believe this marks the first time one of Sarasota’s leading arts organizations has been invited to perform at such a prestigious venue.”

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Technical prowess

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Matt Nitsch arrived at The Players Theatre straight out of college. The technical director explains why, after a decade of musicals, he’s never left for a nine-to-five job.

Matt Nitsch is standing on a ladder on the set of “The Producers.”

Dressed in a black “The Who’s Tommy” T-shirt and carpenter jeans, Nitsch looks official — and busy.

A native of Peoria, Ill., he joined The Players staff as an assistant technical director in 2001 after graduating from the University of Illinois with a degree in theater design and production.

A former college classmate hooked him up with the job.

Though Nitsch wanted to work on cruise-ship productions, a full-time job offer in Sarasota was too tempting to turn down.

Ten years later, Nitsch, is still here.

Now the company’s technical director, he’s logged more hours backstage than almost anyone on The Players’ staff.

“There are days where it’s just a job,” he says. “But, for the most part, it’s really fun. It’s not like one of those jobs where every day is the same thing over and over. There’s always a different

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Speaking of deadlines, Nitsch’s two-week window to prepare for “The Producers” has come to a close.

With only one day left to get the show up, the crew is feeling the time crunch.

As soon as this interview is over, Nitsch will head over to the theater’s 10th Street scene shop to build a New York City skyline.

“This is the biggest show of the season,” Nitsch says. “And we’ve got the least amount of time to prepare for it.”

The 34-year-old is surprisingly calm. This isn’t the first time he’s worked under pressure.

Last year, when The Players brought “Tommy” to the International Amateur Theatre Festival in Venice, Nitsch was charged

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“I like going out in the lobby after a show and hearing people say they loved the set,” Matt Nitsch says. “I don’t need to hear it to feel good about what I do, but if it happens, it always makes me happy.” with relocating the set, costumes and pit orchestra instruments, as well as the sound, lighting and special effects equipment.

“Basically, we moved our whole theater to Venice,” he says.

“It was an ordeal, but I enjoyed it because it was a challenge.”

Nitsch was never concerned with being the star of the show.

Acting, he says, was better left to the kids who could memorize lines.

His forte was working backstage, starting with the day he volunteered to bring in all the props for his fifth-grade produc-

tion of “Little Red Riding Hood.”

“I’ve always liked being the behind-the-scenes guy who makes it happen,” Nitsch says. “I’ve never had the performing bug.”

In high school, he signed up for drama club, where his knack for building and running shows led to gigs with a small theater company in his hometown.

For 10 years, Nitsch worked backstage on Peoria’s production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” which every year coincided with the town’s holiday light show.

He’s seen the show so many

If you’ve been in The Players lobby recently, you’ve probably noticed a table of random glass-art pieces for sale near the stage door.

Nitsch is responsible for these one-of-a-kind designs, which he makes using old glasses, goblets, plates and bowls.

Stacking the pieces like a totem, Nitsch creates whimsical garden ornaments that catch the light and add pizzazz to just about any flowerbed. times he can recite the chorus from “Any Dream Will Do” in his sleep.

As a result, he doesn’t mind that The Players doesn’t often stage “Joseph.”

“Some shows I just don’t need to watch anymore,” Nitsch says dryly. “It’s like, ‘Been there, done that. Let’s do something new and exciting.’”

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Local artist finds beauty in waste

Andrea Mihalyffy’s ‘waste chimes’ will change the way you see plastic water bottles. Meet the artist making a statement.

From a distance, Andrea Mihalyffy’s chimes look like ethereal sea creatures, dried jellyfish plucked from the surf and strung from a cluster of vine wreathes.

They blend into the landscape at Marie Selby Bontanical Gardens, where for nearly a month they’ve hung from the branch of an old oak tree that resembles a giraffe, piquing the curiosity of gardens visitors.

It isn’t until you get up close to the tree that you see that the chimes are, in fact, plastic water bottles hanging from fishing line.

“I wanted them to be transparent,” Mihalyffy says of her first eco-friendly art installation.

“Like something that’s right in front of our eyes, but we don’t ever see it’s there.”

She is, of course, referring to the mass consumption of plastic water bottles. Industry studies suggest that only 12% of small water bottles get recycled.

This is the crux of Mihalyffy’s “waste chimes” installation, which she created last month for Selby’s Plant and Garden Festival.

To ensure she’d have enough bottles to create the project, she asked the manager at the Publix near her downtown Sarasota home to pick through the store’s recycling bin.

She asked friends to save their bottles, and she even pulled from Selby’s trash bins.

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Mihalyffy, who doesn’t drink bottled water, collected more than 160 bottles to create her chimes.

“Most eco-art has a message,” Mihalyffy says. “I’m just one part of an environmental movement that has been around for a long, long time.”

The Hungarian-born Mihalyffy, 43, moved to Sarasota in 1996 to study English.

A costume designer by trade, she teamed up with architect Carl Abbott for last spring’s Iconcept fashion show at Art Center Sarasota. The duo’s industrial-inspired, full-length dress, “Wave,” was constructed from a sheet of reflective Mylar, cellophane and hemp.

In October, she collaborated

Mihalyffy strung 32 bottles on each one of her chimes. with Sarasota choreographer Keren Shani-Lifrak to design provocative costumes for a Butoh dance number performed at the Ringling International Arts Festival.

The mother of a 3-year-old, she says it’s hard to get into a creative groove with a toddler constantly tugging at her hip, but with each project she completes, a new and unusual opportunity seems to arise.

“I can’t wait until my son can participate,” she says. “Right now, all he wants to do is touch and tug on things.”

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“Water bottles were the easiest material and the most obvious reminder that we need to do more to recycle,” Andrea Mihalyffy says.

The same can be said for patrons of Selby Gardens, who during the Plant and Garden Festival couldn’t seem to get enough of Mihalyffy’s surprisingly captivating waste chimes.

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“I told them no, they’re not for sale, but then I started thinking they would make nice gardenparty displays. Maybe next time I’ll put seeds inside the bottles so they make noise in the wind.”

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EDIBLES: Guest Food Editor by Molly Schechter | Food Editor

Dennis Rees: ‘Food Just Cooked’

RECIPE

Rack of Veal Rees Serves 6

Two veal racks of three chops each (approx. 5 pounds total) ¼ cup shelled pistachio nuts 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil ¼ teaspoon Artisan Trapani Sicilian Sea Salt *Rees says “two pinches.” A pinch is typically considered 1/8 teaspoon.

Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara

Sautéed broccoli rabe, roasted potatoes and Rack of Veal Rees At a time when the food world is agog about the six-volume, 40-pound “Modernist Cuisine,” which celebrates the current rage for highly technical, laboratoryDennis Rees inspired cooking, Dennis Rees’ approach is as appealing as it is contrarian. It is as basic

D L E H

as buy quality and cook respectfully.

Rees’ favorite cookbook is Tom Colicchio’s “Think Like a Chef.” He likes it not for recipes but for its approach. “The first chapters,” Rees says, “teach you technique. Next, how to select food. The whole idea is that if you know techniques and how to buy food, you can go to the grocery store, find something fresh and good and create a meal any night of the week.”

The meal Rees created for Di-

versions’ Edibles epitomizes his philosophy. It consists of an ovenroasted rack of veal, sautéed broccoli rabe and roasted potatoes.

There is a total of only 10 ingredients in the three recipes. The veal tastes like veal. The broccoli rabe is cooked to sweetness and the potatoes are crisp on the outside and as soft as mashed potatoes within.

There are no tricks, no illusions, no nothing except “food just cooked” beautifully.

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Have butcher French the ends of the chop bones and wrap each bone in foil.

Preheat oven to 400°.

Combine nuts, herbs, salt and oil and grind into a paste in a mini-food processor.

Sear meat in a non-stick pan over medium/high heat for a minute or two, one rack at a time, to seal and brown all sides. Brush paste all over. Position in a roasting pan so bones are interlaced in center and roast for 35 minutes or until an instant meat thermometer reads 120°. Remove from oven, tent with foil and let rest 20 minutes for juices to recede before carving into individual chops to serve.

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Perfect Pan Roasted Potatoes

Serves 6

Serves 6

2 – 3 pounds small red skin potatoes, scrubbed and quartered ½ cup extra virgin olive oil Seasonello Bologna Aromatic Herbal Sea Salt ½ teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped fine *Rosemary, garlic, sage, pepper

Carefully roasted potatoes are picture perfect.

Preheat oven to 350°.

Put olive oil in a large bowl, add potatoes and toss to coat then sprinkle with sea salt to taste. Place with a cut side down in a non-stick roasting pan large

Rees got interested in cooking when he lived in Chicago and served as a helper to his brother-in-law, Gene Servillo, of nearby Evanston, whom he describes as “a gourmet Italian chef.” He is completely selftaught and an enthusiast of flavored sea salts, which appear in these recipes. Rees says there is a big difference between table salt and sea salt, the latter being much less of a health risk: “Table salt is stripped of all its mineral content except sodium; sea salt has lots of minerals including potassium, which counteracts the negative effects of too much sodium.”

Rees’ primary source for sea salts is Whole Foods. He shops at Morton’s for meat and fish, and likes their tomatoes and Brussels sprouts. He buys those tomatoes a few days in advance and leaves in a plastic bag on the counter two to three days to get juicy. He goes to Publix for other stuff and particularly likes their Attitude brand greens mixes.

enough to hold all in one layer. Bake exactly one hour, turning every 20 minutes.

Add thyme with the last turning. Return to mixing bowl and stir to coat the potatoes with the remaining oil before serving.

Rees’ approach to salad is consistent with his overall philosophy: simplicity reigns.

He doesn’t make dressing and serves his mixes of greens and veggies with cruets of oil (grapeseed is his favorite) and vinegar.

Appetizers are “Felice’s department,” he says, referring to his wife, Felice Schulaner.

Dessert is a non-starter; he doesn’t eat it.

Rees’ kitchen is in a 1963 Tim Siebertdesigned ranch home on Siesta Key. He and Schulaner bought it in 2003 and used it for long weekends and holidays, until she retired from her position as senior vice president, Human Resources, at Coach leather goods in 2006. Rees still works for RedVision, which provides real estate data to title companies and banks. He works from a home office only a few steps from his kitchen. Rees and Schulaner rehabbed the home, which took more than a year, and included a whole new kitchen. About all that was left of the original interior was some handsome mottled glass which

Broccoli rabe in the sauté pan

Sarasota Wines Rees enjoys serving wine with a local connection. Porter Family Vineyards in Napa, Calif. is a property of Tom Porter.

He and his wife, Beverly, own a home on Longboat Key. The Collier Falls winery is owned by Bruce Collier, whose brother, Ron, is a Sarasota resident.

now serves as sliding cabinet doors in the kitchen.

Rees says that what he likes best about cooking is “the entertaining part; eating with family and friends.” It must be a highly coveted invitation.

2 bunches broccoli rabe 1 cloves garlic per bunch, sliced thin lengthwise ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil per bunch Cut off tough part of stems.

In a large, deep sauté pan over medium high heat, heat oil, add garlic and sauté briefly. Add half of one bunch of the broccoli rabe to pan, toss to cover with oil and cook until wilted. Add the rest, toss and cook until wilted. Lower heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, for a total of 10 minutes. Repeat with the second bunch or use two pans. The longer you cook it, the less bitter it will be.

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CANDID CAMERA by Heidi Kurpiela | A&E Editor

Aspiring filmmaker says it’s ‘noir’ or never Nick Tierce is using Internet tools and his Asolo Rep connections to help get his first film produced.

For years, Nick Tierce has lived with the black-and-white image of a man sitting at a desk in a trench coat and fedora.

He’s even pictured the half-open mini blinds on his office window, a thin veil of smoke billowing out from his cigarette — the typical preoccupations of a screenwriter.

“I need to purge these film noir instincts,” Tierce says, “so I can finally move on.”

The 22-year-old filmmaker is on a mission.

Ever since his father handed him a VHS camera as a kid, Tierce has fantasized about writing and directing an independent film.

A Southern California native, he relocated in 2008 to Sarasota with his actress wife, Lindsay Marie Tierce, now a thirdyear student at the FSU/Asolo Conservatory and the leading lady in this month’s “Las Meninas.”

Other than poring over volumes of filmmaking books, Tierce, who works full time as the house services manager and volunteer coordinator at the Asolo Repertory Theatre, is entirely self-taught.

“You learn a lot through trial and error,” he says. “You shoot something. You cut it together. You read hundreds of books. And, eventually, stylistically, you find your way.”

Using his wife’s conservatory classmates and connections he’s made with film students at Ringling College of Art and Design, Tierce is set to shoot his first film noir short — “Grief Splattered Canvas,” the story of an ex-vigilante who’s

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The project’s fundraising drive ends at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 27. pulled back into a life of crime by his wife’s murderer.

Third-year conservatory actor Danny Jones, whose voice Tierce describes as “rich and captivating,” inspired much of the movie’s vigilante role. Katie Cunningham, a second-year student, plays Jones’ femme fatale love interest.

Sean Keller, a senior in Ringling’s digital filmmaking program, recently signed on as Tierce’s director of photography after the two worked together on Keller’s senior-thesis project.

With Keller behind the camera, Tierce can focus on writing, directing and promoting the film, which he hopes to release in late May or early June.

He shot the trailer for the film in one day at a friend’s house in Sarasota and used a mid-grade camcorder and a single boom microphone taped to a broomstick.

“Maybe you shouldn’t write that,” Tierce says, and then hesitates. “Well … it got the job done.”

He’s currently writing a prequel story that the actors will present as a staged

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“There are as many lousy Hollywood movies as there are lousy independent movies,” Nick Tierce says. “You really have to dig to find the good ones, which I find rapturous.” reading before the film’s preview screening.

Of course, the final execution of all of this hinges on funding.

To help raise money for the project, Tierce created a profile on Kickstarter. com, an online fundraising platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, writers and inventors.

The site, which launched in 2009, is a melting pot of creative ideas, many of which have accrued thousands of dollars in financial backing.

One film project — “Blue Like Jazz,” based on the bestselling New York Times memoir of the same name — raised

$345,000 since it posted a year ago.

Tierce’s fundraising goal is much more modest. He’s hoping to secure $750 by March 27.

Why March 27?

Because by June, most of his young cast and crew will have graduated from their respective programs and moved on with their careers. By July, even the Tierces will have packed their bags and moved back to California.

“There’s nothing like a looming graduation deadline to motivate you,” Tierce says. “Once we all move away, who knows if we’ll ever see each other again?”

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Orchestra — All-Beethoven Masterworks Concert

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Isabelle Huppert stars in “White Material.”

Often French films can seem so “much ado about nothing.” Not so in director Claire Denis’ new movie, “White Material.” In it she tackles the philosophical and psychological impact of the colonization by whites in Africa.

The story unfolds during a brutal revolution in an unnamed African country at an unspecified time. Rebels and militia are at odds with one another, as European colonials abandon the sinking ship. Maria Vial (the legendary and stunning Isabelle Huppert) chooses not to abandon her family’s coffee plantation and risks everything — including her sanity.

As Maria struggles to harvest her last crop amid the chaos, we come to the realization that she’s motivated by the love for her country. She doesn’t consider herself “white material.” After all, her son (Nicolas Duvauchelle) was born and raised on the plantation. Even her loving

ex-husband (Christopher Lambert) cannot persuade Maria to leave as the impending doom becomes almost unbearable.

Denis (“Chocolat”), born and raised in French colonial Africa, doesn’t play politics in “White Material” — no sides are taken. She concentrates on her characters and their inner turmoil. Beautiful imagery captured by cinematographer Yves Cape and a haunting score (Tindersticks) serve to embellish the conflicting nature of the subject matter.

But it’s the ravishing Huppert (“The Piano Teacher,” “8 Women”) who drives this insightful film to greatness. Her performance is so incredibly unsettling and textured it takes the audience off guard.

Her parting shot in “White Material” will leave you speechless — aside from a gasp.

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Maybe we’re spoiled. Perhaps we’ve come to expect too much excitement at our Sarasota Orchestra concerts. So, it was with a bit of guilt that I found myself bored with parts of this past weekend’s all-Beethoven Masterworks Concert at the Van Wezel.

One certainly can’t fault the music.

Beethoven is, without question, one of the great masters of the early part of the 19th century, responsible for changing the very sound and structure of music, and a concert featuring the second “Leonore” Overture, the third piano concerto and the “Eroica” can hardly be called shabby.

So, it was the performance Saturday night that bothered me — the first half, anyway. The “Leonore No. 2” was somewhat tentative and disjointed, with a sound that, except for the off-stage trumpet, seemed brittle and dry. And the C minor Concerto, a favorite under other circumstances, lacked character and color in the youthful hands of pianist Yevgeny Sudbin.

Performing music that’s so well known is tough, because you must either bring a freshness to it or you must, at least, live up to the performances that have come before. We’re not asking for novelty or change. What Beethoven wrote is ample on its own. But the wonderful thing about great music is that, in the right hands, it can be reborn, and that simply didn’t happen in the “Leonore” or the piano concerto.

It did happen after intermission in the “Eroica.” Artistic Director Leif Bjaland,

Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin

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conducting without a score, infused tension and energy into this Third Symphony of Beethoven, and the orchestra was tight, taut and vibrant. It was positively electrifying, proving that a traditional and beloved symphony can be heard anew.

From the rich string sound in the second movement’s “Funeral March” to the horns on the hunt, this was an exhilarating “Eroica.”

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Partygoers and king and queen candidates — including K.C. and Tami Fox, Sheriff Tom and Tracy Knight and Maurice and Vanessa Opstal — took over “Bourbon Street,” à la Michael’s On East, to celebrate Mardi Gras Tuesday, March 8. Ultimately, the crowd of more than 315 voted the Knights to be crowned royalty at Goodwill Industries Manasota’s Fat Tuesday Street Party, chaired by Molly Klauber

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Guests enjoyed a street-party environment with jugglers, entertainers on stilts and tarot card readers in the atrium, followed by fabulous New Orleans-style food stations, a paddle raise and dancing to the jazzy sounds of Second Wind. The party raised more than $120,000 to help Goodwill turn donations into good jobs, good homes and good neighborhoods.

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+ 90 is the new 80 …

When Ed Kalin’s proposed guest list got near 200, he opted for a family-only gathering to celebrate his 90th birthday March 12. Daughter Leslie Malkin was in charge of planning the dinner at Michael’s Wine Cellar. Son Jeff Kalin and wife Susie were there, as were all three Kalin grandchildren — Jeff’s children Nathan and Rachel, and Leslie’s son, Evan Danzig, from New York. Other out-of-town family included brother Barry Kalin and his wife, Lois; cousin Thelma Rothman and her daughter and sonin-law, Carol and Richard Lane, and cousins Lynn Minkow and Craig and Rhonda Pearlman.

The now-nonagenarian has a lot

by Molly Schechter | Social Editor

+ Joie d’amour Montana Ross, the altogether too beautiful daughter of Nikki Sedacca, is engaged to be married. Fiancé Irwin Taplinger got her to the house they are renovating under the guise of a meeting with the contractor but greeted her with a dozen red roses, got down on one knee and popped the question. Ross was so excited she’s not sure she even said “yes,” before Taplinger opened the back door to reveal her entire family and closest friends, including the cousin who introduced them, Lauren Taplinger, who flew in from New York for the occasion.

Among the other guests: Jeff Sedacca, dad Steve Ross and his lady, Lori Hellstrom, friends Lauren and Eric Bloomster and Ali Thompson, and Irwin’s folks, Bob and Brigitta Taplinger.

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Montana Ross and the lucky man, Irwin Taplinger

Ross says, “I must note how extraordinary his family is … what a great perk!” The gang of 20 headed to dinner in the back room at Fleming’s where the couple’s first date took place three-and-ahalf years ago. They will marry in spring 2012 at an as-yet-undetermined Sarasota location.

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Misery loves company … Howard Rooks and his weimaraner Venus are both limping around with a bad left foot. Howard, who is recuperating from foot surgery, at least has a scooter … Credit where it’s due … the Asolo Rep co-producers dinner that Ron and Rita Greenbaum hosted March 7 was No. 12 in a row. It was invariably well-attended

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of fun; according to friend Maggie Ross, “He dances us around his apartment and always has a nice plan for us.”

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Elizabeth Delaney, believed to be Sarasota’s oldest woman, celebrated her 108th birthday at the Senior Friendship Center a day early on March 11. She has been hanging out there since 2002 and enjoys current events, the cooking group, trivia and socializing with her many friends. Among the celebrants: the daughter with whom she lives, Rose Jones, and two grandchildren, John Jones and Elizabeth Jones. Sarasota Mayor Kelly Kirschner and County Commissioner Jon Thaxton presented Delaney with special proclamations at the celebration, which just happened to be on Kirschner’s birthday.

because there is no nicer place to be on an early spring evening than their Lido Shores home, especially when you can meet a young guest like Javier Herrero, 15 months, and his mom, Mercedes. See more photos on page 16 and online at www.

YourObserver.com … She’s back … Kelly Augustyniak will be back in Sarasota with her International Couture Trunk Show March 27 to March 29, at the Ritz-Carlton,

Sarasota. To schedule an appointment, call 630-715-3456 or e-mail kellyaugie@yahoo.com … The last to leave … Friends took Nora White to Mediterraneo for lunch March 9, to celebrate an unspecified birthday. The ladies were Carol Brualdi, Joyce Cooper, Heloisa Jennings, Angela Stowe, Anna Maria Troiano and Rita Zaccone.

The luncheon stretched well into the afternoon …

It’s being called “one luminous evening with friends,” and the inaugural Firefly Gala promises to be an enchanting evening at The Concession Golf Club.

Benefiting Forty Carrots Family Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening families through educational programs for parents, their children and professionals in the field, the Firefly Gala will not disappoint with either the culinary or entertainment factor. Dinner, presented by award-winning chef Sean Murphy, will be followed by a concert on the lawn featuring KC and the Sunshine Band, an 18-member band and, then, late-night dancing to the sounds of DJ Carey Culp. Wardrobe call for this outdoor affair is cocktail attire with wedges, wide heels or flats for the ladies, and jackets, no ties, for the gents.

Chairwoman is Ariane Dart.

Community starts with an act Unforgettable people come in all shapes and sizes.

Ed Roberts was an avid musician, playing the trumpet, french horn and piano. A successful stock investor from Illinois, he was raised by his single mother, Kathryn,

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when his father died. In 2009, Ed left an endowment of more than $15 million to the Community Foundation that will provide grants for the many causes he cared about.

Single moms like Kathryn will have access to more adult learner scholarships and new programs.

Community colleges will receive grants to expand their reach to underserved students. Best of all, Ed and his advisors trusted us enough to leave a portion of his gift open-ended for new or emerging needs. This modest, music loving man’s legacy will affect future generations in a multitude of ways.

In partnering with us, Ed found peace of mind, knowing that we will honor his wishes exactly as he intended.

So can you.

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Miracle Ball ‘Through the Looking Glass’ All Children’s Hospital Guild Sarasota/ Manatee Branch Saturday, March 5 | Field Club

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Susan Gregory Liammari, Dr. Katherine Keeley and Bruce Berg

Denise Ellison, Taylor Traviesa and Lydia Bailey

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‘Moveable Feast’ Florida Studio Theatre Monday, March 7 Florida Studio Theatre

Co-Chairwomen Barbara Lupoff and Valerie Joels

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Ed Brickman has been making· jewelry he was a teenager and has never STILLsince LIFE lost his enthusiasm for the creative process. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Newark Museum in Newark, New Jersey, and RECEIVING: APRIL 4 Ed10 2 pm the Museum of ArtsMONDAY, and Design in New York City. hasam beento teaching jewelry for many years at LBKCA. the first time Ed will be showcasing (Limit This 2 periscategory) over 200 pieces from his collection. You’ll not want to miss this show!

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Doctors for Charity

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‘The Great Catsby Cat’sino’

Catholic Charities of Sarasota and Manatee Counties Saturday, March 12 | University Park Country Club

Cat Depot | Saturday, March 5 | Fête Ballroom Julie and Nick Marsala The Rev. John Mark Klaus, The Rev. Jim Cogan and The Rev. Paul McLaughlin

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HENRY GENERATION JACKET

“This is my favorite jean jacket — it’s so versatile. It’s stylish and chic and a great addition to my wardrobe.”

LASHAWN HOUSTON Soon-to-be newlywed and community volunteer LaShawn Houston knows what she likes when it comes to her wardrobe. The Booker Middle School assistant principal maintains traditional and professional clothing styles but also loves to add some color and sassiness to her looks.

LONDON TIMES DRESS “I wear bright colors as much as possible.”

LOUISVUITTON HANDBAG

“The red scarf accent is a fun addition to a traditional look.”

MICHAEL KORS SHOES

“Because I’m in a professional environment, I dress up for work. So, when I’m off work and going out with the girls, I like to dress down but still classy. I especially love to wear fun shoes.”

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“I like the black-and-white style because it’s so diverse and I can accent the jacket with different pants or a different skirt.

I get a lot of use out of these types of suits.”

“I love any type of cardigan or wrap.

This one is special to me because I’m a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, so I wear this to functions or when I’m casual.”

ANTONIO MELANI DRESS

“My style is very versatile — I especially like to wear bright colors because they look good on my skin tone.”

“I can dress this up for evening; it’s great for going out or to a party.”

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“This is the perfect accessory when going out for a fun night with my girlfriends.”

“I absolutely love pearls and am known for wearing them.

They are great to dress up or down.”

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“These purple shoes perfectly accent my many purple dresses.They spoke to me when I first saw them.”

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“This is a great travel bag and the style accents anything I’m wearing.”

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“I found this in the junior’s department at Macy’s, and it turned out to be one of my favorite pieces.”

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