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Selby Five Points Park light show to illuminate downtown.

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landmark decision

Unconditional Surrender to call Patrick’s home A new tourist shop selling tchotchkes will move into the old Patrick’s Restaurant location and will focus on Unconditional Surrender.

By Robin Roy | City Editor

+ Sarasota aims high to bring in sky ride Now that renovations at Bird Key Park are complete, it will become the host of a sky ride that will shuttle residents and tourists to, from and around St. Armands Circle, while at the same time providing a view of the city from up above.

Construction is scheduled to begin April 1. Businesses interested in advertising on the buckets should contact TK.

+ ‘Seniorpalooza’ set to rock Payne Park The line-up includes The Temptations, Burt Bacharach, Tony Bennett, Frankie Valli and Kenny G. That could only mean one thing: “Seniorpalooza” is going to rock Sarasota.

Sarasota’s inaugural “Seniorpalooza” will take place from noon Friday, April 1 through 10 p.m. Sunday, April 3, at Payne Park. All food vendors will offer an early-bird special starting at 4 p.m. each day.

All seniors planning to attend the weekend-long extravaganza should arrive dressed in comfortable pajamas and bring a sleeping bag, shower cap, bedroom slippers and an extra blanket.

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When Patrick’s Restaurant opens in its new location at Main Street and Lemon Avenue in a couple of months, it will leave behind its landmark home for the past 25 years.

Dining at the Five Points location has been a longstanding tradition for so many Sarasotans.

The owner of the restaurant property did not renew Patrick’s lease, because he wanted to build a huge hotel on that site.

But with the city shooting down his hotel plans, he found a new tenant — one with ties to the city’s newest landmark, Unconditional Surrender.

With its massive curved front window providing vistas to the heart of the city, the old Patrick’s building will be home to a tourist gift shop.

“This is just what Sarasota needs,” said the county’s tourism head. “Every successful tourist town — from Englewood to Weeki Wachee — has a gift shop selling different kinds of trinkets.”

Named “I (Heart) Sarasota,” the tourist shop will feature Sarasota-themed T-shirts, hats, pens, magnets, snow globes and more.

But perhaps the most interesting feature will be its partnership with the Unconditional Surrender bayfront statue.

“I (Heart) Sarasota” will provide a remote camera at the sculpture, where tourists can snap their own photos in front of the statue.

“Why let someone do something for free, when we provide them with a much better service?” asked the gift shop’s new manager.

When the camera takes a tourist’s photo, the image will be beamed to the shop, just like after the log ride at Disney World.

The photo can be placed on mugs, shirts, mouse pads, even Snuggies. But, perhaps the most unique item will be an Unconditional Surrender pillow pet.

“Children will adore them,” the

manager said. “My daughter has one, and she won’t sleep without it.”

Sticking with the Unconditional Surrender theme, the shop will also sell nurse and sailor outfits.

And to make sure Main Street strollers don’t walk by without stopping inside, a real-life Unconditional Surrender will stand just outside the front door.

Sarasota Memorial Hospital will provide an off-duty nurse and a local Navy organization will provide a sailor, and the two will pose in front of the shop between the hours of 1 and 3 p.m. daily.

Although the sculpture will dominate the shop’s wares, quite a few other iconic items will be featured.

City Commissioner bobblehead dolls are sure to be a hit.

The ones of Mayor Kelly Kirschner, Vice Mayor Fredd Atkins and Commissioner Dick Clapp are expected to be expensive collectors’ items, because the three commissioners are leaving the commission in May. Mini Selby Gardens terrariums, which are scale replicas of the actual gardens, are one of the more unusual items.

And kids will love the Greenspace Policy Committee game set, which allows them to add and take away greenspace on a tiny model of downtown Sarasota.

“I (Heart) Sarasota” plans to open its doors in July.

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Sailor statues: $15

Sarasota mugs: $10

Framed Unconditional Surrender photo........$24.99

9" Unconditional Surrender statue.................$14.99

Unconditional Surrender Snuggie..................$19.99

4" Unconditional Surrender statue...................$9.99

I ♥ Sarasota T-shirt..........................................$14.99

I ♥ Sarasota pens...............................................$3.99

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The other Jackson Lab eyes Sarasota With the world-renowned Jackson Lab possibly looking elsewhere to build its new genetics-research facility, Sarasota County has found another Jackson Lab to take its place, but its impact will be much different.

By Robin Roy | City Editor

Now that the state has refused to meet one of Jackson Lab’s main demands to build a huge facility in Sarasota County, the Bangor, Maine,-based research laboratory may look elsewhere.

The Legislature let Jackson Lab know last week that it would not be able to come up with the $100 million that the company was seeking as an incentive.

County officials were counting on the new genetics-research facility to bring more than 400 jobs to the area and generate about $130 million in state and local taxes into the economy. Now they’re scrambling to find an alternative.

The county is now wooing a lesser-known Jackson Lab, which is headquartered in Coldwater, Mich.

Its mission is much different than the heralded Mainebased company.

The other Jackson Lab cryogenically stores the bodies of famous people named Jackson, until the technology that can restore them to life emerges.

“We allow the world’s most well-known Jacksons to re-

main together,” said lab President Gerald Jackson. “Although we come from different corners of the globe, Jacksons are all like-minded.”

Already frozen in futuristic stainless steel tubes are: Shoeless Joe Jackson, former President Andrew Jackson, Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson, artist Jackson Pollack and, of course, Michael Jackson.

“When Michael made his reservation with us, he jokingly referred to himself as the King of Popsicles,” Jackson said. “A couple of people laughed to be polite.”

Among the people who have made their reservations are actor Samuel L. Jackson, former baseball player Reggie Jackson, rock musician Jackson Browne and Randy Jackson, of “American Idol.”

The lab’s president is optimistic that in 20 to 30 years a rejuvenation process will be perfected, and the Jacksons will be thawed and given life once again.

“When the time comes, it will be the largest Jackson reunion the world has ever known,” he said.

The entry rules at Jackson Lab are quite strict. Only

JOB OPENINGS If it receives County Commission approval, Jackson Lab will be hiring three people from Sarasota.

However, only people named “Jackson” will be considered.

Send resumes to: Jackson Lab, 4001 Shiver Drive, Coldwater, Mich., 00100. people with the actual name Jackson will be accepted. For instance, the child of a golfing legend tried to reserve his spot but was turned away — Gary Nicklaus wrote “Jack’s son” on the entry form.

The economic impact of Jackson Lab junior will be much less than the original Jackson Lab. Instead of 400plus jobs, it will bring three.

And the economic impact will be slightly more than $2,000 per year in tax revenue.

“But many of our employees like to dine out four or five times a week,” said Jackson.

“So they’ll be pumping some money into the local economy.”

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Waldorf hotel to return to Sarasota The tony hotel chain makes its comeback into the Sarasota market, by choosing the area for its brand-new express property.

By Robin Roy | City Editor

Sarasotans know luxury. That’s one reason why the Ritz-Carlton is so successful and why the Waldorf-Astoria brand of hotels once sought to place a signature resort on Tamiami Trail, just north of downtown.

Two years ago, those plans were scuttled, but the upscale Hilton company is once again looking at Sarasota and is eyeing the vacant lot next to the Palm Avenue parking garage.

A Waldof-Astoria was to be part of the $1 billion Proscenium project, which also included a Broadwaystyle theater, designer shops and luxury condos.

When the project fell apart, the Waldorf-Astoria dropped Sarasota from its expansion plans.

But with the economy in the state it’s in, parent company Hilton believes consumers are ready for “affordable luxury,” so it has created an “express” version of its Waldorf-Astoria brand — The Walter.

Hilton saw the success of the Holiday Inn Express and how satisfied even a one-night stay left its customers. The company secretly

Amenities

The Walter is pleased to offer several exciting in-room amenities to make a guest's stay more comfortable.

• Ikea bedding • Hairdryer • Iron • Hot plate • Coffee maker • Lamp • Two pillows (when available) • Plastic drinking cups • Soap

worked on the low-scale alternative for 18 months. It was revealed last week that Hilton is in the final stages of negotiations to make Sarasota the site of the first Walter hotel.

“It’s exciting to once again talk about welcoming the Waldorf, I mean The Walter,” said Sarasota’s

economic development chief.

For several months, the city has been seeking a hotel to build next to the parking garage, and it appears that search has ended.

The Walter’s amenities are much more pedestrian that its upscale parent (see box at left).

Nightly rates at some of the Waldorf ’s 16 global locations can run up to $1,000, but The Walter will only cost its customers $99 per night.

Although the Manhattan Waldorf has a package in which guests also get the use of a Bentley sedan, The Walter will provide a Hyundai Sonata — and a parking space at the Palm Avenue garage.

The Walter’s spa services include a body scrub with table salt applied with a Tarpon Springs sponge, and the hotel has partnered with Bobby Jones Golf Course to provide guests with greens fees reduced by 15% for weekday rounds starting before 6:45 a.m.

The Walter’s version of a Waldorf salad includes iceberg lettuce, boiled peanuts and Wishbone dressing.

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RAYS OF LIGHT

City funds Five Points laser-light spectacular A late-night laser tradition will entertain downtown Sarasota residents starting April 1.

By Loren Mayo Community Editor

It’s been rumored to top Pink Floyd’s laser-light show.

Brain-tingling streaks of light will soon begin to boogie through Selby Five Points Park, creating a spectacle of animated light that will brighten up anything within a one-mile radius.

Due to the overwhelmingly positive response to the recently installed LED lights at the park, the city is upgrading them. Each night at 9 p.m., a 30- to- 60-minute laserlight show, set to the music from the “Star Wars” trilogy soundtracks, will project onto the surrounding condo buildings.

For those interested in experiencing their own clone war in the middle of the park, LightBrite FX Lightsabers with LED electro-luminescent blades and MAXXout! sound effects will be sold 15 minutes prior to each show, in front of the Selby Public Library.

On the third Wednesday of each month, The Sarasota Opera and The Sarasota Orchestra will co-host the show, and the public will be able to hear live songs choreographed to colorful laser beams. Donations will be accepted and given to the youth programs of each organization.

But not everyone is excited about the new form of enter-

tainment. During the show’s test run last week, one resident of a nearby condo said he was temporarily blinded by the light.

“I looked out my window, and suddenly, a bright streak hit me and I fell backward,” said the resident. “I saw a bright light and thought, ‘Am I dead? Am I going to heaven?’”

The man is not pressing charges and is instead currently developing nighttime laser-light show goggles for anyone who thinks they, too, might start to finally see the light.

A second incident occurred when a man strolling through the park started dancing to the music. He ran smack into the bear sculpture outside the Plaza at Five Points, landing himself in the hospital with a broken nose. A Sarasota Memorial Health Care System administrator urged the man to be more careful in the future.

“Had he been carrying a lightsaber, he might have avoided the statue,” said the administrator. “We want people to engage and interact during the laser shows, and lightsabers are one way of ensuring people can see where they are going in the park when it’s dark outside.”

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New pension options please city retirees Unable to pay its pensioners in actual cash, the city has come up with several options that will still provide benefits and will rescue the city’s budget.

By Robin Roy | City Editor

The city was looking at what it was calling “a financial crisis on the horizon,” but it may have come up with a solution.

Pension costs are soaring at City Hall, and retirees would have collected $16.8 million in benefits next year. Realizing it will only collect $14.9 million in ad valorem tax revenue, city administrators set out to change the current system.

Unions have been reluctant to trim any benefits for their members, but the proposed solution could make everyone happy.

The city will pay retirees what they have earned, but instead of paying cash, it is giving former employees a few options.

They can collect their benefits in gift cards — either to Chili’s, Outback Steakhouse or iTunes.

One former city employee, who did not want to be identified, said he

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is looking forward to the new benefits.

“Every day, I can have a Santa Fe Chicken Wrap for lunch and a Bloomin’ Onion, Shrimp on the Barbie and Aussie Chips for dinner, while I listen to the new album from Norah Jones on my iPod,” she said.

Other payment options could soon open up for pensioners.

Negotiations are currently under way between the city and Delta Air Lines to pay pension benefits in SkyMiles. Under the proposed agreement a retiree would get one SkyMile for every $5 in expected cash payments.

For example, someone who would have earned a $40,000 annual pension would receive 8,000 frequent-flier miles. Under that scenario, it would only take a person about three years to earn one free coach ticket.

SEE MORE BENEFITS / PAGE 6A

INBRIEF

Meetings & agendas

+ iPads shuffle off County Commission table

 Economic Discouragement Committee — 4 a.m. Friday, April 1, Vacant lot at 1000 Elm St., Sarasota

In its ongoing quest to cut its budget, the county will get rid of its recently purchased iPads for commissioners and replace them with a less-expensive alternative.

The iPads were acquired for commissioners to view voluminous paperwork for commission meetings, instead of printing all of those documents.

But the county will now be getting iPod Shuffles, which are about $750 cheaper.

There will be some challenges, however, with the new product. The Shuffle is audioonly — it has no viewing screen.

But the county has retained the services of James Earl Jones to provide audio versions of the meeting documents.

A trickier problem, though, is that the Shuffle does not play its audio files in order.

So, commissioners will not be able to follow along with the meeting agenda.

the Other white meat Is Now Known; and COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO, Council of Crowers who Know to Alert Daily in an Orderly and Organized Dialogue that Lends Energy to Daylight’s Omnipresent Overture.

+ CLUCK gets some company down on the farm

+ Pizza shop’s truck to draw ire of Siesta Key residents

 Citizens Who are Fowl Friendly — 6:30 a.m. Friday, April 1, Under the fourth tree from the right at 200 Bird Key Drive, Sarasota  Subcommittee for People Who Can’t Take a Joke — 9 p.m. Friday, April 1, Brownish building at 2112 Main St., Sarasota

United Order of Nihilists — 11:59 p.m. Friday, April 1, What’s the use of providing an address?

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Now that urban chicken keeping is legal in Sarasota, advocates for other farm animals are lobbying the city.

Three new groups noticed how Citizens Lobbying for Urban Chicken Keeping, or CLUCK, was able to change city code to allow homeowners to keep backyard chickens.

They want to also legalize the keeping of cows, pigs and roosters within the city limits.

The groups’ names are MOO, Milk-producers Overworked and Overburdened; OINK,

If some Siesta Key residents were bothered by the Solorzano Bros. Pizzeria van, they’re going to be angry about a new pizza shop’s advertising plan.

Solorzano’s upset condo owners, because it parked its marked van in the on-street parking spots in front of Siesta Key Beach.

A new pizza shop on the Key, Camion Grande, has purchased a tractor-trailer and painted its logo on it. The new shop’s owners plan to park the huge truck in the same place where Solorzano’s used to park, but it will take up about 10 parking spaces.

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Observer debuts new look Due to a recent uptick in printing costs, The Observer’s Black Tie section will be consolidated into one page only every week.

Of course, we will include as many photos as possible, and by redesigning the page to reflect our new style, we took out spaces

between the photos to make room for even more photos.

However, we will only be able to feature a maximum of three events each week.

The chairpersons from every event must come to our office between the hours of 6

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thursday APRIL 1, 2011 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Sarasota Ballet 20th Anniversary Gala honoring Jean Weidner

Toni Armstrong, Bobbye Schott, Carol Arscott and Carol Hirschburg Dr. Holly Barbour and Jim Lampl Alfred Brandstein and Rhoda Walk Erin Buchanan Sam Davidson and Eric Buchanan Does anyone know who these people are?

Mimi Edlin and Ina Rae Levy Wendy and Jerry Feinstein Ellen Goldman, Bruno Pasquali and Joyce Jungmann Co-Chairwoman Sydney Goldstein and Gene Noble Co-Chairwoman Sydney Goldstein Christine Jennings, Howard Millman and Dr. Laurey Stryker Lenny and Adine Jordan Dr. Sid Katz and CoChairwoman Someone Deb Knowles, Veronica Brady and Susan Jones Jerry and Kelley Lavin Harry and Victoria Leopold Names TK and TK with Jewel and Mike Ash Arlene and Gordon Okawa with Noreen Delaney and Joe Polidoro Dr. Ken Pfahler and his wife, Co-Chairwoman Chris Susan and Terry Romine Jan Silberstein and Lori Lalin Rick and Donna Stiens with Nicolas Hemes Peggy Sweeney and Barbara Epperson That looks like so-and-so Elisabeth and Gil Waters Honoree Jean Weidner and Co-Chairwoman Hillary Steele Jean Zabelle and Sally Yanowitz

Forty Carrots Family Center’s Firefly Gala

Jennifer Abbott shows off BidPal Linda and Jim Anderson Fran and Jamie Becker, Chairwoman Ariane Dart and Mitch Davis Jamie Becker and Chairwoman Ariane Dart Tom Bowles, Lee and Keely Crosby and Laurie and Eric Beaty Does anyone know what photo we are on?

Scott and Kelly Collins with Bart and Karin Leereveld How many more do we have left?

John Colton and Michele Van Dendooren Lee and Keely Crosby with Laurie and Eric Beaty Bob and Chairwoman Ariane Dart with Sean Murphy Michael and Julie Dooley with Luis and Michelle what’s-her-last-name?

Liebe and Billy Gamble Elizabeth Harrison and Jeannine Stetson

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GOTCHA!

You can relax. All the stories on pages 1A to 6A (including the items below) are fake — as in not real — as in APRIL FOOLS! This year marks the second year the Sarasota Observer has published its April Fools' edition, and we hope readers realize we are only having a little fun. We also hope you had some good guffaws and chuckles while flipping through the pages. We encourage you to start brainstorming ideas now for next year’s edition and share them with us! But, for now, sit back, put your feet up and enjoy reading the rest of this week’s paper. Our real news stories begin on page 7A.

>> Continued from Page 1A

In an effort to go green, new police officers will be patrolling the area on Segways and lead Segway tours during their downtime, thus enabling them to get a better feel for neighborhoods.

The Sarasota Police Department and the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office are in the process of ordering a total of 50 yellow-and-black “POLICE” Segway i2 patrollers and 50 pairs of yellow driving gloves.

The public is advised that the same traffic laws apply for officers motoring Segways as officers driving motor vehicles.

Do not attempt to speed away — you will be caught ... eventually.

+ Circus Sarasota star bridges the gap Nik Wallenda is going to need a heavy-duty sleeping bag and a major amount of protein bars for his next deathdefying act, when he’ll walk on a tightrope connected from the Ringling Bridge to the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, in St. Petersburg.

He’ll begin his journey in Sarasota April 1, which the city has declared “Acts of Defiance” Day. The stunt, which will take three full days to complete, will require Wallenda to connect his sleeping bag to the wire with heavy metal clips and wear reflective clothing to prevent birds from flying into him at night.

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Community Spirit St. Thomas More priest celebrates his 40th anniversary.

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spot on

Parking meters arrive this week The city will begin to accept this week its first shipment of parking meters for its new paid-parking program and will begin installation during the second week of April.

By Robin Roy | City Editor

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+ Sushi rolls will help raise funds Akikio and Kazu Tsuchiya are making a promise to Japan.

In response to the March 11 national disaster in northeast Japan, the Tsuchiyas, co-owners of Kazu restaurant, created the “3.11 Relief Fund.” Onehundred percent of the proceeds from two of the restaurant’s sushi rolls — the gunba (keep it up) roll and the kibou (hope) roll ($7 each) — will benefit Japanese relief funds.

+ Whole Foods may fool us again Last year, Whole Foods Market embraced the April Fools’ holiday and sold bottles of organic air on its website.

“I’m not sure what was funnier — the organic air or all the people that wanted to buy it!” said Nikki Heil, marketing and community-relations specialist for Whole Foods Market, Sarasota.

We hear the Whole Foods jokesters are plotting another trick this year, so make sure to check out www.wholefoodsmarket.com Friday, April 1.

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NEIGHBORHOOD 11A

where will the parking meters go?

After more than a year of going back and forth on whether to approve paid parking downtown, the city is set to begin installing parking meters.

Two types of meters will begin arriving in Sarasota this week — traditional, single-space meters and multi-space pay stations.

The installation process will begin the second week of April, but it could take time for them to be completely installed, because each meter location has to be examined for utility lines.

At its April 4 meeting, city commissioners will give final approval of the paid-parking plan, including where the meters will be placed.

The approximate boundaries of the proposed metered area are from Orange Avenue to the east, Gulfstream Avenue to the west, Second Street to the north and McAnsh Square to the south (see map at right).

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Monday to Saturday Map courtesy of the Sarasota Police Department Parking Division

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over and out?

Overlay district decision delayed South Palm Avenue residents on both sides of the overlay-district issue will meet this week to come to an agreement, after the City Commission slows down the district’s approval process.

By Robin Roy | City Editor

Backers of an overlay district on South Palm Avenue had hoped to get fast-track approval of the special zoning area.

What they are seeking is to enforce building setbacks and prohibit commercial development on South Palm from Ringling Boulevard to Mound Street.

“In theory, someone could build a bar, gas station, 7-Eleven or a McDonald’s,” said Jerry Elden, a member of the Coalition of Bayfront Citizens, which supports the overlay.

“That’s inconsistent with the neighborhood.”

The CBC has been vocal at

City Commission meetings during the past year, and because little opposition was voiced, the city was moving quickly on approving the district.

It had been set for an early May hearing before commissioners.

But several opponents made their voices heard at the March 21 commission meeting.

“I have never seen such an unbelievable waste of everyone’s time,” said property owner John Melk, who, along with other property owners, urged the commission to slow down the process.

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The Regency House displays signs opposing the proposed South Palm overlay district. Crome Dollase, board president of the Regency House, said an overlay would equate to a “taking of residents’ property.”

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METERS / FROM PAGE 7A

OVERLAY / FROM PAGE 7A

There are 459 metered spaces in that area.

Most streets will be served by pay stations, but in areas with just a few spaces, such as in front of the Palm Avenue parking garage, single-space meters will be placed.

In pay-station areas, a space number will be painted on the curb, and drivers will go to the pay station and input that number, as well as their money.

Payment can be made by coins and credit/debit cards.

Dollar bills will not be accepted.

“Bills are the biggest cause of jams (in meters),” said Police Capt. Jeff Karr, who oversees parking operations.

Karr expects the majority of payments will be made by credit and debit cards.

The suggested cost per hour is $1, but people can also pay 25 cents for a 15-minute increments.

Hours of enforcement are still being discussed, but some parking advocates suggest revisiting those hours from time to time to make sure they encompass the times of day when parking is in short supply.

Commissioners listened and delayed the public hearing until June, after the new commission will be seated.

Both opponents and supporters are planning to meet this week to try to come to a consensus before June.

Elden said he’d like the entire neighborhood to carry a united message at that June meeting.

But because some neighbors say the issue has divided the community, it may take some time to accomplish that unity.

Crome Dollase is board president of the Regency House, one of the few condo buildings that does not want an overlay district.

“It’s contrary to what (property owners) relied on when they bought or developed property,” he said.

The residential zoning was changed in 2005 to mixed-use, which allows commercial businesses and eliminated building setbacks.

Overlay supporters have proposed setbacks of 20 feet from the right of way in the front and between 10 and 15 feet on the sides. They say it’s necessary to maintain the residential nature of the neighborhood.

“It’s a totally residential street,” said Elden.

Dollase cites examples of property owners with small parcels that would have only tiny areas on which to build if those setbacks were imposed.

“You can’t take someone’s property without compensating them for it,” Dollase said.

Elden said he believes the two sides can come to a compromise on the size of the setbacks.

But Dollase said he would rather the city withdraw the overlay proposal altogether.

By the numbers Within the metered parking area there are: 459 — metered spaces 648 — two-hour spaces (in the parking garage and on street) 1,116 — no-time-limit spaces

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Above: Downtown parking advocates suggest the city enact hours of enforcement for the new meters that take into account the busiest times of day for a particular area, when on-street parking is in high demand.

Left: The sleek, multi-space pay stations the city will install are capable of taking a payment from any meter downtown, no matter where someone’s car is parked.

The shorter timeframe was suggested to allow people to stop into a store, such as a coffee shop, for just a few minutes and not have to pay for a full hour’s worth of parking.

One of the unique aspects of the meters is that someone can pay for their space at any pay station in the city.

So, if a driver parks on Gulfstream Avenue, but is dining on Lemon Avenue, he can locate a pay station on Lemon and enter his space number to extend his parking time.

The system is wireless, so enforcement officers will have handheld devices that allow them to see when any pay-station space in the city is in violation.

VALIDATION CARDS The city is discussing the possibility of providing validation cards to store owners to push the use of parking garages.

As an act of customer appreciation, retailers can give their customers a card that provides $1 off of the cost of parking in a garage.

The city budgeted $510,000 for the purchase and installation of the parking meters.

For the first year of implementation, the city expects to run a deficit, but, eventually, the paid-parking program is expected to generate between $400,000 and $500,000 per year in revenue.

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Petition seeks to end homeless feedings A downtown resident is fed up with the groups and individuals who he says are attracting criminals to Selby Five Points Park. He started a petition drive that’s already received signatures and support of downtown groups.

By Robin Roy | City Editor

Downtown condo owners are making another push to rid Selby Five Points Park of the criminal element that many say has taken over the park.

Previous efforts to limit the number of people who can gather in the park without a special permit have failed, but the man behind the latest effort says he will not accept failure again.

“If this doesn’t go through, we’re going to take people to every city commissioner’s front yard and have a party there to see how they like it,” said Phil Grande, a downtown condo resident.

A petition drive, which Grande started, wants to dramatically change a city ordinance that allows groups of up to 75 people to gather on city property without having to obtain a special permit.

The primary goal is to stop the park feedings, which attract transients.

Several groups, such as New College students, and individuals bring food to the park to feed the homeless.

“Some of them have good hearts,” Grande said. “But some of these feeders are criminals.

They’re drug dealers looking to make contacts.”

Because the feedings do not attract more than 75 people, the number currently required to obtain a permit, neighbors want to lower that threshold.

The city attorney examined an Orlando law last year that successfully lowered its level of people allowed to gather in parks to 25, but the City Commission has not yet pushed to adopt that law

Orlando’s law More than 100 transients would gather at Orlando’s Lake Eola Park to get free food, so the city created an ordinance that required permits for any feedings that attracted more than 25 people, and only two permits can be granted per year for any one park in the city.

Food Not Bombs, the group that conducted the feedings there, as well as in Sarasota, sued Orlando, claiming the ordinance violated its First Amendment rights to assembly and free speech. The free speech, it said, was its message that everyone has a right to eat.

A lower court ruled in favor of the activist group in 2008, but an appellate court decision late last year ruled in favor of Orlando. here (see box above).

Grande wants to take things a step further. His petition limits gatherings to 12 people, which he says is enough for a large family or a small party.

He also wants the city to certify any food that is distributed at the park.

“A vendor needs 15 permits before he can sell one hot dog, so why don’t the (homeless) feeders need permits?” he asks.

Grande insists he’s not antihomeless. He was homeless for three years as a young man. He said he’s anti-vagrant.

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Downtown condo owner Phil Grande is tired of the people feeding the transients in Selby Five Points Park and the lack of action from the city. “I’m not angry with the homeless,” he said. “I’m angry at the city.”

“Homeless people have hard times, lost a job, have a family,” he said. “A vagrant only wants a handout. He picked that lifestyle and doesn’t want to work or contribute.”

Grande said the city needs to give vagrants a choice — either contribute to society or “get a bus ticket out of town.”

“It’s not about people who don’t look good,” he said.

“Homeless people have as much right to sit on a bench as anyone. There shouldn’t be a party of 75 CEOs in that park. It’s too small.”

Grande believes the city has a chance to help the homeless.

“Everyone uses them (the

homeless) at the park,” he said.

“The criminal feeders want to sell them drugs. The college students don’t care about the homeless. They just want to push their anti-war agenda.”

Grande said he wants to build a facility on a piece of vacant land near Five Points that is specifically for homeless, so they can shower, clean their clothes and hang out with other homeless people.

“They know they’re not wanted at the park,” he said. “Why not give them a place where they’ll feel comfortable?”

While he considers those plans, Grande is pushing his petition. As of March 22, he had

collected 57 signatures from 100 Central. He said since then he’s received dozens more signatures from that condo building and is collecting signatures from other downtown condos.

He’s already received the unanimous support of the Downtown Improvement District and will also seek it from the Downtown Sarasota Alliance.

Grande will take his petition to the City Commission, after the new commissioners take office in May. “There’s an injustice at this park, and I’m angry that the city recognizes it, but won’t do anything about it,” he said.

REVITALIZATION PLANS

Development coordinator focuses on downtown Through a public-private partnership, the city and others created a new position to pursue bringing businesses that could revitalize the downtown area.

By Robin Roy | City Editor

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Sarasota’s new economic-development coordinator, Randy Welker, said one of his priorities is to find a drugstore willing to build a downtown location.

Downtown advocates have been pushing for months for an economic-development coordinator dedicated to the success of Sarasota’s downtown businesses.

Through a public-private partnership, they finally have their man.

The city, Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Improvement District worked together to appoint Randy Welker as that coordinator.

March 29 was his first day on the job.

“I’ve been coming (to Sarasota) for years,” said Welker.

“It’s a very nice place to live.”

Welker was the economicdevelopment coordinator for Delray Beach before accepting this job. During his four years in the East Coast town, he vis-

ited St. Armands Circle many times. He wanted to see if he could entice some of its shops and restaurants to open second locations in Delray Beach.

He’ll now be trying to find businesses that fit in with Sarasota’s existing shops and restaurants.

“Look at shopping malls,” he said. “They have a great mix (of stores) that create vitality.”

Welker wants to create the same kind of mix on Main Street. His first task is to identify what kind of businesses are already successful and then see what is missing.

“I’ve already heard that people want a downtown drugstore,” he said. “So, we need to find one.”

He also plans to talk to business owners to see what kinds of shops they feel will complement their businesses.

Location is key to helping

WELKER’S CREDITS Randy Welker has more than 20 years of economic-development experience and has earned key certifications, including Certified Economic Developer and Economic Development Finance Professional. downtown Sarasota thrive.

Welker said it currently suffers from the “barbell effect,” meaning both the east and west sides of Main Street have successful businesses, but in between is somewhat barren.

Welker will talk to the property owners in that in-between territory to see what he can do to revitalize that area.

He knows that things aren’t going to change overnight, but he’s optimistic about the future of downtown.

“You have to develop a longterm plan, but visions can become reality, as long as people work hard toward the goal,” he said.

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+ Lido Beach prepares for turtle-nesting season

+ County health record ranks fourth in state An annual health survey ranks Sarasota County fourth in health outcomes and health behaviors.

“We were pleased that Sarasota County’s health ranking was stable compared to last year,” says Sarasota County Health Department Acting Administrator Barbara Laidlaw. “This overall fourthplace ranking among Florida’s 67 counties affirms that Sarasota County is a great place to live.”

The survey measures many different factors, including health behaviors, clinical care, social and economic factors, and mortality rate.

In addition, this year, the survey included access to recreational facilities as part of its ranking criteria.

Sarasota County ranked fourth in the

As turtle-nesting season approaches, the renourished sand on Lido Beach will have to be tilled before the sea turtles begin laying their eggs.

The tilling project will occur sometime between April 5 and April 23. It will only take the contractor two days to till the entire beach, and the city hopes the work will occur early in the month.

When the tilling begins, residents will have to remove their beach furniture until their section of the beach is complete.

Anyone with questions about the project is encouraged to call the contractor, Advantage Construction Group, at 3238129.

+ Home demolition for small neighborhood park complete The demolition of a home at 2525

Ringling Blvd. is now complete.

The county purchased the property for $206,450 to turn it into a small neighborhood park.

Ruth Ott had owned the home since 1966, but now that she’s widowed, the 3,000-square-foot, four-bedroom home was too large for her to care for by herself.

The 0.39-acre site sits at the intersection of Ringling Boulevard, Main Street and South Jefferson Street.

It had consistently been at the top of City Hall’s list of properties identified for park-land acquisition.

The county wanted the home demolished for safety and security reasons, while it waits to add amenities to the park.

There is no timetable on when those additions will appear, but it first will conduct neighborhood workshops to see what residents would like to see.

On a property of that size, the amenities will most likely include a small playground, some benches and two-pole shelters.

Meetings & agendas  Alta Vista Neighborhood Association — 7 p.m. Thursday, March 31, Harmony Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 2600 Courtland St., Sarasota  Coalition of City Neighborhood Associations — 9 a.m. Saturday, April 2, Waldemere Fire Station, 2070 Waldemere St., Sarasota  Sustainable Sarasota Community Partnership — 2 p.m. Monday, April 4, County Administration Center, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota  City Commission — 2:30 p.m.

Monday, April 4, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota  Downtown Improvement District — 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 5, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota

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Priest celebrates 40th anniversary Parishioners at St. Thomas More Catholic Church recently honored The Rev. Don Henry for his 10th anniversary as their church pastor and his 40th anniversary of priesthood.

By Maria Amodio | Staff Writer

The Rev. Don Henry returned from the gym last week to find a shocking surprise. He pulled into his driveway and saw that his parishioners had painted his house a vibrant shade of purple in honor of Lent.

“The group I bike with was lined up on my lawn waiting to see my reaction,” says Henry. “I just laughed. They said they will paint it back, but knowing them they will probably paint it yellow for Easter.”

The parishioners at St. Thomas More Catholic Church recently showed their appreciation for their pastor in a more conventional way, when 200 volunteers from the church organized a “40-10” anniversary celebration Sunday, March 27.

Red shirts were worn by parishioners in honor of Henry’s ruby anniversary.

The congregation filled the church at a standing-room-only Mass followed by a celebration attended by 1,400 people.

“It was incredible,” says Henry. “The togetherness of this parish is amazing, ” The parish hasn’t always been so community-oriented, however. When Henry first came to St. Thomas More in 2001, he said the church was nearly bankrupt and that its membership and volunteer programs were dwindling. At the time, Henry was associate pastor at St. John the Evangelist Church, in Naples, where he had been since 1994. He moved there after deciding he had had enough of the cold weather in his home state of Pennsylvania.

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The Rev. Don Henry receives gifts from Sister Judy Baldino Sunday, March 27. Later in the day, Henry also received another surprise gift — keys to a new Acura, a present from his parishioners. then-Bishop of the Diocese of Venice, John Joseph Nevins, asking him to come to Sarasota, he decided to take on the challenge.

Henry started expanding the church’s volunteer programs, updating the liturgy and spearheading three fundraising campaigns that raised almost $7 million.

In 10 years, St. Thomas More’s membership nearly quadrupled from 600 families to 2,200 families.

“He is a community-builder; that’s his gift,” says Sister Judith Baldino, who came in 2001 to St. Thomas More shortly after Henry.

One of Henry’s fondest memories of St. Thomas More happened after a Sunday

Mass, when he requested that a few parishioners stay after to help move chairs out of the church so the floors could be varnished.

“I was expecting a few people to stay, but when Mass ended 1,000 people were still there; we got the job done in 15 minutes,” says Henry.

It is that sense of community that Henry says he loves most about St. Thomas More, where he plans to remain until he retires. He may have come to Florida for the weather, but he stayed for the people.

“Coming here was the best move I ever made,” Henry says. “We have a saying here: ‘JADIP.’ It stands for ‘Just another day in paradise.’”

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County must fix its bad reputation

While Manatee County is shedding its anti-business and anti-construction reputation, Sarasota County’s remains distressingly intact.

A recent report by the Leadership Research Institute makes this painfully clear, finding that the county’s regulatory and policy climate, along with attitudes of some personnel, are combining to stymie an economic bounce back.

The report is based on 61 businesses and organizations, 36 of which were interviewed individually by the researchers and another 24 were in five focus groups.

The results of the study were pointed and backed up with dozens of comments from businesses. The result: “With … growth slowed, development activity at a virtual standstill and a significantly strained local economy, the regulatory and policy environment is constraining economic recovery.”

The Leadership Research Institute identified the following main barriers to economic recovery within Sarasota County government: • A complex and overly restrictive set of regulations that are even more restrictive than the state, including the comprehensive plan and the Sarasota 2050 plan for development — or lack thereof — east of Interstate 75; • Confusion about how to navigate the process because so many county departments are walled off from each other and tend to focus on checking only their own task and not coordinating with other departments, rather than creating a process centered on the customer; • “Obstructionist” attitudes from some staff members and departments that blunt

the momentum for businesses to grow; • Lack of alignment among departments that would allow for coordination.

The institute pointed out that these barriers lead to results opposite of what the county is looking for now.

For instance, extra costs are incurred to

BUSINESSES SPEAK OUT In the Leadership Research Institute report to Sarasota County, business owners were able to give their input anonymously to avoid risking reprisals the next time they needed county government cooperation. Here are a few examples of what they had to say.

• “Have to hire an attorney to get something as simple as a sign approved. Significantly increases the cost to the small business person.”

• “The people in the process function more like obstacles instead of facilitators for the most part.”

• “The building department is confrontational, not at all collaborative.”

• “Definitely have less control over land you own here than elsewhere in the state and country.”

• “The time, energy and money it will take to expand is often times just not worth it.”

• “The quality of life gets people here — the question is, do you want to live here badly enough to do business here?”

conduct business in the county because of the complicated and confusing regulatory environment. The unpredictable outcomes from the uncoordinated approach hinder investment and “virtually eliminate” the possibility of large business investments.

And the county’s restrictive climate significantly decreases its attractiveness to businesses wanting to move here.

But the report is short on specific recommendations. So here are a few to help the County Commission get started.

• First, review every environmental/ open-space/green regulation instituted since 2002 for modification or removal if it is blocking development or adding costs that scuttle plans.

• Be willing to get rid of staff members who do not get on board with customer service, those generically indentified as “obstructionist” in the report. Get the right people in the right position.

• Review impact fees, not just to temporarily reduce them, but to see if they are truly needed and if existing businesses should have to pay them when they expand or relocate within the county.

• As much as no one really wants to re-open this unpleasant affair, looking at the long-term economic health of the county means taking seriously the report’s conclusion that heavy regulations restricting development east of Interstate 75 in the Sarasota 2050 plan are blocking development in prime areas of the county.

Manatee County is showing the way with sharply improved processes and people to rid itself of its anti-business reputation and pave the way for recovery.

Sarasota County can, and needs to, do the same thing.

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Needed: Barbarian with a pen The mask of journalism falls when a Herald-Tribune job posting reveals the type of investigative reporter the newspaper wants — ‘reporters of questionable hygiene.’

There was an incredibly revealing want ad for a Sarasota Herald-Tribune investigative reporter posted March 14 on a journalism listserv.

Most newsrooms are loath to admit they have any kind of bias.

That is why it is so refreshing to have a job posting sent to me from another journalist, a job-posting that has gone viral on the internet — at least among journalists.

The posting is from Matthew Doig, who is a member of the HeraldTribune’s investigativereporting team. The ROD is cleverly THOMSON posting written, even tonguein-cheek entertaining.

But what it conveys is most important. An average reader of this newspaper might consider it shocking.

It clearly rules out most civilized people.

In a nutshell, they’re looking for what an average person not skewed by journalistic circles might call a jerk, one who revels in challenging authority like your basic 16-year-old.

Look who loves the job post. Mother Jones, a far-left magazine, considers it the best job post ever written. More telling, looking at the journalism blogs, journalists everywhere love it.

Of course, this was not supposed to be public. This was just supposed to be for journalist wonks. You’re not really supposed to know that key reporters at your local newspaper think this way — the ones doing those big blow-outs on the

Sunday front page that take up so much ink and win all those awards.

Truth is, reporters are largely interested in writing for themselves, earning awards for themselves. There is less and less

reporting at the mainstream outlets such as the Herald-Tribune that is devoted to sound beat coverage of local governments.

Those don’t win awards. Gotcha journalism does.

Read it for yourself and decide. Just remember the type of reporter they hire when you read the next “exposé.”

Rod Thomson is editorial pages editor of the Observers and can be reached at rthomson@yourobserver.com.

Job posting:‘Our kind of sicko’ “We want to add some talent to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune investigative team. Every serious candidate should have a proven track record of conceiving, reporting and writing stellar investigative pieces that provoke change. However, our ideal candidate has also cursed out an editor, had spokespeople hang up on them in anger and threatened to resign at least once because some fool wanted to screw around with their perfect lede.

“We do a mix of quick-hit investigative work when events call for it and miniprojects that might run for a few days.

But every year we like to put together a project way too ambitious for a paper our size because we dream that one day Walt Bogdanich will have to say: “I can’t believe the Sarasota Whatever-Tribune cost me my 20th Pulitzer.” As many of you already know, those kinds of projects can be hellish, soul-sucking, doubtinducing affairs. But if you’re the type of sicko who likes holing up in a tiny, closed office with reporters of questionable hygiene to build databases from scratch by hand, entering thousands of pages of documents to take on powerful people and institutions that wish you were dead, all for the glorious reward of having readers

pick up the paper and glance at your potential prize-winning epic as they flip their way to the Jumble… well, if that sounds like journalism Heaven, then you’re our kind of sicko.

“For those unaware of Florida’s reputation, it’s arguably the best news state in the country and not just because of the great public records laws. We have all kinds of corruption, violence and scumbaggery. The 9/11 terrorists trained here. Bush read My Pet Goat here. Our elections are colossal clusterf***s. Our new governor once ran a healthcare company that got hit with a record fine because of rampant Medicare fraud.

We have hurricanes, wildfires, tar balls, bedbugs, diseased citrus trees and an entire town overrun by giant roaches (only one of those things is made up). And we have Disney World and beaches, so bring the whole family.

“Send questions, or a resume/cover letter/links to clips to my email address below. If you already have your dream job, please pass this along to someone whose skills you covet. Thanks.”

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Students find touching story in ‘The Lost Thing’ Through Sarasota Film Festival’s Outreach and Education Department, middle-school classes participated in the Classroom Critic program and screened official short films selected for the festival’s youthFEST. This week, a seventh-grader at St. Stephen’s Episcopal School and a sixthgrader at Out-of-Door Academy review ‘The Lost Thing.’

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Seventh grade St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann illustrate the saying, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” in their film, “The Lost Thing.” When a boy realizes the bizarre, ignored creature he found at the beach is lost, he sets out to find a place for it. This thought-provoking animated short creatively develops characters and uses dialogue, sound and animation to portray moods.

“The Lost Thing” is told like a storybook, narrated by the boy. The characters speak only when there is dialogue in the “story,” making it feel as though it’s being read aloud. In addition, the soundtrack enhances moods. When the boy first finds the Thing, cheerful, playful tunes accompany the light-hearted scene. Later, when affairs start looking more dismal, melancholy strains reflect the less-than-hopeful feelings of the disheartened boy.

Animation also is used for inflection.

While the surroundings are drab and dirty, the Things are colored brightly, emphasizing that they are the highlight of this world. Things act shy, scurrying after their temporary caretakers, appearing lost and forlorn. Use of light and dark enhances atmospheres. The pitch-black interior and lack of windows at the Federal Department of Odds and Ends suggests the building is not a kind-hearted place. In contrast, places where the Things are content are bright, colorful and open.

The boy in the story looks up at his world, while the others are buried in their own lives. He collects bottle caps, which indicates that he cares for what most consider trash. The massive size of the Thing accentuates how self-absorbed the people are; they don’t even notice it, but the boy does.

“The Lost Thing” is a touching animation, intriguing until the very end of its 15 minutes. With its unique narration, creative and meaningful animation, enhancing soundtrack and choice character development, “The Lost Thing” deserves four stars!

Katie Patrice Sixth grade Out-of-Door Academy

One reason people lose things is because they don’t think or care about the things and take them for granted. Every time someone forgets about something, memories start to fade until they’re gone completely. The short film, “The Lost Thing,” by Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan, shows what happens when the most important things in your life are lost or forgotten.

One day, a teen combs the beach for boring bottle caps to add to his boring bottle-cap collection. The setting is monotonous and desolate.

While hunting, he spots something unusual. It is an enormous red Thing that turns out to be harmless and fun to play with. The fact that no one notices it is normal.

People in this world are lifeless and depressed because everything is homogenous. All the Thing needs is to

be noticed.

The teen takes the Thing home to show his parents but knows he can’t keep it. While he is watching TV, a community-service announcement says “anything of unknown origins” could be brought to the Federal Department of Odds and Ends. After he goes there, he is given massive amounts of paperwork to complete.

Then, a stranger approaches the teen and tells him that if he really cares about the Thing, he should not leave it there. This was a place for forgotten things. The stranger gives the teen a mysterious card that leads them to a place that is full of life, light and happiness.

This movie’s target audience is everyone, because anyone can understand the messages. One of the messages is not to get so wrapped up in your life that you don’t notice what’s in front of you. I love this film and think it is worth seeing, because it is very visual and full of contrasts between dull, boring cities and bright, upbeat environments.

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By Loren Mayo | Community Editor

When you’re in fourth grade, not much beats building your own guitar from scratch and then hoisting it up like you’re a rockstar.

For the past four weeks, fourthgraders at Bay Haven School of Basics-Plus have been building, painting and stringing a one-string Spanish guitar called an amigo. The project integrates several subjects, including art, math, science and music, and is the result of a grant that science teacher Rolf Hanson received from the Education Foundation.

Last year, Howlin’ Bob (Bob Fieberts) did the project with another fourth-grade class at Bay Haven, in which Hanson’s daughter, Lis Sundberg, was a student. Fond of the guitar because it is simple to learn and easy to play, Hanson thought the entire fourth grade might enjoy it and brought it to the school staff’s attention.

“To me, it’s important as a science teacher for the students to have as much hands-on activity as possible,” Hanson said. “In third grade, they learn the recorder, but some struggle.

It’s nice to be able to give them an alternative to play the same songs.”

The project began with teachers asking students to bring in and decorate a cookie tin that would become the resonating box for the amigos.

The size, shape and design were the students’ choices — the larger the

Kiah Florence plays a scale.

A resonating box by Connor Carleigh Coffin paints a swirly Toale sun on her amigo base.

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Mikeya Jackson and Alexcia Cavanaugh are learning to play songs for the school’s cultural fair. base, the lower the sound.

“We painted our amigos with Mexican designs and colors,” Carleigh Coffin said. “We are going to learn how to play songs for our cultural fair during Mexican Heritage Month and have our classrooms set up as the Honduras.”

Students then sanded down the wooden neck of the guitar, using a real amigo to measure out the placement for the frets. Hanson assisted the students with placing the frets and stringing the instruments in the science lab.

“You usually see guitars in stores,

but it’s different to make it — it’s cool because it’s your own,” Alexcia Cavanaugh said. “I like playing music with a string instead of putting my fingers over the holes.”

This week, Fieberts taught students how to play “Smoke on the Water.” When Fieberts started out playing music, horns were more popular, and he said being in band class was more fun.

“String instruments are so much a part of our culture because of rock music,” Fieberts said. “As soon as kids get them in their hand, they’re posing like they’re in a band.”

Arianna Mitchell practices playing “Smoke on the Water.”

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The Sarasota Garden Club held its 74th annual Standard Flower Show Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27, at the Sarasota Garden Club. The theme this year was “Let Freedom Ring,” and the arrangements and categories all had patriotic themes and represented the United States Armed Forces.

The competition was open to amateur gardeners, who are members of the Sarasota Garden Club, area residents and students of counties participating in Flower Show Judges School.

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Giving Hunger the Blues celebrates its 16th year

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From hot, grilled sliders to justblended margaritas, Giving Hunger the Blues had everyone’s undivided attention Sunday.

The street festival, held in the Southside area, featured bands such as My Friend Scott, The Boneshakers and

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The girls at First Presbyterian Preschool waited all week to put on their favorite “gowns” for the annual Butterfly Ball and silent auction, held Friday, March 25, at First Prebyterian Church. The little ones could hardly contain their excitement as they dashed from the artsand-crafts stations to the face-painting booth, where sparkly butterfly designs were the most popular look of the evening.

The event also featured a silent auction and raised money for the First Presbyterian Preschool. Chairwomen were Ashley Carson and Jen Hutchens.

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The first-place team: Dianne Trevithick, Patricia Morris, Carol Boyd and Kathie Connelly

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Oaks Club golfers putt for a breast-cancer cure

By Loren Mayo | Community Editor

If there’s one group of Osprey women known for transforming a dining room into an ocean of pink hues, it’s The Oaks Club Women’s Golf Association.

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The winning team consisted of Dianne Trevithick, Patricia Morris, Carol Boyd and Kathie Connelly.

The second annual Jewish Film Festival held its opening reception Sunday, March 27, at the Beatrice Friedman Theatre on the Jewish Community Campus. The opening reception included the showing of “Saviors in the Night,” which included a Q&A led by film festival Chairwoman Roz Goldberg. The reception also included refreshments and an appearance by Tony-nominated star Tovah Feldshuh.

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BUSINESS SLICE ofthe city It’s Read OBSERVER +Everywhere Gulf Coast Business Review proofreader Dede Bacro caught a performance of Bizet’s “Carmen” in January, at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York City.

She brought along a copy of the Sarasota Observer, just in case the moment might present itself when she could pose with Robert Alagna, internationally famous opera tenor. Alagna had just completed his final performance as Don Jose, as well as the role of Mario Cavaradossi, in Puccini’s “Tosca.”

+ Chamber hires new membership coordinator The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce has announced Jamie Overmiller as its new membership coordinator.

“I am thrilled to join the chamber’s dynamic team and utilize my knowledge and skills to best serve the needs of the membership,” she said.

Overmiller’s primary responsibilities include membership/business profile updates, event registrations, username and password inquiries and membership-related questions. She will work closely with the Membership Benefits and Events Council, the Business and Networking Groups Committee and chamber partners.

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Julie Rohr Academy’s annual soiree drew 120 people March 25, to Michael’s On East. About 80 local businesses donated items to the silent auction, and parents made it their mission to outbid one another on kids’ class projects.

Perhaps the highlight of the evening was the McHugh famRyan Jackson, a Julie ily’s performance, featuring Rohr Academy alum, and Lauren Labossiere, who Julie Rohr McHugh, Matt McHugh and Martin McHugh, performed in the show. along with alumni Ryan Jackson, in an a cappella performance of ’50s tunes.

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12:40 p.m. — 1900 block of Ringling Boulevard. Forgery. A man handed a teller a check to cash, along with his driver’s license. The teller began running a routine background on the check, and the man became nervous. He grabbed his ID and demanded the check be returned. The teller said it would only take a minute, but the man was insistent. She gave him the check and later determined it was forged.

But the man had provided his real driver’s license and had a checking account at that bank. The case was not difficult to solve.

March 21 Early arrival 3:34 p.m. — 3800 block of South Tamiami Trail. Careless Driving. A woman was trying to park her car outside an optometrist’s office when she accidentally jumped the parking bumper and struck the curb. But the accident had nothing to do with her eyesight. She had removed her shoes while she was driving, and the shoes were still on the driver’s side floor.

One shoe got stuck under the brake pedal and prevented the car from stopping properly.

You’re on candid camera 4 p.m. — 3800 block of South Tamiami Trail. Theft. A woman’s wallet was stolen from her supermarket shopping cart. The thief then made purchases at two department stores. The victim happened to work at one of those department stores and had easy access to the surveillance tape.

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Say cheese 6:25 p.m. — 4100 block of Central Sarasota Parkway. Disturbance. The complainant has been involved in a months-long dispute with a neighbor. On the above date, the complainant’s young daughter was walking the dog and saw the neighbor taking pictures of the complainant’s car. The complainant ran outside and confronted the neighbor. Both parties have been taking photos of each other during their ongoing feud. The neighbor got into his car, but the complainant stood in front of it, so he couldn’t leave.

The complainant then stepped away, but her daughter then stepped in front of the car. The complainant grabbed her daughter, and the neighbor departed.

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7 p.m. — 1 block of Marina Plaza. Burglary. The owner of a fishing boat reported an on-board burglary. Someone had jimmied the door to get inside and stole 11 fishing rods, valued at $1,600.

March 23 Fair-weather friend 12:32 a.m. — 3000 block of Ringling Boulevard. Theft. A county fair worker had just cashed his $800 paycheck and stuffed the wad of cash in his wallet. He placed his wallet in his mobile home and left. When he returned, his wallet was gone. The man said a co-worker and friend knew where the wallet was, and he suspects his friend committed the crime.

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Megan Wallin, a Sarasota native, is the founder of SpikeKey. Wallin was a triple threat in high school, lettering in track, basketball and volleyball. Wallin attended Michigan State University on an academic and athletic scholarship for volleyball; she was a captain of the team during her junior and senior years. For the last three years, Wallin has focused on playing beach volleyball and on running SpikeKey, which offers volleyball clinics on Siesta Key beach. Wallin has played all over the world and is gearing up for another season of beach volleyball competitions.

How did you end up playing volleyball in college?

As a freshman in high school (at Cardinal Mooney), I participated in track, basketball and volleyball into my senior year, and then there was a time where I had to decide if I wanted to play basketball or volleyball in college. The offer I received from Michigan State and the type of people whom I was going to be playing with for the next four years really changed my mind about volleyball.

What is different about playing volleyball on the beach versus on a hard surface?

Well, you have the different elements in beach volleyball. You have the wind, of course, the sun being the obvious factor and the different textures of the sand.

So, yes, it is easier on your body, but it is harder to jump and move around in the sand versus playing on a hard platform.

Have you had any memorable beach volleyball moments?

My first professional tournament was in Boulder, Colo. I’m sure most of you know Misty May and Kerri Walsh, so we were playing them in center court inside the Boulder Arena. Yes, we did lose, but it was an experience and a memory I will never forget.

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Casey Key home sells for $2.6 million living area. It previously sold for $84,000 in 1979.

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

The following residential realestate transactions took place between Feb. 28 and March 7. A home on Casey Key tops all the transactions in this week’s real estate. Aquos Properties LLC sold the home at 3206 Casey Key Road to Richard and Michelle Harvey, of Nokomis, for $2.6 million. Built in 1987, it has five bedrooms, seven-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,851 square feet of living area.

SIESTA KEY

Siestas Bayside Baypoint

CNLBank sold the home at 751 Siesta Key Circle to Robert Chadfield, trustee, Sarasota, for $1.9 million. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, four-anda-half baths, a pool and 4,717 square feet of living area.

Sarasota Beach

Peter and Karen Jackson, Sarasota, sold their home at 172 Island Circle to Michael and Jill Schiaparelli, Sarasota, for $900,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,304 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,365,000 in 2005.

Robert Anderson, Sarasota, sold his home at 106 Island

Midnight Cove II

Meredith and Cathy Jo Lloyd, trustees, of Yorktown, Ind., sold the Unit 620 condominium at 1400 Midnight Cove II Place to Wayne Carucci, of Cincinnati, for $440,000. Built in 1979, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,720 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $495,000 in 2003.

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This home at 751 Siesta Key Circle has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 4,717 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.9 million.

Circle to Mark and Amy Karch, of Newtown, Pa., for $549,000.

Built in 1963, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 1,889 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $1,265,000 in 2005.

Island Circle Properties LLC sold the home at 437 Island Circle to James Pintauro, of Pelham, N.Y., for $330,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,102 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $423,000 in 2004.

Twin Oak Pond

Geraldine Benseman, of Gret-

na, Pa., sold her home at 5230 S. Winding Way to Sarah Kirk, of Ocala, for $575,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,033 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $700,500 in 2005.

Siesta Dunes Beach

Juanita Dean, trustee, of Morehead, Ky., sold the Unit 303 condominium at 6208 Midnight Pass Road to William and Paula Cody, of Montpelier, Vt., for $560,000. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,150 square feet of

Jamaica Royale

Richard and Joan Thorpe, of Newton, Iowa, sold their Unit 75 condominium at 5830 Midnight Pass Road to JKL Properties LLC for $407,500. Built in 1964, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 986 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $385,000 in 2002.

Fishermans Cove

Richard Pyle, trustee, of Ogden Dunes, Ind., and James Pyle, trustee, Sarasota, sold the Unit A210 condominium at 8900 Blind Pass Road to Robert Maranto Jr., of Amherst, N.Y., for $375,000. Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 969 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $27,900 in 1969.

Excelsior Beach To Bay

Neil and Beverley Georgi, of Osprey, sold their Unit 207 condominium at 6285 Midnight Pass Road to Mark and Caroline Laframboise, of Ontario, Canada, for $320,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,387 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $197,000 in 1997.

La Siesta

Thomas and Ligia Russell sold their Unit 201 condominium at 901 Beach Road to Stefan and Connie Gawalewicz, of Ontario, Canada, for $320,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 940 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $185,000 in 1999.

Siesta Beach

Walter Enger and Christine Hadley Enger, trustees, sold the home at 5141 Saint Albans Ave. to Kevin and Lisa Boggess, of Salem, Va., for $285,000. Built in 1986, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,131 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $200,000 in 2005.

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FIRST LIDO 1900 Ben Franklin. Large 1BR/2BA condo. Gulf view from all windows, No obstruction. Rent for 6 months or longer. $1500. 513-834-1410 LBK: BAYFRONT, 2BR furnished condo, Longboat Harbour. Spectacular water views from every room, ground floor, end unit.

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Gulf/ private beach house access. Boat dock available. Avail. April 2nd. $1300/mo annual lease +utilities. 734-425-8245.

Condos For Sale DOWNTOWN RENAISSANCE. Unfurnished 2BR/2BA, 7 closets. Heated pool, spa & much more. $1350 monthly. 6 month minimum. 941-952-1081

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2BR/2BA Bay & Marina views, 40' terrace, 12' ceilings, bamboo wood floors, steps to pool. $499,000 Call Michael Granston 941-504-8018 Prudential Palms Realty SUNSET BEACH: 2BR/2BA, beautiful pool and Gulf view. $575,000. 727-347-1554 or 727-420-4405. Open Sunday 12p.m.-4p.m.

Fractionals TIMESHARE ON LONGBOAT KEY LITTLE GULL COTTAGES. Beautiful 2BR/2BA on bayside, dock, pool, access to private gulfside beach area. Week 24 - Unit 14 (June) only $1200 OBO. LONGBOAT BAY CLUB - 1600/sq.ft. float week, 2BR/2BA, balcony overlooking bayside cove, pool, hot tub & dock. Only 100 yards walk to the gulf. $1500 OBO. Call Sandy @ 407-234-9551

Homes For Rent COUNTRY OAKS- Lakefront! Spacious 3/2/2 on cul-de-sac. Community Pool & Tennis. Freshly painted. Immaculate and ready for immediate occupancy.

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941-350-0510 or 813-220-6799 DEEP WATER ACCESS Boater’s Dream residential rental in south Longboat Key. 3BR/2BA, approx. 1720 sq.ft., only minutes to Sarasota Bay and open Gulf. 100/ft canal frontage with pool. Yearly lease at $2350/month + utilities. Call 228-327-7801.

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1 Bed 1 Bath cottage. One car garage plus carport. All new appliances ( including washer and dryer) and fixtures as well as a brand new heat and A/C unit. On a canal with dock for 24 ft boat. Yearly rental only. 1399.00 per month. Utilities not included. Call 928-4247

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Fully engineered, approved and ready for development of 7 SF homes and 5 boat dock on fabulous Palma Sola Bay. Or use all 3.9 acres for your own retreat. Will trade for waterfront Sarasota home or negotiate on sale. $1.8M Marcia Wood, Broker, marcia@marciawood.com 941-350-2285 WATERFRONT FOR TRADE- Will trade LBK gulf front, 2BR/2BA, upgraded Condo for AMI Gulffront condo.

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Laws governing ownership of U.S. properties vary by country, but international property transactions usually include one common denominator—the changing of another currency into U.S. dollars. Currency rates fluctuate by the day, hour and moment. Sometimes drastically. The catastrophes in Japan—combined with escalating tensions in the Middle East—were just the latest to ignite major volatility in everything from stocks to oil prices and currency exchange rates.

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As the horrible scope of Japan’s disaster began to reveal itself, the Euro, Pound Sterling and Canadian Dollar plunged significantly against the U.S. Dollar. Each in just a matter of minutes. They have since recovered, but the alarming speed with which rates can change gives testimony to the sort of volatility an international buyer wants to avoid when planning a money exchange.

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For example, the highest rate for the Canadian Dollar since early 2008 was achieved on March 8, 2011—when 1.0341 U.S. Dollars equaled one Canadian Dollar. Then as events worsened in Japan and Libya on March 14, the rate dropped to 1.0025 U.S. Dollars per Canadian Dollar. On a property that cost $100,000 on March 8th, you would owe an additional $3,048 in Canadian Dollars just one week later if you hadn’t previously locked-in the more favorable exchange rate. On a $500,000 property, you would owe an additional $15,240 in Canadian Dollars.

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Says Steve Tatone: “As soon as I considered the fact that I could direct my own stuff, the next thought was, ‘Well, let’s make it right here in Sarasota.’”

The noisemaker Steve Tatone turns up the volume on the Sarasota Film Fest. Meet the local, indie filmmaker with Hollywood potential.

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teve Tatone’s voice is hoarse.

Blame it on the fact that it’s 7 a.m., and Tatone spent 18 hours of the previous day in a Los Angeles studio mixing his

film, “Beautiful Noise,” in Dolby Surround Sound.

And what beautiful noise it was. It gave the 55-year-old writer/director goose bumps. Suddenly, his little independent film

seemed bigger. Louder. More polished. Even his unknown cast — far less famous than the celebrities passing through L.A.’s coffee shops in oversized sunglasses — sounded like superstars.

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TATONE from 1B Suddenly the distance between Sarasota and Hollywood seemed shorter. Tatone had bridged it with one, 93-minute musical drama about an aging pop star living in the Myakka woods, a story he conceived more than two years ago while pacing the shores of Siesta Key Beach.

“I tell ya,” Tatone says. “Every time I get away from the film and then watch it again, I get choked up. It’s like I’m seeing it for the first time.”

In less than 48 hours, the filmmaker will board a red-eye flight back to Sarasota, where he’s lived since 1992 with his wife, Linda, a longtime employee at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, to embark on a local media blitz to drum up interest in “Beautiful Noise.”

Not that he needs to scramble.

Filmed last fall entirely in Sarasota and Myakka City, the movie, produced

by Tatone’s Midnight Pass Productions, secured a record six screenings at the Sarasota Film Festival — more than any other film selection in SFF’s 13-year history.

The April 9 premiere sold out before it even went on sale.

Tatone’s excitement is palpable even over a long-distance phone call. Like a parent whose child has just graduated from college, the filmmaker’s voice is ignited with delight. The fruit of his labor has been tossed into the world, and it’s ripe with opportunity.

“Everybody is looking for the next ‘Once,’ and we may have it here,” Tatone says, referencing the sweetly understated Irish musical drama that received an Academy Award nomination in 2007 for “Best Original Song.” “As soon as we wrapped principal photography, I immediately wrote a prequel and a sequel to the movie. I knew we had lighting in a bottle.”

Tatone loves that catchphrase: lighting

IF YOU GO “Beautiful Noise” premieres at 7 and 9:15 p.m. April 9, at the Sarasota Film Festival. Tickets are still available for the April 11, April 12, April 16 and April 17 shows at Regal Cinemas Hollywood 20, in downtown Sarasota. Tickets are available at the Hollywood 20 box office and online at www.sarasotafilmfestival.com. For more information, call 366-6200.

You can catch the stars of “Beautiful Noise” in concert at 8 p.m. Friday, April 1, at the Riverview Performing Arts Center. For tickets, call 387-6360 or visit beautifulnoisethemovie.com.

in a bottle. He uses it three times in one hour with the kind of earnest gusto that can’t be faked.

“On the surface, it’s the kind of movie that we’ve all seen before in some variation or another,” Tatone says. “But when things start happening between the characters, when the music kicks in and the movie starts to build, it just reaches a completely different level.”

The story follows Dez, a free-spirited, 20-something singer on a mission to rerecord the unreleased album of a former rock icon living an embittered and reclusive life in Myakka City.

Starring Bradenton native Danielle White and veteran Neil Diamond performer Jay White, “Beautiful Noise” has a “Crazy Heart” feel — minus the country swagger.

The title of the movie was directly plucked from the cover of Diamond’s 1976 album, and although Tatone, a selfdescribed “Diamond head,” had originally intended to build his script around the singer’s more obscure tracks, he couldn’t afford to purchase Diamond’s material.

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Jay White appeared as Neil Diamond in Ron Howard’s 2008 film, “Frost/Nixon.”

So, instead he asked his cast to provide songs. The resulting soundtrack, says Tatone, “will blow you away.”

Much of the songs were penned by its breakout star, Nashville singer/songwriter Kimber Cleveland, whom Tatone compares to Sheryl Crow.

With the exception of Joni Mitchell’s “Free Man in Paris,” which Tatone was stunned to have obtained permission to use, all of “Beautiful Noise’s” music is original.

“Eighty percent of the movie is music, and not one song in there is for fluff,” Tatone says. “Every lyric and every melody was carefully chosen to propel the plot.

If people don’t pay attention to the lyrics,

they’ll miss the heart of the story.”

Tatone was so happy with the soundtrack, he decided to create a concert tour (“Beautiful Noise Live!”) featuring songs from the movie and starring the film’s cast.

White will headline the first stop on the tour Friday at the Riverview Performing Arts Center.

“All of this promotion is designed for one thing: to acquire distribution,” Tatone says. “Whether a studio gets involved or whether we choose to release it ourselves.”

So, how exactly did a guy who spent the first half of his career working for his family’s chain of car dealerships in Dayton, Ohio, and the second half of his career working as a concert promoter in Florida, write, direct and produce a musical film with unknown actors, singing unknown songs on a shoestring budget?

By not waiting for bountiful funding, perfect timing and Hollywood’s blessing.

“Beautiful Noise” is not his first script.

Five years ago, he wrote a hockey drama about the rise and fall of a Boston Bruins player in the 1970s. The story, which was recently picked up by a major film studio, will go into pre-production this summer in Boston.

As thrilled as Tatone is to see the movie finally gain momentum, (it reportedly has a $25 million price tag and an A-list cast), the experience taught him that it takes time and patience to see a project through what he calls “the Hollywood gristmill.”

“I’m not some kid fresh out of film school,” Tatone says. “I didn’t care if I could raise $1 million or 10 cents. I’m a baby boomer, with a certain level of expertise, who happens to love movies. I think that’s what is making me successful. I don’t care what people have to say about how I’m supposed to do things.

That, and I just wrote what was in my heart.”

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+ Local writer chronicles triumph over cancer

Things are looking up for Kim McAuliffe Clark in more ways than one.

When Clark, 45, was diagnosed with lymphoma three years ago, she found she could hardly sleep during chemotherapy treatments. As she puts it, “she was wired on Prednisone.”

To combat sleeplessness and anxiety, Clark, an executive assistant at All Faiths Food Bank, began writing religious testimonies about her cancer experience. Fifty pages in, she realized she was on her way to writing a book.

“Keep Looking Up” was published earlier this year.

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+ Film fest artist gives good face You may not recognize Vince Fraser’s mug, but you’ve probably locked eyes with the pouty female faces he’s created for the Sarasota Film Festival.

The 40-year-old digital illustrator and native Londoner was hired to provide art for the 2010 festival, after the board of directors fell in love with a handful of his conceptual sketches.

This year he’s back with a familiar and equally attractive face. (Hello brand recognition.)

Every spring for 13 years, SFF has blanketed the city with snazzy poster art. With Fraser at the digital easel, the festival’s image has taken on a more fantasy/sci-fi feel.

But why a face?

“I’m inspired by sexy and seductive female forms,” Fraser says. “The SFF face was very iconic and a good focal point for the main canvas. I love creating fantasy worlds and abstract characters in surreal settings, so, for me, this was an ideal opportunity to display my skills.”

Those who hobnobbed with the artist last year might recall Fraser proposed to his future wife, Paula, while staying on

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Kim McAuliffe Clark

“I’ve always had –– as my folks would say –– a gift for writing,” Clark says.

“My mom always said I should write for Hallmark.

I can sum things up nicely in a few

sentences.”

See for yourself: Clark’s book is available for purchase at Living Word Christian Store and on Amazon.com.

The author will be signing copies of the book from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 2, at Dutch Valley Restaurant, 6721 S. Tamiami Trail.

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Longboat Key. The two were married one week later at Robert Smithson’s five-acre Sarasota estate. Capt. John Hillstrand, from the Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch,” was in attendance. Now that gives more meaning to the whole “she’s quite a catch” thing.

By the end of this film-festival season, you’ll tire of hearing about “Beautiful Noise.”

The film just keeps gaining more and more momentum.

(See this week’s Diversions cover story on writer/director Steve Tatone.)

Earlier this month, the musical drama nabbed Wendy Williams, an executive producer with more than a dozen A-list film credits to her name, including the new big-budget remake of “Planet of the Apes” –– “Rise of the Apes,” which is currently in post-production and slated for a November release.

Williams, a local resident, fell in love with Tatone’s Sarasota

HOT TICKETS Vinyl Music Festival: Hardcore clubbers have

already purchased their tickets to the 2011 Vinyl Music Festival, which runs April 7 to April 10, during the Sarasota Film Festival. For those of you still on the fence, check out www.vinylfestival. com. The four-day lineup offers one raging dance party after the next. Now in its third year, VMF is the largest Courtesy photo electronic musical DJ Honorebel festival on the Gulf Coast. This year’s event features more than 40 artists from around the world, including Jamaican reggae house DJ, Honorebel. For tickets, call 928-9269.

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Danielle White in “Beautiful Noise.”

indie flick, despite the fact that it boasts no known actors.

“She’s going to be instrumental in getting the film in front of people in Hollywood who make decisions to acquire independent films in their pipeline,” Tatone says. “There’s no guarantee that we’ll get picked up, but having Wendy involved gives us instant credibility. I have complete faith in my cast and crew, but nobody knows us.”

Check out the April 2011 issue of Men’s Journal magazine. (FYI: Jake Gyllenhaal is on the cover.)

Inside you’ll find that Sarasota was included in the magazine’s annual “Best Places to Thanks for the love, Live” feature.

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Prodigal star

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Sarasota Ballet will perform “Mr. B! A Tribute to George Balanchine” at 8 p.m. Friday, April 1 and at 2 and 8 p.m.

Saturday, April 2, at the Sarasota Opera House. For tickets, call 3590099, Ext. 101 or visit www.sarasotaballet.org.

Ricardo Graziano’s latest turn as a wayward boy in Sarasota Ballet’s ‘Prodigal Son’ proves the newcomer has no problem acting out on stage.

When Ricardo Graziano was a young boy growing up in Brazil, he thought he wanted to be an actor.

He was an outgoing kid with an energetic disposition and an affinity for soap operas. He danced, but he never considered it anything more than a hobby. The way some boys take karate lessons, Graziano took dance lessons.

Acting seemed more attainable than dancing, anyway. In a country where most people’s favorite pastime is soccer, ballet performances are a rare commodity. Only a handful of professional companies exist in Brazil.

Graziano never considered it would turn into a career until at 16 years old he earned a scholarship to a dance school in Germany.

“The door to the dance world opened, and I said, ‘OK, let’s see what happens,’” he says.

Two years later, Graziano joined the corps de ballet at Oklahoma’s Tulsa Ballet, where he unsurprisingly earned a reputation for performing character roles in story ballets.

He laughs as he rattles off the list of roles, both male and female, that pad his repertoire.

“I’ve played the step-sisters in ‘Cinderella,’ a drag queen, a witch and a wizard … ” Graziano trails off. “I get

a lot of acting parts for some reason.”

Perhaps it’s his inner soap star still itching to come out.

“No,” he snickers. “I no longer want to be an actor. This is what I love.”

He’s near the end of his first season with Sarasota Ballet. When he joined the company as a soloist last year, he immediately landed the role of Prince Ivan in the season-opener “Firebird.”

This weekend he’ll share the lead role in Balanchine’s “Prodigal Son” with fellow soloist Logan Learned, another dancer with a penchant for dancing character roles.

Staged by Paul Boos, the 1929 ballet is sandwiched between two lighter works on the company’s all-Balanchine triple bill: the plot-less and aristocratic “Divertimento No. 15” and the Broadway-esque Gershwin ballet “Who Cares?”

A half-hour emotional rollercoaster inspired by a parable pulled from the Gospel of Luke, “Prodigal Son” is about one man’s rebellion, defeat and redemption following his decision to run away from home.

Despite his dramatic range, the role has been one of Graziano’s most challenging to date.

“You go through a lot of emotions in 30 minutes,” he says. “It’s a lot of responsibility.”

 Ricardo Graziano’s claim to fame? “I’m from Brazil and I hate soccer,” jokes the dancer. “I don’t even know how to kick a ball.”

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Q&A WITH PAUL BOOS Former New York City Ballet dancer Paul Boos is a repetiteur for the George Balanchine Trust and an international guest teacher. “Prodigal Son” marks his first time working with the Sarasota Ballet.

Logan Learned and Ricardo Graziano are sharing the lead in “The Prodigal Son.” How do they differ in their interpretations of the role?

Each of them is physically different people. Logan is very sort of small, and when

he dances you feel like a very tender, delicate young man is throwing himself out into the world. Ricardo, although he’s a bigger guy, still has a real sensitivity about him. He’s still able to convey the same sort of innocence.

What is your impression of the company so far?

The dancers are so open.

They’re like sponges. They walk into the room and soak up so much information and pretty much instantly apply it. They’re not afraid to take

chances and develop. It’s ideal for any guest who’s coming in to work with a company.

And your thoughts on this all-Balanchine program?

The first ballet is a Mozart piece from his middle period.

The second ballet — an earlier work, which I’m responsible for — tells a story. And his last work has a jazzy, Broadway feel to it, so the audience is getting a wonderful taste of the best of Balanchine at various points in his career.

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Iconcept turns heads with art couture Pole dancers and scant fashion lend sex appeal to Art Center Sarasota’s third annual ‘iconcept.’

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What can be said about this year’s “iconcept” fashion show at Art Center Sarasota?

Well, the pictures say it all. The runway spectacle Friday was low-cut, formfitting, flamboyant fun.

It started off with a striptease in a bucket full of suds, followed by a two pole dances, followed by an hour-long parade of outrageous outfits by some of the most inventive artists in town.

Duct tape and trash bags (“Trachic,” by Miho Hosaka) Corona bottle caps (“Shake It Up,” by Elena De LaVille and Pat Gormley)  Paint color swatches (“Newgrugacal,” by Barbara Gerdeman)  137 hot-glue sticks (“Not Quite for Consumption,” by Zach Gilliland and Amanda Landesberg)  Macaroni noodles (“Pasta Dress,” by Ray Peper)  Garden hose (“Botanical Bikini with Hose,” by Daniel Petrov)  Synthetic body parts (“Hand Made,” by Vicky Randall)  Videotape, cable wire and CDs (“Mixed Media,” by Lisa Berger)  Caution tape (“Working Girl,” by Pamela Sumner)

Art Center Development Director Lisa Berger was true to her words: This year’s designers did not hold back.

From Zach Gilliland and Amanda Landesberg’s razor-sharp dress, constructed from metal, plastic and LED lights, to Elena De LaVille and Pat Gormley’s bicycle tube mini skirt and bustier top, it’s safe to say that “iconcept” is no longer just a concept, but a full-fledged Sarasota version of “Project Runway.”

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A breakdown of some of the unusual materials used to create this year’s designs.

Sculptor Vicky Randall’s “Hand Made” was adorned with dummy body parts used for medical training.

Daniel Petrov’s “Botanical Bikini with Hose” made a leafy statement.

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by Stephanie Hannum | Black Tie Editor

Step into your dream kitchen on ‘Simply Sarasota’ tour The home of Dr. Richard and Amy Buck is a Mediterranean revivalstyle home located at 1607 South Drive and is thought to be the oldest standing house in historic Cherokee Park. The Bucks purchased the home in 2005 and moved in after an 18-to-20-month renovation. Prior to being staged by designer Jason Champion for Junior League of Sarasota’s Simply Sarasota Kitchen Festival, The Observer got a sneak peek at the beautiful family-friendly kitchen.

IF YOU GO

Kitchen tours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2, during Junior League of Sarasota’s “Simply Sarasota Kitchen Festival.” Tickets are $30.

For more information, call 9535600 or visit jlsarasota.org.

 “When Rich and I were engaged, I found this pattern and have continued to collect pieces,” says Amy Buck, referring to her collection of Vietri dishware. “I wanted the kitchen to be all-white, so it would be light, and having these plates on display really adds color to the kitchen.”

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At the center of Dr. Richard and Amy Buck’s kitchen is the grand teak island. “Teak is waterproof as well as a tough and attractive wood,” says Richard Buck, who grew up sailing and spent a lot of time on boats. On the surrounding countertops, the Bucks chose marble instead of granite to keep with the 1920s feel of the kitchen.

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DESIGN TIPS FROM JASON CHAMPION  ”Clean, clean and clean some more.”  “When bringing life to a blank canvas, you should always start with your surroundings,” says Jason Champion, who will stage the Bucks’ kitchen for this weekend’s tour. “Nature offers a beautiful array of shapes, sizes and colors.”

“The least expensive way to mix it up in a kitchen with limited space 

would be to paint and use natural elements such as vegetables, an herb garden or even a beautiful banana leaf from your yard.”  ”Get rid of clutter — box up what you don’t need or use and get it out.”  “When staging homes or businesses, you can find something that is personal to the owner or items that can displayed in groups,” says Champion. “The

Bucks have a great collection of hand-painted pottery with amazing colors for inspiration in a flower arrangement. Always try to bring something living in a space.”  ”Consider curb appeal of your home. New potted plants or perennials give a nice splash of color.”

The dual fuel (one side is electric, the other side is gas) double-oven commercial stove by Lacanche is from France. “I read about these ovens in cooking magazines and fell in love because I love to cook and bake,” says Amy Buck. “This range is very stripped down compared to a Viking or Wolf, but I liked the look, and it really goes with the look of our kitchen.”

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“The inspiration for the pantry came from pictures of older kitchens with glass doors and open shelves.

We debated about making it so exposed, but decided that it went with the look of an older kitchen.”

“This (spice cabinet) was a great addition — we recessed a small cabinet in the wall.

It’s maybe 5 to 6 inches deep and so easy to do,” says Amy Buck. “This is more efficient than taking up drawer space.”

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“The foot pedal is my favorite thing in the whole kitchen,” says Amy Buck.

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EDIBLES: Favorite Restaurants by Molly Schechter | Food Editor

Where the young ’uns like to eat The question posed to an assortment of Sarasota parents and grandparents was: ”Where do you go out to eat when you are taking the kids or grandkids?”

McDonald’s and pizza make anticipated but limited appearances. These kids go for teppanyaki, sushi and organic foods.

“Tommy Bahama for ribs. Tokyo is always lots of fun, easy and makes for great conversation. The ‘I Love You’ crepe at Café Palm is heaven — I wish they had a drive-thru window. ” —Bobbie and Lisa Morris

“As a family, we all love Kazu – Sy, 10, is an edamame, tempura and rice guy, and Hugh, 8, goes for miso soup and sushi, particularly the eel rolls. The kids often vote for TooJay’s first. Sy is stuck on those chicken fingers, and Hugh has a thing for their matzoh ball soup … and both consume a small mountain of their fresh rye bread every time. Both restaurants are a sigh of relief for Mom … there’s nothing worse than announcing your dinner plan for the night and hearing your kids say, ‘Ugh, not that again, Mom …’”

—Baron and Patty Schimberg

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“Jason’s Deli on University Parkway … allnatural or organic and no artificial additives.

My kids’ favorite part is the free ice cream.

If you asked Jordan, he would say ‘Old McDonald,’ only because of the play area.”

—Matthew and Dawn Klee

“We enjoy dinner with our grandchildren, Avery Fields, 12, and Blair Fields, 9, along with their parents at Café Don Giovanni.

Wonderful owner, good food, fair prices, etc. But, of course, Grammy’s kitchen, which she uses a lot, is always the best.”

—Gary and Barbara Eisenberg

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“One of our favorites is Demetrio’s. Ansley and Matthew often frequent ‘Metrio’s and they love when the owner brings them a Courtesy photo plate of pasta Matthew, 3 1/2 and shells while they Ansley, 7 1/2 wait. It has been a favorite of the Morris family for decades.

My husband’s family has lived around the corner for over 20 years and many a Sunday evening meal has been shared over Greek salad and pizza.”—Amanda Morris

“Our grandchildren are seven girls and, finally, a boy! They love coming here.

We take them to Owen’s Fish Camp, Mediterraneo and Dry Dock. And the best: Michael’s On East and the Wine Cellar. We have celebrated our big birthdays there.”

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“My 10-year-old grandson prefers the Beach Bistro to Patrick’s and filet mignon to burgers. Not typical, but he wants to be a chef and requests a trip to the kitchen wherever we go. He is not a cheap date, but what a lot of fun and surprises.”

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Film >> ‘Certified

Copy’

“Certified Copy” is a strange film. I don’t believe that it was meant to be entertaining. Rather it’s considered “an ambulatory experience.” Driven by conversation, the film follows a couple who seems to have just met against the breathtakingly beautiful backdrop of Tuscany, in Italy.

An unnamed woman (Juliette Binoche) attends a lecture at which the author of a book (William Shimell) speaks about the concept of “real copy.” His premise is that a copy of an original work of art can be just as important as the original (citing Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns).

She’s intrigued and invites him on a drive to a nearby village.

As their conversations unfold, the couple begins to act as though they’re married. Were they pretending to be strangers? Was their initial encounter fake and later that day, a reality? Is life imitating art or vice-versa?

These are the questions upon which “Certified Copy” revolves.

At times it becomes tedious, but Binoche’s performance is so lovely to behold, one forgives. Long, lingering close-ups of her revealing countenances speak volumes without uttering a syllable. British opera star Shimell, in his first film role, is immensely impressive. He has a George Clooney-ness about him, even a resemblance.

Writer/director Abbas Kiarostami (“Five”) seems

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Juliette Binoche stars in “Certified Copy.” to have intentionally created a “copy” of an original film (possibly “Before Sunset” or “Journey to Italy”). The similarities are blatant and, thus, his film purposefully mirrors another, as does the relationship between his two main characters. Consider the title.

“Certified Copy” was written specifically by Kiarostami for Binoche.

She honors him by delivering an astounding performance. For it, she

received the “Best Actress Award” at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

I must confess feeling confused after having watched “Certified Copy.” But, upon reflection, I sensed that this was Kiarostami’s intent. They say when a film feels like a small stone in your shoe it has left a lasting impression. I’m still trying to locate that pebble in my boot.

— Pam Nadon

Announcing one of our newest “Estheticians”, Nina Schlussel

ing the “Libera me” and “Dies Irae” with a drama rarely heard in concert.

Vocal excerpts from “Attila,” “Il Trovatore,” “I vespri siciliani” and “Macbeth,” sung with power and energy by Davila, D’Amato and Kevin Short, were in the second half, along with the Overture (rather than the usual “Prelude”) to “Aida,” “Suona la tromba,” (a vibrant chorus specially composed by Verdi to show his espousal of the Unification), a section from Montemezzi’s “L’amore dei tre re,” (the only work on the program not by Verdi) and, finally, “Va, pensiero,” the chorus from “Nabucco” that makes us all proud to be Italian, if only by proxy.

Verdi wrote in a letter during his first trip to Florence, Italy, “How really beautiful this Italy of ours is.” The Sarasota Opera concert would have made the maestro say, “How really beautiful this Sarasota of ours is,” because the real stars of the evening were the musicians: instrumentalists (on stage and seen), the chorus (singing spectacularly) and DeRenzi, who masterminded this masterful evening.

— June LeBell

Regional Exhibition Celebrate the Juried Season atPhotography Longboat Key Center for the Arts! and The Art of Tapestry: Thread by Thread Durante Gallery

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Ed Brickman April 8 through May 12, 2011 “Legal Forging” December 2 – images 16, 2010 created by light and textures revealed Enjoy visual Opening Reception | Thursday | December 2 | 5 -7 pm through thread as you view these two quality exhibition of Please rsvp to 941.383.2345 by November 30 for the Dec 2 reception.

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Please call to schedule a complimentary consultation or an appointment with Nina

Ed Brickman has been making jewelry since he was a teenager and has never 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 the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. Ed has been teaching jewelry for many years at LBKCA. This is the first time Ed will be showcasing over 200 pieces from his collection. You’ll not want to miss this show!

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The Sarasota Opera’s regular season may have ended, but the company was alive with the sounds of music last week when it presented a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy in a “risorgimento” (revival or awakening) concert. And, in his travels through the complete works of Verdi, Victor DeRenzi gave us an aural insight into the alternate versions of well-known operas that, in the evening opened with the Overture to “I vespri siciliani,” played by the wonderful musicians of the Sarasota Opera Orchestra, who were led by DeRenzi. Four excerpts from “I Lombardi,” one of the Verdi operas in this season’s repertoire, were followed by standout performances from tenors Rafael Davila, Steven Uliana and Bernard Holcomb, mezzo Sarah Larsen, bass-baritone Carlos Monzon and tenors Abla Lynn Hamza and Bethany Kiral.

The rarely heard “Mass for Rossini” came next and was positively startling in its fascinating early workings of the later and much more famous “Requiem.” Maria D’Amato (whom we heard as Mimi earlier in the season) sublimely sang the soprano solos with an equally exalted chorus inton-

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This year’s theme, “Discover, Explore, Innovate,” focused on women in fields of innovation.

Some of the young girls impersonated Rosie the Riveter (World War II manufacturing); Joy Anderson (naturalist /author of “Born Free”); Elizabeth Arden (cosmetics); Amelia Earhart (American aviation pioneer and author); Clara Barton (founder

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of American Red Cross); and Madame Curie (chemist famous for her work on radioactivity).

Chaired by mother-daughter team Georgina Clamage, Mary Pat Radford and Beth Bobb, the luncheon also honored “She Knows Where She’s Going” award winners Teri Hansen and Molly Jackson, Visionary Award winner Jean Cooper and Girl of the Year honoree Jillian Nixon. With that many people in a room, it’s bound to be a successful day, and that it was — Girls Inc raised more than $150,000 for STEM: Science, technology, engineering and math.

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Susan Brennan and Bev Fisher

Helen Goderis, honoree Jean Cooper and Suzanne Cooper

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Honoree Jillian N. and Stephania Feltz

Honoree Teri Hansen and Michael Saunders

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+ Black Tie Affair Men Who Love To Cook

Asolo Repertory Theatre • 6 p.m. Sunday, April 10, Longboat Key Club Harbourside • Ticket $150 • Reservations Laura Wood 351-9010, Ext. 4712

by Molly Schechter | Social Editor

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Sarasota Ballet Artistic Director Iain Webb, founder Jean Weidner and principal dancer Octavio Martin. Each male dancer presented Jean with a red rose at the dinner following the 20th anniversary performance.

+ Once a prima ballerina …

Jean Allenby Weidner’s appearance on stage has no doubt been welcomed with wild applause uncountable times. For sheer quantity of love and respect, however, her appearance in Dance of the Knights from “Romeo and Juliet,” by Kenneth MacMillan, at the Sarasota Ballet’s 20th anniversary gala March 25 must have set a record. Given that A.)

balletomanes are a passionate breed; B.) Sarasota is known for the enthusiasm of its audiences; C.) this was the first time that Jean has danced with the troupe that she founded two decades ago; and D.) her appearance on stage was a pretty well-kept secret … it was thrilling. Once a prima ballerina, always a prima ballerina. No other word for it — thrilling.

+ Hard core philanthropy …

It was the week that was with at least 16 fundraising events between Monday, March 21 and Sunday, March 27. The human services were particularly in evidence. Stalwart supporters, among them Gerri Aaron, Jewel Ash, Betty Schoenbaum and more appeared at all or most. Kudos – and whew! See photos in this week’s Black Tie and online at www.YourObserver.com.

Sarasota and Bradenton’s most prominent business and community men are putting on their chef’s hats and showcasing their culinary specialties and skills for this one-of-a-kind, casual new event. The dinner will be a buffet, with entrées prepared by the guest chefs, and there’s much more to delight you, including a special cooking demonstration by host chef Giuliano Hazan, an old-fashioned auction of cakes, live music and a souvenir cookbook. The $150 ticket also includes an open bar. Margaret Wise and BT co-chair; Longboat Key Club Food and Beverage Director Bob Weil and Director of Sales and Marketing Mary Kay Ryan head up the team for sponsor Longboat Key Club.

+ ‘My turn’ for Gerri Aaron

She was busy last week honoring others. On April 3, at Michael’s On East, the American Jewish Committee will honor Gerri Aaron with its 2011 Human Relations Award. New this year: no keynote speaker. As AJC Regional Director Brian Lipton put it, Molly Schechter “With these three great Gerri Aaron co-chairs, Teri Hansen, Betty Schoenbaum and Dr. Larry Thompson, who needs one?” The honoree’s kids are all coming to the event: daughters Alison Aaron and her new husband, Howard Madsen, from Ship Bottom, N.J.; Erika Aaron, from Philadelphia; and her sons Jonah Aaron and Jim Aaron, from Dallas, Judson Aaron, from Philadelphia, and Ken Aaron, from Langhorne, Penn. For reservations call 365-4995 or liptonb@ajc.org.

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Back: Terry McGannon, Terrence McKee, Bill Wise, Scott Anderson, Howard Rooks, Tom Charters, George Adley, Rick Thie, Todd Horiuchi and Darrell Huntley; Middle: Robert Smithson, Jack Gibson, John Currie and Gary Sweetman; Front: Giuliano Hazan, Robert Plunket. Not shown: Bob Bartner, Allen Carlson, Bob Coppenrath, Brian Hersh, Brad Lerner, Jeff Sedacca, Dean Sutherland and Josh Wagy.

+ Tidbits

Places to go … from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, at the Paper Tree, 1931 S. Osprey, for the Sarasota debut of the spring collection of Diana E. Kelly shoes, plus McLeod 9 custom frames … 1658 Main St. next to Lan restaurant from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, April 2 for the grand opening of the late-night lounge Pangea, the newest venture of Brad Coburn and Lan Bradeen … People to see … Longboat Key’s leading men on the runway to benefit the Longboat Key Garden Club and the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, in “A Taste of the Key and Male Fashion

Show” at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at the Arts Center. 6860 Longboat Drive S., Longboat Key. Models include Town Manager Bruce St. Denis, Commissioners Jim Brown, Bob Siekmann, Phillip Younger, and Police Chief Al Hogle. Restaurants include the Longboat Key Club, Mar Vista, Sun House and more. Tickets $50 from Barb Kerwin, 383-0772, or Susan Landau, 383-8030 … Kisses, wishes and good luck … to Paulette Blair, who left Sarasota for M.D. Anderson, in Houston, the day after the Glitz at the Ritz luncheon, founded by her and co-chaired this year by her daughter, Michelle Crabtree, and her son-inlaw, Dale Woodling ...

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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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.

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Sarasota Ballet 20th Anniversary Gala Sarasota Ballet | Friday, March 25 | FSU Center for the Performing Arts

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Irv and Marilyn Naiditch with Jewel and Mike Ash

Kay Delaney with Jim and Pat Maguire

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